Glenn Holmer has posted his photos of the May 23-24 C4 Expo 2009. Go to

http://lyonlabs.org/commodore/c4-2009/c4-2009.html

Dick Estel has posted Rob O'Hara's and my photos of the Notacon 6/Blockparty 3 event, which was held on April 16-19 in Cleveland, Ohio. To see the Commodore and non-Commodore happenings there, go to

http://www.dickestel.com/blockparty09.htm

Like clockwork, the Netherlands Commodore Show is happening again, this time on Saturday, June 20. Same place - the Trefpunt, Kerkweg 21, Maarssen, the Netherlands. The emphasis this time is on Robots! Watch those Commodores and/or Amigas control robots! Play with the various machines there, buy or sell your items, talk about hardware and software, and hang out with C= and Ami comrades. As usual, admission is free. For more information, go to

http://commodore-gg.hobby.nl/juni20.htm

Gaelyne Gasson reports that Jeri Ellsworth has done it again. This time it's a
Nintendo / C64 purse as a runway-caliber fashion accessory! Go to

http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/24/nintendo-c64-purse-is-runway-caliber-...

Sony Creative Software has released our loop and sample library called,
"8 Bit Weapon: A Chiptune Odyssey" today! The library contains real sounds
from each of the following computers/consoles: Apple II, Commodore 64, NES,
Gameboy, and the Atari 2600. The Commodore 64 section of the library was
made with Prophet 64/Sidstation/Sight & Sound Music and we used both the
6581r4 & the 8580 SID chips. Each system library has everything from drums,
bass and synth to special effects. Both Michelle (aka ComputeHer) and I have
featured song demos built into the collection to boot!  read more »

The Cincinnati Commodore Computer Club is once again having its expo this year on May 23-24 at the Drawbridge Inn in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky (just across the Ohio border). As in past years, there will be plenty of C=
goods to buy and to sell, and this year the club is selling Jim Brain's new C64NIC+, a Retro Replay/TFE compatable ethernet cartridge. There will be a sign-up sheet for presentations.  read more »

The Commodore Vegas Expo, a.k.a. CommVEx, is less than 90 days away! July 24 and 25 are coming 'round the corner! To celebrate this fifth year of the show and the 20th anniversary of the Commodore Plus/4 and Commodore 16 computers, we are making the event extra-special this time. Our headliner is CBM engineer, Dave Haynie, who has worked on the Plus/4, Commodore 128, and Amiga computers. Come on in and meet Dave, ask your questions, listen to his CBM behind-the-scene anecdotes, and get his autograph.  read more »

Nigel Parker has released Commodore Free issue 29 as TEXT, PDF, HTML, D64, and SEQ files. To download this issue or past issues, go to

http://www.commodorefree.com

In this issue --

NEWS
Outro 2 "The End of the Beginning"
Business Calculator (c16)
Listing of BIZCALC (c16)
Reader Information (c16)
Interview with Spiro Trikaliotis
Complete History of Lemmings
Retrovision 2009 Review
The Rise and Fall of the Pulpit
MossyCon 5 Report

Photos from the April 5 Astoria, Oregon MossyCon 5 are now at

http://www.dickestel.com/mossycon5.htm

Thanks to Dick Estel for hosting the pics.

Photos of the April 4 Netherlands Commodore Show are now posted. See the sights, including Plus4s/C16, Amiga computers, a "wall" of 1551 drives, Jan Derogee and the 1541-III, and a VIC-20 in a desktop box. Go to

http://commodore-gg.hobby.nl/apr2009col1.htm

BIOS has posted my video of the April 5 "MossyCon 5 - with Robert Bernardo, Matt Bingenheimer, Dave Mohr" at

http://blip.tv/file/1968184

See the Nerd's Lair, Matt Bingenheimer's Toughbook C64 DTV, Dan Newbury's Megabit 128 ROM adapter, and more. Thanks to Jeri Ellsworth for editing the video so quickly.

For those that know, what this is about, send in your pre-orders now!

For those that do not, check it out:

The C64NIC+ is a Retro Replay/TFE compatable ethernet cartridge. This was a culmination of effort of Jim Brain, CCCC, Eric Pratt and even some ideas from Bil Herd!

Jim has spent a great deal of time engineering a new, low cost ethernet solution and the Cincinnati Commodore Computer Club is now accepting pre-orders.

There are also some surprises on the board, so check out this thread over at retro-hackers:  read more »

Editor Nigel Parker has released Commodore Free issue 28 at http://www.commodorefree.com

In this issue --

News
Megabit 128 Internal ROM adapter
Simon Quernhorst Games Cartridge
Byte Back 2009 review
Readers Code - AA timer for the C16/Plus4
In the Beginning, Outro 1
Alternative Programming Languages: Forth
Interview with Silicon Valley Forth Interest Group (SVFIG)

Photos from the June 28-29, 2008 Amigathering IX have now been e-published at

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

Amigathering IX was held on the Greek isle of Rodos (Rhodes). Not only was it an Amiga event, but it also had a Commodore flavor (the Commodore 8-bitters were very popular with the gamers). My thanks to the Amigahellas.gr for taking care of me. As my hosts would tease me, "It's all Greek to me!"

My thanks to Dick Estel for hosting the pictures.

Loadstar's Dave Moorman and Alan Reed have released DotBASIC Plus for the C64. This is what Dave has to say about it --

"Finally, DotBASIC Plus is ready for distribution! We have a web site where the manual and D81s can be downloaded for just $10. A CD-ROM and a color-printed manual are also available...

LOADSTAR is pleased to offer the ultimate software development package for the Commodore 64: DotBASIC Plus. DB+ provides the means to create sophisticated, modern-looking programs in BASIC and is at the same time perfect for the programming novice.  read more »