I like Bill Degnan's idea, or something similar. Technical stuff like this is timeless, and putting it on a t-shirt helps to immortalize it. It can be both a source of reminiscence for us older guys, and a learning experience for younger people. It seems that the anniversary idea can be overdone. There are a few anniversaries that are very significant that should be recognized. However, some of the more obscure ones probably don't need to be on a shirt. I think we should focus on events, systems, people, or software that are more universally important, notable, groundbreaking, etc. My point is that if we want to celebrate an anniversary, let's come up with better reasons than just the date coinciding with our event. Some food for thought, I hope. Chris On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 6:27 AM Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
So I went back to the list of anniversaries
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tkjGQhbQDW54asShsCCSn_ERgb2byDEF_l5a...
1963 First Design Prototype of Doug Engelbart's Mouse 1973 Xerox Alto 1973 Micral 1973 TV Typewriter 1973 Wang 2200 1983 Apple IIe 1983 Apple Lisa 1983 IBM XT 1983 Microsoft MSX 1983 Compaq Portable 1983 TRS-80 Model 100 1983 Grid Compass 1101 1983 Epson QX-10 1983 MS-DOS 2.0 Release 1983 John Scully joined Apple 1983 War Games
Maybe something based on Doug Engelbart's Mouse? 60 years...
On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 7:09 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I'm starting the process for ideas and a design for this year's t-shirt.
If
anyone has any ideas that they want to throw to us, then please do so by replying to this email either publicly or privately.
Keep in mind that we may not use your idea, so don't feel disappointed if we choose another.
One t-shirt that was really popular was the "dragon" t-shirt which had the IBM 5150 running Adventure and a dragon on the side. Perhaps a similar iconic creature would be popular with people.
Thanks!
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