LAG meeting June 11, ANT meeting June 12, 2011

Here are a few photos of my time with the Lincolnshire Amiga Group...

and with the Amiga North Thames group.

Writing from Haywards Heath, England,

Robert Bernardo

Fresno Commodore User Group

http://videocam.net.au/fcug

July 23-24 Commodore Vegas Expo v7 2011 - http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

PET 8296-D brochures and manuals

At http://retro-link.com/smf/index.php?topic=975.msg2804#new I wrote about not only obtaining the PET 8296-D (mentioned below in Retro-Link.blogspot.com) but also receiving a large box of disks and brochures/manuals. Here is a picture of some the items in that box.

Writing from Haywards Heath in England,

Robert Bernardo

Fresno Commodore User Group

http://videocam.net.au/fcug

July 23-24 Commodore Vegas Expo v7 2011 - http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

Pics from the PET warehouse

At http://www.commodore128.org/index.php?topic=3897.msg19355#msg19355 , I have placed a report and photos about my visit to the warehouse of Albany Microcomputers. Several weeks ago a huge collection of over 140 PETs were disbursed to anyone who wanted one or more. Because I have been unable to upload the last 2 photos to the above website, I am placing them here. The first photo shows another view of the warehouse interior, and the second shows the PETs stacked outside, waiting to be picked up by their new owners. Enjoy!

Truly,

Robert Bernardo

Fresno Commodore User Group

http://videocam.net.au/fcug

July 23-24 Commodore Vegas Expo v7 2011 - http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

Soon... Europe!

Next Wednesday I'll be arriving at London Heathrow, and I hope to connect with my friends, those into Commodore and those not into Commodore. I've planned England, Wales, the Netherlands, northwest Germany (Essen area), and northeast Spain (Barcelona) for my travels. If you are in any of those areas and want to get together, just send me a message!

Truly,

Robert Bernardo

Fresno Commodore User Group

http://videocam.net.au/fcug

July 23-24 Commodore Vegas Expo v7 2011 - http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

SUX 6400 - first look

(photo by the Goog)

At http://www.portcommodore.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=commvex:presentations_guests , mention is made of the mysterious Sound Ultimate Xpander 6400 hardware and its Digimaster software. They are to be released at the July 23-24 Commodore Vegas Expo v7 2011. Here is a first, tantalizing look at prototype #2 of the SUX 6400. This year's CommVEx is shaping up!

Truly,

Robert Bernardo

Fresno Commodore User Group

http://videocam.net.au/fcug

July 23-24 Commodore Vegas Expo v7 2011 - http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

Notacon 8/PixelJam Demoparty pics to be posted soon

I just dug out my photos of the Notacon 8/PixelJam Demoparty 2011 which was held this year on April 16-18 in Cleveland, Ohio. I had almost forgotten about them! I'll send them to the webmaster of the Fresno Commodore User Group website so that he can make a page for them. Expect to see them on-line soon!

Truly,

Robert Bernardo

Fresno Commodore User Group

http://videocam.net.au/fcug

July 23-24 Commodore Vegas Expo v7 2011 - http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

Kiki Stockhammer at the Hollywood Charity Horseshow

(photo by Donna M.)

When I attended the Hollywood Charity Horseshow banquet on April 30 this year during the William Shatner Weekend, I sat down at our Shatner & Friends, Int'l. table. At the next table I saw a familiar woman sit down. I looked and looked, doing double-takes in my mind. Finally, I decided she was who I thought she was. She saw me looking and immediately greeted me, coming over to my table. It was Kiki Stockhammer of Newtek Video Toaster and Warp 11 rock-and-roll fame!

We gabbed excitedly, and I asked her why she was there and why wasn't her Warp 11 band doing the music for the banquet. :) To the former question, she said that she was part of the Newtek crowd providing video equipment for the live webcast . To the latter, she laughed.

After the banquet, we talked some more (especially about the new Viva Amiga film being produced), and I tried to get some video of her meeting William Shatner, but I was not very successful in getting a good camera angle in the fast-moving crowd.

Truly,

Robert Bernardo

Fresno Commodore User Group

http://videocam.net.au/fcug

July 23-24 Commodore Vegas Expo v7 2011 - http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex