World of Commodore is an annual

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dedicated to

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computers. The shows were initially organized by

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or its sister companies, and took place at the International Centre in Mississauga,

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, though in some years additional expos were held in the

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, Australia, or

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. The expos were among the largest in the computing industry, with attendance at some events reaching 100,000. As with cross-industry trade shows such as CES and

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, World of Commodore expos were widely reported on in computing magazines. With the decline of its 8-bit product line and the rise of the Amiga, Commodore began branding some of the expos as World of Commodore/Amiga. The name was changed to World of Amiga following Commodore's bankruptcy in 1994 and purchase by German PC conglomerate Escom the following year. The Amiga expos continued until 2002. In 2004, the original exhibition series was revived by the Toronto PET Users Group. World of Commodore continues under TPUG's aegis, albeit on a scale much reduced since the expo's heyday.

Show highlights

1983

The first World of Commodore was organized by

and held at the International Centre in Mississauga,

from 8 to 11 December 1983. Over 70 exhibitors from around the world signed on to debut and demonstrate their Commodore-compatible software and hardware. Despite the unexpected absence of some exhibitors, the convention was a phenomenal success, with 38,000 visitors attending; attendance on the show's final day was the highest in the history of the International Centre. The show was emceed by

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's Jack Livesley, and featured seminars by

Jim Butterfield Frank James "Jim" Butterfield (14 February 1936 – 29 June 2007), was a Toronto-based computer programmer, author, and television personality known for his work with early microcomputers. He is particularly noted for associations with Commodore ...

and others. Exhibitors included Batteries Included; Bell Canada;

Commodore Business Machines Commodore International (other names include Commodore International Limited) was an American home computer and electronics manufacturer founded by Jack Tramiel. Commodore International (CI), along with its subsidiary Commodore Business Mach ...

; ''

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'';

Holt, Rinehart, and Winston Holt McDougal is an American publishing company, a division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, that specializes in textbooks for use in high schools. The Holt name is derived from that of U.S. publisher Henry Holt (1840–1926), co-founder of the e ...

; Koala Technologies; Micron Technology; the Toronto PET Users Group (TPUG); and ''

The Transactor ''The Transactor'' was a computer magazine directed at users of Commodore home computers. In contrast to other Commodore-focused publications such as ''Commodore Magazine'' and ''COMPUTE!'s Gazette'', ''The Transactors popularity was based o ...

''.

1984

World of Commodore II was held from 29 November to 2 December 1984 at the International Centre in Mississauga and attracted 41,516 visitors. Commodore held off on launching their 16-bit product line, instead concentrating their large display on the Plus/4 and

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. Speakers included David Berman and Jim Butterfield, and exhibitors included the

COMAL COMAL (''Common Algorithmic Language'') is a computer programming language developed in Denmark by Børge R. Christensen and Benedict Løfstedt and originally released in 1975. COMAL was one of the few structured programming languages that was a ...

Users' Group; Commodore Business Machines;

Currah Currah was a British computer peripheral manufacturer, famous mainly for the speech synthesis ROM cartridges it designed for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and other 8-bit home computers of the 1980s. Currah μSource for the ZX Spectrum Curra ...

;

Grolier Grolier was one of the largest American publishers of general encyclopedias, including '' The Book of Knowledge'' (1910), ''The New Book of Knowledge'' (1966), ''The New Book of Popular Science'' (1972), ''Encyclopedia Americana'' (1945), ''Acad ...

; Holt, Rinehart, and Winston;

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;

Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was one of the largest software publishers in the UK, achieved by ...

; TPUG; ''The Transactor'';

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; and

Watcom Watcom International Corporation was a software company, which was founded in 1981 by Wes Graham and Ian McPhee. Founding staff (Fred Crigger, Jack Schueler and McPhee) were formerly members of Professor Graham's Computer Systems Group at the Uni ...

1985

The third annual World of Commodore expo was held at the International Centre in Mississauga from 5 to 8 December 1985. The show was notable for three major product launches by Commodore: the Commodore 128, the Amiga, and the Commodore PC-10 and PC-20 PC-compatible systems. The expo also hosted the usual slate of seminars, with presentations by Commodore, Digital Solutions, TPUG, Jim Butterfield, Steve Punter, and others. Industry exhibitors included Abacus Software, ''

Ahoy! ''Ahoy!'' was a computer magazine published between January 1984 and January 1989 in the US, focusing on all Commodore color computers, but especially the Commodore 64 and Amiga. History The first issue of ''Ahoy!'' was published in January 198 ...

