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     Posted last night, here is the first from August 10-11 Commodore Vegas Expo v15.  Premiering at the show, it is long-lost video from 2001 of engineer Jeri Ellsworth talking about the CommodoreOne and scener Peter Hanson talking about the European C= scene, especially about the Plus/4.  It was filmed at an UPCHUG (University Place Commodore Home User Group) meeting in the public library in Tacoma, Washington.

 

Jeri Ellsworth + Peter Hanson at UPCHUG 2001

 

 

 

          More to come,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group
          http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

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     Another long-lost video released at the August 10-11 Commodore Vegas Expo. It is scener Peter Hanson visiting Amiga, Inc. headquarters back in 2001. Just a few minutes long, this video also has the late Gary Peake and in the distance, the Amiga bus!

https://youtu.be/74_KgFsQ2xM

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     Robert Bernardo
     Fresno Commodore User Group

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Here we go! More video and photos from CommVEx 2019! Check out

 

Van Pelt and Giga-CAD+ for the C64

 

and

 

Mario's pics of CommVEx 2019

 

http://blog.retro-link.com/2019/08/marios-pics-of-commvex-2019.html

 

Truly,

Robert Bernardo

Fresno Commodore User Group

http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

Commodore Vegas Expo

http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

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     Now we have 2 more videos on-line!  Saj Awan had a mini-presentation showing what he had on his exhibit tables -- PETpix 2, Koalamin, and the Incredible Musical Keyboard -- all running on the Commodore 64.  Matt Brewster spoke about the MiST FPGA box and showed it running Amiga emulation.  See

 

Saj Awan at CommVEx 2019

 

 

Matt Brewster talks MiST at CommVEx 2019

 

 

      Truly,
      Robert Bernardo
      Fresno Commodore User Group
      http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
      Commodore Vegas Expo - http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

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     In 2009, Commodore Business Machines engineer Dave Haynie visited the Commodore Vegas Expo.  He came in during the Friday set-up, stayed with us throughout Saturday and Sunday, and as we were taking down the equipment on Sunday night, he gave us an impromptu jamming session on his guitar!  Here is video taken of that concert, a video that premiered at this year's CommVEx.

 

Dave Haynie jamming at CommVEx 2009

 

 

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group
          http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
          Commodore Vegas Expo
          http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

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    The CommVEx videos being uploaded keep rolling in!  Two more have been posted, Lenard Roach speaking about his C64 productivity programs and his latest book, "Run-Stop/Restore," and Matt Brewster giving an introductory class on the Video Toaster 4.2 running on an expanded Amiga 2000.  See

Lenard Roach at CommVEx 2019

https://youtu.be/YO_iwNYzCzk

Matt Brewster and the Amiga 2000 Video Toaster at CommVEx 2019

https://youtu.be/pvOFaJKSjAg


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          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group
          http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
          Commodore Vegas Expo
          http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex
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     Premiering at the Commodore Vegas Expo v15, this video has the late Jim Scabery detailing what it was like to be a Portland, Oregon Commodore dealer in the 1980's, the heyday of CBM computing!  He continued selling Commodore hardware and software up to the time of his passing in 2014.

 

Jim Scabery interview - CommVEx 2019

 

 

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group
          http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
          Commodore Vegas Expo
          http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

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    Just a few more videos to upload, not counting videos an/or photos from other CommVEx attendees.  Today we have

Justin Pope's Amiga 1000 and Lenard Roach at CommVEx 2019

 

https://youtu.be/y66bbOiyQ7w

 

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group
          http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
          Commodore Vegas Expo
          http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex
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     As this year's Commodore Vegas Expo 2019 was closing down, music enthusiast Jeff Eckmann played around with the SID-like sounds coming out of the Ensoniq SQ-80 keyboard synthesizer.  Ensoniq was the company co-founded by Bob Yannes, creator of the SID chip for the Commodore.   See the video at

 

Jeff Eckmann plays the Ensoniq SQ-80 at CommVEx 2019

 

 

     Truly,
     Robert Bernardo
     Fresno Commodore User Group
     http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
     Commodore Vegas Expo
     http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

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     In an earlier released video, we saw the expanded Amiga 1000 of Justin Pope.  In this video, we see the moderately expanded A1000 and Commodore 128DCR of Mario Luppi and the C128DCR of Jeff Krantz.  See

 

Mario Luppi and Jeff Krantz at CommVEx 2019

 

 

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group
          http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
          Commodore Vegas Expo
          http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

 

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     We're getting near the end of the CommVEx 2019 videos!  Here is a brief, informal one.

 

Winning a Commodore 128 at the CommVEx 2019 raffle

 

 

     Truly,
     Robert Bernardo
     Fresno Commodore User Group
     http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
     Commodore Vegas Expo
     http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

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     Barring another CommVEx attendee who wants to post, this is the last video.

 

Robert Bernardo closes out CommVEx 2019

 

 

          More photos to come,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group
          http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
          Commodore Vegas Expo
          http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

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On Tue, August 27, 2019 7:51 pm, I wrote:

 

> Barring another CommVEx attendee who wants to post, this is the last...

 

     Lo and behold, a CommVEx video from Matt Brewster has just be uploaded!  See

 

Roving Camera 1 - CommVEx 2019

 

 

     Truly,
     Robert Bernardo
     Fresno Commodore User Group
     http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
     Commodore Vegas Expo
     http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

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     Once again, another  Commodore Vegas Expo video from Matt Brewster has just been posted!  See

 

Roving Camera 3 - CommVEx 2019

 

 

     Merry Christmas!
     Robert Bernardo
     Fresno Commodore User Group
     http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
     Commodore Vegas Expo
     http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

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On 8/24/2019 at 1:12 AM, RobertB said:

     As this year's Commodore Vegas Expo 2019 was closing down, music enthusiast Jeff Eckmann played around with the SID-like sounds coming out of the Ensoniq SQ-80 keyboard synthesizer.  Ensoniq was the company co-founded by Bob Yannes, creator of the SID chip for the Commodore.   See the video at

 

Jeff Eckmann plays the Ensoniq SQ-80 at CommVEx 2019

 

 

     Truly,
     Robert Bernardo
     Fresno Commodore User Group
     http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
     Commodore Vegas Expo
     http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

I mentioned on another thread here, I own an SQ-80 - a really awesome synth.  Not as "popular" or available as its predecessor the ESQ-1, but bridges the transition that was happening in the industry at that time from analog to digital synthesis.

 

One of the "grail" synths of that era is the PPG Wave.  Price one today, they are around $10,000 - $20,000 if you can find one.  There are some other synths that are similar, and the SQ-80 is (somewhat) in that vein (digital wavetable, analog filters).

 

I was always an Atari guy, but I'm a big Bob Yannes fan - Ensoniq was quite a revolutionary company at the time and the MOS / C64 lineage is clear there!!

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