Been a couple years since I poked my probosics into the VCF Forums. Hmm... Ah, a Floridians thread! I consider myself semi-native, having moved here 30 years ago to get married and go to UF, and just never left. And every time I go to MD to visit my family I come home a little happier that I'm here instead of there! And apparently I'm not the only old-computer fan in Gator Country- I just sold two Sparc IPXs, two SGI O2s, and a Hercules monochrome card to a local.
I'm trying to limit the accumulation of vintage stuff and weed out some of the redundant stuff around here; storage space is finite and shrinking as the garage fills up with guitar builds!
Hi guys just thought I would put up something here for us South Easterners. First thing is that most Southerners don't even consider Florida part of the south because of all the retired New Yorkers and Mid-Westerners around here.
And don't forget the seasonal snowbird migrations! Seen on a bumpersticker in Pinellas County: HAPPINESS IS A NEW YORKER HEADED NORTH WITH A CANADIAN UNDER EACH ARM.
Retired New Yorkers? Well, at least that means there is probably some technology there.
Here in Atlanta, nobody even knows what a computer is. It's sort of ironic really, during the 80s, Atlanta was sort of a technology hub with software companies all over and hosting Comdex and all. Not much of that around here any more (at least that I can see).
Hey, we've got technology all over the place! I help run a statewide
100gbps network! Ah Atlanta, attended Networld/Interop a couple of times up there.
So who's coming to VCF SE 4.0 on April 2nd and 3rd in Atlanta?
Alas, not I, though it would be fun. My mad-money expenditures are focused on ham radio, stereo repair, and guitar construction these days. I do still hope to get to putting the H-89 and Ampro back together at some point this year, but too many other projects are stacked up ahead.
comments about hurricanes, particulary Andrew
Fine Homebuilding did an article on building practices in south Florida post-Andrew, and determined that probably as high as 90% of all houses built in Homestead were ridiculously out of code compliance - plywood nailed every 24" instead of every 6", no rafter/truss ties to wall studs, thin windows, and the list went on and on.