[Coco] CoCo Fest video and chat

Mon May 1 22:14:57 EDT 2006

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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