Hello folks, It's been quite awhile since I last posted anything (30 Jan, 2008 from what I have in my outbox message archives :-/ ). My work life has settled...
in Manhattan at my alma mater The Cooper Union: http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/19/the-engadget-show-returns-on-january-30th-with-steve-wozniak/ The Engadget...
It might already be gone, but maybe not... Offer - Sun Sparcstation 10 computer and CD drive - Fair Haven Posted by: "Michael Chaplin" meanpressure0@......
We have the opportunity to rescue the TI minicomputer. However, it is the size of a refrigerator and the current owner says it doesn't come apart easily. He...
Hi all, I'm renewing a call-for-ideas that I made after VCF East 6.0: what can we do for VCF East 7.0 in the realm of "special events" beyond the exhibits,...
I have successfully instaled a catweasel MK4plus tonight. Pretty cool. I started by getting a 1.2MB 5 1/4" drive running and imaging I am testing with random...
Anyone know who is the proud owner of the PDP Straight 8 from the 2008 Trenton Computer festival? Would like to find out more info on it and collaborate on a...
Hi all -- I need ideas for people we can invite as keynoters to our next VCF East. So far I invited Dick Moberg (of the 1978 Philadelphia Computer Music ...
All -- I was playing around with some of my old Mac (68k) disks on vMac this evening and I wondered if there was a demo disk for either the 128k or 512k that...
BASIC was thrust upon us involuntarily. Even the name sucks. The original versions couldn't support such advanced concepts as subroutines! And it was ...
If anyone is interested in this lot, please contact John directly. ... Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:34:20 +0000 From: John II Wick <JohnII.Wick@...> To:...
I uploaded the doc for a Tester I made for troubleshooting the 74123 IC, dual retriggerale monostable multivibrator. This is one that's typically found in 70s...
Kelly or Mike or ?? Anyone have a TRS 80 Model II / 12 / 16 suddenly fail with the following symptom...powers up, fan spins, there's a 196 beats per minute...
Hi MARCHins, There's been a major revamp over at www.the-eniac.com ... the six main pages (orange links in the header) are packed solid with good information. ...
... Thanks. ... Indeed! I went to a similar event in King of Prussia, PA back in '04 or '05; I forget the details. But it was a HUGE event. ... Paging Bill...
Gentlemen -- Got an email just now about someone in Flanders, New Jersey who is looking to sell a TI Business Systems 600 minicomputer. He says it's from the...
On my blog 8bitaficionado I get about 100 to 150 spam comments a day. I now have to approve all postings, which is annoying but I don't need viagra & porn...
QDP 300 early microcomputer (JJ note - Quasar) HP Model 85B Computer HP 9000 Model 236 Computer Monroe OC8820 PC Silicon Graphics Octane AT&T PC6300 AT&T Unix...
If anyone here is allowed to go massively OT:, it's me. :) I need some help adjusting a WordPress theme. If any MARCHins are experienced at this, then...
All -- Does anyone have a copy/disk image of the original IBM MASM 1.0 that I could have? I¹m working on a version of TinyBASIC (1982) for the N8VEM 80C188...
1995 Byte 20th Anniv Issue - "20 Best" Issue No Commentary from me, except to say that despite the fact that the movie War Games had been out for years by...