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Commodore People, Commodore/PC Connections, Computers in General, Desktop Publishing, Disk Drives, Disk Operating System Info, Disk Care & Handling, Equipment Testing, Expositions & Shows, File Management, Gaming, GEOSGraphics Manipulation, Graphics Programs, Hardware, History, Input Devices, Internet, Light Side, Maintenance, Miscellaneous, Printers & Printing, Program Availability, Program Reviews, Programming, Publications, Shows & Expositions, Software (Reviews, etc), State of Commodore, Telecommunications, Tips & Hints, Travels With Bernardo, Viruses, Word Processing and Word Processors, Write Stuff

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Commodore People

Bernardo on the Air                   Photo

Fender Tucker Unplugged        Photo

Gaelyne Gasson (by Sidebottom)     Photos

Gaelyne Gasson (by Estel)

Maurice Randall and GEOS

Who is Eric Lee                         Photo

Fame & Fortune (Dick Estel)   Photo

Ruth Hackley Obituary

Commodore People - Memory Lane

This is a limited series of articles saluting some of our past members, people who have made a significant contribution to the club.

Commodore/PC Connections

Big Blue Reader

Big Blue Reader in the 21st Century

PC vs. Commodore

Trailing Edge Technology

Dave Mohr (Lord Ronin) Tribute

Computers in General

Anniversary of ENIAC

Computer Health Risks

The First PC

The Golden Age

Grandkids and Commodore

Microscopic Computers

News From Out There #1

A Visit from Wired

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Wired Magazine Looks Back

Technolust

Desktop Publishing

Those Other Publishing Programs

Disk Drives

1571 Drive Tip

Drive Alignment

Drive Care

Drive Cleaning

Evolution of the Disk Drive

Painless 8/9 Switch

Disk Operating System Information

C-128 Built-In DOS Wedge

Disk Care and Handling

Disk Care

Disk Mailers

Indestructible Floppy Disk

Using Tape for Write Protect

Washing Disks

Equipment Testing

Color Bar Test

Easy Alignment Test

Expositions & Shows

Classic Gaming Expo 2004

Commodore Las Vegas Expo (CommVEx) 2006

CommVEx 2011 Part 1     Part 2

Consumer Electronics Show 2005

LUCKI Expo 2005

MossyCon Contemplations

File Management

Files and Programs

Pesky Comma Files

Recovering a Lost Directory

Specialized Copying

Programs to Use with Your Hard Drive

Gaming

Grandkids & Commodore Gaming

GEOS

Batch Copying

Big Photo Scraps

Color Inkjet Printing with GEOS

Font ID Numbers

GEOS Questions & Answers

GEOS Copy Tip

geoPaint Editing

geoPaint Tool Box (Acrobat PDF File)

geoStamp Review            JPG File with pix

How to Tell if You're a geoPhreak

Graphics Sources

Invisible Box   

Paint Scrap

Text Conversion

Thumbnail Review  Text   JPG Graphic

Wheels: How it All Began

Wheels: Review by Dale Sidebottom

Wheels After One Year

Work Disks

Graphics Manipulation

Commodore Files to the PC

JPEG Conversion for Commodore

Graphics Programs

Print Shop Tip

Those Other Publishing Programs

Hardware

CommodoreOne: On the Road with Jeri Ellsworth

CommodoreOne Revives C64

All About RAM Expanders

Super CPU

Fix it Yourself

Fixing a Keyboard

A Little About RAM Expanders

Using the RAM Expander

Cartridge Port Expanders

Is JiffyDOS There?

Light Pens for Commodore

Making a Stubborn Mouse Go

One Megabyte RAM Expander

On or Off: The Great Debate

Recycling Old Commodore Equipment

Recycling the VIC 20

A Tower Commodore                 Photo & More Info

Surge Protectors

CMD Hard Drive Review

Programs to Use with Your Hard Drive

SUX 6400 Digitzier

History

Ancient History of Computers

It Was Just a Dream

The History of @

Early 90's Computer Lawsuits

The Rise and Fall of FRD Software

What is a Commodore

Input Devices

Light Pens for Commodore

Making a Stubborn Mouse Go

Smart Mouse Review

Internet

Email Locator Sites

 

 

Light Side

Applesauce

Applesuits

Built-in Orderly Organized Knowledge Device

Boy Testing

Catch 22?

