World of Commodore

          Saturday December 3, 2011 - Doors open at 10:00am
                                  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

About the World of Commodore

The Toronto PET Users Group (TPUG) is pleased to announce the World of Commodore! TPUG would like everyone to join us for a weekend of all things Commodore!

• Information about and displays of a variety of Commodore computers
• Demonstrations of new hardware and software projects using Commodore equipment
• Screenings of Commodore related videos
• Vendors selling the latest hardware and software available for Commodore computers as well as classic hardware, accessories, applications, games and much more
• The always popular freebie table! Please feel free to drop off any items you no longer want and help yourself to some goodies. You never know what you'll find!

The events get underway on Friday evening while our vendors set up and we welcome our guests from out of town. Everyone is welcome to attend. After the formal show ends on Saturday the festivities continue with an informal evening of socializing, hacking, gaming and other things so please feel free to make a weekend of it.

Location

Admiral Inn
2161 North Sheridan Way
Mississauga, Ontario

The Admiral Inn is located north of the QEW and west of Erin Mills Parkway.

From the west, exit the QEW at Erin Mills Parkway (exit #126) and turn left to travel north on Southdown Road. Once you have crossed over the QEW, turn left at the first set of lights onto North Sheridan Way. The Admiral Inn is the third hotel on your right.

The World of Commodore is also accessible by public transit.

If you will be using GO Transit's Lakeshore West train service, exit at the Clarkson Station. From there take Mississauga Transit's Route 13 North to North Sheridan Way and walk west. The Admiral Inn is the third hotel on your right.

If you will be using Mississauga Transit, the hotel is accessible from Route 13. Major terminals on Route 13 are located at the Meadowvale Town Centre, South Common Mall, and Clarkson Station.

Should you require further assistance in finding the hotel, please contact them at 905-403-9777.

Admission

Vendor table space is available for $10 per each table (96"x30").

Membership

World of Commodore is an ideal time to renew your membership for 2012 or join TPUG for the first time! Membership entitles you to attend our monthly meetings. You also get at least 2 newsletters per year. See the Why Join TPUG? page on the TPUG website for complete details. Membership costs $15/year for hardcopy newsletters or only $10/year for newsletters emailed right to your inbox!

Free parking is available at the hotel for World of Commodore attendees.

All prices are quoted in Canadian dollars.

Vendors

• RETRO Innovations - Classic Systems, Contemporary Gear
  Jim Brain will be selling a full line of gear from his RETRO Innovations store including JiffyDOS, uIEC, ZoomFloppy, and much more.
• JP PBM Products by Mail
  Super Snapshot cartridges, New Epyx Joysticks, 1581 Drive Kits, Commodore 64 and Amiga Software and so much more.
• Toronto PET Users Group
  Hardware, Software and Accessories for the complete line of Commodore and Amiga computers, Library Disks, TPUG Memberships.
• Dan Laskowski - Fastfingers for C64
  Dan will be demonstrating and selling his music software that he wrote for the C64 called Fastfingers. He will also have some Amiga items for sale.
• York University Computer Museum (YUCoM)
  Info about the museum, demo of the NABU Network, the 4+, and various Commodore articles for sale.
• Dan Kovacs
  Commodore 8-bit and Amiga setup for gaming.

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Demonstrations

Schedule of demonstrations (subject to change!):

• 10:30 am - Leif Bloomquist - The Ultimate Modded Commodore 64C
  • Stereo sound, four joystick ports, joystick/mouse switcher, four selectable Kernals, reset switch, IDE, Compact Flash, 20GB hard drive, CD-ROM, USB, Ethernet, and uses a Commodore 128 power supply. But still runs at 1 MHz and has 64K RAM!
• 11:30 am - visual6502.org
• 12:30pm - Lunch
• 1:30 pm - Dan Kovacs - Coding a Koalapic viewer in Assembly
  • Discussion of the coding process.
  • Also Dan's custom C128 with JiffyDOS and embedded uIEC.
• 2:30 pm - NABU Network Reconstruction Project at YUCoM
  • Zbigniew Stachniak and Bill Kindree from the York University Computer Museum will discuss the NABU Network Reconstruction Project. See here or here for further info.
• 3:30 pm - Jim Brain, RETRO Innovations - EasyFlash³ KERNAL Cartridge
  • Commodore 64 users, say goodbye to opening your machine to replace the KERNAL ROM! Unsocketed KERNAL, no longer an issue! Multiple KERNAL users, fret no more! EasyFlash³ allows KERNAL flexibility in an easy to use cartridge format. Give up no functionality, and add flexibility to your Commodore 64. Combining the cartridge replacement operation of the original EasyFlash¹ and EasyFlash² with the results of the Commodore Bounty KERNAL replacement cartridge project, EasyFlash³ makes swapping KERNALS and using cartridge ROMs as easy as loading files from disk! RETRO Innovations will present and discuss this upcoming product, designed by Thomas 'skoe' Giesel
• 4:30 pm - Dan Laskowski - Fastfingers for C64
  • Music sequencing software for the C64 that allows up to 5 minutes of high resolution recording.
• 5:30 pm - Ian Colquhoun - Bringing DarkStar BBS Back to Life
  • DarkStar CBBS v3.1 was arguably one of the most popular BBS platforms in the Toronto area in the second half of the 1980's. Follow along with what it took to bring it back to life on the Internet. Beware, presentation involves disassembly of modem driver code and other fun things!
• 6:30 pm - Dinner Break
• 8:00 pm - Evening program

Accommodations

The most convenient accommodation is right in the hotel that the show is being held - Admiral Inn. Rates are $89.95 for a Guest Room with 1 King Bed, or $99.95 for a Guest Room with 2 Queen Beds. Prices quoted in Canadian Dollars.

Admiral Inn contacts:

• Room rate includes hot breakfast and high speed Internet
• Free local phone calls
• In-room fridge, microwave and coffee machine
• Free cable TV
• Free bathroom amenities and toiletries
• Free parking
• Individually controlled heating and air conditioning
• 24-hour convenience store
• Interact and direct-payment
• Visa, MasterCard, Diners Club/enRoute and American Express accepted

More Information

To keep up to date on the latest information regarding the 2011 edition of the World of Commodore visit the official World of Commodore forum.