Check out the Commodore computers at the March 22-23 Interim Computer Festival at the Old Rainier Brewery Intraspace, 3100 S. Airport Way, Seattle, Washington, USA!  Not only will Commodores be there but there will also be other various platforms.  For more information, see

https://sdf.org/icf/

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

Happy National Mario Day, FCUG members and visitors!
     The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to
2:30+ p.m., Sunday, March 16, 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/meet_loc.htm

     We'll talk about the April 12 Los Angeles Maker Faire and especially about the April 26-27 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show.  CLASS is getting so near!  And the CLASS presentations' list keeps growing!  I'll talk about the reopening of Bernardo Studios just in time for filming the CLASS commercial.    Hopefully, v.p. Roger will inform us on his progress about running CP/M from a SD2IEC on the C128.  Also we have a GEOPaint disk to investigate; the user wants his graphics converted to .PNG's.
     On the AmigaOne A1222+, we'll look at the new games, Trapped in the Tomb and Evil Dungeon 3.  On the Ultimate 64, we'll look at the new game, Zookeeper.  With the Revision 2025 demoparty coming in mid-April in Germany, we'll also view various, amazing C64 and Amiga demos from Revision 2024.

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

     Here is the preliminary announcement for next meeting of the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network. 

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo

Happy almost Spring, C= and Ami comrades!
     The next meeting of the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
is Saturday, March 8, from 2 to 5+ p.m. at

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

     In discussion we'll talk to members who attended the Vintage Computer
Festival SoCal a few weeks ago.  Then we will talk about the April 12
Los Angeles Maker Faire and the April 26-27 Commodore Los Angeles
Super Show.  For CLASS, we will talk about all the exhibits and
presentations for this 40th anniversary of the Commodore 128 and the
Amiga 1000.
     In hardware, we'll have the A600GS and the AmigaOne A1222+ with new
games, Tale of Evil, Soko-Ban, Skillgrid, and Castlevania AGA; and
with classic games, Amiga Karate, Arazok's Tomb, and the Art of
Chess.  The A1222+ also has the additional, new programs –- the cute
platformer, Absolute Zero; the buggy Tracker Hero, the Operation
Steel Rain beta, the well-designed Sky Shapers, and the OS4
application, 3D Converter.  The Ultimate 64 returns with the latest
C64 games, Abysmal Karma - Part 1!, Centipede, Platman MC, Ladybird,
Man Cave, and Mike Mech 2.
     Feel free to bring your own machines and software to the meeting!

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

     We are about 2 months out from the April 26-27 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show in Burbank!  The Burbank VFW has been paid for the use of their room, and now all we have to do is fill the room full of computers.    Please let me know if you want to exhibit your Commodore and/or Amiga computers at CLASS.

          Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Commodore 128
          and the Amiga 1000...
          Robert Bernardo
          http://www.portcommodore.com/class

     Version 1.07 of C64OS has been released!  This version has a new network stack, new Help Utility, and an improved PRG runner, among many other improvements and bugfixes.  Go to

https://c64os.com/c64os/softwareupdates/#v1_07

To purchase C64OS, go to

https://c64os.com/c64os/#order

          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

     Just released... a new C128 text game in 80-columns!  It's Iowa Jack and the Crystals of Chaos --

https://rickyderocher.itch.io/iowa-jack-and-the-crystals-of-chaos-commodore-128

     Shades of Indiana Jones!
     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

Happy Super Bowl, C= and Ami aficionados!
     The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to
2:30+ p.m., Sunday, Feb. 16, 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/meet_loc.htm

     Discussion will run the gamut from the forthcoming A1222NG board
(Amiga) from AmigaKit to the new MSXBOOK laptop (non-Amiga) to news
about the Ultimate 64 Elite-II boards and C64OS v1.07.  And I'll give a
plug for the April 26-27 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show in Burbank. 
     The AmigaOne A1222+ returns with the latest Amiga games --
Castlevania AGA, Sky Shapers, the Operation Steel Rain demo, Sokoban,
Skillgrid, and the music game, Tracker Hero.  For Amiga OS 4.0/4.1,
maybe we'll even try out AmiArcadia (which emulates older machines).
Our usual Ultimate 64 comes back with new games -- Abysmal Karma -
Part 1!, Centipede, Platman MC, Ladybird, Man Cave, and Mike Mech 2.
On the VIC-20, we get to the games we couldn't get to at the last
meeting, and we'll check out the new one, Columns.

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

     Last night I donated to fireaidla.org , the organization for which the music concert was held a few days ago.

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

On Tue, April 30, 2024 4:33 pm, I wrote on various forums:

> The CLASS of 2025 is set for the weekend after Easter, 2025!  First
> payment sent to our venue -- the Burbank VFW hall at 1006 W. Magnolia
> Blvd, Burbank, California.  Friday set-up, April 25.

      Everything is on track for our April show!  We are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Commodore 128 and the Amiga.

Our website is at

http://www.portcommodore.com/class

Today the Guests & Presentations page of the site got updated.  See

https://www.portcommodore.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=class:presentations_guests

And the Prizes and Items For Sale page was updated, too.  See

https://www.portcommodore.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=class:door_prizes

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          organizer - Commodore Los Angeles Super Show

     Due to the ongoing wildfires in the Los Angeles area, I've made donations to the Red Cross https://redcross.org and to World Central Kitchen https://wck.org .  Both organizations are on the ground there, helping out the people whose lives have been upended.  There are also other worthy organizations which are providing aid.

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

Happy New Year, C= and Ami aficionados!
     The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 2:30+ p.m., Sunday, Jan. 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/meet_loc.htm

     In discussion we'll talk about the current fires affecting Commodore members in the Los Angeles area, the February Vintage Computer Festival SoCal, the April Los Angeles Maker Faire, and especially the April 26-27 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show.
     In hardware, we look at the Greaseweazle v4 newly-built into a case and having a 3.5" disk drive and a 5.25" disk drive.  (Greaseweazle is a small, electronics board which permits "versatile floppy drive control over USB. By extracting the raw flux transitions from a drive, any diskette format can be captured..." and thus it can transfer a floppy disk into a disk file and vice versa.)
     In software, we have the A600GS and/or the AmigaOne A1222+ with the latest Amiga games, like Revenge of the Grinch, Santas Present Drop 4 – Grunge's Revenge, Ami Robbo 2, Yoomp!, the Rastan demo game, the Vigilante demo game, and Bunnito's Feast. The Ultimate 64 returns with the latest C64 games, like Tank in a Dungeon, Soiled Iron, Santa's Workout 2, Captain Ishtar 2, Toki C64 demo game, the Pretzelves, Twintris Deluxe, Golf Dash Extended, and Schreckenstein 65. The VIC-20 comes in with new programs, like Jumpman Pete, Island Beach Head, Cubelco 24, Christmas Card Greetings 2024, and Pacific Air War.

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

     Once again, here is our preliminary announcement for the next meeting of the Southern California Commodore and Amiga Network.

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

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

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

     In discussion we'll talk about the February Vintage Computer Festival SoCal, the April Los Angeles Maker Faire, and especially the April Commodore Los Angeles Super Show.
     In hardware, we attempt to (successfully this time) play around with the fully-working A600GS with the latest Amiga games, like Dungeonette the New Adventure, Winterland Mego-Lo-Mania, Revenge of the Grinch, Santas Present Drop 4 – Grunge's Revenge, Ami Robbo 2, Yoomp, Rastan demo game, BabeAnoid 2.0, and Bunnito's Feast. The Ultimate 64 returns with the latest C64 games, like Tank in a Dungeon, Soiled Iron, Santa's Workout 2, Captain Ishtar 2, Toki C64 demo game, the Pretzelves, and Twintris Deluxe. The VIC-20 comes in with new programs, like Jumpman Pete, Island Beach Head, Cubelco 24, Christmas Card Greetings 2024, and Pacific Air War.
     Feel free to bring your own machines and software to the meeting!

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

Happy New Year, everybody!
     There will be Commodore and Amiga computers at the April 12 Los Angeles Maker Faire 2025!  Check the listing of our exhibit, Classic Los Angeles Computers! (CLAC!), at

https://losangeles.makerfaire.com/makers-exhibits/

        Happy New Year!
        Robert Bernardo
        Fresno Commodore User Group
        http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
        Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
        http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan