[cctalk] Re: VCF Midwest DEC "Nut" Party

On 8/17/24 17:51, Mike Katz via cctalk wrote: For all of you who are DEC computer nuts (or aficionados) we will have our second annual DEC "Nut" pizza get together after the show at my house on Saturday (Sept 7th) after 7PM. I am unemployed so I ask all who attend to contribute to the cost o

[cctalk] Re: VCF West Aug 2 & 3 - Mountain View, CA

Well I managed to make it to the 2nd day of VCF-West. Very nice. I haven't been to many of them (this was my third one) but by far this was the best, and at least to me, most heavily attended one I had seen. The age group of participants was also significantly different. Lots of younger folks, c

[cctalk] Re: VCF West Aug 2 & 3 - Mountain View, CA

On Fri, Aug 2, 2024, 7:52 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > Today was great! > > Yes, they do sell tickets at the door. > > but, . . . > They don't take CASH! > "Legal tender for all debts public or private", but they don't take it! > > Lots of great exhibits > > There was a substantial pile of D

[cctalk] Re: VCF West Aug 2 & 3 - Mountain View, CA

On Fri, Aug 2, 2024, 7:52 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > > "Legal tender for all debts public or private", but they don't take it! > Correct, they don't, so there never was a debt.

[cctalk] Re: VCF West Aug 2 & 3 - Mountain View, CA

Today was great! Yes, they do sell tickets at the door. but, . . . They don't take CASH! "Legal tender for all debts public or private", but they don't take it! Lots of great exhibits There was a substantial pile of Dell 5150 and 5160 laptops on the "FREE" table. Dell 5150 is unrelated to

[cctalk] Re: VCF-West

Q: Will a schedule of speakers be posted?Fred,Try https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/vcf-west-exhibits/-Ali

[cctalk] Re: VCF-West

https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/ says: "The full schedule of speakers and show attractions will be posted at a later date. "Special attractions: ** Details will be added as they are finalized. Please check back for updates! **" Q: Will a schedule of speakers be pos

[cctalk] Re: VCF-West

>Having been to VCF-West many times in the past, >I'd be very surprised if you can't just show up Friday or Saturday and buy >tickets there at the CHM. >I always did. >(Exhibitors are setting up today and that probably consumes all the time of the >volunteers that make this event possible. So if

[cctalk] Re: VCF-West

I asked a woman if she was dating anyone, and she said yes. So I said great, if you date anyone you'll date me then too On Thu, Aug 1, 2024, 2:41 PM Ali via cctalk wrote: > > > https://vcfed.org/contact-us/ > > There doesn't seem to be an exact contact for VCF-West so I sent an email > to the g

[cctalk] Re: VCF-West

Having been to VCF-West many times in the past, I'd be very surprised if you can't just show up Friday or Saturday and buy tickets there at the CHM. I always did. (Exhibitors are setting up today and that probably consumes all the time of the volunteers that make this event possible. So if you ge

[cctalk] Re: VCF-West

> https://vcfed.org/contact-us/ There doesn't seem to be an exact contact for VCF-West so I sent an email to the general info box. Let's see if anyone responds. -Ali

[cctalk] Re: VCF-West

On Thu, Aug 1, 2024 at 11:34 AM Ali via cctalk wrote: > Hello All, > > I was trying to buy tickets for VCF-West and the ticketing system (through > CHM) seems to be down. Anyone have more info or an ETA on repairs? Thanks. > > -Ali > https://vcfed.org/contact-us/

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 at 09:33, Stefan Skoglund wrote: > > Liam, TriPOS ? > > If i'm not wrong it was a OS developed in Cambridge (Cambridgeshire). > > Did someone port it to other arch than ARM ? I am mystified. This appeared in a thread about the VCF SoCal and apropos of nothing with no quote.

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

> On 02/21/2024 5:01 AM CST Tony Duell via cctalk wrote: > > > > Did someone port it to other arch than ARM ? > The oldest version I know of ran on PDP11s. I am pretty sure there was > a 68000 version at one point too. > > -tony Wasn't the Amiga OS built on Tripos? Will Grownups never under

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 9:39 AM Stefan Skoglund via cctalk wrote: > > Liam, TriPOS ? > > If i'm not wrong it was a OS developed in Cambridge (Cambridgeshire). It was. The name came from the fact that a course at Cambridge University is called a Tripos. Originally written by Martin Richards (as in

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

Liam, TriPOS ? If i'm not wrong it was a OS developed in Cambridge (Cambridgeshire). Did someone port it to other arch than ARM ?

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

Thanks Sellam. Tickets can be purchased at the door. I’m sorry they’re having trouble. We’ve got a constant stream of ticket purchases coming through. Perhaps try another browser or on their mobile? Micki > On Feb 16, 2024, at 2:26 PM, Sellam Abraham wrote: > > Hi Micki. > > I'm passing alo

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

Hi Micki. I'm passing along this message from Ali. Can you please help him? I checked the website and verified that there is no obvious way to contact anyone in the organization for regular communication. Forgive me if I overlooked something. Thank you. Sellam On Fri, Feb 16, 2024, 1:25 PM Al

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

> > One last question: > > > > Do kids get in free? If so what is the age cutoff? It looks like > > tickets are needed for everyone but figure I would check just in > case. > > > > Never mind... Important to read all the WAY to the END. LOL. Kids 12 > and under are free! Anybody successfully buy

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

> One last question: > > Do kids get in free? If so what is the age cutoff? It looks like > tickets are needed for everyone but figure I would check just in case. > Never mind... Important to read all the WAY to the END. LOL. Kids 12 and under are free! -Ali

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

One last question: Do kids get in free? If so what is the age cutoff? It looks like tickets are needed for everyone but figure I would check just in case. -Ali

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

> > This VCF SoCal announcement just came into my mailbox this morning so > I'm > passing it along. > Great! Thanks for the info! -Ali

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

On Thu, Feb 15, 2024, 8:56 AM Ali via cctalk wrote: > > I have looked at the website for the event and I am still not sure if > there will be consignment/sales area. Can anyone verify if there is going > to be one or not? Thanks! > > -Ali > This VCF SoCal announcement just came into my mailbox t

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

> I am certainly with you on that, Marvin. I have exhibited at 8 or 9 > VCFs (my first was VCF 3) and was on the mailing list as recently as > August 2023 (but apparently no more) and only happened to see the event > being discussed in this forum. Thanks to Wayne Sudol for posting the > informati

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal Saturday

jos wrote: >> I don't recall emulators for the early Datapoints.- > There now  is a Datapoint 2200 emulator > Be aware that it does not show the true Datapoint fonts. There is also an emulator for the 3300, with a font from an imaged ROM. It's in here: https://github.com/aap/vt05/ (The 3300 is o

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal Saturday

- I guess while I'm at it, I've also been seeking for a working Datapoint 2200 (or equivalent variant, any 1974 or earlier) or Wang 2200. Even just seeing either of those in working condition would be neat (working in terms of still booting to BASIC). I was surprised I didn't see one at VCF in

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

. Odd that a VCF finally comes to my home turf and this is the one I only find out about two weeks in advance! -Original Message- Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2024 11:54:03 -0800 From: Marvin Johnston Subject: [cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Message-ID: <3d8c71e2-1730-51ca-8

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

On Fri, 2 Feb 2024 at 21:01, Marvin Johnston via cctalk wrote: > > Note to those people too lazy to update their subject line... Oh come on, you can't say that and not quote properly. For just me, I intentionally don't do it. For better or worse, Gmail is the best webmail I know if, it does plai

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 10:26 AM Liam Proven via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 at 19:05, Sellam Abraham via cctalk > wrote: > > > Probably because Americans in Futtbuck, Idaho never heard of any British > > computers but Brits certainly knew about American computers,

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

I had someone very seriously questioning me, over on Fesse Bouc, if I was serious when I said that the ZX Spectrum could remotely be considered a more significant machine than (one model of) TRS-80, and he was incredulous when I absolutely maintained the point. We had the Timex version of the Sp

