Chicago Classic Computing

520-byte_disks

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-01-31T06:37:18+00:00

Reformatting 520-Byte SAN Drives Certain hard drives can be found cheap (too cheap) on eBay and through bulk resellers. You attach them to your PC and...no deal. Check your logs and you see Linux complaining about unsupported 520-byte sectors. What to do?

americanpeoplelink

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-03-12T06:00:13+00:00

American People/Link Background American People Link (often rendered as PEOPLE/LINK) was an online service headquartered in the Chicago suburbs and operated by American Home Network, Inc (Elizabeth McGinnis, President). It was accessible via the

cache

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-01-28T08:38:46+00:00

CACHE usergroup

captain_video

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-01-24T08:42:56+00:00

Captain Video BBS Silent700 called this board with his C64 in the 80s. bbs

carts

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-02-08T04:31:51+00:00

CARTS Background The Chicago Area Real Time Society was formed in 1971 as a DECUS LUG. As of 2025, CARTS is still listed on the Connect chapters page, although without leadership. Personnel As of 1996 and 2002: CARTS LUG Chairman: David Gudewicz CARTS LUG Secretary: Anthony E. Scandora, Jr.

cbbs

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-03-03T07:01:07+00:00

CBBS Not much can be said here that isn't already elsewhere, but we'll start aggregating info as we find it. Boardwatch Letter Ward wrote a letter to the editor of Boardwatch magazine. It was published in the May 1993 issue. bbs

chicago_classic_computing

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-03-12T03:13:58+00:00

Chicago Classic Computing Background Chicago Classic Computing (or “ChiClassicComp”) began as a Yahoo! mailing list in November, 2006, started by Silent700 to help bring together fellow hobbyists he met while giving away computers on Craigslist. List membership grew slowly over time but the same informal organizing structure remains today.

chiclassiccomp

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-02-08T04:41:09+00:00

cloud_nine

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-02-11T05:55:14+00:00

Cloud Nine D-Dial Cloud Nine was a Diversi-Dial system run out of a home in Elgin, IL. Silent700 was a subscriber in the 1987-1990 era, when the area code would likely have been 847. bbs

columbia_house

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-01-11T04:47:47+00:00

Columbia House What does this have to do with computers? Nothing, really. Silent700 was a member and got their catalogs in the mid-late 80s. Media codes: S Record X 8-Track C Cassette T Compact Disc (and possibly reel tape pre-1984)

depaul_hack_1980

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-24T19:43:41+00:00

DePaul University Computer Hacking Incident (1980) September, 1980: two Fremd High School students, Brian Catlin (“Sys Cruncher”) and Chris Adams (“Vladimir”), gained access to an HP 2000 (?) computer at DePaul University, sending messages to admin staff and demanding access to additional software. Chicago PD's new computer crime division investigated and found that the students used

doc_sites

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-03-13T07:08:46+00:00

Documentation Sites Other websites that host tech docs and binaries Bitsavers VTDA 1000Bit Bombjack TRS-80 Color Computer Archive Tenox OS Archive Telephone Collectors International Library The Yarchive (Usenet clips)

dr_ripco

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-02-11T06:01:06+00:00

Dr. Ripco AKA Bruce Esquibel, sysop of Ripco BBS. person

eccc

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-02-09T07:12:46+00:00

Emergency Chicagoland Commodore Convention Background History ShowDatesLocationSq FtWebNotes1xxxxx event

free_country_bbs

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-01-24T08:44:17+00:00

It's A Free Country BBS Silent700 found a paper ad for this BBS in a donation box sometime in the late 2000s. bbs

glenside

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-03-12T03:09:57+00:00

Glenside Color Computer Club usergroup

holidex

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-05-20T03:58:53+00:00

Holidex Links Press Kit

mchenry_county_computer_club

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-10-16T07:37:03+00:00

McHenry County Computer Club History The following was captured from the club website on 10/16/2025: The McHenry County Computer Club started out as a Commodore computer club in 1982. The first meeting was held in the Century Business Systems office on Route 14 in Crystal Lake, just a few doors from Sherman Plumbing. Ten people showed up. The meeting went so well, they decided to hold more meetings, and the club was born. The first president was elected that night, and plans for the club's ch…

namespaces

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-01-24T06:38:11+00:00

Namespaces * projects * user * wiki

numeridex

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-01-26T20:09:22+00:00

Numeridex Numeridex used to make paper tape readers but now mostly do labels. Their current address at 632 Wheeling Rd, Wheeling, IL is just north of their previous address (as of 1978) at 241 Holbrook Dr, Wheeling, IL, which was later occupied by a Buddhist temple. business

protecto_computer_direct

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-01-28T08:06:50+00:00

Protecto / Computer Direct business

ripco

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-02-11T05:58:35+00:00

Ripco BBS bbs

root

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-01-31T22:08:32+00:00

Welcome to our new project! Yet another Wiki on the Internet! The CCC Wiki will deal primarily with either classic/vintage/old computers with some relation to Chicago/the Midwest or original work performed by members of the greater ChiClassicComp / VCFMW milieu. Also some telephony, general electronics and things we wanted to write down and not forget.

scat

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-03-12T03:08:40+00:00

Suburban Chicago ATarians usergroup

silent_sam

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-05-20T04:00:11+00:00

Silent Sam Service Merchandise!

slide_scanning

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-04-18T23:03:18+00:00

Scanning Slides PF3600 Pro The Pacific Images PF3600 Pro slide scanner will work in Windows 10. The VueScan driver probably works (it successfully scanned a watermarked preview image), but they want $150 for the Pro version to enable film scanners.

swrap

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-03-12T03:08:56+00:00

Southwest Regional Association of Programmers aka SWRAP usergroup

swrapfest

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-02-09T07:12:07+00:00

SWRAPfest Background ShowDatesLocationSq FtWebNotes1xxxxx event

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-03-03T06:32:07+00:00

The End-User Network Appears to have been a local business (or individual) selling computer peripherals from a residence in Chicago. From a 2/1/88 post to CBBS: Msg 39198 is 15 line(s) on 02/01/88 from DOIS LOFTIS to ALL re: PERIPHERALS "PERIPHERALS AT GREAT PRICES" FREE POSTAGE & HANDLING *N #504-5.25"DS-DD disks (IBM):10 per box------------- $7.25 *N #505-5.25"SS_DD disks (APPLE):10 per box----------- $6.25 *N #506-3.5"SS_DD disks (MACINTOSH):10 per box-…

tips

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-01-28T08:12:13+00:00

Tips for editing the CCC Wiki Markup The Dokuwiki syntax help page Force a carriage return): Dokuwiki will separate lines if you use two carriage return in the markup code. If you use only one, it will print both lines on one. Use \\ at the end of a line to force a . Literal quoting

usb_serial

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-05-26T22:52:37+00:00

USB to Serial

vcfmidwest

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-02-09T06:52:26+00:00

vcfmw

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-03-12T03:21:27+00:00

Vintage Computer Festival Midwest Background The Vintage Computer Festival Midwest is (as of this writing in 2025) the world's largest exhibition of vintage or classic computing hardware. It is a celebration of the computer (as well as the odd telephone) each of us grew up with, coveted from afar or merely discovered and developed a passion for just last week. It was founded at Purdue University in 2005 and is currently organized by the

ward_christensen

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-05-30T05:26:08+00:00

Ward Christensen The XModem and CBBS guy. We'll collect bits that aren't in Wikipedia or other published sources. * DOB: October 23, 1945 in West Bend, WI * Died October 11, 2024 * Lived in Dolton and Rolling Meadows, IL * Started at IBM in 1968, retired in 2012