Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2024

The Commodore Los Angeles Super Show (CLASS) is supported by the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network and the Fresno Commodore User Group.

CLASS v5.0
Commodore Los Angeles Super Show!
Saturday, April 13, 2024: 11am to 5pm
Sunday, April 14, 2024: 11am to 5pm

Burbank VFW Hall
VFW USS Gudgeon Ship 8310
1006 W. Magnolia Blvd
Burbank, California 9150

• Meet other Commodore and Amiga enthusiasts.
• See demos and presentations on and about the Commodore 128, Commodore 64, Plus/4, DTV, VIC-20, PET, and Amiga.
• Come and present your own Commodore and Amiga projects.
• And of course, be in the center of Los Angeles activities!

CLASS Presentations & Guests

David Pleasance
David Pleasance of Commodore UK joins us in-person at CLASS! Have a chat with David, buy one or all of his books (Commodore:the Inside Story; From Vultures to Vampires volumes 1-3), and get him to autograph the books right at the show! Maybe he can tell you secrets of Commodore UK that no one else knows!

Trevor Dickinson
Filmed at his home in New Zealand, Trevor Dickinson of A-EON shows us his massive Commodore and Amiga collection and then gives us a few words about the AmigaOne X5000 and A1222+.

Paul Gardner-Stephen (tentative) 
Depending on his travel schedule and Internet connection, Paul Gardner-Stephen, the father of the Mega65 (Commodore 65 replica) will videochat with us from Germany or England. Paul will tell about the Mega65’s development and its future.

Dick Estel
It’s been several years since Dick Estel attended a Commodore show, but Dick will appear at this year’s CLASS! Dick is the creator of the classic book, the GeoFont Compendium.

AmigaVision Compared to Scala
Marc Rifkin, our resident expert in Amiga multi-media, has a showdown between the premier packages of the day, AmigaVision and Scala.

New C64 Game – Highway Dash
See the new C64 game in action, Highway Dash! Talk to Arlis himself about how he programmed the game. Highway Dash courtesy of Arlis K Studios

Converting Amiga .ADFs to Real Disks (tentative)
Mario Luppi will show attendees the art of taking .ADFs downloaded from a PC and converting them (with the use of Amiga Explorer) to real disks that can be used on Amiga computers.

Slow Scan Television and the C64
In this video presentation, Roger Van Pelt, vice-president of the Fresno Commodore User Group, shows how to receive Slow Scan Television (SSTV) on the Commodore 64.

The Making of CLASS Commercials
Robert Bernardo and Marc Rifkin will detail how the CLASS commercial 2023 was created, from the Lightwave animation scenes to filming Amiga engineer, R.J. Mical. Expect to see video bloopers from R.J.’s time in front of the camera! If there is time, Robert will describe how the CLASS commercial 2024 was created, too.

CLASS Exhibits

THEA500 Mini
You’ll be able to try out this box with its Aminimiga distribution (which gives an Amiga desktop). THEA500 Mini courtesy of Robert Bernardo

Amiga 2000
A big-box computer, this A2000 has a hard drive with OS 3.1, now with 8 megs of Fast RAM, the complete NTSC WHDLoad library of games, and other app goodness! A2000 courtesy of Mario Luppi

Amiga 1200
This is a well-appointed machine with OS 3.9, Blizzard ‘040 @ 25 MHz., 64 megs of Fast RAM, and a 32 gig CF hard drive with Arcade Game Selector 2. A1200 courtesy of Robert Bernardo

Amiga 1200 with Vampire 1200
Another A1200, this time running the Vampire 1200 accelerator board! A1200 courtesy of Laszlo Condor

Amiga 3000
Some say this was the best of the ECS Amigas and why not?! Classic case design, flexible hardware options, one of CBM engineer Dave Haynie’s favorites! This A3000 has the 68030 processor running at 25 MHz, OS 3.1, a 4 gig CF card drive via Zulu SCSI, and 256 meg of Fast RAM via a BigRam Zorro card. A3000 courtesy of Robert Bernardo

Amiga 4000
The last of the Amiga desktop computers from CBM! This one has OS 3.9, has 16 megs of Fast RAM, and also has the Freeway Triton Lite USB card. A4000 courtesy of Robert Bernardo

Amiga “Black Box”
As SCCAN member Tom describes it, it is a prototype housed in a metal black box. What is it?! See it as we open up the box during the Show.

