12 May
2007
12 May
'07
5:17 p.m.
Hi everyone, I have just started up a user group in my area to get
together once a month and enjoy old computers and the history, etc. I
plan to give a short presentation each meeting, bring a few systems,
have some retro gaming available and basic refreshments. I'm calling
it what I once called a "club" I started years ago - The Historical
Computer Society. It will take many meetings and some time, but I
hope it can grow and become a true non-profit group on it's own
standing with elected officers, etc. - a user group. I have arranged
for the space in the public library near my house, every third
Saturday, from 2pm - 3:30pm, starting with next Saturday, May 19th.
Here's the library, in Fruit Cove, FL, just south of Jacksonville:
http://www.sjcpls.org/Branches/BartramTrail.aspx
If you're not too far and interested, please let me know.
Best, David
David Greelish
classiccomputing.com
The Classic Computing Podcast
Home of Computer History Nostalgia
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12 May
12 May
5:40 p.m.
On 12 May 2007 at 13:17, David Greelish wrote:
Hi everyone, I have just started up a user group in my
area to get
together once a month and enjoy old computers and the history, etc.
David, some
folks local to your area who are also on this list might
be more interested if you could nail down what you mean by "old". To
some, a Commodore 128 is "old"; others wear socks older than that.
Cheers,
Chuck "who, with a sharp pencil could be called an old computer"
13 May
13 May
2:18 a.m.
On May 12, 2007, at 1:40 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Yes!
-Dave, Port Charlotte, FL, who thinks a PDP-8/e is "old". :)
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
Hi everyone, I
have just started up a user group in my area to get
together once a month and enjoy old computers and the history, etc.
David, some
folks local to your area who are also on this list might
be more interested if you could nail down what you mean by "old". To
some, a Commodore 128 is "old"; others wear socks older than that. 
14 May
14 May
11:13 a.m.
On Sat, 2007-05-12 at 22:18 -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
On May 12, 2007, at 1:40 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Yes!
-Dave, Port Charlotte, FL, who thinks a PDP-8/e is "old". :)
Funny, I don't think my PDP-11 is *that* old. It seems to date from
around 1986. I can't call a computer that was built while I was doing
my 'O' grades "old", I just can't...
Gordon
Hi
everyone, I have just started up a user group in my area to get
together once a month and enjoy old computers and the history, etc.
David, some
folks local to your area who are also on this list might
be more interested if you could nail down what you mean by "old". To
some, a Commodore 128 is "old"; others wear socks older than that. 
3:39 p.m.
On 5/14/07, Gordon JC Pearce <gordon at gjcp.net> wrote:
Funny, I don't think my PDP-11 is *that* old. It
seems to date from
around 1986. I can't call a computer that was built while I was doing
my 'O' grades "old", I just can't...
Yeah... the definition of "old" tends to be quite subjective, as in
"prior to what was current when _I_ got started with foo."
I tend to think of "old" as 100% TTL designs, i.e. -
pre-microprocessor, but that's because I got my start with the 6502
and 1802, then later came upon M-series DEC logic-based machines (like
the PDP-8/L).
-ethan
6:39 p.m.
On May 14, 2007, at 7:13 AM, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
Yes!
-Dave, Port Charlotte, FL, who thinks a PDP-8/e is "old". :)
Funny, I don't think my PDP-11 is *that* old. It seems to date from
around 1986. I can't call a computer that was built while I was doing
my 'O' grades "old", I just can't...
Well, I think a lot of us here are old farts...you're just an
older fart than most! ;)
[dave dives for cover]
What '11 hardware do you have, again?
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
Hi everyone, I
have just started up a user group in my area to get
together once a month and enjoy old computers and the history, etc.
David, some
folks local to your area who are also on this list might
be more interested if you could nail down what you mean by
"old". To
some, a Commodore 128 is "old"; others wear socks older than that.
10:14 p.m.
On Mon, 2007-05-14 at 14:39 -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
On May 14, 2007, at 7:13 AM, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
Funny, I don't think my PDP-11 is *that* old. It seems to date from
around 1986. I can't call a computer that was built while I was doing
my 'O' grades "old", I just can't...
Well, I think a lot of us here are old farts...you're just an
older fart than most! ;)
Hm :-/ I'd have said I'm younger than, well, *some* anyway. Probably
about 1/3 of the way up the age range, at 33
> Hi everyone, I have just started up a user group
in my area to get
> together once a month and enjoy old computers and the history, etc.
David, some folks local to your area who are also on this list might
be more interested if you could nail down what you mean by
"old". To
some, a Commodore 128 is "old"; others wear socks older than that.
Yes!
-Dave, Port Charlotte, FL, who thinks a PDP-8/e is "old". :) [dave dives for cover]
What '11 hardware do you have, again?
Old stuff? The aforementioned 11/73, a Microvax 3300, some Sanyo CP/M86
machine, an Osborne 1, a ZX Spectrum, some not-working Epson HX20s, and
a couple of BBCs.
Gordon
17 May
17 May
4:56 a.m.
On May 14, 2007, at 6:14 PM, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
Hm :-/ I'd have said I'm younger than, well, *some* anyway. Probably
about 1/3 of the way up the age range, at 33
Ahh ok, not such an old fart after all. ;) I've got you beat by
five years.
Sounds like a good pile. My house is overflowing with PDP-11s
(and a few PDP-8s and a PDP-10 for balance!) and I really need to
find some time to repair some of the dead ones. My 11/34a doesn't
like to boot; that's next on the list.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
Funny, I don't think my PDP-11 is *that* old. It
seems to date from
around 1986. I can't call a computer that was built while I was
doing
my 'O' grades "old", I just can't...
Well, I think a lot of us here are old farts...you're just an
older fart than most! ;) [dave
dives for cover]
What '11 hardware do you have, again?
Old stuff? The aforementioned 11/73, a Microvax 3300, some Sanyo
CP/M86
machine, an Osborne 1, a ZX Spectrum, some not-working Epson HX20s,
and
a couple of BBCs.
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