World of Commodore 2024

Scheduled Presentations – Use the main room to follow the presentations (see below for schedule) and ask questions.

Lounge – General hangout and discussion!

Demos and Cool Stuff – Have a cool project to show off but don’t want to do a full presentation?  Demonstrate it here!  Transmission64 Demo presentation included!

Games Space – Connect with other retrogamers!

Trading Post – Open format to buy, sell, trade, and give away.  Vendors are welcome to join this room to show off what they have for sale.

Come enjoy the World of Commodore computers with us! Buy your tickets online through Ticket Tailor. Please see the Admission section below for more details. Online purchase ends at 12:01 AM ET on Saturday, November 23, 2024.

Sponsors

Platinum sponsor

RetroRewind.ca
Please visit their online shop for your retro-computing needs.

Location

Admiral Inn
2161 North Sheridan Way
Mississauga, Ontario
L5K 1A3

If you’re coming from out of town and plan to stay at the Admiral Inn, we strongly encourage you to contact Admiral Inn directly for the best rates, rather than use a third party website/app for booking.

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

Directions

From the east, exit the QEW at Erin Mills Parkway (exit #126) and continue straight across Erin Mills Parkway onto North Sheridan Way.  The Admiral Inn is the third hotel on your right.

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.

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

Prices are in Canadian Dollars (CAD$). 

Pre-registration (available until 12:01 AM ET on Saturday, November 23, 2024):

Saturday, November 30 – $20

Sunday, December 1 – $20

Discounted total price if attending both days – $30

At the door:

Saturday, November 30 – $25

Sunday, December 1 – $25

Discounted total price if attending both days – $35     

All funds go towards hosting World of Commodore, TPUG events, web hosting, ongoing club operations, future projects, and other expenses.

Exhibitors and Vendors 

Exhibitors

If you’re displaying vintage computers or things related to them, you pay no charge for the use of a table and are only required to pay regular admission – see Admission section above.  Please email info@tpug.ca to reserve your exhibitor’s table.

Vendors

Vendors are those who are selling hardware, software or anything related to vintage computing. Vendors pay $50 per table, which allows the use of the table for both days of the expo – Saturday and Sunday.  Each table provides one free admission for the single vendor individual.  Assistants accompanying a vendor are required to pay regular admission, unless the vendor purchases the use of multiple tables.  Please email info@tpug.ca if you have any questions.

Note: tables are 72″x30″. So 6 feet tables.

Schedule and Presentations

We don’t have a schedule yet, but these are some of the presentations that will be happening:

• AmiKit OS: Jan, its creator, will give a brief history and demonstrate the OS.
• John Hammarberg: Will be talking about the C2 Assembler (tentative)
• Gareth Poole: Rust and 6502 (tentative)
• Jason Long: Playing SID music in real time on a modular synthesizer
• Jorge Abreu: A history of the Argentinian Drean Commodore 64.
• Stefan Powell: Experience deep listening through beat frequency compositions on the Commodore 64, crafted with minimalist one-screen BASIC programs

Note that we do our best to schedule, however presenters are subject to change without notice.

After Parties (Friday and Saturday Nights)

Join us for our after parties (details to be announced at the show)

Onsite Vendors (Saturday and Sunday)

• Retro Rewind: Commodore repairs, component sales, and our generous sponsor.
• Justus Jurica: representing World of Retro Computing
• Dave Bradley: – Drop by the table of YouTube’s 8-Bit Commodore Man to see what’s for sale !
• Jeff Brace: from Vintage Computer Federation (VCF East).
• Stacey Vetzal: Z3660 accelerated A3000 (new) and my A3500 prototype
• Aaron Catz: PCBs and some surplus parts possibly amiga or commodore related.
• Terry Dillon: 2 PETs 4032, 3 CBM 8032 and a SuperPET SP9000, a C64, manuals, books, and more!

Onsite Exhibitors (Saturday and Sunday)

In addition to a great selection of vendors, World of Commodore also features many terrific exhibitors in attendance.  You’ll see a wide variety of vintage Commodore computers – PET, VIC-20, Commodore 64, Plus/4, Commodore 16, Commodore 128, Amiga, etc.  Be sure to check out the various peripherals and accessories that extend the capabilities of the base computer – some are old classics and some are new innovations, but they’re all fascinating to see.  Also on display is a plethora of interesting software being run on these machines, such as games, audiovisual demos, and new programming projects.

The Commodore community is extremely open-minded, so you’ll see more than just the traditional Commodore computers on the show floor.  Expect to see mini-console versions of Commodore computers, vintage computers from other manufacturers, new retro-style computers, and retro-enabling technologies such as FPGA.

When you stop by a table to marvel at a computer display, don’t be shy about striking up a conversation with the exhibitor.  They’re friendly, full of knowledge, and can answer any questions you have about the computer hardware and software being shown!