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The next one has been posted, entitled "Joe Decuir & Ron Nicholson at the Amiga 30th in California". Bill Bosari gives his opening remarks for the event. Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

From the July Amiga 30th anniversary celebration in Mountain View, California, here's my first video out of the gate. It's entitled, "RJ Mical and Dave Needle at Amiga 30th in California". See the Amiga engineers at https://youtu.be/nhdMXmHZVrQ Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

O.K., this has to be the last video/photo from the Commodore Vegas Expo v11 2015. It is the very brief video, "CommVEx v11 2015 after hours", found at Now working on the Amiga 30th California videos, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

Happy autumn, C= and Ami aficionados! The Fresno Commodore User Group has its annual "picnic" lunch from 11 a.m. to 1+ p.m., Sunday, Oct. 11 at -- Guri's Grubhouse & Taps 1713 E. Shaw Ave. (near Shaw and Cedar Avenues) Fresno, CA 93710 (559) 225-2902 For a map and menu, go to http://www.gurisgrubhouse.com/ All members and their families are treated to this lunch, and the club pays for everything! Come and enjoy a relaxing time with us! Gifts will be given! In lieu of our regular meeting, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

Saj's second CommVEx video, the CommVEx V11 2015 Highlights Retro Video, is at Too legit to quit, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

jdgabbard wrote: > I don't necessarily need a desktop recorder. There are other ways of storing data today. My Realistic/Radio Shack portable cassette recorder from the 1990's is around the house somewhere, as is my early 1970's GE portable cassette recorder. Next to my stereo system is the Akai reel-to-reel tape deck (with 12-inch reels). Very mechanical, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

Filmed at the Beacher's Madhouse inside the MGM Grand Hotel, see the freaky, wild aftermath of CommVEx! Also at the end of the video, see the first ever CommVEx demo, created by Saj. Go to the CommVEx 2015 Nightclub Footage at https://youtu.be/PdPb7Nyolws Too legit to quit, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

SpiceWare wrote: > You have to hold down plus for a while to really see a speedup. Oh, I was just tapping the key. > I think I transferred it to my current setup by loading it off the uIEC then immediately saving it to floppy. That's what I thought I did, too. However, in the heat of the moment, I could have been mistaken. > I implemented the sound effects by embedding BASIC statement parameters within the assembly language. Thanks for the interesting details! Will try again on my C128DCR set-up, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

I wrote: > I'll show [Alien Invaders] at our next FCUG meeting in September. SpiceWare wrote: > One thing that may not be obvious is while you're playing it you can use the + and - keys to adjust the speed of the game. The FCUG members were very surprised and pleased with the game. Most of them had never seen a graphical game running in the C128's 80-column mode. The gameplay was smooth and fast, though using the minus key only slowed it down just a tiny bit and using the plus key didn't seem to make a difference (though I may not have noticed if there was a slight speed-up). We liked how the invaders moved even faster as they got to the bottom of the screen. Very challenging! Of course, we liked the nice sound effects. We didn't try it with the SuperCPU 128... perhaps at another meeting. It ran fine from the uIEC SD. However, when we tried to transfer the program file to a floppy disk for another club member and then when we tried to run it... fail! The game would crash. We'll have to try another way to transfer it to floppy disk. Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

Hmm... no instructions, eh? Does the cartridge show anything on-screen when it is plugged in and the C64 is powered up? Is there a lesser amount of BASIC bytes free when the cartridge is plugged in? Back from the FCUG meeting, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

I think these are the last CommVEx photos out of my camera. Go to http://blog.retro-link.com/2015/09/a-few-more-photos-from-commvex-v11-2015.html Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

