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IECHost | Luigi Di Fraia is now working on a directory / file system for his IECHost device. With this device you can connect a Commodore IEC disk drive via USB to a PC.

Komoda & Amiga Plus #7 | Komoda & Amiga Plus is an pdf magazine (English and Polish language) for the Commodore user. In this edition: Pharaoh, Xplode Man, Super Silverfish, Jerry's Quest, My Life, Hat Trick, The Bear Essentials, Samurai Warrior, Thomas Heinrich, File Managers - SD2IEC, Pentagorat, Power Glove, SEUCK Compo 2016, Astromenace, Jon Hare, Blade Warrior, Trevor Dickinson, Amiga - 3D glasses, Final Writer 7.0, Amiga fighting games guide, Furia EC020 - A600, Memory of the past, Retro in photography, Amiga 600 custom painted case & keyboard, Monkey Island, Gamepad Boomerang, 1024 bytes: The Germans, The Original 8-bit Memes, Maldita Castilla, Game Start/Game Over, C64 - PS2, Talking Heads and Johnny presents.

Scene World Podcast #33 | Scene World Podcast is a podcast about the Commodore scene. In this episode: Ron Gilbert (Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island, The Cave and Thimbleweed Park).

The Retrogaming Times #8 | 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! - Starring Bruce Willis, Retrogaming Feels - Rogue and Roguelikes, Reviving Halcyon Days of Gaming Youth, The Controller Chronicles - Sega Genesis Control Pad, A Pirate's Life For Me - Seventh Journey, 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: Matrix mode, cartridge support and updated video mode.

SnapRip v1.2 | FieserWolF released a new version of SnapRip. With SnapRip it is possible to extract koala, hires, petscii and the sprite-set from a Vice C64 snapshot file (*.vsf).

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: Kane (Mastertronic, 1986), FRGR #09: Bomulus and the Lost Crown (Teknopiste, 1986), Into The Eagle's Nest (Pandora, 1987), Quartet (Sega, 1986) and Congo Bongo (Sega, 1983).

Gunfright v1.10 - C64/128 & Plus/4 | Gunfright is a game for the Commodore C64, C128 and the Plus/4. The game is developed by Emu and the music is from Saul Cross. Changes in this version: Improved the Bandit Draw speed, support for the SuperCPU for the C128 version and a new loading screen from STE.

Retro Commodore | The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: Amiga A3000 System Schematics, Fontmaster 128, Spellmaster 128 and Calc Result advanced til Commodore 128 (Danish).

Antony Crowther interview - Retrogamesmaster | The web page Retrogamesmaster had an interview with Antony Crowther. Antony made games for the Commodore C64 such as: Aztec Tomb, Bat Attack, Blagger, Bug Blaster, Gryphon, Killerwatt, Loco, Monty Mole, William Wobbler and ZigZag.

Chicken Lips Radio #011 | Chicken Lips Radio is a Podcast for the Commodore user. In this episode: ROM RAM upgrade - PET 2001-8N, D'Asaro Designs, Tynemouth Software, VCF East 2017, Changing the World 8 Bits at a Time, David Pleasance - Commodore: The Inside Story, Vintage Volts - Jeff Salzman, Mike Hill - Full Motion Commodore Video, Peter Fletcher - Battle Chess and Todd George / Commodorians.

Oldservers | The web page oldservers.net uses retro computers as servers. You can access files stored on their hard drives or view web pages created and hosted on them. A few examples of these servers are the Commodore C64, Commodore C16 and the Commodore PET 3032.

LOAD #03 | LOAD is a German pdf magazine for retro computer users. In this edition: Editorial, News, Apple III, Bad electrolytic capacitors in CBM disk drives, DOS-Thinterminal, Battery damage in the Amiga 2000, IBM-PC, Amiga today, Game of life, Xlinux, Harddisk history, CP/M - ATmega88, CC 2016, Stefan Both and the Vintage Computing Festival Berlin 2017.

Petscii Editor 4.61 | FieserWolf released a new version of the Petscii Editor. There are also new SIDs available: Deus, Formula 1 Simulator, Marco, N0rdl1cht 2013, Rox0r, The Waitress on Roller Skates and Valerio.

1541-II repair - Jan Beta | Jan Beta made a video about repairing a Commodore 1541-II disk drive. He inspected, cleaned and lubricated the disk drive and replaced the electrolytic capacitors.

