[cctalk] Re: [SPAM] LINC-8 sells for $2,150

[rar via cctalk]

The machine is in great condition.  It was (carefully) turned on this evening!  
Blinking Lights!
Bob Roswell

[cctalk] Computer Museum uses GreaseWeazle to help exonerate Maryland Man

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Museum Staff Helps Exonerate David Veney

January 19, 2023, Hunt Valley, MD — Staff members of the System Source Computer 
Museum recently completed a project that helped exonerate David Veney, wrongly 
convicted of rape in 1997. In 2005, after Mr. Veney sought a new trial, the 
state found irregularities in the prosecution, released Mr. Veney from prison, 
and declined to re-prosecute. 

Maryland is one of 35 states that provides compensation for wrongly 
incarcerated people.  But quirks in the law kept the law from applying in Mr. 
Veney’s case.  In 2021, the Maryland law was amended, making Mr. Veney eligible 
for partial compensation for the nearly nine years he spent in prison. Still, 
Mr. Veney had not been exonerated..

In June 2022, the Computer Museum at System Source in Hunt Valley, MD, was 
contacted by Patrick Gilbert, Senior Assistant States Attorney and Chief of the 
Prosecution Integrity Unit, who asked “Can you  read data from a 5.25” Floppy 
Disk?” Bob Roswell, curator of the museum, quickly replied “Of course!”

It wasn’t quite that simple. In theory, the diskette contained the court 
stenographic records from the 1992 rape trial of Grant Jones.  The transcript 
was thought to contain evidence that would exonerate both Mr. Jones and Mr. 
Veney, but the printed transcripts from 1992 had been lost. Unfortunately, the 
diskette was neither IBM- nor Apple-compatible.  It had been written on a DEC 
PDP-11 minicomputer using the RSX-11 Operating System.  Although the museum has 
a PDP-11 in its collection, it had not yet been restored and could not be 
started.  Brendan Becker, who runs the BLOOP museum inside the Computer Museum, 
jumped on the problem. 

Brendan set up a “Greaseweazle,” a device that reads the magnetic flux 
transitions on the floppy disk without regard to operating systems, disk 
formats, or errors. The process returned a file containing long binary strings 
of ones and zeros. Brendan was able to decode the file structure and found that 
disk (despite some unreadable parts) contained the raw keystrokes that the 
court stenographer had recorded in the 1992 rape case using a Stenograph 
machine from the era.  An operator of a Stenograph machine uses chords to 
rapidly encode conversation by creating keystrokes to represent words, 
syllables, and phrases.  While there is some standardization, each stenographer 
has his/her own “theory,” which results in individual styles for different 
stenographers.

Luckily, Patrick Gilbert was able to obtain the services of the stenographer 
from the original trial (now retired).  Together, they were able to 
substantially reconstruct the transcript from the 1992 trial, using the data 
provided by Brendan. The recovered transcript showed weird similarities to Mr. 
Veney’s case.

On March 4, 1992, Alice  Arroyo claimed to have been raped while walking home 
from volunteering at homeless shelter.  In her account, the assailant grabbed 
her shirt, ripped it open, and scratched her chest with his nails in a long, 
vertical raking motion.  Ms. Arroyo provided police with a detailed description 
of her assailant including the jacket he was wearing.  The following day Grant 
Jones walked into the Salisbury Police Department (in Wicomico County, MD) to 
report that his wallet had gone missing from the homeless shelter.  Mr. Jones 
matched the description of the assailant, was arrested, and was convicted of 
assault with intent to rape.

On September 24, 1996, Salisbury Police responded to a complaint at the home of 
Alice Arroyo, who stated that she had been raped.  Again, she provided a 
detailed description of the assailant and described suffering scratches on her 
chest in a long vertical raking motion.  On October 3, 1996, David Veney, a 
former neighbor, was charged with rape.  He was 20 years old at the time.

Mr. Veney’s first trial in April 1997 ended in a mistrial. The hung jury 
consisted of four jurors voting to convict and eight declaring him innocent.

In September 1997, Mr Veney was retried and found guilty of various charges, 
including burglary, assault, battery, and rape.  He was sentenced to 25 years 
for rape and concurrent sentences for the other offenses.

