https://csm.fresnostate.edu/events/science-carnivale-2026.html

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group -
          http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

Greetings, everyone!
      I just got confirmation of this yesterday.  Our hands-on exhibit has been approved for the Feb. 28 Science Carnivale at California State University Fresno, College of Science and Mathematics.  We will be displaying Commodore, Amiga, and other computers at our table, Classic Fresno Area Computers! (CFAC!).
      Here are the facts:

Date: February 28, 2026

Time: 12 noon to 2:30 pm

Location: Science II Courtyard (northern end of California State University campus at the Science II buildings, N. Barstow and E. Maple Aves., Fresno, California, USA)

    Though it's not a lengthy event, we'll squeeze as many computers as we can at our table - C128, Ultimate 64, classic Amiga, AmigaOne A1222+, and others (Tandy, Atari).
    If you are in the Fresno area, come and visit the Science Carnivale.  Admission and parking is free.

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group -
          http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

Quote from: Hydrophilic on February 09, 2026, 02:01 PMAs far as I can tell MetaBASIC-128 just adds debugging features.  Based on description -- no download found to try.

Heh, there is the type-in listing from Compute!'s Gazette at

https://archive.org/details/1987-02-computegazette/page/102/mode/2up



Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
April 25-26 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2026 - http://www.portcommodore.com/class

Ah-ha!  By looking at https://telarity.com/~dan/cbm/languages.html , I also see MetaBASIC-128 and VDC BASIC, both for the C128.

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

Quote from: RobertB on January 21, 2026, 06:18 PMI have the older Stupid PET Tricks adapter, but I didn't know about the Zimmers' list of PET joystick games.

And I just downloaded the Stupid PET Tricks Easter Pack of joystick games at

https://milasoft64.itch.io/stupid-pet-tricks-easter-fun-pack

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

    The first ever demo competition for the Commodore Los Angeles Super Show is happening!  Commodore and Amiga democoders, get your programming skills up and running for the categories of

Graphics
Music
Intros
Demos

For more description on the categories and all the rules and submission details of the CLASS democompo, go to

https://www.commodore.ca/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13274

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          organizer - April 25-26 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show
          http://www.portcommodore.com/class

In the January 2026 issue of the new Compute!'s Gazette magazine, Automatic Proofreader v3.0 was released as a type-in program.  Consisting of about 60 lines in BASIC 2.0, v3.0 "is a universal tool, intelligently detecting whether you are typing on a Commodore 64, VIC-20, C128, or Plus/4.  It seamlessly hooks into the operating system to provide real-time checksums for every line of BASIC you enter, using a version of the tried-and-true algorithm from the February 1986 version."

Automatic Proofreader will now be able to help those programmers who are typing in the Commodore type-in listings from the magazine.

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

Quote from: Blacklord on January 20, 2026, 06:25 AM...found on zimmers.net (https://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/pet/games/english/joy/index.html).

The Coyote Electronics pin configuration is also called "PET User port adapter" in the VICE emulator, so it is expected to be wide spread. Space Invader + is the completed pin configuration of the previously mentioned games and can also be found on the "stupid PET tricks" adapter.

I have the older Stupid PET Tricks adapter, but I didn't know about the Zimmers' list of PET joystick games.

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

Quote from: Hydrophilic on January 17, 2026, 01:51 PM

• BASIC 7.80 (graphics from BASIC now operate on 80-column)

On a side note, the January 2026 of the new Compute!'s Gazette magazine has a review and comparison of several BASIC enhancements for the C64.

Hmm, how many were there for the C128? 
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

That's right the websites for the Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2026 and for the Pacific Commodore Expo NW 2026 are now active! The sites have the exhibits, presenters, and prizes set for the shows. Stay tuned for further updates on the April 25-26 CLASS 2026 and the June 20-21 PaCommEx 2026. See CLASS 2026 at

http://www.portcommodore.com/class

and PaCommEx 2026 at

http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex

If you want to exhibit, present, or sell/trade items at the shows, contact me at

rbernardo(at)iglou.com

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
organizer – Commodore Los Angeles Super Show, Pacific Commodore Expo NW

    The Swedish Commodore Club (SCK) had its annual show on September 5-7.  Check out the Commodore and Amiga computers and presentations in the following videos:

Walk-through of SCK Commodoreträffen 2025

https://youtu.be/ez2adY07r68

Anemo - SCK Commodoreträffen 2025

https://youtu.be/V4b1fdu7Ado

Mical - SCK Commodoreträffen 2025

https://youtu.be/Eqo36s4tndU

          Pictures to come,
          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 photos and short video of the Commodore and Amiga computers at the HCC Commodore Show (Netherlands Commodore Show) that was held at the end of August.

Photos at

http://blog.retro-link.com/2025/10/photos-from-hcc-commodore-show-in.html

Video at

https://youtu.be/WX3MZYDcpWY

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

Jeff Flitton is working on designing a mechanical keyboard for the C128 and C128D.  See

https://codeberg.org/jflitton/the-c128-keyboard-project

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

Oh, a new game release for the C128!  It's Stunt Car Racer 128, a port of the original SCR.  You can download it at

https://csdb.dk/release/?id=257046

And videos of its gameplay are at

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

and

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

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

Quote from: BigDumbDinosaur on November 13, 2025, 01:56 AM

I wonder to what extent this respun C-64 will look, smell, sound and feel like the original.  I guess it will depend a lot on what is being used for silicon.  Is this an FPGA recreation or something built with discrete devices?

It basically uses the same motherboard as the Ultimate 64 Elite-II board except upgraded.  It is FPGA.  See https://ultimate64.com/

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

Yes, over 12,000 Commodore 64 Ultimates have been pre-ordered, according to https://slapsoft.com/c64_sales.html

And the list of those associated with the new Commodore are at

https://www.commodore.net/team

The latest video from the Chinese factory where the Commodore 64 Ultimates are being built --

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

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

------------- Forwarded message ----------

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

(snip)

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

    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