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Happy summer, C= and Ami aficionados!

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

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

This month we'll recap the July 27-28 Commodore Vegas Expo. Plus we'll see some video from the show.

In hardware, for the third time in a row, we'll have the new VIC-VODER cartridge speech synthesis cartridge for the VIC-20/C64/C128, this time so that we can film some "insert" shots for a video that was filmed at CommVEx. In software, we'll look at the CD library of Commodore and Amiga software from the former Albany-Corvallis Commodore User Group. Each attendee present will get a copy of this CD!

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

Greetings, C= and Ami comrades!

Our next meeting of the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network is Saturday, Sept. 7, 2 to 4+ p.m. at

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

That morning, before the meeting, I hope to visit Computer Station in Long Beach. After 30 years in business, the storefront, which specializes in Commodore, Amiga, Apple II, and PC-DOS software, is closing its doors soon. Perhaps I can make one, final purchase there before they are gone forever.

For the meeting, I'll be bringing the newly-refurbished Amiga 3000 with OS 3.1, 16 megs of RAM, 4 gig SCSI hard drive, and a variety of games and demos installed. As usual, the SX-64 and SuperCPU will be there, this time with Metal Dust for anyone to play.

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

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

Happy end of summer, C- and Ami aficionados!

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

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

This month is Amiga computer month! On the hardware side, the Amiga 500 with OS 1.3, Amiga 600 with OS 3.1, and/or Amiga 3000 with OS 3.1 will be there. We'll try out the boxed software, Dalek Attack, Dragon Force, Keef the Thief, NY Warriors, The Kristal, and more.

Now where is that missing Amiga mouse?

Happy autumn, C= and Ami aficionados!

As usual in October, the Fresno Commodore User Group has its annual "picnic" lunch in lieu of our regular club meeting. This year the lunch will be from 11 a.m. to 1+ p.m. at

Famous Dave's Restaurant
7603 North Blackstone Avenue
Fresno, California 93270
559 261-4227

Famous Dave's is on the north side of El Paso Ave., the west side of Blackstone. After turning from Blackstone on to El Paso, immediately turn right into the parking lot. The restaurant entrance faces Blackstone.

For members, the club will pay for your lunch and for your family members who choose to come. Gifts will be exchanged. Please RSVP how many will be coming to attend the lunch.

See you there!
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug

Greetings, C= and Ami comrades!

Our next meeting of the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network is Sunday, Nov. 10, 2 to 4+ p.m. at

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

Note the change in the day; the meeting is on a Sunday, not our usual second Saturday of the month. This is due to the SC3 Arcade Party happening on Saturday. http://www.sc3videogames.com

On that Saturday morning at 11 a.m., I will be visiting Computer Station, 2254 Pacific Ave. in Long Beach. Everybody is invited to join me at 11 a.m at the store. As mentioned in the last meeting announcement, after 30 years in business, the storefront, which specializes in Commodore, Amiga, Apple II, and PC-DOS software, will be closing its doors soon. Prices will be down 75%.

Back to the Sunday SCCAN meeting... I'll be bringing in a Commodore B128 set-up with 8050 disk drive and various programs. Also, there will be two towerized Amiga 4000s, one with OS 3.9 and the other with OS 3.1, for your perusal.

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

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

Happy month of Thanksgiving, C= and Ami aficionados!

The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 1+ p.m., Sunday, Nov. 17, at --

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

For discussion, we'll talk about the Oct. 19-20 Amiwest Show and the Nov. 9 SC3 Arcade Party. In hardware, we'll try out a newly-acquired Commodore B128 with 8050 disk drive and various software disks. On the software side, we'll converse with the Talking Eliza program for the VIC-20 and the VIC-VODER speech synthesizer. Finally, we'll look over $165 worth of C64, Plus/4, VIC-20, and Amiga stuff bought from the store, Computer Station, in Long Beach, California.

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

----------------------- Original Message -----------------------
Subject: Reminder: PDXCUG.org Meeting Thurs., November 14, 2013 6:00 PM PST
From: "PDXCUG Admin" <pdxcug(at)pdxcug.org>
Date: Tue, November 12, 2013 11:20 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:
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Thursday, November 14, 2013 @6:00 pm
More info & location: http://pdxcug.org/meetings.asp

Agenda:
- Classroom: Programming Internet Pong, Part 4: ball trajectory and bouncing
- Demo: V-1541 v2.4BETA - updated with new features (not yet released)
- Demo: New CommodoreServer features
- Tinker Time

As usual, we'll have plenty of time for all of 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


________________________________________________________
Portland Commodore Users Group (PDXCUG)
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

Sister club:
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Puget Sound Commodore Users Group (PSCUG)
Serving the greater Seattle, Washington region
Twitter: @pscug
http://pscug.org

rbernardo wrote:The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 1+ p.m., Sunday, Nov. 17, at --

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

For discussion, we'll talk about the Oct. 19-20 Amiwest Show and the Nov. 9 SC3 Arcade Party. In hardware, we'll try out a newly-acquired Commodore B128 with 8050 disk drive and various software disks. On the software side, we'll converse with the Talking Eliza program for the VIC-20 and the VIC-VODER speech synthesizer. Finally, we'll look over $165 worth of C64, Plus/4, VIC-20, and Amiga stuff bought from the store, Computer Station, in Long Beach, California.

O.K., the car is still packed from last week's visit to the SC3 Arcade Party. So, for the FCUG meeting I will also be bringing the Amiga 600 (OS 3.1, 2 gig IDE hard drive, 2 megs of Fast RAM) that was used at the party.

FCUG celebrating its 32nd anniversary,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug

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

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

This month there will be a presentation on the Commodore Magic Voice speech module. We'll examine a couple of VIC-20 motherboards repaired by master C= repair technician, Ray Carlsen. Also we'll look at the disk library of Commodore FUNHUG, the Fremont-Union City-Newark-Hayward User Group, a group which disbanded some time ago. Finally, I'll bring in an Amiga 4000 Power Tower which is running Amiga OS 3.9 through a Blizzard '040 board with 64 megs of Fast RAM.

FCUG celebrating its 32nd anniversary,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug

is it possible to open a commodore club here in athens?

----------------------- Original Message -------------------
Subject: Reminder: PDXCUG.org Meeting Thurs., January 9, 2014 6:00 PM PST
From: "PDXCUG Admin" <pdxcug(at)pdxcug.org>
Date: Thu, January 9, 2014 2:21 am
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Hi PDXCUG.org Fans,

Happy New Year! Time to wrap up this Pong project - we'll be finishing it with the ball trajectory and offering suggestions to further modify it. We'll also show how to use C64List to break it down to more manageable code for easier editing. This will be nice because Goog will share a file to include to make it Internet-enabled.


////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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 9, 2014 @6:00 pm
More info & location: http://pdxcug.org/meetings.asp

Agenda:
- Pong, the final chapter
- Power supply tester - AgentFriday will be making a C64 power supply tester, according to Ray Carlsen's plans
- Tinker Time - bring your Commodore equipment and projects to work on

As usual, we'll have plenty of time for all of 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

_______________________________________________________
Portland Commodore Users Group (PDXCUG)
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

Sister club:
-------------
Puget Sound Commodore Users Group (PSCUG)
Serving the greater Seattle, Washington region
Twitter: @pscug
http://pscug.org

Happy New Year, C= and Ami comrades!

The next meeting of the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network is Saturday, January 18, from 2 to 4+ p.m. At

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

Once again before the meeting, I will be visiting Computer Station, 2254 Pacific Ave. in Long Beach. Everybody is invited to join me at 10 a.m at the store. Computer Station specializes in Commodore hardware and software, and Amiga, Apple II, and PC-DOS software. It will be closing its doors soon. Commodore software prices are typically $5 to 10 per title.

For the SCCAN meeting, I'll be bringing in the AmigaOne G4 with one gig of RAM, 40 gig hard drive, and OS 4.1 update 6. We'll look at the brand new, custom-made C64/128/VIC-20CR/Plus4 power supply from Ray Carlsen. We'll try out a Commodore 16. Finally, the SX-64 will be there with various disks-of-the-month from the defunct club, FUNHUG.

Don't forget to bring anything you wish to share!

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

Happy Martin Luther King Day, C= and Ami aficionados!

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

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

This month we will look at the Wheels operating system with GEOS applications and using a mouse, C64, 20MHz. SuperCPU with 16 megs of RAM, and a 4 gig CMD hard drive. We'll also dissect a prototype of the new Ray Carlsen 5 amps @ 5 volts, C64/128/VIC-20CR/Plus4 power supply.

Raymond C. will be dropping by to donate many Amiga games, and member Greg D. will be bringing in his Amiga 2000 with 4 megs of Fast RAM, 1 meg of Chip RAM, OS 3.1, and 2 gig hard drive.

Finally, courtesy of retiring Tony Chai of Computer Station in Long Beach, CA, we'll look at software/hardware that he is deeply discounting for sale and/or is donating.

Happy New Year!
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug

Happy Presidents' Month, C= and Ami aficionados!

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

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

This month we will look at the VIXEN VIC-20 magazine and the game Dodge Cars for the VIC-20 (hopefully, their tapes will load!). We'll go through more boxes of game floppy disks for classic Amigas. Finally, we'll try some old-school word processing with Speedscript 3.2 for the VIC-20 and Speedscript 3.2 for the C64 connected to a Blue Chip D20/10 daisywheel printer.

That Blue Chip uses a Brother typewriter ribbon,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug

rbernardo wrote:This month we will look at the VIXEN VIC-20 magazine and the game Dodge Cars for the VIC-20 (hopefully, their tapes will load!). We'll go through more boxes of game floppy disks for classic Amigas. Finally, we'll try some old-school word processing with Speedscript 3.2 for the VIC-20 and Speedscript 3.2 for the C64 connected to a Blue Chip D20/10 daisywheel printer.

Some late additions to the meeting... Along with the VIC-20 programs above, we'll see the VIC Emulator for the C64 in action. Also on the Amiga side, we'll play around with X-Copy, one of the best disk copiers for classic Amigas.

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