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DC2N | Luigi Di Fraia has made a new video of his web-based tape analysis tool. It supports standard TAP files and the DC2N's DMP format.

The Retrogaming Times #12 | 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! - More Than The Human Body, Apple II Incider - Star Wars Memories, The Controller Chronicles - TurboGrafx-16, The Retrogaming Times Newsletter Legacy Archive Is Live, The Magical Vacation - Starring Uncle Edward and the Sega Master System, Classic Xbox - TRON 2.0 Killer App, Weekly Retrogaming Trivia Recap and See You Next Game.

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: Improvements for sprites and the VIC-III. Support for a cartridge, 1351 mouse, paddles, GEOS and a serial disk-drive.

Wireless joystick | Teemu Leppänen is developing a wireless joystick transmitter and receiver. This system is based on a XBee wireless radio and can be used for Atari style joystick for almost all retro computers.

The Retro Hour | 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: Dimitris Giannakis - Modern Vintage Gamer.

Retro Commodore | The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: Commodore 128 Peeks & Pokes, Commodore 128 Tips & Tricks, Professionelles Arbeiten mit DeLuxe Paint II, Beginners Assembly Language Programming for the Vic20, 1701/1702 Stickers and Vic Computing.

2018 | I wish all Commodore users a very happy 2018. I hope that we all can enjoy our Commodore hobby in 2018, play games, develop software or hardware, watch demos, visit meetings or just chat about Commodore.

Richard

Amiga user Ireland podcast 10.1 & 10.2 | Amiga Users Ireland makes podcasts for Commodore and Amiga users. In this episode: Arstate Digital and the Christmas special.

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: Delta (Thalamus, 1987), Stardust (Bloodhouse, 1993) and Bomberman.

The Guru Meditation - Christmas special 2017 | In this episode of the Guru Meditation: Bill and Anthony talk about the year 2017.

Retro invaders calendars 2018 | The new Retro invaders calendar is now available. The theme this time is: Games. The calendars are available in many languages.

Retro Commodore - 2018 calendar | Retro Commodore has made a calendar for the year 2018 with a retro theme. There are month and year calendars available with a Sunday or a Monday as the first day of the week.

DC2N4-LC | Luigi Di Fraia has made a new video of the DC2N4-LC. You can now use the multi-threaded GUI client under Windows 10.

Iz8dwf - Keyboard cleaning | Iz8dwf made a video about cleaning the contacts inside a keyboard. The example is a keyboard from a Commodore VIC-20.

Karl Dunkerley interview | The Centre for Computing History had an interview with Karl Dunkerley about his experiences as an early adopter of the Commodore PET computer.

Retro Runner - 1084 repair | Retro Runner made a video about the repair of a Commodore 1084S-P1 monitor. The fault of this monitor was the vertical deflection.

Komoda & Amiga Plus #9 | Komoda & Amiga Plus is a printed and a pdf magazine (English and Polish language) for the Commodore user. In this edition: Rescuing Orc, Turrican, Galencia, C=Rex Offline, Dark Destroyer 2117, Who dares wins I & II, Space Chase, Legend of the Last Catacombs, SIBUGA games, Roman Werner, Bertie the Ball, Sid Adventures: Gaetano Chiummo, Lode Runner, Genius, H.P. Lovecraft, Power Sisters, RPG Quest - Minimae, SID hero, C64 Power Game Mod Compo 2, There was once a swapper, Santa Paravia and Fiumaccio, Gobliiins, Lumberjack, Arctic Moves, The last memories of LucasArts, Folio, Space Hulk, Fresh News, Re-Imagined loading screens, Magical memories, David Pleasance, Theatre Europe, Sid Meier's Pirates!, Godzilla and friends, Aye aye Shoonay - Bye bye Shoonay, 10th Muse and 4th generation, Castlevania, Hi, I'm Edd!, Atom Ant & Steel Eagle, Talking Heads: not just games and Johnny presents: Tytus 2017.

Lotek64 #56 | A new edition of the German pdf magazine Lotek64 is now available. The articles in this edition: Amiga 3500, Vortex Crystals, Gamer City 2017, Play Austria 2017, Eisiges Screenshot-Quiz, The 8-Bit Guy, Commodore Treffen Graz, Wipeout (MBO), Sega prototype, Sidologie, Lo*bert, Sport games, New games for C64, NES and Co, Music-corner and Frogger.

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: Automatic 4502 / 6502 Instruction set switching.

Scene World Podcast #41 | Scene World Podcast is a podcast about the Commodore scene. In this episode: David Fox, Thimbleweed Park, AtGames, Megadrive Flashback HD, Commodore 64 Reloaded Mark II, Project SIDFX, FPGA SID, Planet Golf, Argus and Quantumlink Reloaded.

Flashtro | On the web page Flashtro.com you can see many cracker intro's with your browser. The original intros from the Amiga, Atari-ST, Dreamcast, PC, Playstation etc. are converted to Flash. The most recent flashtro's are: Hokuto Force - KillerWatt, Hokuto Force - Feud, Mechanix - Acid Runner, The LightForce - Cataball, Ikari - Total Eclipse, Hokuto Force - Sinbad, Genesis Project - Wizards Dominion, Dytec - CyberBlocks, SubSoftware - Web of Terror, SubSoftware - Sliders, SubSoftware - Edd the Duck, SubSoftware - Exterminator, Subsoftware - Twintris, BusSoft - Hybris, FutureSoft - Bionic Commando, DCDA - Trolls, Mystic - Firma, etc.

Commodore Monitor Information | Gona updated his web page with technical information about Commodore monitors. This web page has information about: manufacturers, connectors, resolutions, introduction year and application. Recent updates: Commodore RANGER 15 & 21.

Commodore exhibition Braunschweig | Thilo made a video in the Commodore exhibition Braunschweig - the history of Commodore with the C64 & Amiga.

Wiebo de Wit - C64 Reloaded mk2 | Wiebo de Wit has written a blog about the C64 Reloaded mk2. He placed the chips on the motherboard and installed the motherboard in a transparent case. And after that he also installed Jiffy-DOS.

Return #31 | Return magazine is a German printed magazine for classic computers and consoles. In this edition: Discs of Tron, Retroguru, Ys, Galencia, Philips Videopac G7000 / 7400, Time Pilot, Spellbinder, Diamondz 2, Commodore Plus4: 3-plus-1 Software, Alice Dreams Tournament, SEGA, Dragon Quest, Tec Toy, Hermes, Potpourri and Strider.

Retro Commodore | The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: 3D boxes / hardware: A600HD, C1541-II, 1081 monitor, Amiga Dataflyer, Amiga Tandem IDE and Amiga Alcotini Sound Sampler.

Retrohax - 1541 | A new project from Retrohax, this time many 1541 Commodore disk-drives. In this project a case repair, cleaning and replacing a few components.

Jan Beta - Suncom TAC-2 | Jan Beta made a video about the inspection and repair of a Suncom TAC-2 joystick. This joystick was very popular in the 80s.

VCF East XII videos | You can now watch videos from the recent Vintage Computer Federation East XII meeting: Dean Notarnicola - Tandy TRS-80, Jeff Salzman - Commodore 64 PAL Assembler, Evan Koblentz - VCF Tales, Brian Stuart - Forth, Dave Test - Vintage Computing with Raspberry Pi, Todd George - Commodore PET Repair, Corey Cohen - Apple II Repair and David Gesswein - DEC PDP-8 Overview.

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: Sabre Wulf (Ultimate Play The Game, 1984), Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (Accolade, 1990), Tom (Kingsoft, 1984) and TWOFER #17: Unique Games Corrections.

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