Adelaide Amiga & Retro-Computing Event - Sept. 16, 2016

Italian MIDI keyboard for the Commodore 64

Can you read Italian?

Jane M. Voskamp of JMV Graphics and Robert Bernardo

AmigaOne X1000 on the left, Tabor on the right

The lower-cost Tabor board from A-EON

The Amiga CD32 ready to play a game

Various boards for big-box Amigas

Trevor Dickinson of A-EON overlooks the video from the Tabor

Amiga 600

Another A600

SDK-85 single board computer

Yes, another CD32

Amiga 500 with AdRam

Commodore items

Altair 8800

A.L.I.C.E. laptop with Amiga OS 4.1

George Foumakis with his SX-64

Commodore 16 resting in its original packaging

Gaelyne Gasson of The Internet For Commodore Users and Jane M.V.

A C16 power supply not seen in North America

The C16 box damaged from moisture

Near the end of the event

Playing Amiga games

A fine example of a Holden Commodore 2004

Keeping it clean

Look at that label on the dash!

Yessss!!

Courtesy of my friends, Gaelyne and Rod Gasson, I arrived at the Adelaide Amiga & Retro-Computing Event on-time at 7:30 p.m..  http://adelaideretrocomputing.blogspot.com/  However, many attendees were already there, having arrived earlier.  Trevor Dickinson of A-EON greeted me, as did organizer George Foumakis.  For the next 3 hours, we had lots of Commodore and Amiga fun!

The next day I was privileged to have a ride to the airport in George's Commodore car!

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

Sydney Amiga User Group (SAUG) meeting - Sept. 11, 2016

Checking for the train to Epping

Tony Wyatt's AmigaOne X5000 in the boing ball

Some checks were left unpainted so you can see the insides.

Free goods!

More freebies!

Tony with an older poster

Looking on as Ross V. tests out a freebie C64

Watching the test results on the monitor

Amiga 600 (sans keyboard) in a briefcase

What you see with the briefcase closed

Unpacked

Packed

Everybody at the meeting

After a fairly long train ride from the King's Cross area of Sydney, I finally found the SAUG meeting in a church community centre in Epping.  Great group, great people!  http://www.saug.org.au/  Wish the Chinese music in the next room were a bit less loud.  ;)

Back in California,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

Photos from CommVEx v12 2016

Jim Drew's SX-64 with the CRT unit removed...

...and replaced by this ported speaker...

...and 10-watt ampliflier stuck to its side.

Which makes for room-filling sound!

Another view

The CRT unit has been replaced by a TFT screen.

Ricardo Quesada showing off his unicycle...

...for use with his C64 game, Uni Games.

Ricardo aiding CBM engineer Bill Seiler in a PET repair.

Saturday's schedule

Yul Haasman with his modded C128

Sunday after Bill Seiler tells how he repaired the PET 8032.

Game competition for cash!  Head-to-head in Uni Games!

Attached to the air wall using the A.J. method

My escrima technique needs improvement!

Actor Todd Bridges with his CommVEx t-shirt

Sunday's schedule (with breathing room for prize giveaway)

Vincent M. meets Todd

The July 30-31 Commodore Vegas Expo v12 was another success!  We had a number of firsts -- the first time in a 4,000 square foot room, the first time a CBM engineer repaired a PET in front of our eyes, the first ever C64 game presentation with the use of a unicycle, and the first Hollywood actor to visit the show!

More photos--

Ricardo Quesada's photos

https://goo.gl/photos/4RLFtELd67vDLQj4A

Dick Estel's CommVEx report and photos

http://www.dickestel.com/commvex16.htm

Goog's photos

http://pdxcug.org/commvex/Commodore_Vegas_Expo_CommVEx_v12_2016_Photos.asp

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm