[ale] geezer notice with meeting idea

[Geoffrey]

Raylynn Knight wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:31 PM, m-aaron-r <aaron at pd.org> wrote:
>> I like this idea a LOT, but I'm thinking it needs to be
>> more than a 2 hour geek gathering of breathing moth
>> ball fumes.
>>
>> I'd like to propose that we make it an ART exhibit.
>>
>> "AnTEques:  The Lost Arts of Technological Innovation"
>>
>> I'm about 90% certain that I could convince my fellow
>> volunteers at the all volunteer Eyedrum Art and Music
>> Gallery to host this kind of installation for a week or
>> three.  It would be an especially easy if sell we focused
>> on presenting particularly creative exhibits of working
>> gadgetry and components that could be enjoyed by
>> patrons interactively.
>>
>> Anything involving reviving these old toys is going to require
>> some investments of time... BUT...  with a little coordinated
>> group effort in making selections of best examples and preparing
>> a 12 or 18 exhibits,  this plan would allow us to reach a much
>> broader audience and make any time we put into it much
>> more worthwhile.
>>
>> If everyone in this group did a little basement archeology,
>> I don't doubt that we could fill the MoMA with interesting
>> modern relics of Ar-tech-stic gadgetry.  We could probably
>> get to about 80% of that goal with just five people: Jim Kinney,
>> Charles Shapiro, Brian Pitts, myself and my techno-trash
>> recycler friend Tim.
>>
>> I'm happy to cary this idea forward if interest is expressed
>> from others here.
>>
> 
> I like this idea.  I have the list of Macs from my earlier reply (that
> can all run Linux as well as MacOS).  I also have a couple of vintage
> PowerBooks a 190CS and a 520 and a Duo 280c.  I also have tapes to
> restore an HP9000/360 back to an early version of HP/UX.  I also have
> a couple of SGI Indy that currently work as well as the following
> SPARC based systems (SPARCstation 2, SPARC LX, SPARCstation 20).

Ray, you must live in a warehouse. ;)

> 
> Ray
> 
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Until later, Geoffrey

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