[Coco] CoCoFEST! 2010...

[Boisy G. Pitre]

Glad to see everyone made it back safely.  I finally got home around 11:00pm last night.  As always, the fest was educational and full of interesting things. It was a tough choice between going to the fest or staying home to attend graduation on Saturday afternoon, but the CoCo won out!  No harm; I drove to Lafayette this morning and picked up my diploma from the registrar's office on campus.

John Linville's work with CoCo 3 video was impressive, as was JohnMark Mobley's presentation on Hi-Color.  Of course there were some of the regulars who couldn't make it this year, and then there was Howard, whose memory was very well represented at the show.

I'll agree with Mark: Don Weiss's presentation was fantastic.  He gave insight into the history of the 6809, reasons for its demise and insight into the Hitachi 6309.  Absolutely great stuff from a first-hand source.  Don is a friendly guy who went out of his way to answer questions and give his insights.

And of course, seeing all of our customers and friends makes the trip worthwhile.

There was a video playing of Howard Luckey that I did not get a chance to see.  Is that video available? I would love to obtain a copy.

Kudos to Glenside for keeping the fest alive.  

On May 17, 2010, at 8:44 AM, Mark Marlette wrote:

> 
> Yes there will be another fest! :) Glenside to provide information as it becomes available.
> 
> We got back to MN around midnight last night. The weekend was another blur a very nice blur.
> 
> Thanks again to Glenside and all of their hard work. Time goes by to fast.
> 
> The FPGA work is not our work, it is of Gary Becker and John Kent. People were so amazed that there forgot my opening statement which was the credit acknowledgment of the prior two gentlemen. We had it in our booth later Sunday afternoon showing off their unbelievable talents! AMAZING is an understatement.
> 
> As ALL of the seminars were GREAT, my favorite was Don Weiss's on the 6809 history. WOW, WOW, WOW!!! What make this special to me was that we have been in contact via Email with these people and Don was the first that we have met in person and are able to put him back in contact with 6809 team. Thank you Don for the memories and to my professional life which has been entirely based on this machine and the chip you created. I hope Richard C.'s video taping did turn out!
> 
> Were truly are the 'Luckey' ones, RIP, Howard.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Mark
> Cloud-9
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J.P. Samson" <coco+list at jeanpaulsamson.com>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 12:50:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCoFEST! 2010...
> 
> On May. 16, 2010, at 8:37 PM, Allen Huffman wrote:
> 
>> Well, shucks, it looks like I missed some interesting stuff on  
>> Saturday. I rolled in just after 5 p.m. as things were shutting  
>> down, so I did not get to hear the talk from one of the designers of  
>> the 6809 processor!
> 
> Thanks for providing those of us who can't make it to the CoCoFest an  
> overview of what went down, Allen.  (I kept watching flight prices for  
> at least 6 months beforehand, and never saw any really good deals that  
> would have made the trip feasible for me.  One day, one day...)
> 
> So is Cloud-9 thinking about making a full-blown CoCo clone?  I hadn't  
> realized the FPGA designs had gotten so mature.
> 
> And will there be a CoCoFest 2011?
> 
> -- JP
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