Retro Asylum Podcast | Retro Asylum Podcast is an English podcast for the retro computer fans. In this episode: Top 10 Amiga driving games.

Mega65 | Paul Gardner-Stephen is working on a FPGA version of the Commodore C65. His goal is to make a 8-bit computer for the 21st century. The most recent update: A prototype is now available for testing.

Convertron3000 | Convertron3000 is a program to convert images from the PC to the Commodore C64. The program has been developed by fieserWolf.

Commodore 64: For the Love of a Machine | Andreas Wallström started a Kickstarter campaign for making book about the Commodore C64. In the book you will find interviews with Al Charpentier, Antony Crowther, Ben Daglish, Bob Yannes, Chris Hülsbeck, Dave Collier, Dave Rowe, Fred Gray, Karen Davies-Downey, Donna Steiner-Buttlaire, Dawn Jones, Ally Noble, John Twiddy and Zoltan Kelemen.

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: Freedom Fighters featuring Galactic Defender and Fearless Flyer, Magician, Orbyte Software, Commodore Software Encyclopedia, Softdisk Publishing, Sacramento Commodore Computer Club, BASIC Fun with Adventure Games, VisaCalc Home and Office Companion, Computer Digest and How to Get the Most Out of CompuServe.

IECHost | Luigi Di Fraia has made a demonstration video of his IECHost device. With this device you can connect a Commodore IEC disk drive via USB to a PC. In the demonstration he makes an d64 image in about 25 seconds.

Commodore.software | The web page Commodore.software has had an update with many new items: WinVICE 3.1, IDE64 Plugins Pack 2012, North West Arkansas Computer Users Association Disk Collection, CCGMS 2017 v4, CBMPrgStudio v3.10.0, DOS/65 for the Commodore 64, Compute!'s Mapping the Commodore 128, C16 Machine Language for the Absolute Beginner, Nics-C64-Disks_17Jan2016.SB, 1541 Ultimate 2+ Firmware v3.1, Hoxs64 (x86) v1.0.9.2 and The Load Newsletter - vol.01-01 & 01-02 1983.

The Retro Hour #65 | 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: Amiga demo scene Megademos, parties and Kim Frederiksen aka Psycho/Budbrain.

VICE 3.1 | A new version of VICE (Versatile Commodore Emulator) is now available. Changes in this version: Improvements for the SID, StarDOS, 1571 (g64/p64) and the VIA. Support for script64, vizawrite64 and the paperclip64 dongle.

CBM-Transfer v1.00 | 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: Improvements for error checking, Drag & Drop, filename detection and much more.

Retro Asylum Podcast 156 | Retro Asylum Podcast is an English podcast for the retro computer fans. In this episode: Part 3 of the 8 Bit Wars. The games in this episode are Head over Heels, The Eidolon, Boulderdash, Bruce Lee, Star wars, Spy vs spy, Trailblazer and Summer Games.

The Retro Hour #64 | 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: Ben Heck - Commodore 64 original hardware laptop.

Floppy Days - Podcast #71 | Floppy Days is an English podcast about Retro computers. In this episode: Brian Bagnall, Commodore: A Company on the Edge.

CBM prg Studio v3.10.0 | Arthur Jordison has released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: Improvements for the Sprite editor, Character editor, Renumber, Compress and the SID tool.

Retro Commodore | The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: Amiga Computing, CU Amiga Magazine, Diavolo Backup, Amiga 2000 Service Manual Main Unit, Busy Pack Økonomisystem for C128, Programming the Commodore 64 The Definitive Guide, Sixty programs for the Commodore 64, Vic20 Commercial, Mastering the Amiga, Din første database på Commodore 64, PageSetter LaserScript Registration Card and Updates Form, PageSetter LaserScript User's Guide, NewTek Digi-Paint Manual Addendum and Additional Information, NewTek Using Digi-Paint, GVP Installation Disk Notes and DesignWorks 2.0 User's Manual.

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: Up'n Down (Sega, 1983), Golf Master (Hewson/Rack-It, 1988) and Drelbs (Synapse Software, 1983).

Matt Gray interview - Retrogamesmaster | The web page Retrogamesmaster had an interview with Matt Gray. Matt made music for computer games such as: BMX Simulator II: Dirt Biking, Dizzy: Treasure Island, Driller, Maze Mania, Ninja Massacre, Yogi Bear and Last Ninja 2.

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