Commodore Computer Club – USA

For those who attended our January 6, 2012 Commodore Computer Club meeting, you were lucky enough to check out the Commodore Flyer enclosure prototype:

The prototype at the meeting is 1 of 4 that Commodore Computer Club member Tommy created. Be sure to check out his prototyping process blog post.

As mentioned, there are only a complete set of four Flyer enclosures produced. One for Tommy (club member), Sean (Founder of the club), Brandon (Flyer creator and club member) and the fourth one will be auctioned off via the C64 Club with a Flyer installed.

If there is enough demand the Commodore Computer Club will be exclusively producing more Commodore Flyer case enclosures, so if you have any interest, comments or suggestions, be sure to get into contact with the club or comment below.

Something to note though is this case enclosure is not an official Retroswitch product but a hobbyist/homebrew project to help make Flyer just a little more awesome.

To find out more about Flyer or to place an order for one, head over to Brandon’s Retroswitch.com website. Flyer is such an awesome Commodore internet modem and disk drive emulator. If you don’t have one yet for your Commodore 8-bit computers, then you’re missing out.

If you would like to keep up on what’s going on with the Flyer case enclosure project, be sure to bookmark CommodoreFlyer.com which also includes Flyer firmware release notes and other fun and interesting Flyer related homebrew projects.

Our January 6, 2012 first Friday of the month PDX Commodore Users Group and Computer Club meeting was awesome with a side of winning!

Here’s a brief bullet list with some of the highlights that took place:

• Celebrated the 30th birthday of the Commodore 64 with a raffle
• Played games on multiple Commodore 64′s and 64c’s
• Commodore Flyer prototype enclosure presentation
• VIC 20 game time using the Mega-Cart loaded with 100′s games
• Copied real floppy disks to digital files (D64, D71 and D81)
• Show and Tell with club member hardware, software and more
• Tinker Time: Hacking, Coding, Exploring new hardware, Cleaning of equipment

We also enjoyed the following:

• The “Wives Club” (board games, cards, wine, etc.)
• EasyFlash game cartridge fun
• Game time on multiple Vectrex video game consoles
• A lot of buy, sell, trade and free deals took place
• All you can eat Pied Piper Pizza dinner buffet

Check out some of our C64 Club meeting pictures below. Enjoy!

We started out the evening with a little game time on the various Commodore 64, 1541 disk drive and VIC-20 computers present at the meeting:

The Vectrex is always welcomed at the C64 club meetings. This time we had 3 fully restored and working Vectrex consoles for everyone to use along with a Commodore SX-64:

Here we have a Commodore Computer Club exclusive, a Flyer prototype case enclosure that we plan on producing in volume. Keep an eye on CommodoreFlyer.com for more information:

In this picture you can see a Flyer on top of a 1541 disk drive, 1702 color monitor, C64 computer with an EasyFlash cartridge and the prototype Commodore Flyer case enclosure:

Commodore Computer Club members, guests and friends enjoying some awesome friendly retro computing and gaming related conversations:

Kevin Savetz doing some Commodore 1541 floppy disk transfers to digital files (D64, D71 and D81). We ended up using Flyer to get the digital files created:

C64 Club Members, guests and Commodore friends socializing at the meeting:

“One, two, three ah ha ha ha ha” (reference The Count from Sesame Street) Vectrex game consoles on hand for gaming time at the Commodore Computer Club meeting:

Chuck Van Pelt (Recycled Gamer) showing John Hancock his custom “recycled” retro controllers for the Vectrex:

Seth playing the classic Commodore 64 game BC Quest For Tires. You can also see a VIC-20 with MegaCart and a complete in box C64 in the background:

“Captain Morgan” was the winner of the complete in box Commodore 64 with sealed software we raffled off in celebration of the 30th birthday of the Commodore 64 computer:

Here we have the “Wives Club” playing the card game Apples to Apples which is a party game originally published by Out of the Box Publishing, and now published by Mattel:

