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[Lisa2]

I am going to have a table at the free to attend VCF Midwest show near Chicago on September 7th & 8th, 2024.

https://vcfmw.org/

It is my intention to bring some Lisa goodies to display at the show and have a lot of Lisa items, so the question is what to bring.  So I want to ask the group here what they would want see displayed or demonstrated at the show?   I am definitely going to bring all of the Sapient Technologies recreation boards that I worked on, but I really want to know what you folks would like see.  Other than a twiggy Lisa1, I have available most every piece of hardware, software, books, manuals, and other Lisa related do-dads available to bring. 

I ask the question because I was just at VCF West earlier this month and I was disappointed to see the few Lisa's there were all 2/10's, no 2/5 systems at all.

So please let me know your thoughts, what would you like to see at a show?

Thanks,
Rick

[blusnowkitty]

If you have a Canon PJ-1080, you should set that up and let people draw and print stuff off. Last year for Southeast while I had mine on the table, all my ink bottles leaked in their bag so I wasn't able to keep mine up and running.

[Lisa2]

If you have a Canon PJ-1080, you should set that up and let people draw and print stuff off.

A printing demo is a good idea! 

You have Ray's printer, correct?  I was thinking of bringing Ray's Lisa that was the inspiration for LisaEm, do you think folks would be interested in that?

[sigma7]

ask the group here what they would want see displayed

If you think it might help, perhaps a note on a Lisa 1 asking other Lisa 1 owners to sign up for Twiggy Archiving - List of Lisas w. Twiggy drives, by location so we can reduce the chance of a unique twiggy getting lost in transit to a distant Lisa 1 for archiving.

.. and maybe a hardcopy of the Lisa Operating System source code (Thanks Al!) would be intriguing to some.

... and isn't there a clear Lisa somewhere (maybe John has it if you don't)?

Otherwise, that's awesome, I hope it is a lot of fun!

James

[blusnowkitty]

If you have a Canon PJ-1080, you should set that up and let people draw and print stuff off.

A printing demo is a good idea! 

You have Ray's printer, correct?  I was thinking of bringing Ray's Lisa that was the inspiration for LisaEm, do you think folks would be interested in that?

Yes, the 1080A I have was his. For both my Lisa and the printer, I put little "In Memory Of..." plaques on them dedicating them to Adam Rosen and Ray, respectively. I had a few people who actually paid attention ask who those people were, and it was a good opportunity to tell them about what both Adam and Ray have done.

[Lisa2]

... and isn't there a clear Lisa somewhere (maybe John has it if you don't)?

I don't have the clear Lisa, but I wanted to display a working "case-less" Lisa using an external monitor, a power supply, the cable harnesses, and a card cage.   This way folks could see what is "inside" Lisa.  I could fill the card cage with the Sapient boards, and connect an X/Profile.

[anotherLISAguy]

cool idea - the subframe would be the only issue as it encompasses nearly 80% of the electronics - a clear top and the back panel would provide the most ability to peek maybe a clear front bezel might be nice but unless it were an XL Widget or a Lisa 1 TWIGGY it would be somewhat empty.  Just spitballin' but for all impractical purposes, a "frameless" Lisa would be possible (and kinda neat) using primarily the wiring harness with plexiglass monitor/video board stand, power supply holder, and a panel for Softswitch and keyboard (probably best integrated on the monitor stand)

VCFs remind me of a computer hamfest - good times

[anotherLISAguy]

If you have a Canon PJ-1080, you should set that up and let people draw and print stuff off.

A printing demo is a good idea! 

You have Ray's printer, correct?  I was thinking of bringing Ray's Lisa that was the inspiration for LisaEm, do you think folks would be interested in that?

An ASMR track of Apple DMP or Imagewriter printing a multipage report would be kind of trippy - make for an interesting never-ending loop that is popular in today's shorts

[compu_85]

If you have a Canon PJ-1080, you should set that up and let people draw and print stuff off.

A printing demo is a good idea! 

You have Ray's printer, correct?  I was thinking of bringing Ray's Lisa that was the inspiration for LisaEm, do you think folks would be interested in that?

Is anyone patient enough to wait for the Canon to finish a page?

As far as sound, nothing quite compares with the daisy wheel printing graphics. But that would use a lot of ribbon to have it chunking away all event.

I'd love to spend some more time with a L1, and listen to the sound of the twigges. This would get hard / impossible as the day goes on since it gets rather loud in the halls.

I'll see you there!

-J