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Happy Deja Vous, C= and Ami aficionados! The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 2:30+ p.m., *Saturday*, March 2, 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/met_loc.htm Note the date, Saturday, March 2! It will be a rare Saturday meeting for the club, due to other factors for us not having our meeting on the usual third Sunday of the month. For discussion, we'll talk about the April 6 Los Angeles Maker Faire and the April 13-14 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show. Also we’ll talk about how filming went for Roger’s CLASS presentation. For our presentations, we’ll try out some of the latest C64 / VIC-20 games and demos. Not only that but we’ll look at some classic C64 disks-of-the-month from the defunct Commodore Hayward User Group (CHUG) and some brand new Amiga disks-of-the-month from The Other Group of Amigoids (TOGA). Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

And the BackSID has gotten better and better through the years, as evidenced by its firmware revisions' list at http://backbit.io/downloads/Firmware/BackSID/Revisions.txt The newest firmware being from January 24, 2024, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan April 13-14 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2024 - http://www.portcommodore.com/class

Long lost video? Nah, just never got around to editing it! Now it's on-line! "Bernardo on How to Film a Commodore Commercial" See it at Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan April 13-14 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2024 - http://www.portcommodore.com/class

Long lost video? Nah, just never got around to editing it! Now it's on-line! "Bernardo on How to Film a Commodore Commercial" See it at Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan April 13-14 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2024 - http://www.portcommodore.com/class

Happy Super Bowl Day, C= and Ami aficionados! The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 2:30+ p.m., Sunday, Feb. 18, 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/met_loc.htm For discussion, we'll talk about the Vintage Computer Festival SoCal, April 6 Los Angeles Maker Faire, the April 13-14 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show, and even various clubs in Australia – the Melbourne Amiga User Group, the Sydney Amiga User Group, and Amiga Retro Brisbane. We’ll also distribute the latest Interface newsletter and the latest Amiga Future magazine. Like the last meeting, we’ll catch up with the goodies we couldn’t get to previously, like ChiCLI, which gives a command line interface for the C64, and TeensyROM, a C64/128 utility cartridge that has a ROM emulator, fast loader, MIDI, and Ethernet connections. We’ll also try out a classic C64 music program, Dancing Feats from Softsync, Inc.. Watch out for the touchy joystick control! The changes are coming quickly to TRIANGULAR microOS for the C128, and so, we’ll try out the new v1.44, and just for comparision, we’ll run TRIANGULAR microOS for the C64. THEA500 Mini returns, this time with USB keyboard and running the newly-released Aminimiga v212. Our meeting will not go on as long as usual (which is always overtime!), because Bernardo Studios opens right after the meeting. Yup, we’ll be filming a presentation or two for the Commodore Los Angeles Super Show. Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

Whoa! Quite a number of tables with Commodore and Amiga computers at VCF SoCal on February 17-18 at the Hotel Fera event center, 100 The City Dr S, Orange, California, USA. Check out the exhibitors and vendors at https://www.vcfsocal.com/exhibitors Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

Whoa! Quite a number of tables with Commodore and Amiga computers at VCF SoCal on February 17-18 at the Hotel Fera event center, 100 The City Dr S, Orange, California, USA. Check out the exhibitors and vendors at https://www.vcfsocal.com/exhibitors Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

The Interim Computer Festival is back! The twice yearly event is happening on March 23-24 at the Old Rainier Brewery Intraspace, 3100 S. Airport Way S in Seattle, Washington, USA. The event is free, but donations are gladly accepted. See all kinds of different computer platforms. I was told that there were two Commodore/Amiga displays at the 2023 autumn show. For more information, go to 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

Hello, C= and Ami aficionados! The 2024 website of the Pacific Commodore Expo NW has gone active! The date of the show has been changed to June 22-23. See http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex Truly, Robert Bernardo organizer - Pacific Commodore Expo NW

Hello, C= and Ami aficionados! The 2024 website of the Pacific Commodore Expo NW has gone active! The date of the show has been changed to June 22-23. See http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex Truly, Robert Bernardo organizer - Pacific Commodore Expo NW

Hello, C= and Ami aficionados! The 2024 website of the Pacific Commodore Expo NW has gone active! The date of the show has been changed to June 22-23. See http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex Truly, Robert Bernardo organizer - Pacific Commodore Expo NW

Greetings, C= and Ami aficionados! Check out the new commercial for the Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2024. This commercial stars Bosey the Commodore dog! Which CBM computer will he choose? To find out, tune in to Truly, Robert Bernardo organizer - April 13-14 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show website - http://www.portcommodore.com/class

Greetings, C= and Ami aficionados! Check out the new commercial for the Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2024. This commercial stars Bosey the Commodore dog! Which CBM computer will he choose? To find out, tune in to Truly, Robert Bernardo organizer - April 13-14 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show website - http://www.portcommodore.com/class

The webpages for the Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2024 have gone active! Discover the latest with what’s going on for the April 13-14 show! Come back regularly for news updates, presentation updates, and exhibit updates. http://www.portcommodore.com/class The CLASS of 2024 is happening at the Burbank VFW hall, 1006 W. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, California, USA. Admission is $25, whether you come for one day or both days. Truly, Robert Bernardo organizer – Commodore Los Angeles Super Show

The webpages for the Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2024 have gone active! Discover the latest with what’s going on for the April 13-14 show! Come back regularly for news updates, presentation updates, and exhibit updates. http://www.portcommodore.com/class The CLASS of 2024 is happening at the Burbank VFW hall, 1006 W. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, California, USA. Admission is $25, whether you come for one day or both days. Truly, Robert Bernardo organizer – Commodore Los Angeles Super Show

