Another CLASS video is ready to be viewed.  See David Pleasance of Commodore UK at

Pleasance, Commodore UK, and more -- CLASS 2024

https://youtu.be/XRmETyjpLg0

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          organizer - Commodore Los Angeles Super Show

Happy Mother's Day, C= and Ami aficionados!
     The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 2:30+ p.m., Sunday, May 19, at

Panera Bread Restaurant
3590 W. Shaw Ave. (corner of W. Shaw Ave. and Marty Ave.)
Fresno, CA 93711
(559) 271-0104
http://www.dickestel.com/met_loc.htm

     For discussion, we'll talk about the upcoming June 22-23 Pacific Commodore Expo NW in Seattle and even the William Shatner Weekend on June 1 (gotta get a Commodore item autographed by Bill)!
     This month we have the new AmigaOne A1222+ from A-EON in its second, public showing of a production model.  See how it uses the desktop, see it play native and 68K Amiga games, listen to how it plays .MODs and .MP3s, view it running a video file in full hi-def, and try out some drawing/art programs on it.  Naturally, we will have the latest games for the C64.  V.P. Roger may be bringing in several amateur radio carts used by ham operators on the VIC-20!

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

     Here is the preliminary announcement!  Notice that the meeting is on the third Saturday of the month.

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

     Yesterday, all the parts that I received in the mail were assembled into a working A1222+ system.  To see the photos and my  comments, go to

http://blog.retro-link.com/2024/05/assembling-a1222-from-eon.html

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
          Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
          June 22-23 Pacific Commodore Expo NW 2024 - http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex

Happy Cinco de Mayo, C= and Ami comrades!
     The next meeting of the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network is Saturday, May 11, from 2 to 5+ p.m. at

  Panera Bread Restaurant
  19662 Nordhoff Street
  Northridge, California
  (818) 407-9400

     Note that we meet on the south side of the restaurant now, instead of the west side of the restaurant.
     We'll talk about our April 13-14 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2024 and the upcoming June 22-23 Pacific Commodore Expo NW in Seattle.
     In exhibits we'll have the first public showing of a production AmigaOne A1222+ running OS 4.1 Final Edition and Enhancer 2.2.  Check out how it handles its desktop!  Check out how it runs classic Amiga games and demos!  Check out how it runs OS 4.1 apps!
     In 8-bit Commodores we'll have the Ultimate 64 with the latest games and the Mini PET 40 running classic and new games and other apps.

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
          http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

     The first videos from CLASS 2024 have been released!  See

Van Pelt and Slow Scan TV, FAX-64 - CLASS 2024

https://youtu.be/2jUSwpfihHA

Pocek and Grind for the Amiga - CLASS 2024

https://youtu.be/obf04dUNQa8

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          organizer - Commodore Los Angeles Super Show

     Now I have to assemble all the parts!

http://blog.retro-link.com/2024/04/unboxing-a1222-from-eon.html

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
          Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
          June 22-23 Pacific Commodore Expo NW 2024 - http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex

     The CLASS 2024 photos from Mario Luppi have come in!  To see them, go to

http://blog.retro-link.com/2024/04/yup-more-pics-from-commodore-los.html

          Still editing the videos,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
          Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
          June 22-23 Pacific Commodore Expo NW - http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex

     Most (if not all) of the photos have come in for the April 13-14 CLASS 2024.  See below --

http://blog.retro-link.com/2024/04/pictures-from-commodore-los-angeles.html

http://blog.retro-link.com/2024/04/another-set-of-pics-from-commodore-los.html

http://blog.retro-link.com/2024/04/yet-more-photos-from-commodore-los.html

     Videos will be posted later!

