That's not quite it. You may be thinking of another one For this one the idea is to do something with retro/older computers. Use them, sure, but learn a language, write software, restore something. Make an add on for something you have.
Head to the site and read through what's there and what people are planning to do. S Sent from my Arduino > On Jun 30, 2015, at 7:21 AM, James Zeun <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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]] 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 Lawrence >>> [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. >>> >>
