Commodore Clubs?

[fsporsche]

Where are you located..? I was also trying to find out if there is a commodore club in new york. Maybe we can get together and form our own club.
Let me know what you think...
Fred

[rbernardo]

Happy Valentines Day, FCUG members and guests!

The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 1+ p.m., Sunday, February 20, at

Panera Bread Restaurant
1260 Shaw Avenue
Clovis, CA 93612
(559) 325-0290

Note the new meeting place for this month; our usual meeting place at the Pizza Pit will be filled with Daytona 500 fans! Because this is a Panera Bread, there is free Wi-Fi.

Last month we looked through various Commodore forums on the Net; this month we'll go over some Amiga forums. Also delayed from last month, we'll go through some of disks from the disk library of the Fort Ord Commodore UserS (FOCUS) of Seaside, California. New on agenda will be Payton Byrd's video demonstrating CBM-Command v2.0 and the humorously wild Commodore Italy commercial. Further discussion topics will cover the March 5 SC3 Arcade Party in Alhambra, California, and the April 15-17 Notacon 8/PixelJam Demoparty in Cleveland, Ohio.

See you at the meeting!

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug

[rbernardo]

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Subject: PDXCUG Meeting Highlights - February 10, 2011
From: "PDXCUG Admin" <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, February 18, 2011 11:13 am
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Hi PDXCUG Fans,

Here's the highlights and photos from our last meeting:

http://pdxcug.org/meetings/02-02/

Enjoy,
-Goog

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PDXCUG is Portland's Official Commodore Users Group
Serving the greater metropolitan area - Portland, OR USA
Meetings every 2nd Thursday of the month
Twitter: @pdxcug
http://www.pdxcug.org

[rbernardo]

Greetings, C= and Ami aficionados!

The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 1+ p.m., Sunday, March 20, at our usual location --

The Pizza Pit Restaurant
2705 N. Blackstone Ave. (corner of Blackstone and Princeton)
Fresno, California

On the agenda is programming with a look at DotBASIC Plus on disk (courtesy of Alan Reed) and Comal 2.0 on cartridge. Then we'll peek into 2 gigs of Commodore .D64 goodness on a SD card (courtesy of Charles Gutman). Bring a 2+ gig SD card if you want a copy of that.

We'll also see some raw video from the March 5 SC3 Arcade Party (including concert footage of 8-Bit Weapon and ComputeHer) which was held in Alhambra, California. See you at the meeting!

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug

[rbernardo]

The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 1+ p.m., Sunday, March 20, at our usual location --

The Pizza Pit Restaurant
2705 N. Blackstone Ave. (corner of Blackstone and Princeton)
Fresno, California

We have two special guests coming to Sunday's meeting -- the father and son duo of Jeff and Robert Eade. They hail from West Sussex, England and are here in the states for 2 weeks. Though they know little of Commodore computers, they have a great interest in classic American cars. What better way to learn about American cars than to come to the Pizza Pit and then go the next weekend to the Goodguys All American Get-Together car show!

http://www.allamericangettogether.com/

Maybe I can dig up an auto racing game for them to try out on the Commodore.

FCUG celebrating 30 years,

[rbernardo]

Happy Springtime, C= and Ami lovers!

We have another SCCAN meeting on Saturday, April 2, from 2 p.m. to 4+ p.m.. Note that the meeting is on Saturday and not the usual Sunday. To find out the location of the meeting, send me a message.

I'll bring video of the March 5 SC3 Arcade Party in which 8-Bit Weapon played their music live in front of the crowd. My A1200 desktop is being upgraded, and Tracker Hero is being installed in it; I don't think it will be ready by the time of the meeting. However, don't forget to bring your Commodore and Amiga goodies to show off/demonstrate.

See you at the meeting!

Speaking for SCCAN,
Robert Bernardo
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
http://www.sccaners.org

[rbernardo]

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Subject: [UPCHUG_Amiga_C64] Meeting April 17th 5:20pm - 11:00pm
Date: Wed, March 30, 2011 12:57 pm


Good Afternoon, Commodore Users!

I just wanted to let everyone know that we will be starting up some super awesome Commodore meetings again on 3rd Sunday of every month. I've got April 17th, May 18th, and June 19th from 5:20pm-11:00pm reserved/scheduled at the Sumner, Washington Library located at the Pierce County Library, 1116 Fryar Ave, Sumner, WA 98390. Agenda will be forthcoming. If anyone has any ideas of contests we could do, or projects you would like to see happen, please feel free to let me know, and we can work it into the agenda. I hope everyone has a great week, and I look forward to hanging out.

