20 Jul
2012
20 Jul
'12
7:46 a.m.
The 3rd annual Vintage Computer Festival Southwest
http://vintage.org/2012/southwest/ is this August 4th-5th. We will feature a
tour of the Ross Perot collection http://mit-a.com/perotcollection.shtml of
vintage computing, including several sections of the original ENIAC
computer.
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We will also be adding a special tour of the Cowboy Stadium IT
infrastructure. http://mit-a.com/CowboyStadiumTour.shtml The regular tour
lasts an hour and a half - this one will run slightly longer. The group
tours cost $20 and everyone says it is definitely worth it. We will need to
have at least 15 or so people for this tour, and will need to sign up (and
pay) in advance.?
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The VCF SW 3.0 will be at UT Arlington. http://www.uta.edu/uta/ More
exhibitors, vendors, and speakers are registering frequently, so check the
website.
We are still looking for exhibitors, vendors, and volunteers (who get to
attend free.)
Gil
--
A. G. (Gil) Carrick
Director
Museum of Information Technology at Arlington
1012 Portofino Drive
Arlington, TX 76012
817-264-MITA (6482) - gil.carrick (Skype)
http://MIT-A.com
20 Jul
20 Jul
9:24 a.m.
That's pretty darned cool. What parts of Eniac are in the collection? I was
at the Smithsonian museum of American History a few years ago and they had
the accumulator panels, IIRC.
3 Aug
3 Aug
9:35 p.m.
New subject: VCF Part request (last minute, no biggie) happen to have a vic-20 video cable?
For the life of me I couldn't find any video cable for the vic-20 before leaving. I
only brought a few games for it but figured it'd be interesting if it was running
aside the sx-64 this year. Either way, not sure if you have time or get this but if you
did and had a video cable I could borrow it'd be much appreciated! No biggie if not,
I'll still have the portable and two PCs hopefully up and running other stuff too.
Thanks! See ya in the morning :-)
- John
9:37 p.m.
New subject: disregard VCF Part request (last minute, no biggie) happen to have a vic-20 video cable?
lol well that's what happens when ya hit reply without checking the sender. Sorry to
blast the entire list with my blunder.
- John
11:25 p.m.
New subject: disregard VCF Part request (last minute, no biggie) happen to have a vic-20 video cable?
lol
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 11:37 PM, Sam Onella <barythrin at yahoo.com> wrote:
lol well that's what happens when ya hit reply
without checking the
sender. Sorry to blast the entire list with my blunder.
- John
4 Aug
4 Aug
10:49 a.m.
New subject: VCF Part request (last minute, no biggie) happen to have a vic-20 video cable?
For the life of me I couldn't find any video cable for the vic-20
before leaving. I only brought a few games for it but figured it'd be
interesting if it was running aside the sx-64 this year. Either way,
not sure if you have time or get this but if you did and had a video
cable I could borrow it'd be much appreciated! No biggie if not, I'll
still have the portable and two PCs hopefully up and running other stuff
too.
Hmm... I am not sure I am oging to be near enough to help :-)
More seriouslky, I've never attended a VCF, and probably never will, but
when I got to similar events, I always carry a reasonable (for me, it's
large to some of you) toolkit. Certainly enough to kludge up a video
conneciton using soem fandom bit of cable tack-soldered to the pins in
the computer and monitor (yes, said toolkit does include a soldering iron).
But the main reason for having said toolkit is murphey's law. Things will
go wrong if you have no way to fix them, conversely, if you have the
tools, test gear and service manual with oyu, things tned nto to
misbehave. And it reduces my stress level to know that if there's a
simple problem I can sort it out.
-tony
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