@Bill D. You are right.. Most people into the hobby are into it for nostalgia. They have the "In my day I used to use xxxx computer".. For many of us that is a...
... This year was the first time we had a vendors area. We'll do it again next year, hopefully with more vendors, but that's the extent of it -- we want to...
I found some Core memory. It's from the same guy who has the mylar papertape. He gave me 2 core memory cards. He mentioned that he remembers this coming from...
[I realize that MARCH is based nearly three thousand miles away from Seattle; I ask the membership to forgive this slight detour from totally rigid topical...
I'm looking for a disk or disk image of CP/M-80 for the CompuPro 8/16 with CPU 85/88 processor board and DISK1 floppy disk interface. I've found a copy for the...
The 2nd annual Vintage Computer Festival Southwest will be held August 6th and 7th, in the Bluebonnet Ballroom, in the E.H. Hereford University Center,...
... For nontechnical people who show up out of curiosity, it may give them the impression that "vintage computing" is all about early Pentiums and stuff like...
Since VCF E I have been working to finish up on my PDP 11/05 project. I put together another teletype that will be dedicated to the PDP 11. Here is an excerpt...
http://www.retrotechnology.com/restore/vcfe7.html Here's a Web page I created to discuss my activities at VCF-E, as an attendee, a dealer and a participant in...
Hello all, Enjoyed myself throughly at my first VCF east and made lots of good fiends. Safe travels to all of you, looks like I'll be getting in about 3:30-4...
Chris L. posted 209 pictures. Here are the two funniest: 1. Brian C. in monster mode: https://picasaweb.google.com/cliendo/VCFE2011#5608264152763257602 2. I...
I have a cold so I'm probably not going to the museum tomorrow. However InfoAge will be open this Monday from 12-whenever. There's going to be a staff BBQ in...
I thought a MARCH member was asking for PS/2 disks, but search finds no such posting. Well, I have some now: 1.44 meg floppy and 80 meg hard drive in the...
Found in one of the H-buildings that was used as a laser facility: access hatch sign reading, "DO NOT ENTER WHEN LASER DANGER SIGN IS FLASHING" .... ha ......
"Stan Veit's History of the Personal Computer" audiobook podcast, chapter 4 http://bit.ly/izfPBD Loads a little slow - subscribe @ iTunes I would just like to...
Despite the ebay seller being a dope (split the kit into 2-3 separate items so I'm now missing the required console), I bought the DAGE SCIENTIFIC MC 3 which...
I was handed this quite heavy shrink-wrapped package at the last hamfest - Microsoft's MASM 6.1 - Microsoft Assembly Language development system. Still in...
All -- I have a copy of the book ³Graphical User Interface Programming² by Steve Rimmer, a 1992 TAB book on a DIY character-based GUI. One could order the...
InfoAge replaced the five dead bulbs in building 9010-C (which includes MARCH's part of the massive H-building complex) so now it's slightly less dungeon-like...
Hi guys! Dan suggested that I subscribe. I'm working on moving to the Pittsburgh area, New Kensington to be exact, along with my fiancee', a few cats, and a...
I've never investigated it. Look at this page: http://www.sol20.org/programs.html scroll down to targ.ent. There's a wav file there too. My Sol sounds the ...
Kind of funny I got a comment from Steve Dompier about my youtube video with the Altair playing music.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgYhVnmeWrk -- Sent from...
Like Dan, I would toss in some money to get Mr. Mims out to VCF 8 The MARCH crew has been able to get some really great people to come to the VCF fests.. I...
... It comes from just about everything, and the noise coming out of the radio is a blend of it all, including byproducts of constructive and destructive...
