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- PET ALIVE! - APRIL 24TH TO MAY 2ND,
- 2010
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- http://www.vintage-computer.com/
- vcforum/showthread.php?19926-
- Pet-Alive!-April-24th-to-
- May-2nd-2010
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- Where: on the Vintage Computer
- Forums in the Commodore Forum.
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- When: April 24th to May 2nd, 2010
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- Who: ALL Commodore PET owners (and
- everyone else!)
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- 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!
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- 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!
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- 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!
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- 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:
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- 1.Best DRESSED PET (adorned with
- props, perhaps showing a theme)
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- 2.Best BEHAVED PET (A PET doing
- something?perhaps running a program,
- showing some graphics, operating
- some equipment etc.)
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- 3.Best GROOMED PET (The cleanest PET
- which is in tip-top shape externally)
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- 4.Most NEGLECTED PET (Something we
- should call the Pet protection
- agencies about!)
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- These categories are not necessarily
- exclusive and one display could
- collect several of the awards. Earl
- is even likely to show off his own
- machine (removed from the
- competition of course).
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- Anything that is a PET qualifies.
- This means models from the original
- 2001 to the SuperPET or their CBM
- equivalents.
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- Don't own a PET? No worries!...enjoy
- the show and partipate with comments
- and feedback on the images and
- videos.
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- A few other details?
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- * 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.
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- * 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.
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- * 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.
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- * Just PETS. No CBM IIs, Vic 20s or
- C64 please. Save them for the next
- show (-:
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- * 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!
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- It should be lots of fun! Any
- questions please ask them in this
- events thread.
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- All PETs need exercise now and
- again, so wake yours up, clean it up
- and get it ready for the show!
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