Nice going ace!
Here's an idea for 3.0...get somebody close by with a working, large mini
configuration or small mainframe and have them spend all day assemblying and
wiring and booting it and demonstrating it the next day. A good full install
should day all at least.
>On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, Pete Joules wrote:
>
>> There was write up of the VCF in todays Guardian, it included a picture
>> of an Altair and a wooden Apple, along with an account of Ray Holt's
>> talk.
>
>Oh good! Is there a pointer to this article on the web? If not, could
>you PLEASE transcribe it for me and e-mail it along? (PS. the wooden
>Apple would probably be the Apple 1).
>
>> It also says the it was organised by "...Sam Ismail, a goateed,
>> hyperactive young programmer who started his own collection of 200
>> machines 11 years ago...". Is this a fair description Sam? ;-)
>
>Pretty much. Except it understates the total number of machines in my
>collection :)
>
>> PS Congratulations, Sam, on what seems to have been a very sucessful
>> event.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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>Ever onward.
>
> Coming in 1999: Vintage Computer Festival 3.0
> See http://www.vintage.org/vcf for details!
> [Last web site update: 09/21/98]
>
>
>
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Received on Thu Oct 01 1998 - 20:39:56 BST