Our Classic Bay Area Computers! (CBAC!) page has gone live! See us at

https://bayarea.makerfaire.com/#/booth/155002000001555261?lang=en

For a look at all the other Makers at the Bay Area Maker Faire, look at

https://bayarea.makerfaire.com/#/makers?lang=en

          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

    Ah, the last set of videos from the Pacific Commodore Expo NW!  Go to

Owens and Commodore Business Machines -  PaCommEx 2025

https://youtu.be/v_EHXUzDUkk

Bernardo and the AmigaOne A1222+ (redux) - PaCommEx 2025

https://youtu.be/pS0fbucjNtM

        Truly,
        Robert Bernardo
        organizer - Pacific Commodore Expo NW
        http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex

    Another set of Pacific Commodore Expo NW videos!  This time they are

Innocenti and his SAM440ep - PaCommEx 2025

https://youtu.be/8hqPKArnyNI

Innocenti and the VCF South - PaCommEx 2025

https://youtu.be/ZPq4xYWWK8s

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          organizer - Pacific Commodore Expo Nw

    Pacific Commodore Expo NW video-uploading has resumed!  The latest videos are

Jones, C64OS, and TeensyROM - PaCommEx 2025

https://youtu.be/krB2r2TeFdA

Bernardo and AmigaOS 4 demos, part 2 - PaCommEx 2025

https://youtu.be/YqPtgxJP6OU

        Truly,
        Robert Bernardo
        organizer - Pacific Commodore Expo NW
        http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex

    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

    Check out more Pacific Commodore Expo NW 2025 photos at

http://blog.retro-link.com/2025/06/more-pictures-from-pacommex-2025.html

    and the second PaCommEx video to be posted --

Katie and her MIDI wind Instrument, Round 2 - PaCommEx 2025

https://youtu.be/bBozWaGuqMI

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          organizer - Pacific Commodore Expo NW
          http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex

    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

Oh, that is nice!  Thanks!

On the road after the Pacific Commodore Expo NW 2025,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

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 next-to-last CLASS video has been uploaded. See

Bernacchia and Amiga music - CLASS 2025

https://youtu.be/3LCUImrvl44

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          organizer - Commodore Los Angeles Super Show

     Some more Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2025 videos -

Bernardo and the AmigaOne A1222+ - CLASS 2025

https://youtu.be/BeL2OKtxFLw

McWilliams, Cinemaware, and In-House Software - CLASS 2025

https://youtu.be/taPLHkQWDQE

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          organizer - Commodore Los Angeles Super Show

    Yup, more Commodore Los Angeles Super Show videos uploaded!  Go to

Bernardo and Amiga OS4 demos - CLASS 2025

https://youtu.be/w_rvKvziBB8

Stern and Studio 64 - CLASS 2025

https://youtu.be/O9Vheagy9t4

        Truly,
        Robert Bernardo
        organizer - Commodore Los Angeles Super Show
        http://www.portcommodore.com/class

      Another round of videos uploaded and ready to be viewed!  See

Smith and TeensyROM 64/128 - CLASS 2025

https://youtu.be/f481I8U8AjA

Goedeken, 3D Graphics, and Invasion 3D - CLASS 2025

https://youtu.be/fXw6hfFRfIk

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          organizer - Commodore Los Angeles Super Show
          http://www.portcommodore.com/class

Uh-oh, I don't see it.

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 - http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex

Just double-checked. It doesn't appear to have the Commodore brown.  My comparison was the screenshot of the BIT-C-128 VideoDac at https://www.bit-c128.com/

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

    More videos from the Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2025 are available!  Go to

Van Pelt and C128 CP/M-SD2IEC - CLASS 2025

https://youtu.be/Ztbbo7ZsVXU

Rifkin and the Amiga demo Eon - CLASS 2025

https://youtu.be/gg-P7FH_rc0

      Truly,
      Robert Bernardo
      organizer - Commodore Los Angeles Super Show
      http://www.portcommodore.com/class

Quote from: Blacklord on May 23, 2025, 09:17 AMCommodore 128 C128 16-Color, 80-Column RGBi 15Khz RGB to VGA Adapter

Oh, it's interesting!  I wonder how well it does with Commodore brown.

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

      The first CLASS 2025 presentation videos have been posted.  See

Pocek and Grind - CLASS 2025

https://youtu.be/cdnYHJ7doVY

Stern and PaperClip - CLASS 2025

https://youtu.be/V44htH4UTco

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          organizer - Commodore Los Angeles Super Show
          http://www.portcommodore.com/class

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

And more photos...

http://blog.retro-link.com/2025/05/yet-more-photos-from-commodore-los.html

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
organizer - Commodore Los Angeles Super Show