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 at 19:15, mark audacity romberg via cctalk wrote: > > BBC BASIC is the best BASIC there ever was, and I feel sad for those who have > never used it to see how powerful BASIC can be with proper structured > programming. It’s honestly like a different language. Strongly concur

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 at 19:05, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: > Probably because Americans in Futtbuck, Idaho never heard of any British > computers but Brits certainly knew about American computers, eh wot? Oh, yes, naturally! It is something of a national characteristic, though. I had someo

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 at 18:35, Henry Bent via cctalk wrote: To answer a different part of the question that I missed first time around: > As an American it's true that the vast majority of my vintage computer > experience is completely americentric, but I'm aware that Acorn had a > significant pr

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 at 18:52, Ali via cctalk wrote: > > That would be very interesting. I always thought Apricot made some beasts and > remeber the cover of Byte for the first 486 system being an Apricot VX. I > would love to see that machine in person. I put one of those in. First and only SC

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 at 18:35, Henry Bent via cctalk wrote: > Surely by this definition UNIX would take the crown? The "core of the OS" > dates from 1969 and modern derivatives are everywhere. Good point, but the OS I was referring to is RISC OS, *the* original ARM OS and it has only ever run on

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 at 19:40, Wouter de Waal via cctalk wrote: > Computers are much like motorcycles: many of the most interesting > ones were TERRIBLE! Oh, very good. I may quote that. :-D -- Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: lpro...

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

On Wednesday, January 31st, 2024 at 10:04, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: > Probably because Americans in Futtbuck, Idaho never heard of any British > computers but Brits certainly knew about American computers, eh wot? The only place many of us might (might) have heard of them was in the b

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

> On Feb 1, 2024, at 9:52 AM, Henry Bent via cctalk > wrote: > > On Thu, 1 Feb 2024 at 09:37, Paul Koning via cctalk > wrote: > >> >> >>> On Jan 31, 2024, at 7:16 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk < >> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >>> >>> The Enter museum in Switzerland has a nice library of d

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

On Thu, 1 Feb 2024 at 10:08, Paul Koning wrote: > > > > On Feb 1, 2024, at 9:52 AM, Henry Bent via cctalk > wrote: > > > > On Thu, 1 Feb 2024 at 09:37, Paul Koning via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> > > wrote: > > > >> > >> > >>> On Jan 31, 2024, at 7:16 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk < > >> ccta

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

iscussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Cc: Henry Bent Subject: [cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal On Thu, 1 Feb 2024 at 09:37, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > > > > On Jan 31, 2024, at 7:16 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > The Enter museu

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

On Thu, 1 Feb 2024 at 09:37, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > > > > On Jan 31, 2024, at 7:16 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > The Enter museum in Switzerland has a nice library of docs. I found that > > museum to be chock full of interesting German and other com

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

> On Jan 31, 2024, at 7:16 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk > wrote: > > The Enter museum in Switzerland has a nice library of docs. I found that > museum to be chock full of interesting German and other computers. Worth > the trip. > Bill Is any of that online? One frustrating thing about vario

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

> In the UK context, where there is on-line documentation of the ICL 2900 > series is a question I don't know the answer to > There is of course an operational ICL 2966 at TNMoC, Bletchley Park Given the whole Post Office/Horizon scandal and that it was ICL that had the contract as they were abso

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

On 1/31/2024 8:30 PM, mark audacity romberg via cctalk wrote: I suppose I should’ve specified “of the versions of BASIC I’ve ever heard anyone talk about still using this century.” :P Basic09 is probably still in use on OS9000. VAX BASIC is still in use on VMS ALPHA and Itanium and is abo

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

I suppose I should’ve specified “of the versions of BASIC I’ve ever heard anyone talk about still using this century.” :P

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

On 1/31/2024 1:14 PM, mark audacity romberg via cctalk wrote: BBC BASIC is the best BASIC there ever was, and I feel sad for those who have never used it to see how powerful BASIC can be with proper structured programming. It’s honestly like a different language. Basic09? VAX BASIC? RST

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

ICL 2966 at TNMoC, Bletchley Park > > > > Martin > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Paul Koning via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org] > > Sent: 31 January 2024 18:53 > > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > > Cc: Wouter de Waal ; Paul Koning &g

