Our next meeting…NEW DATE, NEW LOCATION

Published on Wednesday, 29 June 2016 01:38
Written by Earl Baugh
PLEASE UPDATE YOUR CALENDAR — We are changing WHEN and WHERE we meet . WHERE: Computer Museum of America .  The address is Kings Market Center, 1425 Market Blvd., Suite 200, Roswell, GA 30076.  This was the old Comp-USA building for those of you who have lived in the area for a while.For those of you who haven’t been there before, this is where we also have held VCF SE.  A map can be found here. WHEN: We’re moving our meetings from the 3rd Saturday of the month to the 2nd Saturday of the month, since we have to match up with when the Computer Museum is open.  This means for July it will be the 9th.  August will be the 13th, etc.  

Last Meeting (May 21th)

Published on Monday, 30 May 2016 14:50
Written by Earl Baugh
Our last meeting was May 21st at the regular location (Christ the Lord Church) Thanks to Jeff Stokes on a very detailed and wonderful job of relaying the insides of all things CP/M.   When he has a complete set of instructions ready to post, we will included a link here. Overall, he covered how to get software/files onto your CP/M machine. He demonstrated an easier (compared to making your own floppies) way to get software/files onto your real CP/M machine from your PC using a NULL Modem cable, a CP/M Terminal program like MODEM901.COM or IMP.COM, CP/M Emulators and serial server software running on Windows/Linux/Raspberry Pi. He showed that you can also logon to BBSs on the internet using this setup. One of the details that he pointed out is that you definitely need to know what kind of serial port it has.  Does it have a UART chip or is it CP/M SIO software driven?  This information is needed in order to assemble/link a working terminal program for it. CP/M software needs to be re-compiled in a lot of instances to run on the various machines.  Jeff demonstrated  two main ways  to do this.  If you ask, he can provide copies of the SW he used (maybe at our next meeting if you weren’t able to get it at this meeting.)  

VCF SE 4.0 Starts April 2nd!

Published on Sunday, 27 March 2016 20:06
Written by Earl Baugh
The Vintage Computer Festival Southeast 4.0 is this coming Saturday, April 2nd, 10 AM – 7 PM, and Sunday  10 AM – 7 PM. Full details can be found at: http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-southeast-4-0/ Here’s some recent press the show has received: http://northfulton.com/stories/Vintage-Computer-Festival-returns-to-Roswell,89980? http://www.11alive.com/news/atlanta-tech-edge-3-27-16-show-136/104679906 We hope to see you at the show!

Meeting Reminder…

Published on Tuesday, 15 March 2016 13:13
Written by Earl Baugh

A reminder… we meet this Saturday…March 19th

We are  planning on meeting at the site of VCF SE 4.0 (the old CompUSA) to set up the stage (bring hammers), go over plans for VCF SE 4.0 and make sure we’re all ready for the show.
See this site for information about the show: VCF SE 4.0

Our next couple meetings…

Published on Sunday, 21 February 2016 01:02
Written by Earl Baugh

Our next meeting is set for March 19th

We are tentatively planning on meeting at the site of VCF SE 4.0.
We will do some prep work for the upcoming show.
See this site for information : VCF SE 4.0
Our April Meeting will take place April 16th at our regular meeting place:
Christ the Lord Lutheran Church, in the Fellowship Hall.
Christ the Lord Lutheran Church is located at 1001 Duluth Highway (State Route 120) at McKendree Church Road in the city of Lawrenceville, GA (30043-7309). We are between Route 316 and Interstate 85.  Directions
Meetings start @ 12:00 pm and run until 5 pm. Drop-ins welcome!

Contact: Brad Arnold

Maker Fair! October 3-4 in Decatur

Published on Wednesday, 30 September 2015 10:48
Written by Brad Arnold
Check out our interview on Tyrue by  on September 24, 2015. We will be back at Maker Faire Atlanta 2015 this weekend with a bigger focus on gaming for demonstrating computers as well as our famous how-to solder station. Come join us for a fun, learning and a trip down memory lane. http://makerfaireatl.com

Come to our next meeting!

Published on Friday, 18 September 2015 09:35
Written by Brad Arnold

Meeting set for Saturday September 19

Meetings start @ 12:00 pm and run until 5 pm. Drop-ins welcome. Bring your old computers, set them up and share. We also will help you troubleshoot to try to get it running. Many minds of various skill levels present.
We meet in the Fellowship Hall at Christ the Lord Lutheran Church.
Christ the Lord Lutheran Church is located at 1001 Duluth Highway (State Route 120) at McKendree Church Road in the city of Lawrenceville, GA (30043-7309). We are between Route 316 and Interstate 85.  Directions

Contact: Brad Arnold

Regular AHCS Meeting on 8/15

Published on Saturday, 15 August 2015 06:46
Written by Alan Hightower
Atlanta Historical Computing Society will be holding our next monthly meeting on August 15 from noon-5PM. Come when you can and stay as long as you can. Besides our usual fun, also on the agenda this month are committee elections and discussions on the October Maker Faire. We are a very inclusive group, we like all kinds of computers, no matter who made them or when. So come and join us today and have some geeky fun! Christ the Lord Lutheran Church, 1001 Duluth Highway (State Route 120), Lawrenceville GA 30043 We hope to see you there!

May meeting will be at CompUSA

Published on Monday, 11 May 2015 07:07
Written by Alan Hightower
The May meeting on Saturday the 16th will be held at the CompUSA in Roswell, venue of the VCFSE. The CompUSA building is located in Kings Market Shopping Center at: 1425 Market Blvd. #200, Roswell, Georgia It will be at the normal times of 12-5PM. You might want to bring a card table and chair, and what ever cool computer stuff you want to show off. See you there!

VCFSE 3.0 Starts Tomorrow!

Published on Friday, 01 May 2015 23:00
Written by Alan Hightower
The Vintage Computer Festival Southeast 3.0 is Saturday 10 AM – 7 PM, and Sunday  10 AM – 7 PM. Full details can be found at: http://www.vintage.org/2015/southeast/ Here’s some recent press the show has received: http://wabe.org/post/ga-festival-features-vintage-computers-punch-cards-and-all http://neighbornewspapers.com/view/full_story/26605343/article-Vintage-Computer-Festival-comes-to-Roswell?instance=roswell We hope to see you at the show!

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