[HECnet] VCF East

[Brian Hechinger]

I’d be more than happy to put them somewhere.

-brian

> On Apr 23, 2015, at 10:06 PM, Steve Davidson <steve at davidson.net> wrote:
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> 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