scs@itivax.iti.org (Steve C. Simmons) (01/24/89)
In article <465@uncle.UUCP> jbm@uncle.UUCP (John B. Milton) writes: >Another topic I brought up was the possiblity of some of us UNIXpc owners >getting together and talking about eveything. I brought it up because the >Trenton Computer Fest is coming up in three months . . . 3 months? It's probably too late to put together a BOF in San Diego, but we could at least do a pseudo-BOF in my room. Anybody within driving distance willing to bring a 3b1, and we'll do S/W exchange? >BTW, I have still not come up with a price for my board. This being the first >time for this sort of thing, I'm scared that if I price it too low, I'll lose >money, or if I price it too high, noone will buy it. Please remember that I'm >not doing this to make huge piles of money. . . The worth of the board depends on how much real soldering I have to do. If you say 10 connections, I say $100.00. If you say 5, I say $125.00. And if you make a pile of money, more power to you. -- Steve Simmons scs@vax3.iti.org Industrial Technology Institute Ann Arbor, MI. "Velveeta -- the Spam of Cheeses!" -- Uncle Bonsai
gwr@nz8r.UUCP (Gregory W. Ratcliff) (01/25/89)
All you cnetral ohio types can use me as transport. I have
access to a seven passenger airplane that can take us there
for about 10 cents a person mile. Why drive?
--
Gregory W. Ratcliff, {osu-cis}n8emr!uncle!nz8r!gwr
ham radio,aviation,tcp-ipkevin@kosman.UUCP (Kevin O'Gorman) (01/25/89)
In article <570@itivax.iti.org> scs@itivax.iti.org (Steve C. Simmons) writes: >In article <465@uncle.UUCP> jbm@uncle.UUCP (John B. Milton) writes: >>Another topic I brought up was the possiblity of some of us UNIXpc owners >>getting together and talking about eveything. I brought it up because the >>Trenton Computer Fest is coming up in three months . . . > >3 months? It's probably too late to put together a BOF in San Diego, >but we could at least do a pseudo-BOF in my room. Anybody within >driving distance willing to bring a 3b1, and we'll do S/W exchange? Oops, I never went to any such thing, so I don't even know what a BOF is, though I can make a guess of sorts. Anyway, it sounds like a fine idea, and I can get to San Diego, but not to Trenton. When in San Diego? What's going on there (I notice that's not where you're located)? I would sure love to rub shoulders with some others of the brave souls who have been sticking with this machine after so long.
dave@galaxia.Newport.RI.US (David H. Brierley) (01/26/89)
In article <570@itivax.iti.org> scs@itivax.iti.org (Steve C. Simmons) writes: >3 months? It's probably too late to put together a BOF in San Diego, >but we could at least do a pseudo-BOF in my room. Anybody within >driving distance willing to bring a 3b1, and we'll do S/W exchange? This sounds like a great idea! How many unix-pc'ers will be at the USENIX conference? If somebody could bring in a machine so that we could dup some disks I can bring some stuff that I've been meaning to send to the net but have hesitated because it is big. Among other things I have finally finished the port of sendmail version 5.58 and I have at least one other (unnamed) package that I know *many* people would love to have. At the very least we could meet and discover that the names we see go by in the news really do have faces associated with them. It should be possible to get a room for a BOF, I will try to contact the USENIX folks to see about arranging it. See you in sunny California! -- David H. Brierley Home: dave@galaxia.Newport.RI.US {rayssd,xanth,lazlo,jclyde}!galaxia!dave Work: dhb@rayssd.ray.com {sun,decuac,gatech,necntc,ukma}!rayssd!dhb
scs@itivax.iti.org (Steve C. Simmons) (01/26/89)
From the postings and somewhat confused mail I've gotten it's clear we need to clean up a few points on this: We will attempt to hold a BOF (Birds Of a Feather) session at the San Diego USENIX, Feb 1-Feb 3, 1989 (yes, next week). David Brierley is attempting to get a meeting room for us, if he has no luck we can use my sleeping room. BOFs are traditionally held in the evening, with time varying. If Dave gets a room, exact time/date will be determined by the USENIX staff. If not, let's say Thursday night, 8PM, my room. We are looking for person or persons with UNIX-PCs who would be willing to bring them to the BOF so we can do software exchange. Please contact me if you can do so. Everybody else: bring your favorite tool! Bring formatted disks! Contacting me: I'm pushing off Sunday Jan 29, and will be at the hotel that evening. Email to scs@itivax.iti.org should be darned quick, thereafter the hotel will have my room number and take messages. I'll be staying at the Town And Country in San Diego. Work phone: 313-769-4086. See you in San Diego! -- Steve Simmons scs@vax3.iti.org Industrial Technology Institute Ann Arbor, MI. "Velveeta -- the Spam of Cheeses!" -- Uncle Bonsai
kls@ditka.UUCP (Karl Swartz) (01/27/89)
In article <540@galaxia.Newport.RI.US> dave@galaxia.Newport.RI.US (David H. Brierley) writes: >In article <570@itivax.iti.org> scs@itivax.iti.org (Steve C. Simmons) writes: >>3 months? It's probably too late to put together a BOF in San Diego, >>but we could at least do a pseudo-BOF in my room. Count me in. >Among other things I have finally finished the port of sendmail version 5.58 Interesting. I recently received a copy of 5.58 that somebody had hacked up to work on System V. Other than tweaking a few defines and changing an occasional include file, it came up fine, though so far I haven't had time to run it in anything other than -bt mode. What's the genesis of your version? -- Karl -- Karl Swartz |UUCP {ames!hc!rt1,decuac!netsys}!ditka!kls 1-505/667-7777 (work) |ARPA rt1!ditka!kls@hc.dspo.gov 1-505/672-3113 (home) |BIX kswartz "I never let my schooling get in the way of my education." (Twain)
kevin@kosman.UUCP (Kevin O'Gorman) (01/28/89)
In article <540@galaxia.Newport.RI.US> dave@galaxia.Newport.RI.US (David H. Brierley) writes: >In article <570@itivax.iti.org> scs@itivax.iti.org (Steve C. Simmons) writes: >>3 months? It's probably too late to put together a BOF in San Diego, >>but we could at least do a pseudo-BOF in my room. Anybody within >>driving distance willing to bring a 3b1, and we'll do S/W exchange? > > >See you in sunny California! Huh? What? How do I join up? What's USENIX? I am indeed within driving distance of San Diego, I have the time and the UNIX PC, and a tape drive, too (it's been replaced and the new one works fine). BUT! I don't know when this event is going to happen, or where, so somebody needs to tell me, or I am unlikely to show up.
gmark@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Stewart) (01/29/89)
In article <708@ditka.UUCP>, kls@ditka.UUCP (Karl Swartz) writes: > In article <540@galaxia.Newport.RI.US> dave@galaxia.Newport.RI.US (David H. Brierley) writes: > >In article <570@itivax.iti.org> scs@itivax.iti.org (Steve C. Simmons) writes: > >>3 months? It's probably too late to put together a BOF in San Diego, > >>but we could at least do a pseudo-BOF in my room. > Okay, guys. I'll bite. What's a BOF? Some strange satanic practice? A flour-based desert crust? An enhanced ALGOL parser? - Mark G. Mark Stewart ATT_BTL, Naperville, Ill. ix1g266 ihlpq!gms (312)979-0914
ralph@rtech.rtech.com (Ralph Harnden: I don't wanna badger you (ext3430)) (01/30/89)
In article <7478@ihlpf.ATT.COM> gmark@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Stewart) writes: >In article <708@ditka.UUCP>, kls@ditka.UUCP (Karl Swartz) writes: >> In article <540@galaxia.Newport.RI.US> dave@galaxia.Newport.RI.US (David H. Brierley) writes: >> >In article <570@itivax.iti.org> scs@itivax.iti.org (Steve C. Simmons) writes: >> >>3 months? It's probably too late to put together a BOF in San Diego, >> >>but we could at least do a pseudo-BOF in my room. >> >Okay, guys. I'll bite. What's a BOF? Some strange satanic practice? >A flour-based desert crust? An enhanced ALGOL parser? > Good guesses!! Your first one comes closest. BOF stands for Birds Of a Feather, and is a meeting about an obscure topic on the periphery of the general conference theme. Since BOFs deal with topics of limited interest, they are usually scheduled outside the formal conference agenda. Decorum is informal. I first heard the term at Share *many* years ago, though I don't know the exact etymology of this acronym. You probably missed Share -- it's a conference of IBM mainframe users %-0 > - Mark > > G. Mark Stewart > ATT_BTL, Naperville, Ill. ix1g266 > ihlpq!gms (312)979-0914 -- "People will do anything for a potato" {amdahl, mtxinu, pacbell, sun}!rtech!gusano!ralph ralph%gusano@rtech.com
wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) (01/30/89)
It's amazing that one could escape hearing of usenix, but not knowing BOF is probably excusable. BOF:=birds of a feather. --Bill wtm@impulse.UUCP ...!lll-winken!scooter!neoucom!impulse!wtm