• Re: Amiga "Fest"

    From Ray Sbaitso@1:19/38 to Dave Drum on Sat Mar 16 17:28:56 2019
    I don't believe I spotted that on the agenda. ;)

    Let me know if you think you'll be attending and I'll pass word along to
    Aaron. There is no RSVP, but I believe he's trying to keep a rough count
    for ordering the food, etc.


    On Thursday March 14, 2019, Dave Drum said to Ray Sbaitso...

    Ray Sbaitso wrote to All <=-

    I'm not sure if it's ok to cross post the same post in multiple
    forums, but I did want to let anyone who might be interested know that
    there is going to be an Amiga based get-together in Oswego NY in June.
    If you're interested please stop by the Amiga International Fido
    forum for full details.

    If people are interested and it's ok I can post the info here as well.

    Will we be burning Irving Gould and Medhi Ali in effigy? I'd take the greenhouse gas/climate change hit to be able to do that.

    ... Amiga made it possible. Commodore made it dead.

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  • From Dave Drum@1:3634/12 to Ray Sbaitso on Sun Mar 17 14:43:00 2019
    Ray Sbaitso wrote to Dave Drum <=-

    I don't believe I spotted that on the agenda. ;)

    Let me know if you think you'll be attending and I'll pass word along
    to Aaron. There is no RSVP, but I believe he's trying to keep a rough count for ordering the food, etc.

    Have to check a couple things first. Budget and work schedule. Bv)=

    Too bad this isn't 1990 when I just drive three hours to Chicago and
    McCormick place for the Amiga Expo and bring home my spanking new A3000

    ... MS-DOS=suit & tie, Macintosh=cool shades, Amiga=high heels & leather
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  • From Tim Grooms@1:19/38 to Dave Drum on Mon Mar 18 16:52:27 2019
    I was there at AmiExpo in Chicago 2 years in a row Dave. I believe '90 was one of the 2 years. Have to check my ticket stubs. Still have them. I was fortunate to attend 7 or 8 AmiExpos scattered around the country due to my dad have tons of frequent flyer miles. Man those were the days and how I miss those shows. So much fun!

    I bought a new 3000 in '90 and a couple of years later a new 3000T. Still have 'em as well as all the others.

    On Sunday March 17, 2019, Dave Drum said to Ray Sbaitso...

    Ray Sbaitso wrote to Dave Drum <=-

    I don't believe I spotted that on the agenda. ;)

    Let me know if you think you'll be attending and I'll pass word along
    to Aaron. There is no RSVP, but I believe he's trying to keep a rough
    count for ordering the food, etc.

    Have to check a couple things first. Budget and work schedule. Bv)=

    Too bad this isn't 1990 when I just drive three hours to Chicago and McCormick place for the Amiga Expo and bring home my spanking new A3000

    ... MS-DOS=suit & tie, Macintosh=cool shades, Amiga=high heels &
    leather

    --- Zeus BBS 1.5
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  • From Dave Drum@1:3634/12 to Tim Grooms on Tue Mar 19 06:03:00 2019
    Tim Grooms wrote to Dave Drum <=-

    I was there at AmiExpo in Chicago 2 years in a row Dave. I believe '90 was one of the 2 years. Have to check my ticket stubs. Still have
    them. I was fortunate to attend 7 or 8 AmiExpos scattered around the country due to my dad have tons of frequent flyer miles. Man those
    were the days and how I miss those shows. So much fun!

    My forever memory of that show was visiting the biffy to relieve the
    hydraulic pressure on my bladder and having the guy preparing to use
    the urinal next to mine ask "Is this where the pricks hang out?" I looked
    to the side and there was Jay Miner. As we were leaving the facility
    he suggested a cuppa. Had a nice chat about the state o' the 'Miggy.

    I bought a new 3000 in '90 and a couple of years later a new 3000T.
    Still have 'em as well as all the others.

    I owned everything but an A-1000 and had at least one example of each
    until the great fire. The only Amiga hardware I still have is a promo solar-powered calculator that looks like a 3.5" floppy. Still works.