Danny’s Table of Emulation
Dan Petersen lays out a bunch of Commodore 64 emulators – THEC64, the Ultimate 64, a MiSTer FPGA and a Windows machine running an emulator.

THEC64 Mini and MiSTer
Forest McClain brings in THEC64 Mini with a collection of games. And he will bring in a MiSTer which has multiple cores for different platforms, including the C64 and Amiga.

Marc Rifkin’s Table of Amiga
Marc brings his Checkmate Mini case with Edu Ararana’s MistiX board and RetroTINK-5X Pro video converter, and an A4000 with a Video Toaster 4000 and the RetroTINK-5X Pro video converter.

Amiga Forever
On an IBM laptop, Mario Luppi will be emulating various Amiga computers with Amiga Forever / Linux.

Mega65
The Mega65 is the modern replica to the mythical Commodore 65 which was never publicly released. The Mega65 has a full keyboard, C65 and C64 modes, a built-in 3 1/2“ floppy drive, HDMI out, a SD card slot, and acceleration up to 40 MHz.. Mega65 courtesy of Robert Bernardo

Mega65 Expansion Boards
Have a look at the future expansion boards and bridgeboard for the Mega65!

MiSTer Table
No, not a person named Mister Table but a table full of MiSTers running emulated computers, like Commodore 8-bits and Amiga! Try your hands on the games running on the MiSTers! MiSTers courtesy of Steven Hertz of the Southern California Classic Collectors (SC3).

VIC-20
Before the C64, the VIC-20 was the multi-million seller. This VIC comes with a 35K switchable RAM expansion with integrated SD2IEC from Melbourne Console Reproductions. VIC-20 courtesy of Robert Bernardo

C64, Incredible Musical Keyboard, cynthCART
Paul Slocum brings in this set-up along with other computers for live music production.

TeensyROM for the C64/128
See this bit of hardware goodness in action! TeensyROM is the cartridge of all cartridges with built-in flash memory and connections for a USB stick, microSD card, Ethernet, and even for MIDI in/out. It’s even better when the OneLoad64 Collection and its 2,100 games are available on USB stick or microSD card.

Ultimate 64
The Ultimate 64 is a new motherboard that recreates the Commodore 64 board but in FPGA form! This U64 comes in a new Kickstarter C64C case and has a MechBoard64 with its Cherry Blue microswitches. U64 courtesy of the late Bogdan Macri of the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network

Commodore 128 w/ 64K VDC or C128DCR
Check out TRIANGULAR μOS 1.42 with the desktop created in BASIC and running on the C128 in 40-columns. Play the rare 80-column, scrolling game Cloneimals! C128/C128DCR courtesy of Robert Bernardo

Plus/4
This Plus/4 comes with a matching Commodore CM-141 monitor, 1551 drive, MPS-803 printer, 1341 Joystick, 1531 Cassette Drive, and a selection of game cartridges, courtesy of Mario Luppi.

Commodore PC20-III
Oooo, a PC running DOS 6.01 with 640K of RAM, 9.54 MHz. speed, and NEC V20! Yeah, CBM was into selling PC’s, too. This one has its mechanical hard drive replaced with a CF card, and it has a composite-to-VGA card and Snark Barker (SoundBlaster clone), too. PC20-III courtesy of Robert Bernardo

Ray Carlsen Power Supplies
Check out the various Ray Carlsen power supplies powering the Commodores 8-bit and desktop Amigas computers, including a new, custom p.s. that can run a C64/C128/VIC-20CR at the same time as a C16 along with two 1541-II/1581 disk drives OR run an Amiga 500/600/1200!

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