~~NOTOC~~ ====== FEATURED COMMVEX 2017 EXHIBITS ====== {{:commvex:mcc-216-2011.jpg?240|The MCC-216 Multiple Classic Computer doing its C64 thing }} {{ :commvex:pet8296d-2011.jpg?200|European CBM 8296D the last of the PET/CBM line}} ===== Classic C64 set-ups ===== In honor of the C64's 35th anniversary, various C64's (like a brown C64 autographed by Jack Tramiel, Leonard Tramiel, and Chuck Peddle and an extremely early, silver-labeled, white C64) will be on-hand with various modern peripherals plus a collection of recent C64 programs. Some machines courtesy of Las Vegas Commodore enthusiasts ===== Commodore PET 2001 ===== In honor of its 40th anniversary, we'll have the Commodore PET 2001 (chicklet-key) with various programs on cassette or petSD+. ===== Amiga 1000 ===== This is an upgraded Amiga 1000 with OS 2.1 and 1.5 megs of Fast RAM. Courtesy of Mario L. of the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network ===== Commodore 128DCR ===== A fine-looking machine with add-on real-time clock and 1541 Ultimate+, courtesy of Mario L. of the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network ===== VIC-20 ===== A PAL VIC-20 set-up with various game cartridges and the Behr-Bonz Multicart ===== VIC-1541 ==== This early disk drive accompanied the VIC-20 with the same color scheme and with the back label saying "VIC-1540". Autographed by CBM spokesman William Shatner ===== AmigaOne X5000 ===== Running the latest OS 4.1 Final Edition and on a 2 GHz., duo-core PowerPC, this AmigaOne is the top-of-the-line computer from A-EON. A1 X5000 courtesy of Lars Nelson ===== AmigaOne XE G4 ===== The A1XE returns again, this time with an HD video card and more OS 4.1 applications/games. ===== Vampire 600 in an Amiga 600 ===== The Vampire 600 is the latest accelerator board, featuring the equivalent of a 68080 CPU, 64 meg of RAM, a microSD card slot, IDE connector, and HDMI video output. V600 and A600 courtesy of Matt Brewster. ===== Vampire 500 ===== Also from Apollo Accelerator comes the Vampire 500 for the Amiga 500/1000/2000. Like the Vampire 600, this accelerator has the same feature. V500 courtesy Robert Bernardo ===== MiST and Raspberry PI running C= and Amiga ===== The MiST FPGA box is capable of running many different cores, including the VIC-20, C64, and Amiga. Configured correctly, the Raspberry PI single-board computer can run C64 and Amiga emulators. MiST and Raspberry PI courtesy of Matt Brewster ===== Ray Carlsen Power Supplies/Computer Savers ===== Ray Carlsen's various power supplies will be on display - the C64/128/VIC-20CR/Plus4 universal power supply, the Amiga 500/600/1200 power supply, and his new VIC-20 (early model) power supply. Also three different Computer Savers will be on exhibit. ===== Amiga 2000 ===== In honor of the Amiga 500/2000's 30th anniversary, an Amiga 2000 will be on display, this one with Blizzard 2060 50 MHz board, 128 megs of Fast RAM, 2 megs of Chip RAM due to MegaChip, SCSI controller board with 8 megs of RAM, NewTek Video Toaster, Digital Processing Systems Personal TBC, A2065 Ethernet card, Digital Processing Systems Personal Animation Recorder (PAR) , OS 3.1, SCSI CD-ROM drive, 4 gig SCSI main hard drive, 500 meg SCSI hard drive for the PAR. ===== Utilities Unlimited Emplant ===== With this classic board for Zorro-slotted Amigas, you could emulate a classic Mac computer. ===== Modded Plus/4 and unmodded Plus/4 ===== This machine is switchable between NTSC and PAL Kernal ROMs. It also has cooler-running, more efficient EPROMs replacing the BASIC and 3+1 ROMs. Next to the modded Plus/4 is an unmodded Plus/4 with the uninstalled components to turn it into a modded machine. Modded Plus/4 courtesy of Richard Goedeken of the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network ===== Commodore PC 20-III ===== Commodore Business Machines did delve into the MS-DOS world, as evidenced by this desktop computer. This one has a hard drive, 5 1/4" floppy drive, 3 1/2" floppy drive, the Commodore MS-DOS manual, and the Commodore GW-BASIC manual. The PC-20 is courtesy of Bill of the Sacramento Amiga Computer Club. ===== FPGA Arcade Replay ===== The FPGA Arcade Replay is a single-board computer which can be loaded with various cores to become various computers, like the VIC-20, the Commodore 64, and the Amiga. FPGA Arcade Replay courtesy of MB ===== Commodore, Wire-Wrapped, Prototype Cartridge ===== This cartridge does away with EPROMs and uses old-school wire-wrapping. Courtesy of Noel Hyman ===== CMD SuperCPU 128 v2 and Schnedler Turbomaster CPU ===== For CommVEx attendees to see and use, we'll have the SuperCPU 128 v2 20 MHz. accelerator with 16 Megs of RAM for the C64 and C128, and the Turbomaster CPU 4 MHz. accelerator for the C64. ===== The UNIX tables ===== Our resident UNIX expert, A.J., returns with two tables filled with UNIX goodness -- the MightyFrame, another UNIX computer (to be decided), and a C64 running LUnix. ===== Shift-Clr/Home: More 8 Bit Thoughts In A Gigabit World ===== This is a proof copy of the upcoming book written by Lenard Roach, newsletter editor of the Fresno Commodore User Group. ===== 9-pin-to-USB Joystick Adapters ===== From Retronic Designs of Canada, these adapters were meant for the USB ports of your AmigaOne, PC, or Mac computer.