Up close and personal with some of the cards from the game Apples to Apples along with Rebecca doing a peace sign:

Long standing club member Tommy all smiles while he plays the game James Bond for the first time which is archived on one of the many EasyFlash cartridges on hand:

Playing a C64 club favorite Hard Hat Mack on the Commodore SX-64 computer using a classic WICO joystick:

Michael and Dan having a discussion about retro computers and various homebrew projects:

Tommy playing the Activision classic Pitfall on the Commodore 64. Pitfall made it’s first debut on the Atari 2600:

Another Activision classic H.E.R.O (HERO) being played during game time at the Commodore Computer Club meeting:

Towards the end of the evening we had a Wizard of Wor game competition. A lot of people really got into it which was a lot of fun:

John Hancock watching the Wizard of Wor competition being played on his personal Commodore 64 computer he brought to the meeting:

“Thank you” to everyone from the Pacific Northwest and beyond who continues to support and attend our Commodore Computer Club meetings. It’s greatly appreciated.

Our next scheduled meeting will be Friday February 3, 2012, so be sure to mark it down on your calendar. We hope to see you at the next meeting! Come to learn, come to share.

Here is a 1984 TV advertisement for the Commodore SX-64 portable computer, also known as the Executive 64 computer:

For anyone who wants to sing along with the commercial, here are the lyrics:

In a world of fun and fantasy, and ever changing views
And computer terminology, Commodore is news
Are you keeping up with the Commodore?
‘Cause the Commodore’s keeping up with you.

The Commodore Computer Club is always keeping up with the Commodore

Happy New Year Commodore friends, hackers and enthusiasts! Our next Commodore Computer Club meeting will be Friday, January 6, 2012 from 6:00 pm PST until 12:00 am PST.

Typically club members, friends and guests from the Portland, OR metro area show up between 6:30 pm – 7:00 pm PST.

Our monthly Commodore users group meetings take place at Pied Piper Pizza, a local favorite in Vancouver, WA that’s approximately 30 minutes from downtown PDX – Portland, Oregon:

Pied Piper Pizza – 12300 NE Fourth Plain Rd. – Vancouver, WA 98682 – Get directions

Once inside Pied Piper Pizza, head straight back past the dart boards to the private banquet room #4. Look for Commodore computers. If you can’t find it, ask someone at the counter.

We’ll be celebrating the 30th birthday of the Commodore 64 computer which was released back in January 1982. There will be tasty goodies and other surprises too!

The following hardware, software (cartridge and floppy disk based) will be at the January 6, 2012 Portland metropolitan area Commodore Users Group and Computer Club meeting:

• Commodore SX-64 (Executive 64) computer
• 50+ C64 retro gaming arcade and utility cartridges
• Commodore VIC-20 computer
• MSD SD-2 Super Disk Drive (22 second verified backups)
• Commodore 64 (C64) computer, 1541 disk drive both with JiffyDOS
• Flyer Internet Modem + Disk Drive Emulator
• C64 Direct-to-TV C64DTV (designed by Jeri Ellsworth)
• 100+ floppy disks with various games, programs, and utilities
• Vectrex video game console

If you have any Commodore hardware, software, or other retro computing goodness (books, toys, gadgets, etc.) bring it along. There is always plenty of room, tables and electrical outlets.

Do you have any Commodore, other 8-bit computer or gaming console items you want to sell, trade or give away? Feel free to bring it along for our buy, sell, trade and free tables.

As always it’s perfectly fine to bring your husband, wife, girlfriend, boyfriend or kids with you to the upcoming meeting. All are welcome. The more the merrier!

To find out more about our meetings, get directions, etc, please check out the Commodore Computer Club meetings page.

We look forward to seeing you at the next Commodore Computer Club and Users Group meeting on Friday January 6, 2012. Come to learn, come to share.

Our December 2, 2011 monthly Friday night PDX Commodore Users Group and Computer Club meeting was a great success!

