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geekhack Community => Meetups => Topic started by: sony on Tue, 24 January 2017, 18:51:26

Title: Atlanta Meetup 4/21/18 @ VCFSE 6.0
Post by: sony on Tue, 24 January 2017, 18:51:26
April 21st, 2018
10AM - 4PM

5000 Commerce Parkway
Roswell, GA 30076.



Meetup Discord Link:
https://discord.gg/CEqR52N


This event is being held at VCFSE 6.0. More info on this event can be found here (http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/otherevents/vintage-computer-festival-southeast/). This is also a sneak peak of the new Computer Museum of America.

Admission to the festival is $10 for one day, $15 for two. Students free with Student ID.

RSVP HERE (https://goo.gl/forms/UWpfygHUGtwhs6Nw2)
FB Event (https://www.facebook.com/events/152456038801703)
And join our FB Group (https://fb.com/groups/mechkeys)



Special thanks to our sponsors:
amtra5 Keyboards (https://amtra5keyboards.com.au)
ApexKeyboards (http://www.apexkeyboards.ca/)
CoolerMaster (https://http://www.coolermaster.com/)
DonutCables (https://donutcables.com/)
Idea23 (https://www.idea23.com/)
MechBox (https://mechbox.co.uk)
NightCaps/ETF
NovelKeys (https://www.novelkeys.xyz/)
Otesanek
SignaturePlastics/Pimpmykeyboard (https://pimpmykeyboard.com)
PrimeKeyboards (https://primekb.com)
RAMAWORKS (https://ramaworks)
sam0s
Woodkeys (http://woodkeys.click)
ZealPC (https://zealpc.net/)


If you would like to sponsor this event, please PM me.

More
Old Meetup Threads.
April 2017 https://redd.it/5thu24
April 2017 Afterward https://redd.it/68cand
Title: Re: ATLANTA / SOUTHEAST Meetup Interest Check
Post by: OfTheWild on Wed, 25 January 2017, 03:54:49
I would do this if the weekend works out right.  :thumb:
Title: Re: ATLANTA / SOUTHEAST Meetup Interest Check
Post by: sony on Sat, 28 January 2017, 12:43:20
Details can be found on the reddit thread. https://redd.it/5thu24

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Potential venue (and bump)

Someone suggested the VCFSE. I have contacted them to see if I could host the meetup there. If they allow me to have the meetup there, the meetup would be pushed back a month to April 29th. I think it would be a great venue for the meetup and am hoping that I am able to work with them to organize it. I will update the OP and post another update when things are more definitive.

RIP college students. Finals week.
Title: Re: ATLANTA / SOUTHEAST Meetup Interest Check
Post by: fohat.digs on Sat, 28 January 2017, 16:47:09

the VCFSE. I have contacted them to see if I could host the meetup there.


That would be great for me, less than a half hour from my house.

But yes, bad timing just as spring semester is winding down. I am  *VERY*  glad that I went to college on the quarter system.
Title: Re: ATLANTA / SOUTHEAST Meetup Interest Check
Post by: sony on Sat, 28 January 2017, 16:48:26

the VCFSE. I have contacted them to see if I could host the meetup there.


That would be great for me, less than a half hour from my house.

But yes, bad timing just as spring semester is winding down. I am  *VERY*  glad that I went to college on the quarter system.
Everyone needs a break right? Right? Luckily for me, I only have one final after the meetup.
Title: Re: ATLANTA / SOUTHEAST Meetup Interest Check
Post by: MandrewDavis on Sun, 29 January 2017, 17:08:51
Potential venue (and bump)

Someone suggested the VCFSE. I have contacted them to see if I could host the meetup there. If they allow me to have the meetup there, the meetup would be pushed back a month to April 29th. I think it would be a great venue for the meetup and am hoping that I am able to work with them to organize it. I will update the OP and post another update when things are more definitive.

RIP college students. Finals week.

My last final is the Thursday before and I have family in Roswell, so Atlanta would be great. Only a ~7 hour drive and maybe I can sneak over to Six Flags.
Title: Re: ATLANTA / SOUTHEAST Meetup Interest Check
Post by: sony on Sun, 29 January 2017, 21:39:11
Great! I hope to see you there. I am designing a simple novelty cap and maybe a tshirt. I'll have more details when I post the RSVP form which should be later this week or next week. Still a long way to go, but I want to get all the details sorted so I can study for my finals come April.
Title: Re: ATLANTA Meetup April 29th
Post by: sony on Sat, 11 February 2017, 16:33:34
More details added to the OP. April 29th. 12PM - 4PM
Title: Re: ATLANTA Meetup April 29th
Post by: MandrewDavis on Sat, 11 February 2017, 22:18:33
More details added to the OP. April 29th. 12PM - 4PM

Filled out the form, I hope we can make this happen.
Title: Re: ATLANTA Meetup April 29th
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 11 February 2017, 22:28:47
[attachimg=1]
Title: Re: ATLANTA Meetup April 29th
Post by: sony on Sun, 26 March 2017, 22:33:41
Bump. About a month away. RSVP if you want a shirt or keycap so I can estimate how many I need to order. I'm a college student and I really don't want to be sitting on a bunch of keyboard shirts.
Title: Re: ATLANTA Meetup April 29th
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 27 March 2017, 06:27:12
Bump. About a month away. RSVP if you want a shirt or keycap so I can estimate how many I need to order. I'm a college student and I really don't want to be sitting on a bunch of keyboard shirts.