In 2005, Mr. Veney sought a new trial on the basis of ineffective 
representation. (That lawyer was later disbarred.)  When the State reviewed the 
case, substantial doubts about Mr. Veney’s guilt arose, including the eerie 
similarity in Ms. Arroyo’s testimony in the two cases.  Mr. Veney was released 
from prison, and the State declined to re-prosecute.

The reconstructed transcript of Mr. Jones’ 1992 trial proved vital in 
establishing Mr. Veney’s innocence. On January 13, 2023, Judge Teresa  Garland 
awarded Mr Veney approximately $730,000, along with medical, housing, and 
educational benefits.

The staff of the Computer Museum at System Source is proud to have played a 
small part in Mr. Veney’s exoneration. Bob Roswell, Curator, later learned that 
the state had 

[cctalk] Computer Museum uses GreaseWeazle to help exonerate Maryland Man

[rar--- via cctalk]

Museum Staff Helps Exonerate David Veney

January 19, 2023, Hunt Valley, MD — Staff members of the System Source Computer 
Museum recently completed a project that helped exonerate David Veney, wrongly 
convicted of rape in 1997. In 2005, after Mr. Veney sought a new trial, the 
state found irregularities in the prosecution, released Mr. Veney from prison, 
and declined to re-prosecute. 

Maryland is one of 35 states that provides compensation for wrongly 
incarcerated people.  But quirks in the law kept the law from applying in Mr. 
Veney’s case.  In 2021, the Maryland law was amended, making Mr. Veney eligible 
for partial compensation for the nearly nine years he spent in prison. Still, 
Mr. Veney had not been exonerated..

In June 2022, the Computer Museum at System Source in Hunt Valley, MD, was 
contacted by Patrick Gilbert, Senior Assistant States Attorney and Chief of the 
Prosecution Integrity Unit, who asked “Can you  read data from a 5.25” Floppy 
Disk?” Bob Roswell, curator of the museum, quickly replied “Of course!”

It wasn’t quite that simple. In theory, the diskette contained the court 
stenographic records from the 1992 rape trial of Grant Jones.  The transcript 
was thought to contain evidence that would exonerate both Mr. Jones and Mr. 
Veney, but the printed transcripts from 1992 had been lost. Unfortunately, the 
diskette was neither IBM- nor Apple-compatible.  It had been written on a DEC 
PDP-11 minicomputer using the RSX-11 Operating System.  Although the museum has 
a PDP-11 in its collection, it had not yet been restored and could not be 
started.  Brendan Becker, who runs the BLOOP museum inside the Computer Museum, 
jumped on the problem. 

Brendan set up a “Greaseweazle,” a device that reads the magnetic flux 
transitions on the floppy disk without regard to operating systems, disk 
formats, or errors. The process returned a file containing long binary strings 
of ones and zeros. Brendan was able to decode the file structure and found that 
disk (despite some unreadable parts) contained the raw keystrokes that the 
court stenographer had recorded in the 1992 rape case using a Stenograph 
machine from the era.  An operator of a Stenograph machine uses chords to 
rapidly encode conversation by creating keystrokes to represent words, 
syllables, and phrases.  While there is some standardization, each stenographer 
has his/her own “theory,” which results in individual styles for different 
stenographers.

Luckily, Patrick Gilbert was able to obtain the services of the stenographer 
from the original trial (now retired).  Together, they were able to 
substantially reconstruct the transcript from the 1992 trial, using the data 
provided by Brendan. The recovered transcript showed weird similarities to Mr. 
Veney’s case.

On March 4, 1992, Alice  Arroyo claimed to have been raped while walking home 
from volunteering at homeless shelter.  In her account, the assailant grabbed 
her shirt, ripped it open, and scratched her chest with his nails in a long, 
vertical raking motion.  Ms. Arroyo provided police with a detailed description 
of her assailant including the jacket he was wearing.  The following day Grant 
Jones walked into the Salisbury Police Department (in Wicomico County, MD) to 
report that his wallet had gone missing from the homeless shelter.  Mr. Jones 
matched the description of the assailant, was arrested, and was convicted of 
assault with intent to rape.

