I have created a Discord server for anyone interested: https://discord.gg/tCUPCTw <https://discord.gg/tCUPCTw> Use that link to join. Discord can be used like Slack - with just a web browser or client for PC/OSX iOS/Android. It will require an email address to register. It's very useful for real-time or time-delayed questions, discussions and even voice chats. Please join if you can. There is a channel where we can discuss VCFE'19 and firm up plans for things as it approaches. I'm also interested in late 80's m68 SGI but the are so incredible rare, i may have to settle for Sun m68k. See you all around, and hopefully there will be a 1990 UNIX exhibit sometime in 2019! -andy
On Jan 4, 2019, at 1:34 PM, Ethan Dicks via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On Fri, Jan 4, 2019 at 9:12 AM andy diller via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Hello - I'm wondering if there are any other like-minded people on the list who are interested in late 1980, early 1990 UNIX workstations.
I have an interest in vintage UNIX. I go back to the PDP-11, but as for late-80s/early-90s. I'm interested in m68K workstations by Sun and others (I have a Sun 3/60, as well as a Perkin-Elmer 7350 and AT&T UNIX-PC/7300/3b1) as well as early SPARC (SPARCstation 1, 1+, 2...) I've also been known to run UNIX on VAXen (11/730, 11/750...) including actual workstations (VAXstation 2000, primarily).
I would prefer a focus on late 80s over early 90s but in part that's just because once you get to CD installs on 90s hardware, it's just not that vintage of an experience (vs jumping through the flaming hoops of the 80s).
I am 9 hours drive from InfoAge, so I won't be around for any actual gatherings but I'm up for discussions and trading restoration/installation tips.
This is how I earned my living in the mid-80s through late-90s, so I have a bit of background with DEC and Sun gear.
-ethan