[aklug] Re: AKLUG at the Anchorage Mini-Maker Faire

Wow. I almost wish I hadn't disassembled my old Z80 that I built on those
white prototyping breadboards that I had doublesticky carpet taped to a
green portable drafting board. It had 8 (count 'em, EIGHT) LED 7-segment
displays (extra credit if you can figure out what they displayed 8) )..
Oh, and a couple of pushbuttons...

THAT'd show them!

Alas, I disassembled it after I got out of university and fed the pieces to
my dinosaurs, which are now also extinct. I was de-junquing a couple of
months ago and was surprised to see that I still had some of the
breadboards.

On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 1:27 PM, <aklug@aklug.org> wrote:

> aklug Digest Sat, 05 Jul 2014 Volume: 13 Issue: 059
>
> In This Issue:
> [aklug] AKLUG at the Anchorage Mini-Maker Faire
> [aklug] Re: AKLUG at the Anchorage Mini-Maker Faire
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>
> Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 13:00:37 -0800
> Subject: [aklug] AKLUG at the Anchorage Mini-Maker Faire
> From: Dale Rooney <dale.rooney@gmail.com>
>
> The maker faire is coming up on July 26th at the Loussac library and I was
> hoping that AKLUG would be represented. It would be great if someone could
> demonstrate booting from a liveCD or a USB stick. I know it would be a big
> hit if kids could assemble a computer, pop in a CD or stick and boot up. If
> there were two or three computers someone could be taking one apart after
> every assembly so the next person could start over.
> I know some of us are old enough to have had direct experience with Apple
> IIs, Atari 400/800 and Comodore 64/128s. We will have these and other
> 'Vintage' computers on display and working at the faire. Right now I have
> one volunteer who so enjoyed showing off these machines that they are
> coming back again this year but I would really like to give her some help
> and am looking for one or two more people to hang out, answer questions,
> and keep the machines up so as many people as possible can see where
> today's computers came from.
>
> If you'd like to help out or have a machine, software or cartridges you'd
> like to donate please let me know. I'd especially like to get an original
> MAC in working condition. (sorry if that offends anyone).
>
> Dale
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 13:26:37 -0800
> From: Mike <barjunk@attglobal.net>
> Subject: [aklug] Re: AKLUG at the Anchorage Mini-Maker Faire
>
> Dale,
>
> I have a computer we could take apart and put back together.
>
> Maybe even two.
>
> Mike B.
>
> Quoting Dale Rooney <dale.rooney@gmail.com>:
>
> > The maker faire is coming up on July 26th at the Loussac library and I
> was
> > hoping that AKLUG would be represented. It would be great if someone
> could
> > demonstrate booting from a liveCD or a USB stick. I know it would be a
> big
> > hit if kids could assemble a computer, pop in a CD or stick and boot up.
> If
> > there were two or three computers someone could be taking one apart after
> > every assembly so the next person could start over.
> >
> > I know some of us are old enough to have had direct experience with Apple
> > IIs, Atari 400/800 and Comodore 64/128s. We will have these and other
> > 'Vintage' computers on display and working at the faire. Right now I have
> > one volunteer who so enjoyed showing off these machines that they are
> > coming back again this year but I would really like to give her some help
> > and am looking for one or two more people to hang out, answer questions,
> > and keep the machines up so as many people as possible can see where
> > today's computers came from.
> >
> > If you'd like to help out or have a machine, software or cartridges you'd
> > like to donate please let me know. I'd especially like to get an original
> > MAC in working condition. (sorry if that offends anyone).
> >
> > Dale
>
>
>
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>
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