On September 24, 1996, Salisbury Police responded to a complaint at the home of 
Alice Arroyo, who stated that she had been raped.  Again, she provided a 
detailed description of the assailant and described suffering scratches on her 
chest in a long vertical raking motion.  On October 3, 1996, David Veney, a 
former neighbor, was charged with rape.  He was 20 years old at the time.

Mr. Veney’s first trial in April 1997 ended in a mistrial. The hung jury 
consisted of four jurors voting to convict and eight declaring him innocent.

In September 1997, Mr Veney was retried and found guilty of various charges, 
including burglary, assault, battery, and rape.  He was sentenced to 25 years 
for rape and concurrent sentences for the other offenses.

In 2005, Mr. Veney sought a new trial on the basis of ineffective 
representation. (That lawyer was later disbarred.)  When the State reviewed the 
case, substantial doubts about Mr. Veney’s guilt arose, including the eerie 
similarity in Ms. Arroyo’s testimony in the two cases.  Mr. Veney was released 
from prison, and the State declined to re-prosecute.

The reconstructed transcript of Mr. Jones’ 1992 trial proved vital in 
establishing Mr. Veney’s innocence. On January 13, 2023, Judge Teresa  Garland 
awarded Mr Veney approximately $730,000, along with medical, housing, and 
educational benefits.

The staff of the Computer Museum at System Source is proud to have played a 
small part in Mr. Veney’s exoneration. Bob Roswell, Curator, later learned that 
the state had 

[cctalk] Re: [SPAM] LINC-8 sells for $2,150

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We (Computer Museum @ System Source) picked up this unit today.
Here are a few snapshots after we pulled the unit off of the truck.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/2GvqTQukSEEnyoQp8

Bob Roswell

RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: Farewell Etaoin Shrdlu

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We have a working Linotype at the System Source Computer Museum in Hunt Valley 
Maryland.
Open now only by appointment with a maximum of two masked visitors due to COVID

https://museum.syssrc.com

Bob Roswell

-Original Message-
From: cctalk  On Behalf Of Alan Perry via cctalk
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2020 1:41 PM
To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Farewell Etaoin Shrdlu



On 6/17/20 1:27 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Jun 17, 2020, at 3:25 PM, Liam Proven via cctalk  
>> wrote:
>>
>> https://archive.org/details/FarewellEtaoinShrdlu
>>
>> 28min documentary on the last ever edition of the NY Times to be 
>> printed using hot metal -- before they switched to what are now a 
>> quite choice assortment of late-'70s minicomputers. I think I spotted 
>> a PDP, a Data General and some IBM device, but I am no expert in this 
>> era.
>>
>> As a veteran reader of Fredric Brown, especially "the Enchanted 
>> Linotype", I have been using ETAOIN SHRDLU to win at Hangman for many 
>> years... but I'd never seen one working before. It all still seems 
>> like magic to me.
> 
> They should be fairly easy to find in printing musea.
> 

A friend of mine who was in Seattle collected this stuff. He had a couple 
Linotype/Intertype machines, a press, and lots and lots of magazines of type. 
It was set up in his garage and he would give demos of it in action. It was 
interesting how it worked. Unfortunately, he had to move out of the area for 
work and moving that stuff to another state was not feasible, so another local 
collector got it all.

There was another documentary on them, Linotype: The Film 
(https://linotypefilm.com).

alan

RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: DIGI-COMP 1 enhanced

[rar via cctalk]

Love it!  

https://Museum.syssrc.com/tour

Bob Roswell


-Original Message-
From: cctalk  On Behalf Of Tapley, Mark B. via 
cctalk
Sent: Friday, May 08, 2020 6:10 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts 
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: DIGI-COMP 1 enhanced

> On May 8, 2020, at 10:08 AM, Jörg Hoppe via cctalk  
> wrote:
> 
> [EXTERNAL EMAIL]
> 
> Guys,
> 
> I added a motor drive to my DIGI-COMP I, and wrote 4 web pages about that 
> device.
> 
> See http://www.retrocmp.com/articles/digi-comp-1/
> 
> or just the video https://youtu.be/D6GgxXRJXnw
> 
> best regards,
> 
> Joerg

I can hear the overclocking crowd coming already.
:-).

And, I love the program - that looks a lot like my first program.

RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: Univac 490 Gallery Talk - 1963 Real Time Computer

[rar via cctalk]

Sorry, no 418, just the 490, and the 1218.

