Photos of my English journeys have now been posted at

http://www.dickestel.com/rbengland.htm

The photos can be divided into several sections -- the first 6 photos from my visit to the South Essex Amiga Link (SEAL), the next 7 photos of FCUG member Selwyn Aston and Plus/4 king Peter Hanson, the next 2 photos of the set-ups of Shaun Bebbington of the Commodore Computer Club UK, the next 3 photos of the Commodore Scene meeting, and the last photo is miscellaneous.

Photos of my visit to AmigaKit are at

http://www.dickestel.com/amigakit.htm

See photos of the C64 and equipment that Occidental College's Nancy Dess uses in her laboratory experiments with rats! Go to

http://www.dickestel.com/commlab.htm

Every year the Commodore-GG awards a software and an hardware innovation price at the last meeting of that year. This is a trophy made by one of our members.

The winner of the contest is chosen by a poll on our web site. On our C= Show of december 20th we will distribute the trophy to the winners!

Look at our website for the poll and information about our upcoming event: http://commodore-gg.hobby.nl/

PC World regularly lists the Commodore 64 in articles on classic computers. The C64 is again the center of PC World's attention in this new article which describes the interior and exterior of the "breadbox". Go to

http://www.pcworld.com/article/152528/article.html?tk=nl_wbxsld

The next Netherlands Commodore Show will be Saturday, December 20, at the Trefpunt, Kerkweg 21 in Maarssen from 10:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m. There will be a prize given for the most innovative hardware and software creation of the last few years. Amiga sceners will be there, demonstrating Amiga OS 4.x, in addition to the C= flea market, lottery, and workshop. For more information, go to

http://commodore-gg.hobby.nl/

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
The Other Group of Amigoids
http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/

Editor Nigel Parker announces that Commodore Free issue 25 for October, 2008, is now available in TEXT, HTML, PDF, SEQ, and Commodore 64 disk image. Go to

http://www.commodorefree.com/

NEWS
Mille Bornes Orion70
SOAMC update
FunkPaint update
Cannon Fodder New Campaign (Amiga News)
FastATA 4000 MK-V controller
PC gamers Demand Gamers bill of rights
Sunhunter game released
English SCACOM issue 4 and German issue 8
COMMODOR mail server
Commodore 1520 plotter printer gears
1541 Ultimate V1.2 beta Firmware Download
8-Bit Designs new site and pricelist  read more »

On October 14 Jeri Ellsworth gave a presentation at the University of Applied Technologies in Vienna, Austria. Christoph Veigl of the university has informed me that photo pages of her and rest of the event are at:

http://embsys.technikum-wien.at/staff/veigl/GenderDay/webgallery/

A podcast with parts of Jeri's talk is also available at:

http://www.technikum-wien.at/podcasts/Podcast_JeriEllsworth_final.mp3

He'd like to include the Powerpoint slides of the presentation at the university and also a videostream, as soon as authorized by Jeri.

Photographs of the October 18 Retro Game and Computer Show in Maarssen, the Netherlands have been released. To see the many pages of photos (including all the Commodores and Amigas), go to

http://commodore-gg.hobby.nl/okt2008col1.htm

A few weeks ago, Plus/4 World, disappeared from its old website at plus4.emucamp.com . Now Plus/4 World has been resurrected at its new home --

http://plus4world.powweb.com/home

Lots of good Commodore Plus4 stuff there, including a fairly active forum.

On Tuesday, October 14, from 10:15 to 11:00 a.m., Jeri Ellsworth is scheduled to speak at the Institute of Embedded Systems, University of Applied Technologies, Vienna, Austria. Her presentation is part of the Gender Day '08 event, which also includes an exhibition, other talks in German, and a lunch. Though the target audience is pupils, especially girls from the age of 14, the general public is invited to this free event.

Jeri's topic will be her personal experiences/ambitions with technology (which include the CommodoreOne and the C64 DTV).  read more »

Photos from the September 27, 2008 SC3 Arcade Party have been posted. Go to

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&fr...

Only one and half week and than starts our yearly Retro Game and Computer event: Van Pong tot Playstation.  read more »

Gideon Zweijtzer, developer of the successful 1541 Ultimate drive, has formally announced that he is tackling another difficult project, that of building a SuperCPU clone!  read more »

Last year CBM engineers Bil Herd, Dave Haynie, Bob Russell, and a teleconferencing Chuck Peddle gathered at the Vintage Computer Festival East 4.0 in order to honor 25 years of the Commodore 64. The CBM engineers had their talk on Saturday, June 9, and I was fortunate to be there. Dave Haynie combined his video and my video
footage of the event and placed it on-line at YouTube.com

On Sunday, June 10, freelance engineer Jeri Ellsworth made her presentation at VCF East, and it is now available on-line. Go to

http://blip.tv/file/1322922  read more »

Toni Westbrook, developer of Shredz64 (the C64 adaptation of Guitar Hero) and its accompanying PSX64 interface, is gearing up to sell! He already has built a few of the PSX64 adapters and has sold those to a few people who are doing the beta testing. He is now placing a big order with DigiKey for the parts to build more PSX64 adapters and hopes to have at least 30-50 done in order to start selling next month and at the December World of Commodore.

For more information on Shredz64 and the PSX64 adapter, go to http://www.toniwestbrook.com/shredz64

Truly,  read more »