[Coco] CoCo Fest video and chat

Frank Pittel fwp at deepthought.com
Mon May 1 23:20:51 EDT 2006 

:-) The idea of a "wives and girlfriend of coco fest attendees" group has potential.
As a draw consider pointing out that downtown Chicago (including Michigan ave)
is about an hour drive from the fest site!! :-) They could spend you into the poor
house in an afternoon! :-)) :-)

Frank


On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 08:14:57PM -0600, Glen VanDenBiggelaar wrote:
> Interesting, Calgary is only about 3 hours south of here, maybe next year, I
> should think about organising a car pool from here in Alberta.
> On the lighter side, maybe the wives should start a "Wives and girlfriends
> of CoCo users" group and then get together and plan a weekend for what they
> want to do during the feast :)- just a thought.
> -Glen
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
> Behalf Of Mark Marlette
> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 6:57 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: RE: [Coco] CoCo Fest video and chat
> 
> Glen,
> 
> There was an individual from Canada that was there for the second year in a
> row. IIRC it took him three days to get there. Calgary area I think...
> 
> Mark
> 
> At 5/1/2006 03:48 PM, you wrote:
> 
> >I, also would have loved to attend, but with work and the fact that I
> >am up in Canada, I could not have ever dreamed of coming down
> >especially now with so many restrictions on crossing the boarder. I
> >think we need another "West cost" fest. If it was more to the west
> >cost, I would have tried more to get down, The closest boarder is 13
> >hour south and This years feast would have been a 4 or 5 day drive for me.
> >-Glen
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com
> >[mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of George's Coco
> >Address
> >Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 1:14 PM
> >To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> >Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCo Fest video and chat
> >
> >Very well said.
> >
> >  I wish I could come. San Antonio is just too far away. I only make
> >$8/hr and I just simply can't manage to save a penny for ANYTHING. If I
> >could drive over there during the day and have time to visit, then I would.
> >  By golly, do it next year in San Antonio or Austin, I'll be there.
> PROMISE!
> >
> >I could even make as far as Houston, because I have family there where
> >I could put up for a weekend. Dallas/Ft.Worth is too far and no friends
> >or family there.
> >  In San Antonio, there is the River Walk. A great place to visit in
> >the evenings.
> >
> >George
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Mark Marlette" Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 1:34 PM
> >
> >
> > > I'm sure there will be a fest report to follow. I would like to add,
> > > and I
> >
> > > know I'll get flamed for this but...it is true.
> > >
> > > More people need to attend this once of a year function. Without it
> > > we would have less if anything. Is it a cheap event to attend? No.
> > > Is it worth while? Without a doubt.
> > >
> > > There are an endless number of excuses on why one could not make it.
> > > Some indicate money, schedule conflicts, etc. All valid at some
> > > point in time but after 25yrs, people that have never attend a fest,
> > > that means it is not a priority.
> > >
> > > Money issue...Most all of being adults or seniors now :) Can plan
> > > for the once a year event. Putting a little money aside each, week
> > > month what ever
> >
> > > gets you there. Even if you can't put away enough money to attend
> > > every year then attend every other year or what ever works.
> > >
> > > Conflicts..They do happen. Glenside has done a good job scheduling
> > > these events so that they don't happen on the same weekend every
> > > year. You might
> >
> > > not be able to attend every year but should be able to get to them,
> > > if it is a priority.
> > >
> > > The web cam is OK for people overseas or the ones that don't not
> > > attend every year. It seems there is emphasis put on this technology
> > > so that people don't have to attend. Believe me the web cam is
> > > nothing like being there.
> > >
> > > Glenside..Thanks again for putting on the fest again in 2006. I'm
> > > sure it is a drain on resources. You try to recover some of the
> > > costs but as indicated this year, prices are going up. This means
> > > that more people need
> >
