[HECnet] VCF East

On Apr 23, 2015, at 21:17, 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