Sven Petersen has released a new piece of hardware for the PET.

A C64/VIC-20/Atari Joystick Adapter for the Commodore PET. It supports the Coyote Electronics pin configuration (two joysticks) and the space invader/break put style pin configuration (left, right, fire), 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. Hence the name. All joystick games found in the previously mention source could be played with this joystick adapter.

Visit https://github.com/svenpetersen1965/PET-Joystick-Adapter

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

I'm glad to see Commodore 128 Alive! again.  On a related note, I just got my website up and running again.  No forums, but some things the C128'er might find interesting are:

• BASIC Encyclopedia
• BASIC 7.80 (graphics from BASIC now operate on 80-column)
• SAM 128 (speech synthesizer)

Ah, okay. Been hoping to download that for a software I am writing and to be given away for free...

    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