Geoff Wicks schreef op 13/01/2014 20:44:
On 12/01/2014 00:18, Urs Koenig (QL) wrote:
January 12th, what does this say to us? Right, on that date 30 years
ago,
the Sinclair QL Professional Computer has been launched. Let's celebrate
with some great stuff for all Sinclair (QL) enthusiasts! Visit this new
website:
http://www.qlis30.org.uk
QL forever!
Cheers, Urs
P.S. There's even more to come. Stay tuned...
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In the spirit of Urs' virtual QLis30 suggestion I thought it would be
a good idea to look back 10 years on how we celebrated the 20th and
21st Birthdays of the QL. I was responsible for the activity
programmes for both QL2004 and QLis21 and I also hosted web pages for
both shows.
As a reminder I have reposted both web pages on my website. If nothing
else it shows what the hot QL topics were 10 years ago. It is also
interesting to note the detail we went into on travel arrangements and
accommodation.
The web pages are accessed from my news page:
www.gwicks.net/justwords.htm
For those who are saddened that there are still no firm plans for a
QLis30 event, the situation today is not so different from that of 10
years ago. Quanta had behaved in a similar way in 2003 giving the
impression it would organise QL2004 although it had no intention of
doing so. It was only at the very end of 2003 that we realised that
there was no chance of a Quanta QL2004 and decided at the beginning of
2004 to hold the event in Eindhoven. Three of us Jochen Merz, Sjef
v.d. Molengraaf and myself set up ourselves as the ad hoc committee.
On the first of February I met the Quanta committee and the then
chairman was scathing about our plans. I didn't realise what a puny
little organisation Sin_QL_Air was that would be incalpable of running
a local show let alone an international one. QL2004 was doomed to
failure and the entire committee smirked at me.
The irony was that I was the only person present in the room who had
been a "member" of Sin_QL_Air for 7 years. (The inverted commas are
because under Dutch law Sin_QL_Air had donors nor members.) I also
knew that in the 1990s Sin_QL_Air had run an international show once a
year that was a high spot on the QL calender.
It was only on 27th March we had our first face to face meeting as
organising committee and we only had one other on 12th June. The event
was held on 16th October.
After the June meeting we decided to set up a dedicated show website
that was regularly updated and this proved to be very effective in
raising interest in the event. Even so it was a nerve-wracking time
because the activity programme only got off the ground at the last
minute. Jon Dent's offer to attend followed by Nasta's intention to
come finally got the activity programme off the ground.
At the last minute we had a disappointment when the school refused to
let us use some facilities such as their projector and PA system and
we had do some some rapid improvisation. However we had visitors from
nine or ten different countries including most of the developers and
those of us who were at the New Canton restaurant after the show will
never forget the atmosphere.
QL2004 gave a much needed boost to the QL community. There is still
time to organise another boost by a QLis30 event,
Best Wishes,
Geoff
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QL2004... Those were the days. There were many visitors and well
attended workshops.
I think more people would attend QLis30 if organised in Eindhoven.
Regards,
François Van Emelen
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