A Visit to RELICS

 Pictures from my May visit to RELICS - Retro Equipment Lovers International Computing Society (formerly, The Other Group of Amigoids) in San Jose, California.

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

Commodore 128 emulated (left) next to the Mac

OK, I think this is an X68000..

A computer converted to run game cartridges

Tandy Color Computer 2

Emulating a Commodore 128 on an Arduino watch

The homemade C128 OS

Mac running a scanner on the printer

The scanner is attached to the printer's printhead.

The scanned image appears on the Mac.

Not RELICS' usual meeting room in the library

An Olivetti which is cousin to the Tandy 100 and NEC

 

Randy Abel's Party

On Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024, the members of The Other Group of Amigoids held a farewell party for Randy Abel, leader of the The Other Group of Amigoids (Los Gatos/San Jose, CA) who had been leading the club since 1995.

Wishing Randy well as he moves to Texas.  Here are some photos of the event!

Truly, 

Robert Bernardo - http://togausergroup.org

In the game room

More game machines

Playing on the big screen

Cake from Safeway!

Randy opens his gift!

An Amiga wireless mouse!

3D printed

Arthur, Mitch, Randy caught surprised

Arthur, Mitch surprised, Randy

SCCAN meeting of January 8, 2022

Our first Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network meeting of 2022!  The weather was nice, and of course, there was a lot of talk!  Here are some shots at our meeting place, Panera Bread Restaurant in Northridge, California.

 

Truly,

Robert Bernardo

Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - 

http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

The A1500 Checkmate mini case

A closer look at the back panel

The keyboard (note the rotary knob!)

Looking at the front

The very professional box

A tribute on the box

Inside the case

What it says on the MiSTix board

As Marc describes it

Playing with the Amiga 500 with Vampire 500

An outside break in the patio

Plus/4 version (left) and C128 version

Photos of the July 18 FCUG meeting

After not meeting since November, 2020, the Fresno Commodore User Group had a meeting, resuming its schedule of monthly meetings.  All of us were fully COVID-vaccinated!  We were eager to discuss!  And we had 2 guests, Kevin Staszkow and Mike Samboy, who drove many hours to get to the meeting.  Below are photos of the event. (First 3 photos courtesy of David Smith)

Truly,

Robert Bernardo

Fresno Commodore User Group -

http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

Robert with guests Mike and Kevin

Bruce N. listens while Robert points

Dick Estel ponders.

Most of the group gathers.

The UltraCart 128 from Shareware Plus

And its reference sheet for what's on the cart

Kevin explains the carts.

Documentation for the Black Magic cart

...which is another Shareware Plus product

A look inside at 2 of the 4 eproms

Oh, I don't think I have this book!

Behr-Bonz cart running on Roger's VIC-20

And Roger playing a game from it

From the Black Magic webpage

From the UltraCart 128 webpage

Photos of the July 10, 2021 SCCAN Meeting

The Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network has resumed meetings!  The Northridge, California club had its first meeting since January, 2020.  Jeff showed his s-video modded VIC-20. Matt showed his MiST box with the latest cores. Thomas showed off the Atari 2600 (!) and Amiga accelerators. I showed off demos, games, music, and utilities on the Ultimate 64. Jeff, Thomas, and I had boxes of freebies for any of the members to grab! Below are photos of the July 10, 2021 meeting.

Truly,

Robert Bernardo

Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

 

Some members crowded in the corner

Atari 2600 (!) running Synthcart and C64

Latest Furia accelerator for the Amiga 600

The latest TerribleFire 536 for the A500/2000Je