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| Photo Gallery (Click for a larger view - photos open in a new window) | |||
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| George Stonecipher | Helen Silvas | Robert Bernardo | |
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| Fender Tucker (An honorary member of Commodore Clubs everywhere) | Bill Gilbert | Bill Terry | |
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| Chester Sohm | Meredyth Dixon | Zella Mallard | |
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| George Savros | Dick Estel | Henry Fry | |
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| Del Contreras | Keith Sohm | Jeri Ellsworth | |
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| Brad Strait | Alfredo F. Mijango, our man from Manteca | Roger Van Pelt | |
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| Louis Mazzei | Vincent Mazzei | ||
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| Robert Bernardo, Meredyth Dixon, Dick Estel, annual dinner | Keith & Tiffany Sohm (2008 club dinner) | Robert Bernardo, Dick Estel, Andrew Wiskow & family (Isabel, Angelina, Nina, Alvin) at Pizza Pit, 11/18/2007 | |
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| Robert
      Bernardo,
      Bill
      
      Terry, | Stan, our host at the Pizza Pit | Meredyth
        Dixon, Andrew Wiskow, Alvin Wiskow at March 2009 meeting | |
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| geoCable Adapter Pinout (Click for more information) | Back: Dick Estel, Robert Bernardo, Bill Gilbert, Bill Terry Front: Les Crites, Meredyth Dixon, Jim Kirby, March 2003 | Dick Estel, Robert Bernardo, guest Leif Bloomquist, Brad Strait, Roger Van Pelt, March 2010 | |
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| The rarely seen Commodore 1570 disk drive | Back of the 1570 | Robert Bernardo's Commodore Educator 64 (newly acquired in August 2009) | |
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| Robert checks under the hood | A close look | 
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| 24-hour use left a burn on the board | The SID chip has been replaced | The
      Hamtext cartridge 
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| Virgil Leisure's Tower Commodore | Robert's steampunked C64, fresh out of the box | Peeking inside | |
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| Roger VanPelt's MMC64 cartridge without its shell | Robert's Kantronics Interface | Dick Estel, Robert Bernardo, Leif Bloomquist, Brad Strait, Roger Van Pelt, March 2010 meeting | |
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| Our guest from Canada, Leif demonstrates the TPUG Library Disk | A page from the TPUG Library | The Super Student educational program | |
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| Stan serves 'em up behind the bar at the Pizza Pit | Some of Stan's racing awards | Inside the "Pit" as Robert and Brad prepare for the meeting | |
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| Robert gets ready for his demo | The Commodore CDTV and its optional keyboard | Dick Estel, Brad Strait, Robert & Geoff Eade from England | |
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| One of Robert's free PETs | Trying to get inside | PET 8296-D acquired in England | |
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| The Multiple Classic Computer | MCC back - this little box plays Commodore, Atari and Amiga games | 
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| Robert and Alfredo | Roger and Brad | Split screen video feed provided by Bil Herd (watch the chat here and here) | |
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| Roger Van Pelt's prototype geoCable | Roger's finished, cardboard-free geoCable | 
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| Daniel Strang, our guest from the Netherlands, August 2012 | 
 | Robert explains things at the Las Vegas expo | |
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| Dick watches Daniel set up his demo | For Vincent, it's like a mini-CommVEx | At the annual dinner; Louis Mazzei, Brad Strait, Dick Estel, Roger Van Pelt, Vincent Mazzei | |
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| What's THAT doing at a Commodore club meeting!!?? | The board with mystery chips and Robert's schematic to ID components | Roger, Vincent and Louis puzzle over the mystery board | |
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| Some of the magazines at the December 2012 meeting | More PETs, at the December meeting | Linda takes our orders at the January 2013 meeting | |
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| A line-up of SX64's | Vincent and Robert operate the SX's while Louis and Roger look on | Robert and Roger with SX64's | |
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| Robert's Commodore birthday cake at the February 2013 meeting | Louis displays tools and parts for joy stick repair | Not a Commodore project, but of interest to all computer users: The first mouse, from 1964 | |
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| The VIC20 gets a workout | The whole gang, April 2013 | Robert and Roger ponder the coolness of an unknown thing with lots of wires | |
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| Robert, Louis and Vincent with their "Christmas in April" goodies from Del's surprise box | |||
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| 24K memory expansion for the VIC20 | Charles Gutman enjoys the meeting from the comfort of home | 
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| The big sign at 2839 N. Blackstone | Louis & Vincent Mazzei contemplate the ruins of lunch while Robert searches the Internet | Computer Saver from Ray Carlsen (prevents damage if the PS goes bad) | |
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| SD2IEC card drive (less than a quarter inch high) | Rebuilt, upgraded power supplies using modern components | Brad Strait and his kids check out an Amiga game | |
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| William & Katelyn had more fun than anyone at the September meeting | A very Ziggy Christmas card | 
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 | Voiding the warranty! | An elusive code word is required to access the game | |
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| Vince watches as Louis attacks his lunch | At the annual FCUG lunch: Robert, Dick, Vincent, Louis | The traditional gift bags | |
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| Goodies from the close-out at Computer Station in Long Beach | Robert's | Robert displays The John Zacharias award from AmiWest for outstanding support and assistance | |
