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World of Commodore 2023
2023-12-02 - 2023-12-03 | Admiral Inn, 2161 North Sheridan Way, Mississauga, Ontario, L5K 1A3, Canada
NOTE: Pre-registration is now processed through TicketTailor.
Please see the Admission section below for more details.
Our special guest this year is Amiga engineer RJ Mical, who will be in attendance courtesy of our wonderful sponsor RetroRewind.ca. Please visit their online shop for your retro-computing needs.
Welcome to World of Commodore 2023. As always our Speakers, Exhibitors, and Vendors are an integral part of the event. Please join us for our captivating presentations, great community discussion, exhibits, products, services, the freebie table, and more!
Link to Facebook Event
For those who cannot attend in person, paid admission (pre-registration) entitles you to virtual participation through Zoom. See Admission section below.
Directions:
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:
Saturday, December 2 – $20
Sunday, December 3 – $20
Discounted total price if attending both days – $30
At the door:
Saturday, December 2 – $25
Sunday, December 3 – $25
Discounted total price if attending both days – $35
Click here to purchase tickets through pre-registration.
Pre-registration provides you with the choice of attending in person or virtually by Zoom. Both forms of attendance will give you the chance to interact with our speakers. The Zoom link will be emailed to pre-registrants shortly before the event.
All funds go towards hosting World of Commodore, TPUG monthly meetings, web hosting, ongoing club operations, future projects, and other expenses.

Exhibitors and Vendors
Exhibitors 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 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.
Click here to purchase a vendor’s table.
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 Party 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.
Schedule and Presentations (Saturday)
10:00 AM – Doors Open
10:30 AM: Welcome to World of Commodore 2023
Content to be added as we book presenters
6:30 PM End of Presentations (Social Time)
Everyone is welcome to join one of the other breakout rooms and carry on the discussion!
Schedule and Presentations (Sunday)
10:00 AM – Doors Open
Content to be added as we book presenters
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)
All times are given in Eastern Standard Time (Toronto). We will be adding more speakers prior to the event so please check back!!
Onsite Vendors And Exhibitors (Saturday and Sunday)
Frank Linhares and Retro Rewind – Vendor – Commodore repairs, component sales and our sponsor.
More to be added over the coming weeks
Draws and Prizes
With more to come!

World of Commodore 2024
2024-11-30 - 2024-12-01 | Admiral Inn, 2161 North Sheridan Way, Mississauga, Ontario, L5K 1A3, Canada
Saturday, November 30, 2024 – 10:00 AM
Sunday, December 1, 2024 – 10:00 AM ET

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Location • Admission • Exhibitors and Vendors • Presentations

Buy tickets here

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.
Early bird tickets are not on sale anymore. You can now purchase tickets at their regular price. These can also be purchased at the venue.
Saturday doors open at 10 AM, day ends at 5:30 PM.Sunday doors open at 10 AM, event ends at 5:00 PM.

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.

Reservations: 1-905-403-9777 • (Toll-Free): 1-888-236-4660
More information can be found at the Admiral Inn’s website.

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$).

Tickets prices for online purchases after Friday 22, 2024, and door prices at the event

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.
Buy tickets

Sponsors
Platinum Sponsor

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

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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.
Buy vendor table tickets

Exhibitors and vendors list

Retro Rewind: Commodore repairs, component sales, and our generous sponsor.

Justus Jurica: representing World of Retro Computing.Justus will be selling a huge assortment of Commodore books, manuals, software, big box games and hardware including accessories, a tricked out Amiga 500 and an Amiga 1200.

Dave Bradley: – Drop by the table of YouTube’s 8-Bit Commodore Man to see what’s for sale !

VCF East: Jeff Brace from Vintage Computer Federation will be displaying a C64 Maxi, C64 Mini, C64 with Super CPU. He will also be selling VCF t-shirts.

Stacey Vetzal: Z3660 accelerated A3000 (new) and my A3500 prototype

Aron Katz: 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!

Aaron @ One Maybe Two Retro: will be exhibiting multiple systems that have been refurbished, all running with technology and software that reinspired Aaron (back) into retro computing. Some of these will be available for purchase along with other Commodore hardware components that have been tested and repaired, rejuvenated, and/or refurbished. Are you READY!

C64 OS: Greg Naçu will have a table demoing his amazing C64 OS.

BitBinders: Commodore products reinvented! Craig Smith will be displaying his awesome new Commodore replica drives. Plus his power supplies!

John Hammarberg: Exhibitor. Some commodores and more fun stuff.

Leif Bloomquist: Demo of Bluetooth controllers for the C64.
Reverse Order: Stickers, t-shirts and disk labels.
Joe Palumbo: Four tables of amazing retro stuff.
Paul Deane: Selling TeensyROM Cartridges and new C64/VIC20 Power supplies.
Dave Hill: offers a couple of working Amiga’s (A500 and an A1200) along with some C64 items.
Josh Richmond: retro computer cookie cutters and some delicious cookies.

Schedule and Presentations

Saturday

12:00 PM – John Hammarberg: Will be talking about the C2 Assembler.
1:00 PM – Dan Laskowski: Sound Synthesis and Sequencers for the C64 and Beyond.
3:00 PM – Jason Long: Playing SID music in real time on a modular synthesizer.
4:00 PM – Greg Naçu: Connect with Clicks: C64 OS Goes Online.

Sunday

11:00 AM – Rudy Panigas : Presentation of Commodore SuperPET repairs including a diagnostic manual.
12:00 PM – AmiKit OS (online) : Jan, its creator, will give a brief history and demonstrate the OS.
1:00 PM – Gareth Poole: Rust and 6502 .
2:00 PM – Brian P. Dougherty (online): Founder of Berkeley Softworks, creator of GEOS. Co-Founder of iMagic games. Intellivision games developer.
3:00 PM – Stefan Powell: Experience deep listening through beat frequency compositions on the Commodore 64, crafted with minimalist one-screen BASIC programs.
4:00 PM – Jorge Abreu: Drean Commodore in Argentina.

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)

Legends of Commodore
2024-12-12 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Toronto) | Ontario
The TPUG Lounge presents: Legends of Commodore, Michael Tomczyk. Hosted by Dr. Obsoleto.
Michael Tomczyk will be promoting his new book: Neo-Innovation: Ideas, Insights, and Tools to Compete in a New Era Thursday, December 12 · 6:30 PM EST.
The TPUG Lounge features events outside of the realm of retro computing.
Meeting info:
Thursday, December 12 · 6:30 – 8:00pm Time zone: America/Toronto
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/gax-jpwd-sct

Meeting with Brian Dougherty
2025-01-15 19:30 - 21:00 | Ontario
Brian Dougherty, co-founder of iMagic Games and founder of Berkeley Softworks and Geoworks (GEOS), will be returning to speak with the TPUG community this January. Don’t miss this opportunity to ask any burning questions you’ve had over the years.

Dave Bradley interviews by Dr Obsoleto
2025-03-20 19:00 - 20:30 | Ontario

May Meeting at ZED 80 Barcade
2025-05-31 16:00 - 19:00 | Zed 80 Arcade, 185 Danforth Ave, Toronto, Ontario, M4K 1N2, Canada
Please RSVP here:
https://www.easy-rsvp.com/pJu4jK-tpug-meeting-at-zed-80-barcade
There’s a $10 fee to get in to be able to use all the arcade machines.

Legends of Commodore : June 2025 Leonard Tramiel with Dr. Obsoleto
2025-06-19 19:30 - 21:30 | Ontario

World of Commodore 2025
2025-12-06 - 2025-12-07 | Admiral Inn, 2161 North Sheridan Way, Mississauga, Ontario, L5K 1A3, Canada
Saturday, December 6, 2025
Sunday, December 7, 2025

Please proceed here to the World of Commodore event page.