Here’s a brief list detailing out some of the highlights that took place:

• Started using the larger meeting banquet room #4
• Played games on multiple Commodore 64′s and 64c’s
• VIC 20 game time using the Mega-Cart loaded with 100′s games
• The “Wives Club” (board games, cards, wine, etc.)
• Game time on a Vectrex video game console
• A lot of buy, sell, trade and free deals took place
• All you can eat Pied Piper Pizza dinner buffet enjoyed by all

We also enjoyed the following:

• C64 Direct-to-TV aka the C64DTV by Jeri Ellsworth
• EasyFlash game cartridge fun
• Presentation of Flyer (formerly Pilot) internet device
• Commodore Amiga 500 A500 games and utilities fun
• Show and Tell with club member hardware, software and more
• Showcasing a GCE Vectrex game console
• Tinker Time: Hacking, Coding, Exploring new hardware, Cleaning of equipment

Check out some of our C64 Club meeting pictures below. Enjoy!

C64 Direct-to-TV C64DTV (hardware design by Jeri Ellsworth), Commodore VIC-20 and a C64 playing Toy Bizarre by Activision:

Gordon “gsteemso” Steemson and Ryan “Pinacolada” Sherwood drove down from the Seattle area to attend the Commodore Computer Club meeting in Vancouver, Washington:

Morgan and John Hancock checking out the buy, sell, trade and free tables at the meeting:

Taking a closer look at some of the items up for grabs at the PDX Commodore Users Group buy, sell, trade and free tables:

In this picture you can see the nice attendance at our recent Commodore Computer Club meeting. We always have a good time socializing:

Doing a little disk copying using the Flyer Internet Modem and the MSD SD-2 floppy disk drive on hand at the meeting:

Morgan playing the classic video game Scramble on the Vectrex game console using the Sean Kelly Vectrex Multi-Cart:

Tom and John Hancock playing the game Save New York on the Commodore 64C computer that was on hand at the meeting:

Steve (Agent Friday) having a good time (all smiles) at the PDX Commodore Computer Club meeting while Ryan is enjoying a nice Pied Piper Pizza dinner:

Up close and personal with the Commodore SX-64 running EasyProg to program the games Jumpman and Space Taxi to an EasyFlash cartridge:

Club members, guests and friends enjoying some awesome friendly Commodore related conversations:

Here we have the “Wives Club” playing the card game Quiddler (for the fun of words) at the C64 club meeting:

C64 Club Members, guests and Commodore friends socializing at the meeting:

Upgrading to the new larger room at Pied Piper Pizza was a wise decision. Look at all the people at our meeting:

Ryan using his laptop to do some hacking with the Commodore Flyer Internet Modem and disk drive emulator:

Here’s another picture showing the large attendance at our recent PDX Commodore Computer Club meeting:

Jonathan (one of our youngest club members) playing the classic arcade game Q*bert on the Commodore 64 computer:

The game Tetris all ready to go on the Commodore VIC-20 computer thanks to the VIC 20 Mega-Cart on hand at the meeting:

Brandon doing some programming using the Flyer Internet Modem and the Commodore SX-64 computer:

Having some tasty dinner at Pied Piper Pizza in the larger banquet room #4 while enjoying awesome friendly Commodore related conversations:

Rick Weis all smiles while Tom goes through hundreds of Amiga 500 video game floppy disks provided to the club by member John Hancock:

John, Gordon and Steve (Agent Friday) having retro computing discussions:

Seth playing a text adventure game on the VIC-20 using the Commodore VIC 20 Mega-Cartridge:

Jeremy, Michael, Dan and Conrad having a good time at the monthly Commodore Computer Club meeting:

Club members Ivan, Tom, Chuck and a bunch of Amiga 500 floppy disks along with other members seen in the background:

Tom is so excited that he found his favorite Amiga 500 game disks among the hundreds provided by John to the club for free:

This was a cool find at the buy, sell, trade and free tables: an Atari 2600 game cartridge with Scratch and Sniff stickers that still had smell:

