Vintage Computer Festival East X (10)

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Thanks for the pics Mike! Very nice! Looks like a nice time. I can see that there is a lot of interest in the older computer equipment - that's great! I'll tell ya, sometimes I think I should just get rid of all the old computer [strike]junk,[/strike] err stuff, that I have collected. But I can see that it would be better donated someday. I gotta quit tossing stuff into the dumpster - I threw alot of IBM (real) XT/AT computers and boards away last summer simply due to space problems. I see there's some real nice Toaster setups too! I gotta get back to my A2000 project. Anyways, thanks again...

The Toaster setups were excellent!  The poor guy in one room kept having heat problems and the circuit breaker blew while I was there, but the guy in the other room had some really awesome remote control cameras, including one that could be wired to follow a person around while they were doing a presentation.  Funny that both of the Toaster guys had Derringer boards in them...  normally an A500 accelerator, you know?  I had to tell him about @Metalguy66's 128MB Derringer mod posted here on the forums a couple months ago.  One of these days I need to get that for my A500!  VXL*30 is great, but a bit starved for RAM.  

I had a fun time playing games on the PC Jr. setup, also.  Guy had that thing maxed out, he also loaded up Windows version 1.01a on there, how's that for a classic?  :lol:

And you know, if you ever feel like getting rid of that '060 card, *cough cough* *nudge nudge*.  :laughing:

[giZmo350]

The Toaster setups were excellent!  The poor guy in one room kept having heat problems and the circuit breaker blew while I was there, but the guy in the other room had some really awesome remote control cameras, including one that could be wired to follow a person around while they were doing a presentation.  Funny that both of the Toaster guys had Derringer boards in them...  normally an A500 accelerator, you know?  I had to tell him about @Metalguy66's 128MB Derringer mod posted here on the forums a couple months ago.  One of these days I need to get that for my A500!  VXL*30 is great, but a bit starved for RAM.  

That Derringer mod was AWESOME! I'll bet that guy was geeked about that!
If you get around to the mod, I'll bet you'll enjoy doing it! I love hardware the mods the most and the smell of burnt flux in the morning!

had a fun time playing games on the PC Jr. setup, also.  Guy had that thing maxed out, he also loaded up Windows version 1.01a on there, how's that for a classic?  :lol:

Seriously, I still have my Win 1.01 disk(s) somewhere!!! :lol:

you know, if you ever feel like getting rid of that '060 card, *cough cough* *nudge nudge*.  :laughing:

You'll be the first to know! That is if I don't deliver it in person whilst I'm interviewing for a job in DC - 'cause there's no jobs in W. MI. and I'm starting to worry! :hammer:

BTW, can I PM you later this week? I have a crap load of Q's on this 3.9 install....  It's running but....  :angry:

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

BTW, can I PM you later this week? I have a crap load of Q's on this 3.9 install....  It's running but....  :angry:

Sure bud.  What's it doing and/or not doing?

I just fired up my 2000 today to load the copy of PPaint I bought a month or so back on there.  I'm no artist but it was pretty slick how it worked "out of the box" with the GVP Spectrum video modes.  I've got Brilliance and DPaint V on there already, but they don't support the Spectrum screenmodes.  Good stuff, gives me "the warm & fuzzies" every chance I have to use one of my Miggy's.

I also tried that new 4.1 icon set on Aminet, but even with all my hacks & patches, it was still too slow to be usable, LOL.  I suspect this would require something along the lines of a PIV or CV64 and an 060 to be usable.  

[pwermonger]

All the Amiga folks were really friendly, Mac folks were kinda snobbish, stereotypes abound, but there were some kids and families there - it wasn't all geeky neckbeards, LOL.    Fantastic time, I might exhibit next year.  Will need a lot of coffee if I'm going to survive that plan.  224 pics on my flickr:

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/oldsmobile_mike/sets/72157649734735584/

We need more stuff like this in the Washington, DC, area.  

Hey Mike, glad you liked the 30 Years of Amiga exhibit. Yes, the venue is great. The museums give a varied bunch of things to do besides the computers which is awesome. There are still a few I haven't been through.

I met so many amazing people there. The Atari guys were awesome and had a super fun mult-player game I cant wait to put on my own Atari machines. I wished I had brought Lotus 1, 2, 3 for the Amiga considering the Visicalc booth across from us.

