[svfig-announce] *** June 24th at Computer History Museum***

[Kevin Appert]

PLEASE NOTE!
THE MEETING IS _NOT_(!!!)  AT COGSWELL this month...
WE WILL BE AT THE COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM
Please join us!

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SVFIG  Meeting Agenda for Saturday, June 24, 2006
At The Computer History Museum
1401 N. Shoreline Blvd. , Mountain VIew, CA
<<<http://www.computerhistory.org/>>>


9:45 AM --- Coffee, doughnuts, bagels on the veranda
Please note that we must consume our food outside the building.

10:00 AM --- RESTORING THE IBM 1401

11:15 AM --- WELCOME TO THE CHM --- Jim Somers, CHM Volunteer Coordinator
The CHM needs your donations of artifacts, wisdom, and cash. You can 
help out as a docent, with restoration, or as a geeter.

11:30 AM --- IBM 350 RAMAC (vintage 1958) IN BRIEF --- Ed Thelen
A short overview of the first random access magnetic disk and the CHM 
plan to restore and operate it.
<<<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAMAC>>>

NOON --- Lunch
Togo's across the street or eat outside the Museum.

Afternoon Session

1:00 PM --- TOURS
IBM 1401
RAMAC Restorations
Not to mention Visible Storage, where all your old friends live

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Wireless Internet access is NOT anticipated at the CHM, but who knows 
for sure?

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NEXT MONTH: JULY BARBEQUE & PRESENTATIONS ON 'QUEUING THEORY
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Please suggest a speaker or present at a SVFIG meeting. Email me,
Kevin Appert,  forther at com-you-know-the-rest.com  (see the return address)
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IF ANYONE HAS AN EMAIL ADDRESS FOR GEORGE SHAW, PLEASE SEND IT TO ME 
OR ASK HIM TO CONTACT ME,
forther_at_comcast.net
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It is with great sadness that we announce that Trace Carter (Skip's 
wife) died suddenly June 6th, 2006 of a brain hemorrhage resulting 
from the rupture of an unknown - to them - vascular anomaly.
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