Howdy Fellow Commodore Users!

This month's meeting is almost upon us, I knew the time would be flying fast. For the few of us that did show up for last month's meeting, we did have some interesting discussions about future activities for our club.

Since the turnout was so small, it was decided that we would not participate in the July Tradeshow Productions Computer Show at the last Saturday in July. I know I'll show up there as a consumer rather than as a dealer, that will be a first in a long time. We decided to table the discussion for the following computer show. If you can volunteer for that show, let the officers know. Since I will be doing inventory at my work place that weekend, I will not be able to be there.

Now for some Commodore News! I have received the latest version of The Wave from Maurice Randall. This latest incarnation will actually surf the world wide web! Not everything is fully implemented on this beta release, however. The graphics are still not implemented. It is a pleasure to be able to surf the web without the aid of a shell account, and a lynx compatible server (So I've heard from the fellow Beta-Testers).

Unfortunately, I have yet to see this version on my system. The day I received the files from Maurice, my SuperCPU had a hardware failure, along with the 128D, and Ramlink! Seems crazy that all of those had issues at the same time. The Ramlink is something I was able to take care of relatively easily. The 128D I'm not sure exactly what's going on, it seems to not recognize most cartridges, including game cartridges. As most of you are aware, the SuperCPU and Ramlink are connected to this interface. Fortunately, my 64C stepped in to the plate to get Wheels up and running. At this point, I found out that the switch of the SuperCPU was broken, and stuck in the disabled mode. Without the SuperCPU enabled, I am unable to run the Wave. AAAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!!

Consequently, there will not be a demo of this version, but probably a future version will be demoed in the near future (keeping fingers crossed). A phone call to Creative Micro Designs set up my SCPU to get on it's way to getting repaired.

Many of you know I have been a member of the online service CompuServe for many years. Effective the end of July, I will be discontinuing my membership with that service. Earlier this month, I found out from the Vintage Computing Forum, that one can view the forums at CompuServe for free. Wanting to find it out for myself, I did some experimenting. Yes, it does in fact work, but it only seems to work with Netscape Navigator (is that a surprise?). I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing, but it would seem, thatCompuServe has taken the idea from Delphi (Delphi also has free web based access of their forums). Why they are doing this is unknown, but only the higher ups at AOL/CompuServe know what's behind this move.

I'll be on Vacation this month from July 9-22 but I will be in town for the meeting on July 16th. I'll see you there, and keep Commodoring!