Warpstock 2005
Warpstock Investor
Travel to Warpstock 2005 in Hershey, PA - "The Sweetest Place on Earth" (just outside of Harrisburg).
This years event will be at the Wyndham Harrisburg-Hershey Hotel, 4650 Lindle Road, Harrisburg, PA 17111 (Tel: 1-717-564-5511; http://www.wyndham.com/hotels/MDTHT/main.wnt ) over 4 days (October 6th to the 9th). Please see our web site [ http://www.warpstock.org ] for registration, scheduling and program information as well as a link for hotel reservations at the special Warpstock rate.
Harrisburg International Airport ( MDT; http://www.flyhia.com/ ) is served by the following airlines, with a daily total of 120 flights in and out:
| Airline | CODE | Cities served | Daily Departures |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Canada | AC | Toronto | 3 |
| American Eagle | AA | Chicago (ORD) | 4 |
| Continental | CO | Cleveland | 3 |
| Delta | DL | Atlanta
Cincinnatti | 5
5 |
| Northwest | NW | Detroit
Minneapolis | 5
2 |
| TransMeridian | T9 | Orlando (SFB) | 3/week |
| United Airlines | UA | Chicago (ORD)
Washington (IAD) | 5
4 |
| US Airways | US | Boston
Charlotte Philadelphia Pittsburgh Orlando (MCO) | 3
4 10 4 1/week |
There is a FREE shuttle between the airport and the Wyndham (NOTE: Warpstock is at the Wyndham Harrisburg-Hershey Hotel, NOT the Wyndham Garden Hotel - Harrisburg/Hershey).
Harrisburg is at the intersection of Interstate Routes 81, 83, 283, and 76 (PA Turnpike). The Wyndham Harrisburg-Hershey Hotel is at I283 Exit 2 (Swatara exit) - take a right at the exit.
| Approximate driving times | |
|---|---|
| New York City | 3 hours |
| Philadelphia | 1.5 hours |
| Baltimore | 1.5 hours |
| Washington | 2.3 hours |
| Pittsburgh | 3.5 hours |
| Chicago | 10 hours |
| Cleveland | 5.5 hours |
| Buffalo | 6.5 hours |
| White Plains | 3.5 hours |
AMTRAK has several trains every day between New York City and Harrisburg. The Pennsylvanian and Keystone from New York stop in Newark and Philadelphia. The Harrisburg AMTRAK station is at 4th and Chestnut Streets, a 10 minute taxi ride from the hotel. Typical cab fare is $6-10.
Greyhound and Trailways serve Harrisburg.
For more on this year's event location, including Hershey area
attractions (mmm, did somebody say chocolate?), see our web site at:
http://www.warpstock.org/event_info/2005/location.html
To learn more about Warpstock visit the homepage at:
http://warpstock.org/index.html
Information about this years event can be found at:
http://warpstock.org/index_2005.html
Registration information is at:
http://warpstock.org/event_info/2005/registration.html
We also offer the Warpstock eNewsletter mailing list where you can get more detialed information bulletins electronically as we announce them. If you would like to subscribe to the Warpstock eNewsletter send the following message in the body of an email to [ majormajor@os2voice.org ]
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Or by clicking on the following link [ http://www.os2voice.org/mailinglists.html ] and using the web form to subscribe/unsubscribe from the Warpstock eNews list.
Have you been to Warpstock yet?
Warpstock, Inc., is a North Carolina corporation. The Warpstock annual conference is a gathering of OS/2 users, developers, and vendors from around the world for the purpose of education and advocacy. More information is available at the Warpstock web site: http://www.warpstock.org