Brandon, Paul and Gregory chatting about the Commodore Flyer internet modem and disk drive emulator that was for sale at the meeting:

Tom’s Commodore Amiga 500 up and running. He had a fun time checking out all the free Amiga software at the meeting:

Here we can see Greg’s Commodore 64C with EasyFlash cartridge loaded with a bunch of classic video games for everyone to play and enjoy during game time:

Greg playing Moon Patrol on his C64C computer while Tom does some Amiga 500 programming:

Steve (Agent Friday), Gregory and Paul chatting about having fun at the Commodore Computer Club meeting:

Jesse and AEric two long time club members having a conversation about retro computers and classic video games:

Playing a little Jumpman on the Commodore VIC-20 computer:

As always a huge “Thank you” goes out to everyone who continues to support and attend our Commodore Computer Club meetings. It’s greatly appreciated.

Our next scheduled meeting will be Friday January 6, 2012, so be sure to mark it down on your calendar. We hope to see you at the next meeting! Come to learn, come to share.

Like last year around this time we wanted to highlight the classic SX-64 Christmas demo and share it with our Commodore friends around the world:

The above Christmas Demo was included on the 1541 SX-64 Test Demo disk which came with the Commodore SX-64 computer also known as the Commodore Executive 64.

Most of us in the Commodore Computer Club agree that the SX-64 Christmas demo is perfect for the holiday season for a few reasons:

1. It showcases the Commodore 64 sprite and color graphics
2. Features the C64′s SID 8-bit sound and music capabilities
3. There’s a dancing Frosty The Snowman at the end

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from the Commodore Computer Club. We hope you enjoy the video.

Our next Commodore Computer Club meeting will be Friday, December 2, 2011 from 6:00 pm PST until 12:00 am PST.

Typically our Commodore friends, C64 club members and guests from the Portland, Oregon and surrounding areas show up between 6:30 pm – 7:00 pm PST.

Our monthly Commodore Users Group and Computer Club meetings take place at Pied Piper Pizza in Vancouver, WA which is about a 30 minute drive from downtown PDX – Portland, OR:

Pied Piper Pizza – 12300 NE Fourth Plain Rd. – Vancouver, WA 98682 – Get directions

Once inside Pied Piper Pizza, head straight back past the dart boards to the private banquet room #4. Look for Commodore and other retro computers. Remember this is the first meeting in the new larger room which is across the hall from previous meetings in room #3.

Please note: As of this meeting (December 2, 2011) we no longer have the back alley door to use, but we do have a side door for easy access from the parking lot for loading and unloading. Come into the new meeting room first to see where this door is to know where to park, etc.

The following hardware and software is confirmed for the December 2, 2011 PDX Commodore Users Group and Computer Club meeting:

• Commodore Flyer Internet Modem + Disk Drive Emulator
• Commodore 64 computer and 1541 disk drive (both with JiffyDOS)
• SX-64 (Executive 64) portable computer
• MSD SD-2 Super Disk Drive (22 second verified backups)
• 50+ C64 retro gaming arcade and utility cartridges
• 100′s of C64 floppy disks (games, programs, and utilities)
• Amiga 500 with box of Amiga floppy disk software
• VIC-20 computer with Mega-Cart: The ultimate cartridge for your VIC 20
• Multiple Multiple EasyFlash Cartridges for the Commodore 64
• Additional Commodore and vintage computers, game consoles, etc.

If you have any Commodore hardware, software, or other classic computing goodness kindly bring it along because we’ve got plenty of room, tables and electrical outlets.

You can also expect the following for your enjoyment:

• You’ll be able to purchase Flyer (Internet Modem + Disk Drive Emulator)
• Awesome conversations, good friends and a lot social geekery
• The “Wives Club” (board games, cards, wine, etc.)
• Buy, sell, trade and free tables (Commodore Marketplace)
• Multiple club member presentations
• Tinker time: hacking, coding, exploring new hardware
• Pied Piper Pizza food, beverages and salad bar

To find out more about our meetings, get directions, etc, please check out the Commodore Computer Club meetings page.

