VCF East 3 - From the IBMcollectables.com viewpoint

Glad to hear that you had such a good time at our show! We ordered three dedicated 220V, 20A circuits -- one each for the Systems 32/34/36 -- in order to avoid a power blackout for the whole town. It took a last-minute call to our electrician Saturday morning to get them functional, since we were told to order 6-30 receptacles and the actual spec was L6-30. The "L" makes a big difference in the physical shape. :) Mike's exhibit recieved many compliments. We even removed some doors to make sure they could get into our building. Here's a challenge: who can top this exhibit next year? LOL, the catch is that we can't run any three-phase power systems because it is too darn expensive. Actually, next year we might have DOUBLE the floor space available. Are you listening, Sridhar??? _____ From: Bob [mailto:caveguy at wowway.com] Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 7:43 PM To: Evan Koblentz; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: VCF East 3 - From the IBMcollectables.com viewpoint It is with great pleasure that my family and I were able to attended VCF-East this past weekend. My mutterings on this event has been composed from the myopic viewpoint of an IBMcollector and at this point in time covers but one small aspect of the event from that viewpoint. As I understand it, Amongst he many contributions Evan was instrumental in the rescue of the IBM System /32 that was powered up for the first time, in a long time there at the show..... AtaBoy's to all involved..... During a pre-arrange session on the veranda of the old Marconi Hotel, located at Camp Evans, New Jersey, the IBM System 3 Special Interest Group was formed........ :-) Full story and pictures at: http://www.ibm-collectables.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=vcf-eas t There is also a link from the http://IBMcollectablee.com homepage. Thanks to all involved, it was great fun ..... More latter, time permitting :) Bob Bradlee