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Commodore Free magazine
www.commodorefree.com
Issue 27 Volume 3 Issue 2
Released FEB 2008
EDITORIAL
Commodore Computer Club U.K. held its
2nd official meeting & my goodness was
it a meeting,for the readers who didnt
attend this momentous event you were
sadly missed; more importantly you
missed a meeting & a part of history.
Attendance was better than the first
meeting (with only 3 attendees) a
total of 7 Commodore Computer Club
Members turned up for the event.
To find out more about the meeting &
what went on you need to read the
CCCUK articles in this issue: 3 views
of the meeting.
Please remember Commodore Free is just
that FREE, I have been approached to
sponsor events, in fact 2 but I don't
have any money as this is a Free
magazine, moreover as there haven't
been any donations lately the website
has been running "out of pocket". The
Good news though is Commodore Computer
Club U.K. (CCCUK) has an official bank
account, yes really we do have an
account & can take cheques. The club
is officially open & once again
welcoming members
The CCCUK PayPal account has proved a
little difficult to setup but is in
process of being completed, however as
I am treasurer you can send member-
ship funds to me at C=Free & I will
transfer them to the clubs official
bank account. Of course CCCUK is a
'not for profit' organisation with the
funds used to hold events & fund
further hardware & software projects.
I also hope to add to Commodore Free
magazine a list of items for sale,
these will be sold with the profits
going to the CCCUKC. If you have an
item of hardware or software you would
like to donate to the club feel free
to contact me & we can see if it is
possible to collect the item for sale
or reuse in the club. At further
meetings we will have spare machines
setup for demos so users don't have to
drag their machines with them if they
feel or indeed don't have transport-
ation to do this.
I wish I could tell you about some of
the great projects we have lined up
in the CCCUK but as no members read
this magazine I can't, so you will
need to join up, I can tell you we
will be having some Official Commodore
Computer Club polo-shirts made. These
will be priced at 13 GBP for non-
members. Of course it makes sense to
be a member to wear one & if you're a
member then you will get a discount.
The CCCUK website forum is however
open to all & you are free to join us
for the chats, normally held on Sunday
at 8:30 GMT of course we chat about
Commodore as well as the weather & how
X or Y did on strictly come dancing. I
think its mostly about Commodore
related items though, remember please
these are friendly chats no "pistols
at dawn" & no hitting below the belt.
I wish I could say the Official
Commodore Computer shop is online
however we are still working with a
solution to this as members receive
discounts, we don't want anyone to
pose as a member, enter a "borrowed"
membership & take the discount, I know
we are all honest and wouldn't do that
but it makes sense to put the
provision in place.
For myself it looks as though there
may be an end to my suffering of back
problems, I am now seeing an osteopath
& so far the problems are subsiding
the pain has eased, & I have more
freedom of movement. I am still look-
king forward to a day when the pain
finally goes & I can concentrate on
working, keeping fit & Commodore
computer activities.
I am still trying to put together an
issue about CP/M and have been cont-
acted by a member of the CP/M members
in Germany & other CP/M users with
some history, I have one particular
user who has written a couple of pages
about CP/M but I still would like more
about how Commodore ties in with this
history. If you are a CBM CP/M user
reading this I would love to hear from
you, the forums seem alive at the
moment with CP/M questions but no one
seems to want to write anything about
Commodore & CP/M.
Comments from readers have been a
little thin lately so all are welcome
Regards,
Nigelp2k
www.commodorefree.com
www.commodorecomputerclub.co.uk