A Commodore Emergency

Commodore on Ice

Computer MAD-ness

Computer Mania

Computer Quotes

Double Siding

Early Computer Lesson

Food for Thought for the Not-Very Hungry

Future Schlock

History of Medicine

How I Won Fame and Fortune as a Commodore Newsletter Editor

How to Tell if You're a geoPhreak

If Poe Had Used a Word Processor

Psychic Hotline

Measurement Conversions

Mediocre-Writer Review

Real Programmers

Remember When

Speed Drying

Spellchecking

Standards

A Tale of Two Toasters

Things to Ponder

Twelve Days of Commodore Christmas

Vaporgiggles

A Visit to the Roach Motel

What it's Like in Fresno

Maintenance

Spring Cleaning

Miscellaneous

Commodore Goes to School

Commodore on TV (1988)

Continued Education

How to Copyright Your Program

How to Write for the Newsletter

I Become a Commodore User Again

Lightning Detection Method

My Wonderful 64

SID Music

Thanks to Commodore

Too Big for Commodore?

To the Max!

Why Commodore?

Knowledge Processing (AI)

Grandkids and Commodore

Commodore International Company Profile

Printers & Printing

Canon BJ4000 Codes

Color Inkjet Printing with GEOS

Epson Stylus and the Commodore

In Search of the Perfect Printer

Letter Quality Printing

Printer Bargain Hunt

Printer Maintenance

Ribbon Sources

Program Availability

Programs Released for Free Use

Program Reviews

Advanced OCP Art Studio

Bargain Software

Outrageous Pages

Programming

Boolean Algebra

How to Copyright Your Program

Programming Basics

Rounding Decimals

Random Number Generation

Printing a List of Numbers

Publications (Books, Magazines, Newsletters)

Commodore MaiLink - 2012 Update

The Internet for Commodore Users

Loadstar Forges Into the 21st Century

On the Edge - book review

Review: Computer Wimp
(166 Things I Wish I Had Known Before I Bought My First Computer)

RUNning Back in Time

Software - Reviews etc.

DCMR Disk Catalog Program

Five Cent Review
(5 cents worth about over 3 dozen programs)

Fun Graphics Machine

Novaterm & Desterm

The Rise & Fall of FRD Software

State of Commodore

Commodore at Work

Commodore Diehards (Wired Magazine)

The Disappearing Floppy

FCUG & Commodore Update

The Last Commodore

LA Times Article on FCUG and Commodore

The Nine Lives of Commodore (from 2000)

The Nine Lives of Commodore (2012 update)

Orphan Computers

The Paperless Society

Proverbs 13:11 and Commodore 6:4

Surfin' the Thrifts

Our Trusty Commodores

Wake-up Call

Telecommunications

EBay and Your Commodore

Problems with Lynx

Shaky Future for Commodore Internet Access?

The Internet for Commodore Users

Tips & Hints

Connector Labels

Safety Tips

Travels With Bernardo

FUNHUG Club (East Bay) March 1997

Vintage Computer Faire 1997 Part 1

Vintage Computer Faire 1997 Part 2

Three Commodore Shows

On the Air August 1999

West Coast Commodore Tour 2000

On the Road with Jeri Ellsworth

Chicago Expo 2001

Classic Gaming Expo 2003

Bill Autographs a Commodore Phone

Consumer Electronics Show 2005

LUCKI Expo 2005

MossyCon Contemplations

Classic Gaming Expo 2004

Viruses

Viruses and the Commodore

Word Processing

Centering Headings

UPPER and Lower Case

Stripping Carriage Returns

Why Spellcheck?

Write Stuff Word Processor

Autosave Feature

BB File Reader

Edible Characters

Extra Text Area

Editing BB Macro File

File Linking

Headers and Footers

Insert Tip

Making a 1581 Boot Disk

Making a Directory Listing

Recovering From Lockups

Sorting

Sorting Tutorial

Search and Replace

Word Count

Write Stuff Color Settings

Write Stuff 128 Tips

Write Stuff 64 Tips

Write Stuff Features

Write Stuff Bugs and Anomalies

Dick Estel Home Page Commodore Graphics
Gaelyne Gasson Photos:  
           Gaelyne & Rod   Gaelyne Portrait    At Work   Wedding   Biker    Childhood
   

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