... I think we're quite fortunate, as our stuff is interesting. I hear some people spend lots of time and money watching grown men chase a ball! -Dave -- Dave...
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B. Degnan
billdeg
Feb 23, 2013 3:02 pm
... but ... terminals. I have a Z19 in the basement but it dates from about 1980. ... Z-19 is fine....
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B. Degnan
billdeg
Feb 23, 2013 2:58 pm
... }sigh{...
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ekoblentz
Feb 23, 2013 2:25 pm
... Dude. We run a vintage computer club. :)...
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David Comley
david_comley
Feb 23, 2013 2:12 pm
... Will do. I'll see what I can find in the way of age-appropriate terminals. I have a Z19 in the basement but it dates from about 1980. ... The First Book of...
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B. Degnan
billdeg
Feb 23, 2013 1:23 pm
Bill G - OK Yes RCA Cosmac Dave Comley - Some sort of video or "action" if possible for the KIM, but within convenience. It's not always easy to translate the...
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Bill Dromgoole
willie5015
Feb 23, 2013 6:16 am
Bill, I guess you know that the OSI-300 is a single board computer. Not much to see. If you want I can also bring an RCA cosmac computer with a monitor. ...
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J. Alexander Jacocks
caliphalexander
Feb 23, 2013 1:51 am
... Is there any chance that anyone coming has a spare HIL keyboard and mouse that they'd be willing to swap for, or sell? And, additionally, if there's...
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B Degnan
billdeg
Feb 23, 2013 1:43 am
... That was a Freudian mistake -- Sent from my PDP 8/e....
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ekoblentz
Feb 23, 2013 12:41 am
... Ah. You'll have to contact him....
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Wesley Furr
wesleyhfurr
Feb 23, 2013 12:30 am
I was referring to Dave's collection in Floyd, VA...that is closer to me than the NJ collection. Though only a certain amount...still 2.5 hours to Floyd from...
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ekoblentz
Feb 23, 2013 12:24 am
... The "bugbook" link is the private collection of Dave L., who lives in Virginia and loaned his Mark-8 to us. Whereas our MARCH museum, in Wall, NJ, is open...
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Wesley Furr
wesleyhfurr
Feb 23, 2013 12:15 am
Is this a collection that is open to the public? Or just something private but sometimes open to MARCH folks? Thanks, Wesley ... Forgot to mention: MARCHins...
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ekoblentz
Feb 22, 2013 11:11 pm
... He meant Trenton. Bill: Please don't call it VCF East, even casually, as that's bound to confuse people....
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David Comley
david_comley
Feb 22, 2013 10:54 pm
Trenton or VCF E ? I can offer to show a KIM-1 at Trenton, probably with a Silent 700 hooked up to it. Happy to help out if needed. -David ...
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B Degnan
billdeg
Feb 22, 2013 10:39 pm
Sitting here are the airport in Chicago..weather related layover, ug. Anyway, here is what I have so far for Trenton, the theme is homebrew era microcomputers....
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ekoblentz
Feb 22, 2013 10:28 pm
... MARCH has most of them. They're on a shelf in our homebrew exhibit. I think we are only missing one or two. Someday I will have to make a list and compare...
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B Degnan
billdeg
Feb 22, 2013 10:25 pm
I have some of these Bugbooks, so do many here including Dan R if I remember correctly. I was all set to take the family to Floyd VA and then I had some sick...
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B Degnan
billdeg
Feb 22, 2013 10:17 pm
Thanks Dave! ... From: midatlanticretro@yahoogroups.com [mailto:midatlanticretro@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of evan@... Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013...
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ekoblentz
Feb 22, 2013 9:59 pm
... And he blogs: bugbookmuseum.blogspot.com...
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ekoblentz
Feb 22, 2013 9:55 pm
... Forgot to mention: MARCHins should also check out Dave's site which is www.bugbookcomputermuseum.com and also go visit his collection in Floyd, Virginia....
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joshbensadon
Feb 22, 2013 9:54 pm
... Very cool! Must be nice to have friends in high places :) I got my Mark-8 replica built a few months ago, it was tricky to trouble shoot but it's running...
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joshbensadon
Feb 22, 2013 9:47 pm
... COOL! Good to hear! The Examine button causes the CPU to execute a JUMP to the address selected by the 16 Address Switches. It releases the "Wait" state...
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Alexey Toptygin
stoolingpigeon
Feb 22, 2013 9:39 pm
... Thanks Dave! Alexey...
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ekoblentz
Feb 22, 2013 9:30 pm
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...
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DanielB
danlb_2000
Feb 22, 2013 7:38 pm
... I finally got the IMSAI cleaned up and powered up successfully. Currently I have it running with the front panel, CPU and one memory board. I can...
29320
ekoblentz
Feb 22, 2013 1:53 pm
... Congrats! Can you bring that to our Trenton demo and show off your (decades!) of work?...
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Bob Applegate
bobk2ut
Feb 22, 2013 1:41 pm
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...
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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....
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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...
