The magazine of the Melbourne PC User Group Seamist Looms! Lyn Goodall |
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Between Friday 7th and Sunday 9th November, 2003, another Seamist experience is
being planned. Why not take the opportunity to spend a relaxing weekend with
excellent company, great food and get to work on your computer?The Seamist Weekend
Seamist is a Palamino Stud, situated off Wensleydale Station Road, Wensleydale and is about 90 minutes drive from the Westgate Bridge. The weekend begins on a Friday afternoon/evening and finishes Sunday afternoon around 4.30 pm.
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whole weekend is very relaxed and people can choose to arrive Friday and stay
for the two nights, or arrive on Saturday morning and stay one night. The
welcome is very warm and the food is great!
Expect the Unexpected!
No two weekends are ever the same - the experience is what you make it! The
group typically consists of members of all ages and experience and people come
as individuals, couples or families and there is no set agenda.
A separate "workshop" cabin is used to set up computers and other gear and
participants can bring as many computers as they think they can handle in one
weekend. Members usually bring a variety of "kit" including screwdrivers,
cables, disks, CD players, peripherals, various plugin cards and any other toys
you can think of to play with!
This time there will be workshops, group discussions and individual help with
those hardware and software problems. There will also be diagnostic trouble
shooting hardware and software tools available and Tom Coleman (the DOS King)
has again consented to come as our trainer. He loves a challenge and if there's
a system to reconfigure or something that can be taken to bits to see if it's
working properly - he's your man!
If you want to see how a computer is assembled, how to make it work better,
share and increase knowledge of games, new programs and freebies, check your HDD
performance, reformat drives, do general maintenance work, get into networking,
upgrade systems, configure backup systems or do anything else with a computer -
now is the time to do it!
If you haven't had the Seamist experience before - check it out for yourself,
and if you have been before, there's a chance you'll meet up with old
acquaintances and enjoy a different experience this time.
Costs and Bookings
Costs are $30.00 to Melb PC members for the trainer and cost of training room.
Accommodation (including meals) - Friday after dinner to Sunday pm $110.00.
Dinner on Friday is an extra $18.00. Please note that the above costs include
GST. All bookings and enquiries to Janice Wallis. e-mail
seamist@melbpc.org.au
Focus on what you like doing, with a group of people with whom you have a common
interest. It is a nice way to spend a weekend.
Reprinted from the September 2003 issue of PC Update, the magazine of Melbourne PC User Group, Australia
