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  2. Posted

    Videos of the complete Saturday and Sunday presentations are now ready. For "Sullivan and Minugh and the SwiftLink RS-232 cartridge", see

    https://youtu.be/oPoUX_f9Ies

    For "Nyman and Opcodes and the Commodore Cartridge w/o EPROMs", see

    https://youtu.be/AkxVnhQv2XE

    Truly,
    Robert Bernardo
    Fresno Commodore User Group
    http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
    July 29-30 Commodore Vegas Expo v13 -
    http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

  3. Posted

    I picked up a 8032 and have had a problem finding games other than text adventures that will work. I believe there are some games made for the 8032 even if there are not too many.

    Last year, Space Chase was released for the PET 8032, 8096 and 8296, and for the CBM-II series. See

     

    http://www.spacechase.de/

     

    Perhaps that should be the competition game for CommVEx,

    Robert Bernardo

    Fresno Commodore User Group

    http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

    July 29-30 Commodore Vegas Expo v13 -

    http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

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  4. Posted

    Think you'll do it again someday?

    Yup, the second annual Pacific Commodore Expo NW will be on June 9-10, 2018, at the same locale, the Living Computers: Museum + Labs. Watch the forum at

     

    http://www.commodore.ca/forum/viewforum.php?f=14

     

    for any further news.

     

    Thanks for coming to the show!

    Robert Bernardo

    Fresno Commodore User Group

    http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

    July 29-30 Commodore Vegas Expo v13 -

    http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

  5. Posted

    Happy Father's Day, C= and Ami aficionados!
    The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Sunday, June 18 at --

    Bobby Salazar's Mexican Restaurant
    2839 North Blackstone Ave. (corner of Blackstone and Michigan)
    Fresno, California
    (559) 227-1686

    Note the changed time for the meeting; we must be out of the room in order for a Father's Day group to take over at 2.
    Since our last meeting, two shows have happened -- the Bay Area Maker Faire and the Pacific Commodore Expo NW. I'll have a report and photos from both shows.
    For the hardware part of the meeting, we'll examine a Video Toaster board for an Amiga 2000 and an Emplant board for the A2000, the latter board giving you classic Mac emulation when run on the Amiga. Also we'll look at the PAL VIC-20 just modded by Ray Carlsen and the low-cost universal Commodore power supply by Ray. Alex L. may be bringing his hardware for everyone; this what he says, "...C128D... Have GEOS ram expansion, Mini X-Pander, Final Cartridge III or Epyx Fastload, SD2IEC made by my polish friend, Wimodem connected to my cellphone so we can have it connected to BBS on the table in restaurant. Have C=Key for keyboard and by that time I should have it fully connected to LCD for both 40/80 columns. Also possibly I will have my A2000 fully setup with Vampire 500 V2+ that I just received."
    In software, we'll look at some of the various C64 and VIC-20 software shown at the two above shows.
    Finally, I have a special C= video to show everybody.

    Writing from Starbucks in Grants Pass, Oregon,
    on the way back to California,
    Robert Bernardo
    Fresno Commodore User Group
    http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
    July 29-30 Commodore Vegas Expo v13 -
    http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

  6. Posted

    The wi-fi in the Seattle area hotel wasn't working well last night. However, tonight here at the Howard Johnson Hotel - Airport, the wi-fi is all right and fast enough to upload photos. And so, here is the link for the Sunday pics at PaCommEx.

    http://blog.retro-link.com/2017/06/sunday-photos-from-pacommex.html

    Writing from Portland, Oregon,
    Robert Bernardo
    June 10-11 Pacific Commodore Expo NW -
    http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex
    July 29-30 Commodore Vegas Expo v13 -
    http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

  7. Posted

    It was a very satisfying first day at the Pacific Commodore Expo NW. Check out the classic Commodore and Amiga gear. You can find photos at

    http://blog.retro-link.com/2017/06/saturday-photos-from-pacommex.html

    and a very brief look at the Kent Sullivan / Bryan Minugh presentation on the SwiftLink RS-232 cartridge at



    The complete video on the SwiftLink presentation is yet to come,
    Robert Bernardo
    June 10-11 Pacific Commodore Expo NW -
    http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex
    July 29-30 Commodore Vegas Expo v13 -
    http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

  10. Posted

    It's almost time for the June 10-11 Pacific Commodore Expo NW! The C= and Ami fans from Canada and the U.S.A. will make the pilgrimage to the event at the Living Computer Museum, 2245 1st Ave. South, Seattle, Washington, USA.
    In fact, PaCommEx is now on the LCM's event calendar! See

    http://www.livingcomputers.org/Events/Calendar.aspx

    PaCommEx runs from 10 to 5 Saturday and Sunday. For more details, go to the forum at

    http://www.commodore.ca/forum/viewforum.php?f=14

    or go to PaCommEx website at

    http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex

    or check the Facebook page of the Pacific Commodore Expo.
    We'll have presentations, hands-on exhibits, and a few, choice door prizes!