Dave Frazer
gencom64(at)gmail.com

http://gencom64.blogspot.com
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Yahoo! Groups Links

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UPCHUG_Amiga_C64/

[rbernardo]

Greetings, C= and Ami aficionados!

The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 1+ p.m., Sunday, April 10, at --

The Pizza Pit Restaurant
2705 N. Blackstone Ave. (corner of Blackstone and Princeton)
Fresno, California

Note that we are meeting one week earlier than our usual time during the month.

On the agenda is the continuation of last month's look into programming with DotBASIC Plus on disk (courtesy of Alan Reed). Delayed from last month, we'll peek into 2 gigs of Commodore .D64s on a SD card. By popular demand, the unofficial Loadstar 250 disk will be investigated. New for this month will be C128 SID Player and an examination of the Amiga 1200 with Blizzard 68060 board which is to be used to play Tracker Hero (with Guitar Hero guitar and PSX64 adapter) at the mid-April Notacon 8/PixelJam Demoparty in Cleveland, Ohio. And of course, there will be talk about the July 23-24 Commodore Vegas Expo.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
July 23-24 Commodore Vegas Expo - http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

[rbernardo]

Just squeezing too much in one meeting. This Sunday we'll also look at a CommodoreOne (C1 Reconfigurable Computer) board.

Look at all the decorations on the board,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
July 23-24 Commodore Vegas Expo - http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

[rbernardo]

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Subject: Reminder: PDXCUG.org Meeting & Agenda - Tues., April 19, 2011
From: "PDXCUG Admin" <pdxcug(at)pdxcug.org>
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Hello, PDXCUG Fans!

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NOTICE: We're having a TUESDAY meeting in April
Regular meetings to resume every 2nd Thrusday in May
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Missed Last Month's Meeting? Here's our meeting highlights:
http://pdxcug.org/meetings/02-03/


Virtual Commodore Club Meeting - LIVE
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Unable to attend the Portland Commodore Users Group Meeting?

Come chat with us on CommodoreServer using VICE or a real Commodore 64. We'll be chatting LIVE on CommodoreServer via Group Zork's chat interface. Please feel free to join us in the C64 room - you can use the Group Zork program to chat - here's how to get online with either a Comet64 or VICE

More info: http://bit.ly/eKq5uP


Next PDXCUG.org Meeting:
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011 @6:00 pm - come as early as 5:00 pm
More info & location: http://pdxcug.org/meetings.asp


Agenda:
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We have some great things planned. Among them:

- Demo: 38.4K Baud rate on a C64 using the Comet64 Internet Modem
- Feature: Comparing five speech synthesizers and/or Speech recognition systems on the Commodore 64
o Lipstick
o Currah
o Hearsay 1000
o Magic Voice
o S.A.M.

- Gaming Time: We'll play Echelon which uses the Lipstick voice activation module
- Tinker Time: Bring any Commodore-type project to tinker with:
- Soldering
- Hacking
- Coding
- Exploring new hardware
- Repair
- Cleaning of equipment


What you can bring:
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- Show & Tell item - have something neat to share?
- Equipment that you want to share, diagnose, fix, or just show off
- Cool Commodore gear or software to show off
- Your significant other - plenty for all to do and enjoy


See you there,
- Goog


________________________________________________________
PDXCUG is Portland's Official Commodore Users Group
Serving the greater metropolitan area - Portland, OR USA
Meetings every 2nd Thursday of the month
Twitter: @pdxcug
http://www.pdxcug.org

[rbernardo]

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Subject: Reminder: PDXCUG.org Meeting & Agenda - Thurs., May 12, 2011
From: "PDXCUG Admin" pdxcug(at)pdxcug.org
Date: Mon, May 9, 2011 11:52 am
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Hello, PDXCUG Fans!


Virtual Commodore Club Meeting - LIVE
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Unable to attend the Portland Commodore Users Group Meeting?

