Commodore 64 and Vintage Game Console Rave Party

[csirac_]

From the guys that brought you the C64 at Myer Centre, Brisbane, Analogik is planning a Commodore 64 and Vintage Game Console rave party in Brisbane, Australia.

Analogik is gearing up for a music event that will feature the finest original and remixed vintage computer platform music. Get ready for series of unique LIVE electronic music performances by our fine local and some exciting international acts.
Styles: Chip/8-bit/mod, Hard Techno, Acid and Breaks
City: Brisbane
Location & Date: TBA
Type: Music Performances / Visuals / Gallery / BYO Gear


They are looking for C64/C128/Amiga/Atari/ZX/SNES owners that are keen on showing their gear at the "machine room" of the rave.

Also, someone who has a C128D for sale!

C64 at Myer Centre, Brisbane

Analogik

rave party in Brisbane

[csirac_]

As I said on AW.net,

If you can make it or not (you'd be missing out!) we need some of these oldskool machines!

Specifically, Dejan (the event organiser) would like to purchase a C128.

We also need setups suitable for demonstration (that preferably includes monitor!) for C64, C128 (I'm sure Plus4s etc. would be appreciated too!), Amiga (mine are all 500KM away! Help!), Atari, ZX, SNES, and so on.

I would imagine that these machines would all be running demos of some sort the whole time. Emulators are fine and everything but we want the real thing

If you think you have anything else that may be of interest (like a cheap C64 setup ) send me a PM or use www.analogik.com to contact the Analogik guys directly.

Cheers,

- Paul

P.S. - While I'm here, what demos/games/software do you guys recommend each of these machines be running? The target audience (AFAIK) will be there mainly for the party and will not necessarily be tech-heads, just those that are curious or appreciate the machines of old.

[weirdami]

SAM on the C=64 is awesome. Type stuff in and it talks. Type a "^" and it says "carrot" type a "," and it says comma. It even has a demo mode so it talks without anyone messing with it.

I had much fun typing ",,,,,camelion" :-D

[csirac_]

Good suggestion - I wrote a BASIC program using SAM to control the first robot I made, I had forgotten all about it!

Does anyone know any good C128 or C64 demos? I was never on any BBSs and didn't really see much of the C64 "demo scene".

- Paul

[Mike_Amiga]

Crying shame I'm not in Australia, this sounds like a fun. :-(

[csirac_]

Crying shame I'm not in Australia, this sounds like a fun.

That's no excuse :-P

[Cyberus]

I was gonna say...I have plenty of Speccy hardware that I'd be happy to bring along...if I wasn't in Britain :-(

Wouldn't need demos, just tape loaders ;-)

[adz]

I have a micky mouse C128D w/monitor, but I won't be shipping it up to Queensland, shame its not happening down in Melb, I have heaps of stuff, come to think of it, if they are after a good condition A1000, I have one of them for sale.

[Colmiga]

Hey Paul, Long time no see... (Actually never seen )

Anyway it sounds interesting. I'll see if I can help in any way time and equipment wise...

[csirac_]

Hi there colmiga, when was the last time I talked to you on IRC? Like 2 years ago? :-)

Anyway the more contributors the merrier, help spread the word!

- Paul

[DanDude]

Do you have those pics about your robot somewhere?  I'd like to see that.
 :-)

[DanDude]

God, makes me want to pull out the C= 64 system and play with it once more!  :-D   My brother donated his to me, but mine is suffering a bad RAM chip inside and need to replace a couple of CIA chips as well.  That reminds me, I still want to build a second SID chip daughterboard and add a cpu fan to the case!   Gotta get myself a 1581 drive so I can make backups to my large 5 1/4" floppy library!  God, I'm a geek!

[justthatgood]

I'm more of a geek.  I have 3 Commodore 64's with a 1541, 1581, printer cart, some other stuff too.  Not only that but 3 Apple //e's, Apple IIgs, So many Macintoshes (from a SE30 to my G3), a Indigo 2, had an Atari ST, Amstrad, plenty of Sun systems. Two TI/94A's, Tandy Color, some others in my storage I can't think about.  Oh yeah and my Amigas

I have no life.

[csirac_]

I have no life.

Heh, join the club ;-)

@DanDude: I made that robot over grade 8-9 which would be... lets see... at least 7-8 years ago, so unfortunately I didn't really have a camera let alone the internet at that time :-(

It was just a two-wheeled thing with an arm & gripper. Everything including the drive-wheel gearboxes were assembled myself using cogs out of of god knows what and was never really reliable. The only usefull thing it did was line-following using LDRs which make pretty awful sensors.

I may have a .D64 of my software for it somewhere; I remember spending half my time coding a screensaver (animated stick figures IIRC) into the menu system.

I eventually killed my C64 when I "integrated" it into my most ambitious project ever - a security door for my bedroom with automatic sliding door. I used the guts out of a cattle prod to electrify the outer handle if the incorrect code was entered too many times, unfortunately I had the HV wires running parallel to the wires running to the C64 expansion interface. Arcs and sparks, then nothing ;-( Then I saved up and bought an Amiga 1200.

God, makes me want to pull out the C= 64 system and play with it once more!

A while ago I picked up an emulator and started using it - you'd be surprised how much fun you can have even if it's not the real thing :-)

Sigh... small micros like the C64 are easy for someone to eventually understand _EXACTLY_ everything that is going on inside. I remember when I was competent at ASM I thought I was such a farking genius :lol: but no kids these days will get to experience that..

That reminds me, I still want to build a second SID chip daughterboard and add a cpu fan to the case! Gotta get myself a 1581 drive so I can make backups to my large 5 1/4" floppy library!

Wasn't there some tracks you could splice near the SID chip to separate the three voices and get pseudo-stereo?

About doing the backups: I made a 1541->PC printer port cable and spent _DAYS_ backing up my 5 1/4" floppies onto a HDD in .D64 format. From memory it took over 2 minutes per side. I got around halfway through and left it for a while, then I "lost" all my disks during a move :-(

- Paul

[vortexau]

csirac asked-

Does anyone know any good C128 or C64 demos? I was never on any BBSs and didn't really see much of the C64 "demo scene".

I did have a demo from the uk, made to publisize the British equivalent of our Viatel service from the mid-eighties. It would be on 1541 Floppy.

Hmmm! I STILL have some Viatel monthly guides, but not (sadly) my C64 Viatel Modem!

(I've put in a message from the form on the Web Page-)
I have a Pong Game (TV) console from the '70s, and a SX64. Sadly, the floppy-drive in my C128D has karked-it!

I did the ocassional Titling/Credits onto video from a C64 in the early eighties.