We had about 10 or so people working on various systems. This time we did a BBQ Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. Everyone liked it. We are going to do it again in August. Evan switched out the Amdahl in the featured artifact and put in the Canon Cat. He also put back most of the newly acquired artifacts. One kid about 12 years old visited the museum and was highly interested in vintage computers. He knew many things which he learned from YouTube. Some accurate, some not. His mom said that he was bored from modern scratch programming. I had him try out BASIC programming on the C64. He wants to buy vintage computers, but his mom won’t let him. He also checked out the repair workshop. He really enjoyed! Next workshop is August 24 & 25. @Evan: Do you want to add anything? -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation
Hi Jeff, The young man’s name is Justin and I am pretty sure his mom’s name is Tracy. Since he seemed pretty interested I told them all about VCFE which they did not know about. Jeff Galinat Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 3, 2019, at 10:56 AM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
One kid about 12 years old visited the museum and was highly interested in vintage computers. He knew many things which he learned from YouTube. Some accurate, some not. His mom said that he was bored from modern scratch programming. I had him try out BASIC programming on the C64. He wants to buy vintage computers, but his mom won’t let him. He also checked out the repair workshop. He really enjoyed!
========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation
I spoke to both of them briefly. The boy did not seem especially interested in the Commodore 64. He (or maybe it was his mom) was more interested in what Jeff G. was working on and his testing procedure and programming. Too bad his mother doesn't want him to buy vintage computers. If they live locally, I would encourage them to come to the workshop more often. Even if it's to see what's going on there, to help and learn. By the way the barbecue and grilling was fantastic and a very good idea! Mike R. Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.
On Jun 3, 2019, at 11:14 AM, Jeff Galinat via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Hi Jeff, The young man’s name is Justin and I am pretty sure his mom’s name is Tracy. Since he seemed pretty interested I told them all about VCFE which they did not know about. Jeff Galinat
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 3, 2019, at 10:56 AM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
One kid about 12 years old visited the museum and was highly interested in vintage computers. He knew many things which he learned from YouTube. Some accurate, some not. His mom said that he was bored from modern scratch programming. I had him try out BASIC programming on the C64. He wants to buy vintage computers, but his mom won’t let him. He also checked out the repair workshop. He really enjoyed!
========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation
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