The webpages for the Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2024 have gone active! Discover the latest with what’s going on for the April 13-14 show! Come back regularly for news updates, presentation updates, and exhibit updates. http://www.portcommodore.com/class The CLASS of 2024 is happening at the Burbank VFW hall, 1006 W. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, California, USA. Admission is $25, whether you come for one day or both days. Truly, Robert Bernardo organizer – Commodore Los Angeles Super Show

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. 21, 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/met_loc.htm For discussion, we'll talk about the April 6 Los Angeles Maker Faire and the April 13-14 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show. For both events, we’ll talk about the computers to be exhibited and the presentations to be given. Ideas for presentations welcome! For this meeting, we catch up on all the software that we couldn’t get to at the last meeting, like Pentateuch, the first books of the Bible, for the VIC-20 with 24K RAM. For the C64/128, we’ll have a first look at TeensyROM, a utility cartridge that has a ROM emulator, fast loader, MIDI, and Ethernet connections. And we’ll also include at the latest C64 games and demos for January (and boy, there are a lot!). On the Commodore 128, we'll try out the latest TRIANGULAR microOS, now at v1.42 or perhaps even v1.43 (the developer is releasing improved versions that quickly). Back to the C64, we’ll try out ChiCLI, a command line interface terminal. On the Amiga side, the A4000 with OS 3.9 makes its appearance after recently being refurbished. Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

Happy New Year, C= and Ami aficionados! Yes! Our tables at the City of STEM / Los Angeles Maker Faire have been reconfirmed! We are now up there with the big exhibitors. See https://losangeles.makerfaire.com/makers-exhibits/ and find our exhibit under "Classic Los Angeles Computers (CLAC)". Here is what the organizers had to say: "We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and you're off to a fantastic start in the New Year. City of STEM and LA Maker Faire 2024 will be here in just a few short months and we are in crunch time. If you have not submitted your application, this is the month to get it in! You do not want to miss this exciting day of STEM and Making on Saturday, April 6th, 9am-6pm at LA State Historic Park. We are looking for booth exhibitors and presenters. It is FREE to participate!" I know that I will be bringing in a Commodore 8-bitter, an Amiga (probably a big-box one), and another platform (Atari, TI-99 4/A, or even Tandy). Jerold says that he will be bringing in his C64 plus music stuff. LA Maker Faire one week before CLASS 2024, 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! Yes! Our tables at the City of STEM / Los Angeles Maker Faire have been reconfirmed! We are now up there with the big exhibitors. See https://losangeles.makerfaire.com/makers-exhibits/ and find our exhibit under "Classic Los Angeles Computers (CLAC)". Here is what the organizers had to say: "We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and you're off to a fantastic start in the New Year. City of STEM and LA Maker Faire 2024 will be here in just a few short months and we are in crunch time. If you have not submitted your application, this is the month to get it in! You do not want to miss this exciting day of STEM and Making on Saturday, April 6th, 9am-6pm at LA State Historic Park. We are looking for booth exhibitors and presenters. It is FREE to participate!" I know that I will be bringing in a Commodore 8-bitter, an Amiga (probably a big-box one), and another platform (Atari, TI-99 4/A, or even Tandy). Jerold says that he will be bringing in his C64 plus music stuff. LA Maker Faire one week before CLASS 2024, 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! Yes! Our tables at the City of STEM / Los Angeles Maker Faire have been reconfirmed! We are now up there with the big exhibitors. See https://losangeles.makerfaire.com/makers-exhibits/ and find our exhibit under "Classic Los Angeles Computers (CLAC)". Here is what the organizers had to say: "We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and you're off to a fantastic start in the New Year. City of STEM and LA Maker Faire 2024 will be here in just a few short months and we are in crunch time. If you have not submitted your application, this is the month to get it in! You do not want to miss this exciting day of STEM and Making on Saturday, April 6th, 9am-6pm at LA State Historic Park. We are looking for booth exhibitors and presenters. It is FREE to participate!" I know that I will be bringing in a Commodore 8-bitter, an Amiga (probably a big-box one), and another platform (Atari, TI-99 4/A, or even Tandy). Jerold says that he will be bringing in his C64 plus music stuff. LA Maker Faire one week before CLASS 2024, 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 comrades! The next meeting of the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network is Saturday, Jan. 13, from 2 to 5+ p.m. at Panera Bread Restaurant 19662 Nordhoff Street Northridge, California (818) 407-9400 We’ll talk about the April 6 Los Angeles Maker Faire and our April 13-14 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show. Mario may be bringing in his Amiga 2000 with expanded Fast RAM (and just in case he doesn’t, I’ll bring in the A4000 with Triton USB card). The Ultimate 64 returns with the top 2023 C64 demos and lots of new C64 games released in December and January. The Commodore 128 comes in, just so we can show the latest version of TRIANGULAR microOS. As always, feel free to bring any other Commodore and Amiga hardware/software that you wish to show off! Truly, Robert Bernardo Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

Oooo, Archetype... a name from the past! I haven't used that one in decades. 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

You can see some pictures from our tables at the Bay Area Maker Faire 2023. Go to http://blog.retro-link.com/2023/12/vintage-computer-festivalers-at-bay.html 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

You can see some pictures from our tables at the Bay Area Maker Faire 2023. Go to http://blog.retro-link.com/2023/12/vintage-computer-festivalers-at-bay.html 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

Version 1.05 of C64OS was released a few weeks ago. This version has task-switching! To upgrade to your v1.04 to v1.05, go to https://c64os.com/c64os/softwareupdates To purchase C64OS, see https://c64os.com/c64os/#order Merry Christmas! Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group – http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network – http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan