[HECnet] VCF East

[Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman-]

Steve Davidson <steve at davidson.net> writes:

>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!

'Twas great to meet you Steve.

Dave has often spoken of creating an uber-cluster at VCF East.  Let's do it!

As for me, I reside about 12 miles away, so it's no issue for me to get to
InfoAge.  In the later '80s and early '90s, I provided VMS support at Camp
Evans when the Army was still in active occupation of the site.

I would love to see a huge DEC presence at VCF next year; especially, VMS
kit.  I also, albeit Alpha and Itanium are not vintage in the mindset of
those running VCF, would love to demonstrate the seamless integration of
VMScluster across the different architectures.  But, regardless, I would
very much contribute DEC kit for next year's VCF.
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