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October 2026 Meeting

Tuesday, 20 October 2026 20:40
Dave Brown
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The meeting was called to order at 2:40pm by Vice President Jon, who assumed the Chair pending the arrival of President Earl.  There were 31 people in attendance.
 
Announcements from the September meeting were brought back up for discussion and action:

Motions

(A)- Raising the membership dues from $20 to $25?  In discussion it was said that the AHCS, through the VCFSE, makes minimal money overall and that raising dues would only add about $300 to the club coffer, but our outstanding debt demands that we make an effort to raise capital.
 
 A motion to raise the annual dues was made, seconded and the vote was held with unanimous approval.
 
The annual Dues for the AHCS have been raised from $20 per year to $25, starting with the 2027 membership year.
 
(B)-Raising the VCFSE Table price from $20 to a yet to be discussed price?  This question was combined, during discussion, with the question, -Do Exhibitors at VCFSE need to be Members?  It was quickly suggested that the table price for VCFSE be raised from $20 to $30.  Adding in the thought that Exhibitors should be Members, led to a motion to have a dual table pricing schedule:  Raise table pricing from $20 to $30 per table, for Members and $40 per table, for non Members.  This does not preclude a person from paying membership dues at the time of table registration and enjoying the lower table rate.  
 
The motion was made, seconded and approved with one “no” vote.
 
(C)-Do Exhibitors at VCFSE need to be Exhibitors or can they be Vendors?  The leadership of SFGE makes such a distinction, should we?  The overarching issues are that many items are sold by exhibitors compete with the consignment items being sold and that the club has no way to gain income from the items sold by vendors, other than the table cost.  Consignment at the show has the best return on effort, but we suffer from the lack of a rules enforcer and coordinator.  Poorly marked items and bad handwriting contribute to the problem.  A volunteer Consignment check-in coordinator is needed at the VCFSE.    
 
This means that if an Exhibitor sells a computer, kit or peripheral at their table, the consignment form should be filled out and that the consignment percentage fee must still be paid to the AHCS on that item.  Small items sold by Exhibitors do not need to be individually accounted for throughout the show, but can be settled at the end of the show on the honor system.
 
 A motion to place ALL sales at VCFSE through Consignment was made, seconded and approved with one “no” vote. 
 
(D)-Should we spend funds to buy a microphone for meetings and presentations?  It was pointed out that an Amazon.com listed karaoke machine may perform the task adequately for $50 to $60.  Two members said that they would look at things that they already have and report back to the Membership on selling or contributing the items to the club.
 
 This item was placed upon the table until the next meeting.
 
(E)-Should we buy another IPad for a second checkout at VCFSE?  In discussion, it was noted that the checkout line could be long and frustrating with only one register to take payments.  Treasurer Dave volunteered that he may have an older iPad that he could contribute to the cause.  President Earl said that we already have most or all of the additional hardware needed for a second checkout register. 
 
This item was placed upon the table until the next meeting.

VCF-SE 14 Speakers

President Earl asked the Membership for input on Speakers at the VCFSE next year.
 

Presentations

Andre presented a Sony Vaio PCB-70 and an Windows XP era Pentium 5.  The Vaio used an overlay on top of Win 95 and a rather unique User Interface.
 
Dave (Grizzly) showed off an Intel RISC machine I960 X Terminal with BSD 4.4 as the Operating System.
 
New Members: George – His first computer was an Apple II, and he volunteers with a local Apple II user group.
 
A Presentation is scheduled by Logg for the November meeting.  He will be selecting from a mere 3000 photos taken at VCFMW.
 
The meeting was adjourned at 4:40pm.
 
Bill Blackburn, AHCS Secretary

AHCS: October 2026 Meeting

Thursday, 01 October 2026 06:21
Dave Brown
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When: Saturday, October 10th, 2026, 1:00pm to 5:00pm

Where: Christ the Lord Lutheran Church, 1001 Duluth Hwy, Lawrenceville, GA 30043

What: Our monthly meetings run from 1pm to 5pm. Club President Earl Baugh will preside over this month’s meeting. Normally club business is called to order at 2 pm and then adjourns an hour or so later. All attendees are asked to arrive early and to stay later to help set up and take down tables and chairs. And don’t forget to bring your name badge so that newcomers can identify our seasoned members. If you don’t have a name badge, please get with the club secretary, Bill Blackburn, while at the meeting.

Who: Anyone who is a past, current, or future member of the AHCS is welcome to attend!

CLUB BUSINESS:

DUES FOR 2027: As always, we will continue to collect yearly dues from all members and potential members whom haven’t yet paid. Annual rate is $20.  

WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS/ATTENDEES: Please be sure to extend a greeting to anyone at the meeting you don’t know to make them feel welcome; wearing your name badge helps 🙂

PRESENTATIONS: If any member or attendee would like to provide a brief presentation (15-20 minutes) at a future meeting about a vintage computer/subject that you are passionate about, simply let either Club President Earl Baugh or Bill Blackburn know so that your presentation can be added to the agenda. A projector for PowerPoint presentations is also available; just let Earl know ahead of time so that he can bring it.

SHOW AND TELL:

Don’t forget to bring your vintage or retro computer projects so that you can utilize the technical and historical expertise our club members freely offer, as well as to show off what you have!

FREE TABLES:

Club members and attendees are encouraged to bring any old computer/electronic hardware or software, working or not, that they no longer want/need for placement on the Free Tables. And any items that anyone wants to offer at a reasonable price to any attendees are also welcome. We do ask that all members and attendees refrain from browsing the Free Tables while club business is being conducted.

Please plan to attend this important meeting. And we hope to see everyone there!

David Brown
AHCS Treasurer

September 2026 Meeting

Thursday, 01 October 2026 06:17
Dave Brown
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Prior to the meeting being called to order, an appeal was made for the paying of annual dues to the Treasurer, considering that the election of Officers was to be held at this meeting.

The meeting was called to order at 2:30pm by President Earl Baugh. There were 46 people in attendance.

A further review of the recent Vintage Computer Festival Southeast was discussed:

  • A financial update was given for the show. The vast majority of the consignments has been made.
  • All of the 2026 t-shirts were sold, very little of the previous years stock is still on hand.
  • Southern Fried Gaming Expo has us listed for attendance next year.

A recap of the recent Vintage Computer Festival Midwest was covered:

  • A surprising number of local members attended.
  • Highlights of acquisitions and pickups was discussed.
  • Several of us went to the Galloping Ghost Arcade
  • Two members passed the HAM Technician exam that was given at VCFMW.

New Members

Robert, had 3D printed some AHCS logo keytags for giveaway. Bryan, gave a presentation on his Field Station 42, a “TV Guide” style TV server called Baz TV running on a 26TB hard drive with several hundred hours of programming and 3000 commercials included.

Presentations

Jon gave a briefing on a newly designed Final Grom cartridge for the TI-99/4A that is running Dragons Lair game and 30 minutes of Looney Tunes cartoons. He has also greatly improved the TI-99/4A Diagnostic cartridge into an awesome menu driven upgrade of the existing cartridges abilities. He has also ported the diagnostics to the Tomy Tutor using a “shim” that runs from ROM.

Logg reminded the membership that there is an up to $2000 bounty on older Runescape games found on old hard drives, depending on the version discovered.

Andre discussed a project related to PCI sound integration.

A Presentation is scheduled by Logg for the November meeting. He will be selecting from a mere 3000 photos taken at VCFMW.

Announcements

Items announced for consideration at the next meeting include:

  • Raising the membership dues from $20 to $25?
  • Raising the VCFSE Table price from $20 to a yet to be discussed price?
  • Do Exhibitors at VCFSE need to be Members?
  • Do Exhibitors at VCFSE need to be Exhibitors or can they be Vendors? The leadership of SFGE makes a distinction, should we?
  • Should we spend funds to buy a microphone for meetings and presentations?
  • Should we buy another IPad for a second checkout at VCFSE?

Election of Officers for the new Membership and Fiscal year

An appeal was made by the Secretary for any Members that wanted to be nominated for a position on the Board of Directors. There were no volunteers. Following a request for a Motion, A motion was made, seconded and approved unanimously to reelect the current Officers for another term to maintain the Status Quo. Re-elected were Earl Baugh – President, Jon Guidry – Vice President, Dave Brown – Treasurer, Kyle Richardson – Social Media Coordinator and Bill Blackburn – Secretary.

The meeting was concluded at 4:20pm and 12 members adjourned to Sonny’s BBQ for offtopic discussions.

Bill Blackburn

AHCS Secretarty

AHCS: September 2026 Meeting

Monday, 24 August 2026 10:34
Dave Brown
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NOTE: This meeting is moved out one week.

When: Saturday, September 19th, 2026, 1:00pm to 5:00pm

Where: Christ the Lord Lutheran Church, 1001 Duluth Hwy, Lawrenceville, GA 30043

What: Our monthly meetings run from 1pm to 5pm. Club President Earl Baugh will preside over this month’s meeting. Normally club business is called to order at 2 pm and then adjourns an hour or so later. All attendees are asked to arrive early and to stay later to help set up and take down tables and chairs. And don’t forget to bring your name badge so that newcomers can identify our seasoned members. If you don’t have a name badge, please get with the club secretary, Bill Blackburn, while at the meeting.

Who: Anyone who is a past, current, or future member of the AHCS is welcome to attend!

CLUB BUSINESS:

DUES FOR 2027: As always, we will continue to collect yearly dues from all members and potential members whom haven’t yet paid. Annual rate is $20.  

ELECTIONS: We hold annual elections for the 2027 Officers.

WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS/ATTENDEES: Please be sure to extend a greeting to anyone at the meeting you don’t know to make them feel welcome; wearing your name badge helps 🙂

OTHER CLUB BUSINESS: We will do a recap from VCFSE 13.0 held July 31-August 2, 2026.

PRESENTATIONS: If any member or attendee would like to provide a brief presentation (15-20 minutes) at a future meeting about a vintage computer/subject that you are passionate about, simply let either Club President Earl Baugh or Bill Blackburn know so that your presentation can be added to the agenda. A projector for PowerPoint presentations is also available; just let Earl know ahead of time so that he can bring it.

SHOW AND TELL:

Don’t forget to bring your vintage or retro computer projects so that you can utilize the technical and historical expertise our club members freely offer, as well as to show off what you have!

FREE TABLES:

Club members and attendees are encouraged to bring any old computer/electronic hardware or software, working or not, that they no longer want/need for placement on the Free Tables. And any items that anyone wants to offer at a reasonable price to any attendees are also welcome. We do ask that all members and attendees refrain from browsing the Free Tables while club business is being conducted.

Please plan to attend this important meeting. And we hope to see everyone there!

David Brown
AHCS Treasurer

AHCS August Meeting

Monday, 24 August 2026 10:29
Dave Brown
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The August meeting of the Atlanta Historical Computing Society was called to order at 2:12 p.m. by Club President Earl Baugh, with 48 people in attendance.

VCF-SE 13 RECAP

A good portion of the meeting was devoted to reviewing this year’s Vintage Computer Festival Southeast 13, held July 31 through August 2.

Overall, the festival was a great success, and members discussed a number of ideas for making next year’s event even better. Suggestions included adding more soldering stations, providing additional exhibitor tables, and improving the visibility of the T-shirt sales and cash-register area.

Several of the soldering kits offered during the festival completely sold out. Distribution of proceeds from consignment sales is also underway.

Members shared highlights and stories from the many exhibits at this year’s show and discussed some of the projects and displays that particularly stood out.

Potential sponsors for next year’s festival were also discussed, including the possibility of working with PCBWay again.

WELCOME TO OUR NEW ATTENDEES

We were pleased to welcome a number of new faces to the August meeting, representing a wide range of interests in vintage and retro computing:

  • Baron – interested in Texas Instruments and Apple II computers.

  • Antonio – has several Commodore 64 and Macintosh SE-era systems, many of which are available for sale.

  • Charles – a former networking and IT professional who collects Commodore systems, the KIM-1, Laser 128, and other machines.

  • Ben – has a particular interest in early Windows 3.1-era PCs.

  • Anthony – collects Windows 7-era systems and ThinkPads.

  • Matt and Alexander – interested in Commodore 64 and Amiga computers.

  • Michael – collects vintage game consoles, including the Nintendo Entertainment System.

  • Nicholas – is still exploring the many different areas of the vintage-computing hobby.

  • Kevin – is particularly interested in ThinkPads.

Welcome to everyone who joined us!

MEMBER PROJECTS

Several new and ongoing member projects were discussed during the meeting.

Brad and Josh are working on a new Atari breakout board.

Bill and Jeff are investigating a different Raspberry Pi-based BASIC computer kit that could potentially be used at next year’s VCF-SE.

Kyle provided an update on additional vintage computer equipment and restoration work underway at Georgia Tech. Systems mentioned included NeXT cubes, an IBM PS/2 Model 70, IBM XTs, and several other machines.

Joe discussed changes involving the Tilt Five augmented-reality project, including a possible change of ownership. More information will follow as details become available.

CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS

The new ATLHCS membership year began in August. Annual dues remain $20.

With the start of the new membership year, new membership badges will be issued to members whose dues are current.

SEPTEMBER MEETING DATE

The September meeting will be held on the third Saturday of the month rather than our normal meeting date. A number of ATLHCS members will be traveling to Vintage Computer Festival Midwest in Schaumburg, Illinois, so the meeting has been moved to accommodate those attending the show.

ANNUAL OFFICER ELECTIONS

Annual club officer elections will also be held during the September meeting.

The current officers are:

  • President: Earl Baugh

  • Vice President: Jon

  • Treasurer: Dave Brown

  • Social Media Coordinator: Kyle

  • Secretary: Bill Blackburn

DISCORD REMINDER

Members participating on the ATLHCS Discord server are reminded to place their real name after their Discord handle. With the club continuing to grow, this makes it considerably easier for everyone to associate online usernames with the people they meet at our in-person events.

MEETING ADJOURNED

Club business concluded at 3:40 p.m.

Following the meeting, nine members adjourned to Sonny’s BBQ to continue the day’s discussions over dinner.

Thanks to everyone who attended, and we look forward to seeing everyone at the September meeting!

Bill Blackburn
AHCS Secretary