About Bill's message
Bill Deg. wrote: >> I keep giving away good ideas and then they're taken without giving me credit The short comment is, "He's right." And that should be rectified. Since day 1 of MARCH -- around fall 2004 -- Bill has been my top adviser. Various MARCH and then VCFed officers have come/gone, but Bill's always been there to give us great ideas and help me understand ways to improve my own ideas. Repair workshops were Bill's idea. (I said they wouldn't succeed.) The holiday party was Bill's idea. (I said nobody would go.) A sales area at VCF East was Bill's idea. (I said it would be too difficult.) Hands-on restorations of the museum items were largely Bill's idea. (I said we couldn't pull it off.) The list goes on... I hope to learn my lesson one of these decades, which is "Listen to Bill." Creating a library of open-source vintage computing parts * IS * a good idea. Bill: if you'd like to lead the effort then you have my support.
Looks like someone hacked Evan's email account.. -Dave On 03/05/2018 10:08 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Bill Deg. wrote: >> I keep giving away good ideas and then they're taken without giving me credit
The short comment is, "He's right." And that should be rectified.
Since day 1 of MARCH -- around fall 2004 -- Bill has been my top adviser. Various MARCH and then VCFed officers have come/gone, but Bill's always been there to give us great ideas and help me understand ways to improve my own ideas.
Repair workshops were Bill's idea. (I said they wouldn't succeed.) The holiday party was Bill's idea. (I said nobody would go.) A sales area at VCF East was Bill's idea. (I said it would be too difficult.) Hands-on restorations of the museum items were largely Bill's idea. (I said we couldn't pull it off.) The list goes on... I hope to learn my lesson one of these decades, which is "Listen to Bill."
Creating a library of open-source vintage computing parts * IS * a good idea. Bill: if you'd like to lead the effort then you have my support.
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 10:14 PM, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
On 03/05/2018 10:13 PM, Evan Koblentz wrote:
Looks like someone hacked Evan's email account..
Nope! Just a moment of thoughtfulness.
Don't worry, it will pass. ;)
Whew. :)
-Dave
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
I have to laugh.
so far, and I have tried in my local hacker space 3D printing small pieces has met with poor results. For some reason very small things are not 3d printer-friendly. I assume there would have to be a specialized 3D printer for small fine tolerance plastic printing b On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 10:36 PM, Bill Degnan <billdegnan@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 10:14 PM, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
On 03/05/2018 10:13 PM, Evan Koblentz wrote:
Looks like someone hacked Evan's email account..
Nope! Just a moment of thoughtfulness.
Don't worry, it will pass. ;)
Whew. :)
-Dave
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
I have to laugh.
On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 10:38 PM, Bill Degnan <billdegnan@gmail.com> wrote:
so far, and I have tried in my local hacker space 3D printing small pieces has met with poor results. For some reason very small things are not 3d printer-friendly. I assume there would have to be a specialized 3D printer for small fine tolerance plastic printing b
that was cost-effective. I am sure there is a 3D printer that can make almost anything if you have $$ for the precision
I know I've seen 3D printed switches for mini's show up a few times. Back in 2015, Christopher Parish had a handful of 3D printed replacement switche paddles for his HP minicomputer. While I can't put my finger on it, I seem to recall seeing similar ones for the PDP-8/e but maybe that's a fig newton of my imagination. Am I remembering this right? -Alexander 'Z' Pierson On Monday, March 5, 2018, 11:00:47 PM EST, Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 10:38 PM, Bill Degnan <billdegnan@gmail.com> wrote:
so far, and I have tried in my local hacker space 3D printing small pieces has met with poor results. For some reason very small things are not 3d printer-friendly. I assume there would have to be a specialized 3D printer for small fine tolerance plastic printing b
that was cost-effective. I am sure there is a 3D printer that can make almost anything if you have $$ for the precision
On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 10:38 PM, Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
so far, and I have tried in my local hacker space 3D printing small pieces has met with poor results. For some reason very small things are not 3d printer-friendly. I assume there would have to be a specialized 3D printer for small fine tolerance plastic printing
I would ask Ethan Dicks about 3D printing. Talking to him during the last World Maker Faire, he has robust experience and a solid understanding of their capabilities.
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