[HECnet] VCF East

[Steve Davidson]

All,

For those who did not attend VCF East you missed a great time!  On 
Saturday, the keynote speaker was none other than Brian Kernighan. You 
really missed a treat - right Dave!

Next year, I plan to bring even more stuff (not nearly as much as Dave 
did) but more than this year.  Dave's island of equipment included the 
following:

PDP-8
PDP-11/34
PDP-11/44
DECserver-200
multiple terminals
I'm sure I have forgotten something...

I added:

VAXstation 4000/60
DEChub-90 backplane with a DECserver-90TL and a 16-port DEChub
VT320
a gateway (actually bridge) machine to connect to HECnet only the link 
was pathetic

Brian (aka VAXman) added:

VAXstation 4000/30 (aka VLC)

In addition to the "island" Dave had other "exhibits" that I will defer 
to Dave for discussion.

Next year we NEED more stuff!  This is the official challenge to anyone 
on the East coast.  We want to see many more of you.  If is is DEC it is 
needed.

I would also like to personally add my thanks to Dave and Brian for 
making this such a treat.  Dave is nuts (in a good way) and very 
generous.  Brian was there for me when my brain could not content with 
the sheer volume of noise - helping me to configure the DECservers and 
dealing with my fat fingering the keyboard and the license management 
facility (LMF).   For a while we were Frick and Frack but we managed to 
get it together.  Thanks guys!

-Steve