Super popular with the females , tp4 hurds.
Title: Re: ATLANTA Meetup April 29th
Post by: fohat.digs on Tue, 28 March 2017, 07:13:25
So I thought that this was going to be a keyboard event.

Is it a larger vintage computer gathering with the keyboard section in a corner somewhere?
Title: Re: ATLANTA Meetup April 29th
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 28 March 2017, 07:31:27
So I thought that this was going to be a keyboard event.

Is it a larger vintage computer gathering with the keyboard section in a corner somewhere?


what's the difference.. ?

It's like going to a farmer's market,  and there might be a home made something something section ..

It's all the same category.
Title: Re: ATLANTA Meetup April 29th
Post by: sony on Tue, 28 March 2017, 10:04:42
So I thought that this was going to be a keyboard event.

Is it a larger vintage computer gathering with the keyboard section in a corner somewhere?

We're not really in the corner. We have plenty of space and about 40 people have confirmed attendance.
Title: Re: ATLANTA Meetup April 29th
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 28 March 2017, 10:30:56
So I thought that this was going to be a keyboard event.

Is it a larger vintage computer gathering with the keyboard section in a corner somewhere?

We're not really in the corner. We have plenty of space and about 40 people have confirmed attendance.

what's the females ratio.. ?  are you guys beating geekhack's 29.8 to 1 ??
Title: Re: ATLANTA Meetup April 29th
Post by: sony on Tue, 28 March 2017, 10:35:17
I go to GaTech, so no. I've never seen a female. They don't exist.
Title: Re: ATLANTA Meetup April 29th
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 28 March 2017, 10:43:52
I go to GaTech, so no. I've never seen a female. They don't exist.

hahahaha

I remember my hs stats teacher was from gatech..  she was kind of pretty.. unsure//  def not ugly.
Title: Re: ATLANTA Meetup April 29th
Post by: OfTheWild on Tue, 28 March 2017, 20:09:35
Are we going to have any issues lugging our personal keyboards in and out of the museum? Also - do we need to bring any tables or will they have enough for us?
Title: Re: ATLANTA Meetup April 29th
Post by: sony on Wed, 29 March 2017, 04:04:45
Are we going to have any issues lugging our personal keyboards in and out of the museum? Also - do we need to bring any tables or will they have enough for us?

There should not be a problem with bringing personal keyboards. Be sure to have some label with your keyboards, especially if they are vintage. There should not be a problem with tables. I am keeping track of the number of people RSVPing and planning accordingly. We currently have 40 people RSVP'd and I had only requested 8 large tables, so I will need to contact the event organizers.
Title: Re: ATLANTA Meetup April 29th
Post by: sony on Sun, 16 April 2017, 23:17:12
I've ordered the shirts and am ordering the novelty caps soon. Just under 2 weeks away.
Title: Re: ATLANTA Meetup April 29th
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 17 April 2017, 02:02:01
getting ready for females in tight g-hack shirtz..  // wh00t
Title: Re: ATLANTA Meetup April 29th
Post by: sony on Mon, 17 April 2017, 12:37:27
females?
Title: Re: ATLANTA Meetup April 29th
Post by: sony on Tue, 25 April 2017, 03:49:56
Please come take this stuff off my hands. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170425/2caeb519f2cb464969555fb305d70d97.jpg)
Title: Re: ATLANTA Meetup April 29th
Post by: sony on Fri, 28 April 2017, 18:24:07
Bump. It's tomorrow!

Sent from my ONEPLUS A3000 using Tapatalk

Title: Re: ATLANTA Meetup April 29th
Post by: tp4tissue on Fri, 28 April 2017, 18:32:59
Bump. It's tomorrow!

Sent from my ONEPLUS A3000 using Tapatalk



wh00t !!
'
take lots of fotos of the females.. !!

.// Counting on you brother --ultra --
Title: Re: ATLANTA Meetup April 29th
Post by: sony on Fri, 28 April 2017, 18:34:06
Bump. It's tomorrow!

Sent from my ONEPLUS A3000 using Tapatalk



wh00t !!
'
take lots of fotos of the females.. !!

.// Counting on you brother --ultra --
Females?

Sent from my ONEPLUS A3000 using Tapatalk

Title: Re: ATLANTA Meetup April 29th
Post by: tp4tissue on Fri, 28 April 2017, 18:47:14
Bump. It's tomorrow!

Sent from my ONEPLUS A3000 using Tapatalk



wh00t !!
'
take lots of fotos of the females.. !!

