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

I will sadly (for me) have to miss this one due to unforeseen circumstances.

I really wanted to meet Ki.  Who knows if/when he will be in the area again.


Jeff

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