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Subject: PSCUG Commodore Meeting Dec. 18, 5:00 PM
From: "PDXCUG Admin" <pdxcug(at)pdxcug.org>
Date: Fri, December 16, 2011 5:44 pm
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Don't forget there is a Commodore meeting coming up:

Puget Sound Commodore Users Group

Sunday, Dec. 18
5:00 pm

Sumner Public Library
1116 Fryar Ave
Sumner, WA 98390

Feel free to bring your Commodore gear, games or anything else that might be of interest to everyone.

Cheers,
Goog

Happy New Year, C= and Ami fans!

Our next SCCAN meeting is Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, and it will be from 2 p.m. to 4+ p.m. at --

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

I'm bringing ArcadeRetroGaming.com's Multiple Classic Computer 216 (MCC-216) with the latest C64 and Amiga cores plus more games, and the PAL CD32 will appear again with a box of dozens and dozens of CD32 discs. More specifically, on the 8-bit front the SX-64 will be there with an EasyFlash 1 cart filled with utilities and games, and a VIC-20 will be there with SD2IEC (and 1541 disk drive, just in case).

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

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Subject: PDXCUG.org Meeting Reminder: Thursday, January 12, 2012 6:00pm PST
From: "PDXCUG Admin" <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, January 10, 2012 2:30 pm
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Happy New Year, PDXCUG.org Fans!

And Happy 30th Birthday, Commodore 64!


Unable to attend the meeting in person? No worries.

Come chat with us using your RR-NET or Comet64 (or use either in VICE). We'll be chatting with you live from the meeting.

--== Online Chat Programs ==--

- NEW! Comet Chat with a Comet64 (or VICE): LOAD directly from the Internet or from a D64. After starting V-1541, type LOAD"COMETCHAT",2

- Group Zork chat with a Comet64 (or VICE): LOAD directly from the Internet or from a D64 More info: http://bit.ly/eKq5uP

- ChatteRR-Box chat program with RR-NET (or VICE) Uses DHCP - works without any complicated setup. Download: http://bit.ly/nGYvJt

Find us in the c64 chat room


PDXCUG.org Meeting:
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Thursday, January 12, 2012 @6:00 pm - come as early as 5:00 pm
More info & location: http://pdxcug.org/meetings.asp


This Month's Meeting Agenda:

- Tinker Time
This month will be mostly for tinkering and gaming. We have a few surprises and great things to look at, but this will be a great time for you to work on your projects or Commodore gear.

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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- 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

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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

Happy New Year, all good C= and Ami fans!

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

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

This month we dissect a RAMLink recently acquired from the C= collection of Chuck W. in Stockton. We have a brief look at the follow-up Bil Herd video in which he discusses the Commodore 116. Fingers crossed against Murphy's Law, we're going to run the new Media Player 128 (beta) and the new demo, Nothing Else Matters 128. Once again the PAL CD32 returns with a big box of many CD32 discs, and the EasyFlash 1 for the C64 returns, too.

For discussion, we'll talk about the close of the Commodore Users Group of Kansas City, Lenard Roach's re-release of his book, "Run-Stop/Restore", and upcoming shows, Notacon 9 and the Vintage Computer Festival East.

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

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Subject: PDXCUG.org Meeting Reminder: Thursday, February 9, 2012 6:00pm PST
From: "PDXCUG Admin" <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, February 7, 2012 4:46 pm
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Hello, PDXCUG.org Fans!

Missed last month? See the meeting highlights:
http://pdxcug.org/meetings.asp


Unable to attend the meeting in person? No worries.

Come chat with us using your RR-NET or Comet64 (or use either in 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
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PDXCUG.org Meeting:

Thursday, February 9, 2012 @6:00 pm - come as early as 5:00 pm
More info & location: http://pdxcug.org/meetings.asp


This Month's Meeting Agenda:
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Feature: Commodore 16
Demo: C64List 3.0
Demo: TBA
Tinker Time: Time for YOUR projects
Music Time: We'll have some software to make and play cool music
Gaming Time - Countdown to Shutdown: Prevent meltdown at the nuclear facility
Show & Tell - Bring your cool Commodore items


As usual, we'll have plenty of time for these other 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:
--------------------------------------------------
- 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

i want to join the club as well and many driends here loved amiga stations...i am very proud for commodore...my godfather sucks he abandomed me from the day the mystery evented

Happy Valentines Day, C= and Ami aficionados!

