There are 10 standard exhibits (no counting the three team exhibits which equal about 15 standard exhibits, so 25 total). The list is here: http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-exhibi.... Needs some big iron and S-100. :) ________________________________ Evan Koblentz, 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
There are 10 standard exhibits (no counting the three team exhibits which equal about 15 standard exhibits, so 25 total).
The list is here: http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-exhibi....
Needs some big iron and S-100. :)
Correction, David G. is showing graphics on PDP-8.
On Mon, 23 Jan 2017, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
There are 10 standard exhibits (no counting the three team exhibits which equal about 15 standard exhibits, so 25 total).
The list is here: http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-exhibi....
Needs some big iron and S-100. :)
Paging Dave McGuire! We haven't had an IBM 370 yet. :-) Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
Needs some big iron and S-100. :)
Paging Dave McGuire! We haven't had an IBM 370 yet. :-)
Mike Loewen
The SAGE exhibit is big iron too, even if not an entire Sage. So there's two Is anyone else planning or considering to exhibit a mini or non-home computer system who was not yet registered? The extra effort and expense necessary to haul a working mini for a weekend exhibit is the big obvious factor here. I know we have a half dozen members who exhibited racked big iron in the past. If we get some feedback as to the factors that prevent them from repeating mgmt can address these to help make it more enticing .... B
On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 7:42 AM, william degnan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
The SAGE exhibit is big iron too, even if not an entire Sage. So there's two
Mike's SAGE computer would need the whole exhibit hall if built :) maybe you can let him build a filming studio with that in his exhibit, like they used in the movies, and call it something like, Vintage Computer Federation meets Dark Matter......... Mike get your Lab coat ready http://www.starringthecomputer.com/computer.html?c=73
On Tue, 24 Jan 2017, Dan Roganti wrote:
On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 7:42 AM, william degnan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
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The SAGE exhibit is big iron too, even if not an entire Sage. So there's ? ? two
Mike's SAGE computer would need the whole exhibit hall if built :)
The hall wouldn't be large enough.
maybe you can let him build a filming studio with that in his exhibit, like they used in the movies, and call it something like, Vintage Computer Federation meets Dark Matter......... Mike get your Lab coat ready http://www.starringthecomputer.com/computer.html?c=73
Actually, he gets most of his SAGE sightings from me. :-) http://q7.neurotica.com/Q7/ We could get the remaining equipment from the "Time Tunnel" set, but rental fees and cross-country shipping from Los Angeles might be a bit overbudget. :-) http://q7.neurotica.com/Q7/VisitToWoodys/dscn6819.jpg Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
On Tue, 24 Jan 2017, Dan Roganti wrote:
On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 7:42 AM, william degnan via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
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The SAGE exhibit is big iron too, even if not an entire Sage. So there's ? ? two
Mike's SAGE computer would need the whole exhibit hall if built :)
The hall wouldn't be large enough.
maybe you can let him build a filming studio with that in his exhibit,
like they used in the movies, and call it something like, Vintage Computer Federation meets Dark Matter......... Mike get your Lab coat ready http://www.starringthecomputer.com/computer.html?c=73
Actually, he gets most of his SAGE sightings from me. :-)
ah ok, nice
We could get the remaining equipment from the "Time Tunnel" set, but rental fees and cross-country shipping from Los Angeles might be a bit overbudget. :-)
oh yea, I remember looking that picture of you over there I recall this webpage that you made too with many more pictures of this http://q7.neurotica.com/Q7/scifi/Woody/ Dan
On Tue, 24 Jan 2017, william degnan wrote:
The extra effort and expense necessary to haul a working mini for a weekend exhibit is the big obvious factor here. I know we have a half dozen members who exhibited racked big iron in the past. If we get some feedback as to the factors that prevent them from repeating mgmt can address these to help make it more enticing ....