As always it’s perfectly fine to bring your husband, wife, girlfriend, boyfriend or kids with you to the upcoming meeting. All are welcome. The more the merrier!

We look forward to seeing you at the next Commodore Users Group and Computer Club meeting on Friday December 2, 2011. Come to learn, come to share.

Greetings Commodore Friends! The time has come. Bring your Commodore computer into the internet age with Flyer, the combination internet modem and disk drive emulator for Commodore 8-bit computers!

The idea for Flyer was born out of a conversation back in September 2010 during a Commodore Computer Club meeting between a few friends and club members. It’s been a long time coming, but totally worth the wait. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Flyer:

Flyer provides both IEC and IEEE-488 interfaces and supports a wide range of Commodore computers, from the PET to the Commodore 128:

• Commodore CBM PET
• Commodore VIC-20
• Commodore Plus/4
• Commodore 16
• Commodore 64 and SX-64 (Executive 64)
• Commodore 128, 128D and DCR

Once connected, Flyer provides you with two new peripherals – an internet modem and a disk drive emulator which currently supports D64, D71 and D81 disk images.

While no additional software is required to use Flyer, it includes a useful configuration program built in (loaded from the Flyer itself) which allows you to easily configure network settings, cloud server configurations and more.

Flyer allows seamless loading and saving of programs and disks to websites which support Retroswitch’s cloud server protocol. It even provides the flexibility to develop your own custom solutions utilizing Flyer’s built-in support for HTTP and TCP protocols.

Flyer includes 3.5 MB of flash memory for storing disk images locally. You can also create new disk images on the fly, and either discard them when finished or upload them to the cloud to save them for future use. You can easily switch between locally stored disks using the button on the Flyer.

Firmware updates are safe and easy for the Flyer. A simple LOAD command will update your Flyer to the latest firmware release over the internet. If anything should ever go wrong, the Flyer includes a recovery procedure which will reset the device to the exact state it was in when you first received it.

You can find out more information, place an order or download the manual with a lot more information by visiting the official Flyer product page.

If you’re in the PDX Portland, OR – Vancouver, WA area, there will be Flyer’s for sale and being demonstrated at the upcoming Commodore Computer Club meeting Friday December 2, 2011.

Our November 4, 2011 monthly Friday night PDX Commodore Users Group and Computer Club meeting was a super success!

Here’s a brief list detailing out some of the highlights that took place:

• Played games on multiple Commodore 64′s and 64c’s
• VIC 20 game time using the Mega-Cart loaded with 100′s games
• Amiga 500 A500 games and utilities fun
• Game time on an original Xbox video game console
• Multiplayer Bomberman on the Sega Saturn
• A lot of buy, sell, trade and free deals took place
• All you can eat Pied Piper Pizza dinner buffet enjoyed by all

We also enjoyed the following:

• Presentation of Flyer (formerly Pilot) internet device
• Show and Tell with club member hardware, software and more
• DEC PDP-11 computer, connected to a VT100 terminal demo by Earl Evans
• Showcasing a Mattel Aquarius computer
• Sony Hitbit HB-F1XV Presentation
• Tinker Time: Hacking, Coding, Exploring new hardware, Cleaning of equipment

Check out some of our C64 Club meeting pictures below. Enjoy!