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

On Wed, 31 Jan 2024, Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk wrote: I do remember reading that  lot of British computers were quite superior to the rest of the world, but sold for inland use only.  The reason given was that we couldn't figure out ow to make them leak oil! cheers, Nigel Did Lucas make co

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

r de Waal ; Paul Koning Subject: [cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal On Jan 31, 2024, at 1:39 PM, Wouter de Waal via cctalk wrote: I have found that computers are much like motorcycles: many of the most interesting were never available in the US. Computers are much like motorcycles: many of the most int

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

ccmp.org Cc: Wouter de Waal ; Paul Koning Subject: [cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal > On Jan 31, 2024, at 1:39 PM, Wouter de Waal via cctalk > wrote: > > >> I have found that computers are much like motorcycles: many of the most >> interesting were never available in the US. > &

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

> On Jan 31, 2024, at 1:39 PM, Wouter de Waal via cctalk > wrote: > > >> I have found that computers are much like motorcycles: many of the most >> interesting were never available in the US. > > Computers are much like motorcycles: many of the most interesting ones were > TERRIBLE! I wo

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

I have found that computers are much like motorcycles: many of the most interesting were never available in the US. Computers are much like motorcycles: many of the most interesting ones were TERRIBLE! W

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

BBC BASIC is the best BASIC there ever was, and I feel sad for those who have never used it to see how powerful BASIC can be with proper structured programming. It’s honestly like a different language. > On Jan 31, 2024, at 12:05, Sellam Abraham via cctalk > wrote: > > right now I'm on a BB

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 9:13 AM Liam Proven via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 at 14:23, Christopher Satterfield via cctalk > wrote: > > > > I'm going to be presenting a (fine? idk) collection of British Computers. > > Dragging along at least an Acorn RiscPC 700, a C

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

> On 01/31/2024 11:34 AM CST Henry Bent via cctalk > wrote: > > > On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 at 12:13, Liam Proven via cctalk > wrote: > > I write for an international audience and sometimes people from the > > USA are openly and repeatedly incredulous that "obscure" British > > computers -- that me

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

(GMT-08:00) To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Cc: Christopher Satterfield Subject: [cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal I'm going to be presenting a (fine? idk) collection of British Computers.Dragging along at least an Acorn RiscPC 700, a Castle Iyonix, SinclairSpectru

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 at 12:13, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: I write for an international audience and sometimes people from the > USA are openly and repeatedly incredulous that "obscure" British > computers -- that means they've never heard of them -- can be > considered significant or important,

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 at 14:23, Christopher Satterfield via cctalk wrote: > > I'm going to be presenting a (fine? idk) collection of British Computers. > Dragging along at least an Acorn RiscPC 700, a Castle Iyonix, Sinclair > Spectrum 48k and a Q68. Possibly static Apricot FP1/F1 if I can be bother

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

I'm going to be presenting a (fine? idk) collection of British Computers. Dragging along at least an Acorn RiscPC 700, a Castle Iyonix, Sinclair Spectrum 48k and a Q68. Possibly static Apricot FP1/F1 if I can be bothered to reassemble them despite their non-functional states.

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

Wow, bummer. I'm staying with my sister in Upland so I'll be fine budget wise. Thanks. Sellam On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 6:47 PM jim stephens via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > 1000 feet from where I lived in Anaheim. needed this a few years ago, I > would have helped any way I could.

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

1000 feet from where I lived in Anaheim.  needed this a few years ago, I would have helped any way I could.  Have fun. If you find the prices at the former Doubletree a bit much, there are probably lots of cheap deals near Mouse Central, just 1 1/2 miles north.  I recommend it if you haven't b

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

On 1/25/24 15:44, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 1:37 PM Michael Mulhern via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: As a denizen of the antipodes I’ve heard about VCFSoCal, but maybe I’m more into the socials. Maybe VCF(etal) should be also sending notifications th

