[HECnet] VCF East
Sampsa Laine
sampsa at mac.com
Thu Apr 23 21:37:22 PDT 2015
I've got space - how do you want to organise them (like a photo management website software or just a pile of folders)?
I'll roll something out on on retrotron.sampsa.com whenever you need.
Sampsa
On 24 Apr 2015, at 03:06, Steve Davidson <steve at davidson.net> wrote:
>
>
> 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:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
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