My understanding of the retrochallange, is that you use an old machine for a month for everyday tasks. Is that right? Would the g3 macs like the powermac or pismo? On 30 Jun 2015 11:15 am, "Mark Wickens" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Retrochallenge is great because you've got an audience and an excuse (if > you have a spouse) to litter the house with retro-gear with the promise > that it will only be a month. > > Of course being the organiser I'm slightly bias! > > Regardless of whether you enter feel free to follow @retrochallenge or > #retrochallenge for updates during July. > > I was burning EPROMS for the Tandy 102 last night for example :D > > BTW - the Tandy 200 as it arrived has a couple of non-functional keys. > They keys themselves seem ok, I'm thinking a row/column connection issue. > I'll have to look at the technical manual to see if the keys in question > are connected directly in the matrix. > > Regards, Mark. > > On 30/06/15 11:09, VANDEN BOSSCHE JAN wrote: > > Sounds a lot like what I've been doing for the last 30 years... ;-) > > Greetings from the TyRannoSaurus > Jan-80 """"" > @ work ( - @ ) > --------------.ooo--(_)--ooo.--- > > -----Original Message----- > From: M100 [mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Scott Lawrence > Sent: maandag 29 juni 2015 19:11 > To: Model 100 Discussion > Subject: [M100] RetroChallenge > > Not sure if any of you are interested in this, or if you're already > going to do it, but: > http://retrochallenge.org/ > > Next month; join in by doing a retro challenge of some sort! (This > seemed like the right group to steer towards this challenge.) > > From that page: > > --------8<----------------8<----------------8<----------------8<-------- > In a nutshell, the RetroChallenge is a loosely disorganised gathering > of RetroComputing enthusiasts who collectively do stuff with old > computers for a month. > > The event is very much open to interpretation... individuals set there > own challenges, which can range from programming to multimedia work; > hardware restoration to exploring legacy networking... or just plain > dicking around. It really doesn't matter what you do, just so long as > you do it. > > While the RetroChallenge has its competitive side, it's not really a > contest... it's more like global thermonuclear war - everyone can play, > but nobody really wins. > --------8<----------------8<----------------8<----------------8<-------- > > -s > > -- > Scott [email protected] > [http://www.vivaqua.be/facebook.png] Rejoignez-nous sur Facebook - Volg ons > op Facebook > > > > DISCLAIMER > > Pensez à l'environnement, n'imprimez cette page et ses annexes que si c'est > nécessaire. > > Ce message électronique, y compris ses annexes, est confidentiel et réservé à > l’attention de son destinataire. > Si vous n'êtes pas le destinataire de ce message, merci de le détruire et > d’en informer l’expéditeur. Toute divulgation, copie ou utilisation de ce > mail est dans ce cas interdite. > La sécurité et l'exactitude des transmissions de messages électroniques ne > peuvent être garanties. > > Denk aan het milieu; druk deze pagina en de bijlagen alleen af als het nodig > is. > > Dit e-mailbericht (inclusief zijn bijlagen) is vertrouwelijk en is > uitsluitend bestemd voor de geadresseerde. > Als dit bericht niet voor u bestemd is, wordt u verzocht het te wissen en de > afzender te informeren. Het is in dat geval niet toegestaan dit bericht te > verspreiden, te kopiëren of te gebruiken. > We kunnen niet garanderen dat de gegevensoverdracht via het internet veilig > en nauwkeurig is. > > > >
