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

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