AmiWest 2018 is just around the corner!

[kd7ota]

All is well.  

As long as crossing the mountains into Sacramento from Reno isn't bad, then it will still be a go for me.

[TrevorDick]

@eliyahu

Hope you make it. Amiwest wouldn't be the same without your sense of humour! ;-)

TrevorD

[slygon]

This will be my first AmiWest!  I am looking forward to it!

[remotenemesis]

I'll be there on Saturday. First timer too.

[tekmage]

@all

Hot of the press!  The show hotel AmiWest rate has been extended till Sept 19th.  I'd recommend booking now if anyone is on the fence.  I'd also recommend staying at the show hotel.  The fun is not just during the show hours, we have lots of fun when the sun is down and the Whiskey comes out.

Cheers,
Bill "tekmage" Borsari

[tekmage]

Hi All,

There will be an update to the Amiwest website soon but till then here is a list of the exhibitors for AmiWest 2018:

• SACC - Classic items for sale and a display of Amiga NG systems
• A-EON - Showing A-EON's latest products
• AmigaKit - Selling a wide variety of Amiga focused products
• AMUC - AMiga Users in Calgary
• Amiga on the Lake - Amiga New Generation Reseller
• Chris Brenner - SACC member showing new Amiga hardware
• AmiWest Broadcast - Bringing the show to the internet since day 1
• Rabbit Hole Computing - SCSI2SD and other Amiga compatible products
• Amiga Apps Demo - Display showing the latest AmigaOS 4 productivity apps
• Bay Area Retro Computer Club - New users group based in Silicon Valley
• Paul Rezendes - Showing off the latest MorphOS, new Amiga hardware projects, and more
• Bit by Bit Software LLC - Amiga Software Developer
• Michael Salcedo - SACC member showing the latest AmigaOS 4 software

As you can see there will be a LOT of activity on the show floor this year.  What's more many of the exhibitors will be making announcements and showing off new products at the show.  The best place to experience it all is in person at the show, hope to see you there.

Cheers,
Bill

[Acill]

I'll be bringing some of my newer stuff I've built. Yes even my famous A4000 replacement boards as well as some of the new A3640/60 replacement. Can't wait to see you all!

[kd7ota]

If there is any interest, I have two Mirror Drive G4 Macintosh towers that would be great to start out with if anyone has an interest in MorphOS.  I will have to go through them and add ram/hard drives n such to get them going again.  I can't remember what CPUs were installed in them.

Again, if anyone is interested, I can lug them with me when I drive up to Sacramento.  Great starter machines.  Once I have them with me soon again, I will post details as to what they actually have inside.  They are Firewire 400, so the USB ports aren't 2.0 built in.  I can see if I have some USB 2.0 cards to throw in.  May even have a sound blaster or so to add.

[Sbaitso]

For those that may be wondering, here is the syllabus for DevCon 2018:

AmigaOne X5000 and A1222 SATA driver deep dive. How to make your own AmigaOS disk device drivers. (Steven Solie)

Introducing the infodata.gadget class. (Mark Ritter)

Tower57 port optimizations explained. (Daniel Müßener)

"Surprise" developer related software. (Jamie Krueger)

Ethernet driver development explained including a new framework. (Jamie Krueger)

Inside the A1222 laptop project. (Hans de Ruiter)

Personal Projects. You are encouraged to bring your own personal projects to the DevCon where we, as a group, may be able to help you out.

For more information please visit http://wiki.amigaos.net/wiki/AmiWest_2018_DevCon

[SACC-guy]

@thread

SACC and AmiWest, A sad announcement.. Chuck Washburn has passed away..

From SACC president:

Chuck made many contributions to SACC, printing and mailing the Amigazette
for many years that I was editor.  He was my right-hand man for AmiWest,
taking care of awards, banquet tickets and caterers, receiving payments for
vendors, and generally taking care of the hotel contract, among other things.
 
I will miss him greatly as a friend and Amigan.  He did all those Amigazette
graphics and developed quite a skill for laying out the magazine.  Any of you
who have done that know the pitfalls and challenges that presents.  He always
promoted and supported our club in addition to being a good friend.  We had
many hours of discussion together. 

Chuck, rest in peace.

[SACC-guy]

@thread

Just 13 days to go..

[kd7ota]

LOL!

For whatever reason, i thought Amiwest was next coming weekend..... Oh well........ :/