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From: Garry


The BDB Project was recently announced on intfiction.org. The project has now released 6 new text adventures:

Wild West (easy) https://bdb-project.itch.io/wild-west
Tin Star (medium) https://bdb-project.itch.io/tin-star
Desperados (medium) https://bdb-project.itch.io/desperados
Caribbean Treasure (easy) https://bdb-project.itch.io/caribbean-treasure
The Wrath of Anubis (medium) https://bdb-project.itch.io/wrath-of-anubis
Unknown Dimension (hard, this was BDB's first game) https://bdb-project.itch.io/unknown-dimension

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The games can be played online, downloaded as a z5 file to play in your favourite Z-code interpreter or downloaded as a disk image to play in selected retro computers, including Atari 130XE, Atari ST, BBC, Commodore 64, Commodore 128 and Commodore Plus/4.

Check out the Commodores at the October 4-5 Interim Computer Festival at the Old Rainier Brewery, 3100 Airport Way S, Seattle, Washington. https://sdf.org/icf/


Check out the Commodores and Amigas at the October 4 Rocklin Maker Faire, Sierra Community College! https://rocklin.makerfaire.com Our exhibit is called Classic Sacramento Area Computers! (CSAC!), and I will be bringing in various Commodores and Amigas. https://rocklin.makerfaire.com/maker/entry/784/  Other classic computers will be there also!


Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group – http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network – http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

    I recently revisited the HomeComputerMuseum in Helmond, the Netherlands, and found the Commodore and Amiga treasures better organized and better displayed than ever before!  At the following links, you can find my photos taken at the museum.

    Google puts a limit on how many photos you can display per posting, so my pics are divided into 7 parts.

http://blog.retro-link.com/2025/09/homecomputermuseum-in-helmond.html

http://blog.retro-link.com/2025/09/homecomputermuseum-part-2.html

http://blog.retro-link.com/2025/09/homecomputermuseum-part-3.html

http://blog.retro-link.com/2025/09/homecomputermuseum-part-4.html

http://blog.retro-link.com/2025/09/homecomputermuseum-part-5.html

http://blog.retro-link.com/2025/09/homecomputermuseum-part-6.html

http://blog.retro-link.com/2025/09/homecomputermuseum-part-7.html

        Truly,
        Robert Bernardo
        Fresno Commodore User Group -
        http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
        Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network -
        http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

Join us and the tens of thousands attendees at the Sept. 26-28 Bay Area Maker Faire in Vallejo, California!

https://bayarea.makerfaire.com

Our booth is called the Classic Bay Area Computers! (CBAC!). I've decided to bring the Ultimate 64 with all kinds of new/old games or Commodore 128 with TeensyROM 64/128, the Amiga 1000 with Firebird accelerator or Amiga 500 with Wicher accelerator, the AmigaOne A1222+, and a Toshiba T3200SX giant laptop! My other friends will be bringing in their machines, anywhere from Tandy's to Mac's to rare Japanese computers and/or game consoles.

Though location not confirmed yet, we'll probably be in one of the Coal Shed exhibit buildings. We'll be setting up on Thursday afternoon, and then the BAMF attendees will pour in on Friday, Sept. 26. It will be a long weekend!

Writing from Haywards Heath, England,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group -
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network -
http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

Kingston University had an 8-day show featuring retro computers and game machines from 1977 to 1993.  Included were Commodores and an Amiga.  To see the walk-through video, go to

https://youtu.be/L65elNurypU

To see photos, go to

http://blog.retro-link.com/2025/08/photos-of-archive-of-retro-computing.html

and

http://blog.retro-link.com/2025/08/photos-of-archive-of-retro-computing_28.html

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

In the past, C= repair tech Ray Carlsen sold a ribbon-type cable to replace an SX-64 keyboard cable. Now he sells replica SX-64 cables which are a close match to the original ones! To see both cables for sale, go to

https://portcommodore.com/rcarlsen/cables.html

and go to the bottom of the page.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

    Take a look at the many computers I photographed a few weeks ago at the Interim Computer Museum in Tukwila, Washington, USA!  https://icm.museum/  And a few of the computers are Commodore and Amiga!  Part 1 starts at

http://blog.retro-link.com/2025/07/interim-computer-museum-exhibit-and.html

and there is a link there to Part 2 of the pics.

