We've been accepted for an exhibit at the October 18-20 Bay Area Maker Faire 2024! Come and see the Commodore 8-bits, Amigas, and other computers at our booth named, "Vintage Computer Festivalers."

https://makerfaire.com/bay-area/

     Admittance to the Bay Area Maker Faire starts at $40 per day and on up.  Located at Historic Mare Island, 560 Nimitz Ave., Mare Island, California, USA,  the Bay Area Maker Faire runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.  Mare Island is located across the bridge from Vallejo, California, which is off of Interstate 80 in the North Bay.
     As soon as more information comes in, I'll let you know the exact building and exact location within that building as to where our exhibit will be.

     Multiple buildings and hundreds of exhibitors at the faire,
     Robert Bernardo
     Fresno Commodore User Group –
     http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
     Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network –
     http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

     Elsewhere on this board, I have the Commercial Commodore 128 Specific Software/Hardware list.  Well, kind of the same vein, I'm starting to list all the OS4.x items I can run on the A1222+.  This list would be useful to those who are thinking about, are getting, or are using an A1222+ and just need some guidance.
     Specifically, my A1222+ runs Amiga OS 4.1 Final Edition plus Enhancer 2.2.  It also has a Radeon graphics card for retargetable graphics.  A lot of older OS 4.x items won't run on the A1222+.  Some do.  I am not including software that runs under OS 3.1 / E-UAE.  The listed programs have been found on the Internet or from other systems or from OS4Depot.net.  Let's start --

Demos -

- Full-screen (640x400 or more)

BoingCube
Dekadence - Chaotic
Flares
Supergroup - Supergroove 2
Zero (runs sporadically, seems to run more after installing MPEGA, no sound)

- Windowed

Cow3D6
Nostromo
WakeUp
Scoopex demo sky

         As more runnable demos come in, I'll add them in,
         Robert Bernardo
         Fresno Commodore User Group = http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
         Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

     Though I'm tempted to change the case over to one that has a spot for a CD/DVD slot-loading mechanism, I think I'll just buy an external LG mechanism that uses USB.

          Then I can read the old Amiga CD's and more,
          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 National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day, C= and Ami aficionados!
     The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 2:30+ p.m., Sunday, August 11, 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 our meeting is set for the second Sunday of this month instead of the usual third Sunday.
     For discussion, we'll talk about my meeting Francois Leveille of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and his products, TOLB, GandALF, and Behr-Bonz.  We'll also talk about Ray Carlsen and about filming Commodore presentations.
     In C64 software, we'll try out SNK vs CAPCOM (update 2), Mars Patrol, Drip 2, Random PAC, and more.  In VIC-20 software, it's Tesla Frogger and Emu's Massive Hunt, and the games on the Behr-Bonz cartridge.
     On the Amiga side, we'll play around with the A600GS, the new, classic Amiga-compatible games system/computer, running the AmiBench desktop environment and including such software as Personal Paint V7.4, OctaMED V8, Directory Opus V4, Final Writer V7,  Thunderhell, and Virtual GP.

  Writing from Las Vegas,
  Robert Bernardo
  Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

     Goaallll!  Funded at over 100%!

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

     Now it is 76% funded!

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

Now 68% funded!

Here is the first announcement of our next meeting, now set for Saturday, September 14.

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

     Hey, we've been accepted for an exhibit at the October 12 Maker Faire Rocklin 2024!  Come and see the Commodore 8-bits, Amigas, and other computers at our booth named, "Classic Sacramento Area Computers – CSAC!"
     Here is a description from the Maker Faire Rocklin home page, "From engineers to artists to scientists to crafters, Maker Faire is a venue for these 'makers' to show hobbies, experiments, projects."

https://rocklin.makerfaire.com/

     The Maker Faire Rocklin is a free event located at Sierra Community College, 5100 Sierra College Blvd., Rocklin, California, USA.  The Maker Faire runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m..  Rocklin is located on Interstate 80, 22 miles northeast of Sacramento.
     To see information on our exhibit, go to

https://rocklin.makerfaire.com/meet-the-makers/

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