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Post by henrik51 on Sept 29, 2005 2:24:19 GMT -5
There will be a Q-Link demo/booth at the Vintage Computer Festival in Mountain View, California! This got confirmed this evening.
I would like to do more than just set up 2-3 demo machines and that be it. Jim has graciously offered the use of the new banner from the first demo. We need more! I have original Q-link stuff, and I do plan on making some type of historical display of what I have. I even have a very old issue of Update.
Other ideas I've played with: - The new 'reply cards' in sufficient quantities to give away - CDs with VICE and a Qlink disk image all preconfigured - Actual floppy disks with the Qlink software on them
I am somewhat hesitant to actually attempt to sell anything, as sellers are on a separate badge type.
I would like to have lots of stuff, as we have two tables and I hate for any space to look wasted.
I have confirmed that I will have internet access, so we will be using the main server. I have been thinking that perhaps the gateway machine should display the protocol trace, as many people are curious about the back end of this.
And we need a Q-link reloaded mascot. The real Q-link never had one!
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Post by Jim Brain on Sept 29, 2005 10:43:24 GMT -5
The Q-Link cards were a hit when we gave them away at EXPO. I had them put them on card stock, and we cut them to the dimensions... They fooled quite a few folks initially. I like the VICE on a CD option. I was also trying to get a floppy made with Linux and tcpser on it for the true retro users. The floppies with the v4 SW is also great.
That a lot. I'd concentrate on those. If you do the reader bingo card, we should update to lose the VICE 1.15 stuff and switch to DNS names instead of IP addresses. As for the floppy, if you want that, let me know.
Jim
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Post by henrik51 on Oct 1, 2005 4:09:08 GMT -5
Hmmm, Knoppix and Vice and Qlink....tempting, but no way to save info. Hmm. How many disks/CDs should I make up, do you think?
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Post by bungeejmp on Oct 1, 2005 19:37:06 GMT -5
The Knoppix idea seems pretty cool. I would suggest:
For the Knoppix bootable CD, use a Guest account. Didn't Q allow for Guests?? Let them play around as Guests.
If they like Q and would like to use it real-time on their Linux/Solaris/Windows system, have an installer available which can be run from the native operating system.
Thoughts?
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