    Writing from the Los Angeles, Calfornia area,
    Robert Bernardo
    organizer - Pacific Commodore Expo NW

  11. Posted

    It's almost time for the June 10-11 Pacific Commodore Expo NW! The C= and Ami fans from Canada and the U.S.A. will make the pilgrimage to the event at the Living Computer Museum, 2245 1st Ave. South, Seattle, Washington, USA.
    In fact, PaCommEx is now on the LCM's event calendar! See

    http://www.livingcomputers.org/Events/Calendar.aspx

    PaCommEx runs from 10 to 5 Saturday and Sunday. For more details, go to the forum at

    http://www.commodore.ca/forum/viewforum.php?f=14

    or go to PaCommEx website at

    http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex

    or check the Facebook page of the Pacific Commodore Expo.
    We'll have presentations, hands-on exhibits, and a few, choice door prizes!

    Writing from the Los Angeles, Calfornia area,
    Robert Bernardo
    organizer - Pacific Commodore Expo NW

  12. Posted

    Time is slip-slidin' away, and the countdown continues to June 10-11 Pacific Commodore Expo NW! The C= computer exhibits are getting prepped, the presentations are being readied, and the hotels are being booked... unless you haven't started yet! So, prep those computers, ready those presentations, and book those hotels.
    Be ready to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Commodore PET, the 35th anniversary of the Commodore 64, and the 30th anniversary of the Amiga 500 and Amiga 2000. Come and join fellow C= users from Canada and the U.S.A. for PaCommEx at the Living Computer Museum, 2245 1st Ave. South, Seattle, Washington, USA. Set-up times are 5 - 7 p.m. Friday, June 9, and 9 - 10 a.m. Saturday, June 10. On Saturday and Sunday, PaCommEx starts when the LCM opens at 10 and ends when the museum closes at 5. Tear-down is Sunday, 5 - 7 p.m..
    For more details, go to the forum at

    http://www.commodore.ca/forum/viewforum.php?f=14

    and go to PaCommEx website at

    http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex

    or check the Facebook page of the Pacific Commodore Expo.

    Sincerely,
    Robert Bernardo
    organizer - Pacific Commodore Expo NW

  13. Posted

    Time is slip-slidin' away, and the countdown continues to June 10-11 Pacific Commodore Expo NW! The C= computer exhibits are getting prepped, the presentations are being readied, and the hotels are being booked... unless you haven't started yet! So, prep those computers, ready those presentations, and book those hotels.
    Be ready to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Commodore PET, the 35th anniversary of the Commodore 64, and the 30th anniversary of the Amiga 500 and Amiga 2000. Come and join fellow C= users from Canada and the U.S.A. for PaCommEx at the Living Computer Museum, 2245 1st Ave. South, Seattle, Washington, USA. Set-up times are 5 - 7 p.m. Friday, June 9, and 9 - 10 a.m. Saturday, June 10. On Saturday and Sunday, PaCommEx starts when the LCM opens at 10 and ends when the museum closes at 5. Tear-down is Sunday, 5 - 7 p.m..
    For more details, go to the forum at

    http://www.commodore.ca/forum/viewforum.php?f=14

    and go to PaCommEx website at

    http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex

    or check the Facebook page of the Pacific Commodore Expo.

    Sincerely,
    Robert Bernardo
    organizer - Pacific Commodore Expo NW

  14. Posted · Edited by RobertB

    Popular Mechanics has released an on-line article entitled, "11 Forgotten Media Formats of Yesteryear". The subtitle says, "You remember the floppy drive, but do you remember the Commodore 64 tape drive?" (My answer -- of course, I do!)

    They only identify the Datasette with the C64 and not with the other compatible C= 8-bit computers - PET, VIC-20, Plus/4, C128, and CBM II series. To read about what they say about the Datasette, see

     

    http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/g3075/the-forgotten-media-of-yesteryear/?src=nl&mag=pop&list=nl_pnl_news&date=050917

     

    Truly,

    Robert Bernardo

    June 10-11 Pacific Commodore Expo NW -

    http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex

    July 29-30 Commodore Vegas Expo v13 -

    http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

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  15. Posted

    Happy Mother's Day, C= and Ami comrades!