          Ah, the editing process,
          Robert Bernardo
          organizer - Commodore Los Angeles Super Show

     With the successful conclusion of our sister show, the Commodore LA Super Show, the Pacific Commodore Expo NW is gearing up for June!  We have listed more presentations / guests, more exhibits, more door prizes!  Keep up with the latest at

http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          organizer - Pacific Commodore Expo NW

Happy Weekend after Commodore LA Super Show, C= and Ami aficionados!
     The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 2:30+ p.m., Sunday, April 21, at

Panera Bread Restaurant
3590 W. Shaw Ave. (corner of W. Shaw Ave. and Marty Ave.)
Fresno, CA 93711
(559) 271-0104
http://www.dickestel.com/met_loc.htm

     For discussion, we'll talk about how Commodore LA Super Show went, the usual things - equipment failures, presentations dropped, presentations added, attendees, the mood of the crowd, etc.  Also we'll talk about our sister show, the June 22-23 Pacific Commodore Expo NW in Seattle, and even CLASS 2025.
     Like last month, we'll try out some of the latest C64 games (Lock 'n Chase, Hermanos, Good Knight, Harharagon, Night Mission Pinball Extended, and more) and VIC-20 games (FiZZ, Chlopodia, Mars Planet Patrol, Petscii Breakout, Railyard, Victris #64738). And we'll check out some brand new Amiga disks-of-the-month from The Other Group of Amigoids (TOGA).

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

     Here is the preliminary announcement for our next meeting.

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

     Less than a week to the Commodore Los Angeles Super Show!  If you haven't checked out the CLASS website, go to

http://www.portcommodore.com/class

     We have David Pleasance of Commodore UK in attendance, a special video from Trevor Dickinson of A-EON, raffle prizes like a CMD Hard Drive converted to CompactFlash via Zulu SCSI, presentations, exhibits, a great game competition for a great prize, and more.
     CLASS 2024 is at the Burbank Veterans of Foreign Wars hall, 1006 W. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, California, USA.  Admission is $25 whether you come for one day or two days, April 13-14.  Kids under 16 years old have free admission.
     I'd like to thank in advance the hard work of the members of the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network for making the show possible.

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          organizer – Commodore Los Angeles Super Show

     Check out the pictures and video of our exhibit at the April 6 Los Angeles Maker Faire 2024!  We had many attendees come and talk about the Commodore and Amiga computers that were on exhibit.  Thanks to SCCAN member Jerold K. for helping out through the day and also for bringing his exhibit of using a MIDI keyboard with the C64 and Nintendo Entertainment System.  Those who knew music were fascinated what was on display.

http://blog.retro-link.com/2024/04/los-angeles-maker-faire-2024.html

     Truly,
     Robert Bernardo
     Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network – http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

P.S. The day started off cold and breezy as we set up our systems at 6:30 in the morning.  And we didn't get electrical power until the park engineers switched it on at 8.  When we did get power, we could test out the equipment, and I found that I hadn't brought a VGA cable for the A3000 with 24-bit video card, and I was getting no picture through the RGB port (I found out later that if I had gone through the early start-up, I could bypass the load of the 24-bit drivers and thus use the RGB port).  So, I put A3000 away, and I used the back-up A600.  The A600 worked all the way to 3 p.m., but then it  started having loading problems, gurus, and green screens.  I attributed that to heat problems; it had always run hot in the past.  Sorry, kids, no more gaming on this computer.

P.P.S. As usual, the kids loved the games on the computers.  The parents loved talking about how they grew up on the classic programs and computers, and showing their kids that this was a floppy disk!  The more technically-minded loved to talk about the equipment and the programming they did back in the day (I even met an engineer whose East Coast company used the Video Toaster and Lightwave to make videos for corporations).  A few asked where was a Radio Shack/Tandy computer (I said my Santa Clara friend had one at the Bay Area Maker Faire), a few asked for Texas Instruments (I said I left my TI-99 at home), and a few asked for Atari (I said I didn't bring one this year).  Looking at the Commodore PC20-III, several said they didn't know that Commodore Business Machines had made MS-DOS machines.

To the interested, I passed out flyers that named the California Commodore and Amiga clubs and that detailed the upcoming West Coast Commodore and Amiga events.  Of course, I plugged the April 13-14 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show, and some said they would check it out.

     Check out our Commodore and Amiga computers at the Los Angeles Maker Faire tomorrow!  https://losangeles.makerfaire.com/

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