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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
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:
1.Best DRESSED PET (adorned with
props, perhaps showing a theme)
2.Best BEHAVED PET (A PET doing
something?perhaps running a program,
showing some graphics, operating
some equipment etc.)
3.Best GROOMED PET (The cleanest PET
which is in tip-top shape externally)
4.Most NEGLECTED PET (Something we
should call the Pet protection
agencies about!)
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).
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!
It should be lots of fun! Any
questions please ask them in this
events thread.
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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