Commodore Clubs?

[rbernardo]

Happy Labor Day week, C= comrades!

The next meeting of the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network is Saturday, Sept. 22, from 2 to 4+ p.m. at

Panera Bread Restaurant
19662 Nordhoff St. (exit from I-405)
Northridge, CA 91324-2421
(818) 407-9400

Note the later date in the month for the meeting and the return to our usual location.

I'm bringing the A1200 with Blizzard '060 and OS 3.9, stocked with goodies in its CompactFlash hard drive. For your 8-bit fix, there will be a Ray Carlsen-refurbished SX-64, VC1020 expander for the VIC-20, and PAL C64 from the Czech Republic.

Be sure to bring your own hardware and/or software to show and tell!

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

[rbernardo]

Happy September, C= and Ami aficionados!

The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 1+ p.m., Sunday, September 16, at --

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

Because Bobby Salazar's is our new meeting place, you may be curious as to what's being served; just see the menu at

http://www.bobbysalazar.com/menu.html

This month we look at the some of the games and utilities listed at http://members.optusnet.com.au/spacetaxi64/index2.htm which have been modified to run on the SuperCPU. Also we'll try to run the new C128 slideshow, VDC Mode Mania, found at http://csdb.dk/release/?id=110966

In hardware we'll look at a German-built VC1020 expander for the
VIC-20, a PAL C64C from the Czech Republic, and a Drean C64C from Argentina.

For your entertainment, we'll look at the Commodore-related videos, "They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard" and "Datarock - Computer Camp Love".

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

[xoceyu]

Toronto PET User's Group

1. Third Thursday of every month at 7:30 PM. Alderwood United Church, 44 Delma Drive, Toronto

2. www.tpug.ca

3. approximately 25

4. C64 and Amiga focus, but anything Commodore-related goes

[rbernardo]

--------------- Original Message -----------------
Subject: PDXCUG.org Meeting: Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012 6:00PM PDT
From: "PDXCUG Admin" <pdxcug(at)pdxcug.org>
Date: Wed, September 12, 2012 9:45 pm
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Hello, PDXCUG.org Fans!


Unable to attend the meeting in person? We have a fun alternative:

*** Try the NEW COMET CHAT v1.4 ***

Come chat with us using your RR-NET, Comet64, Flyer or VICE
- We'll be chatting with you live from the meeting.
- Interact with others Commodore enthusiasts around the world.
- Play online games with others

http://pdxcug.org/Portland-Commodore-Us ... Online.asp

Find us in the c64 chat room


PDXCUG.org Meeting:
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Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012 @6:00 pm
More info & location: http://pdxcug.org/meetings.asp


Agenda:
- Goog is bringing a bunch of C= loot to give away. Will be put out at 7:00pm so if you plan on being a vulture, be there in time.

- We'll be archiving some disks with ZoomFloppy in Parallel mode

- Testing Commodore 64 computers - with a test harness and diagnostic cartridge (bring your C64 to test it out).
Also works with the C128.

- Goog wrote a new ML input routine - come check it out and see the source code

- HES MON 64 cartridges for anyone who didn't get one
More information: http://pdxcug.org/blog.asp


As usual, we'll have plenty of time for these activities:
- Gaming Time
- Show & Tell: Bring anything you'd like to show off
- Tinker Time:
o Soldering
o Hacking
o Coding
o Repair
o Cleaning of equipment


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

See you there,
- Goog


________________________________________________________
PDXCUG.org 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://pdxcug.org

[rbernardo]

---------------- Original Message -----------------
Subject: Reminder: PDXCUG.org meeting Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012 6:00pm PDT
From: "PDXCUG Admin" <pdxcug(at)pdxcug.org>
Date: Wed, October 10, 2012 9:35 pm
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Hello, PDXCUG.org Fans!


