Saturday 22 June 2013

SUX 6400 v2 ?

Though there are still a few Sound Ultimate Xpander 6400's still in stock ( http://retro-link.blogspot.com/2011/07/sound-ultimate-expander-6400-audio.html ), I talked to the project engineer on Thursday morning.  We bounced around a few ideas, just in case I decide to do another production run of the SUX 6400.  A version 2 of the SUX 6400 would have improvement(s) to the components, a microphone input... maybe even memory!

Would there be improvements to the Digimaster 64 and Digimaster 128 software?  I'd have to talk to the software engineer about that, but I believe that he is busy on other projects right now.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
July 27-28 Commodore Vegas Expo v9 -
http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

Sunday 9 June 2013

Commodore and more at 2013 Maker Faire

Packed with people most times of the day!
C64C running graphics programs, A2000 running games
Another view of the C64C and Amiga
How well can you sketch with Super Sketch and a C64C?
Krik Klein (left), organizer of the exhibit, explains his Apples.
"Six" lets a youngster play on her modded Atari 1200XL.
A view toward the Atari 2600 and HP computers.
R2D2 wants to play, too!
This is what he wants to play!
On May 18-19 I spent 12 hours a day manning the Commodore/Amiga section of the Nostalgic Computers area at Maker Faire.  We were packed with hundreds who visited each day.  Above are some of the photos of the exhibit.  I've been invited to come again next year.  Perhaps we will have even more floor space!

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
July 27-28 Commodore Vegas Expo v9 -
http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

Sunday 2 June 2013

Multicart 64 is now available for sale

The Multicart 64 in all its glory!
Inside Multicart 64
Multicart on-screen
What you see on start-up 
A pile of Multicarts waiting for assembly
Assembly station



I just received my Multicart 64 from Charles Gutman of 8-Bit Designs, and it comes with a slew of programs. Here's the list of 63 programs: Alien Sidestep, Astroblitz, Attack of the Mutant Camels, C64 Diagnostic, Calc Result, CCS Mon, Centipede, Checkers, Close Encounters, Cosmic Life, Dance Fantasy, Diagnostic C64, Dot Gobbler, Dot Gobbler 2, Facemaker, Falconian Invaders, Financial Advisor, Fraction Fever, Frog Master, Frogger, Graf64, Gridrunner, Hop Along Counting, Jaw Breaker, Juke Box, Kids on Keys, Kindercomp, Laser Zone, Magic Mon, Marios Brewery, Memory Manor, Minnesota Fats Pool Challenger, Moondust, Mr Cool, Mt TNTNumber Nabber Shape Grabber, Omega Race, Pac Man, Pipes, Pitfall, Princes and Frog, Retro Ball, Save New York, Sea Speller, Song Maker, Space Action, Space Ricoshay, Spitball, Stix, Super Smash, Tank Wars, The Fourth Sarcophagus, The Mutant Spiders, The Pit, Threshold, Trashman, TSI Cycles, TSI Maze Man, Turbo Maze, Tylers Dungeon, Ultrex Quadro Maze, Up and Addem, and Up for Grabs.


For more information on ordering a Multicart 64, go to


Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
July 27-28 Commodore Vegas Expo v9 -
http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex