RCA never made the ELF per se.. Joe Weisbecker wrote a series of articles on how to build the ELF in Popular Electronics in 1976 and people had to make it at...
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Jeffrey Brace
arkaxow
Oct 2, 2009 3:19 am
cool he graduated from Drexel like me ! I was there when they imploded the RCA building in Camden back in the late 90's. I was on the Philadelphia (Penn's...
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
Oct 2, 2009 4:02 am
Yeah I noticed that just now as well. You happy? :) Unfortunately, Mr. Weisbecker is deceased....
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
Oct 2, 2009 4:02 am
That hardly proves anything, except that RCA was a widespread company....
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B Degnan
billdeg
Oct 2, 2009 4:30 am
Did some research The RCA CDP 1801 8-bit microprocessor was originally called COSMAC, but the name was changed to CDP at or around 1975. RCA put out the 1802...
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
Oct 2, 2009 4:37 am
I know two people who worked in the Somerville division, although they both worked on transistors and materials, not computers. Still, I bet if we try hard...
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Christian Liendo
christian_li...
Oct 2, 2009 11:15 am
Evan, you are always looking for info pertaining to computer research in NJ for the museum. Well you now have some right here. Ok.. I didn't "discover"; it, but...
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Christian Liendo
christian_li...
Oct 2, 2009 11:22 am
Dam I hit send on that last e-mail instead of save draft Ok Evan, you are always looking for computer history related to NJ. Well here is some history for the...
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evan@...
evan947
Oct 2, 2009 1:32 pm
Infoage is on good terms with the person who ran the Sarnoff museum. Please note my use of a :) in that "Are you happy?" comment... ... From: Christian Liendo...
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Mike Loewen
mloewen16823
Oct 2, 2009 1:37 pm
I had a few questions at VCF about something called a "lace card". Here's one I made up this morning: ...
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Christian Liendo
christian_li...
Oct 2, 2009 3:04 pm
Really?? Dude we should at least have a poster about the man.. ... From: evan@... <evan@...> Subject: Re: [midatlanticretro] Joseph A. Weisbecker,...
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evan@...
evan947
Oct 2, 2009 4:40 pm
... We did start collecting a list of important computer people / developments in New Jersey .... that was a few months ago, if anyone recalls. :) As a poster...
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Jim Scheef
jscheef
Oct 2, 2009 7:31 pm
Check out this eWeek slide show: http://web.eweek.com/t?r=2&c=14618&l=64&ctl=48D29:0C2B28FD67677FA91B26B5B8FFBD8914&kc=EWWHNEMNL10012009STR1 This one is...
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Christian Liendo
christian_li...
Oct 2, 2009 7:58 pm
NICE... No this is a good idea. ... From: Jim Scheef <scheefj@...> Subject: [midatlanticretro] trip down memory [sic] lane - museum exhibit ideas To:...
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mikolaym
Oct 2, 2009 8:18 pm
I emailed Dr. Alex Magoun (the man who ran the David Sarnoff Library) a while ago inquiring about how I could contact Joseph Weisbecker's daughter. He gave me...
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Christian Liendo
christian_li...
Oct 2, 2009 8:23 pm
Awesome, if we could get a picture for a poster, that would be great! ... From: mikolaym <mikolaym@...> Subject: [midatlanticretro] Re: Joseph A....
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evan@...
evan947
Oct 2, 2009 8:30 pm
Alex is a great guy, but remember, he has an existing relationship with Infoage and he knows me/MARCH. In the future please send such requests through me. ... ...
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Ray Sills
raysills
Oct 2, 2009 8:43 pm
IIRC, Joyce Weisbecker sent a message to MARCH once, looking for a VIP system. While I have one, I was not ready to part with it. Hopefully, someone will be...
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Brian Schenkenberger,...
VAXman@...
Oct 2, 2009 8:44 pm
... Pinned on the wall of my home office you will find a history "timeline"; of memory from 1K to 1G. It's always fun to show people the progression from huge...
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Mike Loewen
mloewen16823
Oct 2, 2009 8:53 pm
... In early 1987, I visited the Boston Computer Museum. They had a bunch of SAGE equipment on display (which is now at the CHM), including a 64Kb core plane....
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
Oct 2, 2009 11:02 pm
... Indeed. She also sent me a private email, which I quite honestly forgot about until your reminder today. It's about time that I send her a long-overdue...
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Andy Meyer
ysgdhio
Oct 3, 2009 12:21 am
... Do we have the date reserved at InfoAge? And... who's in?! Andy...
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
Oct 3, 2009 12:25 am
... We have the date reserved. It's back at the TIROS building which now has WORKING heat ..... the problem last year turned out to be a frozen hose ........
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Joe Giliberti
jtkirk1337
Oct 3, 2009 12:29 am
There's no old computers there... Can we use the TIROS dish to get Wifi?...
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Mr Ian Primus
ian_primus
Oct 3, 2009 12:34 am
... Awesome! I liked the TIROS building better for the party than the main hall - seemed more like a geek campout that way! I'm definitely in. -Ian...
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joprysko1
Oct 3, 2009 12:48 am
I just picked up a Coleco Adam, and was wondering if anyone around here happens to have some spare data-packs/programs for the Adam. The 2 issues I see with it...
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joprysko1
Oct 3, 2009 1:01 am
I think I would like to try to make it. Sounds like it would be fun. I will have to keep my eyes on the group to have some kind of idea of what stuff to bring...
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Andy Meyer
ysgdhio
Oct 3, 2009 1:02 am
... Warm is nice, but what are they doing about all the lead on the floor? (Which, as we walk on it, becomes stuff that we breathe)...
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rsampson@...
rsampson...
Oct 3, 2009 1:51 am
I have a Victor 9000 with monitor and keyboard, Dual CP/L and MS-DOS. No diskettes. I'd like to donate it, any interest? Thanks...
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
Oct 3, 2009 2:12 am
Sure, we'd love to have that for our group museum. I'll send you a private email to arrange it. Thank you....
