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Here are the first planned presentations for the July 26-27 CommVEx v4 (2008):

* Connecting the Commodore to a dial-up shell ISP account
* Using the Lt. Kernal hard drive with a C64

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
The Other Group of Amigoids
http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/

rbernardo wrote:* Using the Lt. Kernal hard drive with a C64

I hear that the presenter for this topic is a really great guy...

-Andrew

wiskow wrote:I hear that the presenter for this topic is a really great guy...

Depends on which presenter of whom you are speaking.

Happy New Year!
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
The Other Group of Amigoids
http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/

rbernardo wrote:Depends on which presenter of whom you are speaking.

Well... If the presenter isn't me... Then my last message isn't nearly as funny.

-Andrew

Looks as if Dick Estel, FCUG treasurer, will make it to CommVEx v4. Delayed from v3, his presentation this year will be on

* the FRD (Font Resource Directory) for GEOS and on FRD graphics.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
The Other Group of Amigoids
http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/

rbernardo wrote:Looks as if Dick Estel, FCUG treasurer, will make it to CommVEx v4. Delayed from v3, his presentation this year will be on

* the FRD (Font Resource Directory) for GEOS and on FRD graphics

Another planned presentation from Dick Estel --

* Big Blue Reader and converting documents

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

I wrote:Here are the first planned presentations for the July 26-27 CommVEx v4 (2008):

* Connecting the Commodore to a dial-up shell ISP account
* Using the Lt. Kernal hard drive with a C64
* the FRD (Font Resource Directory) for GEOS and on FRD graphics.
* Big Blue Reader and converting documents

And another --

* Behr-Bonz 127-games-in-one VIC-20 Multicart

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
The Other Group of Amigoids
http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/

I wrote:And another --

* Behr-Bonz 127-games-in-one VIC-20 Multicart

Decided at today's FCUG meeting... a presentation on VIC-20 games in general.

Also a presentation on highly-modded C64 DTVs.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
CommVEx v4 website - http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

Are there any plans to video record the presentations?

sixstringmonk wrote:Are there any plans to video record the presentations?

Of course. Now if I can finish editing the videos from last year...

Back from Europe,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
CommVEx v4 website - http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

I wrote:* Connecting the Commodore to a dial-up shell ISP account
* Using the Lt. Kernal hard drive with a C64
* the FRD (Font Resource Directory) for GEOS and on FRD graphics.
* Big Blue Reader and converting documents
* Behr-Bonz 127-games-in-one VIC-20 Multicart
* VIC-20 games in general
* highly-modded C64 DTVs

Michael C. Battilana of Cloanto is coming all the way from Venice, Italy (!) in order to attend CommVEx v4. He will be there all day on Saturday and
Sunday.

He will introduce the new C64 Forever project and the more general RetroPlatform framework which was also used in the new Amiga Forever 2008 DVDs/CDs.

Let's all give him a hearty welcome for travelling such a long distance!

Back from Europe,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
CommVEx v4 website - http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

Hoping to have a uIEC to show off there too, Jim Brain should send me one next week which I'll entrust with Robert to let people check out at CommVex.

After today's TOGA meeting, I spoke to Jeri Ellsworth at the California Extreme arcade show in San Jose, California. (Heh, not wanting to pay the $35 entrance fee just to find one person, I waited at the door until I saw someone familiar. It was Dale Luck. We shook hands, and I asked him to find Jeri. He went back inside and in a few minutes, Jeri came out of the tournament.)

Jeri says that it is "unlikely" that she will make it to CommVEx this year, due to work on the house (ooo, contractor horror stories) and a business trip to San Antonio, Texas.

I even tried to bribe her with a gift straight from Paris. Wrapped in a fine quality, French paper bag, it was a light-up, blinking, miniature Eiffel Tower (very Chinese-made). She remarked, "I want to take it apart and see how it works. Look. It has test points."

Oh, well... not convincing enough,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
CommVEx v4 website - http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

I wrote:Looks as if Dick Estel, FCUG treasurer, will make it to CommVEx v4. Delayed from v3, his presentation this year will be on

* the FRD (Font Resource Directory) for GEOS and on FRD graphics

* Big Blue Reader and converting documents

At today's FCUG meeting, we went through final preparation details for CommVEx and reviewed Big Blue Reader v4.10 on Dick's CMD hard drive. All is ready, including PC floppy disks with files waiting for BBR conversion.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
CommVEx v4 website - http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

I wrote:* Connecting the Commodore to a dial-up shell ISP account
* Using the Lt. Kernal hard drive with a C64
* the FRD (Font Resource Directory) for GEOS and on FRD graphics.
* Big Blue Reader and converting documents
* Behr-Bonz 127-games-in-one VIC-20 Multicart
* VIC-20 games in general
* highly-modded C64 DTVs
* the new C64 Forever project and Amiga Forever 2008 DVDs/CDs
* uIEC (if it arrives in time)

A review of Geopublish v1.1 (the 2004 update)

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
CommVEx v4 website - http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex