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Back into the Storm | Bil Herd and Margaret Morabito are interviewed by Earl Evans in this newly posted video from the Vintage Computer Federation. In it, they talk about their new book, Back into the Storm: A Design Engineer's Story of Commodore Computers in the 1980s.

Bill Mensch | You can now read an interview with Bill Mensch on the IEEE Spectrum website. Bill Mench is the co-creator of the 6502 processor in the Atari, Apple and Commodore computers.

Epic Action #1 | Prismatic Realms has started a new Kickstarter to create an music album with C64 and Amiga game music. A few examples are: Ninja, Dune, The Great Giana Sisters, Shadow of the Beast, Lotus Turbo Challenge and many more.

Retro Commodore | The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high-quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: Amiga 2000 Intro-kursus for forhandlere, Magna Gros A/S Prisliste, C1084S D2 3D Box, Star LC-20 Dansk Manual, The Torpet and Commodore Club News.

ReMETA #10 - Function 2021 | ReMETA is a diskette magazine for the Commodore C64. In this episode: Function 2021.

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: Anteater (Tago Electronics, 1982), Ardy The Aardvark (Datamost, 1983), Oil's Well (Sierra On-Line, 1983), Eggard (ScandSoft, 1984), Diamond Mine I & II (MRM Software/Blue Ribbon, 1984-86), Aardvark (Bug-Byte, 1986) and Express Raider (Data East, 1986).

CLASS 2021 | The Commodore Los Angeles Super Show will be held on November 6 & 7, 2021 in Burbank, California USA. At the show you can see demos and presentations on and about the C128, C64, Plus/4, DTV, VIC20, PET and the Amiga.

CBM-Transfer v1.22a | Steve J. Gray released a new version of CBM-Transfer. CBM-Transfer is a collection of utilities for transferring files and working with diskette images. New in this edition: Re-assemble, improvements for diskette reading and support for G71.

Michael Steil - The Ultimate 1541 Drive Talk | You can now watch a YouTube video where Michael Steil talks about the Commodore 1541 disk drive. He talked about the 1541 at the Vintage Computer Festival West 2021.

TPUG - Bil Herd & Margaret Morabito | You can now watch the TPUG (Toronto PET Users Group) September meeting. This time Bil Herd and Margaret Morabito were invited to join the meeting.

TapuinoNext | The TapuinoNext is a improved version of the Tapuino C64. This is a Datassette emulator based on the ESP32 microcontroller. The improvements are more accurate signal timing and a tape-counter.

Z64K | Z64K is a pixel exact emulation of the Commodore 128, C64, VIC20 and Atari 2600 written entirely in Java. The emulators should run on any platform with an updated Java Runtime environment. Recent changes: Improvements for C128 d7xx floating IO, Z80/6502 registers and refresh DRAM in 2 Mhz mode.

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: Infiltrator Disassembler V1.0 Manual, Lattice Amiga C Compiler V5.00, Swift Sheet 128, Home Design, Sketch Pad, BASIC 8 Manual Enhanced, Wavemaker User Manual, Pixel 3D Professional Users Manual, Commodore 64 VIC-20 BASIC, Color Craft Users Manual, CMOS CookBook, 68000 Micoprocessor Handbook, 64'er Extra Software, AMOS Books/Supplements, Microcomputer Experimentation with the MOS Technology KIM-1 and X-10 Model CP290 PowerHouse RS232 Computer Interface Owners Manual.

Ray Carlsen - website | The website of Ray Carlsen has moved to a new address. The info you can find on his website is: Commodore 8 bit Computer repair information, Commodore power supplies, the C64 Computer Saver and power adapter cables.

Commodore.software | The web page Commodore.software has had an update with many new items: Cursor, Adam's Software, VICword, VIC Mail, Zak McKracken Hint Book, Zak McKracken Code Book, Zak McKracken Manual, Xetec Super Graphics Jr. Printer Interface Manual, Super Expander Manual and Micro 6502.

FairLight TV | You can now watch a new episode of the FairLight TV YouTube channel. In this episode Pontus Berg talks about making trainers for games.

The Retrogaming Times #34 | The retrogaming Times is a retro computer magazine (English language) for all retro computer fans. In this edition: Prepare to Qualify, Upcoming Events, More C64! - Atari 2600 to C64, Apple II Incider - The Story of My Unopened Package of Print Magic (Epyx), Anbernic RG300 - The Emulation Handheld That Refuses to Yield, Quake: id Software's End of an Era, Legendary Wings - Go From Zero to Hero in No Time Flat, Konami's Hyper Olympic, Hyper Sports, and Hyper Shot, The Myth, The Legend: Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, Weekly Retrogaming Trivia Recap and See You Next Game.

TheRetroChannel - 1541-II repair | Mark Sawicki has made a new video. In this video Mark shows how to repair a Commodore 1541-II disk drive.

RapidNews #19 | Rapid News is a diskette magazine (English language) for the Commodore user. In this edition: Back to..., Atwoods 2021, Excess BBQ 2021 and News & Rumours.

Remix64 - 25 Years of HVSC | LaLa, Waz, and The Shark wrote an article about the history of the High Voltage SID Collection. This year the HVSC celebrates its 25th birthday.

Scene World Podcast #78 | Scene World Podcast is a podcast about the Commodore scene. In this episode: Andrew Fisher. Andrew is an author, journalist, coder, musician, and scholar of all things Commodore.

Retro EZ - Greaseweazle V4 | A new YouTube video from Retro EZ channel is now available. In this video a demonstration of the Greaseweazle V4, reading a Amiga diskette via a PC disk drive and saving it as an ADF file.

Return #46 | Return magazine is a German printed magazine for classic computers and consoles. In this edition: Resident Evil, Wonderful Dizzy, Simpsons, Metal Warrior Ultra, Outrage, The Darkness Hunter, GameBoy Advance, Xenogears,Astro City Mini, Cyber Shadow, E.G.G. Elemental Gimmick Gear, Tex Murphy, Samurai Shodown and Galaxian.

Retro Commodore | The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high-quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: Amiga Software Extra, Big Blue Reader Booklet, VIC1212 Programmers AID Pack, EGA User's Manual, WordPerfect 4.1 Manual, DGC Nyhedsmagasinet and 64'er Spiele-sammlung Band 2.

Dissector V1.00 | Dissector V1.00 is a disassembler program for 6502 code. The program is developed by fieserWolf and the features are: Linux, MacOS and Windows, illegal opcode support, CPU-cycles / C64 memory map info and ACME and KickAssembler support.

Commodore Universal Power Supply (2) | Mike Brixius Is developing a universal power supply for all Commodore and Amiga computers. At the moment he is working on a prototype and you can follow his progress.

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: Inside Outing (The Edge, 1988) and Vixen (Martech, 1988).

Noel's Retro Lab - Retro Chip Tester Pro | You can watch a new video from the Noel's Retro Lab YouTube channel. This time the Retro Chip Tester Pro from 8Bit-Museum.de.

Mark Fixes Stuff - Tape copy | A new video from Mark Fixes Stuff. In this video Mark shows how to build a tape copying device for the Commodore C64.

The Job - C64, C128 & Plus/4 | The Job is a short text adventure game in written in the Z-code format. The game is developed by fredrikr and is available for the Commodore C64, C128 and Plus/4 computer.

Eight Bit magazine | John Kavanagh started a Kickstarter campaign for re-printing the 9 editions of the Eight Bit magazine. This is your change if you are missing one of the editions of this magazine.

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: 6502 Reference Guide, The Sensible 64, AmigaBASIC A Dabhand Guide, Amiga Action, 68030 Assembly Language Reference includes the 68020, The Complete Commodore 64, Protecto 80 for the Commodore 64, Programming the 68000, Getting Acquainted With Your VIC-20, 68000 Asembly Language Techniques for Building Programs, Twin Cities 128, PET 2001 Japan and Using and Troubleshooting the MC68000.

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