Come chat with us on CommodoreServer using VICE or a real Commodore 64. We'll be chatting LIVE on CommodoreServer via Group Zork's chat interface. Please feel free to join us in the C64 room - you can use the Group Zork program to chat - here's how to get online with either a Comet64 or VICE:

More info (bottom of page): http://bit.ly/eKq5uP
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Missed Last Month's Meeting? Here's our meeting highlights:
http://pdxcug.org/meetings/02-04/


Next PDXCUG.org Meeting:
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Thursday, May 12, 2011 @6:00 pm - come as early as 5:00 pm
More info & location: http://pdxcug.org/meetings.asp


Agenda:
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- Feature: Part 2 of our Speech Synthesizer / Voice Recognition systems for the Commodore 64. Last month was the Chirpee VCM-64. This month we'll see a similar voice "recognition" device, the Lipstick and try it with the game Echelon.
- Presentation: Sneak preview of some new hardware
- Presentation: GEORAM and Geos on the Commodore 128
- Presentation: Lode Runner - playing and creating custom levels
- Show & Tell: Bring anything you'd like to show off
- Gaming Time: We'll play Echelon which uses the Lipstick voice activation module
- Tinker Time: Bring any Commodore-type project to tinker with:
--o Soldering
--o Hacking
--o Coding
--o Exploring new hardware
--o Repair
--o Cleaning of equipment


What you can bring:
---------------------------------------------------------
- Show & Tell item - have something neat to share?
- Equipment that you want to share, diagnose, fix, or just show off
- Cool Commodore gear or software to show off
- Your significant other - plenty for all to do and enjoy


See you there,
- Goog

________________________________________________________
PDXCUG is Portland's Official Commodore Users Group
Serving the greater metropolitan area - Portland, OR USA
Meetings every 2nd Thursday of the month
Twitter: @pdxcug
http://www.pdxcug.org

[rbernardo]

Greetings, C= and Ami aficionados!

The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 1+ p.m., Sunday, May 15, at --

The Pizza Pit Restaurant
2705 N. Blackstone Ave. (corner of Blackstone and Princeton)
Fresno, California

This month is the catch-up meeting; we catch up with all the presentations that we ran out of time to demo in past meetings. But that doesn't mean we won't have new C= stuff to look at! From the former Albany Microcomputers comes not one but two newly-acquired PET 2001 computers plus other knick-knacks. Also we'll take a first-look at the C64 EasyFlash cartridge built by Mike Betz of Antelope, California.

Plus an update on the
July 23-24 Commodore Vegas Expo,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug

[rbernardo]

Hello, all Commodore and Amiga fans,

The Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network (SCCAN) has its next meeting on Sunday, June 5, from 2 p.m. to 4+ p.m.. To find out the exact location of the meeting, just send me an e-mail.

Thanks to all who made the April SCCAN meeting a success. At the last moment, we had to move our meeting to the Panera Bread Restaurant in Northridge, California. At the four-hour meeting, SCCAN members Matt B. and Dan L. brought in the Minimig with the latest update and the MCC-216 VGA with C64 and Atari cores from ArcadeRetroGaming.com . I brought the Comal 2.0 cartridge for the C64.

For the June meeting I'm bringing my Amiga 1200 '040 or the Amiga 1200 '060 or both. On the Commodore side, I'll bring the Turbomaster CPU 4 MHz. cartridge. Also I'll bring the EasyFlash C64 cartridge bought from Mike Betz of Antelope, California. Don't forget to bring your Commodore and Amiga goodies to show off/demonstrate.

Speaking for SCCAN,
Robert Bernardo
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
http://www.sccaners.org

[rbernardo]

Greetings, C= and Ami aficionados!

The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 1+ p.m., Saturday, June 4, at --

The Pizza Pit Restaurant
2705 N. Blackstone Ave. (corner of Blackstone and Princeton)
Fresno, California

Note that we are meeting earlier in the month and this time on a Saturday.

This month we'll look at newly-released VIC-20 programs -- CardSwipe by Payton Byrd, Colour Test by Michael, and Minigrafik also by Michael. On the Amiga side, we'll look at an A1200 newly-refurbished by Duncan M. of The Other Group of Amigoids (based in San Jose). If Murphy's Law doesn't strike, we'll try to catch up on our backlog of C64 program presentations. And of course, there will be more talk about the July 23-24 Commodore Vegas Expo.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
July 23-24 Commodore Vegas Expo v7 2011 - http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

[rbernardo]

No, not UPCHUG but the Puget Sound Commodore Users Group meeting in Sumner. PSCUG covers the Pierce/King County area of Washington State.

The meeting is Sunday, June 19, from 5:20 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the

Pierce County Library
1116 Fryar Ave.
Sumner, WA 98390

Join fellow Commodorians in all that is Commodore!

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
July 23-24 Commodore Vegas Expo v7 2011 - http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex