Starting the day right with breakfast.... Chicago Breakfast! Steak, eggs, bacon, mimosa....

Setup begins... Sorry it is late... From yesterday.

At the layover in Warsaw Indiana w/ @lp060

.... and I'm off!

Hope I did 't forget anything....

Sounds like a plan. Can't have too many pictures - no such thing.

Actually, planning to post some here too.... assuming I get away from the table long enough to do so Last year I didn't really get to since I ended up having to use my phone as our hotspot for the demo. T-88 Minutes to Launch

Everyone posts pictures - check out Southernamis after the show is over and everyone has had a chance to return home. You can also see pictures from other VCF Midwest events from the last couple of years there as well.

You can't believe how jealous I am that you have such an amazing even to go to - have a great time and looking forward to hearing about it and maybe seeing some pictures!

Just a reminder for the Atari BBS community zoom chat for Sunday, September 1st 2024 at 3pm Eastern. For more information and the proposed agenda, go to http://www.ataribbs.com/zoomchat This is also the link to the zoom meeting itself (it will automatically forward from 15 minutes before until four hours after the meeting starts). At the last meeting we introduced a slight change in the format. Going forward, we will reserve the first few hours for Atari/Tech/non-controversial discussion. After that, it's game on as we've always done. This is to accommodate those who are new in joining us who may have no interest in such non-Atari things while still being true to being a "group of friends" enjoying a safe space to discuss things that might be taboo in other venues. There won't necessarily be a strict "time limit" but we will essentially announce that "the smoking lamp is lit". Until that time we'll do our best to limit the topics to our shared love of Atari and retro computing. As you well know, the agenda is always subject to change and the whims of whoever actually attends, but what is planned is... The Pre-VCF Midwest Planning Call! What we have so far for VCFMW - Table locations and demo plans. Project(s) Status(es) (If you're working on something, share it with us!) Beyond that, it might be a shorter call since I have lots to still do before VCF Midwest We will be scheduling a call from VCFMW... be on the lookout! And whatever else we find ourselves discussing! Hope to see you there!

Just a reminder for the Atari BBS community zoom chat for Friday, August 16th 2024 at 8pm Eastern. For more information and the proposed agenda, go to http://www.ataribbs.com/zoomchat This is also the link to the zoom meeting itself (it will automatically forward from 15 minutes before until four hours after the meeting starts). At the last meeting we discussed a slight change in the format. Going forward, we will reserve the first few hours for Atari/Tech/non-controversial discussion. After that, it's game on as we've always done. This is to accommodate those who are new in joining us who may have no interest in such non-Atari things while still being true to being a "group of friends" enjoying a safe space to discuss things that might be taboo in other venues. There won't necessarily be a strict "time limit" but we will essentially announce that "the smoking lamp is lit". Until that time we'll do our best to limit the topics to our shared love of Atari and retro computing. As you well know, the agenda is always subject to change and the whims of whoever actually attends, but what is planned is... Status on VCF Midwest - It's getting much closer now! More plans come into focus... Looking (again) at Josh Renaud's amazing IGS article series part one! Find it here -> Here MORE! Disk Archiving - SoulBuster's efforts and... The Adventures of the Greasy Weazle (Part 2, IT LIVES!!!!) 1030 Modem Demo with ModemLink (If everything cooperates) Project(s) Status(es) (If you're working on something, share it with us!) Heads up, next call on Sunday September 1st at 3pm Eastern is the "final pre-VCFMW call" We will be scheduling a call from VCFMW... be on the lookout! And whatever else we find ourselves discussing!

Yeah, I really enjoyed it too... totally one of our better calls!

Thanks for being there - it was fun...!

Hi all, thanks for having me again last night - hopefully I'll manage the Friday one in a couple of weeks time!

The link for the IGS Introduction https://breakintochat.com/blog/2024/08/01/instant-graphics-and-sound-part-1-introduction/

Just a reminder for the Atari BBS community zoom chat for tonight, Sunday, August 4th 2024 at 3pm Eastern. For more information and the proposed agenda, go to http://www.ataribbs.com/zoomchat This is also the link to the zoom meeting itself (it will automatically forward from 15 minutes before until four hours after the meeting starts). As you well know, the agenda is always subject to change and the whims of whoever actually attends, but what is planned is... Status on VCF Midwest - It's getting much closer now! Looking at Josh Renaud's amazing IGS article series part one! Find it here -> Here As usual, we tend to hear from our UK & European friends on the Sunday call! Disk Archiving - SoulBuster's efforts and the Adventures of the Greasy Weazle 835 Modem Demo with Telelink II (If everything cooperates) Project(s) Status(es) (If you're working on something, share it with us!) What do you want to see on the next call? And whatever else we find ourselves discussing!

Don't worry about it - I'm sure somebody on the next call will remember! Cheers, Simon

One of our Zoom meetings? I don't seem to remember it, but my memory is hazy most days... I can go exploring. Sorry it took so long to get back to you.

Hi All A couple of Zoom meetings I remember a somebody very helpfully posting a utility that would get the current time from a timeserver and update the Falcon clock. I didn't grab it at the time as assumed it would be simple to find this in my Zoom history - but Zoom either doesn't allow this or it's my user error. Can anybody remember this and please post the file? Many thanks, Simon

Sorry for the late reminder... Just a reminder for the Atari BBS community zoom chat for tonight, Friday, July 19th 2024 at 8pm Eastern. For more information and the proposed agenda, go to http://www.ataribbs.com/zoomchat This is also the link to the zoom meeting itself (it will automatically forward from 15 minutes before until four hours after the meeting starts). As you well know, the agenda is always subject to change and the whims of whoever actually attends, but what is planned is... Status on VCF Midwest? Some IGS talk - Warlords! Project(s) Status(es) (If you're working on something, share it with us!) And whatever else we find ourselves discussing!