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group
          Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network

    Bernie Innocenti, programmer and attendee to the Pacific Commodore Expo NW 2025, has provided the first photos and video of the expo.  Go to

http://blog.retro-link.com/2025/06/first-pictures-and-videos-from-pacommex.html

There is a link in the above page to the Youtube video.

          More PaCommEx media to come,
          Robert Bernardo
          organizer - Pacific Commodore Expo 2025
          http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex

The station wagon is packed.  The hotels are booked.  The room is ready for even more rare Commodore and Amiga equipment on set-up day this Friday.  The PaCommEx website has been updated again on the Exhibits page and the Guests and Presentations page.  Come join us at the show next Saturday and Sunday!  We will be at

The Old Rainier Brewery Intraspace
3100 Airport Way S.
Seattle, Washington 98134

http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
organizer - Pacific Commodore Expo NW

Despite the permanent closing of the Living Computers: Museum + Labs last year, there is another Seattle area museum to take its place – the Interim Computer Museum. A non-profit charity in partnership with the membership organization SDF Public Access UNIX System, Inc., the ICM counts on museum members/donors/sponsors in order to stay funded. The ICM boasts a collection of computers ranging from tube-type, analog computers used in corporations and universities to personal computers of the 1990's.


The museum is open by appointment on Sunday and Monday. Members get extra privileges at the museum, such as access to special members-only functions. For more information on the Interim Computer Museum, go to

https://icm.museum

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group – http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network – http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
June 21-22 Pacific Commodore Expo NW 2025 – http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex


P.S. Of course my main interest at the ICM would be the Commodore 8-bit and Amiga computers!

The website of the Pacific Commodore Expo NW is getting updates as we near the show date of June 21-22.  More exhibits and more presentations!  Join us at the Old Rainier Brewery Intraspace at 3100 Airport Way S. in Seattle, Washington.

http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Commodore 128 and Amiga,
Robert Bernardo
organizer - Pacific Commodore Expo NW

Good news!  Ray Carlsen has unretired and is back to doing Commodore 8-bit repairs (except PETs).  This includes not only keyboards but also disk drives and CRT monitors.  rcarlsen(at)tds.net

Also check out his power supplies, power savers, and cables before any tariffs kick in.  https://portcommodore.com/rcarlsen

Welcome back, Ray!
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
June 21-22 Pacific Commodore Expo NW 2025 - http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex

The first photos and videos have been posted from the Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2025. See

http://blog.retro-link.com/2025/04/friday-before-commodore-los-angeles.html

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
organizer - Commodore Los Angeles Super Show

Check out our 2025 commercial for the April 26-27 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show!  See

https://youtu.be/ElhM3M4-lqk

Two weeks until CLASS,
Robert Bernardo
organizer - Commodore Los Angeles Super Show

From the File Conductor website, "The File Conductor is a file manager for Commodore 128 computers. It can run as a loadable program, an internal function ROM or external function ROM. It is capable of copying, moving, deleting, renaming and making directories."  For more information and to download, go to

https://kollektivet.nu/fileconductor/

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
April 26-27 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2025 - http://www.portcommodore.com/class

The Retro Programmer has released the C128 CP/M text adventure, Planet of Demise.  It also comes in versions for the Mattel Aquarius, as CP/M .com file and for the Amstrad PCW, and for  Amstrad CPC CP/M.  You can read more about it and find the download links at

https://theretroprogrammer.itch.io/planet-of-demise

Writing from Lake Tahoe, California,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
April 26-27 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2025 - http://www.portcommodore.com/class

