Happy National Vanilla Cupcake Day, C= and Ami aficionados!
     The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 2:30+ p.m., Sunday, Nov. 17, 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

     For discussion, we'll talk about the Commodore/Amiga events that happened in October plus a slideshow/brief videos of those events.  We'll even look at a classic VIC-20 letter written by actor/author/director William Shatner!
     In C64 software, we'll try out the newish games, such as Portal Buster, Mushrooms That Grow in the Woods, Orbix, the Forgotten Forest 2, and Battle for Cronos.  On the VIC-20 side, we have the SD2IEC filled with the a huge amount of programs.
     On the Amiga side, the AmigaOne A1222+ returns, and this time we will be looking at the most popular OS4 games that the public tried out at the Rocklin Maker Faire, the Bay Area Maker Faire, and even the Amiwest Show 2024.  Also we look at three... count 'em, three... Amiga 2000's in various states of disrepair.  (To be repaired, eventually...)

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

     Amiwest Show 2024 photos from Bernie Innocenti have been posted.  See

http://blog.retro-link.com/2024/11/amiwest-2024-photos-from-bernie-i.html

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

     Here you go!  The first announcement of our next meeting of the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network meeting, set for January 11 in the new year.

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

     Another Amiwest Show 2024 video has been posted!  It is

Raffle - Amiwest 2024
https://youtu.be/-oUdUm8o4WU

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

     Brian Deneen opens up the Amiwest banquet at

Banquet - Amiwest 2024
https://youtu.be/1wHLRQvybdE

     Look at all the Amiwest exhibits and people at

Looking at the Show Floor - Amiwest 2024
https://youtu.be/GsvqR_fyXaA
 
         Truly,
         Robert Bernardo
         Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
         Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

     Listen to engineer Dave Haynie in a marathon speaking session! See

Haynie - Amiwest 2024
https://youtu.be/tLsKMTV-byE

          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 Chinese Take-Out Food Day, C= and Ami comrades!
     The next meeting of the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
is Saturday, Nov. 9, 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 shows that happened in October --
the Rocklin Maker Faire, the Bay Area Maker Faire, and the Amiwest
Show.
     In hardware, we play around with the fully-working A600GS, the little
AmigaKit box that runs OCS/ECS/AGA games and sports the Amibench
desktop.  I can tell you the trials, tribulations, and quirks in
getting the A600GS to run.  The Ultimate 64 returns with the latest
C64 games, like Orbix and the Forgotten Forest 2.  The VIC-20 comes
in with the SD2IEC drive loaded with plenty of software.
     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

P.S. We may have extra, classic Amiga hardware coming in for diagnosis!

     More Amiwest Show 2024 videos have been posted!  They are

Amiga OS 4 Gaming - Amiwest 2024
https://youtu.be/DFatl4PsVnQ

Nordlander - Amiwest 2024
https://youtu.be/AQIFOZ5MayE

Nicholson - Amiwest 2024
https://youtu.be/OvfxbUQVZOk

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

Two more videos are ready to be viewed. They are

Schoenfeld - Amiwest 2024
https://youtu.be/OhYQ79dMSsU

and

AmigaBill and Bill - Amiwest 2024
https://youtu.be/BJQQwBo5K94

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