Partner Amigakit are making arrangements worldwide for distribution of the new boards.  Interested parties should contact Amigakit through their website, amigakit.com.

We applaud this amazing news that gives new energy to the Amiga market.  Thank you, A-EON and Amigkit, for continuing the Amiga legacy for future generations.

Our venue remains the same at the Holiday Inn Express, 2224 Auburn Blvd., Sacramento, CA.  This venue was our partner in a great AmiWest 2013 and we have no doubt that they will also be our "get it done" partner in 2014 as well. 

So the dates are reserved and you can begin to plan for AmiWest 2014.  Remember that no one is turned away and that all are welcome to exhibit and sponsor AmiWest.  We will shortly make information available regarding these topics on amiwest.net so you can become involved as well. 

Many thanks to our show sponsors and exhibitors. Please be sure to patronize their exhibits, do business with them, and thank them for their support.

Friday, October 18th: Doors open at 6 PM for the Classic Clinic

Our traditional Classic Clinic will provide an opportunity for those who want to have their classic Amiga machines updated in some way to receive assistance from experienced technicians. If you are interested in bringing your machine, please let us know by emailing what you are bringing and the assistance that you need to amigaprez@amiwest.net.

Free food will be served, as long as it lasts!

Saturday, October 19th: Doors open at 10 AM

Saturday AM

Seminars: This year, we are giving an order for the seminars but not a time schedule. A time schedule usually suffers from gaps and overages; we hope that this idea flows better.

1. A-EON Update

2. X1000 user demo - Brian and Sue Ann Carpignano, SACC

Lunch - available for order from the show floor. See Chuck Washburn, AmiWest operations officer, at the SACC table to order your lunch.

Saturday PM

3. Steven Solie - AmigaOS updates

4. Beth Richard, (former) Commodore engineer - CD32 full motion video

5. Jason McMullan - Multicore AROS via Skype

Show floor closes at 5 PM to prepare for the AmiWest 2013 banquet.

7 PM - The AmiWest 2013 banquet commences. This catered event is reserved in advance; no admission is available at the door. After dinner, the show awards are presented. Our keynote speaker for the evening is Eldee Stephens, microprocessor designer for IBM, on the viability of Power Architecture. A panel discussion will follow, including Mr. Stephens, Steven Solie, Trevor Dickinson, and long-time Amigans and AmiWest attendees Alan Swithenbank and Fred Wright. Discussion is lively and continues. . .

Sunday, October 20th: Doors open at 10 AM

Sunday AM

1. Bill Borsari - Games, Games, Games

2. Lyle Hazelwood - Score: Amiga music

3. Paul Sadlik - Intro to programming and Programming seminar update

Lunch - available for order from the show floor. See Chuck Washburn, AmiWest operations officer, at the SACC table to order your lunch.

Sunday PM

4. Brian Deneen - infocessories REBOL desktop demo, tutorial look, and MakeDoc

AmiWest 2013 is history at 5 PM.

As always, there will be a no-host after-party at a local restaurant. Details will be announced from the show floor shortly before the show closes and everyone is invited.

Every year, many people put in countless hours of volunteer time to make AmiWest happen. Without these people, this show would never happen. And because of them, it happens every year. Here are the groups of people that make AmiWest 2013 a reality. Thank you one and all!

Founders

1). Sacramento Amiga Computer Club Sponsors of AmiWest since its founding in 1998 by SACC club members. AmiWest is the Amiga show on the West Coast of the U.S. and venue for the Amiga community gathering in the United States from all points on the planet. We have counted many Amiga luminaries among our members, among them the legendary Jay Miner. We currently maintain the Jay Miner memorial software library.

Financial sponsors and exhibitors

2). Hyperion Entertainment Hyperion Entertainment has continued the development of the original Amiga Operating System (AmigaOS) since 2004. AmigaOS is now at version 4.1 Update 6. Want to see some features added to AmigaOS? Come chat with the AmigaOS Development Team Lead who will be present at the table.

3). A-EON Technology, Ltd. New Amiga hardware company bringing the Amiga X1000 with dual-core PPC CPU and custom Xena chips to market.

4). AmigaKit World #1 Amiga hardware and software dealer for Amiga classic and emerging Amiga platforms, including A-Cube SAM series and A-EON X1000.

5). Arix Foundation.

Exhibitors

6). AmiWest broadcast Broadcasting Amiga shows for over 15 years from all over North America. The technology has involved from just IRC to IRC and Webcam to IRC, Webcam, and Streaming Audio, to IRC, Webcam, Audio, and Video.

7). Intuitionbase IntuitionBase will have a vendor's table complete with a demonstration system loaded with tons of great native and classic applications, sample Amiga Future magazines, and a friendly representative to help answer any questions about those curious about making the move to next-generation Amiga computing.

8). Infocessories Infocessories, the Amiga REBOL community. Come by and see how REBOL, the brainchild of Amiga inventor Carl Sassenrath, can work for you.

9). Codebench Codebench software is a programmer's dream. Come talk to the Codebench people to see how this software suite can help you with your programming projects.

We hope to see all of you next year as well as adding several to our number. Please note that AmiWest is open to everyone who wants to come and be a part. Contact us for further information at amigaprez@amiwest.net!

Steve has an amazing grasp of Amiga programming. Along with presenters Lyle Hazelwood and Paul Sadlik, we hope that the event will be productive and encouraging for all participants.

We will also have an update from this group during AmiWest to hear about the progress made. Reservations have been made by an international crew of participants and the group is ready to begin. Stay tuned for more as the seminar progresses.]]> Tue, 15 Oct 2013 06:37:42 GMT Our caterer has agreed to a short extension for the AmiWest 2013 banquet deadline.  We are able to accept continuing reservations for banquet tickets until further notice

PLEASE NOTE THAT, AS ALWAYS, NO BANQUET TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR!  This is a catered event and each meal is reserved in advance.  We don't want to turn anyone away, so please reserve your tickets now.

We are expecting a large number of attendees this year due to selling out the hotel.  Don't be left out of the banquet!  RESERVE NOW!

When you book your room there, leave a comment in the notes (online) or with the front desk (by telephone) that you are with AmiWest 2013.  You will then receive the AmiWest rate for your room, which is $76.00 per night.  As you can see on the web, the regular rates are considerably higher.

See you there!

There is still time to sign up at amiwest.net/aosps. The cost is $50.00 per person and includes dinner on Wednesday and lunches on Thursday and Friday.  All those who signed up before today have already been invoiced for their conference fee.

We hope to see you there!

Thanks to one and all for your financial support for AmiWest 2013. As an all-volunteer show, we depend upon exhibitor and sponsor support to make our show happen. We appreciate all who support us in this way and look forward to seeing you at AmiWest next week.]]> Wed, 09 Oct 2013 08:12:35 GMT

So we called the hotel and told them to reserve 100 nights for AmiWest 2013. Checking the official Holiday Inn Express website at https://www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/en on Monday, October 7, 2013, the AmiWest rate is now available again. Be sure that you are on the official Holiday Inn Express website and not some other booking site. Other booking sites do not have the AmiWest rate available at $76.00 per night, double occupancy, with free breakfast and free WiFi.

Apparently a lot of people are coming to AmiWest. Be one of them. Be sure to book your room and banquet ticket NOW! If, perchance, you do not see the AmiWest rate, call the hotel at 1-916-923-1100 and tell them you're with AmiWest 2013. You'll get the same rate.

See you next week!]]> Mon, 07 Oct 2013 09:42:01 GMT