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, 06:15 PM

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? 

Other than BASIC 8, I can't think of any.

Quote from: Hydrophilic on January 17, 2026, 01:51 PMI'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)

BASIC 7.80 looks interesting.  A couple of notes:

• "Multi-color bitmap modes. The VDC can not display 4 colors in a single cell. You might be able to emulate this with interlace mode."

  I recall BASIC 8 used dithering to simulate multi-color.  Might be a possibility here, although likely complicated to implement.  

• "Split-screen modes.  The VDC does not have a raster interrupt.  Should be possible with synchronized CIA interrupt."

   The problem with doing that is CIA timers are run by the ~1 MHz I/O clock, which cannot be evenly divided  to match either of the two possible VDC scan rates.  So it would not be possible to generate evenly-spaced timer IRQs that follow the VDC scan rate.  You'd have to configure the VIC to raster interrupt at the desired time, as well as the usual time, and wedge into the IRQ handler to trap the mid-screen interrupt.  That, however, poses a synchronization issue, since the VDC dot clock is not related to the VIC's clock.  While I may be wrong, I'm not seeing a workable solution for this.[/list]

Quote from: Blacklord on January 20, 2026, 06:25 AMSven Petersen has released a new piece of hardware for the PET...

That's a nice piece of work...very professional-looking.

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

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