Bob Roswell
brosw...@syssrc.com
410-771-5544 ext 4336

Computer Museum Highlights



-Original Message-
From: cctalk On Behalf Of Nigel Johnson via cctalk
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 11:58 AM
To: Bill Degnan via cctalk 
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Univac 490 Gallery Talk - 1963 Real Time Computer

Thanks for the link.  I am sure I am going to come down and see your site when 
this crisis is over!

I was an FE on three Univac 418 IIs at Bell Canada in Toronto between
1971 and 1975.

Don't suppose you have any 418s there?

cheers,

Nigel


On 22/04/2020 08:52, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote:
> A true treasure and worth the trip to System Source to see in person.
> First class stuff there!  (When it reopens, ug)
>
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2020, 7:16 PM rar via cctalk  wrote:
>
>> The System Source Computer Museum is closed due to COVID-19, so we 
>> are making some video gallery talks.
>>
>> Here is the first one:
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq7aVCc2GP8
>>
>> The video describes some of the applications of this 57 year old 
>> computer including it original use at Goddard Space Flight Center
>>
>> Bob Roswell
>> mus...@syssrc.com
>> https://museum.syssrc.com
>>
  

--
Nigel Johnson
MSc., MIEEE, MCSE
VE3ID/G4AJQ/VA3MCU

Amateur Radio, the origin of the open-source concept!


You can reach me by voice on Skype:  TILBURY2591

If time travel ever will be possible, it already is. Ask me again yesterday

This e-mail is not and cannot, by its nature, be confidential. En route from me 
to you, it will pass across the public Internet, easily readable by any number 
of system administrators along the way.
Nigel Johnson 

 
Please consider the environment when deciding if you really need to print this 
message

Univac 490 Gallery Talk - 1963 Real Time Computer

[rar via cctalk]

The System Source Computer Museum is closed due to COVID-19, so we are making 
some video gallery talks.

Here is the first one:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq7aVCc2GP8

The video describes some of the applications of this 57 year old computer 
including it original use at Goddard Space Flight Center

Bob Roswell
mus...@syssrc.com
https://museum.syssrc.com

RE: [EXTERNAL] IMSAI PCS 80 30 ROM (original)

[rar via cctalk]

Bill -  I don't have an IMSAI PCS 80.  But perhaps you would find something 
close in either a VDP-40  (never turned it on, 5.25" floppies) or a VDP-80.  My 
VDP-80 got smashed in transit, but the ROMS could still be gone.  Let me know 
if you want be to dig around

Bob Roswell
brosw...@syssrc.com
410-771-5544 ext 4336

https://museum.syssrc.com



-Original Message-
From: cctech On Behalf Of Bill Degnan via cctech
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2020 8:31 PM
To: cctech 
Subject: [EXTERNAL] IMSAI PCS 80 30 ROM (original)

Hi - I am looking for an IMSAI PCS 80-30 ROM image made for with the Tarbell 
1011 controller and Persci 277..anyone have this?  I received a system and 
drive but I think the ROM was replaced and since then I was told the system 
would no longer boot.

In the meantime I am going to find a drive and controller that is compatible.

Or, ug, have to try to edit the ROM I have (version 1.1) to operate with this 
hardware.  I would not having a copy of ROM 1.0 at least to start from scratch 
with.

Thanks

Bill Degnan

RE: [EXTERNAL] corvus mirror

[rar via cctalk]

Are you talking about the a Corvus Hard Drive, along with the video tape backup 
system?
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvus_Systems 

I have a mirror card and several Corvus Hard Drives. 
Cosmetically good, and probably work, but I'm not sure!

Bob Roswell
https://Museum.syssrc.com


-Original Message-
From: cctalk  On Behalf Of bandit1921 
conbuilder.com via cctalk
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2019 1:44 PM
To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
Subject: [EXTERNAL] corvus mirror

Anybody know where I can find a working Corvus Mirror?  I have several h89/90 
and 2 h8's, most still work.

RE: [EXTERNAL] VCF PNW 2019: Exhibitors needed!

[rar via cctalk]

I could imagine a talk/exhibit demonstrating vintage software.