Happy September, C= and Ami aficionados! The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 2+ p.m., Sunday, Sept. 20 at -- Bobby Salazar's Mexican Restaurant 2839 North Blackstone Ave. (corner of Blackstone and Michigan) Fresno, California (559) 227-1686 This month we'll look at some choice clips from this year's Commodore Vegas Expo, and of course, we'll discuss next year's CommVEx, not forgetting about the October Amiwest Show. In our hardware and software presentations, we'll try out eight, previously unreleased System IIII games for the VIC-20. For the C128, we have the John Carlsen C128 VGA adapter, and a homebrew 80-column game, 128 Invaders. For the Plus/4, again we'll try running the artsy pictures from Botticelli Bilderdisk 40, and this time with a PAL Plus/4 instead of last month's NTSC Plus/4 (the NTSC Plus/4 failed to run the picture slideshow after the first two screens). The Amiga 1200 returns with its '060 processor running at 50 MHz, OS 3.9, 256 megs of Fast RAM, and 4 gig CompactFlash IDE drive. Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

Another day... another video uploaded... "Roger Van Pelt and the MMC64 at CommVEx v11 2015" https://youtu.be/LC4JLp_gNtg Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

Videos uploaded last night and announced today... "Matt Brewster and MIST FPGA computer at CommVEx v11 2015" "Matt Brewster and the Raspberry Pi at CommVEx v11 2015" Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

More CommVEx videos posted! "John Carlsen, Jason Wright & C128 VGA adapters @ CommVEx 2015" https://youtu.be/F4rP3PzcXso "Leonard Roach's "the program that wasn't" @ CommVEx 2015" https://youtu.be/oSghI4E_2JQ Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

Happy hot month of September, C= and Ami comrades! The next meeting of the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network is Saturday, Sept. 19, from 2 to 4+ p.m. at Panera Bread Restaurant 19662 Nordhoff Street Northridge, California (818) 407-9400 We are still coming down from the highs of the Commodore Vegas Expo and the Amiga 30th anniversary in California, and so, talk will center around that. Upcoming on the schedule is the Amiwest Show on October 17-18, and we'll discuss that, too. For your perusal, we'll look at the latest Cloanto products, C64 Forever and Amiga Forever. The Amiga 1200, the Amiga 3000, the SX-64, the VIC-20, and the Plus/4 will also be there at the meeting. Bring anything else you wish to share! Truly, Robert Bernardo http://www.sccaners.org

Still trying to post the backlog of CommVEx videos. Here are the latest -- "Mike Hill and 3-D PETSCII video at CommVEx v11 2015" "Leonard Roach's BASIC programs at CommVEx v11 2015" Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

On Thu, September 10, 2015 8:39 pm, I wrote: > Still another video has been posted -- "Greg Alekel at CommVEx v11 2015" -- in which he speaks of Comet64 developments and C64 screen-casting... Ah, my error... Greg speaks of Comet64 developments in the above video. He speaks of C64 screen-casting in the just-uploaded video -- "Alekel and C64 screen-casting at CommVEx v11 2015" -- at Also uploaded is the video, "Jim Drew and C= Artifacts at CommVEx v11 2015", which is found at Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

Still another video has been posted -- "Greg Alekel at CommVEx v11 2015" -- in which he speaks of Comet64 developments and C64 screen-casting. Go to Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

Another video has been uploaded -- "Bil Herd's Sunday talk at CommVEx v11 2015". It's at http://youtu.be/XP4Ta048doc Working on the next one, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

dudeslife wrote: > lol my two questions totally destroying the accuracy of the Bagnall books, a the third setting off the Cloanto guy. a good day for me. Heh, I was surprised when Bil and Leonard hit the accuracy of the book(s). Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

The first of my videos has been posted -- "Bil Herd and Leonard Tramiel at CommVEx v11 2015". Go to http://youtu.be/zfJzMAyDh_I Working on the next one, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

Bil Herd has posted the video that he took on Sunday at CommVEx. Go to http://hackaday.com/?s=CommVex Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

Goal achieved and surpassed!! Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

In his blog, the ever forceful and opinionated Jason Scott has given his approval of the project. Go to http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/4788 Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm