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All, I have done a bit of reorganization in the 'Genres' category, and added an 'IBM, not-PC' forum. Please let me know your thoughts. - Alex

I picked up a Pepper Pad 2 in fairly good condition from the VCF swap meet yesterday, and it looks like this: Does anyone else remember this device? It's an early UMPC, before they evolved into modern tablets. This particular device has a bad hard drive, which is one of the 1.8" IDE drives...

Folks, I’ve got a gorgeous 5170 (in original boxes, no less!) that won’t power on with the main board attached to the PSU. The PSU itself is fine, as are the HDD and FDD. I’m suspecting one or more shorted tantalum caps, as is standard. Does anyone have a list of all the tantalums, with...

All, Please come and join us for the next swap meet, in Wall Township, New Jersey, on June 10, 2023: https://vcfed.org/vcf-swap-meet/ Just as before, the event starts at 8am, and runs until 2pm. We will be in the parking lot adjacent to Brookdale Community College, Wall campus. Spaces are $20...

Folks, I just ran across this excellent article, on Instructables: https://www.instructables.com/IBM-PC-Convertible-5140-Battery-Pack/ I'm going to build one for my 5140, as it looks really nice. - Alex

I have a fantastically nice IBM AT, with period correct upgrades to 8MB (!) of RAM, with a boxed, possibly unused IBM CGA monitor, and a really nice boxed IBM EGA monitor available for sale. I also have the matching model F AT keyboard, also in its box. I already have a really nice AT, so this...

For anyone who hasn’t had a chance to check out his YouTube channel, Usagi Electric (David) does some very interesting vacuum tube builds, and has recently restored a Centurion mini computer, and has now started working on a Wang Writer 5503. He made some quick progress with the machine, but...

Folks, I love seeing the community doing work like this. The family member of several of the key NABU engineers is working on the project to get the network emulator working here: That video is some corporate history, that I thought folks here might be interested in. There are some others...

I purchased a new RAM module for my very nice NEC Versa E PC-440: However, it does not seem to work, causing the machine to sit indefinitely, with the backlight off and no content on the screen. I believe that this is the correct module for this machine. Does anyone else know different? If...

I have done a bit of rearranging, and as the request of many users, created this forum for the discussion of PII/PIII systems. Please feel free to make suggestions for improvement. I also moved some threads from "Other" going back to 2019. Feel free to request movement of others, if they seem...

The IBM 1130 is an early example of what became commonly known as minicomputers (smaller than room-size); one computer for one person. It is also unique in the sense that there are only a small number in existence, and few are functional. We take pride in the fact that many, in fact most...

All, Please join us at the 2022 VCF Swap Meet, in Wall Township, New Jersey, on October 8th: https://vcfed.org/2022/09/11/vcf-swap-meet-october-8-2022/ We start at 8am and run until 2pm. If you're selling, you can come at 7am. Spaces are $20 for the first one, and $10 for each additional. We...

As it says, above, we just passed 700k posts on the forum, since the start of the original vBulletin installation. Thanks to @Erik , for starting and running the forum for so many years. Thanks to @mbbrutman for keeping things going, and keeping things in line. And, most importantly, thanks to...

Several times, folks have asked if more modern PC systems should have their own forum. Here is your chance to vote on that. We’ll take the results into consideration when making a decision. Thanks! - Alex

Information follows on consignment for VCF East 2022. Drop-off for consignment is from 5:00pm until 10:00pm on Friday, April 22nd, 2022. If you cannot make this time, you may also drop off during the time that consignment is open. The hours for consignment at the upcoming VCF event will be...

I picked up a fairly nice, but empty, PDP 11/23s (BA11-M) chassis, with a backplane and a power supply, at the last VCF swap meet: To build out that chassis, I have acquired a DCJ11 CPU: An Emulex UC-07 SCSI controller: And for temporary use, until I have vintage qbus boards, I built a...

I have a bunch of 286 and 386 based machines with between 512kB and 1MB on the motherboard, but no other capability for RAM expansion. There are a number of excellent 8 bit ISA 1MB cards out there, but I can’t find a 16 bit design. Additionally, the ISA XMS cards that come up on eBay are either...

I just acquired an NEC PowerMate I 286, in relatively good condition. The case is pretty empty, though, containing only the motherboard and power supply. I'm looking for documentation on the system, other than the jumper settings, which are available in a couple of places. I'd also be interested...

All, I’m on another mailing list, and a poster has offered the following: If anyone is interested, drop me a line, and I’ll put you in touch. - Alex

I just picked up a really neat and tiny 386sx/25 motherboard with the following specs: - Headland HT18/C chipset - 2x 72pin SIMM sockets (maybe 2x 8MB SIMMs, for 16MB total, based on chipset support for <= 20MB) - Acer M5105 A3E super I/O chip (1x IDE, 1x floppy, 2x serial (DE9), 1x parallel) -...