I'm into classic computing, video games, and computing devices. I'm curious as to what the membership considers "too new" to be classic. Out of my collection,...
I started reading this article and thought, "Sigh... another free press moment for the big boys, while we hobbyists go unloved"... until I saw the words "Bill...
There's still no power at InfoAge. Been six weeks. :( Princeton U. offered to give InfoAge one of its extra transformers, but the transformer they offered has...
Hi Folks, I have been restoring a PDP-8/m and RK05J disk drive. Much has been accomplished and it has come to the point that I need to insert a cartridge, to...
I emailed Titus. He said he's happy to help us with any technical matters about the restoration. Also said he'll send us a copy of all the documentation....
After collecting computers for several years, I've accumulated a few printers as well. Just recently, I scored a Unisys-branded Mannesmann-Tally MT440 serial...
Great news! MARCH's own Dave Larsen is providing a long-term loan of a real (not replica) Mark-8 minicomputer for our homebrew museum exhibit. This deal has...
Guys, One of the items I got from Stephen Gray's daughter last weekend is an audio tape of Stephen giving a lecture. I want to be sure the tape's in good...
I was recently given a small drum plotter, a Strobe 100, with a S-100 based interface card, but no documentation at all on the protocol and commands to make it...
Alex and I talked about this yesterday, and he suggested I throw it out to the group. I would like to come up with a hardware/software scheme to connect a ...
Hi all, I thought I would visit your Group and tell you about some of the work I am doing with early computers here in the UK. I am an active member of the...
Today, in preparing for Trenton, Jeff B. and I tested some systems for selling. We set aside the following: - Apple //e + monitor + 1 drive (x2) - Commodore...
Here's something that I learned while skimming the ACS newsletters tonight. As far as I know, Trenton in '76 was the "first" computer show meant for hobbyists....
More nuggets from skimming the ACS newsletters: - Unicom Inc. in 1970 had a computer called the "CP-8A" for $1,800. Not a hobby kit, but Gray saw fit to...
At Trenton we're going to sell a few systems at full retail, in addition to the exhibit demo. We will sell some of our redundant 8-bit stuff. Tomorrow, Jeff B....
Back in the 70s I priced out many S-100 systems well beyond my resouces, then started collecting S-100 cards in the early 80s but never did much with them...
We can open soon!!! Dan Lieb, who runs the shipwreck group and represents all of the member groups to the InfoAge board of directors, announced the following...
Trenton Computer Fest is early this year -- Saturday, March 16. Bill Deg. had a great idea: MARCH should have a large presence there, like we did in 2005,...
I went on a (small) rescue mission today. Stephen Gray, as some of you may know, published the "Amateur Computer Society" which was a snail-mailed newsletter...
Hi, all retrocomputing fans! I'm starting a new podcast called Floppy Days to discuss vintage computers and calculators. I plan to cover things like: -...
FYI, this is all in Pittsburgh, PA... Cheers, Bryan ... Subject: [TI-99/4A] TI Items in Southwestern PA Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:37:46 -0500 From: Bryan...
http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/15/world/europe/russia-meteor-shower/index.html?c=homepage-t&page=0 What's next, the Sun opening at one end and chomping all the...
