Greetings Commodore computer hackers and enthusiasts, here are the highlights from our February 1, 2019 Commodore Computer Club and Users Group meeting:
- Played games via C64, Amiga 500, Amiga 1200 and VIC-20 computers
- A lot of great Commodore buy, sell, trade and free deals took place
- Adrian’s Digital Basement: C64C that was left outside for over a decade
- Tinker Time: hacking, coding, exploring new hardware, cleaning of equipment
- Programmed a few Commodore 64 EasyFlash 3 cartridges
- Commodore Club members, friends and guests socializing about all things retro
- Lots of tasty food and beverages provided by Pied Piper Pizza
- More details, meeting pictures and recap notes below
Adrian checking out the homebrew port of Donkey Kong Junior served up by the breadbin C64 computer with Commodore 1702 color monitor:
Commodore Computer Club members Doug, Blaine and Mark checking out some games on the Amiga 500 computer:
Andrew getting up close and personal with Adrian’s Commodore 64C that was left outside for a decade or more in rural Oregon which is now fully restored to working order:
Lots of great Commodore stuff on the buy, sell, trade and free tables. Multiple C64 computers, games, cartridges, complete in box software and more:
A really good turnout at the C64 Club meeting with members, guests and friends enjoying a good meal and retro computer fellowship:
Skot brought his Commodore 64 setup to the meeting, complete with 1541 disk drive and a bunch of disk based games to play:
Adrian found a really cool C64 Max Headroom graphics demo on a random Commodore floppy disk in a box of recently rescued disks:
C64 Club member Chad enjoying a pint of beer while playing some classic games on his retro Amiga 1200 computer:
Commodore Computer Club members, friends and guests socializing at the meeting, playing games and having a really good time:
Evan and Blaine enjoying a glass of beer while watching Andrew playing classic video games on the Commodore 64 breadbin computer:
Cory cracked open his Commodore calculator during tinker time that he recently scored off CraigsList to see what’s going on with the internal batteries:
Here we can see C64 Club member Aaron’s black NTSC Amiga 1200 computer. He dyed the keys to match his custom black A1200 case:
Aaron all smiles while he showcases his custom black NTSC Amiga 1200 with matching keys to Commodore Computer Club members:
Tommy and Alexa checking out all the retro goodies on the buy, sell, trade and free tables at the meeting. “Hey Alexa, where are all the C64 cartridges?” hehe:
On the left we can see Cory’s complete in box VIC-20 and to the right we can see Paul’s C64 setup with 1541 tower of power disk drives:
“Thank You” to everyone from the PDX and surrounding areas who have continued to support and attend the Commodore Computer Club and User Group meetings. It’s really appreciated.
We hope to see you at the next meeting! Come to learn, come to share.
Original article: Meeting Recap and Photos: February 1, 2019
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