[vcf-midatlantic] vintage comms days

[william degnan]

I propose that we pick a day and time each week were persons turn on their
vintage computing systems that can receive outside communications via dial
up, telnet or, other networking.  I think keeping a BBS or VAX machine up
and running all of the time is tough, but if there is a window where you
know that's when people kind of expect it, it'll be more managable...Do I
hear a second?

We can use the vcforum to post that week's list of who is online and when.
Basically a sticky thread where people post the URL or IP address, phone
number, etc and technical details to help others make the connection, hours
of operation.

I can help assign subdomains, etc if anyone needs networking assistance.
For example I have  alpha2100.vintagecomputer.net assigned to my Alpha here
in my basement, but I don't run it 24/7, but I would be willing to schedule
to turn it on on a known schedule to make it worth doing.  This way I can
be there to supervise / troubleshoot.

This Friday night (tomorrow)I have to watch the kids, so once they're in
bed, say 9PM, I could run a few systems until about midnight to help kick
things off.  It might be fun to see how many systems a person can hit,
catch the flag style.   Maybe we could make some sort of challenge of it.
Send an email from one or download a file.  Just for fun.

Bill