tezza
Veteran Member
A few of us PET owners have been talking over the last few days and we’ve decided to arrange a little fun on the VCF. Take a moment to read about...
Where: on the Vintage Computer Forums in the Commodore Forum.
When: April 24th to May 2nd, 2010
Who: ALL Commodore PET owners (and everyone else!)
What?: A 10-day event to celebrate the Commodore PET, in particular OUR Commodore PETs. It will be all about showing off funky PETs to one another....and you don't need to be a PET owner to join in the fun!
Here’s how it will work. During the period listed above, a special events thread will be created. In that thread, Commodore PET owners will be encouraged to upload pictures or video of their PETS for comment, and to generally show them off. You can dress them up, show them doing something, or just let others see what you have! It will be the perfect excuse to drag that old PET out of the garage, clean it up and see if it goes!
Even dead or sick PETS can be shown. If your PET falls into this category, our PET Vets (resident PET experts) may be able to suggest what the problem could be in a special PET Hospital thread associated with the event week!
There is more. veteran vintage enthusiast Earl Evans, who many will know from his Retrobits Podcast, will be checking the uploads. At the end of the event Earl will announce awards for the best photos or videos in the following categories:
Anything that is a PET qualifies. This means models from the original 2001 to the SuperPET or their CBM equivalents.
Don't own a PET? No worries!...enjoy the show and partipate with comments and feedback on the images and videos.
A few other details…
All PETs need exercise now and again, so wake yours up, clean it up and get it ready for the show! :D
Where: on the Vintage Computer Forums in the Commodore Forum.
When: April 24th to May 2nd, 2010
Who: ALL Commodore PET owners (and everyone else!)
What?: A 10-day event to celebrate the Commodore PET, in particular OUR Commodore PETs. It will be all about showing off funky PETs to one another....and you don't need to be a PET owner to join in the fun!
Here’s how it will work. During the period listed above, a special events thread will be created. In that thread, Commodore PET owners will be encouraged to upload pictures or video of their PETS for comment, and to generally show them off. You can dress them up, show them doing something, or just let others see what you have! It will be the perfect excuse to drag that old PET out of the garage, clean it up and see if it goes!
Even dead or sick PETS can be shown. If your PET falls into this category, our PET Vets (resident PET experts) may be able to suggest what the problem could be in a special PET Hospital thread associated with the event week!
There is more. veteran vintage enthusiast Earl Evans, who many will know from his Retrobits Podcast, will be checking the uploads. At the end of the event Earl will announce awards for the best photos or videos in the following categories:
- Best DRESSED PET (adorned with props, perhaps showing a theme)
- Best BEHAVED PET (A PET doing something…perhaps running a program, showing some graphics, operating some equipment etc.)
- Best GROOMED PET (The cleanest PET which is in tip-top shape externally)
- Most NEGLECTED PET (Something we should call the Pet protection agencies about!)
Anything that is a PET qualifies. This means models from the original 2001 to the SuperPET or their CBM equivalents.
Don't own a PET? No worries!...enjoy the show and partipate with comments and feedback on the images and videos.
A few other details…
- Uploading photos and video. Please use Youtube for any videos. If you have more than one or two photos consider using Flickr or other photo services to show them off. We don't want to overload the VCF server. Don’t use a service that requires people to register just to see them though.
- Images and video should be original and should have been created for this event. This does not preclude citing links to existing PET images and video on the Web which you think might be interesting to others, in context of PET discussions during the week. Make sure it is just a link though and make it obvious that it’s pre-existing.
- Our PET vets can give you some advice for broken PETs but they will be under no obligation to commit to a diagnostic discussion. Some problems can be tricky, require a high degree of technical skill and even during PET Alive!, people have off-line lives. They should be able to suggest where you might start to look though.
- Just PETS. No CBM IIs, Vic 20s or C64 please. Save them for the next show (-:
- There will be no prize for an award, just Kudos. The competition is just a lighthearted enhancement to add some zip so don't shy away from showing off YOUR PET even if you don't think it's got a dog's show of winning. No matter what its state...snap it and let us see what you've got!
All PETs need exercise now and again, so wake yours up, clean it up and get it ready for the show! :D
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