    The next meeting of the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network is Saturday, May 13, from 2 to 5+ p.m. at

     

    Panera Bread Restaurant

    19662 Nordhoff Street

    Northridge, California

    (818) 407-9400

     

    We may have a visitor at our meeting -- Jeff B. who wants to convert "text on disks in the Amiga format to Mac readable text, as well as to do the same with some MIDI music files" and also "several Deluxe Paint animations and images...".

    Hopefully, Mario will be bringing in his C128DCR and/or his Amiga 1000. I'll have the usual SX-64, Plus/4, Amiga 1200, and AmigaOne G4. I'll be bringing in the JiffyDOS'ed VIC-20 with the fully-assembled Final Expansion 3 Rev. 11 and also the Behr-Bonz cart with its 127 games. For the last few years, we've been using a relatively simple Amiga RGB-to-VGA adapter to connect to the BenQ multi-scan monitor; this time from the same manufacturer, Pavel Vrebec of the Czech Republic, we'll inspect some new, more sophisticated Amiga RGB-to-VGA cables.

    Our meeting will be a few days before the Bay Area Maker Faire, and we'll talk about that as well as the June 10-11 Pacific Commodore Expo NW and the July 29-30 Commodore Vegas Expo.

    Because I'm going to the Pacific Commodore Expo NW, I'll be passing by Ray Carlsen's place on the way to and from Seattle, so if you have any Commodore 8-bit hardware that needs repair, bring it to the meeting, and I'll give it to Ray to fix.

    As always, bring any Commodore or Amiga items you wish to share!

     

    Truly,

    Robert Bernardo

    Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network

    http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

  16. Posted

    Happy May Day, C= and Ami aficionados!

    The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 2+ p.m., Sunday, May 7 at --


    Bobby Salazar's Mexican Restaurant

    2839 North Blackstone Ave. (corner of Blackstone and Michigan)

    Fresno, California

    (559) 227-1686


    The Bay Area Maker Faire is almost here, and we'll be talking about preparations for that show. Also the Pacific Commodore Expo NW is a month away, and we'll be going over the planning of that show.

    We'll view the final part of the film, "Viva Amiga: The Story of a Beautiful Machine," and perhaps we'll take a peek of the extra, "Viva Amiga: the Bil Herd Story".

    The VIC-20 cartridge, the Final Expansion 3 Rev. 11, returns -- this time with more stuff loaded onto its SD card. We'll also have a crack at Doom for the VIC-20. For the C64, we'll look at the classic Computes' Gazette games -- Crossroads and Crossroads II -- (or even VICrossroads for the VIC-20) and decide if they are worthy for the two-player competition at the July 29-30 Commodore Vegas Expo. For the C64, Plus/4, and C128, we have the new game, Gunfright. For the C64 only, we have new releases -- Matteo's Land, which is a hack improving on the classic Giana Sisters game; Katakis, a game fixed for NTSC; and VVVVVV, a game made famous on other computers. For the C128 only, there is the new demo, MD201704, by Cosine. The AmigaOne G4 returns with more installed software, and/or the Amiga 500 returns, this time with the Trojan Lightpen and its KwikDraw software.


    Too much,

    Robert Bernardo

    Fresno Commodore User Group


  18. Posted

    Once again there will be a Classic Computers’ exhibit at Maker Faire Bay Area 2017! Once again my fellow exhibitors and I will be displaying classic personal computers for fairgoers to enjoy. To celebrate its 35th anniversary, I'll be bringing in a Commodore 64 with JiffyDOS (or RAMLink with JiffyDOS), 1541 or 1571 drive, and SD2IEC card drive. To celebrate its 30th anniversary, I’ll have an Amiga 2000 with a Blizzard 2060 50 MHz board, Amiga OS 3.1, 128 megs of Fast RAM, 2 megs of Chip RAM, SCSI CD-ROM drive, SCSI controller board with 8 megs of RAM, NewTek Video Toaster, Digital Processing Systems Personal TBC, A2065 Ethernet card, Digital Processing Systems Personal Animation Recorder (PAR), 4 gig SCSI main hard drive, and 500 meg SCSI hard drive for the PAR. Also because of attendee demand, I’m bringing back the Texas Instruments TI-99 4/A with Peripheral Expansion Box, various cards, and various cartridges, including the new SD card cartridge.

    The other Classic Computer exhibitors will be bringing in their machines, like the Commodore PET 2001, Tandy, and Apple II (to celebrate the 40th anniversary of these computers), Apple IIGS, Altair, and various Ataris.

