[HECnet] VCF East

[Steve Davidson]

On 04/23/2015 09:58 PM, Brian Hechinger wrote:
> Are there pictures anywhere?
>
> I’m sorry I missed it. Sounds like it was a blast and would have been awesome to meet you guys faces to face.
>
> And to see Dave again. We haven’t seen each other in YEARS.
>
> -brian
>
>> On Apr 23, 2015, at 9:50 PM, Steve Davidson <steve at davidson.net> wrote:
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>> On 04/23/2015 09:37 PM, Gregg Levine wrote:
>>> Hello!
>>> Holy Mackerel. Steve, I was there, and saw that island of Dec in a
>>> world of stuff. (Well one of many) . Which of the two were you again?
>>> I met the fellow who goes by the handle of Vaxman, but I'm guessing
>>> that you were the other fellow I spoke to who confirmed that
>>> everything was working after a fashion.
>>>
>>> I found the sequence of events concerning the terminal server as
>>> interesting. In fact as Dave will confirm, the VLC was the one who
>>> provided the boot sequence for the server.
>>>
>>> Dave told me what was going on as shown on the terminal screen I sat
>>> by, and then I said to one person, that it was complaining that it
>>> need certain files to do that, and the two PDP-11s were telling to
>>> "Fribble off! We don't have what you need." And I used an interesting
>>> term, when I inadvertently used a not-so nice word, and it was "Pardon
>>> my Andorian." where some of us would use, "Pardon my French.".
>>>
>>> I was the one wearing the leather jacket, and a name tag as "Doctor
>>> John Smith", and that I'd answer to "Doctor Who".
>>>
>>> In fact I actually did have fun.
>>>
>>> Cory as I said before, you missed a heck of a good time there.
>>>
>>> Next year, we'll need to do it again, and I'll spend more time, and
>>> perhaps contribute something to it.
>>> -----
>>> Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
>>> "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 9:17 PM, Steve Davidson <steve at davidson.net> wrote:
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>> Greg,
>>
>> I was the one who went from sleep sitting to sleep standing.  No glasses, short hair (compared to both Dave and Brian).  I was working on the VAXen and Brian was keeping me focused.  The images were on a thumb drive but getting them to the VAX was an exercise to say the least.  Once they were on AGENA:: (19.11) we were able to get MOM/MOP to do its thing.  I must confess that I had to look up on the web no less how to configure ISL because neither of us could think straight with all the noise.  I will be bringing ear plugs or my noise cancelling headphone next year for sure.  :-)
>>
>> -Steve
The pics are on both Dave's and my cameras.  The question becomes where 
to put them.  Any suggestions anyone?  My servers probably are not the 
place to put them.

-Steve