[XCSSA] XCSSA Meeting: It's Hacking C64's w/Microcontrollers and Hot New Linux Cell Phone Night! (Mon, March 16th, 7pm)

[X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio]

Damn. Wish someone told me they might need it, but I have a generic RF  
modulator I purchased from Radio Shack that works for the C64. That  
way you just plug it into the coax connection on the TV. I have it at  
home but, unfortunately, I won't be able to make the meeting this week  
nor would I have been able to pick this up from home in time even if I  
could :(

I'd be happy to bring it next time or even mail it if anyone needs it  
before then. I also have a spare 1541 drive I'm not using at the  
moment (though the DIN cable I may need for my MidiBox stuff) if  
anyone wants to borrow it. Hell, I have an entire C64C I'm not using.  
Apart from the lack of the SID chip (which I might reinstall if  
someone asks nicely :) it works great, although it's not put  
completely back together. If someone wants to borrow it, let me know.  
I'd be reserved to sell it just in case I want to play old demos on it  
(although it's a US version anyway so I can't play 75% of the demos  
out there) but would be happy to allow someone to borrow it.

Tweeks, I hope you'll be filming this one so I can at least watch it  
online? :)

Tim S.


On Mar 16, 2009, at 12:08 PM, X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio  
wrote:

> They have both TV and monitors there.. but someone will need to be  
> sure and
> bring a C64 video DIN cable to break out the video to it's Chroma/ 
> Luma RCA
> connectors:
> 	http://www.gamesx.com/hwb/co_AudioVideoC64.html
> wow.. haven't quoted The WHB is like.. a decade! hehe
>
> And unless you have one of these:
> 	http://radagast.bglug.ca/C64_svideo/C64_Svideo.html
>
> you might also want to bring a dual RCA female to male adapter to  
> feed the
> chroma/luma signals go into a single, standard composite male RCA  
> (since
> that's 95% of what you'll see around).
>
> Tweeks
>
> On Sunday 15 March 2009, X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio wrote:
>> Howdy...
>>
>> I do have the Commodore 64, I just don't have a TV/Monitor that I can
>> bring...
>> Is there a TV/Monitor (for composite video) already there I can use?
>>
>> /Fredrik
>>
>> X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio wrote:
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>>> Hey all!
>>> Sounds like some pretty cool meeting this month!
>>>
>>> On the agenda, we have a couple of demos/show-n-tells:
>>>
>>> 	C64 Datasette Emulator via Propeller Microcontroller + SD RAM
>>> 	By Fredrik
>>> Fredrik is going to show and demonstrate his C64 Datasette  
>>> Emulator built
>>> around a Propeller microcontroller built into a C=64 Datasette (tape
>>> recorder) that reads .TAP or .PRG files from an SD card and loads  
>>> them
>>> into the C=64 (if someone else bring the C64.. ;).
>>> Photos and links on the website.
>>>
>>>
>>> 	Google-Android (Linux) based phone technology overview
>>> 	By: Charles Strang
>>> Charles will be demonstrating and discussing his HTC Dream Google
>>> Android/Linux powered phone.  This F/OSS phone-OS is the hot new  
>>> platform
>>> on which many of the new Linux phones are building on.
>>> Related links on the web site.
>>>
>>> More info, pictures and links on this month's page here:
>>> 	http://xcssa.org/archives/XCSSA_2009-03-16.html
>>>
>>> As always, we'll be at our regular meeting place, in the basement  
>>> (room
>>> 025) of the Nail Technical Center on San Antonio College Campus at  
>>> 7pm.
>>> Map here: http://xcssa.org/#MAP
>>>
>>> Hope to see you there!
>>>
>>>
>>> Tweeks
>>> President of XCSSA.ORG
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