'', Commodore Business Machines, Digital Solutions,

Electronic Arts Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California. Founded in May 1982 by Apple employee Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer game industry and promoted the ...

, Gold Disk, Grolier,

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, TPUG, Watcom, and WordPro distributor Norland Agencies.

1986

The fourth World of Commodore was held the first week of December 1986 at the International Centre in Mississauga. All major Amiga software companies were present, with the notable exception of game developers such as Electronic Arts. Hardware developers and vendors were out in force, with Mimetics demoing a Deluxe Music Construction Set–compatible

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, and Xetec presenting its SCSI interfaces and

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s. Commodore itself used the show to launch its

Amiga Sidecar The Commodore A1060 Sidecar is an expansion hardware device developed by Commodore and released in 1986 for the Amiga 1000 computer. It features a complete PC XT-clone system mounted in an expansion case which connected to the expansion bus on t ...

and to announce its forthcoming

genlock Genlock (generator locking) is a common technique where the video output of one source (or a specific reference signal from a signal generator) is used to synchronize other picture sources together. The aim in video applications is to ensure the ...

card. The computing press was represented by ''The Transactor'', ''

Amiga World ''Amiga World'' was a magazine dedicated to the Amiga computer platform. It was a prominent Amiga magazine, particularly in the United States, and was published by Massachusetts-based IDG Publishing from 1985 until April 1995. The first several iss ...

'', and '' RUN''. Notable personages in attendance included author Jim Butterfield, Commodore engineer Dave Haynie, and sysops from Commodore-related forums on

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and CompuServe.

1987

World of Commodore 1987 was held at the International Centre in Mississauga. There were over 85 exhibitors, including TPUG, ''Ahoy!'', Electronic Arts, ''The Transactor'',

NewTek NewTek, Inc. is a San Antonio, Texas-based hardware and software company that produces live and post-production video tools and visual imaging software for personal computers. The company was founded in 1985 in Topeka, Kansas, United States, by T ...

, Supra, Inc., Gold Disk, Xetec, and Commodore itself. The show's major focus was on the

Amiga 1000 The Commodore Amiga 1000, also known as the A1000, is the first personal computer released by Commodore International in the Amiga line. It combines the 16/32-bit Motorola 68000 CPU which was powerful by 1985 standards with one of the most adv ...

Amiga 500 The Amiga 500, also known as the A500, is the first low-end version of the Amiga home computer. It contains the same Motorola 68000 as the Amiga 1000, as well as the same graphics and sound coprocessors, but is in a smaller case similar to th ...

, and

Amiga 2000 The Amiga 2000, or A2000, is a personal computer released by Commodore in March 1987. It was introduced as a "big box" expandable variant of the Amiga 1000 but quickly redesigned to share most of its electronic components with the contemporary Ami ...

, with comparatively few offerings for Commodore's 8-bit and PC-compatible lines. Commodore demoed the A2300 Genlock and the PVA, two new genlock cards for the Amiga 2000, and announced two new PC-compatible systems: the PC 10-III, a 9.54 MHz XT clone, and the PC-60, a

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-based machine running

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. New productivity software exhibited at the show included

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, Electronic Arts's PaperClip III and

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing ''Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing'' is an application software program designed to teach touch typing. History The typing program was initially released in late 1987 by The Software Toolworks and has been published regularly ever since. The first ...

, and NewTek's Video Toaster. New games for the Commodore 64 and 128 came mostly from Electronic Arts, and included '' Halls of Montezuma'', ''

Bard's Tale III ''The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate'' is a computer fantasy role-playing video game created by Interplay Productions in 1988. It is the second sequel to '' The Bard's Tale''. It was designed by Rebecca Heineman, Bruce Schlickbernd, and Michae ...

'', '' Skyfox II'', '' Strike Fleet'', and '' Skate or Die''. New Amiga software demoed or announced included ''

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'', '' Bard's Tale II'', '' Reach for the Stars'', '' Thexder'', ''

Space Quest II ''Space Quest II: Chapter II – Vohaul's Revenge'', commonly known as ''Space Quest II: Vohaul's Revenge'', is a graphic adventure game released on November 14, 1987 by Sierra On-Line. It was the sequel to '' Space Quest I: The Sarien Encounter'' ...

'', ''

Police Quest ''Police Quest'' (or ''SWAT'') is a series of police simulation video games produced and published by Sierra On-Line between 1987 and 1998. The first five were adventure simulation games, the first three of which were designed by former police ...

'', ''

The Hunt for Red October ''The Hunt for Red October'' is the debut novel by American author Tom Clancy, first published on October 1, 1984, by the Naval Institute Press. It depicts Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius as he seemingly goes rogue with his country's cutt ...

'', and WordPerfect. Seminars were presented by Jim Butterfield, Steve Punter,

Fred Fish Fred Fish (November 4, 1952 – April 20, 2007) was a computer programmer notable for work on the GNU Debugger and his series of freeware Fish disks for the Amiga. The Fish Disks (term coined by Perry Kivolowitz at a Jersey Amiga User Gro ...

, and others. The expo achieved record attendance of 42,000.

1988

1988 marked the first time that two World of Commodore expos were held: one in November at the

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, and the other in December in

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. Attendance at the Toronto expo was over 43,300, surpassing the record set the previous year. As in 1987, the Amiga dominated all aspects of the show. Exhibitors included Ion Publishing, publishers of ''

'' and ''AmigaUser''. In September, 1988 a World Of Commodore expo was held at the newly opened Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia.

1989

Three World of Commodore shows were held in 1989: the original Canadian edition was held from 30 November to 4 December in Toronto, an American East Coast edition was held from 22 to 24 September in

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, and an American West Coast edition took place at the

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from 19 to 21 May. The Los Angeles show saw exhibits and announcements from Commodore, NewTek,

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, Xetec, ''Amiga World'', and

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1990

Beginning in 1990, the expo was rebranded World of Commodore Amiga. The show was noted for Commodore's announcement and early demo of the

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. Third-party exhibitors included

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, '' Amazing Computing'', '' RUN'', Xetec, Abacus, Creative Micro Designs, Gold Disk,

Sierra On-Line Sierra Entertainment, Inc. (formerly On-Line Systems and Sierra On-Line, Inc.) was an American video game developer and publisher founded in 1979 by Ken and Roberta Williams. The company is known for pioneering the graphic adventure game genr ...

, Kawai Musical Instruments, and

COMPUTE! Publications ''Compute!'' (), often stylized as ''COMPUTE!'', was an American home computer magazine that was published from 1979 to 1994. Its origins can be traced to 1978 in Len Lindsay's ''PET Gazette'', one of the first magazines for the Commodore PET c ...

1991

A World of Commodore was held at

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from 14 to 17 November 1991, and a World of Commodore Amiga took place at the

Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre The Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre was a convention, exhibition and entertainment complex in Darling Harbour, Sydney. Designed by Philip Cox, the complex opened in 1988 as part of an urban renewal and redevelopment of the Darling Harbou ...

in Australia from 12 to 14 July 1991. At these shows Commodore launched its CDTV multimedia platform. The London show was supported by companies such as Electronic Arts,

Psygnosis Psygnosis Limited (known as SCE Studio Liverpool or simply Studio Liverpool from 1999) was a British video game developer and publisher headquartered at Wavertree Technology Park in Liverpool. Founded in 1984 by Ian Hetherington, Jonathan Ell ...

, and

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1992

A World of Commodore was held from 3 to 5 July 1992 at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia. World of Commodore 1992 was held in Pasadena, California in September 1992; attendance was estimated at nearly 20,000. Commodore used the event to introduce the

Amiga 4000 The Commodore Amiga 4000, or A4000, is the successor of the A2000 and A3000 computers. There are two models: the A4000/040 released in October 1992 with a Motorola 68040 CPU, and the A4000/030 released in April 1993 with a Motorola 68EC030. ...

, the Amiga 600 and Amiga 600HD, AmigaDOS 3.0, and the A570 CD-ROM drive for the

. Commodore also presented "Father of the Amiga"

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with one of the first Amiga 4000s. Third-party exhibitors releasing and demonstrating new products included

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, Scala, Inc., Gold Disk, and Digital Creations. A World of Commodore/Amiga 1992 took place at the

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grounds in

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from 26 to 29 November 1992. The expo was colocated with the Amiga '92 show; there were around 150 exhibitors and visitor attendance was expected to reach 100,000. Though the expo included a special anniversary celebration for the Commodore 64, only a very small minority of exhibitors and visitors were 8-bit computer users.

1993

World of Commodore and World of Commodore/Amiga expos were held in several locations in 1993, including

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; Sydney, Australia; Pasadena, California;

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, Germany; and Mississauga, Ontario. The New York show was well attended and featured 30 exhibitors, many of which were

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companies. Commodore displayed a prototype of its new

tower model, and wowed visitors with a demonstration of full-screen 30

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video on a stock Amiga 4000/030. The Australian expo featured exhibits by '' Amazing Computing'', ''

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'', Commodore, and Mindscape. At the Pasadena show, Commodore US President Jim Dionne outlined his plans for

Amiga CD32 The Amiga CD32 (stylized as Amiga CD32, code-named "Spellbound") is a 32-bit home video game console developed by Commodore and released in Europe, Australia, Canada, and Brazil. It was first announced at the Science Museum in London on July 16, ...

sales to bring the company back into profit. Commodore also announced the impending release of AmigaDOS 3.1, the aforementioned Amiga 4000 tower model, and CD32-compatible CD-ROM drives for the Amiga 4000 and

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. The World of Commodore in Cologne took place from 5 to 7 November 1993. It featured over 150 companies and had a Saturday attendance of over 50,000. Contrary to expectations, Commodore did not launch the Amiga 4000 tower model, but heavily promoted the CD32 with about 60 demonstrator models. The highlight of the show was COME Corporate Media's Photo CD system.

1995

Commodore declared bankruptcy in 1994, and the following year its assets were purchased by the German PC conglomerate Escom. Escom took over organization of the World of Commodore exhibitions, rebranding them World of Amiga. Its first World of Amiga expo was held at the International Centre in Mississauga in December 1995. The show featured Escom's new subsidiary Amiga Technologies, as well as 30 other hardware and software exhibitors. The show was criticized for exhibitors' focus on sales rather than demonstrations and product launches. Among the few new products released was Idruna Software's Photogenics.

2004

In 2004, the defunct World of Commodore expo was revived by the Toronto PET Users Group. The event was held at the Belaire Hotel in Toronto on 4 December, and featured talks and demos by Jim Butterfield, Jim Brain,

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, former ''Transactor'' editor Karl J. H. Hildon, Commodore Canada vice president Ron Anderson, and a representative of Commodore trademark holders

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2006

World of Commodore 2006 was held at the Alderwood United Church in Toronto on 2 December. It featured screenings of the

series ''

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'', a guest talk by

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designer Jeri Ellsworth, and the final World of Commodore appearance by author Jim Butterfield. Though attendance was just 75, the expo attracted coverage from news outlets such as ''

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'' and ''

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''.

2007

Toronto's Alderwood United Church was the venue for TPUG's World of Commodore 2007. The event, held on 1 December 2007, featured several tributes to Commodore pioneer Jim Butterfield, who had died of cancer earlier that year.

2012

World of Commodore 2012 was organized by

TPUG The Toronto PET Users Group is one of the world's oldest extant computer user groups, and was among the very largest. The non-profit group is based in Toronto but has an international membership. It supports nearly all Commodore computers, includ ...

and held at the Admiral Inn in Mississauga, Ontario on 1 December 2012. Independent game developer Comma 8 Studios announced '' M.U.L.E. Returns'', a licensed remake of the 1983 classic ''

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'' slated for release in 2013.

2013

World of Commodore 2013 was organized by

and held at the Admiral Inn in Mississauga, Ontario on 7 December. The event hosted Comma 8 Studios's launch of ''M.U.L.E. Returns'', the

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remake of ''M.U.L.E.'' which had been announced at the previous World of Commodore expo.

Timeline

References

External links

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