The websites of the Commodore Los Angeles Super Show and the Pacific Commodore Expo NW have been updated!  Check out CLASS 2025, set for April 26-27, at

http://www.portcommodore.com/class

     Check out PaCommEx 2025, set for June 21-22, at

http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex

     Both sites will continue to be updated, especially the news, presentations, exhibits, and prizes pages.

          Merry Christmas!
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group –
          http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
          Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network –
          http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

     Ray Carlsen still has many of his Commodore and Amiga power supplies for sale! These heavier-duty items are just the thing you need to keep your Commodore or Amiga working reliably for years.
     As of early November, he had parts to build 30-50 of his "barebones" power supplies and parts to build 20-40 of each of the following power supplies --

plastic version
mini metal-cased version
deluxe metal-cased version

To see all the different power supplies, go to

https://portcommodore.com/rcarlsen/customPS.html

     He can put different output connectors onto the power supplies, whether you need the round C64/VIC-20 coaxial, the squarish Plus/4 connector, the squarish C128 connector, the squarish Amiga connector, and more. He can customize the power supply to fit your needs! (He loves to work on custom projects.)
     Not only does he do power supplies but he also makes Commodore 8-bit computer video cables, like the composite-audio RCA plug output cable, the separated chroma/luma audio RCA plug cable, the composite-svideo audio female 1/8" output cable (for modern, external, powered speakers), and more. Just tell him what kind of cable you need.

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

     A few months ago Nybbles and Bytes released a new C128 game which uses 40-column and 80-column modes, Nybbles: Legend of the Drunken Snake. This is a description of it at the Patreon site --

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June's first ever video game, made especially for the Commodore 128 series of computers!

How fast are you with the joystick? Nybbles: Legend of the Drunken Snake will certainly challenge your reflexes! Take turns with a friend to become the longest running snake player ever, dodging booze and eating apples, but be careful! Not everything is without consequences!

This is the digital download version of the game, which includes:

A PNG of the disk label

A PDF of the game manual

A D64 disk image of the game

A PRG program file of the game

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Basically, it is a tricky Snake game in 40-columns followed by a Tetris game in 80-columns. A video of the game play can be found at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqXvZHCi4iI

Specifically, in the video game play starts in at :34 secs to 5:04 and then resumes from 11:49 to 15:44.

If you have an early VDC in your C128, you will have to replace it with a later version in order to correctly see the 80-column screen.

To read how the physical version of the game was produced, read the blog at

https://nybblesandbytes.net/blog/vcfmw19.html

To purchase a digital download of the game, go to

https://www.patreon.com/c/nybblesandbytes/shop

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

     The Other Group of Amigoids (TOGA) is no longer at togausergroup.org .  You can find their new site at

https://www.meetup.com/toga-the-other-group-of-amigoids/

TOGA concentrates on the Amiga, Commodore 8-bit, and other classic computers.

          Merry Christmas!
          Robert Bernardo

Happy Christmas Lights Day, C= and Ami aficionados!
     The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 2:30+ p.m., Sunday, Dec. 8, 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

Note that we are meeting on second Sunday of the month, instead of our usual third Sunday of the month.
     For discussion, we'll have our election of officers, the April 2025 Los Angeles Maker Faire, the April Commodore Los Angeles Super Show, and the June Pacific Commodore Expo NW.  Of course, we will be talking about Christmasy stuff, too!
     In hardware and software, we play around with the fully-working A600GS, the little AmigaKit box that runs OCS/ECS/AGA games and sports the Amibench desktop. I will show the installation of an .ADF onto the A600GS.  The Ultimate 64 returns with C64 Christmas games as does the VIC-20 with its Christmas games.

  Even Amiga Christmas games!
  Robert Bernardo
  Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

    After much editing, the next Amiwest Show 2024 video has been posted. It
is Trevor Dickinson of A-EON, giving his keynote speech. See

Dickinson Keynote Speech - Amiwest 2024
https://youtu.be/RSfkPQOsmOM

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

     After much editing, the next Amiwest Show 2024 video has been posted.  It is Trevor Dickinson of A-EON, giving his keynote speech.  See

Dickinson Keynote Speech - Amiwest 2024
https://youtu.be/RSfkPQOsmOM

          Truly,
          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 Commodore, Amiga, and other computers at the Bay Area Maker Faire 2024.  Go to

Commodore, Amiga et al at Bay Area Maker Faire 2024
http://blog.retro-link.com/2024/11/commodore-amiga-et-al-at-bay-area-maker.html

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

     More of my Amiwest 2024 photos have been posted. See

blog.retro-link.com/2024/11/more-amiwest-show-2024-photos.html

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

See the promo for Bit-Scape 2024 at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZADPXqcZgA