Re: VCF PET Alive! - April 24th to May 2nd

From: Steve Gray <sjgray_at_rogers.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:12:13 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <64903.15827.qm@web88206.mail.re2.yahoo.com> 
I'm torn.. part of me is fascinated by stories like this and part of me is sad to hear this stuff is lost forever... I feel lucky to be able to preserve what little I can, like my enginering/developer prototype CBM-II machine in my collection. I just picked up a prototype Magic Voice that was sitting in a box neglected for years... there must be more of these things around.

Steve



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> From: Bil Herd <bherd@idsbusiness.com>
> To: "cbm-hackers@musoftware.de" <cbm-hackers@musoftware.de>
> Sent: Mon, March 29, 2010 12:02:20 PM
> Subject: RE: VCF PET Alive! - April 24th to May 2nd
> 
> Oh yeah, that was also the last time we saw the "gold" 1 Millionth Vic-20.  
> Damm thing got paint all over the place from where the spray paint was flaking 
> off.

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> On Behalf Of Bil Herd
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> href="mailto:cbm-hackers@musoftware.de">cbm-hackers@musoftware.de
Subject: 
> RE: VCF PET Alive! - April 24th to May 2nd

It was a matter of how much 
> stuff the lab technicians wanted to pack up, move, unpack and save.  I 
> don't think any of us had a single thought about years down the road, we were 
> too engrossed in surviving the week. I would love to have some of the chip plots 
> that used to hang in my office or some of the original schematics that laid 
> around.

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> On Behalf Of Steve Gray
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 11:55 AM
To: > ymailto="mailto:cbm-hackers@musoftware.de" 
> href="mailto:cbm-hackers@musoftware.de">cbm-hackers@musoftware.de
Subject: 
> Re: VCF PET Alive! - April 24th to May 2nd

I always wonder what happens 
> to things like this.. I would guess like a company would want to preserve the 
> "first" product of its kind by putting them in showcases at head office or 
> something. Seems a shame to loose or just throw out something like 
> that....  me sad.

Steve



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> From: Bil Herd <> href="mailto:bherd@idsbusiness.com">bherd@idsbusiness.com>
> To: 
> "> href="mailto:cbm-hackers@musoftware.de">cbm-hackers@musoftware.de" <> ymailto="mailto:cbm-hackers@musoftware.de" 
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> Sent: Mon, March 29, 2010 11:47:53 AM
> Subject: RE: VCF PET Alive! - 
> April 24th to May 2nd
>
> I last saw it in a pile of stuff headed 
> for the trash when we moved from MOS/KOP
> to West Chester. I don't 
> believe I ever saw it once we hit
> WC.

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> On Behalf Of Steve Gray
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 11:44 AM
To: > 
> ymailto="mailto:> href="mailto:cbm-hackers@musoftware.de">cbm-hackers@musoftware.de"
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> href="mailto:> href="mailto:cbm-hackers@musoftware.de">cbm-hackers@musoftware.de">> ymailto="mailto:cbm-hackers@musoftware.de" 
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Subject:
> 
> Re: VCF PET Alive! - April 24th to May 2nd

I wonder if anyone knows 
> what
> happened to the original PET prototype that was made with a wood 
> case and seen
> on the cover of Popular Science magazine?... could it 
> still be alive?
> ;-)

Steve



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> Sent: Mon, March 29, 2010 11:30:37 AM
> Subject: RE: VCF PET Alive! 
> -
> April 24th to May 2nd
>
> I just forwarded to
> 
> Chuck.

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> On Behalf Of Bill Degnan
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Subject:
>
> 
> Re: VCF PET Alive! - April 24th to May 2nd

sounds like fun.  
> I
> will
> have to come up with something.

Ever see this - 
> TheChuck
> Peddle Pet
> href="> href="> href="http://vintagecomputer.net/vcf4/commodore/pet-n-peddle.jpg" target=_blank 
> >http://vintagecomputer.net/vcf4/commodore/pet-n-peddle.jpg" 
> target=_blank
> >> href="http://vintagecomputer.net/vcf4/commodore/pet-n-peddle.jpg" target=_blank 
> >http://vintagecomputer.net/vcf4/commodore/pet-n-peddle.jpg"
> 
> target=_blank
> >> href="> href="http://vintagecomputer.net/vcf4/commodore/pet-n-peddle.jpg" target=_blank 
> >http://vintagecomputer.net/vcf4/commodore/pet-n-peddle.jpg" 
> target=_blank
> >> href="http://vintagecomputer.net/vcf4/commodore/pet-n-peddle.jpg" target=_blank 
> >http://vintagecomputer.net/vcf4/commodore/pet-n-peddle.jpg

Bill

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> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 10:53 AM
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> Subject: Re: VCF PET Alive! - April 24th to May 2nd
>
>
> 
> Excellent
> idea! I'll be there! Maybe Jim M will supply some pix 
> of
> my
SuperPET that's
> been visiting with him for the last 
> year or
> so.

Jack


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> Anders Carlsson <> ymailto="mailto:> 
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> 
> Sent: Mon, March 29, 2010 4:36:29 AM
> Subject: VCF PET Alive! -
> 
> April
> 24th to May 2nd
>
> Hello,

A couple of users 
> on
> the Vintage
> Computer Forum have decided to
> celebrate 
> the
> Commodore PET by launching
> an event called PET 
> Alive!
running
> from
> April 24th to May 2nd. It
> will 
> include anything from just
> arranging your
PET to
> look nice, 
> to
> running some software or
> even perform some 
> hardware
>
> breakthroughs.

Read more on
> this
> 
> link:
> href="> href="> href="http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?t=19926" 
> target=_blank 
> >http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?t=19926"
> 
> target=_blank
> >> href="http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?t=19926" 
> target=_blank 
> >http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?t=19926"
>
> 
> target=_blank
> >> href="> href="http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?t=19926" 
> target=_blank 
> >http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?t=19926"
> 
> target=_blank
> >> href="http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?t=19926" 
> target=_blank 
> >http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?t=19926

I
>
>
> 
> suppose in order to participate you would need to be a member of
> 
> that
forum,
> but
> probably several of us already are. At 
> this
> point we don't know what
> the
outcome
> will 
> be.

Best
> regards

-- Anders
> 
> Carlsson



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