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NEWS
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VCF E WAS CANCELLED THIS YEAR
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-----Original Message-----
From B. Degnan
To: Commodore FREE
Subject: Mid-Atlantic Retro Open
House Weekend - Swap and Workshop 5/18-19/13

As you know VCF E was cancelled this year, but now that power will be
available we're going to hold an "open house" May 18th and 19th.

WHERE: InfoAge Science Center (infoage.org) in Wall Township New Jersey 9032-A (same as last VCF Exhibit room)

WHEN: May 18th 9AM through May 19th until ??

WHAT: A combo-swap meet and workshop (a.k.a. vintage computing hackfest) Half the room will be tables for working on computers. Half the room will be for consignment.

We'll charge $5 if someone is merely attending, or $10 if they're bringing something to sell or repair. We'll also take 10% of sales as a consignment
fee. (This income is for the club's general budget, not for food.)

What we will NOT do is let strangers drop off computers for us to repair. This isn't a free service weekend. Instead, if non-MARCHins bring
period-appropriate gear, we'll assign them a learned partner and * teach *
them how to do things. We will expect the MARCH veterans to serve at least
some of their time during the weekend as mentors.

So basically it's just like our standard work weekends, except it'll be open for outsiders to join in, and we'll formalize the "stuff available" tables so the club makes some money. OMARC's hamfest is May 18, down the street at the TIROS dish campus, from 7-11am. Our event will start at 9am. Both events will refer people to each other.

As with our past work weekends, this also isn't a party. We'll make some plans for light meals, but food/drink is strongly discouraged in repair/sales
tables. Also discouraged are people who attend just to hang out. We might have some sort of evening "thing" TBD (We have a lot of good ideas that we'll announce soon). Just for extra caution, all attendees in the work area will sign a liability waiver. I know you're all smart and careful, but who knows with the general public...

Some people may choose to bring their own items to repair. Others may opt to work on MARCH systems (you must have permission). Still others may want to be open for helping everyone else, or some combination of the above.

Let me or Evan Koblentz know if you have questions - I can be reached via www.vintagecomputer.net/contact.cfm

Bill


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RETRO INNOVATIONS: NEW PRODUCTS
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UV EPROM

06 March 2013, 02:00:37

For those looking for UV-erasable JEDEC-standard EPROMs in DIP packages, look no further.

Price: $2.00

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PCB EDGE CONNECTOR

05 March 2013, 23:57:13

PCB edge connectors are expensive when found, and can be hard to source. Thus, we've purchased 1000 to bring the costs down and ensure adequate supplies. These are brand new, double-sides card edge connectors with PCB-installable leads (.6mm width for .100" connectors, 1mm width for..

Price: $2.00


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QUADPORTIEC FROM RETRO INNOVATIONS
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Price $30.00

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Do you lament the lack of a second IEC port on your favorite Commodore printer interface or the 1541 Ultimate or SD2IEC? Do you regularly need to acccess IEC cables for various Commodore peripherals? Must you dig around behind your computer desk to turn off peripherals when a game demands only 1 1541 device
be on the IEC bus? If so, then you are a rare and wonderful person and you
must buy a QuadPortIEC to address these issues!

The QuadPortIEC, as the name so non-creatively suggests, expands a single IEC port into 4 electrically connected output ports. The device introduces no load on the bus, does not need to be powered, and contains no intelligence.
Switches on the front of the unit allow optional disconnection of the ATN
lines on the respective ports. This will render all devices on that port "invisible" to the computer without requiring physical power be removed or cabling be disconnected.

store.go4retro.com/quadportiec/


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MUIBASE V3.0 RELEASED FOR
AMIGAOS, MORPHOS
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MUIbase 3.0 has been released for AmigaOS 3, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS.

MUIbase (Magic data BASE with User Interface) is a relational, programmable database with graphical user interface and available for Windows, Mac, Linux and Amiga. MUIbase is open source distributed under GNU General Public License (GPL). visit sourceforge.net/projects/muibase for more information.

MUIbase is a fast and flexible database system. It is targeted for advanced desktop .usable to manage any data project. The power of MUIbase is in its
easy to use, powerful graphical user interface along with extensive programming capabilities. Allowing automatic calculations from user input, and the generation of reports, it is also possible to import and export of data.

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