Here are the items we have for the modern history exhibit ("everything on this wall is now in your phone"): - alarm clock - notepad - newspaper - flashlight - pedometer - stopwatch - TV Guide - digital voice recorder (somehow we got two of these) - protractor - wristwatch - book - camera - calculator - scanner (but we may omit this due to size) Here is what we still need: - small calendar - address book - stand-alone radio - pocket dictionary - directional compass - ipod (doesn't have to work -- we have one but we're using it for another purpose) - roadmap - Gameboy - photo album - credit card (how do we get one with a fake number?) - remote control for a TV - small portable TV (we may have one in the warehouse, I'm not sure) - answering machine - thermal-paper fax machine
On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 7:13 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Here are the items we have for the modern history exhibit ("everything on this wall is now in your phone"):
- alarm clock - notepad - newspaper - flashlight - pedometer - stopwatch - TV Guide - digital voice recorder (somehow we got two of these) - protractor - wristwatch - book - camera - calculator - scanner (but we may omit this due to size)
Here is what we still need: - small calendar - address book - stand-alone radio - pocket dictionary - directional compass - ipod (doesn't have to work -- we have one but we're using it for another purpose) - roadmap - Gameboy - photo album - credit card (how do we get one with a fake number?) - remote control for a TV - small portable TV (we may have one in the warehouse, I'm not sure) - answering machine - thermal-paper fax machine
you left out the most obvious category, the computer today's phones have enough number crunching power replacing even supercomputers up to 1990[maybe even later] the processing power of today's phones together with their gpu's approach several 100 gflops so you could, together with a bluetooth keyboard, write code and/or install/build software comparable to what you use on a desktop. so much of the work we did on a desktop which required hours of computation time could be done in minutes on your smartphone now if they could only hook up a big monitor is a different question :) Dan
On Nov 13, 2016, at 7:13 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Here is what we still need: - small calendar - address book - stand-alone radio - pocket dictionary - ipod - photo album - remote control for a TV - small portable TV - answering machine - thermal-paper fax machine
Hi Evan, I know I have a a small portable TV & thermal paper fax machine for the display and I may also have an answering machine, TV remote, old iPod and some other stuff. Give me a few days to see what else I have on the list and I will get it to you within a week or so. Regards, Jeff
I have an iPod ready for the display. Also, I thought the cray and the storagetek were on that same wall to show the storage capacity and processing power comparison. Tony Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 13, 2016, at 8:57 PM, Jeff Galinat via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
On Nov 13, 2016, at 7:13 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Here is what we still need: - small calendar - address book - stand-alone radio - pocket dictionary - ipod - photo album - remote control for a TV - small portable TV - answering machine - thermal-paper fax machine
Hi Evan, I know I have a a small portable TV & thermal paper fax machine for the display and I may also have an answering machine, TV remote, old iPod and some other stuff. Give me a few days to see what else I have on the list and I will get it to you within a week or so. Regards, Jeff
Instead of an iPod, how about a Walkman? On Nov 13, 2016, at 9:33 PM, Tony Bogan via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: I have an iPod ready for the display. Also, I thought the cray and the storagetek were on that same wall to show the storage capacity and processing power comparison. Tony Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 13, 2016, at 8:57 PM, Jeff Galinat via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
On Nov 13, 2016, at 7:13 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Here is what we still need: - small calendar - address book - stand-alone radio - pocket dictionary - ipod - photo album - remote control for a TV - small portable TV - answering machine - thermal-paper fax machine
Hi Evan, I know I have a a small portable TV & thermal paper fax machine for the display and I may also have an answering machine, TV remote, old iPod and some other stuff. Give me a few days to see what else I have on the list and I will get it to you within a week or so. Regards, Jeff
Don't forget where "smart"phones came from. The Venerable PDA. Or put a photo of a secretary/personal assistant. Or am I thinking too much into that display?? On Sunday, November 13, 2016, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Here are the items we have for the modern history exhibit ("everything on this wall is now in your phone"):
- alarm clock - notepad - newspaper - flashlight - pedometer - stopwatch - TV Guide - digital voice recorder (somehow we got two of these) - protractor - wristwatch - book - camera - calculator - scanner (but we may omit this due to size)
Here is what we still need: - small calendar - address book - stand-alone radio - pocket dictionary - directional compass - ipod (doesn't have to work -- we have one but we're using it for another purpose) - roadmap - Gameboy - photo album - credit card (how do we get one with a fake number?) - remote control for a TV - small portable TV (we may have one in the warehouse, I'm not sure) - answering machine - thermal-paper fax machine
-- Normal Person: Hey, it seems that you know a lot. Geek: To be honest, it's due to all the surfing I do. Normal Person: So you go surfing? Normal Person: But I don't think that has anything to do with knowing a lot... Geek: I think that's wrong on a fundamental level. Normal Person: Huh? Huh? What?
On 11/14/16 8:07 AM, Joseph Oprysko via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Don't forget where "smart"phones came from. The Venerable PDA. Or put a photo of a secretary/personal assistant. Or am I thinking too much into that display??
I have a Garmin IQ 3600 which is a PalmOS based PDA and GPS. Maybe show how earlier attempts to merge devices. No idea if it still works. Mark
On Sunday, November 13, 2016, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Here are the items we have for the modern history exhibit ("everything on this wall is now in your phone"):
- alarm clock - notepad - newspaper - flashlight - pedometer - stopwatch - TV Guide - digital voice recorder (somehow we got two of these) - protractor - wristwatch - book - camera - calculator - scanner (but we may omit this due to size)
Here is what we still need: - small calendar - address book - stand-alone radio - pocket dictionary - directional compass - ipod (doesn't have to work -- we have one but we're using it for another purpose) - roadmap - Gameboy - photo album - credit card (how do we get one with a fake number?) - remote control for a TV - small portable TV (we may have one in the warehouse, I'm not sure) - answering machine - thermal-paper fax machine
The one thing I'm a little confused about is the protractor... On Sunday, November 13, 2016, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Here are the items we have for the modern history exhibit ("everything on this wall is now in your phone"):
- alarm clock - notepad - newspaper - flashlight - pedometer - stopwatch - TV Guide - digital voice recorder (somehow we got two of these) - protractor - wristwatch - book - camera - calculator - scanner (but we may omit this due to size)
Here is what we still need: - small calendar - address book - stand-alone radio - pocket dictionary - directional compass - ipod (doesn't have to work -- we have one but we're using it for another purpose) - roadmap - Gameboy - photo album - credit card (how do we get one with a fake number?) - remote control for a TV - small portable TV (we may have one in the warehouse, I'm not sure) - answering machine - thermal-paper fax machine
-- Normal Person: Hey, it seems that you know a lot. Geek: To be honest, it's due to all the surfing I do. Normal Person: So you go surfing? Normal Person: But I don't think that has anything to do with knowing a lot... Geek: I think that's wrong on a fundamental level. Normal Person: Huh? Huh? What?
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