On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 11:54 AM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
So it would be entirely period-reasonable.... I don't think someone will step up to do this from scratch in 90 days; but it's possible someone has something of this order that almost works, or used to work, and might loan it to VCFed for restoration.
I agree that would be reasonable. We have a working KIM. Herb, can you be the someone to step up and make a simple demo based on it?
Question is: will the HOPE attendees look at a box on wheels and say "oh, that's an Arduino, it's a toy-bot, so what?"
That would be our big chance to educate them. :) ---------> If they actually ask the question. Most of the time in that situation people silently keep walking.