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CLASS Presentations & Guests

David Pleasance of Commodore UK

Have your questions ready for our special guest, David Pleasance of Commodore UK! He will video-chatting with us at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 6. David started with Commodore UK in 1983 and stayed with the company until the very end when he and Colin Proudfoot tried to buy Commodore and Amiga after Commodore International went bankrupt in 1994. David is the author of “Commodore: The Inside Story” and co-author with Trevor Dickinson on the book, “From Vultures to Vampire: 25 Years of Copyright Chaos and Technology Triumphs.”

David Pleasance at CLASS 2021https://youtu.be/PTj7feC-Co0

PiStorm on an Amiga 2000

Matt Brewster brings in his A2000 which has been upgraded with a PiStorm. He tells about his experiences in installing the device.

Brewster speaks of the PiStorm at CLASS 2021https://youtu.be/5FqYwWoiLyU

Roger Van Pelt and CAD-M

Resident C64 CAD expert Roger has a video presentation on the early classic program, CAD 3-M from Loadstar disk magazine. Though not as sophisticated as the German Giga-CAD, CAD 3-M has its own charms and is easier to use!

Van Pelt and C64 CAD-M - CLASS 2021https://youtu.be/7ZSVsQ1dmu0

Marc Rifkin

Commodore Business Machines veteran and Scala developer Marc returns to CLASS and wants to show off Scala and DPaint tricks! He'll have his own table full of Amiga goodness!

Rifkin speaks of CBM and Scala at CLASS 2021https://youtu.be/TL2iqsYyqBg

Rifkin and Amiga graphics manipulation - CLASS 2021https://youtu.be/VhlsNSYSuDg

The Video Backup System for the Amiga

A classic device! Archive your Amiga hard drive on videotape! Matt Brewster shows how VBS is supposed to preserve your drive. See it in action with a VHS video recorder (or Beta… because Beta is better!).

Lenard Roach

Lenard, author of several Commodore books, will be on hand to show off his C64 programs and promote his books!

Commodore in the Classroom

Sonia and Wayne Aller, both university professors, talk about using Commodore computers in the classroom back in the day.

Rebuilding a PET 2001

Jim DiNunzio tells about how he rebuilt his PET 2001 and made it better!

Robert Bernardo

Robert will be on hand to show off his eternal enthusiasm for the Commodore line as well as relate his globe-trotting experiences for Commodore and Star Trek fandom.

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