You've done well Luke Skywalker.
This is an effective announcement and good use of the web for current list
of speakers.
What about newsgroups? Who is sending this announcement to them and which ones?
How about funding? What do you think?
You're doing a good overall job. All good things start small. No matter who
or how many attend, you will be able to say you did it. Mind you, the bills
must be paid.
Please let me tell you a short story. I thought we had a great idea for a
fund-raiser for the COMMPUTERSEUM. We would hold a public viewing of
Triumphs of the Nerds complete with door prizes and lots'o fun (picture
this: the ticket numbers were printed in binary, octal, and hex yet the door
prize numbers were called out in decimal, so to win you first had to
convert!). We called it Nerd Night, got lots'o publicity, a nice theater on
campus at the University of Waterloo (perhaps you've heard of it by its
nickname - Microsoft U.). Everyone said what a great idea, ha, ha Nerd Night
in a city of nerds - we called it a Nerdly Celebration, PBS gave us a free
copy of Triumph and permission to use it to raise funds. Everything pointed
towards success...little did we know...At the appointed time the theater was
empty soon three people showed up.
Gee wiz, $30 in receipts. Oh well more will come, we thught, so we started
the film. Suddenly it occured to me; if we show the film thereby renting the
theater and no one else comes we'll lose money. So in the dark I stoped the
VCR and when the lights came on explained the situation to the audience and
offered to let them borrow the tapes and return their money. Everyone
understood and agreed, two borrowed the tapes, all three left their money
with the COMMPUTERSEUM. A failure? Perhaps, but we learned and probably all
sorts of people think a Nerd Night was held in Waterloo, Ontario., well hey,
it did. It's on record.
Take care ace
Kevin
>
>
> Announcing the First Annual Vintage Computer Festival!
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
>Mark your calendars! The first ever public celebration of vintage
>computers will take place at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton,
>California this October 25th and 26th.
>
>The Vintage Computer Festival (VCF) is the first event of its kind
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>
>Each year a computer from the past is placed in the Vintage Computer
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>anniversary of this classic, we will be giving away an original Apple ][
>personal computer! Each person who attends the VCF is automatically
>entered into the drawing!
>
>Both seasoned and new computer collectors will enjoy workshops and
>panels to share ideas and learn about finding, acquiring, restoring,
>and enjoying vintage computers.
>
>The VCF also features the Vintage Computer Flea Market. Find those old
>computers, peripherals, manuals, and programs you've been looking for!
>The flea market is the ideal way for new comers to the field to start
>their own collection or for seasoned collectors to add to their existing
>stash.
>
>Celebrate the good old days of computing! Attend the First Annual Vintage
>Computer Festival!!!
>
>
> When: October 25-26th, 9:00AM - 5:00PM daily
>
> Where: Alameda County Fairgrounds, Pleasanton, California
>
>Admission: Pre-registered ($SAVE$)
>
> Individual: $15
> Family: $24 (two adults and four children)
>
> Benefits of pre-registration include:
>
> o Access to speakers, workshops, flea market and
> exhibition
> o Pre-paid parking
>
> To pre-register, send a check or money order to:
>
> Vintage Computer Festival
> 4275-29 Rosewood Drive #161
> Pleasanton, California 94588
>
> Please make checks payable to "Vintage Computer Festival"
>
>
> At-the-door
>
> o Speakers, Workshops, Flea Market and Exhibition
>
> Individual: $10.00
> Family: $16.00
>
> o Flea Market and Exhibition only
>
> Individual: $5.00
> Family: $10.00
>
> Please note: "At-the-door" rate is for a one day pass
> only and does not include parking.
>
>
>For more information including the latest list of speakers and workshops
>please check out:
>
> http://www.siconic.com/vcf
>
>or send e-mail to:
>
> mailto:vcf@siconic.com
>
>
> SEE YOU AT THE VINTAGE COMPUTER FESTIVAL!!!
>
>
>Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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>
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I finally got the '44 to it's (so far) permanent location, and I'm trying
to get it all back together, minus the rack (Looking for someplace to put
it, it's too bug to get up 8 floors!). I may try anyway...
The problem is, I have to get everything in ONE ba11 (Due to lack of
power). So, I have no massbus stuff, and I only need 16 com ports for
now, so I got 2 DZ11s, the processor, the UDA50, and 1.75MB of RAM into
the processor box. My test was to fire it all up, and do "b du0" and
UDA50 would wait forever for the RA81 to answer. The RA is still down in
my car (I get to unload it myslef - oh boy!) and I can't bring it up yet.
Anyway, everything powers up, but when I try to get it to boot, I get to
wait about 5 seconds, then I get
$20 MPC=15
(I think the $ may have been something else)
This (According to the manual) means "the processor started a transfer,
but it timed out". Do I have to play with the backplane to get the new
config to work?
I have NPG cards in everything that's empty.
The UDA50 strobes like it's supposed to...
