10 May
2006
10 May
'06
5:51 p.m.
Hi everyone.
In the ClassicCmp IRC this afternoon I brought up the idea that I have of
starting a quarterly newsletter about vintage DEC systems (1960-1995 or so.)
The thought behind this is that as opposed to reading mailing lists wehere
you get snippets of information on specific problems, you would read full
articles pertaining to both specific and general topics. Possible
categories could include:
- tools and test equipment reviews
- general care and maintenance of a computer in a hobbyist environment
- safety notes
- specific software notes
- getting started with any number of vintage software systems
- emulation
- interconnectivity between vintage systems, and also to the modern
computing facility
Now, my personal preference would be to do this on a quarterly schedule, and
with old school production values (RUNOFF or some other vintage textsetting
system.) Also, the magazine would be based on contributions, so it of
course would only be the cost of media and postage. I would also plan to
make the back issues available as downloads after 1 year (in PDF or some
other universal form) with a printed copy available on request.
So let me hear what you think!
Julian
10 May
10 May
6:19 p.m.
Good idea, providing a channel for more in-depth classic computing
information. It has my vote.
Why hardcopy? Seems like for this market supporting production (old school
or new) of a physical newsletter is not the best use of time and resources.
In other words use the web (or even a mailing list) to distribute the
information much more efficiently, and concentrate time and resources on
producing good content. Even CHM is going towards electronic format for
latest release of CORE (http://www.computerhistory.org/core/about/), in
addition to printing hardcopy.
My $0.02.
Lee Courtney
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Hi everyone.
In the ClassicCmp IRC this afternoon I brought up the idea
that I have of starting a quarterly newsletter about vintage
DEC systems (1960-1995 or so.) The thought behind this is
that as opposed to reading mailing lists wehere you get
snippets of information on specific problems, you would read
full articles pertaining to both specific and general topics.
Possible categories could include:
- tools and test equipment reviews
- general care and maintenance of a computer in a hobbyist environment
- safety notes
- specific software notes
- getting started with any number of vintage software systems
- emulation
- interconnectivity between vintage systems, and also to the
modern computing facility
Now, my personal preference would be to do this on a
quarterly schedule, and with old school production values
(RUNOFF or some other vintage textsetting
system.) Also, the magazine would be based on contributions,
so it of course would only be the cost of media and postage.
I would also plan to make the back issues available as
downloads after 1 year (in PDF or some other universal form)
with a printed copy available on request.
So let me hear what you think!
Julian
6:24 p.m.
I doubt you'll find enough people willing to do the writing, but maybe
I'm just a sceptic.
Johnny
Julian Wolfe wrote:
Hi everyone.
In the ClassicCmp IRC this afternoon I brought up the idea that I have of
starting a quarterly newsletter about vintage DEC systems (1960-1995 or so.)
The thought behind this is that as opposed to reading mailing lists wehere
you get snippets of information on specific problems, you would read full
articles pertaining to both specific and general topics. Possible
categories could include:
- tools and test equipment reviews
- general care and maintenance of a computer in a hobbyist environment
- safety notes
- specific software notes
- getting started with any number of vintage software systems
- emulation
- interconnectivity between vintage systems, and also to the modern
computing facility
Now, my personal preference would be to do this on a quarterly schedule, and
with old school production values (RUNOFF or some other vintage textsetting
system.) Also, the magazine would be based on contributions, so it of
course would only be the cost of media and postage. I would also plan to
make the back issues available as downloads after 1 year (in PDF or some
other universal form) with a printed copy available on request.
So let me hear what you think!
Julian
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7:58 p.m.
i didnt know we had a classiccmp irc :( more info please :)
Chris
On 5/10/06, Johnny Billquist <bqt at update.uu.se> wrote:
I doubt you'll find enough people willing to do the writing, but maybe
I'm just a sceptic.
Johnny
Julian Wolfe wrote:
Hi everyone.
In the ClassicCmp IRC this afternoon I brought up the idea that I have
of
starting a quarterly newsletter about vintage DEC
systems (1960-1995 or
so.)
The thought behind this is that as opposed to
reading mailing lists
wehere
you get snippets of information on specific
problems, you would read
full
articles pertaining to both specific and general
topics. Possible
categories could include:
- tools and test equipment reviews
- general care and maintenance of a computer in a hobbyist environment
- safety notes
- specific software notes
- getting started with any number of vintage software systems
- emulation
- interconnectivity between vintage systems, and also to the modern
computing facility
Now, my personal preference would be to do this on a quarterly schedule,
and
with old school production values (RUNOFF or some
other vintage
textsetting
system.) Also, the magazine would be based on
contributions, so it of
course would only be the cost of media and postage. I would also plan
to
make the back issues available as downloads after
1 year (in PDF or some
other universal form) with a printed copy available on request.
So let me hear what you think!
Julian
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11 May
11 May
7 a.m.
On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 04:58:25PM -0700, Chris Halarewich wrote:
i didnt know we had a classiccmp irc :( more info
please :)
irc.freenode.net, channel #classiccmp
Dan
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10 May
10 May
8:19 p.m.
I doubt you'll find enough people willing to do
the writing, but maybe
I'm just a sceptic.
How many of us can even find time to update our own websites? I keep my DEC
Emulation site more or less up to date, and have even expanded it to have a
little coverage of other "Big Iron" emulation, but my Classic Computer site
hasn't been touched in *years* (in fact I've a feeling I've not updated it
this Millenium).
Zane
11 May
11 May
10:22 a.m.
Julian Wolfe <fireflyst at earthlink.net> proposed...
Let's see, if there are 16 contributors and 4 articles needed
per quarter that would be one a year per contributor.
You could probably count me as one.
John A.
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