Another one from Pro Pen, who has released the C128 80-column text adventure, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. You can find the download link at

https://csdb.dk/release/?id=239683

Writing from Lake Tahoe, California,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
April 26-27 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2025 - http://www.portcommodore.com/class

Earlier this year, Pro Pen released the C128 80-column text adventure,  The War of the Worlds.  You can find the download link at

https://csdb.dk/release/?id=239560

Writing from Lake Tahoe, California,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
April 26-27 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2025 - http://www.portcommodore.com/class

Earlier versions of VDC Mode Mania demo were released in 2017.  Now VDC Mode Mania is up to V1.2. Get it at

https://csdb.dk/release/?id=234174

Writing from Lake Tahoe, California
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - www.portcommodore.com/sccan
April 26-27 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2025 - www.portcommodore.com/class

A few years ago the C128 game, Akalabeth: World of Doom was released at

https://github.com/FoxCunning/akalabeth128

On March 8, 2025, Akalabeth C128 was released at

https://csdb.dk/release/?id=250815

This newer version seems to have different programmer(s).

Are the games the same?
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
April 26-27 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show - http://www.portcommodore.com/class

VDC Screen Editor 2 was released last year and is up to version v20-20240611-1354. Go to

https://github.com/xahmol/VDCScreenEditor2

Writing from Lake Tahoe, California,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
April 26-27 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2025 - http://www.portcommodore.com/class

A few years ago RetroLoader and Start Apps, two items for the C128, were developed.  Work has continued in improving them.  RetroLoader is now at v0.6.11, and Start Apps is at v0.7.

RetroLoader is a "a browser for the Commodore 128 [that is also] capable of loading and running Commodore 64 programs directly from 128 mode."  Start Apps is "a 32K cartridge for Commodore 128 that can contain a set of programs for C64 and C128 modes."

https://www.pastbytes.com/retroloader/

https://github.com/retrocomputacion/startapps

Writing from Lake Tahoe, California,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
April 26-27 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2025 - http://www.portcommodore.com/class

COREi64 of Canada has a licensed reproduction of the SuperMMU board for the Creative Micro Designs SuperCPU 128.  See

https://corei64.com/shop/index.php?route=product/category&path=103_110

Writing from Lake Tahoe, California,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
April 26-27 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2025 - http://www.portcommodore.com/class

Check out the Commodore computers at the March 22-23 Interim Computer Festival at the Old Rainier Brewery Intraspace, 3100 S. Airport Way, Seattle, Washington, USA!  Not only will Commodores be there but there will also be other various platforms.  For more information, see

https://sdf.org/icf/

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

TeensyROM is a ROM Emulator, Fast Loader, MIDI and Internet cartridge for Commodore64/128, and now it has been updated to version 0.6.6. Demonstrated at last year's Pacific Commodore Expo NW, TeensyROM runs .CRT, .PRG, .D64 and other file formats stored in its flash memory or from a USB stick and/or microSD card.

For more information on TeensyROM, go to

https://github.com/SensoriumEmbedded/TeensyROM

Another TeensyROM presentation at CLASS 2025,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
April 26-27 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2025 - http://www.portcommodore.com/class

Try out this fast Mandelbrot generator for the C128 in VIC-IIe and VDC modes and for other platforms, too.  Go to

https://github.com/0x444454/mandelbr8

80x50 text mode being experimental,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
April 26-27 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2025 - http://www.portcommodore.com/class

    Version 1.07 of C64OS has been released!  This version has a new network stack, new Help Utility, and an improved PRG runner, among many other improvements and bugfixes.  Go to

https://c64os.com/c64os/softwareupdates/#v1_07

To purchase C64OS, go to

https://c64os.com/c64os/#order

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group – http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
          Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network – http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
          April 26-27 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2025 - http://www.portcommodore.com/class

Just released... a new C128 text game in 80-columns!  It's Iowa Jack and the Crystals of Chaos --

https://rickyderocher.itch.io/iowa-jack-and-the-crystals-of-chaos-commodore-128

Shades of Indiana Jones!
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
April 26-27 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2025 - http://www.portcommodore.com/class

On Tue, April 30, 2024 4:33 pm, I wrote on various forums:

> The CLASS of 2025 is set for the weekend after Easter, 2025!  First
> payment sent to our venue -- the Burbank VFW hall at 1006 W. Magnolia
> Blvd, Burbank, California.  Friday set-up, April 25.

      Everything is on track for our April show!  We are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Commodore 128 and the Amiga.

Our website is at

http://www.portcommodore.com/class

Today the Guests & Presentations page of the site got updated.  See

https://www.portcommodore.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=class:presentations_guests

And the Prizes and Items For Sale page was updated, too.  See

https://www.portcommodore.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=class:door_prizes

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          organizer - Commodore Los Angeles Super Show

Happy New Year, everybody!
    There will be Commodore and Amiga computers at the April 12 Los Angeles Maker Faire 2025!  Check the listing of our exhibit, Classic Los Angeles Computers! (CLAC!), at

https://losangeles.makerfaire.com/makers-exhibits/

        Happy New Year!
        Robert Bernardo
        Fresno Commodore User Group
        http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
        Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
        http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

    The websites of the Commodore Los Angeles Super Show and the Pacific Commodore Expo NW have been updated!  Check out CLASS 2025, set for April 26-27, at

http://www.portcommodore.com/class

    Check out PaCommEx 2025, set for June 21-22, at

http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex

    Both sites will continue to be updated, especially the news, presentations, exhibits, and prizes pages.

          Merry Christmas!
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group –
          http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
          Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network –
          http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

    Ray Carlsen still has many of his Commodore and Amiga power supplies for sale!  These heavier-duty items are just the thing you need to keep your Commodore or Amiga working reliably for years.

    As of early November, he had parts to build 30-50 of his "barebones" power supplies and parts to build 20-40 of each of the following power supplies --

plastic version
mini metal-cased version
deluxe metal-cased version

To see all the different power supplies, go to

https://portcommodore.com/rcarlsen/customPS.html

He can put different output connectors onto the power supplies, whether you need the round C64/VIC-20 coaxial, the squarish Plus/4 connector, the squarish C128 connector, the squarish Amiga connector, and more.  He can customize the power supply to fit your needs!  (He loves to work on custom projects.)

    Not only does he do power supplies but he also makes Commodore 8-bit computer video cables, like the composite-audio RCA plug output cable, the separated chroma/luma audio RCA plug cable, the composite-svideo audio female 1/8" output cable (for modern, external, powered speakers), and more.  Just tell him what kind of cable you need.

          Merry Christmas!
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group -
          http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
          Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network -
          http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

A few months ago Nybbles and Bytes released a new C128 game which uses 40-column and 80-column modes, Nybbles: Legend of the Drunken Snake. This is a description of it at the Patreon site --

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June's first ever video game, made especially for the Commodore 128 series of computers!

How fast are you with the joystick? Nybbles: Legend of the Drunken Snake will certainly challenge your reflexes! Take turns with a friend to become the longest running snake player ever, dodging booze and eating apples, but be careful! Not everything is without consequences!

This is the digital download version of the game, which includes:

A PNG of the disk label

A PDF of the game manual

A D64 disk image of the game

A PRG program file of the game

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Basically, it is a tricky Snake game in 40-columns followed by a Tetris game in 80-columns. A video of the game play can be found at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqXvZHCi4iI

Specifically, in the video game play starts in at :34 secs to 5:04 and then resumes from 11:49 to 15:44.

If you have an early VDC in your C128, you will have to replace it with a later version in order to correctly see the 80-column screen.

To read how the physical version of the game was produced, read the blog at

https://nybblesandbytes.net/blog/vcfmw19.html

To purchase a digital download of the game, go to

https://www.patreon.com/c/nybblesandbytes/shop

Merry Christmas!
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

The Other Group of Amigoids (TOGA) is no longer at togausergroup.org .  You can find their new site at

https://www.meetup.com/toga-the-other-group-of-amigoids/

TOGA concentrates on the Amiga, Commodore 8-bit, and other classic computers.

Merry Christmas!
Robert Bernardo

On this page, there is a method to hack a faster Z80 in order to run CP/M faster.  See

https://github.com/ytmytm/c128-z80-8mhz

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

Check out the Commodore, Amiga, and other computers at the Bay Area Maker Faire 2024.  Go to

Commodore, Amiga et al at Bay Area Maker Faire 2024
http://blog.retro-link.com/2024/11/commodore-amiga-et-al-at-bay-area-maker.html

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

The C64 game, Orbix, has been released.  Read more about it at

https://fleischgemuese.itch.io/orbix

As it says on the website, speed is doubled when used on a C128, resulting in smoother gameplay, and there is better deletion handling.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

Today was the first day of the Amiwest Show 2024 in Sacramento, California.  Morning and early afternoon had seminars, and the late afternoon had a swap meet.  Go to

http://blog.retro-link.com/2024/10/first-day-at-amiwest-show-2024.html

YouTube videos of the seminars later,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

P.S. There was a C128DCR, a C64, a 1541, and a 1701/2 monitor at the swap meet!

(the first half of this article was originally posted in August when this board was not yet functioning)

    We've been accepted for an exhibit at the October 18-20 Bay Area Maker Faire 2024! Come and see the Commodore 8-bits, Amigas, and other computers at our booth named, "Vintage Computer Festivalers."

https://makerfaire.com/bay-area/

    Admittance to the Bay Area Maker Faire starts at $40 per day and on up.  Located at Historic Mare Island, 560 Nimitz Ave., Mare Island, California, USA,  the Bay Area Maker Faire runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.  Mare Island is located across the bridge from Vallejo, California, which is off of Interstate 80 in the North Bay.
    As soon as more information comes in, I'll let you know the exact building and exact location within that building as to where our exhibit will be.

    Multiple buildings and hundreds of exhibitors at the faire,
    Robert Bernardo
    Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
    Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network – http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

(today's update)

    Tomorrow is set-up day for the Bay Area Maker Faire!  We'll have our tables in the vast Coal Shed 3.  With more table space compared to the Rocklin Maker Faire, we have more flexibility to set up the hands-on exhibits.  From my collection comes

Amiga 1200 '040 with OS 3.9
Ultimate 64
AmigaOne A1222+
A600GS
Tandy 102 with Tandy disk drive
Atari 520ST with SFS-354 disk drive and Gotek

From Jerold K.
Commodore 64 with Incredible Musical Keyboard

From Duncan M.
various Japanese-only computers (X68000?)

From Christopher S.
Acorn computer

        The computer list may change,
        Robert Bernardo
        Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
        Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

Hi, everybody,
    Photos and a short video of the Commodores and Amigas at the October 12 Rocklin Maker Faire are posted.  Go to

http://blog.retro-link.com/2024/10/classic-computers-at-rocklin-maker.html

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group -
          http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
          Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network -
          http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

(This was announced back in mid-July, but this board wasn't back up at that time.)

Hey, we've been accepted for an exhibit at the October 12 Maker Faire Rocklin 2024! Come and see the Commodore 8-bits, Amigas, and other computers at our booth named, "Classic Sacramento Area Computers – CSAC!"

Here is a description from the Maker Faire Rocklin home page, "From engineers to artists to scientists to crafters, Maker Faire is a venue for these 'makers' to show hobbies, experiments, projects."

https://rocklin.makerfaire.com/

The Maker Faire Rocklin is a free event located at Sierra Community College, 5100 Sierra College Blvd., Rocklin, California, USA. The Maker Faire runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.. Rocklin is located on Interstate 80, 22 miles northeast of Sacramento.

To see information on our exhibit, go to

https://rocklin.makerfaire.com/meet-the-makers/

(And now for the current announcement...)

