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Retro Commodore | The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: Lattice C Compiler 5.10 Vol 2, VI og VIC, Lerne BASIC mit dem Commodore 116/16/plus4, IC and Commodore Techtopics Issue 28.

MockA65xx | The MockA65xx is a universal replacement for the MOS 65xx/85xx CPU. This replacement is based on a FPGA. The following CPU's can be replaced: 6502, 6508, 6509, 6510, 8500, 8501, 8502 and the 6510T.

Komoda & Amiga Plus #11 | Komoda & Amiga Plus is a printed and a pdf magazine (English and Polish language) for the Commodore user. In this edition: The Steampunk C64 Laptop, C64 racing games, Wacek, Jason Mackenzie, Tower of Rubble 64, miniGANGCART, Space Pong, Sky Diving, Hyperzap 2018, Retro Game Dev, Two Friends, Magic Blocks, Excavation Zone: Tronik, Dreamworld, Spikes, Single Button Games Collection, Exploding Fish, Dark Seed, Aquaria, Warlords, Alco-Copter, Shoot 'Em Up Collection, EvenMore, King's Bounty, Fields of Glory, A604n, Code name EMA, Paul Parry, Pixel Heaven 2018, Spy vs. Spy, Retro radio stations, Sensible Software, King's Bounty, Ramos, 1024 bytes, EarthBound, Talking Heads and In the herbal store.

Iz8dwf - 1541 repair | Iz8dwf made a video of the repair of Commodore two 1541 disk drives. This time the problem is a bad IC socket and a defective MOS 7713.

Multipaint - 2018b | Multipaint allows you to draw pictures with the colour limitations of some typical 8 bit computer platforms. Changes in this version: In this version a couple of errors were removed.

RetroManCave - Mini Monster Joysticks | RetroManCave made a video about the Mini Monster Joysticks. These joysticks can be used with retro computers such as Commodore, Amstrad, Spectrum, Amiga and Atari.

PETSCII BBS Builder | PETSCII BBS Builder is a Java framework for building highly customizable PETSCII-enabled BBS's. This BBS is accessible from 8-bit Commodore computers.

Retro Gaming Couch - PC10-III | Retro Gaming Couch is an YouTube channel for the fans of retro computing. The most recent video is about repairing a Commodore PC10-III computer.

The Retro Hour - Point & click adventure games | The Retro Hour is a professional Podcast made by Dan Wood & Ravi Abbott. The Retro Hour aims to help the world understand the European gaming industry. In this episode: Point & click adventure games & Ben Daglish.

Mega65 | Paul Gardner-Stephen is working on a FPGA version of the Commodore C65. His goal is to make an 8-bit computer for the 21st century. Most recent updates: Stable 50Hz and 60Hz video and proportional text rendering.

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 User International, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Britannica AD Software Presenting our Family to your Family, Term Paper Writer 128, X-10 Powerhouse, Devpac 3, The 5 Dollar Talking Disk and Take Down.

Jan Beta - Pi1541 | Jan Beta has made a video about using a Raspberry Pi to replace the 1541 disk drive.

RetroWiki Magazine 12 | RetroWiki is an Spanish pdf Retro Computer Magazine. In this edition the following articles: News, SCSI2SD, DB9 - USB joystick/mouse, Atari ST cartridges, AGD - Dragon32, Atari ST, MSLOT, MoonSound - MSX, FPGA's, GUI/OS, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Videopac, ORIC and MorphOS.

Last Gamer - Ben Daglish | Last Gamer made a tribute to Ben Daglish. Ben, who passed away on October 1st 2018, was a legendary game music composer for the C64, Amiga, ZX Spectrum, CPC and other computers. A few examples are: Gauntlet, Trap, Deflektor and The Last Ninja.

Iz8dwf - 1541 repair | Iz8dwf made a video of the repair of Commodore 1541 disk drive. This time the problem is a Device not present error.

Reformation 3 - Matt Gray | Matt Gray started a Kickstarter campaign to produce a third album of Amiga and C64 remixes. A few examples for this album are: Parallax, Wizball, Chimera, Spellbound, Cobra, Cybernoid, The Palace In Game and The Wastelands Loading Themes from LN1.

Retro Asylum Podcast - 192 | Mads Kristensen & Steve Erickson play their favourite games on the Commodore C16.

Return #34 | Return magazine is a German printed magazine for classic computers and consoles. In this edition: Ghostbusters, Virtual Boy, DoKomi 2018, Steel Ranger, Virtua Racing, Battle Crust, Ring Frei!, Gandalf, Master System, Into The Breach, Rick Dickinson, Xeno Crisis, Landstalker, N-Sub and Silkworm.

Commodore The Inside Story | Commodore The Inside Story is a new book written by David Pleasance. David was the Managing Director of Commodore UK. In this book David tells his personal stories from over twelve years at the company.

Petscii - PHP | Petscii is a tiny PHP library which converts text to PETSCII format. With this package, you can prepare your website to be fully compatible with web browsers available on Commodore 64 / 128.

Retro Commodore | The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: Vicriter 2, GVP FaaastPREP 2.0, A1011 3.5 External Disk Drive User's Manual, Amiga 2630 Accelerator Card User's Guide and Amiga Hard Disk Benutzerhandbuch.

XoomFloppy Pro | No parity is working on the XoomFloppy Pro. The features are: IEC 6-pin DIN, Parallel / D-SUB 15, IEEE-488 and USB. The XoomFloppy Pro will be available as a DIY kit.

Amiga Users Ireland podcast | Amiga Users Ireland makes podcasts for Commodore and Amiga users. In this episode: David Pleasance & Trevor Dickenson.

C64 Mechanical Keyboard Project | Steve is working on a PC keyboard in the style of a Commodore C64 keyboard. He uses the Preonic mechanical keyboard with 3D printed adaptors for the C64 keys.

Joystick - USB | Arananet has developed a joystick to USB interface. This interface makes it possible to use your favourite joystick with an emulator on your PC. Plug & Play and Auto-fire is supported.

Daniel Renner - Pi1541 | Daniel Renner made a video about building a Pi1541 disk drive emulator.

Iz8dwf - 1571 repair | Iz8dwf made a video of the repair of Commodore 1571 disk drive. This time he replaces the read/write head.

The Couch podcast - C64 User's Guide | The Couch podcast is and English podcast with Darren and Robin. In this episode: The Commodore 64 User's Guide.

reMETA #2 | ReMETA is a diskette magazine for the Commodore C64. In this episode the Function 2018 Party. The magazine is made by d'Avid, Visage, DOS and Grass.

KiloByte magazine 2018/2 | KiloByte magazine is a pdf magazine (English language) for 8-bit home computers and game consoles. In this edition: Floppy-sleeves, Andrzej Wisniewski, Games by Apollo, AI in 8-bit, Mr. & Mrs. Atari, Atari CX 40 joystick, Vintage PC's, Dawn of Kernel, Hunters Moon, Spire of the Ancients, Yoomp, Miner 2049er and Hover Bovver.

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: Family Roots Instruction and Reference Manual V1.7, The Worlds Greatest Football Game Playbook, Amiga User International, Captain Power, Recreation 6 Pack (VT-106), An Introduction to BASIC Part 1, Cockroach Turbo-ROM, Know Your Own IQ, Blackbird, SpeedCalc, Syntech Studio I, Pascal-64, Action Replay Enhancement Disk V4, Maverick, Renegade, Fast Hack'em 3.2A Datel and The Lucky Report.

Mega65 | Paul Gardner-Stephen is working on a FPGA version of the Commodore C65. His goal is to make an 8-bit computer for the 21st century. Most recent updates: A keyboard prototype.

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