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Questions about Commodore Computer
club U.K.
Robert Bernardo: What is the mailing
address?
Commodore Computer Club (UK): As in
email? You may contact either:
contact@CommodoreComputerClub.co.uk
<Shaun Bebbington>, or:
shop@CommodoreComputerClub.co.uk
<Nigel Parker> - Nigel Parker (the
club treasurer) has a snail-mail
address, which may be obtained by
contacting him first.
RB: What is the website?
CCC (UK): The website is still under
construction, and can be accessed by
pointing your web-browsing software to
either:
http://www.CommodoreComputerClub.co.uk
or: http://www.SuperCPU.co.uk.
RB: Who is your official contact
person?
CCC (UK): I'm [Shaun Bebbington]
listed as the club secretary, Nigel is
the treasurer and Allan Bairstow is
listed as the club chair person,
however real life means that things
are taking a little longer than we had
hoped.
RB: Who are your officers?
CCC (UK): As above.
RB: How often do you meet?
CCC (UK): Club rules state that we
must meet at least once a year. We
will also be attending events, such as:
http://www.byte-back.info
which will be held in March 2009.
RB: Is there a newsletter?
CCC (UK): At the moment, all news is
delivered via private members areas of
the club forums, and through our own
(again private) Google group.
Commodore Free is being phased in as
the club newsletter, and will soon be
released to members first and everyone
else second.
RB: What are the membership fees?
CCC (UK): Membership fees start from \3
for six months, and up to \30 for life
membership. Most people prefer the
latter option, as they want to be
involved long term.
RB: What support do you have for the
members?
CCC (UK): We can provide spares [when
'in stock'] such as chip or keyboard
replacements and so forth, as well as
easy fixes and maintenance - these
will usually be free to members, but
always charged for non-members. We
would like to organise workshops, such
as using GEOS or Wheels, or using
Slang, or even just general 6502
coding. Club members will get first
refusal on anything that is in our
club shop (still to be set up), and
any items listed will be cheaper to
members than non-members. For
instance, the shop will soon be
acquiring some 1541 disk drives; these
will be 10% cheaper to members.
RB: What are the other advantages of
your club?
CCC (UK): One practical example is
when Conrad had a dodgy 1541 MK-II
drive, so he brought it along with
him. It was a simple head alignment
problem, so we fixed it, there and
then. It would have been pointless to
send him a D64 image or the alignment
software on disk because how would he
have loaded it in the first place? So,
we're pooling resources, not just in
terms of money, but also knowledge.
The main point is that we want to keep
our Commodore computers useful for as
long as possible, but we recognise
that for the typical nostalgia hunter,
who would typically emulate a
Commodore, joining a forum like
Lemon64 [for gaming], or subscribing
to comp.sys.cbm would probably ideal
for them. The latter is a better
example as we don't just support the
C64, nor are we just interested in
gaming, but we aim to support all
Commodore 8-bits, as well as the DTV.
Regards,
Shaun Bebbington,
Club secretary,
Commodore Computer Club (UK).
COMMODORE FREE.
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