Plus/4 adapters for the Ray Carlsen power supply

Notice the keyway built into the square plug

Hand built from brass

I knew that Ray Carlsen had C128 adapters for his new C= power supplies, but for the Plus/4 he wanted users to cut off the power lead off of old Plus/4 power supplies and send the lead to him so that he could attach it to his new unit.  There just was no source for the Plus/4 square plug.  Well, now Ray can supply you a Plus/4 adapter with a new square plug.  He builds his Plus/4 adapters one at a time, fashioning the square metal plug out of a sheet of brass, molding the insert for the 4 pins, and building a keyway into the plug.  That is a lot of labor, a lot of hammering metal!  It takes him 30 to 40 minutes to construct one Plus/4 adapter.  The adapters cost $15 when bought with his p.s..  For a full view of the Plus/4 adapter, go to his website at

http://personalpages.tds.net/~rcarlsen/cbm/universal_ps/misc/SQUARE%20DINS.jpg


To read a full review of his new p.s., go to

http://www.commodore.ca/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=12328&p=16755&hilit=carlsen#p16755


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

More photos from CommVEx v10 2014

A lot of the Saturday crowd 

Mike Hill ponders the meaning of life... and C=.

A.J. tries out the PET 2001 with Mike.

Josh S. (standing) looks over the Tim's stuff.

John Ferrell hauls his goods.

Everybody listens to Steve Davison (right).

The happy couple

The computers on FCUG's table

Packing away the Amiga items which were on sale 

A.J. works on his AT&T computer.

Dave Maurer in front of his C64 ATX board exhibit

VIC-20 and Plus/4 games from Psytronik/Binary Zone

C64 games from Psytronik/Binary Zone

I finally had my roll of 35 mm from the Nikon SLR developed.  And there are still more photos to come from another attendee!

Back to work in California,

Robert Bernardo

Fresno Commodore User Group

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

July 26-27 Commodore Vegas Expo v10 -

http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

First photos from CommVEx v10 2014

Friday night set-up

Buried when attaching cables

My bags of C= stuff out of the car

That table was only half-cleared for the show.

FPGA Arcade in Jim Drew's box

A closer shot of FPGA Arcade

Dave Maurer's prototype of a C64 board for an ATX case

The top of that C64 prototype board

Dinner on Sunday night

Aw, not all of us were at the same table.

One more view

Once again CommVEx was a great success!  Here are my first photos from the show.  More photos will come.

Writing from Las Vegas,

Robert Bernardo

Fresno Commodore User Group

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

July 26-27 Commodore Vegas Expo v10 2014 -

http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

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

Amiga 1000 et al at R.J. Mical's party

Amiga 1000 topped by an Atari Lynx with A600 below

At R.J. Mical's March 21 movie night which he hosted at his house for friends coming from the Game Developers' Conference, he had a ton of good food and drink. The movie -- the wacky "Robogeisha". As customary, several of my friends and I from The Other Group of Amigoids were there to enjoy the cameraderie and high spirits. As customary, we brought Amiga-related items for the attendees to marvel over and play with. Arthur brought a poster which 5 Amiga engineers signed right there at the party. Duncan brought his Atari Lynx. I brought the boxed Amiga 1000 plus the unboxed Amiga 600. The attendees took plenty of photos and video of all the items.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
The Other Group of Amigoids
http://home.comcast.net/~togausergroup/index.html

The Commodore B128 from the Amiwest Show

CBM-II goodness

Underneath the machine

The ports in back

Close-up of the ports

C= even stamped on the styro!

At the October Amiwest Show 2013 in Sacramento, California, I obtained a B128 with 8050 drive, cables, and software. What a surprise to pick up 8-bit stuff at an Amiga show! Perhaps the attendees aimed their attention at me, because I was wearing my "I Adore My 64" pinback button. :)

Just photos of the computer for now,

Robert Bernardo

Fresno Commodore User Group

http://videocam.net.au/fcug