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Retrohax - 1084 repair | Retrohax has written a blog about repairing the door latch mechanism of a Commodore 1084 monitor.

DLH's Commodore Archive | DLH's Commodore Archive is a web page for Commodore documentation. You can find magazines, books and manuals. The latest additions are: Bible Baseball Official-Rules, 1581 Demo/Utility Disk V1 & V2, 64-Pak Manual, 1541 Speed Control A Maverick Accessory, The Original Parameter Cross-Reference Volume 09, MicroSoft Multiplan Manual, Enhancer 2000 bonus disk, AIR-1 Manual, Supergames Manual, 6502 Assembler Kurs für Beginner and 1571 Physical Exam Manual.

Meatloaf Media Explorer | With the Meatloaf Media Explorer it is possible to view a diskette file in your browser. You can view the directory but also the data on a block/sector level. The supported files are D64, D71, D80, D81 and D82.

VCFE 2022 | You can watch many videos from the VCFE 2022 meeting. With talks and presentations from Dave Haynie, Andy Finkel, Bil Herd, Albert Charpentier, Neil Harris, Johan Grip, Mike McGann, Stefan Reinauer, Byron Stout and Brian Deneen.

Wolfgang Kierdorf - 1541c | A new YouTube video from Wolfgang Kierdorf is now available. In this episode Wolfgang is refurbishing a Commodore 1541c disk drive.

The Retrogaming Times #38 | The retrogaming Times is a retro computer magazine (English language) for all retro computer fans. In this edition: Prepare to Qualify, Events, More C64! - Skate and Live!, Don's Desk - Atari 5200 Zone, RetroTINK 2X-MINI - A Quality HD Converter For the Rest of Us, SMS Memories: Around the World in 80 Games, Caught On Film - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - 2 Fast 2 Furryious, Super Mario Bros. 2 - East Meets West and Back, Popful Mail (Sega CD) - The Pinnacle of a Platform, Converting a Sega Saturn Virtual On Twin-Stick to PlayStation, Midway's Arcade Failures, Caught On Film - Super Mario Bros. (1993) - The Lone Chance at an Adult Super Mario Story, Weekly Retrogaming Trivia Recap and See You Next Game.

Doktor64 - 1084 repair | There is a new YouTube video available from Doktor64. This time he shows how to repair a Commodore 1084 monitor.

Flashtro | On the web page Flashtro.com you can see many cracker intros within your browser. The original intros from the Amiga, Atari-ST, Dreamcast, PC, Playstation etc. are converted to Flash. The most recent flashtro's are: Phantasie - Cabal, TSK - STAG, Flashtro - Coco Banana, Scoopex - Air Supply, Flashtro - Air Supply, legend - Tiny Skweeks, Exodus - Magic Johnson Basketball, Doxos - Tennis Cup, Vision Factory - SDI, Kefrens The Supply Team Tartan Army - Space Quest 3, Kefrens The Supply Team Tartan Army - Night Walk, Vision Factory and The Beyonders - Wanted, Vision Factory - Back In Bizz 88, Overlords - Trainer Menu and Vision Factory - Cracktro.

Retro Commodore | The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high-quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: Commodore 64/128 Hardware Udvidelse, Lär dig programmera Commodore VIC64 Steg for Steg Andra boken, Lamer Docs for C64, 64'er Grosser Einsteiger-Kurs and C64 Tips, Tricks und Tools.

Jan Derogee - Commodore RSS news feed printer | A new hardware project from Jan Derogee. This time he is working on a new project that will print the latest news, RSS news feed, on your Commodore IEC serial printer.

C65 - Ebay | If you want a very rare Commodore computer, you can try to buy a working Commodore C65 computer on Ebay. The auction ends on Sunday 24 April 2022.

FRGCB | FRGCB (Finnish Retro Game Comparison Blog) is a web page that writes about retro games. But the difference is that this blog compares the games between the different computers like the C64, Amiga, MSX, NES, CPC, DOS, etc. The most recent comparisons are: Bazooka Bill (Melbourne House, 1985), Foxx Fights Back (ImageWorks, 1988) and Endless Forms Most Beautiful (Stonechat Productions, 2012).

JoyDivision Joystick Adapter | The JoyDivision converts an Atari style joystick to USB and is developed by Stefan Blixth. Changes in this version: Support for the THEC64 and the A500 Mini computers.

Checkmate Display | Stephen Jones is starting a Kickstarter campaign to build monitors for the retro computers. The 1089s and 1087s monitors will have exchangeable interfaces to connect various computers.

DLH's Commodore Archive | DLH's Commodore Archive is a web page for Commodore documentation. You can find magazines, books and manuals. The latest additions are: Amiga Pro, Speak BASIC to My PET, Okimate 20 Printers Handbook, Kilobaud, Disk Maker V1.1, CCI, Robotics Workshop Brochure, Copy-Q Manual, Keyword Cross Reference Research Assistant 2.0 Manual, Educational Recreational-II Manual, Micro Astrologer for the Commodore 64, 21 Second V4.1 Addendum, Video Title Shop Companion, C-Base 128 V2.0 Manual, 21 Second Backup V2, Leroy's Cheatsheet, Radio Controller Flight Simulator, Commodore 64 Machine Language Tutorial, Sound Effects & Music on the Commodore 64 and Commodore 128 Programmers Reference.