> > > to attend to help out the community. Another is membership. I'm not
> > > going to go over the figures that Gator announced Sunday afternoon,
> > > I'll let Glenside do that. I can say that is something to be VERY
> > > proud of! This shows that the people that are present are committed
> > > to the CoCo and the event. Hats off to all that made to Elgin and reup'd
> their dues.
> > >
> > > Next year? Jury is still out. I can say that it was VERY enjoyable
> > > to see new products out. Roy's VGA, Chris Hawks's S-Video and CD
> > > file manager, Carl England's Backup Magic program. I bought one of
> > > each from all of the new product vendors. Many did and on the
> > > hardware side, I believe they all
> >
> > > sold out of product.
> > >
> > > Goes to show ya, there is a CoCo market. Many indicate that there isn't.
> > > Boisy and I can tell you that there is. The vendors that sold out of
> > > their
> >
> > > products at the fest will say the same. So come on....lets see some
> > > products.
> > >
> > > Cloud-9 had little sales this year at the fest do to inventory being
> > > sold out. It was like a much needed vacation this year for me. It
> > > was great to walk around and see others booths and products.
> > > Something I hardly ever get to do there. I also indicated that
> > > hardware sales would not start back
> >
> > > up until the SuperBoard is completed. So we are in a holding pattern
> > > on hardware sales. Boisy will be updating our home page to indicate
> > > that software sales are going to resume and be handled by him.
> > > SuperBoard will continue to be developed, please don't ask, you will
> > > know, I won't be silent about... :)
> > >
> > > Closing....More people need to attend, bottom line. More planning
> > > needs to
> >
> > > go into getting people there, advertising of the event other than
> > > this list. A published event schedule prior to the fest, seminars,
> > > notable people, etc.
> > >
> > > Flame me all you want, it wouldn't be the first time. In this case
> > > action of the fest attendees do speak louder than the words.......
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Mark
> > > Cloud-9
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > uoting Jim Cox <jimcox at miba51.com>:
> > >
> > >> Roger, Roy, Justin, and others:
> > >>
> > >> Thanks for putting this together for those of us who couldn't make it.
> > >>
> > >> -Jim
> > >> http://www.miba51.com/
> > >> http://www.cloudymidnights.com/
> > >>
> > >> On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 15:50:58 -0500
> > >>  Roger Taylor <webmaster at coco3.com> wrote:
> > >>> Well, for the second year we've managed to pull off some
> > >>> last-minute miracles and come up with a webcam feed from the Last
> > >>> Annual Chicaco CoCo Fest.
> > >>>
> > >>> This year we missed Saturday alltogether due to connection
> > >>> problems but much to my surprise when I got up this morning
> > >>> (Sunday) there appeared to be some attempts from the fest at
> > >>> uploading cam pictures to the coco3.com server.  When I checked
> > >>> the last image out it was definately a
> >
> > >>> shot from the fest floor, so I went to work right away setting up
> > >>> the CoCo Cafe to display these images.  For a while they weren't
> > >>> updating for long periods of time, but all of a sudden things
> > >>> started coming together.
> > >>>
> > >>> So, before the day was wasted we managed to build up some 14+
> > >>> chatters at a time in the CoCo Cafe complete with an updating
> > >>> picture from the fest floor.  Ofcourse, the images had to be
> > >>> repainted over a blank background due to how the chat system
> > >>> refreshes the web page, so the fest images had to "ride along" as
> > >>> a static image on the page and get updated whenever the page did.
> > >>> Since the cam rate and the chat rate were about the same, I didn't
> > >>> bother putting in any fancy JavaScript to make the image refresh while
> the chat page was idle, but I could have.
> > >>> I'll save that for the next event that comes along with a cam feed.
> > >>>
> > >>> Actually, right now the cam is still going and it looks like those
> > >>> guys are cleaning up and stuff, so if you wanna catch it before
> > >>> they turn the
> >
> > >>> cam off, here's the link:
> > >>>
> > >>> http://chat.coco3.com
> > >>>
> > >>> Night, all.
> > >>> Cheers,
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> --
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> > >>>
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