The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 1+ p.m., Sunday, February 19, at --

Panera Bread Restaurant
1260 Shaw Ave.
Clovis, California

Note that this month our meeting will be at Panera Bread, instead of the usual Pizza Pit Restaurant. (The Pizza Pit will be jam-packed with racing car fans!)

Last month we dissected a RAMLink; this month we open up a SuperCPU 128 20 MHz. accelerator. Afterwards, we'll try it out with the SCPU game, "Metal Dust" (if I can't find MD in time, then it will be the more mundane, "Total Eclipse"). Delayed from last month, we will try out the new "Media Player 128" (beta) and the new demo, "Nothing Else Matters 128". Finally, we'll try out "Relax: the Stress Reduction System" for the C64, complete with headband and sensors and the electromyograph unit!

Subliminal messages, the Relax Graph,
Sensoral Kaleidoscope, and Balloon Game,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug

rbernardo wrote:...this month we open up a SuperCPU 128 20 MHz. accelerator. Afterwards, we'll try it out with the SCPU game, "Metal Dust" (if I can't find MD in time, then it will be the more mundane, "Total Eclipse"). Delayed from last month, we will try out the new "Media Player 128" (beta) and the new demo, "Nothing Else Matters 128". Finally, we'll try out "Relax: the Stress Reduction System" for the C64, complete with headband and sensors and the electromyograph unit!

Now that Digimaster 128 has been released, I am adding it to the presentation agenda.

Too much on the plate,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug

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Subject: PDXCUG.org Meeting Reminder: Thursday, March 8, 2012 6:00pm PST
From: "PDXCUG Admin" <pdxcug(at)pdxcug.org>
Date: Tue, March 6, 2012 5:18 pm
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Hello, PDXCUG.org Fans!

Missed last month? See the meeting highlights:
http://pdxcug.org/meetings.asp


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

Come chat with us using your RR-NET or Comet64 (or use either in 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

Comet64 Owners,

We're having a WAN party Thursday, March 8 at 6:00 PM Pacific Time.

Come join in on the PDXCUG.org meeting - chat with fellow Commodore
enthusiasts, play online games, or just listen-in on the conversation.

There are multiple options for chat software. Please review the following
for more information:
http://pdxcug.org/Portland-Commodore-Us ... Online.asp

As always, please feel free to email me if you have any questions.


PDXCUG.org Meeting:
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Thursday, March 8, 2012 @6:00 pm - come as early as 5:00 pm
More info & location: http://pdxcug.org/meetings.asp


This Month's Meeting Agenda:
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Tinker Time: Time for YOUR projects
Music Time: We'll have some software to make and play cool music
Demo: First look at using the Flyer with CommodoreServer.com
Presentation: TBA
Group Time: A short and fun group activity (TBA)
Game Feature: Silent Service
Demoscene: A look at a fairly recent demo
Show & Tell - Bring your cool Commodore items
Game Compo - compete for top score in selected games and win a prize!

As usual, we'll have plenty of time for these other 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.or

Greetings, Commodorians and Amigans!

The next meeting of the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network is this Saturday, March 17, from 2 to 4+ p.m. at Joe M.'s house in the Los Angeles area. For exact directions, send me an e-mail.

For your entertainment, I am bringing the expanded Amiga 1000 with Tom Thul A1000 RAM/IDE adapter and plenty of game and productivity disks. For your enlightenment, I'm bringing a box of these C64/128 computer repair carts pictured at

http://retro-link.blogspot.com/2012/02/ ... carts.html

Not pictured is the Jason Ranheim Promenade C1 cart for burning EPROMs (but I'm bringing that, too). Now if I can squeeze them into the car, I'll also have the Plus/4 with 1551 drive and the VIC-20 with JiffyDOS and other goodies. Naturally, Joe will have his C64 set-up and A500 set-up at the house. We might even have a guest from far to drop off some equipment.

Bring anything that you want to show off!

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

Happy St. Paddy's Day, C= and Ami aficionados!

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

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

Last month I wrote:

> ...this month we open up a SuperCPU 128 20 MHz. accelerator.

