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...
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William Donzelli
toober00
Feb 18, 2013 7:01 pm
... And, of course, all of this will be on bitsavers as well, if Al sees fit. -- Will...
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Systems Glitch
systems.glitch
Feb 18, 2013 7:11 pm
... I may have my 8-bit homebrew project up and going by then, at least the prototype phase. Don't want to get too many people excited in case it doesn't...
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J. Alexander Jacocks
caliphalexander
Feb 18, 2013 7:19 pm
... I have one homebrew Z80 system that I could show (N8VEM/Kiselev Zeta), and I might have another, by then. Thanks! - Alex...
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ekoblentz
Feb 19, 2013 4:31 am
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...
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David Comley
david_comley
Feb 19, 2013 12:07 pm
Is it a one or two day event this year ? If needed, I could bring something along to make up the numbers. My Spare Time Gizmos SBC6120 will be complete by then...
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Brian Schenkenberger,...
VAXman@...
Feb 19, 2013 12:25 pm
... Grrr. If it's not VCF, it's TCF, that is always scheduled when I have some other function to attend. VCF was finally scheduled at a good time for me but...
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Dan Roganti
ragoo_sauce
Feb 19, 2013 12:34 pm
... sweet ! does this mean the micro-mini-VCFish-east is still a go ? Dan...
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Bill Sudbrink
bsudbrink
Feb 19, 2013 12:37 pm
... The timing's no good for me. Sorry. Bill S....
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ekoblentz
Feb 19, 2013 12:41 pm
... VCF East is still taking the year off for two reasons.: lack of time and potential for risk. The power plan is just that -- a plan -- until it happens. I...
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Dan Roganti
ragoo_sauce
Feb 19, 2013 12:47 pm
... yea, thats what I was referring to, I just used an alternative terminology :)...
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B Degnan
billdeg
Feb 19, 2013 1:17 pm
David, Sounds good. Just Saturday. It’s not the same TCF as it was 20 years ago, or even 2005, the old ham fest atmosphere recedes each year. Personally...
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David Gesswein
dgesswein
Feb 20, 2013 1:22 am
... I may be able to bring something for a single 6' table. Wouldn't really want to do it if sufficient power isn't available. I can bring less hungry stuff...
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B Degnan
billdeg
Feb 20, 2013 1:53 am
... I may be able to bring something for a single 6' table. Wouldn't really want to do it if sufficient power isn't available. I can bring less hungry stuff ...
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Systems Glitch
systems.glitch
Feb 20, 2013 3:22 am
Wall is probably going to help us with transportation and installation. (Evan's note: This refers to Princeton U. which is giving InfoAge a transformer. Fred...
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ekoblentz
Feb 20, 2013 3:30 am
I requested either a small classroom or at least 20 feet by 20 feet square. Highly doubtful that we'll get any special power available. My plan is to have the...
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ekoblentz
Feb 20, 2013 3:31 am
... Beats me, but I will share your generous offer with Fred....
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Dave McGuire
purringdave
Feb 20, 2013 5:28 am
... Very cool, but..."homebrew", "homebrew-era", or "kits"? Or all of the above? I (for one) consider the three to be very different things. -Dave -- Dave...
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Bill Dromgoole
willie5015
Feb 20, 2013 6:29 am
I can bring an RCA COSMAC VIP-711 single board computer and/or a KIM-1 and/or an Ohio Scientific OSI-300. All fully operational. Not much in the way of...
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David Comley
david_comley
Feb 20, 2013 12:21 pm
... I can bring either a KIM-1 or the SBC6120/FP6120 replica of a PDP-8 I am building right now - or my first ever computer, the Sinclair ZX80 I built from a...
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B Degnan
billdeg
Feb 20, 2013 12:59 pm
Given space and Evan’s theme: Dave – KIM Bill DromG – OSI I will bring whatever is missing from the list that I have on hand. Bill Deg From:...
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corey986
Feb 21, 2013 2:43 am
Count me in also. I should be able to do Saturday. Cheers, Corey...
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J. Alexander Jacocks
caliphalexander
Feb 21, 2013 2:59 am
... So, who's coming, for sure? I'll be there @ 9am. - Alex...
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Mike Loewen
mloewen16823
Feb 21, 2013 3:06 am
... I'll be there, probably between 9:30 and 10:00. Mike Loewen mloewen@... Old Technology...
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ekoblentz
Feb 21, 2013 3:52 am
... I haven't heard back from Jeff J. ... but I don't really want to wake up at 4:30am anyhow. :)...
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David Gesswein
dgesswein
Feb 22, 2013 2:36 am
... My calendar says thats a tuesday and wednesday....
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J. Alexander Jacocks
caliphalexander
Feb 22, 2013 2:36 am
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 10:06 PM, Mike Loewen ... Mike, I just acquired my first 68k workstation, an HP 9000/375. I'm really excited to play with it,...
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ekoblentz
Feb 22, 2013 3:12 am
... Oops. 18-19....
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ekoblentz
Feb 22, 2013 3:16 am
... Speaking of which: I don't know how many people will attend just a vintage computer swap meet. We'd advertise it just like we advertise VCF, but we...
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B Degnan
billdeg
Feb 22, 2013 3:19 am
From 2am until 430am on the 14th then 230pm till 250 or so on the 15th -- Sent from my PDP 8/e....
