[dms-discuss] Add "The Art of the Algorithms" to Calendar?

[Nicholas Weigand]

I love this idea of having some hardware running old demos - I think
it would really add a lot of depth to the program.  My only concern is
that I have no idea how to use an Atari or a Commodore VIC 20... would
you guys (Bill and Wesley) be available to come in and show them off?
There might even be a case to be made for showing something of an
evolution and getting some old DOS demos running on one of the PCs
alongside some newer stuff as well.

We are trying to schedule this on the January ArtAbout with the
thought that people could move in and out without needing to commit to
an entire movie about something they probably know nothing about.  It
would be really neat to have the actual hardware running in another
part of the space!  I bet we could run this as part of the ArtAbout
even if it wasn't original work... although maybe somebody wants to
write a demo before then???  Anyway, feel free to respond here or
contact me off-list if you want to set something up.

Nicholas

On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Wesley Aptekar-Cassels
<w.aptekar at gmail.com> wrote:
> If there's some sort of old hardware showcase, I have a Commodore VIC 20
> that still works last time I checked (the VIC 20 was released in 1980).  You
> can program in BASIC and play Pacman!
>
> If people are interested I could probably get at least a couple of demos
> running on it.
>
> - Wesley
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Bill Kendrick <nbs at sonic.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 08, 2013 at 11:14:59AM -0800, Emily Schleiner wrote:
>> >    Dear James,
>> >    Nicholas and I were wondering if you could add a film screening to
>> > the
>> >    calendar in January "The Art of the Algorithms" to Friday the 10th
>> > (2nd
>> >    Friday)?
>>
>> I have a pair of Atari 8-bits and a collection of neat demoscene demos
>> spanning from the late 1980s to today.  In case you guys are interested
>> in having some actual hardware out... :)
>>
>> (Speaking of which, I have an ageing SD card 'disk drive' for my Atari
>> that has never livedi n a case, and now needs a tiny bit of soldering.
>> I get the feeling someone out here might be able to lend me a hand.
>> I am not a hardware guy. :( )
>>
>> -bill!
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