... microcomputers already on exhibit are important, then a bunch of chips on a shelf in a display case is a total waste. Don't be so skeptical. There are...
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Bob Schwier
schwepes2002
May 5, 2009 11:19 pm
... You date yourself as a refuge of the social wars of the sixties. "but then I said, creating a public nuisence, and they all moved closer and we had a fine...
12519
Mike Loewen
mloewen16823
May 6, 2009 7:16 pm
Thanks to Evan (again!), I received a pile of S-100 boards from the former owner of my IMSAI: Vector Graphics 8K SRAM 8080 Processor Technologies 8K SRAM HSC...
12520
anthonyeros
May 6, 2009 7:37 pm
... … then I pulled out my wallet and showed them the twenty seven eight-by-ten color glossy pictures of old computers with circles and arrows and a...
12521
Brian Cirulnick
brian_cirulnick
May 6, 2009 9:28 pm
... I'm just glad *somebody* got the reference. (But I'm not a hippie from the 60's)...
12522
B Degnan
billdeg
May 7, 2009 2:20 am
Hi, Making an Altair play "Fool on the Hill" was one of those things I always wanted to do I suppose, and now I can check that off my list. We can replicate...
12523
B Degnan
billdeg
May 7, 2009 2:53 am
Quite useful!...
12524
Jim Scheef
jscheef
May 8, 2009 1:52 am
Evan, A name tag is not a meaningful, informative sign. Signage should explain why each machine is significant - why was it chosen for this "best of" exhibit....
12525
Mike Loewen
mloewen16823
May 8, 2009 11:33 am
... Why not take a tip from the Computer History Museum? http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/DSCN3460.JPG I like their signs. Mike Loewen...
12526
billdeg
May 8, 2009 5:35 pm
I am surprised that no one commented on this post...are you all getting my messages? Bill...
12527
Mike Loewen
mloewen16823
May 8, 2009 5:38 pm
... Message received, just really busy. :-) I had about 1 minute this morning to look at the first part. Very nice, so far! I remember reading about this...
12528
Brian Cirulnick
brian_cirulnick
May 8, 2009 6:29 pm
... Is it me, or does it look like their signage was designed by someone who's a fan of SUN Microsystems? Between the purple color and the bold sans-serif, it...
12529
evan@...
evan947
May 8, 2009 8:37 pm
... Got it. Bruce Damer and Erik Klein did this live at one of the Calif. VCFs a few years ago for the 30th anniversary panel of the Homebrew club....
12530
B Degnan
billdeg
May 8, 2009 9:15 pm
... I know that, but now we can do it too. Obviously they did not make it up either. Nevermind, it's not easy to do that kind of stuff and I thought people...
12531
evan@...
evan947
May 8, 2009 9:25 pm
... Who said it's not cool? I only said, "been there, seen that.". ;)...
12532
evan@...
evan947
May 8, 2009 9:56 pm
...Only three weeks from now... Same basic plan as back in December, except we can use building 9032-A (where we had VCF lectures in 2007) instead of the...
12533
Bill Dromgoole
willie5015
May 8, 2009 10:02 pm
I thought it was cool. When I first looked the view count was at one, I guess it was you testing it or I was the first. Its at 35 now,so quite a few people...
12534
Bill Dromgoole
willie5015
May 8, 2009 10:34 pm
... From: <evan@...> To: " Yahoo MARCH Yahoo" <midatlanticretro@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 5:55 PM Subject: [midatlanticretro] Friendly...
12535
B Degnan
billdeg
May 9, 2009 1:31 am
Is anyone planning on going to "old timers" day at PACS next weekend (in Philadelphia area), and if so, anyone planning to bring a system to demo? Let me know...
12536
arkaxow
May 9, 2009 4:58 am
12537
Bob Schwier
schwepes2002
May 9, 2009 3:05 pm
Isn't it funny that reinventing the wheel seems so much more difficult than actually inventing the wheel? Reconstructing always seems to take more work than...
12538
Mr Ian Primus
ian_primus
May 9, 2009 4:58 pm
... I'm definitely coming too! Unless for some reason people don't want me to, I'll bring video games and TV sets again. Do we need a projector screen? I can...
12539
evan@...
evan947
May 9, 2009 5:01 pm
I think there's already a screen hanging from the ceiling in that room, but I'll check tomorrow. ... From: Mr Ian Primus <ian_primus@...> Date: Sat, 9...
12540
Mr Ian Primus
ian_primus
May 9, 2009 8:37 pm
... I'm definitely coming too! Unless for some reason people don't want me to, I'll bring video games and TV sets again. Do we need a projector screen? I can...
12541
Joe Giliberti
jtkirk1337
May 9, 2009 10:11 pm
One of my pinball machines (that was built it 1977 and uses a Motorola 6800-based computer for scoring, solenoids, etc, which (I think) makes this post on...
12542
Mr Ian Primus
ian_primus
May 9, 2009 11:54 pm
... You can check them with the meter to see if they are shorted, but it's really more of a symptom/diagnose process. It would be silly to even think of...
12543
Dan Roganti
ragoo_sauce
May 10, 2009 12:06 am
Joe Giliberti wrote: One of my pinball machines (that was built it 1977 and uses a Motorola 6800-based computer for scoring, solenoids, etc, which (I think)...
12544
Dan Roganti
ragoo_sauce
May 10, 2009 12:07 am
you lucky dog ! =Dan [ = http://www2.applegate.org/~ragooman/ ] Mike Loewen wrote: Thanks to Evan (again!), I received a pile of S-100 boards from the former...
12545
Dan Roganti
ragoo_sauce
May 10, 2009 12:08 am
cool, now how about Bohemian Rhapsody ? :) =Dan [ = http://www2.applegate.org/~ragooman/ ] B Degnan wrote: Hi, Making an Altair play "Fool on the Hill" was one...
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Kelly D. Leavitt
w2lv
May 10, 2009 1:22 am
Who plans to attend? 1. Evan 2. Bill Dromgoole 3. Kelly...