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

Yes, good point! This is what I was talking about a little poster of shows this year: https://envs.sh/Fc7.png -andy diller > On Jan 26, 2024, at 9:05 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk > wrote: > > On Fri, 26 Jan 2024 at 07:30, Andrew Diller via cctalk > wrote: >> >> Hope

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

On Fri, 26 Jan 2024 at 07:30, Andrew Diller via cctalk wrote: > > Hope this helps, I put it together to keep track of them all. I think you forgot something. There was no link or anything there, and the list doesn't allow attachments. -- Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

??? On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 11:30 PM Andrew Diller via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > Hope this helps, I put it together to keep track of them all. > > -andy > > > > On Jan 25, 2024, at 2:47 PM, Ali via cctalk > wrote: > > > > First time I am hearing of this. Are details up on th

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

Hope this helps, I put it together to keep track of them all. -andy > On Jan 25, 2024, at 2:47 PM, Ali via cctalk wrote: > > First time I am hearing of this. Are details up on the vcf site?-Ali > Original message From: Sellam Abraham via cctalk > Date: 1/25/24 11:45 AM

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 1:37 PM Michael Mulhern via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > As a denizen of the antipodes I’ve heard about VCFSoCal, but maybe I’m more > into the socials. > > Maybe VCF(etal) should be also sending notifications through email lists > and boards. > I agree, they s

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

As a denizen of the antipodes I’ve heard about VCFSoCal, but maybe I’m more into the socials. Maybe VCF(etal) should be also sending notifications through email lists and boards. Hoping anyone local(ish) to VCFSoCal can get there and have a great time. M. On Fri, 26 Jan 2024 at 8:33 am, Fred Ci

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

First time I am hearing of this. Are details up on the vcf site?-Ali On Thu, 25 Jan 2024, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: Forgive me, I should not have assumed everyone already knew about it. February 17-18 at the Hotel Fera Event Center in Orange, California. https://www.vcfsocal.com/ Calif

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

Forgive me, I should not have assumed everyone already knew about it. February 17-18 at the Hotel Fera Event Center in Orange, California. https://www.vcfsocal.com/ Sellam On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 11:47 AM Ali via cctalk wrote: > First time I am hearing of this. Are details up on the vcf site?

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

First time I am hearing of this. Are details up on the vcf site?-Ali Original message From: Sellam Abraham via cctalk Date: 1/25/24 11:45 AM (GMT-08:00) To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Cc: Sellam Abraham Subject: [cctalk] VCF SoCal I'll be attending

[cctalk] Re: VCF this weekend, any one up for a trade?

023 4:52 PM > *To:* General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> > *Cc:* dwight > *Subject:* Re: [cctalk] Re: VCF this weekend, any one up for a trade? > > Oh it wasn't my Poly88 - but the person who had it, they just didn't have >

[cctalk] Re: VCF this weekend, any one up for a trade?

; To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Cc: Steve Lewis > Subject: [cctalk] Re: VCF this weekend, any one up for a trade? > > I can't make it to VCF this weekend - though I'm hoping to make it to the > one in Septembe

[cctalk] Re: VCF this weekend, any one up for a trade?

neral Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Cc: Steve Lewis Subject: [cctalk] Re: VCF this weekend, any one up for a trade? I can't make it to VCF this weekend - though I'm hoping to make it to the one in September. I actually am looking for something: any working IEC device for a

[cctalk] Re: VCF this weekend, any one up for a trade?

Seeing what (if any) IEC devices work with the Commander X16. 1541 emulator is working, would like to verify with real hardware tho (and also verify if can "daisy chain" multiple Devices). Tentatively someone is having an issue with the 1541 physical drive on that system (think it has a "software

[cctalk] Re: VCF this weekend, any one up for a trade?

Too far away to make shipping practical, but I'm curious: what's the experiment about? Glad you're happy with the PC-5000 etc.; no interest in the monitor I take it? m On Fri, Aug 4, 2023 at 1:19 AM Steve Lewis via cctalk wrote: > I can't make it to VCF this weekend - though I'm hoping to make

[cctalk] Re: VCF this weekend, any one up for a trade?

I can't make it to VCF this weekend - though I'm hoping to make it to the one in September. I actually am looking for something: any working IEC device for a C64 (1541 drive, printer, plotter?). More for an experiment than collection, but do prefer clean and presentable. Earlier this year, I r

[cctalk] Re: VCF this weekend, any one up for a trade?

I did not get any of whatever mailings there were. I don't exhibit, but I do have an excessive amount of stuff to sort and pack for sale and giveaway. -- Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com On Thu, 3 Aug 2023, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: We'll just have to organize a VCF F

[cctalk] Re: VCF this weekend, any one up for a trade?

On Thu, Aug 3, 2023 at 6:20 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > I did not get any of whatever mailings there were. > > I don't exhibit, but I do have an excessive amount of stuff to sort and > pack for sale and giveaway. > > -- > Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com We'll just have

[cctalk] Re: VCF this weekend, any one up for a trade?

I did not get any of whatever mailings there were. I don't exhibit, but I do have an excessive amount of stuff to sort and pack for sale and giveaway. -- Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com On Thu, 3 Aug 2023, jim stephens via cctalk wrote: On 8/3/23 20:05, Fred Cisin via c

[cctalk] Re: VCF this weekend, any one up for a trade?

On 8/3/23 20:05, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: Once again, the first that I am hearing about it is too late to pack up stuff to take! In the future, would everybody who knows about it mention it at least once a week for the month preceding? -- Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com

[cctalk] Re: VCF this weekend, any one up for a trade?

Once again, the first that I am hearing about it is too late to pack up stuff to take! In the future, would everybody who knows about it mention it at least once a week for the month preceding? -- Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com On Thu, 3 Aug 2023, Sellam Abraham via ccta

[cctalk] Re: VCF and System Source Computer Museum swap meet this weekend

I'll be there. Hello Ethan. Bring some good stuff for me to buy. jk. -andy > On Jul 19, 2023, at 11:23 AM, Ethan O'Toole via cctalk > wrote: > >> Hi, >> I am curious if anyone here might be planning on attending. >> https://museum.syssrc.com/artifact/events/3000/ > > I am heading up there wit

[cctalk] Re: VCF and System Source Computer Museum swap meet this weekend

On Wed, Jul 19, 2023 at 1:58 PM Ethan O'Toole via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > I'll be there. Hello Ethan. Bring some good stuff for me to buy. jk. > > -andy > > Years ago there was an auction of an Internet Kiosk company in Newport > News Virginia. I decided to go. It was well adver

[cctalk] Re: VCF and System Source Computer Museum swap meet this weekend

I'll be there. Hello Ethan. Bring some good stuff for me to buy. jk. -andy Years ago there was an auction of an Internet Kiosk company in Newport News Virginia. I decided to go. It was well advertised and run by a big company (probably Rasmus but I don't remember.) I get there. The crowd see

[cctalk] Re: VCF and System Source Computer Museum swap meet this weekend

On 7/19/2023 12:33 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: On 7/19/2023 11:23 AM, Ethan O'Toole via cctalk wrote: Hi, I am curious if anyone here might be planning on attending. https://museum.syssrc.com/artifact/events/3000/ I am heading up there with friends Friday night so we can get there

[cctalk] Re: VCF and System Source Computer Museum swap meet this weekend

On 7/19/2023 11:23 AM, Ethan O'Toole via cctalk wrote: Hi, I am curious if anyone here might be planning on attending. https://museum.syssrc.com/artifact/events/3000/ I am heading up there with friends Friday night so we can get there early Saturday. Bringing some stuff to sell, nothing to

[cctalk] Re: VCF and System Source Computer Museum swap meet this weekend

Hi, I am curious if anyone here might be planning on attending. https://museum.syssrc.com/artifact/events/3000/ I am heading up there with friends Friday night so we can get there early Saturday. Bringing some stuff to sell, nothing too crazy just odds and ends. PICMG Pentium rackmount machi

[cctalk] Re: VCF and System Source Computer Museum swap meet this weekend

Yep, I'm going to the swapfest early Saturday. Bringing a bunch of things I just don't need for sale including: pdp8/e AF01 (*Negibus A/D converter, 64 channels) SGI Indigo High Impact Mac Plus Dec BA11-S with power supply (working) Dec backplanes Lots of Q Bus cards Some Unibus cards My Pdp11/2