For me, it's a matter of not having a vehicle large enough to haul my HP gear. Having to rent a truck for a 3-day weekend is cost-prohibitive. Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 07:42:44AM -0500, william degnan via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
The extra effort and expense necessary to haul a working mini for a weekend exhibit is the big obvious factor here. I know we have a half dozen members who exhibited racked big iron in the past. If we get some feedback as to the factors that prevent them from repeating mgmt can address these to help make it more enticing ....
The biggest item that you can address is sufficient safe power. The second would be good signage and promotion of the second room where the larger stuff normally is. The pain and cost to move you are limited in what you can do about. Luckily I only have to pay the gas for the truck I borrow though it limits me to medium iron. Truck space will be the limit on my exhibit unless I run out of time to get everything working.
On Mon, 23 Jan 2017, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
There are 10 standard exhibits (no counting the three team exhibits which equal about 15 standard exhibits, so 25 total).
The list is here: http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-exhibi....
I'm excited!
Needs some big iron and S-100. :)
I don't have either, but if something shows up that required a freight truck to move it, I'd be happy to help unload it. ;) I have been thinking over the past week on what I might want to exhibit. Still not 100%, but I'm leaning towards "early 90s UNIX workstations" since its mainly what I do. I really want an interactive exhibit that people can play with, so I'm tending towards the graphical. "It's a UNIX System, I Know This!" would be a fine title. :) Trying to decide between these, in rough order of preference: * DECstation 3100 + Ultrix w/X11 - (~ 1989) I've had this machine for ages and have never got around to bringing it up. This needs a clean Ultrix install, ignoring the fact that Y2K ever happened, and some sort of application software that a regular human could operate. This is the most uncertain for me, but it wins in terms of obscurity. ;) * SGI Indy - With Indycam and the bundled demo software this one's easy and full of eye candy. Might hook up a thermal printer and make this a "photobooth" kind of thing. (~1993-1994) * IBM RS/6000 - I've got a bunch of these, including the very early Model 320 workstation and 520 deskside/server. (1990-1992). I like this hardware a lot, and AIX is its own special weirdness, but I'll have to dig deep for any interesting user-friendly application software. (In school we ran Pro/E on these machines, which is a sure path to madness.) * Sun... something. Maybe 3/80 or 630MP (~1992) - The latter sure feels like Big Iron when you have to move it without a dolly. Time permitting it may appear as a support server for one of the above three. Thoughts? Feelings? -- Jameel Akari
On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 10:58 AM, Jameel Akari via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
On Mon, 23 Jan 2017, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
There are 10 standard exhibits (no counting the three team exhibits which
equal about 15 standard exhibits, so 25 total).
The list is here: http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/ vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-exhibits/.
I'm excited!
Needs some big iron and S-100. :)
I don't have either, but if something shows up that required a freight truck to move it, I'd be happy to help unload it. ;)
I have been thinking over the past week on what I might want to exhibit. Still not 100%, but I'm leaning towards "early 90s UNIX workstations" since its mainly what I do. I really want an interactive exhibit that people can play with, so I'm tending towards the graphical. "It's a UNIX System, I Know This!" would be a fine title. :)
Trying to decide between these, in rough order of preference:
* DECstation 3100 + Ultrix w/X11 - (~ 1989) I've had this machine for ages and have never got around to bringing it up. This needs a clean Ultrix install, ignoring the fact that Y2K ever happened, and some sort of application software that a regular human could operate. This is the most uncertain for me, but it wins in terms of obscurity. ;)
* SGI Indy - With Indycam and the bundled demo software this one's easy and full of eye candy. Might hook up a thermal printer and make this a "photobooth" kind of thing. (~1993-1994)
* IBM RS/6000 - I've got a bunch of these, including the very early Model 320 workstation and 520 deskside/server. (1990-1992). I like this hardware a lot, and AIX is its own special weirdness, but I'll have to dig deep for any interesting user-friendly application software. (In school we ran Pro/E on these machines, which is a sure path to madness.)
