TPUG’s Social Media
From our Featured Guests and Vendors:
General
- AmigaBill – Twitch channel. He also has a YouTube channel: The Guru Meditation.
- Dan Wood – YouTube channel. He also has a podcast: The Retro Hour.
- F Seeley – Commodore-themed items for sale at World of Commodore & other events.
- JPPBM – Selling retro-products at World of Commodore and other events near you.
- Kennett Classic – Computer museum, library, and gift shop in Pennsylvania, USA.
- Signals from Space – Fun & geeky cookie-cutters for techies who like to bake cookies.
- World of Retro Computing – Annual expo located in the Kitchener, ON area of Canada.
Hardware
- Commodore 64x – Modern PC in a fully licenced retro C64 case, by Sean Donohue.
- Fastfingers – Music synthesizer products for the C64, by Dan Laskowski.
- Foenix – Modern 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit retro systems, by Stefany Allaire.
- MiniMig – Amiga FPGA systems and accessories, by Ranko Rodic.
- Plan-Net CSS – Products and repair services for Commodore computers.
- Retro Rewind – Diagnostic tools, accessories, and repairs of Commodore computers.
- VIC-II Kawari – Hardware replacement for the C64 VIC-II chip, by Randy Rossi.
Software
- C64 OS – Powerful operating system expansion for the C64, by Greg Nacu.
- Doublesided Games – Entertainment software for C64, Amiga, and VIC-20.
- Dungeon of the Rogue Daemon – and other games by Leif Bloomquist.
- Vision BASIC – Fastest compiled BASIC for the C64, by Dennis Osborn.
Books and Films
- Back Into The Storm – Commodore book by Bil Herd & Margaret Morabito.
- Commodore: The Inside Story – and other books written by David Pleasance.
- I Adore My 64 – Independently-produced C64 documentary film, by Jeff Schaap.
- Once Upon Atari – Book on the early video game industry, by Howard Scott Warshaw.
Free Files and Software
- C64 to Raspberry Pi Pico RAM Interface – Use the Pico as a cartridge, by Kevin Vance.
- Meatloaf – IEC serial floppy drive & Wi-Fi modem emulator, by Jaime Idolpx.
- PET Games – Lode Runner, Defender, Choplifter, Kong, and more, by Jim Orlando.
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User Groups
Canada
- Calgary Commodore Users Group – Calgary, Alberta
- Toronto PET Users Group (TPUG) – Toronto, Ontario
- Vic 64 – Victoria, British Columbia
USA:
- Central Texas Commodore Users Group – Round Rock, Texas
- Commodore Computer Club – Vancouver, Washington
- Fresno Commodore User Group (FCUG) – Fresno, California
- Portland Commodore Users Group – Portland, Oregon
- Puget Sound Commodore Users Group – Seattle, Washington
- Sacramento Amiga Computer Club – Sacramento, California
- Seattle Commodore Computer Club – Seattle, Washington
- Southeast Amiga User Group
- Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network (SCCAN) – Los Angeles, California
- The Other Group of Amigoids (TOGA) – Los Gatos, California
- Westchester Amiga User Group (WAUG) – Westchester, New York. Home of AmigaBill, WAUG is active despite the unfinished website, continuously operating since 1988.
Europe:
- Amiga Klub Forever + Czech PowerPC User Group – Czech Republic
- Amiga Malta User Group – Online group
- Amiga North Thames – England
- Amiga User Group Switzerland (AUGS) – Switzerland
- Belgian Amiga Club – Belgium
- C64 Club Berlin – Germany
- Commodore Users Europe – Online group
- Commodore Users Group of Ireland (CUGI) – Ireland
- Finnish Amiga Users Association – Finland
- HCC ! Commodore – Netherlands
- Kickstart Amiga User Group – England
- Lincs Amiga Group (LAG) – England
- North West Amiga Group (NWAG) – England
- Norwich Amiga Group (NAG) – England
- Scottish Amiga Users Group – Scotland
- South West Amiga Group (SWAG) – England
- Stamford & Peterborough Amiga Group (SPAG) – England
- Swindon’s Commodore 64, Amiga & Retro Team (SCART) – England
- Syntax Society – Sweden
- Triple A – France
- Yorkshire Amiga Group – England
Australia:
- Amiga Users Group (AUG) – Melbourne
- Melbourne Amiga User Grou (MAUG) – Melbourne
- Perth Amiga User Group (PAUG) – Perth
- Sydney Amiga Users Group (SAUG) – Sydney
Inactive:
- Amiga Club Munster – Germany
- Amiga Computer Users Long Island – New York, USA
- Amiga Computer Users of Edmonton (AMICUE) – Alberta, Canada
- Amiga Users of Calgary – Alberta, Canada
- Association Française du Libre Essai (AFLE) – France
- Central New York Amiga Computing Enthusiasts – Syracuse, New York, USA
- Central Texas Amiga Computing Society – Austin, Texas, USA
- Commodore Fan Club – Japan
- Danish Amiga User Group (DAUG) – Denmark
- Metroplex Commodore Computer Club (MCCC) – Grand Prairie, Texas, USA
- University Place Commodore Home User’s Group (UPCHUG) – Tacoma, Washington
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Community Forums
- Toronto CBM – Users Mailing List
- Usenet – comp.sys.cbm
. - AmiBay – Forum available.
- Amiga Retro Brisbane – Forum available.
- Amiga.org – Forum available.
- AmigaLove – Forum available.
- Amigans – Forum available.
- AmigaWorld – Forum available.
- atari.io – 8-bit Commodore forum. Amiga forum available here.
- AtariAge – 8-bit Commodore forum. Amiga forum available here.
- C128.com – Forum available – Site operated by Bil Herd.
- C64Forum – Forum available.
- Commander X16 – Forum available.
- commodore.ca – Forum available.
- Commodore 128 – Forum available.
- English Amiga Board – Forum available.
- Exxos – Amiga forums available.
- Forum 64 – C64 Wiki – Forum available.
- Hyperion Entertainment – Forum available.
- Lemon 64 – Forum available.
- Lemon Amiga – Forum available.
- Melon 64 – Forum available.
- Plus/4 World – Forum available.
- Retro-Link – Forum available.
- THEC64 Community – Forum available.
- Tinker different – 8-bit Commodore forum. Amiga forum available here.
- VIC-20 Denial – Forum available.
- Vintage Computer Federation – Forum available.
- r/amiga
- r/AllThingsCommodore
- r/c128
- r/c64
- r/Commodore
- r/commodore128
- r/Commodore64
- r/vic20
- r/plus4
- r/THEC64Community
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Current Magazines
- Amiga Addict – Amiga magazine available in print and digital formats.
- Amiga Future – Amiga magazine available in print (past issues on DVD-ROM archive).
- Eight Bit – General retrocomputing magazine with some Commodore 64 coverage.
- FREEZE64 – Commodore 64 gaming magazine primarily in print format.
- Komoda & Amiga plus – Commodore magazine in print and digital formats.
- Scene World – Free C64 magazine presented in floppy disk format (D64 and D81).
- WhatIFF? – Free Amiga magazine presented in AmigaGuide format.
- ZZAP! 64 – Commodore 64 gaming magazine in print (and digital via membership).
- ZZAP! AMIGA – Amiga gaming magazine in print (and digital via membership).
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Vendors and Product Developers:
Canada
- Toyratt – Consoles, toys, collectibles, and the occasional Commodore computer.
USA
- 8-Bit Classics – Products for sale.
- Amiga Forever – Official software for Amiga emulation and preservation.
- Amiga On The Lake – Products for sale.
- C64 Forever – Official software for C64 emulation and preservation.
- CBMSTUFF.COM – Products for sale.
- Retro Innovations – JiffyDOS and other products for sale.
- The Computer Bargain Store – Products for sale.
Europe
- ACube Systems – Products for sale.
- Alinea Computer Shop – Products for sale.
- Amedia Computer – Products for sale.
- AMI64.com – Product sales and repairs.
- Amiga Kit – Product sales and repairs.
- Amiga Shop – Products for sale.
- AMIGAstore.eu – Products for sale.
- Archi-TECH – Products for sale.
- AROS Retrofit – Products for sale.
- Commodore – Latest developments and product sales by the current ownership team.
- GGS-Data – Products for sale.
- Individual Computers – Products for sale.
- MEGA65 – Official product page for the MEGA65 computer.
- MicroMiga – Products for sale.
- Mutant Caterpillar Games – Product sales; repair services recommended by TFW8b.
- Protovision – Game publishing and product sales.
- Psytronik Software – Game publishing and sales.
- Relec – Products for sale.
- Retro8BITshop – Products for sale.
- Retro Buddys – Products for sale.
- Retro Games – Developer of THEC64 and THEA500 products.
- RetroPassion – Product sales and repairs.
- Retro-Updates – Products for sale.
- Simulant – Products for sale.
- Sordan – Products for sale.
- TFW8b – Products for sale.
- Ultimate 64 – Home of the Ultimate II+ and Ultimate 64 products.
- Vesalia – Products for sale.
Australia
- RetroKit – Products for sale.
Other
- CommodoreServer – Upload, store, and retrieve Commodore files from the cloud.
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Repositories
- Aminet – Largest collection of freely distributable Amiga software.
- C64 Scene Database (CSDb) – Scene demos, music, graphics, homebrew games, etc.
- Commodore Software – Books, manuals, magazines, software, newsletters, etc.
- DLH’s Commodore Archive – Books, manuals, magazines, software, newsletters, etc.
- High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC) – C64 SID music archive.
- TPUG Disk Collection – Complete archive of over 10,000 Commodore programs.
- TPUG Publications – Collection of TPUG magazines and newsletters.
- Zimmers.net – Commodore 8-bit file area.
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