CommVEx 2005 (C= Vegas Expo)

[Lonewolf10]

Another year, and CommVEx is back!

Unfortunately, I forgot to post some of the previous emails regarding CommVEx 2 here, but I will post all the future ones, starting with this all-important one for booking your place at the Plaza Hotel

This is a month or two old (again I'm sorry), but I will get to the recent ones i a few days

 
  --- Robert Bernardo wrote:
 On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 I wrote:
 
> The July 29-30 Commodore Vegas Expo v2 is months away, but it's never
> too early to plan!  The Plaza Hotel, this year's venue for CommVEx, is
> offering CommVEx attendees discounted rooms.  A block of 10 rooms have
> been set aside for CommVEx.  The rates are $61 per night Friday and
> Saturday, and $31 for Sunday night (all prices not including room tax).
> To reserve your room, call the Plaza Hotel at 1 800 634-6575 and mention
> that you are attending the event, CommVEx, in order to get the
> discount.  If the rooms are not booked by at least one month in advance
> of CommVEx, then they are released back into the "market".  The Plaza
> Hotel has very nice, comfortable rooms.
>
>   http://www.plazahotelcasino.com
>  
>  [snip]
>  
> More details on the hotel and on airport transportation to come later.
>
> Rolf Miller wrote:
>
> My wife attempted to make reservations at the Plaza Hotel, but those
> folks couldn't find anything regarding CommVEx.
>


All should be cleared up now.  As Dee from the Plaza Hotel told me on the phone, "It was crazy last week," but now the Plaza is ready to accept reservations from CommVExers.
 
A few more details on the hotel reservations. The above pricing is for single or double occupancy. $10 per extra person per night, maximum of 4 people per room.  Hotel occupancy tax is 11%.  Check-in time is 3 p.m.; check-out time is 12 p.m.. Reservations are to be confirmed through individual call-in prior to *June 28, 2006*, by calling the Central Reservations Department at 1 800 634-6575 ext. 2345 and saying that you are reserving under the group name, CommVEx.  After June 28, any rooms remaining unsold will be released back to the hotel, and the group rate may not be available.  

Note: Saturday arrivals are not accepted unless approved by the Director of Sales or Central Reservations Manager.
(If you think you'll be arriving on Saturday, tell me, and I'll try to work out something with the Plaza.)

There will be a $50 refundable deposit required should you wish to bill phone calls, food, etc., to your rooms.  This deposit will be used toward any unpaid incidental charges.

                               Sincerely,
                               Robert Bernardo
                               Fresno Commodore User Group
                               http://videocam.net.au/fcug
                               The Other Group of Amigoids
                               http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/

[Lonewolf10]

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Regards,
Lonewolf10


 --- Robert Bernardo wrote:

Check out the CommVEx v2 webpage at


http://commvex.petscii.com  


Thanks to Jeff Ledger for the design and for hosting it.  Look for future updates to the page.  Just 145 [at the time of writing the email. Now it's just under 60 - ADB] days to the big event!
 
                 Commodore Vegas Expo July 29-30,
                 Robert Bernardo
                 Fresno Commodore User Group
                 http://videocam.net.au/fcug
                 The Other Group of Amigoids
                 http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/

[Lonewolf10]

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Regards,
Lonewolf10


 --- Robert Bernardo wrote:
 On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, I wrote:
 
>         Jeri Ellsworth - DTV and C1 engineer
>         Rolf Miller - writer of Commodore articles
>         Larry Anderson - PET guru
>         Larry Lathrop - disk librarian of the 5C's club
>         Al Jackson - president of the 5C's
>         Seth Sternberger - lead musical artist of 8-Bit Weapon
>         Jimmy Dice - DTV hacker
>         Dave "Lord Ronin" Mohr - game enthusiast, writer of C=   articles, chancellor of the ACUG
>         Dick Estel - writer of the GEOS Font Compendium
>         Robert Bernardo - C= enthusiast and writer
>         Yul Haasman - 5C's member
>         Mac Meconis - 5C's member
>        Brian Czapiga - C= enthusiast
>         Earl Williams - editor of the Infinite Loop newsletter
>        Jeremy L. - "Destined" from the c64friends chat
>        Terry Raymond - C= enthusiast
 
    Ah, more people signing up!  To the list, add
 
         Ron Kuykendall - 5C's member
         Jeff Krantz - 5C's member
 
                CommVEx page - http://commvex.petscii.com
                Robert Bernardo
                Fresno Commodore User Group
                http://videocam.net.au/fcug
                The Other Group of Amigoids
                http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/

[Lonewolf10]

 
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 Regards,
 Lonewolf10
 
 
  --- Robert Bernardo wrote:
 
 Greetings, everybody,
        It's been awhile since I've posted any news on the Commodore Vegas Expo (CommVEx) v2, which is happening this July 29-30. There'll be a new update to the CommVEx website soon at
 
 http://commvex.petscii.com
 
        Larry Anderson, sysop of the Silicon Realms BBS, is instituting the first games/demos/graphics competition for CommVEx! Entitled the "Viva Las Vegas Compo", we hope to draw out the programmer in you! Go to
 
 http://www.portcommodore.com/comp06.php  
 
to find out more about how to enter the the compo. Though Larry doesn't mention it, I'm sure that Amiga games/demos/graphics will be permitted, too!  :-)
 
