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Finally I'm out of Las Vegas, but not before meeting up with 5C's president Al Jackson. Ooo, he uses C64 programs, Kwikwrite and "Wrangler", to format text for the .D64 version of Commodore Free magazine. And he's used Kwikwrite for more than a dozen years!

Back to work,

Yesterday the room accomodations contract was signed. Yeah... you know the drill... CommVEx v5 will be again at the classic Plaza Hotel & Casino, 1 S. Main Street, in fabulous downtown Las Vegas. The Plaza offers reasonably priced, nice, comfortable rooms. http://www.plazahotelcasino.com For 200...

judland wrote:Excellent stuff!

Glad you like it.

By the way, if you have had any trouble downloading the files due to "exceeded bandwidth", I have been told that the system resets every day at 4 p.m. Pacific Time (00:00:00 UTC). After that time, you'll be able to download again.

Truly,

Jockey Room 1, our usual Plaza Hotel conference room, is going through reburfishment. The original entry is being sealed up, and a new entry farther down the side hallway is being made. Unfortunately, the new entry makes it hard to see where the conference room is, i.e., people will have a harder ti...

I wrote:Dick Estel took 99% of the pics this year, and I've already sent him an inquiry about when they wil be posted.

Finally got a reply from him. He had gone camping and was out of touch. Now that he's back, he says he will work on the photos this week and should have them up by August 20.

Truly,

wildtiel wrote:You think you can hook me up with a tested 1541 drive?

Sure! I will return on Tuesday night and can dig out a 1541 the next day. Where are you located?

Truly,

(from CommVEx v4 Presentations) ...CBM engineer Bil Herd suggested the idea of a video conference into this year's CommVEx, instead of the usual pre-recorded, yearly CBM Animals video. He has rounded up Andy Finkel, CBM engineer who has worked on the VIC-20, C64, and Amiga as the focus of this conf...

sixstringmonk wrote:Do you have an ETA of when we can see some pics and videos from this year's expo?

Dick Estel took 99% of the pics this year, and I've already sent him an inquiry about when they wil be posted. As for my videos, they are still on tape and haven't been edited yet.

Truly,

I've read about some people replacing the PLA on a C64 with other chips, does anyone know if this can be done with the C16? Replace a C16 PLA with a C64 PLA? I've never heard of that. For a proper diagnosis of the machine, you should have it examined by a service tech, like Ray Carlsen. In Las Vega...

There are a few resources on the Web where you can buy 1541s and 1541-II at reasonable prices. Our club sells 1541s for $5 each, not including shipping. In Las Vegas right now, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://videocam.net.au/fcug The Other Group of Amigoids http://www.calweb.com/...

I wrote:I'll try asking someone, like CBM engineer Bil Herd.

Still no word back from Bil Herd, Andy Finkel, or Dave Haynie.

Truly,

Is there any simple way to realign th drive, or buy a 5 1/4 disk that can fix this? Thanks for your help. The expert way to align the drive is with the use of an oscilloscope. The more or less amateur way to align the drive is to buy a disk that provides a means of aligning it (if you can get the p...

We just about broke even for the 2008 CommVEx, and so, it is my great pleasure to announce CommVEx v5 for July 25-26, 2009. Same place, same time, same bat channel! Plaza Hotel & Casino, Jockey Room 1, 1 Main St., Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The contract has been signed (they wanted a higher price b...

I am now back in Las Vegas for the Creation Star Trek Convention and to work out details for next year's CommVEx v5.

Truly,