Tuesday 27 November 2018

Pictures from the Nov. 10 SC3 Arcade Party

Commodore 128 with 1541 Ultimate next to an Amiga 500
An old PC running Doom!
Arcade machines inside the warm garage
Atari 7800 with giant homemade joystick
Pick a game from the list.
On the raffle table
Another view of the raffle table with Geoff in the back
The Intellivision had a multicart.
Two nice machines!
Many wanted the Magnum P.I. tray in the raffle.
Robert Bernardo's SX-64
Another view inside the garage
Robert Bernardo, Saj Awan, Tim Waite, Josh Shiflet
Rory Muir, Jerold Kress, Robert Bernardo
Atari next to Apple
Arcade machines outside in the cold
This one had a multicart, too.
More machines outside
The annual SC3 Arcade Party was held in Claremont, California on Nov. 10, 2018.  Once again Commodore/Amiga was represented among all the consoles, arcade machines, and other computers.  Enjoy these choice photos from the event!

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

Sunday 7 October 2018

The last, last photos from CommVEx 2018

The Saturday presentation schedule
Big hole where Las Vegas Club Hotel sat - CommVEx venue of 2 years
A.L.I.C.E. computer to the right of the giant, floor loudspeaker
Squeezing in the rest of the presentations on Sunday
Sean (orange shirt) vs. Matt in International Karate Ultimate

On Dick Estel's page (http://www.dickestel.com/commvex18.htm) are supposed to be the last photos posted of Commodore Vegas Expo 2018.  To my chagrin, these are the last, last photos from the show!

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

Friday 17 August 2018

Mario's CommVEx 2018 photos

Horseback rider crossing!

The super-accesorized C128DCR!
Sev's A1200 with Blizzard accelerator
Before the Plus/4 is set up
Before the Amiga CD32 is set up
Before the Amiga 600 is taken out of its carry box
The Ketek Command Center for the C128
Raffle prizes C128DCR, Colortone keyboard, and RAMLink
Raffle prizes C64C and Amiga 500
A CBM 8050 drive hiding inside the CBM box
Debbie holds up the "Commodore" calculator!
Her mission - to pack the all the freebies in the gift bags!
Stickers in the foreground and freebies in the back

Still setting-up
Jim Happel's VR64 entertains the attendees!
Amiga game Worthy running on an emulator
Sev goes over the commands.
Watching the video of how to wi-fi with the Commodore
The screen of the Commodore FM Module
Mario's laptop using its Amiga emulator to run a game\
Videotaping Richard during his talk
Still taping
Robert (right) explains the raffle.
Flappy Bird for the C64 up on the screen
The Plaza Hotel's new signage
More signage
North side of the Plaza Hotel
The big hole across the street was where the LV Club Hotel was.

A quick break
Luckily, the Hawaiian-themed California Hotel is still there.
Now a clear view of Binion's Hotel
The Amiga 500+ plays a new game!
That's a SupraTurbo28 on the A500's side.
Sunday schedule
Watching how a modded Kickstart disk works
First, practice with International Karate Ultimate
Then full out game play with IK Ultimate
Solar towers beaming their energy down
The town of Baker with the world's largest thermometer
One more view of Baker
These pics come from the cellphone of SCCAN member Mario L..  Can you guess which photos were taken on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday of the Commodore Vegas Expo?  :)  I'm glad for these pics, because I myself didn't take enough.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group -
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network -
http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan