December 2016 - vcf-midatlantic

Festivus 2016 Dec 3 & 4 - Equipment, Drinks, Food, Entertainment
by Herb Johnson 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Jeffrey Brace; > Also I'm not sure who the coffee drinkers out there are. We have the > filtered kind (Dunkin Donuts) and K-Cups. I will have milk, sugar, cream > etc. available. Hot water for tea? Coffee is too caffeinated for me. Otherwise I'll use the microwave but it's noizy. Thanks for linked photos of the cafeteria. Makes it clear now, there's a sink, a small microwave, a conventional commercial coffeepot for ground coffee, many refrigerators. Possibly a sliced bread toaster on that shelf at the end of the refrigerators; a hot water pot on the right shelves. For those who stay overnight, it is a blessing and a convenience to make a simple breakfast on-site. I'm very thankful to InfoAge (and the state of NJ) for this facility. Herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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To get everyone in the Festivus spirit
by Evan Koblentz 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX55AzGku5Y

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Stuff for Festivus
by Herb Johnson 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

> The DDS-2s and the 100 meg zip disks are claimed. > Have 6 Zip 250s. I have a few ZIP 250 drives, I'll take the ZIP 250 disks. If anyone not on-site needs one, they can contact me with a copy of this email for a limited time and I'll offer one/few for shipping within the USA. herb johnson -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Stuff for Festivus
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic writes: >> We don't need stereo and speakers this year. Just games, eating, >drinking > and talking. > >Music would be nice. Maybe someone can bring a decent radio rather than >Ian schlepping his receiver and speakers. There's nothing decent on any radio anyway.

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Museum Report 11/27/16
by Jeffrey Brace 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Steve Anderson was docent today. No new visitors came by. InfoAge members and volunteers. Mark dropped off a 24 channel cat 5 switch. -- Jeff Brace - ark72axow(a)gmail.com

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Museum network
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Jim Scheef via vcf-midatlantic writes: >Oh, and I agree with Dave that any machine connected to the Internet >should be protected from wontan attack. Jim What's a wontan? Are they very ferocious?

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Stuff for Festivus
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

David Riley via vcf-midatlantic writes: >I mean, if we're going to be properly vintage, I have a turntable and a >= pile of Pink Floyd albums. No RIAA preamp, though. I can bring Atom Heart Mother (2011 remastered). ;)

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Museum network
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Jim Scheef via vcf-midatlantic writes: >IMHO the museum network *must* have a segment of 10BASE5 long enough to >connect any VAX or PDP capable of running a stack. I think it should be >hyng from the ceiling (or rafters) for all the world to see with the >vampire taps and all. Such a segment could run DECnet or TCP/IP or both. >Dave, you have to agree on this, eh? Jim I'll second that! Etherhose for all! Too bad those buildings were stripped clean. I ran the 10base5 through them back in the day.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Stuff for Festivus
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic writes: >> I've seen well in excess of 500 unique concerts in my time and I've >easily > attended more than a thousand, and I know thousands of artists >that you've > probably never heard mentioned; so your assumption about >musical tastes is > certainly a valid one. > >I've only seen approx. 100 concerts, but (no exaggeration) 90-something >of them were Springsteen. Utter earache.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Stuff for Festivus
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Ian Primus via vcf-midatlantic writes: >Something tells me that musical tastes in our group differ far too much >for this to go over well. Not to mention, there will likely be enough >noise with the games going, and we really mostly have these events to >talk to each other anyway. I've seen well in excess of 500 unique concerts in my time and I've easily attended more than a thousand, and I know thousands of artists that you've probably never heard mentioned; so your assumption about musical tastes is certainly a valid one.

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