Just a couple of days to the Maker Faire Rocklin! Packing starts tonight for set-up tomorrow afternoon. On the 2 tables, this is what is to be exhibited at the Classic Sacramento Area Computers - CSAC! --

Amiga 1200 '40 with OS 3.9
Ultimate 64
AmigaOne A1222+ (hey, that's new!)
Atari 520ST with SF354 external disk drive and Gotek
Tandy 102 with Tandy Portable Disk Drive

Back-up computers (just in case of the above failing)
Amiga 600 with OS 3.2
brown Commodore 64 with TeensyROM
Atari 800XL with external disk drive

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group – http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network – http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

Happy National Bunny Day, C= and Ami aficionados!
    The Fresno Commodore User Group has its traditional "picnic" lunch from 11 a.m. to 1+ p.m., Sunday, Oct. 6, at

Andiamo Ristorante Italiano
1275 Shaw Ave., #120 (across from the Sierra Vista Mall)
Clovis, CA 93612
(559) 298-3196

    Secretary/Treasurer Dick E. recommends the calzone – a meal in itself! 
    All members of FCUG and their families are invited, and the club will pay for the lunch.
    We won't necessarily be talking about Commodore and Amiga computers, but I will bring the latest FCUG Interface newsletter to distribute.

        See you at the lunch!
        Robert Bernardo
        Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

Greetings, C= and Ami aficionados!
     The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 1+ p.m., Sunday, March 20, at our usual location --

          The Pizza Pit Restaurant
          2705 N. Blackstone Ave. (corner of Blackstone and Princeton)
          Fresno, California

     On the agenda is programming with a look at DotBASIC Plus on disk (courtesy of Alan Reed) and Comal 2.0 on cartridge.  Then we'll peek into 2 gigs of Commodore .D64 goodness on a SD card (courtesy of Charles Gutman).  Bring a 2+ gig SD card if you want a copy of that.
     We'll also see some raw video from the March 5 SC3 Arcade Party (including concert footage of 8-Bit Weapon and ComputeHer) which was held in Alhambra, California.  See you at the meeting!

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group
          http://videocam.net.au/fcug

------------------Original message--------------------
From: Alan Reed
Date: Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:47 pm


I'm happy to announce that DotBASIC Plus is being re-released as a free download.  [Formerly, DotBASIC Plus was an item sold by Dave Moorman of
Loadstar.]

If you enjoy programming in BASIC, but would like to put a little more "oomph" into your projects, you owe it to yourself to check it out.

Get it at http://8bitcentral.com

Depending on the interest shown, I'll be posting more tutorials, etc. on my blog in the future.

Enjoy!
_________________

Alan

My Commodore Blog
http://8bitcentral.com

---------------- Original Message -------------------
Subject: COMMODORE FREE
From:    nigel parker
Date:    Tue, March 8, 2011 5:15 am
-----------------------------------------------------

Everyone knows that

"All the Best things come in 3`s"

So that's why I have released the
next 1 issue of Commodore Free!

Hm-mm sounded funnier in my head
than on an email.

Text and articles for the next issue
are most welcome; please contact me
for information; details are available
at www.commodorefree.com

COMMODORE FREE
Goes and hides under a rock for some
considerable time before emerging to
eat some lettuce.

Makes a mental note on the lines.
Jokes need to be funny.

And sulks off into his hole.

*************************************
       Commodore Free Magazine
    http://www.commodorefree.com/
*************************************

       Issue 48, February 2011

      Free to download magazine
  dedicated to Commodore computers
  Available as PDF, HTML, TXT, SEQ,
      D64 disk image and now as
        ePUB and MOBI e-book