.// Counting on you brother --ultra --
Females?


Yes, Females ..  

u take their fotos tomorrow

Then post on Internet


[attachimg=1]
Title: Re: ATLANTA Meetup April 29th
Post by: OfTheWild on Fri, 28 April 2017, 23:01:54
I'm here, at the hotel, enjoying good food and beers. See you boys tomorrow!
Title: Re: ATLANTA Meetup April 29th
Post by: OfTheWild on Sat, 29 April 2017, 17:34:21
Few photos from the gathering! Good times!

http://imgur.com/a/RrEcW
Title: Re: ATLANTA Meetup April 29th
Post by: sony on Sat, 29 April 2017, 18:44:57
Post-meetup post

https://redd.it/68cand
Title: Re: ATLANTA Meetup April 29th
Post by: fohat.digs on Sun, 30 April 2017, 08:25:31
It was interesting, not exactly what I was expecting. A smaller gathering for keyboards only would have been much better.

My decision to bring ancient beige 1980s-90s gear was good because the overwhelming majority of the other stuff was tiny modern Cherry and Topre keyboards.

I brought an F-122 with floss mod, a Northgate Omnikey 101 with blue Alps transplant, NMB Hi-Tek black "Space Invaders", and a Laser board with white SMK clicky MX mount caps. I was hoping to introduce some of the younger folks to things they might not have seen before.

The most common comment was "I have never tried blue Alps before" and the Model F and clicky Space Invaders got a fair amount of action as well. There were a few people who liked the SMKs, so maybe I achieved some more exposure for them.

I brought my laptop so that people could actually type, but there was no power available (huh? this space used to be a CompUSA store!) so with multiple keyboards going my battery ran down before the show was over.

Thanks to Chris and everyone for putting it together.
Title: Re: ATLANTA Meetup April 29th
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 30 April 2017, 08:54:59
/requesting m0ar female fotos.. !!  [attachimg=1]
Title: Re: Atlanta Meetup 2 Interest Check
Post by: sony on Thu, 07 September 2017, 08:22:36
IC for meetup 2 https://redd.it/6yjiqh

Sent from my ONEPLUS A3000 using Tapatalk

Title: Re: Atlanta Meetup 4/21/18 @ VCFSE 6.0
Post by: sony on Sat, 10 February 2018, 16:12:27
bump. Date set  :thumb:

April 21, 2018
Title: Re: Atlanta Meetup 4/21/18 @ VCFSE 6.0
Post by: f32h80fsd08h34r5 on Sat, 10 February 2018, 19:30:38
bump. Date set  :thumb:

April 21, 2018

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

HYPE

 :llama:
Title: Re: Atlanta Meetup 4/21/18 @ VCFSE 6.0
Post by: zwartho on Tue, 13 March 2018, 10:33:18
Another Gatech student here. Just RSVP'd :thumb:
Title: Re: Atlanta Meetup 4/21/18 @ VCFSE 6.0
Post by: sony on Tue, 13 March 2018, 19:21:29
Another Gatech student here. Just RSVP'd :thumb:

THWg!
Title: Re: Atlanta Meetup 4/21/18 @ VCFSE 6.0
Post by: jimirolln on Wed, 14 March 2018, 16:31:24
flying over ga on the 9th next month...hate missing out on this
Title: Re: Atlanta Meetup 4/21/18 @ VCFSE 6.0
Post by: sony on Tue, 10 April 2018, 13:22:15
Less than 2 weeks away!

Got the final list of sponsors. Getting a banner and all the cards printed.

Be sure to RSVP and join the discord server. Link in OP.
Title: Re: Atlanta Meetup 4/21/18 @ VCFSE 6.0
Post by: zwartho on Fri, 20 April 2018, 15:41:17
See everyone tomorrow! :thumbs:
Title: Re: Atlanta Meetup 4/21/18 @ VCFSE 6.0
Post by: MajorclaM on Sat, 21 April 2018, 19:54:38
Will pictures be posted from the  meetup?
Title: Re: Atlanta Meetup 4/21/18 @ VCFSE 6.0
Post by: Darthbaggins on Sat, 21 April 2018, 23:05:15
Wish I saw this thread sooner (live in the Kennesaw area, by KSU)
Title: Re: Atlanta Meetup 4/21/18 @ VCFSE 6.0
Post by: Halverson on Sun, 22 April 2018, 00:05:57
Saw a random dump of images on imgur of vintage computers and then partway through it turned into what should have been a GH meetup...someone mentioned Atlanta. Who has that universe vomit board with all the bomb kings? Haha
Title: Re: Atlanta Meetup 4/21/18 @ VCFSE 6.0
Post by: naasfu on Sun, 22 April 2018, 02:10:40
where are the pics of nickheller hating on korean bbq??
Title: Re: Atlanta Meetup 4/21/18 @ VCFSE 6.0
Post by: riktors on Thu, 26 April 2018, 14:20:49
Meetup was fun, glad to meet you Sony! Gotta work on those rigged raffles  :D