May SCCAN and FCUG meetings

Jess C., Matt B., and Dan L. work on Jess' A1200

Matt's MIST computer next to the 256 meg ZorRAM

The bottom of the MIST

The back of the MIST

One view of the Raspberry PI with VICE

Another view

Bottom view

ZorRAM installed in my A3000

Gadzooks!  With ZorRAM, look at all that other (Fast) RAM!

This month's May SCCAN and FCUG meetings were very successful again.  Though I had brought Amiga and Commodore goodies for the SCCAN members to see, Jess C. made one of his infrequent visits -- this time with an ailing Amiga 1200.  We spent most of the meeting, trying to diagnose and cure the problems in the machine.  By the end of the meeting, several of the problems were fixed, and he was happy.  We also looked at Matt's pricey MIST (aMIga/atari ST) FPGA computer and a far cheaper Raspberry Pi running VICE (with its PET/VIC-20/C64/C128 emulations).

At the FCUG meeting, we covered a lot of ground (see http://retro-link.com/smf/index.php?PHPSESSID=osu2496cd7btmuutie5r218ju4&topic=1273.0 ) and didn't get to all of it.  However, we were able to install ZorRAM in my Amiga 3000.

See the above photos,

Robert Bernardo

Fresno Commodore User Group

http://videocam.net.au/fcug

Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network

http://www.sccaners.org

July 26-27 Commodore Vegas Expo v10 -

http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

CBM 8050 autographed by William Shatner

As mentioned at http://blog.retro-link.com/2014/02/the-commodore-b128-from-amiwest-show.html , I picked up a Commodore B128 system at the Amiwest Show 2013.  Well, here is a photo of the working CBM 8050 drive that came in the system.  Now it bears the autograph of author/producer/director/actor William Shatner, who autographed it in late April.  Bill Shatner advertised the Commodore PET and VIC-20 back in the day.

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