[Coco] Anyone interested in creating a Southeastern Color ComputerConvention somewhere?

[Gene Heskett]

On Wednesday 05 March 2014 08:31:01 Bill Pierce did opine:

> How would something like Virginia work for those up north? I know
> PennFest in Pennsylvania went over well many years ago. Virginia would
> work better for those of us in the south. A middle ground of sorts. I
> know there's quite a few of you up north. Or we could get BRAVE and
> just hold it at Gene Heskett's house (ducking the shotgun blast) :-P
> 
Chuckle, dunno about the brave part, more like survivalist.  We're a pair 
of packrats, and anything with a roof over it just has narrow trails thru 
the "stuff".  Even the garage is an obstacle course since we had to pull 
some shelves away from the wall to install the whole house generator.   And 
unless they can fix my back (MRI now rescheduled for this Friday) that 
isn't likely to change for the better anytime soon.

> Call it "CocoFest-East" or something. We could sit around and drink
> coffee until "it's 5 O'Clock somewhere" and no one would care how many
> showed up :-) Oh.... and we could talk about the Coco...

And would also be BYOB. And other kewl things computers can do, like run 
lathes and milling machines.  Not coco's of course (too slow by 750x) but 
relatively inexpensive Atom board machines, soon (yet this year I think) to 
be replaced with Beaglebone Blacks ($69/copy+interface board) in new 
conversions. The word conversions is used because we make most of the 
hardware needed to put the motors on them, and replacement drive screws 
many times more accurate than the OEM parts. Or the finer points of 
reloading your own ammo so you can shoot lots more for the same money.  Or 
carving wood to make a new gunstock.  Or carving a PCB for an electronics 
project, no environmentally destroying chemistry.

My interests are, shall we say, eclectic.  With lots of "war stories" to 
tell.

> Bill Pierce
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Al Hartman <alhartman6 at optonline.net>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Wed, Mar 5, 2014 7:15 am
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Anyone interested in creating a Southeastern Color
> ComputerConvention somewhere?
> 
> 
> I'd be interested in something in the North East...
> 
> The M.A.R.C.H. group is having the VCF East coming up. I'm sure they's
> welcome participation by Coco Owners.
> 
> -[ Al ]-
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kip Koon
> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 10:34 PM
> To: 'Coco Email List'
> Subject: [Coco] Anyone interested in creating a Southeastern Color
> ComputerConvention somewhere?
> 
> Hi Everyone!
> 
> I've been wondering if anyone is interested in creating a Southeastern
> Color Computer Convention?  I've been thinking on this for a while now.
>  I'm still trying to earn enough to go to the CoCoFEST being held in
> Lombard, Ill., that the Glenside Color Computer Club is putting on, 
> but I would also enjoy getting together with Coco folks in my neck of
> the woods in SC.  Any ideas anyone?  Let's make this a reality.
> 
> Kip
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