Unable to attend the meeting in person? We have a fun alternative:

*** Try the NEW COMET CHAT v1.4 ***

Come chat with us using your RR-NET, Comet64, Flyer or VICE
- We'll be chatting with you live from the meeting.
- Interact with others Commodore enthusiasts around the world.
- Play online games with others

http://pdxcug.org/Portland-Commodore-Us ... Online.asp

Find us in the c64 chat room


PDXCUG.org Meeting:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, October 11, 2012 @6:00 pm
More info & location: http://pdxcug.org/meetings.asp

Agenda:
- ECCC Review
- Look at some software and other items from ECCC
- Quick Brown Box
- CommodoreServer updates/planning


As usual, we'll have plenty of time for these activities:
- Gaming Time
- Show & Tell: Bring anything you'd like to show off
- Tinker Time:
o Soldering
o Hacking
o Coding
o Repair
o Cleaning of equipment


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

See you there,
- Goog


________________________________________________________
PDXCUG.org 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://pdxcug.org

[rbernardo]

Happy Halloween, C= and Ami aficionados!

The Fresno Commodore User Group has its annual "picnic" lunch from 11 a.m. to 1+ p.m., Sunday, October 28, at --

Seven Bar & Grill
25 Shaw Avenue (corner of Shaw and Minnewawa)
Clovis, CA
http://www.sevenclovis.com/

Note that the picnic lunch is in place of our regular club meeting; regular club meetings resume in November. Also note that the event will be on the fourth Sunday of the month, not the third Sunday, due to the Amiwest Show being held in Sacramento on the third weekend.

Remember that all club members and their families are invited, and the club will be paying for the lunch. See you there for delicious food and friendly conversation!

I'm sure Commodore/Amiga will be entering the conversation,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug

[rbernardo]

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: PSCUG Meeting Sunday
From: "PDXCUG Admin" <pdxcug(at)pdxcug.org>
Date: Sat, October 13, 2012 10:55 pm
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Sorry for the late reminder, but there is a Puget Sound Commodore User Group meeting this Sunday!

Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.
Sumner Public Library

See the Web site for details and map:
http://pscug.org

Also, if you haven't joined the mailing list yet, you may wish to do so while you're there

-Goog

[rbernardo]

Happy almost Thanksgiving, C= and Ami comrades!

The next meeting of the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network is Sunday, Nov. 11, from 2 to 4+ p.m. at

Panera Bread Restaurant
19662 Nordhoff St. (exit from I-405)
Northridge, CA 91324-2421
(818) 407-9400

Note that we are meeting on a Sunday instead of a Saturday.
I'm bringing the AmigaOne XE G4 and the Commodore SX-64 with SuperCPU. You'll be able to play around with OS 4.1 on the AmigaOne and with the 3D Construction Kit game, A Chance in Hell, on the SX-64. We'll also look at raw video from the SC3 Arcade Party held on Saturday, Nov. 10.

Be sure to bring your own hardware and/or software to show and tell!

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

[rbernardo]

Happy Thanksgiving, C= and Ami aficionados!

The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 1+ p.m., Sunday, November 18, at --

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

It's software time this month! For the VIC-20 there are the new games, Avalanche and Mayhem, from Revival Studios, and more slideshow fun with "VIC can again". For the C64 we'll have the SuperCPU version of the 3D Construction Kit game, A Chance in Hell, and the new, accurate, Pac Man clone, Paku Paku. For the Amiga we'll try out Amiga Forever.

Not ready for this month but perhaps for the December meeting, there is Hard Sync for the PAL C64. Hard Sync is the Dance Dance Revolution clone which uses a Playstation 2 dance pad (I've ordered the dance pad, but it won't get here until after this Sunday's meeting).

Finally, in addition to everything above, we'll be trying to Skype to the Netherlands and communicate with fellow C= user, Berry D.J..

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

[rbernardo]

Merry Christmas, C= and Ami aficionados!

The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 1+ p.m., Sunday, December 16, at --

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

Never give up! Never surrender! The VIC-20 that I brought in last month failed at the meeting, and so, Revival Studios' Avalanche and Mayhem games and the "VIC can again" slideshow were not presented. This time I'll bring in another VIC-20 (and maybe Louis can bring his VIC-20 as back-up... hint... hint...).

I'm also bringing in those heavyweight beasts, a PET 4032 and a PET 8032 with 2031 disk drive in order to try out the PET version of Avalanche, the first commercial game to be released for the PET since the early 1980's.

