... Sorry I missed all this! I inadvertantly routed my MARCH daily digest to my Yahoo! mail (which I ignore). I did not discover this until 3PM Saturday. I'm...
Sussex County Amateur Radio Club's annual ham fest. July 9th 2006. 7AM to Noon. Sussex county fair grounds, Augusta NJ. I saw a bunch of SGI, some apple and...
... I would, but I'm nowhere near there and I'm waay too busy. Peace... Sridhar...
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midatlanticretro@yaho...
Jul 2, 2006 1:48 am
MARCH frequently asked questions -- last updated 3/30/2006 1. What is MARCH? MARCH is a user group for people who enjoy using antique/vintage computers. Our ...
Might be switched to Thursday. I'll know more by tomorrow night. Sorry for all the confusion. ... From: Sridhar Ayengar [mailto:ploopster@...] Sent:...
A hamfest is not off-topic for old computer collectors; I see old computers at every such event I've gone to. (The topic post refers to the Sussex County NJ...
... You're correct that it is not strictly off topic. For 2005, I know there were 40 "indoor" vendors with tables and displays, and around 200 tailgaters with...
... That's the CHM's Visible Storage exhibit (right after the PDP-1 talk). -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ... International Man of Intrigue and...
Rescued a nice Commie batch today. 1 Plus 4 3 SX64 3 64 2 128 2 1571 Disk drives 2 boxes of books, manuals and software. They're a bit of a mess (dust and...
Don't know where this came from... Dysmouselia I guess. Sorry ... From: Kelly Leavitt [mailto:midatlanticretro@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Kelly Leavitt Sent:...
Kelly, You should be able to power it all on without issue. I would start with the sx64's because they're complete units. See if you have the sx64 demo disk...
I have a general question: Let's say you get a pile of hard drives from the ST506-era MFM's. What do you personally do to try to determine the status of the...
Hi Kelly: I'd vacuum them out very well to remove as much dirt and debris as possible for starters. With that collection, you have (hopefully) multiple power...
For the IBM XT you need to use the reference disk to format the hard drive if it's from an alien system. I should have thought of that being an ex IBMer...but...
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Jul 3, 2006 1:16 pm
... I am in awe of people who can find SX64's. The last one I saw was without keyboard and the person wanted $50. for it. :{ Nice going. John A....
... I don't know which disks I have, but I'll look for the demo disk. Thanks for the load command, it has been years since I worked on any Commodore stuff. I...
... drive ... an ex ... now. ... Bill, as I remember XT's and MFM controllers, many of those controllers had a "low level format" routine in their BIOS ROM....
... displays, and around 200 tailgaters with stuff to sell. I don't know how well stuff sold since I work the gate. By the time I'm off duty, I would assume...
We decided to hold a northern and a southern swap meet, in order to reach more of our members who can't (or are simply tired of) traveling to InfoAge. So,...
Bill, True XT-style controllers had the drive geometry in ROM and thus each controller would only support a very limited number of drives (as many as three -...
All the plans for today (Monday) are off. Vintage videogame day will be Thursday. Curt Vendel, who many of you already know, will drive down from upstate NY...
I'll do my best to get there. I'll try and get a small MAME machine set up. I'm gonna need to use a keyboard hack to interface the controls, so does anyone...
I was at the hamfest in Piscataway on June 17, it was bad all around, no vintage computers, limited electronics, no old radio/television tubes, even the guy...
Hello all and happy 4th, I've attached a scan of the flyer for the Western CT Hamfest sponsored by the Candlewood Amateur Radio Association. The PDF has...
... around, no vintage computers, limited electronics, no old radio/television tubes, even the guy with the maroon solar panels skipped this one, there were...
... reach ... InfoAge. ... Allain is checking ... event ... OK, sounds like the InfoAge swapmeet and the "road trip" has morphed into a Deleware swapmeet and a...