Up close and personal with Flyer, the internet modem and disk drive emulator for Commodore 8-bit computers designed and built by C64 Club member Brandon:

We downloaded Berzerk Redux from the internet using Flyer, then played it on the Commodore 64 computer:

Another nice turn out for our monthly C64 Club meeting as seen here by all the socializing going on at the Commodore club meeting:

Box of Commodore 64 floppy disks sitting on top of the computer power station:

MSD SD-2 Dual Floppy Disk Drive, VIC-20 with Mega-Cart playing the game Black Hole:

Sony Hitbit HB-F1XV vintage computer on display at the Commodore Computer Club meeting:

Multiplayer Bomberman on the Sega Saturn. Thanks to the Portland Retro Gaming Expo staff for providing the setup for our meeting:

PDX Commodore Users Group and Computer Club members enjoying a little game time on the C64 and VIC-20 on hand at the meeting:

Amiga 500 (A500) with external floppy drive and a huge box of Amiga software which included games, utilities and various other Amiga software:

Commodore VIC-20 computer using the MSD-SD2 floppy drive to load classic video games:

You can always find a good deal at the Commodore Computer Club’s Buy, Sell, Trade and Free Tables setup at our C64 Club meetings:

Vintage DEC PDP-11 computer, connected to a VT100 terminal being showcased by Earl Evans from the Retrobits Podcast:

Playing a little Wizard of Wor on the Commodore 64. Wizard of Wor was a huge hit at the meeting and received a lot of gameplay:

Frogger ’07 being played via the VIC-20 Mega-Cart that’s always on hand at our C64 Club meetings:

VIC-20 computer, color monitor and CN2 Cassette Unit that belongs to Seth, a C64 Club member. This is the first time in years that his system has been up and running:

Mattel Aquarius computer complete with the the Aquarius Mini Expander being showcased. Thank you Morgan for bringing some of your retro goodness to the meeting:

Here you can see a PDX Commodore Users Group and Computer Club member testing out the Mattel Aquarius computer:

Commodore Computer Club member Tom kicking back while reading his new Amiga 500 book that he acquired from the buy, sell, trade and free tables:

In this picture you can see the huge attendance at our recent Commodore Computer Club meeting. We always have a good time socializing:

Here you can see what we are now calling “The Wives Club” playing a combination card and board game at the C64 club meeting:

Look out, the Wives Club now has wine to drink while playing games and socializing. It’s so nice that the women of all the geek men can have fun at the meetings too:

Earl Evans doing a little programming on his recently acquired DEC PDP-11 computer, connected to a VT100 terminal:

Gregory watching Chuck from the PRGE playing a serious game of Berzerk Redux on the Commodore 64. Chicken, fight like a robot:

There are always multiple Commodore 64′s setup with EasyFlash cartridges at our meetings loaded up with classic video games:

Members and guests enjoying a little game time on the C64 and VIC-20 on hand at the meeting:

For a little added excitement, we fired up an original Xbox and played some multiplayer Halo at the Commodore Computer Club meeting:

Tom playing a little Arkanoid by Taito on his Amiga 500 computer:

Toy Bizarre by Activision being played during game time. This is such a fun game. If you haven’t tried it, come down to a Commodore Computer Club meeting. Free games to play!

“Thank you” to everyone who continues attending and supporting our Commodore Computer Club meetings from all over PDX. It’s greatly appreciated.

Our next scheduled meeting will be Friday December 2, 2011, so be sure to mark it down on your calendar. We hope to see you at the next meeting! Come to learn, come to share.

Remember the 1970′s TV show The Jeffersons? Well like them, the Commodore Computer Club is “Movin’ On Up” to a larger room at Pied Piper Pizza starting our December 2, 2011 meeting.

This is pretty exciting club news to say the least, so let’s take a moment and recap how we got to this point of needing a larger room which has happened a few times in the clubs history.

The Early Days:

When the Commodore Computer Club was officially founded back in April 2010 with 5 friends, we had our weekly meetings and game days at various member homes.

That was great at first, since we were a small, humble and manageable group of retro computer enthusiasts, but then we started to expand and get more friends interested in the club.

Becoming More Public Friendly:

Sometime in early May 2010 we decided it was time for an official meeting place. After some searching and group discussion, we decided on Pied Piper Pizza in Vancouver, WA.

• June 25, 2010: This was our first meeting at Pied Piper Pizza using the medium size room which was able to handle an occupancy of approximately 40 people. View recap and photos.
• Special guests Robert Bernardo (Fresno Commodore Users Group), Jeri Ellsworth (C64DTV), Jason Scott (BBS Documentary, Get Lamp).