    ... The Amiga Trinity: Dave Haynie, Jay Miner, Fred Fish
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  • From Tim Grooms@1:19/38 to Dave Drum on Tue Mar 19 21:36:10 2019
    On Tuesday March 19, 2019, Dave Drum said to Tim Grooms...


    My forever memory of that show was visiting the biffy to relieve the hydraulic pressure on my bladder and having the guy preparing to use
    the urinal next to mine ask "Is this where the pricks hang out?" I
    looked
    to the side and there was Jay Miner. As we were leaving the facility
    he suggested a cuppa. Had a nice chat about the state o' the 'Miggy.

    Very cool! I got to meet him as well tho only for a few minutes.


    I owned everything but an A-1000 and had at least one example of each until the great fire. The only Amiga hardware I still have is a promo solar-powered calculator that looks like a 3.5" floppy. Still works.

    I started with a 1000 in 1986. Have owned them all except for the CD-32 and a 4000T. Still hope to get a CD-32 one of these days but they are too expensive right now. Probably only keep going up in value. Keep hoping for a good deal on one.

    --- Zeus BBS 1.5
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  • From Dave Drum@1:3634/12 to Tim Grooms on Wed Mar 20 06:30:00 2019
    Tim Grooms wrote to Dave Drum <=-

    My forever memory of that show was visiting the biffy to relieve the hydraulic pressure on my bladder and having the guy preparing to use
    the urinal next to mine ask "Is this where the pricks hang out?" I
    looked
    to the side and there was Jay Miner. As we were leaving the facility
    he suggested a cuppa. Had a nice chat about the state o' the 'Miggy.

    Very cool! I got to meet him as well tho only for a few minutes.

    I owned everything but an A-1000 and had at least one example of each until the great fire. The only Amiga hardware I still have is a promo solar-powered calculator that looks like a 3.5" floppy. Still works.

    I started with a 1000 in 1986. Have owned them all except for the
    CD-32 and a 4000T. Still hope to get a CD-32 one of these days but
    they are too expensive right now. Probably only keep going up in
    value. Keep hoping for a good deal on one.

    Whoopsie .... I forgot about the A4000T. I didn't get one of those. My
    A-4000 got bricked by me doing a rookie trick - hot-swapping printers
    without powering down. Fried the CIA chip(s) which proved to be more-or
    -less "unobtanium" at that late date.

    I may start casting my net for an A-3000/040 - and see if there is to
    be had an ethernet card to allow me to hook up to the net with more than dial-up.

    E-Bay here I come. Bv)=

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  • From Ingo Juergensmann@2:2452/413 to Dave Drum on Thu Mar 21 16:49:30 2019
    Hello Dave!

    20 Mar 19 06:30, you wrote to Tim Grooms:

    Whoopsie .... I forgot about the A4000T. I didn't get one of those. My A-4000 got bricked by me doing a rookie trick - hot-swapping printers without powering down. Fried the CIA chip(s) which proved to be
    more-or -less "unobtanium" at that late date.

    Uhm, let me think... basically I do own....
    - 1x A3000/040
    - 1x A3000/060
    - 1x A4000T/060
    - 1x A2000/060
    - 1x A4000/060
    - 2x A1000
    - 1x A500

    So, I think my collection is fairly complete as I don't have much interest in A600/A1200/CD32. Only A3000T would be nice as well and as a bonus a fully equipped DraCo, but that's very pricey...

    I may start casting my net for an A-3000/040 - and see if there is to
    be had an ethernet card to allow me to hook up to the net with more
    than dial-up.

    I bought last year a new X-Surf100 and added a RapidRoad USB to it. X-Surf100 is maybe cheaper than an Ariadne on Ebay...

    Ingo


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  • From Andy Ball@1:261/38 to Dave Drum on Sat Mar 23 21:41:10 2019
    Hello Dave,

    DD> Too bad this isn't 1990 when I just drive three hours
    > to Chicago and McCormick place for the Amiga Expo and
    > bring home my spanking new A3000

    I could get the Metra! The A3000 was a nice machine. I
    remember calling Commodore UK when it was released and being told "actually, we're keeping the ones we have". That would have been the A3000/UX, which must have been thin on the ground back then.

    -Andy Ball

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