I certainly enjoyed Festivus this year. About 50 people attended, a big number for the two rooms in use. The donations and trading was quite impressive on both days. Numerous items were examined and repaired on-the-fly, which I always enjoy. My personal "laying on of hands" contributed to a few successful repairs. And of course it's always good to be among my friends and correspondents. Food was tasty and available through Saturday and bits for Sunday also. The grill produced hotdogs and burgers into the evening; and there was pasta too. Of course, lots of sweets including homemade. I took time this year, to look at the Military Vehicle collection at InfoAge. The exhibits are professional and well curated (information and artifacts). They have a surprising number of WW II and later vehicles, particularly Jeeps. And for the train/holiday season, they have a N-gauge military rail loop. About trains: InfoAge includes a model train organization, which exhibits two rooms of trains in operation each December. The exhibits are always fun to see. Model trains use digital technology to manage switches and cars. But there's also a steam-powered model locomotive, in current production, based on a early 20th c. train. But the kids just like the movement and the noise! It's a busy campus, and of course there's not enough time during the Festivus to see all of the organizations there. The holiday and train event, the Vehicle and other exhibits by InfoAge paticipants, of course bring visitors to the VCFed Museum. The Museum operated during the weekend, and looked nice. It's fun to see the Naval computer in operation and hear about progress on it. The EAI analog computer is moving along, I'm told. I look forward to those and other developments next year at the VCFed Museum. Herb Johnson -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net
It was indeed a great Festivus! More than 50 people, tons of food/drink, and lots of equipment changed hands. Some of us stayed up until 4am and yet we still had 20 people at the diner for breakfast Sunday morning. Special thanks to Bernie, Dimitry, and Ian for helping Jeff B. and I clean up last night. Special thanks also to new member Andy D. who donated two Canon Cat systems -- one in its original box and said to be working -- we've been looking for a Cat since the old MARCH group started in 2004. Our next chapter event is the January 12-13 repair workshop. Jeff B. will post a sign-up sheet. ________________________________ Evan Koblentz, executive director Vintage Computer Federation a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit evan@vcfed.org (646) 546-9999 www.vcfed.org facebook.com/vcfederation twitter.com/vcfederation instagram.com/vcfederation
On Mon, 3 Dec 2018, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Special thanks also to new member Andy D. who donated two Canon Cat systems -- one in its original box and said to be working -- we've been looking for a Cat since the old MARCH group started in 2004.
I thought you were talking about Andy Molloy's Cat that went up in smoke, but that was 2006. Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
Ahh Mike, you bring back smoke filled memories! Andy On Mon, Dec 3, 2018, 7:42 PM Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org wrote:
On Mon, 3 Dec 2018, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Special thanks also to new member Andy D. who donated two Canon Cat systems -- one in its original box and said to be working -- we've been looking for a Cat since the old MARCH group started in 2004.
I thought you were talking about Andy Molloy's Cat that went up in smoke, but that was 2006.
Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/VCF-East2006/dscn4148-f.jpg On Mon, 3 Dec 2018, Andrew Molloy wrote:
Ahh Mike, you bring back smoke filled memories!
Andy
On Mon, Dec 3, 2018, 7:42 PM Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org wrote:
On Mon, 3 Dec 2018, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Special thanks also to new member Andy D. who donated two Canon Cat systems -- one in its original box and said to be working -- we've been looking for a Cat since the old MARCH group started in 2004.
I thought you were talking about Andy Molloy's Cat that went up in smoke, but that was 2006.
Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
I miss participating and seeing you all. I hope I can do the 2019 show. (Mike, I think the Apple IIe power supply smoked too. My exhibit had bad juju that year.) Andy Andy On Mon, Dec 3, 2018, 10:10 PM Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org wrote:
On Mon, 3 Dec 2018, Andrew Molloy wrote:
Ahh Mike, you bring back smoke filled memories!
It's amazing how much the show and the museum changed since then. Andy you should come visit one of these days.
I think you smoked a Kaypro the following year: http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/VCFEast-2007/dscn4971L.jpg On Mon, 3 Dec 2018, Andrew Molloy via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I miss participating and seeing you all. I hope I can do the 2019 show.
(Mike, I think the Apple IIe power supply smoked too. My exhibit had bad juju that year.)
Andy
Andy
On Mon, Dec 3, 2018, 10:10 PM Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org wrote:
On Mon, 3 Dec 2018, Andrew Molloy wrote:
Ahh Mike, you bring back smoke filled memories!
It's amazing how much the show and the museum changed since then. Andy you should come visit one of these days.
Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
Festivus was fun! I'm glad it made it this year. The video game selection in the side room was fantastic. It was nice to play all those classic multiplayer games. I feel compelled to bring along a VIC-20 gaming setup for next year's Festivus. I remember talking about a handful of things with a handful of people, but now it's all a blur who said what, so here are various links for those who wanted to know about XYZ. In regards to 6502 variations in Atari machines, I found the bookmark detailing the specifics of "Sally", the 6502C: https://www.atarimax.com/jindroush.atari.org/achsally.html The µKENBAK-1 can be found here: https://www.adwaterandstir.com/ Someone asked what my website was, but I can't recall why, and I had run out of cards by then: http://commodorez.com/ -Alexander 'Z' Pierson
Aye, some sort of multi-year curse. I should never have taken the idol from that tomb. Andy On Mon, Dec 3, 2018, 10:20 PM Mike Loewen <mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us wrote:
I think you smoked a Kaypro the following year:
http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/VCFEast-2007/dscn4971L.jpg
On Mon, 3 Dec 2018, Andrew Molloy via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I miss participating and seeing you all. I hope I can do the 2019 show.
(Mike, I think the Apple IIe power supply smoked too. My exhibit had bad juju that year.)
Andy
Andy
On Mon, Dec 3, 2018, 10:10 PM Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org wrote:
On Mon, 3 Dec 2018, Andrew Molloy wrote:
Ahh Mike, you bring back smoke filled memories!
It's amazing how much the show and the museum changed since then. Andy you should come visit one of these days.
Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
Agreed, Festivus was really, really great this year! Especially the game room. It was fun to just hang out with you guys and play games, especially the ones I don't get to see too often. It was nice to meet so many new faces too.
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