+Vorticon Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Marc, are you attending this year? There is a rumor that you are working on something interesting I can't be there this year. We did a tonsillectomy, oral surgery and braces this spring. My deductible still isn't met and my cash stash looks like a popcorn fart. Seems I always miss the good years ;(. Since Tim is my northern connection I am waiting for him to chime in on his attendance prospects. I have a bit of something he might show if he can muster the drive south (sorry bud, I saw the bus coming and couldn't resist throwing you under it . Ernie may show the SID software he finished. You guys have fun. I am sorry I am going to miss meeting the K and and anyone else . Perhaps one of the brainier of the bunch can set up some kind of George Jettson video phone ?? Well... I had planned to reserve one of the executive suites so that folks could pop in and set up equipment or talk 'shop'. Last week I had to pull back from those plans for a few reasons. Fortunately, I didn't announce my intent It looks like a Saturday morning commute to Evanston is more likely, though if a few things settle down I may chance a Friday night arrival. I won't know until Thursday at the earlies. It is also doubtful that the cooler of adult beverages (or Diet Coke, Matthew!) will be tagging along this time either but there is always some hope. grin PS - That was my room last year, Vorticon, it's just that Marcus helped me break an RGB monitor and all things went south from there. Or did that start from the cooler contents? I honestly do -not- remember You are probably correct (on both counts!) I'm still trying to finish up the beta version of my new XB game before the Faire, and will likely still need to do some more coding on Friday night in order to have something relatively demo grade by Sat. The game is called Clear for Action, and is a naval combat simulation in the age of sail based on an original game of the same name for the Atari and TRS80 computers back in 1984. It's already too large to fit into one program, so now it's in 2 parts chained together, and I will more than likely need to break it down into 3 parts before it's finished... While I'm at it, please allow me vent and say that I never programmed something so large in XB, and I can categorically state that XB (and Basic in general) is a very poor fit for complex and lengthy projects due to its extreme lack of structure. There is so much spaghetti code in my program with all those GOTO's that I'm afraid to let it go for too long for fear of completely losing track of the general program structure and flow. Had I done this in Pascal, I would have been long finished by now and it would have been a heck of a lot more readable as well as efficient. There! I feel better already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew180 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 TIdBit might help you some. Although the end result is still BASIC or XB code, you get structure without sacrificing GOTO (is that a good thing? ) http://codehackcreate.com/archives/237 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 TIdBit might help you some. Although the end result is still BASIC or XB code, you get structure without sacrificing GOTO (is that a good thing? ) http://codehackcreate.com/archives/237 Not really, as the problem is with the unavoidable use of GOTO... I would just kill for a CASE statement, a WHILE DO loop and RECORDS just to name a few. I finished the rough coding at 2am this morning, but as expected the program is still full of bugs. But much more problematic is the fact that it uses 3 large chained XB programs that loop back to each other, and the loooog pauses that happen when one section is loading turn the game into an exercise in frustration. The only way to mitigate this at the current stage is to run the game under Classic 99 emulation in overdrive mode. I may be able to improve the situation a little by prescanning, by how much remains to be seen. I will be off to Chicago in about an hour, and will try to debug the program at the hotel tonight. See you there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+retroclouds Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Hope you guys have a lot of fun. Pictures please!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 "With great pleasure the Chicago TI User Group wishes to announce that the Birdwell Trustees have chosen Paolo Bagnaresi as the 2011 recipient of the John Birdwell Award. Congratulations to him from all of us. --Hal" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+retroclouds Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Congratulations to Paolo. He's a great person. I remember having a good conversation with him on the International TI-Treff in Paderborn Germany, about two years ago. Hope we can get a report on the Chicago event soon. Really wanna know what you guys were doing TI wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ti99iuc Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Paolo Bagnaresi, The Best 99er in Italy !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyBritish Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 There were many pictures taken however for me the highlights were seeing the F18 board in action as well as watching a geat demo of TurboForth, now with an assembler built in and also Vorticon's new naval combat game coded in extended basic, certainly inspired me to have a game to show for next years event. There were a number of attendees from abroad as well as across the USA. If you were not able to attend I would strongly recommend visiting next year if funds allow it. Great to be able to put names to faces. Also by next year the new Geneve 2 board might be available...now that would be cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 My attendance this year was torpedoed by the actions of She-who-must-be-Obeyed, not by lack of funds or desire. She was truly irked when I told her her machinations would NOT prevent my attendance next year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kl99 Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 It was a great event, I will definately come back. I will prepare some game and maybe even an animation/sound demo on the next faire. I want to do a demo contest anyway some time next year with an official winner-election on a ti-meeting (either US or Europe). Klaus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 So who's going to be at the Faire tomorrow besides myself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyBritish Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 I will be there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 I will not be there -Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 I can't make it either... in Vegas this weekend. I will do what I can for next year though, assuming it's held! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkeey Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Not going this year.. I have to leave in a few hours for a different trip. And I live so close to the Faire. Well, close as in I can drive there easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 A bit late on this this year, but I just booked my hotel and airfare (assuming work lets me take the Friday off), so I'll be out in Chicago. I don't know if I'll have anything special to show, but it will be good to see everyone who shows up! For those who are last minute like me, it's Saturday, November 2nd at the Evanston, IL, Public Library. Usual airport to fly into is Chicacgo O-Hare (ORD), and there are a few hotels nearby (I'm at the Best Western University down the street from the library). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 A bit late on this this year, but I just booked my hotel and airfare (assuming work lets me take the Friday off), so I'll be out in Chicago. I don't know if I'll have anything special to show, but it will be good to see everyone who shows up! For those who are last minute like me, it's Saturday, November 2nd at the Evanston, IL, Public Library. Usual airport to fly into is Chicacgo O-Hare (ORD), and there are a few hotels nearby (I'm at the Best Western University down the street from the library). I will be there. I have not yet booked a room as I am trying to be a cheapskate. I may wind up in Morton Grove, again, and just take *shudder* public transportation. Anyhow, I will be attending Saturday's events (though not late like my first year now that I know where I am going and how to get there,) as well as the Sunday breakfast. I have a test on Monday morning so I will likely not be involved in the night-time festivities, or I may and just bring my study materials with me. I have even given thought to bringing my TI rig with me -- it is not special, just mine. I was wondering if Matt will be there and if he would be able to upgrade our F18A firmwares (I am pretty sure I got v1.5, but not certain.) I was hoping to have some of my officially licensed TI apparel ready for the Faire, but I think I will just bring some design mock-ups and gauge interest. I hope Hal does not mind as I have not discussed this with him (I am not planning to sell anything, just show a couple off, maybe get some ideas. "Hey, baby, I'll make you famous!") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lee Stewart Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 I'll be there!—at the Orrington. It'll be great to meet some of you in person! ...lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmusr Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 I'll be there!—at the Orrington. It'll be great to meet some of you in person! ...lee Your nose, however, is very familiar to all of us! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Your nose, however, is very familiar to all of us! I'll be there as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyBritish Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 I am attending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 I'm not sure if Matt is coming, but I'll try to remember my JTAG cable so I can update F18As for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Sweet. I am pretty resolved on bringing my setup, to play and as an extra unit for demos. I cannot bring a monitor, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew180 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 As of right now I am planning on attending. I will bring my JTAG programmer for anyone who wants to get their F18A firmware updated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 It's shaping up to be a great Faire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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