Once we started officially having meetings at a public place, our attendance really started to pick up basically meaning more hardware, people and good times, not a bad thing to happen to a retro computer hobbyist group.

As of July 2010 we started to only have meetings on the first Friday of every month (no more every Friday). This allowed for more planning and scheduling to get more people coming to the Commodore Computer Club meetings and events.

• July 29, 2010: TPUG Toronto PET User’s Group Library CD.
• August 6, 2010: Commodore VIC-20 Mega Cart Demo By John Hancock
• September 3, 2010: Pete Brown showed off his Commodore 64 Emulator

At this point over the next few months we saw a steady increase in attendance and hardware being brought to our meetings making us a happy bunch of retro computing geeks.

Introducing Our Club To Approximately 1,200 People:

The Commodore Computer Club was part of the 5th Annual Portland Retro Gaming Expo on September 18th and 19th, 2010:

• Expo photos – At The PRGE 2010: Commodore Computer Club
• Photos – PRGE 2010: Young Kids Using Commodore Computers

This was awesome for our PDX Commodore Users Group and Computer Club by providing major exposure to 1,200+ like minded people around the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

Time For An Upgrade:

After getting more exposure thanks to the 2010 Portland Retro Gaming Expo, things really started to pick up for us.

• October 1, 2010: Because of the huge amount of hardware, software and people at this meeting, it was decided that we should start using the large banquet room for all future Commodore Computer Club meetings. View recap and photos.

• October 10, 2010: Commodore Computer Club 10/10/10 Nerd Holiday Party. This was our last special event meeting in the medium room.

• November 5, 2010: First meeting in the large room #3 (room occupancy approximately 60 people) took place. View recap and photos.
• A featured presentation on Retrobits by Earl Evans

For the rest of 2010 room #3 at Pied Piper has served us well, which brings us to the entire reason for this blog post.

Continuing To Grow In 2011:

The C64 club has continued growing at a nice pace since the beginning of 2011 with member and guest attendance, hardware presentations and demos which are at a record all time high. Room #3 is doing well but is starting to seem small as we reach the third quarter of 2011.

Like in 2010, the Commodore Computer Club was once again a vendor at the 2011 6th Annual Portland Retro Gaming Expo and kicked it up a notch by being one of the official sponsors of the event plus we were instrumental in bringing David Crane and Garry Kitchen to the Expo.

• September 24th and 25th, 2011: Represented Commodore computers at PRGE 2011
• David Crane and Garry Kitchen Guest Speakers at PRGE 2011
• VIP dinner with David Crane, Garry Kitchen, Bob Smith, Rob Zdybel and Tod R. Frye

Thanks to being one of the sponsors at the 6th annual PRGE, we were able to show 1,500+ people what the Commodore Computer Club is all about. How rad is that?

Everything done to date so far has helped boost interest in our club which is awesome, however with more interest comes more people, more hardware and less room for all of the above.

Movin’ On Up:

Over the past couple of months a lot of evaluating has been going on for the club, especially since we’re in the home stretch of 2011.

• As of the October 2011 meeting and almost one year to the day since the last time we did a room upgrade, it’s official, the Commodore Computer Club needs more space.

Lucky for us Pied Piper Pizza has another private banquet room across the hall that can handle an occupancy of 80+ people. We recently checked it out at our November 2011 meeting and it’s going to work out perfectly for us. To quote Charlie Sheen: Winning!

This new room is geektastic: more tables, electrical outlets, better floor plan, windows and so much more! It’s sure nice having the same physical meeting location for over a year and half that can provide us room to expand.

Starting our December 2, 2011 meeting, please join the Commodore Computer Club in banquet room #4 just across the hall from our previous meeting room.

“Thank you” to everyone who has continued to support the PDX Commodore Computer Club and Users Group. It’s greatly appreciated. We’ll see you at an upcoming meeting!