For the PAL C64, we'll dance to Hard Sync, the Dance Dance Revolution clone which uses a Playstation 2 dance pad. And for your lunchtime listening pleasure, we'll listen to 8Bit Weapons' latest music entitled, "The Collection 1998-2012".

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

[rbernardo]

------------------ Original Message --------------------
Subject: Reminder: PDXCUG.org meeting Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012 6:00pm PDT
From: "PDXCUG Admin" <pdxcug(at)pdxcug.org>
Date: Tue, December 11, 2012 9:52 pm
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Merry Christmas, PDXCUG.org Fans!

Here are some Christmas programs for you to enjoy:
http://pdxcug.org/blog.asp


Unable to attend the meeting in person? We have a fun alternative:

Come chat with us using your RR-NET, Comet64, Flyer, Windows or VICE
- We'll be chatting with you live from the meeting.
- Interact with others Commodore enthusiasts around the world.
- Play online games with others

http://pdxcug.org/Portland-Commodore-Us ... Online.asp

Find us in the c64 chat room


PDXCUG.org Meeting:
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Thursday, December 13, 2012 @6:00 pm
More info & location: http://pdxcug.org/meetings.asp

Agenda:
- Classroom: Programming in Assembly, Part II
- Demo: All about REL Files
- Show & Tell: Kevin Savetz will show and read a segment from his new book Terrible Nerd
- Demo: A look at some new software

As usual, we'll have plenty of time for these activities:
- Gaming Time
- Show & Tell: Bring anything you'd like to show off
- Tinker Time:
o Soldering
o Hacking
o Coding
o Repair
o Cleaning of equipment


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

See you there,
- Goog

_______________________________________________________
PDXCUG.org 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://pdxcug.org

[rbernardo]

Happy New Year, C= and Ami comrades!

Our next meeting of the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network is Sunday, January 13, at

Panera Bread Restaurant
19662 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, California
(818) 407-9400

Once again I will be bringing ArcadeRetroGaming's Multiple Classic Computer 216 (MCC-216) with its C64, Amiga OS 1.3, Atari 2600, Spectrum cores, and Apple II+ cores. Naturally, the Commodore SX-64 will be there; we'll play with the Capture II cartridge rebuilt by Joe and with the Scanntronik Video Digitizer and its accompanying program, DigiMulti, which "produces color scans by capturing three color bitmaps red, green, blue, and then merging them together for the final color picture". (Shades of DigiView for the Amiga!) Finally, I'm hopeful that Matt D. will bring his VIC-20 to show us a bit of hardware hacking he's done for the machine.

Don't forget to bring any Amiga or Commodore items you wish to share!

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

[rbernardo]

Our next meeting of the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network is Sunday, January 13...

Heh, the first time in 7 years I forgot to mention the time. It's from 2 to 4+ p.m..

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

[ramsey1213]

Would like to know more about this technology! Wish I could join the club from my arena too.

[rbernardo]

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Reminder: PDXCUG.org meeting Thursday, January 10, 2013 6:00 PM PST
From: "PDXCUG Admin" <pdxcug(at)pdxcug.org>
Date: Wed, January 9, 2013 6:01 pm
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Hi PDXCUG.org Fans,

Unable to attend the meeting in person? We have a fun alternative:

Come chat with us using your RR-NET, Comet64, Flyer, Windows or VICE
- We'll be chatting with you live from the meeting.
- Interact with others Commodore enthusiasts around the world.
- Play online games with others

http://pdxcug.org/Portland-Commodore-Us ... Online.asp

Find us in the c64 chat room


PDXCUG.org Meeting:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, January 10, 2013 @ 6:00 pm
More info & location: http://pdxcug.org/meetings.asp

Agenda:
- Hardware: Play Amiga - bring your favorite Amiga and software
- Classroom: TBA
- Demo: A look at some new software

As usual, we'll have plenty of time for these activities:
- Gaming Time
- Show & Tell: Bring anything you'd like to show off
- Tinker Time:
o Soldering
o Hacking
o Coding
o Repair
o Cleaning of equipment


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

See you there,
- Goog


________________________________________________________
PDXCUG.org 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://pdxcug.org