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  • Next FCUG meeting - Sunday, August 20, 2023

    From Robert Bernardo@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Aug 14 18:15:08 2023
    Happy National Creamsicle Day, FCUG members and guests!

    The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 2= :30+ p.m., Sunday, August 20 at

    Panera Bread Restaurant
    3590 W. Shaw Ave. (corner of W. Shaw Ave. and Marty Ave.)
    Fresno, CA 93711
    (559) 271-0104
    http://www.dickestel.com/met_loc.htm

    Our last meeting ran for 7 hours, a record! Let=E2=80=99s not try for=
    another record this time. ;)

    For discussion, we will talk about the October Amiwest Show in Sacrame= nto, the October Bay Area Maker Faire in Mare Island, and C=3D repairperson=
    Ray Carlsen.

    In presentations, I=E2=80=99ll go over the process of converting Paper= clip word processing files (screencode files) on floppy disk to text files =
    on SD card and readable on a PC. For that, I=E2=80=99ll be using Craig Bru= ce=E2=80=99s ZED 0.77 80-column text editor on the Commodore 128, a 1541/15=
    71 disk drive, a SD2IEC card drive, and a PC laptop running DirMaster 3.1.5=
    ..

    Also we=E2=80=99ll try out a fully functional Commodore PC20-III, newl=
    y repaired and upgraded by Duncan M. of The Other Group of Amigoids. Upgrad=
    es -- NEC V20 CPU which replaces the 8088 CPU, DOS 6.0, a 3 1/2=E2=80=9D fl= oppy disk drive alongside the standard 5 1/2=E2=80=9D floppy drive, a Snark=
    er Barker sound card (Sound Blaster clone) with 3D-printed volume control w= heel, a RGBI-to-VGA video card, and a Compactflash replacing the mechanical=
    hard drive. On the CF card, we=E2=80=99ll try out some of the many PC gam= es, especially games that use sound through the sound card.

    Finally, we try out an Amiga 3000, also repaired and upgraded by Dunca=
    n. The Agnus chip socket is replaced (due to battery damage), and the SCSI=
    mechanical hard drive is replaced (too many errors on the old mech) by a C=
    F card. Upgrades =E2=80=93 Spectrum 24-bit video card with CybergraphX dri= vers, an Ariadne-II network card, and a fresh set of WHDLoad games. Still = running Amiga OS 3.1, this A3000 also comes with a 256 meg ZorRAM.

    Is this another 7-hour meeting?!
    Robert Bernardo
    Fresno Commodore User Group -
    http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

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