I went el-cheapo at the VCF last week -- stayed at the Days Inn. Paid in cash because I didn't want to carry around the $$ from selling two computers. Then,...
This is cool. Tonight I was browsing through an oral history of ENIAC co-inventor John Mauchly, conducted by the Smithsonian back in the 1970s. The history...
Hi people. My birthday party is tonight (Saturday November 10) at 8:30PM, and it's going to be held at the world-famous Scores topless bar in New York City....
I thought I'd offer these items locally, before offering to nation at large. Just make arrangements for pickup or shipping and they are yours. Donations...
Evan, If Dan Bricklin didn't invent the computer spreadsheet when he wrote VisiCalc, who did and what was it called? Jim ... From: Evan <evan@...> To:...
Hello MARCHins! Just got back to my hotel after the second day of VCF West. My favorite part of any VCF isn't the compueters, it's the people ... Had a drink...
Evan, In the "small world" category is this note: I knew Dan Kottke before he was at Apple. We went to the same private school in NJ. He was in my dorm soph...
Take a look at this: http://www.popsci.com/popsci/how20/3432d549436f5110vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd/7.html I don't know how many of you have a MAC with this...
http://www.retrothing.com/ (or direct to the article after new ones are added: http://www.retrothing.com/2007/11/8-bit-classics-.html ) Cheers, Bryan P.S. Hey...
Joe, Happy Birthday (tomorrow if I recall from Facebook) My birthday present for you is a micro channel memory board made by Kingston. It has four slots for...
Today I picked up a donation consisting of a Cromemco System Three Model with dual 8" drives (PerSci) CS3 S/N: 31856. The condition is excellent. There are few...
Sellam, Had not thought of that, but it's a great idea, none the less. ;-) As long as we can tell what an egotistical ass**** Von Newmann was, this would be a...
Well, I'm betting that I'll never be allowed on another freecycle group for the rest of my life. I posted a want ad for some camera equipment, posting was...
Two weeks ago I was at a yard sale where there was basically nothing good. I joked to one of the sellers about selling the Laptop he was working on in his...
Hi I have an Apple iii with a blown fuse. The fuse in the power supply has "125V 5mf 2 3/4 A" printed on it. It's possible that the previous owner pulled the...
Hi - I just picked up a nice Cromemco System 3 with custom desk, TI 810 printer, and Hazletine 1520 monitor, plus software (a boot disk and Fortran with misc...
Are there others in the group who also collect Sun workstations, in addition to our more classic systems? Suns have interested me since I first worked with a...
Hey dudes. I need someone to record VH1 Classic (not standard VH1) tonight from around 8-9pm. I'm at the Springsteen concert and they picked my wristband #...
Ok..maybe I am a little obsessed w/ VComps, but for my vacation next week here is my reading list: Dr Dobbs 1st year issues Kilobaud #2, feb 77 an assembly...
Forwarded from the Homestead mailing list: Yow! Go for it! I'm proud to announce that the first 2 parts of the Vintage Computer Festival East 4.0, starring...
Hi Gang: I've been cleaning out my basement and discovered a few things that might interest MARCH members... For example, I found a manual (a 3-ring binder)...
There's a thread on cctalk "Extracting CDOS and CP/M files" that has been going on for a while. Mostly it's about disk formatting and transferring files. Has...
Dave Snellman, who is a friend-o'-MARCH by way of NJARC, brought us a Commodore Pet. Bill Deg and Bryan are in charge of this Pet's care and feeding. (I won't...
Hi, mates. If anyone has, is, or plans to wonder about our club finances: Jim sent me a detailed update recently which explains our post-VCF East status....
