VCF East 9.1
In 2014, I was invited to attend the Vintage Computer Festival (VCF) East 9.1 as an exhibitor. I had recently finished cleaning and assembling a Texas Instruments TI-99/4A computer with …
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Personal Review of VCF East – Coming Soon!
I had a great time as an exhibitor at VCF East 9.1 this year. There are many experiences and memories I am still mentally digesting. It was rather overwhelming and …
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This Christmas day, I had a chance to look back and reflect on some of my earlier days as a computer programmer, working on simple, yet festive graphic demos on …
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Summer 2013 Retrochallenge
UPDATE: 3 AUG 2013 OK. Both videos have been rendered uploaded. Just click the name of the videos below to go directly to them. Part 1 – Detailing the Peripheral …
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The Two Hour QSO
As an amateur radio operator (HAM radio) I rarely talk for any great length of time during a QSO (meaning, talking with a “single person contact” or in a lengthy …
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Read Error – Saving My Disk Collection
This article was originally written in October 2008, but was updated (see below) on 13 Apr 2013 to describe the success of my recovery efforts.
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Listen to VintageVolts on the Retro Computing Roundtable Podcast
On March 17, 2013, I was invited to co-host Episode 47 of the Retro Computing Roundtable (RCR) podcast. RCR is a podcast which discusses retrocomputing of all types in a …
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Archiving Dozens of Floppies
A little over a year ago, I bought a useful hardware adapter which makes the transfer of Commodore 8-bit floppy disks seem like an elementary task. In the past, I …
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My 2012 RetroChallenge Entry – UPDATE
UPDATE!!! – MAJOR FAIL!!! I admit it. I simply could not get my project done in the time allotted. Spare time is precious in my household these days. With work, …
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Video Blog – Episode 1 – TRS-80 Transfer
I finally got around to creating a video demonstrating the process mentioned in a previous post where I transferred files from a PC to a TRS-80 Model IV. The remarkable …
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