* Sun... something. Maybe 3/80 or 630MP (~1992) - The latter sure feels like Big Iron when you have to move it without a dolly. Time permitting it may appear as a support server for one of the above three.
Thoughts? Feelings?
-- Jameel Akari
Sounds good to me. I exhibited a VMS Microvax 3100 last year.
My vote is for the Indy, Jameel! On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 11:52 AM, william degnan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 10:58 AM, Jameel Akari via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
On Mon, 23 Jan 2017, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
There are 10 standard exhibits (no counting the three team exhibits which
equal about 15 standard exhibits, so 25 total).
The list is here: http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/ vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-exhibits/.
I'm excited!
Needs some big iron and S-100. :)
I don't have either, but if something shows up that required a freight truck to move it, I'd be happy to help unload it. ;)
I have been thinking over the past week on what I might want to exhibit. Still not 100%, but I'm leaning towards "early 90s UNIX workstations" since its mainly what I do. I really want an interactive exhibit that people can play with, so I'm tending towards the graphical. "It's a UNIX System, I Know This!" would be a fine title. :)
Trying to decide between these, in rough order of preference:
* DECstation 3100 + Ultrix w/X11 - (~ 1989) I've had this machine for ages and have never got around to bringing it up. This needs a clean Ultrix install, ignoring the fact that Y2K ever happened, and some sort of application software that a regular human could operate. This is the most uncertain for me, but it wins in terms of obscurity. ;)
* SGI Indy - With Indycam and the bundled demo software this one's easy and full of eye candy. Might hook up a thermal printer and make this a "photobooth" kind of thing. (~1993-1994)
* IBM RS/6000 - I've got a bunch of these, including the very early Model 320 workstation and 520 deskside/server. (1990-1992). I like this hardware a lot, and AIX is its own special weirdness, but I'll have to dig deep for any interesting user-friendly application software. (In school we ran Pro/E on these machines, which is a sure path to madness.)
* Sun... something. Maybe 3/80 or 630MP (~1992) - The latter sure feels like Big Iron when you have to move it without a dolly. Time permitting it may appear as a support server for one of the above three.
Thoughts? Feelings?
-- Jameel Akari
Sounds good to me. I exhibited a VMS Microvax 3100 last year.
After a chat with Evan, Indy it is! Just signed up. I will refine the description and scope of it as I play around with it some more over the next couple weeks. My wife and I have built a Raspberry Pi + thermal printer photobooth for our wedding and other events; I will try to bring part of that along for IndyCam images to be printed, and visitors can take the printouts as souvenirs. David Geisswein: Your project is definitely complementary and I look forward to seeing it, One of my dream projects is an Atari Compugraph Foto (https://petapixel.com/2012/07/20/atari-compugraph-foto-an-ascii-art-photo- booth/ ) so I think we¹re of like minds here. ;) I had also prototyped a Twitter feed from the Pi¹s camera which will be interesting to try to make work in IRIX. /jka On 1/24/17, 12:12 PM, "Jeff Salzman via vcf-midatlantic" <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
My vote is for the Indy, Jameel!
On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 11:52 AM, william degnan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 10:58 AM, Jameel Akari via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
On Mon, 23 Jan 2017, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
There are 10 standard exhibits (no counting the three team exhibits which
equal about 15 standard exhibits, so 25 total).
The list is here: http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/ vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-exhibits/.
I'm excited!
