When I moved the forums from the temp site to the hosted site I neglected to update a few settings - this resulted in some broken links - I've fixed most, will audit the board over the weekend to ensure that all links are correct again.

Also, my Stop Forum Spam API key wasn't added in to the board - this has now been corrected as well.

    Tomorrow is the Los Angeles Maker Faire, and I'm still prepping a few odds and ends for the show.  Our booth, Classic Los Angeles Computers! (CLAC!) is exhibit H10, and we are facing north between exhibit H9 with Club SciKidz Los Angeles, and exhibit H11 with Team 4201: The Vitruvian Bots.

    Set-up time is at 6:30 a.m. (bleah!) and opening time is 9 a.m..

        A long day tomorrow,
        Robert Bernardo

FATVIC is a drop in replacement for the 6560/6561 VIC chip used in the Commodore VIC 20 computer. It has all the usuall features of the 6560/6561, but also some extra optional features. Full memory in BLK0 accessable by the VIC chip, VGA mode, and enhanced functionallity with 32 sprites, hires graphics and fast hardware accelerated drawing and memory copying.

https://blog.deciduous.se/tag/fatvic/

From the File Conductor website, "The File Conductor is a file manager for Commodore 128 computers. It can run as a loadable program, an internal function ROM or external function ROM. It is capable of copying, moving, deleting, renaming and making directories."  For more information and to download, go to

https://kollektivet.nu/fileconductor/

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
April 26-27 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2025 - http://www.portcommodore.com/class

The Retro Programmer has released the C128 CP/M text adventure, Planet of Demise.  It also comes in versions for the Mattel Aquarius, as CP/M .com file and for the Amstrad PCW, and for  Amstrad CPC CP/M.  You can read more about it and find the download links at

https://theretroprogrammer.itch.io/planet-of-demise

Writing from Lake Tahoe, California,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
April 26-27 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2025 - http://www.portcommodore.com/class

Another one from Pro Pen, who has released the C128 80-column text adventure, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. You can find the download link at

https://csdb.dk/release/?id=239683

Writing from Lake Tahoe, California,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
April 26-27 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2025 - http://www.portcommodore.com/class

Earlier this year, Pro Pen released the C128 80-column text adventure,  The War of the Worlds.  You can find the download link at

https://csdb.dk/release/?id=239560

Writing from Lake Tahoe, California,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
April 26-27 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2025 - http://www.portcommodore.com/class

Earlier versions of VDC Mode Mania demo were released in 2017.  Now VDC Mode Mania is up to V1.2. Get it at

https://csdb.dk/release/?id=234174

Writing from Lake Tahoe, California
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - www.portcommodore.com/sccan
April 26-27 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2025 - www.portcommodore.com/class

A few years ago the C128 game, Akalabeth: World of Doom was released at

https://github.com/FoxCunning/akalabeth128

On March 8, 2025, Akalabeth C128 was released at

https://csdb.dk/release/?id=250815

This newer version seems to have different programmer(s).

Are the games the same?
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
April 26-27 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show - http://www.portcommodore.com/class

VDC Screen Editor 2 was released last year and is up to version v20-20240611-1354. Go to

https://github.com/xahmol/VDCScreenEditor2

Writing from Lake Tahoe, California,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
April 26-27 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2025 - http://www.portcommodore.com/class