[HECnet] VCF East

Sampsa Laine sampsa at mac.com
Fri Apr 24 09:55:26 PDT 2015


You guys considered doing some kinda video feed to Bletchley Park maybe?

They've got a VT220 connected to my BBS for some reason so they're into all kinds of retro tech stuff..

Sampsa


On 24 Apr 2015, at 17:46, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:

> On 04/24/2015 09:35 AM, Steve Davidson wrote:
>> I think we could get away with adding Alpha circa 92' - after all it was STILL DEC at that point. 
> 
>  The way to get away with it would be to show real relevance.  I don't
> consider Alphas to be "vintage" in the least, but showing full
> interoperability between related machines that evolved along a family
> line going back more than thirty years is, in my view, a highl relevant
> exhibit.
> 
>  Further, keep in mind that a lot of this is marketing.  It's marketing
> for the museum, and for our "hobby" (using the term very loosely).  An
> exhibit as massive as the one we've got in mind will deeply impress a
> lot of people.
> 
>               -Dave
> 
> -- 
> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ/3
> New Kensington, PA




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