October 85 Meet;
October 16, 1985-Vestal Library, 7pm
17 members attending. Clyde Tackley brought his new RGB monitor and RGB interface he purchased from E. Arthur Brown Co, 3404 Pawnee Drive, Alexandria MN 56308, for $22. Gary Ennis brought along a composite color monitor for comparison. Clyde ran thru the installation procedure-quite simple, and the results, if you are used to using the old family TV are simply great! F-15 Fighter Pilot was a whole new program on RGB. Composite monitor is a poor second.
Wes demoed his hardware, an omni board with a EPROM which will load the impossible to copy Spectrum software and make it a breeze to copy. The EPROM dups the Sprectrum ROM and in the spare unused space Wes added a bootstrap and a couple more goodies,a 64 column driver and an interrupt routine. The status of CLONE was discussed, it now is out of the test stage and ready for marketing. As soon as the documentation is finished the software will be marketed. The questions of how are still unresolved and will be addressed at the November meet.
The increase in dues was discussed and the bi-montly newsletter change from monthly should keep the dues the same for another year. A plea for local members to pay this years dues went out, Thanks to Jerry K. one more renewed. The Nov/Dec issue will be the last for local members not having renewed.
Gary E. hopes to have the Timex disc system up and running at the next meet.
November 20 Meet;
November 20, 7pm, Vestal Public Library- 16 members attending. Gary Ennis was at the GE Computer club demoing the Amiga. To help ring in our fourth year, pizza and coke for all. Wes Brzozowski, our wizard emeritus, paused to remember how it was about 10 years ago. With the help of ads from a BYTE mag of 1977 vintage, the what was at how much was brought home with the current prices and hardware. The early software available for the ZX81 and first TS1000 was almost embarrasing crude compared to the arcade games available today. Also Wes remember how things were at the first meets of SINCUS-quite a crowd- over 50 attending the first meeting. A number had other computers and didn’t return. Wes was demoing “The Edge”, an arcade game on the composite color monitor that Carl Morris brought in.
The status of CLONE is nearing the market. A final test of the documentation and the software will be ready for sale.
NOTICE
Our yearly bout with winter is about to start, and if the Broome County Sheriff’s department declares a SNOW EMERGENCY on the day of the meeting, the meeting is CANCELLED. If it looks nasty out then think twice before risking life and limb. Drive safely!!
If in doubt about the meeting call me at [phone number omitted] after 5pm, or call the library, as I will notify the library in case of cancellation.
A couple members are looking into the QL! If they can get a couple questions answered, then the QL comes to the area!
Best wishes in the New Year and Have a Happy Holiday- from all of us here upstate New York and Pennsylvania to all our readers around the world!