[vcf-midatlantic] 40th's

[Tony Bogan]

On Dec 17, 2016, at 3:34 PM, william degnan via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

>> 
>>> 3) We normally avoid exhibits solely of items  newer than 1990, I don't
>>> think any exhibit with Xbox and a Game cube is on topic
>> 
>> It was more an example than anything else to drive home the point that
>> since the 2600 microprocessors have been used in computers AND dedicated
>> gaming consoles. The early consoles were ttl. I'm confident you are aware
>> that the earliest consoles, like the earliest computers, are not the only
>> things that would be considered vintage and fit within the time frame of
>> prior to 1990. Besides, in referencing colecovision and Atari 2600 and 5200
>> I fail to see where my comments could, even stretching to the limit, be
>> construed as suggesting an exhibit of xboxes and gamecubes.
>> 
>> <snip>
>> 
>> If my comments made it sound like I was suggesting someone should have an
>> exhibit of xboxes and gamecubes I apologize. Next time I will try to make
>> the point of my emails less obfuscated.
>> Tony
> 
> 
> I was not responding to you I don't think, at least not intentionally.
> Sorry about the confusion.
> 
> I think a 6502 exhibit, for example, with a little bit of console is just
> fine with me.
> 
> Really I was saying IF you were to have consoles, don't include new ones.
> I was not saying don't have consoles.  AND I was saying that not all
> consoles have a microprocessor.  The old Odyssey pongs and such are
> actually pretty cool vintage computing devices and I'd love to see an
> exhibit like that, maybe teamed up with a tv typewriter or something.
> 
> Bill

Gotcha. That was my email that specifically mentioned the PowerPC and Xbox/GameCube, so figured I just did a piss poor job of making my point! :-)

I finally found my original telegames pong fro
 Childhood (had been lost when i moved years ago...found in my attic!!) 

As we had talked about at festivus I'd still like to do something with all the old consoles and machines but, perhaps next year!
Tony