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

[Wesley Aptekar-Cassels]

>  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?

Sure.  And if I can get some demos working by then, I can probably just
have it loop through them as well.

> 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???

Challenge. Accepted.


On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Nicholas Weigand <dawtsf at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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