VideoCam Services

**VideoCam Services** was a store located in Reynella, Australia, run by Rod and Gaelyne Gasson and was in operation from 1991 to August 10, 2005. They offered repairs on video cameras, CD and DVD players and PlayStation consoles.

VCS also ran the **C= Homestead** (later spelled out as Commodore Homestead), a section of their website dedicated to Commodore support. It provided news, articles on telecommunications, the Internet and more, Central Marketplace, BBS lists and FTP files, and mailing lists on subjects like Commodore Only PostScript, Fidonet, GEOS and Meeting 64/128 Users Through the Mail. The FTP files are still accessible as of December 30, 2018.

The following links are provided to the versions saved by the Internet Archive since the location, layout and content changed over the years:

* The original site at cbm.videocam.net.au
(Saved by the Internet Archive on 2006-09-26.)
* The newer site at homestead.vcsweb.com
(Saved by the Internet Archive on 2013-04-06.)

QWKRR offline mail reader
VCS created *QWKRR 128 v5.1*, an offline mail reader for the Commodore 128, allowing you to retrieve messages
from the BBS, hang up and read and respond to them on your computer. Works with the QWK format used by many BBSes.

In 1997, *QWKRR 128* was released under a GNU license, making it free for download, use and modification, as long as any modifications are also released under the GNU license.

Publications
Gaylene Gasson wrote *The Internet For Commodore C64/128 Users* to help people learn how to connect their C64/C128 computer to the Internet. The page for the book stated that users with other types of computers like the Amiga, Mac and IBMs running Windows also benefitted from its information. See the "Review Comments" page to read them.

Internet service
VCS' Internet service, VCSWEB, is still in operation. It originally provided telnet and shell accounts and an FTP site for Commodore files. The shell/telnet accounts allowed Commodore users to connect to the Internet and access other features like newsgroups and IRC.

The Ozpost service for shipping products in Australia was shut down on March 10, 2019 due to the death of Rod Gasson on approximately December 9, 2018. (Ozpost closure announcement)

A picture of Rod and Gaelyne is available on the VCSWEB About Us page.

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