I love comparing that blue 3000 motherboard to the later green one. I have quite a bit more interesting stuff from Commodore that will go into later exhibits. Pretty sure we intend to do this again and again and again as long as we can.

Madshib, sorry your wife was bored but glad you and your kids had a good time.  One of the best things was seeing kids playing with Deluxe Paint on the 4000. Nice to see an Amiga can entertain them as much as it did us.

We should get some more get togethers going on from the North East down to DC. Bring back some of the sense of community we had in the days of users groups.

Now, to figure out what theme to have next year and what machines to bring.....

-Anthony

[Madshib]

Madshib, sorry your wife was bored but glad you and your kids had a good time.  One of the best things was seeing kids playing with Deluxe Paint on the 4000. Nice to see an Amiga can entertain them as much as it did us.

We should get some more get togethers going on from the North East down to DC. Bring back some of the sense of community we had in the days of users groups.

Now, to figure out what theme to have next year and what machines to bring.....

-Anthony

She was fine for a little bit. Heck, there was a woman there selling soap! That kept her occupied for at least 10 minutes! Lol.. Then the ever famous "Oregon Trail" on an Apple I... I swear I saw her geek up for a split second. Then another minute passed, quickly followed by another minute.

I was really stoked to see all of the different Amigas and the guys presenting them. I'd love to bring my A4000 next year with an IGame setup going.

I didn't talk to the Mac guys, but the Atari guys were friendly enough. I had never seen a Falcon before and to see it side by side with the Amiga table, reminded me of wars from long ago

Crazy how similar the Falcon 030 and the 500 are in appearance. I guess that was the competing market then? I don't even remember seeing them advertised.

BTW Mike, were you wearing a black Amiga shirt with boots?

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

BTW Mike, were you wearing a black Amiga shirt with boots?

This is me, on the right.  Playing Lemmings, of course!  :lol:



(from their Google+ page)

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

I think the Mac guys got a little irked that I kept jacking up their Newtons.  I picked up the first one and he's telling me how it's connected to the web, but there's no backlight so I'm squinting at the screen 'cause it was impossible to see.  So then I pick up the second one and I press on the side to eject the stylus, and the danged wireless card comes out!  They put the "card eject" button in the same place as the "stylus eject" button on the previous model, LOL.  Then the third one?  I ejected the battery!  That's Apple for ya, no design consistency, and completely unintuitive!  

[giZmo350]

Man! I hated those things! :hammer:

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Man! I hated those things! :hammer:

Couldn't hold a candle to my old Palm devices, but I thought the handwriting recognition was pretty good.  A bit laggy, but it worked.  That is until I ejected the battery.  Oops!  

[giZmo350]

Zing! Battery Gone! :roflmao:

I had a color Palm with WiFi... real nice unit.... I gave it to a co-worker for free after using it for 3 days...  REALLY! :rofl: I just didn't get the point...  Now here is some irony for you... my favorite Amiga program is.... wait for it....  ORGANIZER!  HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! :crazy:

[pwermonger]

This is me, on the right. Playing Lemmings, of course! :lol:

(from their Google+ page)

And that's me on the left! Mike, your shirt was awesome reminded me of the days of World of Commodore and Ami Expo in Manhattan.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

And that's me on the left! Mike, your shirt was awesome reminded me of the days of World of Commodore and Ami Expo in Manhattan.

Thanks!  That's my "I only wear this on special occasions" shirt, LOL.  

[giZmo350]

This is me, on the right.  Playing Lemmings, of course!  :lol:



(from their Google+ page)

And that's me on the left! Mike, your shirt was awesome reminded me of the days of World of Commodore and Ami Expo in Manhattan.

It's nice to be able to put the backs of peoples' heads to names! :laughing:

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

It's nice to be able to put the backs of peoples' heads to names! :laughing:

That's my best side!  :lol:

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

BTW, @pwermonger has some great photos on his Google+ page.  Hands down, other than the photo of me playing Lemmings, this is my favorite one.  The guy in the middle had the most fantastic facial expressions.     And thanks for letting me use your camera!  

[pwermonger]

Actually those are Bill's photos. Mine are over on https://plus.google.com/112883078561497294400/posts/bppKmXjXLQ2
 
 Was likely his camera too, I have a tiny Sony NEX