Author Archives: Leif Bloomquist

February 2017 Meeting

The next TPUG meeting will be on February 16th, 2017 at 7:00 PM!  Note the earlier start time, this month is our Annual General Meeting.  Please come and have your say! After the AGM we’ll have a look at some examples of how modern 3D Printing can be used along with Commodores and other retro […]

January 2017 Meeting

Happy New Year! The next TPUG meeting will be on January 19th, 2017 at 7:30 PM.  This month we’ll have a demonstration of the Vampire II HW Accelerator for the Amiga 600. Click here for location, time and directions. Discussions regarding upcoming and past meetings can be found in the Forums.

Globe Demo 2016 [REU] from World of Commodore

John Hammarberg has released his modern remake of the Commodore Globe demo for the REU at World of Commodore.  You can get a D64 copy here from the Commodore Scene Database, a 512K REU is recommended but it will work for 256K and 128K.   There is also a YouTube video of the demo.  Thanks John!

December 2016 Meeting

The next TPUG meeting will be on Thursday December 15th, 2016 at 7:30 PM.  This is our annual informal Christmas get-together, we’ll watch some classic Commodore holiday-themed demos and play some games! Feel free to bring drinks and snacks.  Meeting is upstairs this month! Click here for location, time and directions. Discussions regarding upcoming and past meetings […]

Bil Herd at World of Commodore 2016

TPUG is pleased to announce that former Commodore engineer, Bil Herd, will be attending and speaking at this year’s World of Commodore!  Bil was head engineer on the Commodore C128 and TED series machines. Read more about World of Commodore and see the list of presenters.

November 2016 Meeting

The next TPUG meeting will be on Thursday November 17th, 2016 at 7:30 PM.  This month we’ll have a hardware hacking show and tell – bring your projects! Click here for location, time and directions. Discussions regarding upcoming and past meetings can be found in the Forums.

October 2016 Meeting

The next TPUG meeting will be on Thursday October 20th, 2016 at 7:30 PM.   There will be a demo of the rare Commodore 65, a presentation on Amiga graphics, as well as the usual discussion on all things Commodore and retro. Click here for location, time and directions. Discussions regarding upcoming and past meetings can be found […]

Showing of “8 Bit Generation: The Commodore Wars” at Revue Cinema

Toronto’s Revue Cinema will be having two showings of “8 Bit Generation: The Commodore Wars” on September 21st and September 22nd, 2016 at 7:00 PM.  TPUG will be supporting the event and bringing a few Commodore systems for patrons to check out and play games on before and after the showings.  Doors open at 6:00 PM. […]

September Meeting

The next TPUG meeting will be on Thursday September 15th, 2016 at 7:30 PM.   Click here for location, time and directions. Discussions regarding upcoming and past meetings can be found in the Forums.