The question that I have is how do we exhibit software (Hardware is challenging 
enough)

A quick stab is on our website at https://museum.syssrc.com/category/software/ 
where online visitors can run some of the important 1980's software.

I would love advice from the crowd on how to teach/display.  It is a bit 
daunting to just sit down with 30 year old software even though it boots up in 
the browser.


 (Perhaps laptops and monitors/projectors could be obtained locally, not really 
interested in in schlepping lots of equipment)

Bob Roswell
brosw...@syssrc.com
410-771-5544 ext 4336

Computer Museum Highlights


-Original Message-
From: cctalk  On Behalf Of Michael Brutman via 
cctalk
Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2018 3:36 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts 
Subject: [EXTERNAL] VCF PNW 2019: Exhibitors needed!

I'm trying to throw a party, but like any good host I'm worried about the food 
and entertainment and if anybody will show up.  We already know there is no 
food at the museum so I need really, really good entertainment ...  Right now 
we have seven exhibitors who have formally registered.  We really need a total 
of 20 to 25 to make this work.  We are still a few months away so I'm not in 
full scale panic mode yet, but I can feel it coming. ;-0

If you are interested in joining the party again, please register.  An overview 
of what it means to be an exhibitor and the link to the registration form can 
be found here:
http://vcfed.org/wp/vcf-pnw-exhibitor-registration/ .

If you participated last year and don't want to do it again, I can understand 
that.  To keep things interesting I'm trying to minimize the number of repeat 
exhibits.  However, you can still help in a few
ways:

- Know somebody who should join the party? Talk to them about exhibiting at 
2019. A little nudging and mentoring from a friend can make it easier to bring 
new people in.

- Have an interesting topic you want to talk about? We're looking for speakers 
too ...

- Can you volunteer a few hours?  Many hands makes light work, and also gets 
you into the museum for the weekend for free.

Have any leads on people I should talk to or ideas for making the show better?  
Send them along ... I'd be happy to discuss.

One final note: Contrary to any previously sent communication, we are not 
"selling" spots ...  I'm actively trying to get rid of the exhibitor fee 
entirely, and will guarantee that it will be no more than $20 this year if it 
is charged at all.


Thanks,
Mike
VCF PNW President, CEO, and Executive Floppy Disk Shuffler

RE: Identifying vacuum tube module

[rar via cctalk]

I have some very similar (but not identical) tube modules in my IBM 519 
Reproducing punch
Mine are the same form factor, but the resistors are lengthwise.

I'll attach the image which Kyle will get, but I doubt they will make it on to 
the list





Bob Roswell
brosw...@syssrc.com
410-771-5544 ext 4336

Computer Museum Highlights


-Original Message-
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Kyle Owen via 
cctalk
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2018 3:34 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts 
Subject: Identifying vacuum tube module

Anyone knows what these go to?

https://imgur.com/a/CpxLs

Thanks,

Kyle

RE: Xerox stores

[rar via cctalk]

The IBM Product centers were bought by NYNEX, and in turn purchased by 
ComputerLand.

The Baltimore NYNEX location was in the our ComputerLand franchise protected 
territory, so technically ComputerLand Corporation was in violation of our 
ComputerLand Franchise.  This was great news for us, since it allowed us to get 
out of the ComputerLand Franchise, and continue until this day.


Bob Roswell
System Source
(Same Company, was ComputerLand of Towson, ComputerLand of Baltimore, and 
ComputerLand of Columbia)

Our Computer Museum is at https://museum.syssrc.com




-Original Message-
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of william degnan 
via cctalk
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2017 9:14 AM
To: Bill Gunshannon ; General Discussion: On-Topic 
and Off-Topic Posts 
Subject: Re: Xerox stores

>
>
>
> Yup, there was definitely one in Santa Clara (IIRC).   I picked up a few
> things at their going-out-of business sale.  I think one was a DTC 
> document feeder for a Diablo Hitype and some miscellaneous furniture.
>
> Who knows--buried in my old records, I may even have an invoice.
>
> Control Data also had retail stores at about the same time.
>
> --Chuck
>
>
And don't forget about the IBM Product Centers, bought out in the late 80's by 
NyNex.  They sold IBM business products including copiers, typewriters, 
Displaywriters, System 36 accessories, printers and eventually PCs and modems 
and such, diskettes...