Needs some big iron and S-100. :)
I don't have either, but if something shows up that required a freight truck to move it, I'd be happy to help unload it. ;)
I have been thinking over the past week on what I might want to exhibit. Still not 100%, but I'm leaning towards "early 90s UNIX workstations" since its mainly what I do. I really want an interactive exhibit that people can play with, so I'm tending towards the graphical. "It's a UNIX System, I Know This!" would be a fine title. :)
Trying to decide between these, in rough order of preference:
* DECstation 3100 + Ultrix w/X11 - (~ 1989) I've had this machine for ages and have never got around to bringing it up. This needs a clean Ultrix install, ignoring the fact that Y2K ever happened, and some sort of application software that a regular human could operate. This is the most uncertain for me, but it wins in terms of obscurity. ;)
* SGI Indy - With Indycam and the bundled demo software this one's easy and full of eye candy. Might hook up a thermal printer and make this a "photobooth" kind of thing. (~1993-1994)
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On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 10:23:16PM -0500, Jameel Akari via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
David Geisswein: Your project is definitely complementary and I look forward to seeing it, One of my dream projects is an Atari Compugraph Foto (https://petapixel.com/2012/07/20/atari-compugraph-foto-an-ascii-art-photo- booth/ ) so I think we¹re of like minds here. ;)
Thanks. Useful reference to show this isn't just a gimmick to amuse the audience. I had some thought that things like this did exist back in the day and was planning to see what I could find.
Oh man, I'd vote for a ASCII art photo booth to be a permanent VCF Fixture. Heck, make that a vote for the museum too.
It's been suggested a few times through the years. It could be a special exhibit and souvenir stand: donate five dollars, get your picture taken and printed in ASCII art. There are various programs to do it in Windows and Linux using a modern computer (which would be appropriate for the museum due to reliability), but I'd be all for someone doing this using period equipment at VCF East. We would put that booth by the door when you enter the exhibit hall. Evan Koblentz, director Vintage Computer Federation A 501(c)3 educational non-profit http://www.vcfed.org
I'd be all for someone doing this using period equipment at VCF East.
To clarify: what we would need is a single person to say, "I will do it," and then to come through. :) If someone steps up (soon) then we would include this in the event marketing. It can't be one of those "you should" or "someone should" or "if I have time" things. I'm not picking on any individual person. Just saying. It's a good idea, everyone like it, but nobody has ever DONE it for us. Evan Koblentz, director Vintage Computer Federation A 501(c)3 educational non-profit http://www.vcfed.org
On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 11:12:12PM -0500, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I'd be all for someone doing this using period equipment at VCF East.
This is planned to be part of my exhibit for this year. I wasn't planning to charge people for the printout so a separate one charging probably won't work well this year.
This is planned to be part of my exhibit for this year. I wasn't planning to charge people for the printout so a separate one charging probably won't work well this year.
Understood. Maybe we'll set up something simple (not a PDP-8...) for the museum, post-VCF East. ________________________________ Evan Koblentz, 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
On Thu, 26 Jan 2017, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I'd be all for someone doing this using period equipment at VCF East.
It isn't easy to get good results even with modern equipment, but of course not impossible with vintage. ;)
To clarify: what we would need is a single person to say, "I will do it," and then to come through. :) If someone steps up (soon) then we would include this in the event marketing. It can't be one of those "you should" or "someone should" or "if I have time" things.
Well said. I definitely can't and won't commit to it for the event. But, dot-matrix and ASCII output is on my "feature request" list (i.e. Raspberry Pi-based camera+thermal printer photobooth we built. It didn't make the cut for the Maker Faire we presented at a few months ago -- mainly because I was eschewing the modern heavy-weight software that would make it easier. In other words, if David doesn't beat me to it, in the next few months I'll have something that could be portable to a less-well-endowed but more interesting system. -- Jameel Akari
On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 10:58:54AM -0500, Jameel Akari via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
* SGI Indy - With Indycam and the bundled demo software this one's easy and full of eye candy. Might hook up a thermal printer and make this a "photobooth" kind of thing. (~1993-1994)
Photobooth would be a later version of what I am hoping to do for mine. Mine will be printing in ASCII art on a chain printer assuming I get it working well enough and don't pull something trying to move it. I think with the timeframe difference (70's vs 90's) that they are complementary but pointing it out in case it effects your plans.
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