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by jfoust＠threedee.com

I attended the Detroit Maker Faire this past weekend. Quite fun! Amazing and inspirational geekdom. A combination computer show, robot demo, tech consciousness raising, Scout jamboree and university recruiting fair. Vehicles with real flames. The crowd? Mom, Dad and the kids, regular geeks, geeks with tats and corsets. Cast your own cannonballs from scrap iron. Life-size Mouse Trap game. Guitars. Marshmallow guns. For a buck, you could buy a kit and sit down at a station to solder your own blinking LED merit badge, and dozens were doing that continuously. EepyBird did their Coke and Mentos show. Quite a few Arduino-powered gizmos. MakerBots with various heads like 3D printing with melted ABS plastic. There was one guy who'd made his own CPU from the ground up, with an Altair-era style front panel. About 250 booths, I believe. Overall, I thought it was quite inspirational. A wide range of ages and abilities in play, all enthusiastic about making things, learning to repair things, hacking in a playful way. I think any classic computer exhibit would be well-received. I don't think Detroit was as funky as it gets when the MF is in San Francisco. On the other hand, it took place in the parking lots of the Henry Ford Museum / Greenfield Village, so there was plenty to see in terms of old machinery. By some great coincidence, the kids watched a special on Nikola Tesla on the History Channel shortly before we went to Greenfield Village, so they could see through the endless pro-Edison material. While admiring the steam locomotive roundhouse, Air Force One flew overhead. Being in Detroit also gave me a chance to spend a little time with my old friend Sheldon Leemon ("Mapping the Commodore 64") and his wife. - John

15 years, 8 months

scammed an HP 98788A b & w monitor

by chrism3667＠yahoo.com

not totally sure of it's overall health, but it kind of works thus far. apparently was used on an HP-UX w/s @ AT & T (so says the sticker). an unusual bugger. Unique amongst my jumbo monitors. Now only need the HP-UX station to go along w/it...

15 years, 8 months

Aug 3 1977 The TRS-80 was launched.

by c.murray.mccullough＠gmail.com

I remember the days after quite well. Being from Canada it wasn't available here right away. I went to Rochester, N.Y. to see it at a computer store. Boy, did this computer geeks eyes light up! I did eventually get one that summer. Murray--

15 years, 8 months

Electronic Design article on CRTs

by cclist＠sydex.com

Mentions the Tek 4051 among other things: http://electronicdesign.com/article/analog-and-mixed- signal/farewell_crts.aspx?nl=1 --Chuck

15 years, 8 months

Greetings fellow classiccmp'ers

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

After a long hiatus from the hobby, I'm making some attempts to get back into it. Even though I've been away from the hobby, several listmembers have my other (work) email addresses and have always called my attention to things when needed. My jwest at classiccmp.org email address went unopened though, and I've just started plowing through 22K (that's a count, not a size) of email. I am going to try to keep current on this address again, but to those who have my other email addresses by all means feel free to use them if something comes up and I don't respond quickly on this one. I'd like to update the classiccmp server (OS, apache, mysql, & mailman) soon. To aid in that transition, I will probably temporarily migrate all the sites & list to one of our clusters, load the classiccmp server from scratch, and then migrate everything back. I'll keep the list posted when I start down that path. I haven't touched anything classiccmp related in eons. While my beloved HP 21MX systems and DEC systems are all still pristine, categorized, and running - I have fallen fall short in the other areas of my collection (mostly lots of DG and one Microdata). I hope to focus on the DG side of my collection for a while and will no doubt be asking for help here as that's a completely new area for me. As always, if anyone needs any help with HP 21MX related items I'd be glad to help (as much as my rusty memory will allow). I've also just skimmed back over the past couple months of the list traffic, and it's so good to still see all the familiar faces. Best, Jay West

15 years, 8 months

Looking for a RK05F faceplate

by quapla＠xs4all.nl

Hello All, I'm looking for an RK05F faceplate. Anyone able to help me with one? Thanks, Ed -- Dit is een HTML vrije email / This is an HTML free email.

15 years, 8 months

Xyplex 1600 config software

by silent700＠gmail.com

I am getting deep into the mysterious config of this terminal server, googling and banging the desk, and I find out that there is a Windows (or possibly others OSes?) GUI config tool out there somewhere for it, know as "Focalpoint" (or "Focal Point.") Anyone know if it's available any more? Also, anyone expert in the configuration of this beast and wouldn't mind some n00b questions via direct email, I'd be much obliged to hear >from you. -- jht

15 years, 8 months

Perot collection?

by wdonzelli＠gmail.com

I received an email about VCFSW 1.0 on the ClassicMainframes list (the most dead list I am on, at about a message a month), and it talks about the collection of the Perot Group, down in Texas, possibly part of a tour. Does anyone know much about this collection? Supposedly it has some large IBMs. -- Will

15 years, 8 months

intel MSD-720

by shumaker＠att.net

can anyone shed some light on what this might be: Floppy Disk Drives (internal) 8" dual drive console, Intel MSD-720 item is listed in a large Craigs List ad that's been up essentially unchanged for months attempts to get more info out of the seller have been less than successful. the closest thing I can find is a reference to an "option 720" on classiccomp's link to Joe's Intel MDS page. MDS 200 series apparently had something called "option 720" but there's little info about it other than it appears to be an external floppy unit. thoughts welcome.... Steve

15 years, 8 months

Anyone want up to 3 MicroVAX 3100 Model 30s

by robert.jarratt＠ntlworld.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk- > bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Rob Jarratt > Sent: 03 August 2010 23:15 > To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' > Subject: Anyone want up to 3 MicroVAX 3100 Model 30s > > I have 3 MicroVAX 3100 Model 30s given to me by someone who is leaving > the > country and could not take them with him. I took them rather than see > them > discarded. They each have 8Mb onboard memory. They do not have any > disks and > the cover on the storage bay is missing. One of them has a little bit > of > damage to the rear plastic panel. > > I cleaned out all the dust and powered them up, they all booted to the > console prompt just fine. > > They are in Greater Manchester, England. > > Regards > > Rob And I forgot to say, they are of course free. Regards Rob

15 years, 8 months

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