*************************************
              CONTENTS
*************************************

* Editorial
* Readers Comments
* NEWS
  - PET+C64 in 25 Most Important PCs
  - Amiga Programmer for PageStream 5
  - Sideways SEUCK Compo 2011
  - Commodore Server Update
  - Fantasia's Return BBS Test Run.
  - Plus/4 / C16 Technical Documents
  - Arcade Retro Gaming Newsletter
  - Tiger-Disk #171 available
  - PixelJam Demoparty at Notacon 8
  - Aros Broadway 0.0.2R11
  - HVMEC 1.0 Released
  - The C64 - Archiv Updated
  - AmigaOS 4.1 Classic Promo Video
  - Contiki 2.5rc1 Released
* Interview With MIRKOSOFT
* Where Are They Now
* Multimedia With The CDTV
* C16 Programming
* Back to the Past: Issue 9, Jun 2007

=====================================

Nigel Parker

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Commodore Free Magazine
www.commodorefree.com
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Commodore Computer club U.k.
www.commodorecomputerclub.co.uk

     Photos of the February 19 Netherlands Commodore Show are now on-line.  Go to the series of pics, starting at

          http://commodore-gg.hobby.nl/feb2011col1.htm

               FCUG celebrating 30 years,
               Robert Bernardo
               Fresno Commodore User Group
               http://videocam.net.au/fcug
               The Other Group of Amigoids
               http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
               Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
               http://www.sccaners.org

     A long time in the making but now available for your viewing pleasure - photos from the Oct. 22-24 AmiWest Show 2010 held in Sacramento, California.  To see the 25th anniversary Amiga celebration, go to

          http://www.dickestel.com/amiwest10.htm

               FCUG celebrating 30 years,
               Robert Bernardo
               Fresno Commodore User Group
               http://videocam.net.au/fcug

     It's been awhile, but the SC3 Arcade Party is back with a vengeance!  The Southern California Classic Collectors have their party in a new location, Saturday, noon to midnight, March 5 at the Nucleus Art Gallery, 210 E. Main St., Alhambra (Pasadena area), California.  Enjoy the dozens and dozens of classic arcade machines set on free play, the many classic gaming consoles and computers (like Commodore 64 and Amiga), and the classic, live chiptune music from various artists, including Mr. Spastic, Wizwars, and most notably, 8-Bit Weapon, the C64/128 musicians who have released several music CDs.  Don't forget that there will be a trading area to buy and trade your classic goods.  For more information, go to

          http://www.sc3videogames.com/

     For SC3 Arcade Party discussion, go to

          http://digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=149324

     Pre-registration is $10 until March 1; registration at the door is $15.  To register, go to

          http://www.gallerynucleus.com/event/287

          Let's party!
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group
          http://videocam.net.au/fcug
          The Other Group of Amigoids
          http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
          Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
          http://www.sccaners.org

Happy Valentines Day, C= and Ami aficionados!
     The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 1+ p.m., Sunday, February 20, at

          Panera Bread Restaurant
          1260 Shaw Avenue
          Clovis, CA 93612
          (559) 325-0290

Note the new meeting place for this month; our usual meeting place at the Pizza Pit will be filled with Daytona 500 fans!    Because this is a Panera Bread, there is free Wi-Fi.
     Last month we looked through various Commodore forums on the Net; this month we'll go over some Amiga forums.  Also delayed from last month, we'll go through some of disks from the disk library of the Fort Ord Commodore UserS (FOCUS) of Seaside, California.  New on agenda will be Payton Byrd's video demonstrating CBM-Command v2.0 and the humorously wild Commodore Italy commercial.  Further discussion topics will cover the March 5 SC3 Arcade Party in Alhambra, California, and the April 15-17 Notacon 8/PixelJam Demoparty in Cleveland, Ohio.
     See you at the meeting!

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group
          http://videocam.net.au/fcug

     A few days ago, Facebook friend, Tomas M., told me about this video.  I viewed it and was amazed.  I showed it at last Sunday's SCCAN meeting, and everyone agreed that it was weird! ("strano" in Italian)  Click below to enjoy this Commodore Italy commercial --

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqrlXUHfUuY

               FCUG celebrating 30 years,
               Robert Bernardo
               Fresno Commodore User Group
               http://videocam.net.au/fcug