The bus is laid out like this:
+-----+----+---------+
| | | PRCSSR |
| RH11| DZ | |
|MBUS | | |
+-----+----+---------+
That's then way it WAS. The UDA50 is where the DZ was, the DZ moved to
the RH11 area, because when the UDA50 was there, it said the CPU was
halted. (All the lights were on)
I have an M950 joining the CPU to the UDA, and an M9500 (I think) joining
the UDA to the DZs. And the bus IS terminated! I also have NPG plugs
on the M950 and M9500.
Also: There appears to be a Road Runner (Real, not the animated one)
etched on the the 2nd UDA50 card, bu the name. Anyone know anything about
that?
Hello, all:
How do I determine the drive geometry for a DEC drive? If you've been
following my uVAX thread, I need to reformat my external RD52 drive. I've
looked in my various PC references and can't find a Quantum drive with a
similar capacity.
TIA!
>========================================>
Rich Cini/WUGNET
<rcini(a)msn.com>
MCP Windows 95 and Windows Networking,
Charter ClubWin! Member (6) and a
collector of classic computers
The Obsolete Computer web site has some good tips on case repair and in the
FAQ section of classiccmp are some good tips.
At 08:26 PM 9/12/97 -0800, you wrote:
>Here is something new:
>
> I just read a newsgroup post about a (somewhat) poor soul who has
>gotten a PET 2001 with a rusty case looking for re-finishing/painting
>suggestions. I suggested he subscribe here and ask for help.
>
> Thinking about it this is a cool topic for discussion, has anyone
>re-painted their computer cases and what tips/suggestions do you have
>for us or what should we avoid (also got any good color schemes?). (I
>have a few 64s lying around that would look neat with a custom paint
>job, since they are plastic, what do you suggest?
>
> I remember a letter in one of the Commodore mags on how to remove and
>re-set the alphanumeric decals on a keyboard, maybe I sould spend half a
>day in the storage unit and find some of this stuff... :/
>
> Larry Anderson
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Received this last night. Three questions:
1). What's an Osborne Executive?
2). What's it worth?
3). Is anyone interested? If so, please contact the guy directly. This
one, personally, I'm not much interested in at the time.
Thanks!
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>Priority: Normal
>X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
>To: kyrrin2(a)wizards.net
>From: "pro" <pro(a)goes.com>
>Subject: For Sale
>Date: Thu, 11 Sep 97 11:01:39 PDT
>
>We have an Osborne Executive, excellent condition, complete with cables,
>manuals, and software. Make offer? Thanks.
>
>Paul R. Ogushwitz, Ph.D.
>PRO Scientific Consulting, 303 Center Street, Hackettstown, NJ 07840
>Phone 908-850-1636
>Email pro(a)goes.com
>
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"Our science can only describe an object, event, or living thing in our own
human terms. It cannot, in any way, define any of them..."
Still waiting to hear what the code numbers 554 mean that I get on the
Powerstation 320 from IBM ?? As Isaid before it boots up to this number but
I get no video on the monitor it's a IBM 6091-19 that came with the 320.
Would like to get some documentation on this machine if anyone would like
trade or sell.
Thanks for your input on the problem and I will try the install as soon as I
get a copy of AIX. THANKS
At 05:53 PM 9/12/97 -0800, you wrote:
>>Still waiting to hear what the code numbers 554 mean that I get on the
>>Powerstation 320 from IBM ?? As Isaid before it boots up to this number but
>>I get no video on the monitor it's a IBM 6091-19 that came with the 320.
>>Would like to get some documentation on this machine if anyone would like
>>trade or sell.
>
>Hi,
>I was able to look this one up at work today. Basically it's complaining
>about one of two things. The first cause is that it can't boot off of the
>disk, the second is if it had been connected to a network, that it can't
>find NFS Swap space. My guess would be the second, after all how many
>people bother to wipe disks? No idea how to fix it, the best bet would be
>a clean install of AIX.
>
>BTW this is a RS/6000 machine.
>
> Zane
>
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Thanks for the follow-up answer and I will see if I can get a copy of AIX
>from some where.
At 07:02 PM 9/12/97 -0400, you wrote:
>> Still waiting to hear what the code numbers 554 mean that I get on the
>> Powerstation 320 from IBM ?? As Isaid before it boots up to this number but
>> I get no video on the monitor it's a IBM 6091-19 that came with the 320.
>> Would like to get some documentation on this machine if anyone would like
>> trade or sell.
>
>Version 1.3 of the "Diagnostics Programs: Operator Guide" does not list
>554 as an error code. 553 is Phase 1 of IPL completed, and 558 means there
>is not enough memort to complete the IPL.
>
>My guess is that 554 means that the IPL aborted for some reason, as if
>someone wiped out the disk. During the last half of the IPL, numbers
>between 700 and 999 should be seen.
>
>I assume that this 554 comes up after a few minutes of booting. Generally,
>all of the BIST (Built In Self Test) stuff occurs in the first minute or
>so (makes sense) and has codes in the 200 range. Note that half of the
>codes are not error messages, but just status.
>
>I would say the machine is most likely fine, but you may need to get
>another copy of AIX.
>
>William Donzelli
>william(a)ans.net
>
>
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