[HECnet] VCF East

[Steve Davidson]

I think we could get away with adding Alpha circa 92' - after all it was STILL DEC at that point. 

-Steve

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> On Apr 24, 2015, at 06:16, Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman- <system at TMESIS.COM> wrote:
> 
> 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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> 
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