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I've sent an e-mail out invitation to a VIP in Commodore Business Machines. Let's see if he accepts!

Merry Christmas,

Though not present in-person, there will be a video presentation from Commodore repair technician Ray Carlsen about how he goes about repairing equipment plus sundry commentary.

To be filmed in April/May,

After being absent for a few years, Lars Nelson returns to CommVEx. He is our resident Amiga NG expert and can discuss all the latest happenings in the Amiga world.

Happy New Year!

I'll be doing a presentation on the latest (newest) Final Expansion cartridge for the VIC-20, the Final Expansion 3 revision 11. For more information on the FE3, see

http://sleepingelephant.com/ipw-web/bul ... f=3&t=8351

Back from the Caribbean,

At yesterday's FCUG meeting, we members brainstormed some presentations for CommVEx this year. More or less decided...

Modding the Plus/4 - You'll learn how to make your Commodore Plus/4 run more efficiently, run cooler, and extend its life, by using various hardware mods. Also, how to add a NTSC/PAL switch to the Plus/4.

Revisionist Gaming on the Commodore - FCUG v.p. Roger will show the latest in gaming on the C64 and VIC-20 - past games that have been updated to the most modern techniques


Thanks, FCUG members for the ideas!

Truly,

From yesterday's meeting of the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network, we may have two CommVEx newcomers who are interested in coming to the show - Sev and Bogdan. Sev might be bringing in his sweet Amiga 1200 system to show everybody. I'll have to confirm more at the March SCCAN meeting.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

Paul Armstrong, Las Vegas Commodore enthusiast, is planning a special "event" for CommVEx. More details to come.

So top secret!

From the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network, Matt Brewster will have a presentation on the latest FPGA box, the indieGO! TM XU4, with its C64 and Amiga emulations.

Writing from North Hills,

With Kent Sullivan and Bryan Minugh of Dr. Evil Laboratories doing a presentation on the classic Swiftlink-232 at our sister show, the June Pacific Commodore Expo NW, there will be video of that presentation. This video will be shown at CommVEx! Unless Kent and Bryan want to present in-person at CommVEx, too.

Yeah, they were invited to CommVEx,

rbernardo wrote:Modding the Plus/4 - You'll learn how to make your Commodore Plus/4 run more efficiently, run cooler, and extend its life, by using various hardware mods. Also, how to add a NTSC/PAL switch to the Plus/4.

This presentation has been changed to a full-fledged exhibit -- a modded Plus/4, ready for attendees to use, and an unmodded Plus/4 with all the pertinent chips and crystals ready to install. See

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=12594&p=17851#p17851

Truly,

On video from our sister show, the June 10-11 Pacific Commodore Expo, Noel Nyman will have presentation on "How We Built a Commodore Cartridge without EPROMs". The prototype, wire-wrapped cartridge will be on exhibit.

CommVEx - the longest-running USA C= and Ami show,

rbernardo wrote:On video from our sister show, the June 10-11 Pacific Commodore Expo, Noel Nyman will have presentation on "How We Built a Commodore Cartridge without EPROMs".

Also on video from PaCommEx, our sister show, Noel Nyman will have a presentation entitled, "Opcodes... Schmopcodes... Commodore and Apple Similarities."

Back from the Bay Area Maker Faire,

In a video filmed especially for the PaCommEx and CommVEx, Leigh Klotz, Jr., tells a bit of how he developed Logo for the C64 and the Plus/4 computers.

Back from the Bay Area Maker Faire,

rbernardo wrote:Paul Armstrong, Las Vegas Commodore enthusiast, is planning a special "event" for CommVEx. More details to come.

So top secret!

Paul Armstrong's secret, special event has morphed from a presentation to vendor/exhibit tables. See

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=12596

CommVEx -- the longest-running C= and Ami USA show,

Richard Goedeken, creator of the first C128 Video DAC in 2008 and overall Commodore and Amiga hardware hacker, will be a guest at CommVEx (Saturday only). He can answer your hardware questions and tell more about the NTSC/PAL-switchable Plus/4 which will be on exhibit (see viewtopic.php?f=6&t=12594#p17851 ).

CommVEx -- the longest-running C= and Ami USA show,