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

[Emily Schleiner]

This will be a fun event!  If I had a demo to run on my super nintendo I
would bring it too!
Emily


On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 12:36 PM, Wesley Aptekar-Cassels <w.aptekar at gmail.com
> wrote:

> >  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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