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| All the local members, January 19, 2014 (names at top of page) | Louis & Vincent Mazzei and their newly-painted VIC20 | Gregory and Vincent temporarily abandon the Commodore | |
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| Gregory explores ancient technology | An early day disk speed-up device | Another vintage machine, Blue Chip daisy wheel printer | |
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| Vectrex games and console | The Vectrex controls | Roger shows the Commodore radio | |
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| Radio that operates through the C64 | Radio software display | Roger, Vincent and Greg | |
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| Always keep your cables neat! | The Quickshot SV-2000 robotic arm | The PET 2001 | |
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| Close-up of PET keyboard | The Commodore Highway in Colorado | The Waveform Colortone keyboard | |
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| Ray Carlson's computer saver power supplies and accessories | Souvenir poker chip made with 3D printer for CommVEx 2014 | A500s rescued from a damp, moldy storage building in Washington | |
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| A rare classic - the Commodore typewriter | William wonders where the touch screen is | AmigaKit arcade style joystick | |
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| Vincent trying out the Silent Service submarine game | Louis & Vincent Mazzei's fire engine red VIC 20 | Greg Dodd tries out the Amiga CDTV | |
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| Robert, bringing in equipment for the August 2015 meeting | Roger, doing the same | Greg gets a first look inside the Falcon | |
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| Lots of stuff in there, but it still didn't work | Pluto, out for a walk powered by the venerable VIC20 | Amiga CDTV with matching keyboard and mouse | |
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| The Dodd family, Greg, Krista, Gregory and Kris, at the annual club lunch | Roger tries out his grab gag gift | Among the goodies at the November meeting, the PowerPad | |
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| Lots of cartridges | Louis proudly shows off his "new" Tandy 102 laptop | A closer look | |
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| Greg's T-Shirt from the Classic Arcade Game Show | A small sample of Greg's game machines | In the computer room | |
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| A few games | Zaxxon and pineball | Duncan tries his hand | |
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| Robert is a Star Trek fan, but goes to Star Wars here | Roger vs. the Aliens | Cockpit of racing game | |
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| Games, games, and more games | |||
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| Louie's XP PC in a Commodore C64C case | Louie's VIC-20 with its new 65C02 P4 4 Mhz chip | Former member and special guest Randy Smith | |
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| February 1991 Disk of the Month menu screen | Greg's Atari Edladdin Super 78 Joystick, won at Atari Party | Robert's German-made VIC 20 | |
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| Robert's C-202 Electro-mechanical Commodore calculator | Close-up of the keypad | Inside the calculator | |
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| Vincent working with the Minisketch program for the VIC 20 | A VIC 20 educational game | Charlotte and William Strait, with old and new computers | |
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| Alex Lewandowski's Amiga A600 installed in a Casa Blanca case | Cables in back of case | ||
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| Most of our regular members in November 2017 | William and Charlotte Strait enjoy a computer that went out of production long before they were born | Robert help out while dad Brad looks on | |
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| Robert's Alice laptop with dual boot - Windows 10 and Linux | Screen shot of 2017 Commodore game Honey Bee | Replica patches as worn by security staff at Commodore headquarters back in the day | |
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| Dave Smith's C64 Mini | The full set-up - USB keyboard, monitor, joystick and controller | The selection of games scrolls across the bottom | |
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| With help from William Strait, Robert shoots a commercial for the Commodore LA Super Show (CLASS) | 1999 Article from Fresno Bee about people STILL using these antiquated computers | ||
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| Unijoysticle 2, to allow control via riding a unicycle | Zoomer Flight Controller/Steering Wheel | Robert Bernardo, Roger Van Pelt, Dave Smith, Randy Stoller, Dick Estel, Bruce Nieman | |
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| Dave watches as Roger demonstrates Home Designer | Home Designer screen | Loadstar genealogy program | |
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| Disks and other items donated by Ray Carlsen | Dave's t-shirt honors vintage artifacts | Social
        distancing for our 2020 annual lunch: Dave Smith, Aaron Van Pelt, Dick Estel, Roger Van Pelt, Robert Bernardo | |
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| First meeting after Covid: Dick Estel, Kevin Staszkow, Roger Van Pelt, Mike Samboy, Dave Smith | The Black Magic cartridge | The Ultra Cart 128 | |
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| Behr-Bonz VIC 20 cartridge | Roger demonstrates the VIC 20 | The
        regulars in August 2022: Robert, Roger, Dave, Dick, Bruce | |
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| Michael Calkin, our newest and youngest member | Robert
        welcomes Meredyth back as a "new" old member | The TeensyROM, superfast loader etc. | |
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| Early Commodore cassette drive | A more "streamlined" version | ||
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| Salvador (Sandy) Dippolett, 1925-2001 | Ralph Parrott, 1920-2002 | Les Crites, 1924-2003 | |
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| Jim Kirby, 1930-2004 | Ben Briscoe, 1921-2007 | Lloyd Warren, 1924-2009 | |
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| Jack Tramiel, Commodore Founder, 1928-2012 (another picture here) | |||
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Updated August 11, 2025