[cctalk] Re: VCF and System Source Computer Museum swap meet this weekend

I plan on being there, for me it is a lot closer that the Swap Meet in Wall NJ on the same day. Doug On 7/18/2023 7:56 PM, Mark G Thomas via cctalk wrote: Hi, I am curious if anyone here might be planning on attending. https://museum.syssrc.com/artifact/events/3000/ The Vintage Computer Fed

[cctalk] Re: VCF and System Source Computer Museum swap meet this weekend

Yep, I'm going to the swapfest early Saturday. Bringing a bunch of things I just don't need for sale including: pdp8/e AF01 (*Negibus A/D converter, 64 channels) SGI Indigo High Impact Mac Plus Dec BA11-S with power supply (working) Dec backplanes Lots of Q Bus cards Some Unibus cards My Pdp11/2

[cctalk] Re: VCF and System Source Computer Museum swap meet this weekend

System Source 338 Clubhouse Road Hunt Valley, MD 21031 On Tue, 18 Jul 2023, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: Is that somewhere in Maryland? On Tue, 18 Jul 2023, Mark G Thomas via cctalk wrote: Hi, I am curious if anyone here might be planning on attending. https:

[cctalk] Re: VCF and System Source Computer Museum swap meet this weekend

> Is that somewhere in Maryland? Yeah, Cockeysville, just outside Baltimore off I-83. Thanks, Jonathan

[cctalk] Re: VCF and System Source Computer Museum swap meet this weekend

Is that somewhere in Maryland? On Tue, 18 Jul 2023, Mark G Thomas via cctalk wrote: Hi, I am curious if anyone here might be planning on attending. https://museum.syssrc.com/artifact/events/3000/ The Vintage Computer Federation and the System Source Computer Museum are hosting a vintage com

[cctalk] Re: VCF and System Source Computer Museum swap meet this weekend

I'm going, there's going to be a fair bit of Ohio Scientific hacking going on this weekend. We're going to try and get my CD-23 hard disk system up and going and pull data off it (14" Shugart SA-4008) Thanks, Jonathan --- Original Message --- On Tuesday, July 18th, 2023 at 19:56, Mark G

[cctalk] Re: VCF Southwest 2023 some highlights

Very nice writeup! Marc > On Jun 26, 2023, at 5:06 AM, Steve Lewis via cctalk > wrote: > > VCF SW was this past weekend near Dallas, Texas. > > Here are some highlights from my perspective. > > https://voidstar.blog/vcf-southwest-2023/ > > > Most photos you can click to enlarge (Edge has b

[cctalk] Re: VCF Southwest 2023 some highlights

Wow..!! Very nice collection there, Christian! Mark -Original Message- From: Christian Corti via cctalk Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2023 12:52 AM To: Mark Huffstutter via cctalk Cc: Christian Corti Subject: [cctalk] Re: VCF Southwest 2023 some highlights On Mon, 26 Jun

[cctalk] Re: VCF Southwest 2023 some highlights

On Mon, 26 Jun 2023, Mark Huffstutter wrote: I've never seen an HP-9830A that gorgeous, and with the Companion HP-9866A printer no less, wow! That setup was quite usual I think. We also have the 8" disk station from Infotek (alas, the interface module has been lost, I can't find it). I

[cctalk] Re: VCF Southwest 2023 some highlights

On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 12:35 AM Mark Huffstutter via cctalk wrote: > I've never seen an HP-9830A that gorgeous, and with the > Companion HP-9866A printer no less, wow! What I'd like to see is an HP9830 with the HP9880 disk system (an HP7900A drive with a special controller). Any still w

[cctalk] Re: VCF Southwest 2023 some highlights

Steve, Thank You very much for taking the time to post your Mini-tour! I agree with the earlier poster, sure looks like a lot Of Cool stuff there at Southwest. Would have loved to have Seen that ADS-B "Radar" setup in person! I've never seen an HP-9830A that gorgeous, and with the

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