So, our next big event is The Next HOPE, July 16-18, Hotel Pennsylvania, New York City. As usual, due to the logistics of NYC itself, MARCH will only be there ...
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evan@...
evan947
Jun 3, 2010 6:16 am
Hi all -- The MARCH officers (me, Andy Meyer, Bill Degnan, Justin Jernigan) spent Wed. afternoon meeting at Infoage. We also met with Fred. Bill and Justin...
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Richard Cini
altairmanrich
Jun 3, 2010 1:31 am
That¹s a good one, too. I just bid on a Panasonic CCTV monitor ‹ the Apple monitor I have is good but the picture is rectangular rather than square. I also...
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Mike Loewen
mloewen16823
Jun 3, 2010 1:10 am
... Try this one: http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/VCF-East2009/IMG_0559.JPG Mike Loewen mloewen@... Old Technology...
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Bill Sudbrink
bsudbrink
Jun 3, 2010 12:56 am
Re: [midatlanticretro] Cromemco D+7A board wantedTotally non-vintage but easy to transport. A little Panasonic security monitor. Got it cheep on ebay, it has...
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Bill Sudbrink
bsudbrink
Jun 3, 2010 12:52 am
Re: [midatlanticretro] Cromemco D+7A board wantedhttp://www.hammondmfg.com/dwg16.htm#15degree I don't remember the exact part number... I will find the...
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Richard Cini
altairmanrich
Jun 3, 2010 12:46 am
That¹s a good picture. What kind of color monitor is that? ... Rich -- Rich Cini Collector of Classic Computers Build Master and lead engineer, Altair32...
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Bill Sudbrink
bsudbrink
Jun 3, 2010 12:37 am
Re: [midatlanticretro] Cromemco D+7A board wantedNone of my pictures of last year's VCF East turned out but here is a pretty good picture of my Cromemco loaded...
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Richard Cini
altairmanrich
Jun 3, 2010 12:33 am
I don¹t know yet. I would probably go with the Hammond. Do you have a part number or dimensions? ... -- Rich Cini Collector of Classic Computers Build Master...
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Bill Sudbrink
bsudbrink
Jun 3, 2010 12:28 am
Re: [midatlanticretro] Cromemco D+7A board wantedFrom Dan's measurement of his original, combined with the test procedure in the assembly instructions, 5k Ohm....
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Richard Cini
altairmanrich
Jun 3, 2010 12:05 am
What is the resistance on the pots? Both Mouser and Digi-Key have suitable pots ‹ not vintage, but workable. I¹m guessing 10k, which looks to be pretty ...
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Dan Roganti
ragoo_sauce
Jun 2, 2010 5:30 pm
I have the D+7A and an original Cromemco joystick , so I'm still waiting for a Dazzler - hint :) It's in Bill S. pics too, side by side his replica, from VCF...
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
Jun 2, 2010 2:51 am
As seen on Slashdot today: http://technologizer.com/2010/05/31/ibm-muppets/ I like the third one (Cookie Monster) best....
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
Jun 2, 2010 1:47 am
No, I don't think that is the problem. This isn't a matter of how I classify messages. See screen capture: http://www.snarc.net/inbox.jpg When I get a new...
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Bill Degnan
billdeg
Jun 2, 2010 1:12 am
the color coding pertains to the assignment of the message type. somewhere along the link you assigned your messages to a group (personal, business, etc.) ...
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
Jun 2, 2010 1:00 am
Here's another Thunderbird question. I searched and only found part of the answer. Until tonight I used TB 3.1 beta. It worked fine. Then I upgraded to 3.1...
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Bill Sudbrink
bsudbrink
Jun 2, 2010 12:46 am
Re: [midatlanticretro] Dazzler successesNote that the RDOS stream is relocated to 0x3000 while the disassembly is of the original paper tape, at the original...
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Richard Cini
altairmanrich
Jun 2, 2010 12:45 am
Sweeeet! Thanks a lot. ... Rich -- Rich Cini Collector of Classic Computers Build Master and lead engineer, Altair32 Emulator http://www.altair32.com ...
Thanks, Bill. I actually don¹t have a Cromemco ‹ my Dazzler is running on my IMSAI. I¹m going to re-create the source for this tomorrow to make it ...
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Bill Sudbrink
bsudbrink
Jun 2, 2010 12:18 am
Dazzler successesHere's kscope as a text stream you can feed into RDOS: http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/kscope_rdos.txt ... From:...
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Bill Sudbrink
bsudbrink
Jun 2, 2010 12:16 am
Dazzler successesHa! Our messages crossed! I'll get kscope up on my site tonight or tomorrow morning. I'll post when it's up. Bill ... From:...
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Richard Cini
altairmanrich
Jun 2, 2010 12:09 am
All -- Just to report back on the Dazzler I pulled out of storage, I was able to get The Game of Life to work (with the exception that the LIFE banner doesn¹t...
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Bill Sudbrink
bsudbrink
Jun 2, 2010 12:04 am
Re: [midatlanticretro] Cromemco D+7A board wantedI have converted all of the dazzler software I could find (paper tape images) into CP/M executable files. I...
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Richard Cini
altairmanrich
Jun 1, 2010 11:17 pm
Thanks for the tips, Bill. The version of Life I had was bad so I re-created the source from the listing and made an object file for me to test tonight. ... ...
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Mike Loewen
mloewen16823
Jun 1, 2010 1:20 pm
... Good advice. I thought I had a winner with an ST-4038, but it starts to throw lots of errors after it's been running for a while. I have one more ST-4038...
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Kelly D. Leavitt
kb2syd
Jun 1, 2010 1:03 pm
Two tips: 1) With the internal controller, ALWAYS park the drive. They last much longer that way. There is a flag to have the kernal auto park. Turn it on. 2)...
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midatlanticretro@yaho...
Jun 1, 2010 12:41 pm
MARCH frequently asked questions -- updated August 1, 2009 1. What is MARCH? MARCH is a user group for people who enjoy using antique/vintage computers. Our...
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Bill Sudbrink
bsudbrink
Jun 1, 2010 12:33 pm
Cromemco D+7A board wantedThe tough part of making a Cromemco joystick console repro is finding the actual joystick module. After a lot of looking, I found...
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BDegnan
billdeg
Jun 1, 2010 12:11 pm
Old mFM drives that work are quite rare. I have many dead mfm's..I wish I had one or two myself. Their value is getting into to $100's ... From: Mike Loewen...
