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It's been quite a while since we've updated with an event photo shoot. Future updates should not take so long, and previous events will probably be added slowly, in a fairly simple way. continued ⇒
Meetup #58 marked our first attempt at finding a new venue. The room was a little rough, even compared to our previous venue, but wasn't bad. The really harsh part was being on the 4th floor without an elevator. Without computer equipment, it's not so bad, but lugging monitors and systems upstairs, and worse, downstairs, leaves us hoping we can find something a bit more convenient. continued ⇒
Meetup #57 marked the end of an era. The venue we have been using for the past five years is closing down. It's not completely closed at the time of this article, but the 4th floor is no longer available, so if we continued here for the short remaining time, we would have to share a smaller space with more people. So we decided this would be the last meetup at this venue. It was a good run. We have already decided the new (albeit perhaps temporary) venue, so please check at the event schedule page. continued ⇒
A special guest, rare peripherals, and a new member were some of the features of this month's meetup. continued ⇒
Our 53rd meetup is in the books. Sean brought in his FM-77 L4 for a little bit of gaming and messing around with Logo, as well as his Hitachi MB-H3 MSX2 machine for a second attempt at fixing the keyboard. The expected fix did not succeed in getting the "@" key to respond. Games were played, and Logo was messed around with, however. continued ⇒
We met up for a 52nd time in our usual place. Sean brought two things with two missions in mind: a modest collection of X1 D 3" games for dumping, and a Hitachi MB-H3 (an MSX2 computer) for repairing the P and @ keys. It seems half the meetup members threw in their hands to help with the P and @ keys, and in the end, we got the P key working! The MB-H3 is notable for having handwriting recognition, which, while a little quirky, actually works pretty well. continued ⇒
For our 51st meetup, Sean came in with a PC-8001mkIISR and its hallmark game - Pac-Land. Yes, this game got a PC-8001 series release alongside the X68000 release, and the PC-8001mkIISR has a struggle with it, but it's the game, for sure. He also brought in an MSX SD mapper cartridge to play with, bumming an MSX from Tom and Michelle in turn. continued ⇒
January 27th, 2024 marked our 50th gathering. We began in late 2019, had to take a few months off for Covid-19 restrictions, and since then we have been meeting about once a month. Although some members have moved or otherwise stopped attending, our membership has grown overall, with about 15 regular members, and around 10-12 members per event. And what better way to celebrate #50 than with a new blog? continued ⇒
Another 8-bit meetup in the books. Sean was busy with his nose in his projects today, so not a lot of photos, and those that were taken were courtesy of Sven. We can see Sean with his MZ-1500, doing a bunch of QuickDisk dumping with newish member Hide. continued ⇒
Our 48th meetup saw a few machines that had not been brought in before. For example, Sean brought in his NEC PC-98DO+, a machine that has PC-9801 and PC-8801 compatibility. The purpose was to get some games installed on the hard drive emulator, but we were ultimately only able to get one to play properly. continued ⇒

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