September 2016 - vcf-midatlantic

InfoAge closed tomorrow
by Evan Koblentz 03 Sep '16

03 Sep '16

InfoAge is closed tomorrow due to the storm. But I am here today!

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCFed @ Lehigh Valley "FAST" event
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 03 Sep '16

03 Sep '16

Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic writes: >Chris F., Doug, and Todd will represent VCFed at next Sunday's (9/11) >Festival of Art, Science, and Technology in Allentown PA. Details are >here: www.lehighvalleyfast.org :) A-town! That's home for me!

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VCFed @ Lehigh Valley "FAST" event
by Evan Koblentz 02 Sep '16

02 Sep '16

Chris F., Doug, and Todd will represent VCFed at next Sunday's (9/11) Festival of Art, Science, and Technology in Allentown PA. Details are here: www.lehighvalleyfast.org

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pickup and hold some NEXT/SGI monitors in SilverSpring off rte 97
by william degnan 02 Sep '16

02 Sep '16

Anyone able to hold a few Next and SGI monitors for the club temporarily? i have someone who has them, could probably deliver to you if you're nearby. Sorry to impose, hate to lose the opportunity for someone who might want these. if you're available *this weekend* especially...the guy has them loaded in his car already. Contact me off list. Thanks Bill

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Volunteers needed for Infoage Base Of Terror
by Jeffrey Brace 02 Sep '16

02 Sep '16

Volunteers are need for InfoAge's Base of Terror Friday and Saturday nights in October from 7pm to 11pm. It goes a long way to show that VCF members are volunteering for InfoAge wide events. The more we volunteer, the more cooperative InfoAge is with us when we want or needs something. The jobs needed: Crowd control: letting 10 people go at a time. Front End: Parking lot, booth, tickets, etc. e-mail Gloria if interested: admsupport(a)infoage.org ============================ Jeff Brace - ark72axow(a)gmail.com

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Dave... What are you doing Dave...
by Joseph Oprysko 02 Sep '16

02 Sep '16

Well, I was cleaning out my email, going through some of my auto-sort's etc, and in May and June of this year I got 2 "Digest" emails from the phantom MARCH group. Those MARCHer's are trying to come back I think..;) -- Normal Person: Hey, it seems that you know a lot. Geek: To be honest, it's due to all the surfing I do. Normal Person: So you go surfing? Normal Person: But I don't think that has anything to do with knowing a lot... Geek: I think that's wrong on a fundamental level. Normal Person: Huh? Huh? What?

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] oldest email address in the club
by Jeffrey Jonas 02 Sep '16

02 Sep '16

Loewen: > Here's my entry from the NIXPUB list in 1992: > 04/92 814-353-0566 cpumagic Bellefonte PA 12/24/96/14 24 What a small world: friends still live in Bellefonte. The closest I have to that was my photo & entry in "Face Saver" at the 1989 Usenix conference. http://www.metron.com/FaceSaver/ From: Neil Cherry > If you were on bitnet you were probably using all sorts of symbols. > I recall mixing !, %, @, {}. Lots of fun with routing email. I donated my O'Reilly Nutshell book of manual e-mail routing to the VCF library. It documented all known email gateways and things like the "at-hack". The title looked like a cartoon character cursing: @!#%*-something.

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Next /sgi displays
by william degnan 01 Sep '16

01 Sep '16

Avail in silver spring, md Bill Degnan twitter: billdeg vintagecomputer.net

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Painting
by Evan Koblentz 01 Sep '16

01 Sep '16

Painting the top few feet of our walls (top of the door frame to the ceiling) would be easy, but painting the ceiling itself would be difficult detail-wise. Rollers on sticks wouldn't get the all the edges. There are many edges because the ceiling is WW2 style. I asked Tony for his opinion because he seems to know a lot about painting. He recommended getting professional estimates. He said if the cost is exorbitant then he can probably get some of his worker to come help, but he emphasized that the tall, large ceiling really should he done by pros to look halfway decent. I will get a few estimates.

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Painting
by Herb Johnson 01 Sep '16

01 Sep '16

I also think Dan has been informative, about focusing on the content of the museum, rather than the walls and ceiling. I think it's a reasonable point, that the many computers and other objects in the museum space, provide plenty for the eye to examine and for the mind to consider. And of course, for the docents to explain. My impression of the space, is that it's full of equipment and shiny shelves, and is well-lit. My old-man eyes are very busy already, thank you. I'll let youngsters give their own impressions. As for the blandness of the ceiling and walls, Evan; You can't say they are bland AND that you need to keep people's eyes off of them AND you need to put objects up there (like LCD screens) to give them something to see. This is - no offense - contradictory. you might consider that the white paint covers all the various textures and structures on the ceiling; they reduce the contrast. also the white, well-reflects light around the room and reduces shadows. Dark paint would increase contrast, not reflect light. The point of the room is not the walls and ceiling, it's the content - I think Dan was working hard to make that point. These things said, it may be of some advantage to change the lighting - that is, use other color temperatures of fluorescent tubes or LED substitutes, as changing the fixtures is far too expensive for too little benefit. It's a subtle consideration, once made only requiring dollars and some simple labor. And it's reversible. It's far simpler to add some posters or other hanging items, than to paint. Items hung one day, can be removed and replaced another day. If one thing doesn't work, remove it and provide another thing. Items well above eye-level will not be examined in detail, that's human-factors. Again - the room is full already, with much to see and describe. Finally: The space is new and simple. It's just been established. the contents have just been established. Why not let them run their course, gather reactions from the visitors, and from the volunteers who respond to the visitors? Then in a few years, revise the space. They may be other exhibits to add at that point, other renovations. That seems prudent and considered. That's my response, to a public discussion, about changes to the museum exhibit space. What Evan and VCF Inc. do is their choice, and so I would not comment in this way except others have done so, presented their points. These are mine. Herb Johnson -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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