Every year the Commodore-GG awards a software and a hardware innovation price at the last meeting of the 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 19th 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/
The sixth annual World of Commodore Show will be held at the Admiral Inn Hotel in Mississauga (Toronto area), Ontario, Canada, starting at 10 a.m.. Come see the demos, vendors, and guest speakers in regards to new and innovative products for Commodore and Amiga computers. The WoC website is at
http://www.worldofcommodore.ca
The Admiral Inn Hotel is located at 2161 N. Sheridan Way, phone number 905 403-9777. read more »
Gideon Zweijtzer has released news about the 1541 Ultimate II. New
features are: the PCB is 30% smaller, there is a MicroSD card slot, instead of a full-size SD slot; a real-time clock is implemented for correct file time and date, it uses a larger FPGA which enables the implementation of more features, there is a USB host port which can be used to connect USB memory sticks, and the Ethernet port has been removed, due to design considerations and reliability.
He also has plans to make an suitable case for the device and is planning an initial run of 100 of the new version. read more »
The last C= show of the year is upon us! It's the Netherlands Commodore Show on Saturday, December 19. As usual, the entrance is free! As usual, the location will be at the Trefpunt, Kerkweg 21, Maarssen, Holland from 10:00 until 16:00. As usual, there will be an Amiga scene, too, with a lot of Amiga computers present. As usual, there will be a big C= flea market. This time there will a C= "lottery with beautiful prizes". Also, prizes for the most innovative hardware and software creations of the last few years will be given out. read more »
Back in 2007 for the 4K Demo Compo, Battle Blox, an 80-column game for the Commodore 128 was entered into the competition. Well, that game is downloadable at
http://sites.google.com/site/h2obsession/CBM/C128/images/BatlBlox.zip read more »
Jim Brain has set up a storefront to handle orders, like the improved uIEC/SD v3.1 with C= serial ports. Go to
Eventually, Jim will be handling JiffyDOS orders through there, too.
Pics from the Oct. 17 Retro Game event (a.k.a. Van Pong tot Playstation) have been posted! The first page starts at
http://commodore-gg.hobby.nl/okt2009col1.htm
Video has also been posted of the event which was held in Maarssen, the Netherlands. Check out the Commodores! Go to
On October 10-11 Retrogathering 9 was held in Stockholm, Sweden. Among the various classic computers and game consoles, there were Commodores. Find them among the photos at
http://www.retrogathering.se/gallery/
http://www.ganheden.com/links/rg2009.htm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/liftarn/sets/72157622557646514/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/closebutnocigar/sets/72157622557968592/
INFO:
Jim has made a new deal with Mark Fellows for New Jiffy Dos products etc.
Mark Fellows Btw was the original founder of CMD.
More news about this on Jim Brains website.
BIOS has posted two videos of the Sept. 12-13 Vintage Computer Festival East 6.0. The first is a look at the activities which include an excerpt of the 8static Chip Tune Concert held there, a look around the exhibit hall at the various computers (including Commodore and Amiga), various attendees trying out Shredz64 (Guitar Hero for the C64), an excerpt from Evan Koblentz's talk on Computer Development and the U.S. Army Evans Signal Laboratory, the full presentation given by Bill Degnan on the evolution of local computer clubs in the 1970's and early 1980's, and more. read more »
Go to the various links below to see photos of the Sept. 26 SC3 Arcade Party.
http://www.dickestel.com/sc3party09.htm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/techknowtv/sets/72157622463822930/
Sean Huxter has released geoGlyph, match-three-symbols game for GEOS (64 and 128) that runs as a Desk Accessory in 40-column color mode. It is a feature-rich game, including a timed and a No-Pressure game with a number of options allowing you to customize your play experience. It will save games and high score on quitting.
To download, go to
http://www.huxter.org/geoglyph
geoGlyph is free to distribute. The .d64 disk image also contains other games Sean wrote back in the late 80s and early 90s including geoMimic, HAZARD and geoComix.
In lieu of its bi-monthly Commodore Show, HCC Commodore is having the Retro Game event on Saturday, October 17, from 10:00 to 17:00. Gaming, especially classic gaming, will be the emphasis of the event, which includes Atari, MSX, Vectrex, Sega, Nintendo, Commodore, Amiga, and more.
The location is the Trefpunt, Kerkweg 21, 3603CL Maarssen, the Netherlands.
For more information (in Dutch), go to
Photos have now been posted of the Sept. 26 Emergency Chicagoland Commodore Convention. Go to
http://lyonlabs.org/commodore/eccc-2009/eccc-2009.html
Dick Estel has now posted my pictures of the Sept. 12-13 Vintage Computer Festival East 6.0. Go to