Komoda & Amiga Plus 20 | Komoda & Amiga Plus is a printed and a pdf magazine (English and Polish language) for the Commodore user. In this edition: Good Old 8-Bit Games, Robot Jet Action, The Briley Witch Chronicles, Vrtually, PETSCII Portal, PETSCII Zombies, Polar Bear in Space, Babylon's Ark, Scramble Infinity, Rogue64, Straight Up, Chuckie Egg, Get the Diamonds, Arkanoid +4, Defiance, The Nightland, 8-bit boards, Gates of the Ancient, Titanic Blinky, Demoscene, Ewa Woz 'Ere, XC=Basic, Gregor Nacu, Sonic the Hedgehog, Amiga in 2022, Shadowlands, Pacman, Incman, Dread, Coco Banana, A500 CPU replacement, The Demoscene Disc, Rejuvenator, Amiga 2500 and Argus.

Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers' Story | Tekla S. Perry and Paul Wallich wrote a very comprehensive blog about the Commodore C64 computer on the IEEE webpage.

Retro Commodore | The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high-quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: Input 64, Service Partner Forhandler Mappe Maj 1990, Commodore MPS-1230 Benutzerhandbuch, Commodore MPS1250 kortfattet dansk vejledning, Philips BM7500, BM7502, BM7520, BM7522 BM7542, BM7550, BM7552 Manual, Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manual Libraries 3rd edition, Nya Datormagazin, Svenska Hemdator Nytt, 1402 Monitor Service Manual, 1526 / MPS-802 / 4023 Printers Service Manual, A3000 System Schematics, MPS-803 Service Manual, A2090a Hard Disk Controller Tech Data, A2630 System Schematics, A2000 Rev6 System Schematics and A2060/A2065/A2232 System Schematics.

Flashtro | On the web page Flashtro.com you can see many cracker intros within your browser. The original intros from the Amiga, Atari-ST, Dreamcast, PC, Playstation etc. are converted to Flash. The most recent flashtro's are: Scoopex - Air Supply, Flashtro - Air Supply, legend - Tiny Skweeks, Exodus - Magic Johnson Basketball, Doxos - Tennis Cup, Vision Factory - SDI, Kefrens The Supply Team Tartan Army - Space Quest 3, Kefrens The Supply Team Tartan Army - Night Walk, Vision Factory and The Beyonders - Wanted and Vision Factory - Back In Bizz 88.

Bil Herd podcast | You can watch a new YouTube video from Bil Herd. In this episode Bil and Ben talk with Dave Haynie about the Amiga and other Commodore stuff.

Anykey V1.3 | Anykey is a program for the Commodore C64, 128, Plus/4, PET or an emulator to test all the keys on the keyboard. It also shows the input of the joysticks.

Reformation 5 - Matt Gray | Matt Gray started a Kickstarter campaign to produce a fifth album of Amiga and C64 remixes. A few examples on this album are: Last Ninja 1 & 2, Rambo - First Blood Part 2, Commando, Arkanoid, International Karate, Green Beret, Sanxion Thalamusik and Tusker The Village.

BMC64 - Raspberry Pi | BMC64 is a C64 emulator for the Raspberry Pi. Recent updates: Improvements for booting to VDC (C128), CNTRL-F7 and raster skip (VDC).

Radio Paralax | Radio Paralax is an Internet radio station with original or remixed music from computer games. The music is from the demo scene, from the C64, Amiga, NES, SNES, Sega Megadrive, Playstation etc.

Z64K | Z64K is a pixel exact emulation of the Commodore 128, Commodore 64, VIC 20 and Atari 2600 written entirely in Java. The emulators should run on any platform with an updated Java Runtime environment. Recent changes: Improvements for testbench, drive#type command line options, userport DAC, ZX Spectrum, autoloading and autostart.

8-Bit Resurgence - 1581D | You can now watch a new video from the 8-Bit Resurgence YouTube channel. In this episode a look at a dual 1581 disk drive.

Bart Venneker - PC1 repair | Bart Venneker has made a video about repairing a power supply in a Commodore PC1 computer. (Dutch language.)

DLH's Commodore Archive | DLH's Commodore Archive is a web page for Commodore documentation. You can find magazines, books and manuals. The latest additions are: The Everything Book for Commodore Computers, Leroy's Cheatsheets, 1541 Disk & 1526 Printer/MPS802 and Compute!'s Gazette.

FRGCB | FRGCB (Finnish Retro Game Comparison Blog) is a web page that writes about retro games. But the difference is that this blog compares the games between the different computers like the C64, Amiga, MSX, NES, CPC, DOS, etc. The most recent comparisons are: Zybex (Zeppelin Games, 1988) and 12 Games of Christmas.

Z64K | Z64K is a pixel exact emulation of the Commodore 128, Commodore 64, VIC 20 and Atari 2600 written entirely in Java. The emulators should run on any platform with an updated Java Runtime environment. Recent changes: Improvements for Userport, ModPlay DigiMAX stereo, ZX Spectrum, VIC20 and C128.

8-Bit Resurgence - PCB manufacturing | You can now watch a new video from the 8-Bit Resurgence YouTube channel. In this episode a look at the manufacturing of PCBs for your personal or open source projects.

The little book of sound chips vol. 2 - 1982-1986 | This is a 418-page book about famous sound chips. In this edition: Commodore C64, Amiga, Atari ST, Nintendo Entertainment System, Famicom expansions, Apple IIGS, Enterprise 64/128, YM2151, YM2203, YM3526, SegaPCM and the Konami SCC1.

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