Plenty of presentations left over from last month's meeting. In addition, joining the SuperCPU 128 will be the return of the Turbomaster CPU 4 MHz accelerator cart, this time with JiffyDOS v6.01.

> Afterwards, we'll try it out with the SCPU game, "Metal Dust"... we will try out the new "Media Player 128" (beta) and the new demo, "Nothing Else Matters
> 128".

In addition, this month we look at the C64 cartridge duo of Laser Dreams (minus actual lasers needed) from Byteware Computer. Hmm, what's inside those controller carts?

> Finally, we'll try out "Relax: the Stress Reduction System" for the C64, complete with headband and sensors and the electromyograph unit!

In addition, continuing in the vein of self-help, this month we try out the Einstein Memory Trainer from the Einstein Corporation, composed of a set of C64 disks "to expand the power of your memory". (Cue the hypnotizing music!)

Oh, the cute Amiga 600 with lots of
disks will be there, too,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug

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Subject: PDXCUG.org Meeting Reminder: Thursday, April 12, 2012 6:00pm PDT
From: "PDXCUG Admin" <pdxcug(at)pdxcug.org>
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Hello, PDXCUG.org Fans!

Missed last month? See the meeting highlights:
http://pdxcug.org/meetings/03-03/


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

Come chat with us using your RR-NET, Comet64, Flyer or VICE.

NEW! RikChat - an 80-column chat program for the Commodore 128
NEW! Flyer Chat for Flyer owners

- We'll be chatting with you live from the meeting.
- Interact with other Commodore enthusiasts from around the world.
- Play online games with others

Instructions for each device:
http://pdxcug.org/Portland-Commodore-Us ... Online.asp

Find us in the c64 chat room


PDXCUG.org Meeting:

Thursday, April 12, 2012 @6:00 pm - come as early as 5:00 pm
More info & location: http://pdxcug.org/meetings.asp


This Month's Meeting Agenda:
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** Dedicating our 2-year anniversary meeting to the great Jack Tramiel: Rest in Peace **

Presentation: Using a Machine Language Monitor
Group Activity: A fun group activity for all (TBA)
Demoscene: A new demo release
Game Feature: Dino Eggs
Show & Tell: A Commodore 64 modification you do NOT want to miss
Tinker Time: Playing with the Easy Flash 3
Music Time: We'll have some software to make and play cool music
Show & Tell - Bring your cool Commodore items

As usual, we'll have plenty of time for these other 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

Greetings, C= and Ami aficionados!

The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 1+ p.m., Sunday, April 22, at --

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

Note that the meeting is on April 22, not our usual third Sunday of the month which would be April 15.

For the meeting this month, we have the return of the PET 8296-D, this time in fully-working condition. And we'll try a few choice programs with it. Also on the VIC-20, we'll see the new demo, "VIC can again". We also try to catch up on the software and hardware that were left undemonstrated in previous meetings.

In other matters, we'll talk about the passing of Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore Business Machines. Dick Estel will bring the library catalog printout and some of our early newsletters for perusal by the members.

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

Happy Mother's Day from SCCAN!

The next meeting of the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network is this Saturday, May 12, from 2 to 4+ p.m. at

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

I'm bringing the classic PET 8296-D computer for you to try out. Once again, the PAL Amiga CD32 will appear with a box of dozens and dozens of CD32 discs. For your C64 needs, the SX-64 will be there with a box of classic games, like Decathlon and Super Mario Bros (Giana Sisters).

I'll be reporting on my trip to last weekend's Vintage Computer Festival East 8.0 in New Jersey, and we'll see raw video footage of CBM engineer Bil Herd, C= enthusiast Rob Clarke, and the C= and Amiga exhibits at the show.

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

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Subject: PDXCUG.org Meeting Reminder: Thursday, May 10, 2012 6:00pm PDT
From: "PDXCUG Admin" <pdxcug(at)pdxcug.org>
Date: Tue, May 8, 2012 7:39 pm
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Hello, PDXCUG.org Fans!


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

}}} NEW! Comet Chat v1.3 http://tiny.cc/cometchat1_3 {{{

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, May 10, 2012 @6:00 pm
More info & location: http://pdxcug.org/meetings.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:
--------------------------------------------------
- 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