    These are the dates and times for Maker Faire 2017 -

    Friday, May 19: 1 pm - 5 pm

    Saturday, May 20: 10 am - 7 pm

    Sunday, May 21: 10 am - 6 pm

    Location: San Mateo County Event Center, 1346 Saratoga Dr., San Mateo, California, USA

    http://makerfaire.com

    100,000 fairgoers come to Maker Faire, and hundreds will be walking through our Classic Computers' exhibit! You, too, can be at Maker Faire 2017!

    Truly,
    Robert Bernardo
    Fresno Commodore User Group
    http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
    Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
    http://www.sccaners.org
    The Other Group of Amigoids
    http://togausergroup.org

     

  19. Posted

    Once again there will be a Classic Computers’ exhibit at Maker Faire Bay Area 2017! Once again my fellow exhibitors and I will be displaying classic personal computers for fairgoers to enjoy. To celebrate its 35th anniversary, I'll be bringing in a Commodore 64 with JiffyDOS (or RAMLink with JiffyDOS), 1541 or 1571 drive, and SD2IEC card drive. To celebrate its 30th anniversary, I’ll have an Amiga 2000 with a Blizzard 2060 50 MHz board, Amiga OS 3.1, 128 megs of Fast RAM, 2 megs of Chip RAM, SCSI CD-ROM drive, SCSI controller board with 8 megs of RAM, NewTek Video Toaster, Digital Processing Systems Personal TBC, A2065 Ethernet card, Digital Processing Systems Personal Animation Recorder (PAR), 4 gig SCSI main hard drive, and 500 meg SCSI hard drive for the PAR. Also because of attendee demand, I’m bringing back the Texas Instruments TI-99 4/A with Peripheral Expansion Box, various cards, and various cartridges, including the new SD card cartridge.

    The other Classic Computer exhibitors will be bringing in their machines, like the Commodore PET 2001, Tandy, and Apple II (to celebrate the 40th anniversary of these computers), Apple IIGS, Altair, and various Ataris.

    These are the dates and times for Maker Faire 2017 -

    Friday, May 19: 1 pm - 5 pm

    Saturday, May 20: 10 am - 7 pm

    Sunday, May 21: 10 am - 6 pm

    Location: San Mateo County Event Center, 1346 Saratoga Dr., San Mateo, California, USA

    http://makerfaire.com

    100,000 fairgoers come to Maker Faire, and hundreds will be walking through our Classic Computers' exhibit! You, too, can be at Maker Faire 2017!

    Truly,
    Robert Bernardo
    Fresno Commodore User Group
    http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
    Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
    http://www.sccaners.org
    The Other Group of Amigoids
    http://togausergroup.org

  23. Posted

    Happy almost Easter, C= and Ami aficionados!
    The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 2+ p.m., Sunday, April 9 at --

    Bobby Salazar's Mexican Restaurant
    2839 North Blackstone Ave. (corner of Blackstone and Michigan)
    Fresno, California
    (559) 227-1686

    For discussion, we'll talk about the May 19-21 Maker Faire in San Mateo, the preparations for the June 10-11 Pacific Commodore Expo NW, and the latest on the July 29-30 Commodore Vegas Expo. Again, we'll look at the film, "Viva Amiga: The Story of a Beautiful Machine," this time part 4.
    In hardware we'll examine the Tramiel/Peddle-autographed C64 which will appear at PaCommEx and at CommVEx; and the Ray Carlsen-refurbished Plus/4, which is set to be modded at CommVEx. Also, we'll have a more detailed look at the Final Expansion 3, Rev. 11, cartridge for the VIC-20. The AmigaOne G4 returns with more installed software.
    In software, we'll try out the "CGA emulator" for the VIC-20, Bruce Lee II for the C64, and if we have time, we'll decide on which C64 software package attendees will play in the CommVEx game competition -- Karate Champ or Way of the Exploding Fist or World Karate Championship.

    Artfully martial,

    Robert Bernardo
    Fresno Commodore User Group
    http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

  25. Posted · Edited by RobertB

    It turned out to be the PLA with a partial failure that kept it from working with SOME carts.

    I've heard it from Ray time and time again that intermittent problems are the hardest to diagnose.

    BTW, I'm having Ray repair a PAL VIC-20 for me right now.

     

    Back in California,

    Robert Bernardo

    June 10-11 Pacific Commodore Expo NW -

    http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex

    July 29-30 Commodore Vegas Expo v13 -

    http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

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