          Commodore/Amiga programming fun,
                  Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group
                  http://videocam.net.au/fcug
          The Other Group of Amigoids
          http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
 

[Lonewolf10]

 
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Lonewolf10
 
  --- Robert Bernardo wrote:
 
 CBM engineers Bil Herd and Dave Haynie have confirmed that they will start work on another special video for its eventual world premiere at the July 29-30 CommVEx.  Last year they produced a video for CommVEx in which they showcased rare Commodore hardware.
 
                  http://www.commodore.ca/forum
                  and click on ComVEX,
                  Robert Bernardo
                  Fresno Commodore User Group
                  http://videocam.net.au/fcug

[Lonewolf10]

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Regards,
Lonewolf10


 --- Robert Bernardo wrote:

With only a month to go until the July 29-30 Commodore Vegas Expo, you can live the excitement of last year's CommVEx now!  The CommVEx 2005 video is available for your viewing enjoyment.  See such amazing sights as
 
 * Dave Ross speaking about the general state of C= and also Web 2.0
 * Cameron Kaiser on UDS-10, HyperLink, Mah-Gong, and Geotrope
 * Jimmy Dice showing his hacked C64 DTV to Jeri Ellsworth
 * Bilgem "Nightlord" Carik talking about the PAL scene
 * The premiere of the game, Spork 64
 * Bilgem showing more PAL demos
 * Larry Anderson talking about the C2N232 adapter
 * The CommVEx raffle winners
 * Rolf Miller transferring Write Stuff files to PC text files with the use of Star Commander
 * Bruce Thomas converting a CMD hard drive to use a magneto-optical drive
 * David Holz and Metal Dust
 
The CommVEx 2005 video is available on NTSC DVD-R, VHS tape, or Beta tape. For information on how to get the video, send me an e-mail.
 
                           CommVEx info at
                           http://www.commodore.ca/forum
                           and click on ComVEX,
                           Robert Bernardo
                           Fresno Commodore User Group
                           http://videocam.net.au/fcug

[Lonewolf10]

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Regards,
Lonewolf10


 --- Robert Bernardo wrote:

If you are planning to purchase tickets for the Commodore Vegas Expo raffle prizes and are planning to send a check/money order, please get them to our club address by July 28.  After July 28, no one will be around to check on the mail!  Paypal purchasers don't have to worry about the postal mail.  :-)  More information on the CommVEx raffle prizes is at http://commvex.petscii.com  or at  http://www.commodore.ca/forum and click on ComVEX.
 
If you have missed out in getting a discounted room at the CommVEx venue, the Plaza Hotel in downtown Las Vegas, there are hundreds of other hotels from which to choose.  Go to  http://hotelcoupons.com for discounts (but read the fine print).
 
                 Truly,
                 Robert Bernardo
                 Fresno Commodore User Group
                 http://videocam.net.au/fcug

[Lonewolf10]

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Regards,
Lonewolf10



 --- rbernardo(at)iglou.com wrote:

 Greetings, C= and Ami friends from Las Vegas!
The July 29-30 Commodore Vegas Expo (CommVEx) is almost here, and preparations are moving along as fast as we can in this heat.  For the latest information, go to http://www.commodore.ca/forum  and click on ComVEX.

If you have any CommVEx questions or concerns, I am in
room 128 (think Commodore 128) of the Nevada Palace Hotel and Casino,
phone 800 634-6283 or 702 458-8810.


 Today I received some great news from Dave Haynie, CBM engineer, in regards to this year's video that is to premiere at CommVEx.  Read below.
 
                                 Enjoy!
                                 Robert Bernardo
 
 -----Original Message-----
 From: Dave Haynie
 To: Robert Bernardo
 Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:57:50 -0400
 Subject: Re: CommVEx
 
 
 On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 12:01:14 -0400 (EDT),  Robert
 Bernardo
  jammed all night, and by
 sunrise was heard saying:
 
 [snip]
 
> By the way, if people want to buy copies of your [Commodore] Deathbed
> Vigil, to where should I direct them?
 
 Send them to the Frog Pond Media web site,
 http://www.frogpondmedia.com.
 
 I'll also have the show video available there, if anyone's interested.

 The DVD I sent has two new videos; one where Bil, Bob Russell and I basically address the crowd, and a longer one that we decided is an interview with Bob Russell. The DVD also includes last year's video. And there's a second DVD with has WMV/HD versions of both new videos, just in case you have a PC or high-def DVD player hooked up to your video system :-)
 
 I also included one copy of the DBV DVD, one of the user group DVD, and Bil included a copy of Brian Bagnell's book with our signatures. Use as door prizes, bird-cage-liner, whatever.

 --
       Dave Haynie