[Coco] Fest Weekend

Thu Apr 5 13:03:03 EDT 2007

Brian,

Small world....Good humor for sure. I had long hair back then and  
drove the Chief CRAZY!!! He called me sissy boy. :) I just laughed at  
them and told him he was just jealous. We had a great time there.  
Didn't care for the heads(bathrooms).

Mark

Quoting Brian Blake <random_rodder at yahoo.com>:

> Mark, more than once!!! Usually not punishment. When 'sailor' arrive  
>  from boot or new training, they have them do manual labor around  
> the  base until their schools begin. Usually only lasts a couple of  
> weeks  or so. Snow on that base is a night mare. Funny, I got there  
> in the  middle of August and saw they had a 'beach' on base. Me and  
> a few  friends went to the beach after we checked in and such..  
> Coldest  damn water I've ever been in, even in August. The nature  
> springs we  go to here in Florida are warmer at 72 year round.
>
> Yeah, got tons of studying to do. Getting ready for a Linux cert,   
> continuing my MCSE, learning CoCo stuff (Nitros9, basic09, etc...)   
> and hobby time with electronics again... I'm one studious fool...lol.
>
>
> Brian
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Mark Marlette <mark at cloud9tech.com>
> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> Sent: Thursday, April 5, 2007 10:55:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Fest Weekend
>
> Brian,
>
> So you then ate a few times at the McDonalds that was on base? :)
>
> I have never been to another McDonalds on this planet that was as busy
> as that place!!!!!
>
> Seeing them rake leaves and move snow is another sight to be hold. Not
> sure if that was how they did things or if they were being punished.
>
> Enjoy your renewed interest in tron chasing!
>
> Mark
>
> Quoting Brian Blake <random_rodder at yahoo.com>:
>
>> Mark,
>>
>> No, I was not in the munitions field. I was a Twidget, more commonly
>>  known as an Electronics Technician. I was trained in surface search
>>  radar and shore based communications. I've recently begun to
>> re-learn what I learned in the first place, picked up an O'Scope and
>>  all. Having a lot of fun!!!
>>
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Mark Marlette <mark at cloud9tech.com>
>> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
>> Sent: Thursday, April 5, 2007 10:06:41 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Fest Weekend
>>
>> Brian,
>>
>> Now that is some early planning and is GREAT!!!!
>>
>> WOW, Great Lake NTC! Were you ever in the Gunnery School? I wrote an
>> operating system that was installed on the MK13 and MK26 missile
>> launcher training systems. We traveled a lot to GLNTC. Fly in to
>> MKE(Mitchell) and drive down, easier than trying to go in to O'Hare
>> and drive out.
>>
>> That was many years ago('88-'92). Very Cool stuff, 8085 running ~200k
>> of object in real time. Three banks of code, launch system, weapons
>> control and the operating system.
>>
>> Since the US has decommissioned most of this old hardware they then
>> sell it to our friendly allies. Was just in a meeting yesterday and I
>> might get to return to this project and go to Australia!!!!!!
>>
>> Look out...I'll be taking a hunting trip to New Zealand if that comes true!
>>
>> Mark
>> Cloud-9
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Quoting Brian Blake <random_rodder at yahoo.com>:
>>
>>> Well, I'm a '68 model who due to military medicine feels like a '48
>>> model some days and a  '78 model when playing with my kids. After
>>> that I feel like a '38 model.
>>>
>>> Anyway, I'm planning on tying my first trek to CoCo Fest in with our
>>>  spring break trip to Ohio next year. My wife has protested, but, I
>>> told her she can stay in Ohio with her family while I go see my
>>> friends from CoCoLand.
>>>
>>> Funny thing is, I was stationed in Waukegan at the Great Lakes NTC
>>> in 1991 & 1992. I'd hate to think I was that close to a Chicago fest
>>>  and didn't even realize it...
>>>
>>> Brian
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>> From: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net>
>>> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
>>> Cc: coco at yourdvd.net
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 5, 2007 9:07:00 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Fest Weekend
>>>
>>> On Thursday 05 April 2007, coco at yourdvd.net wrote:
>>>> I am a circa March 30, '68 model. My son is March 28, '89. (two days
>>>> later we would have had the same birthday). He just turned 18, and I
>>>> was looking to find some CoCo stuff to reminisce with the kid (that's
>>>> how I ended up at this list). When he was three I lived in an
>>>> apartment, and got visitation every other weekend. We spent the
>>>> weekends trying to beat Cosmic Ambush and Crystal City. One day, I was
>>>> taking a shower and I heard the 'lil guy at the door - he said ''dad -
>>>> I broke your computer'' - turns out he had wiggled the old gray
>>>> multi-pak when he bumped the CoCo 3 and fried the 74ls245. I told him
>>>> not to worry, I ordered some 74ls245's (HC and HCT and F series also
>>>> since I was gonna be experimenting), sockets and a spare 68B09E (just
>>>> in case - a wiggled multi-pak can kill that too). As luck would have
>>>> it, it was the '245. I found out my CoCo didn't like an 'HC245' but it
>>>> could digest the 'F245 and 'LS245 (original part) - so by next
>>>> visitation, we were ready to kill some more evil space drones :-). We
>>>> sorta cheated because I rewired an IBM auto-fire joystick for the CoCo
>>>> - made Crystal City especially easy to blast! So, anyway, even tho' he
>>>> is 18, he is spending more time with dad<me> and our 're-acquired' CoCo
>>>> stuff. -r
>>>>
>>>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Fest Weekend
>>>>> From: Richard <rcrislip at neo.rr.com>
>>>>> Date: Wed, April 04, 2007 1:23 pm
>>>>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com
>>>>>
>>>>> On Friday 30 March 2007 10:02, coco at yourdvd.net wrote:
>>>>> > I certainly wish that I had found this list and the CoCo community
>>>>> > earlier such that I could have taken a vacation from work and been
>>>>> > able to attend the fest. I could have celebrated my birthday there
>>>>> > (which is today)! I hope all goes well for everyone. Enjoy the FEST!
>>>>> > -r
>>>>>
>>>>> I did enjoy the FEst and celebrated my birthday there too 8-). I am a
>>>>> March
>>>>> 31st, 1947 model.
>>>
>>> I am glad to see an apparent resurgence in things coco, particularly the
>>> newer "model" of user.  As a '34 model, and slowly rusting out, the fresh
>>> enthusiasm takes me back 20 years.
>>>
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