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Analogue Pocket - Amiga | Murray Aickin developed a new Amiga core for the handheld game console, the Analogue Pocket. In this version, improvements for WDLOADER, HDD (2 TB), joystick, audio and the MPU.

FlashFloppy 3.42 - Gotek | Keir Fraser released new firmware for the Gotek. Changes in this version: Improvements for HFEv3, WDATA, IMG and EDSK.

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: Working on the Expansion Board: Board Bus and Tape Port bring-up, Hardware Accelerated IEC Controller (4), Hardware-Accelerated IEC Serial Bus (3) JiffyDOS, Hardware-Accelerated IEC Serial Interface (2) and Tracking down and fixing the thumbnail images in the freezer.

RetroCombs - DigiMuz | Steven Combs made a new YouTube video. In this episode, Steven talks about the DigiMuz for the Commodore plus/4 computer.

André Fachat - 8bit-times #23 | You can now watch a new YouTube video from André Fachat. In this episode of 8-bit-times: The Micro-PET has now support for USB keyboard / mouse and a SD-Card. The graphics for the Ultra-CPU board have been improved.

Chris Tersteeg - Tapecart SD | Chris Tersteeg released his own version of the Tapecart SD. The features are: Full sized SD card slot. Repositioned the edge connector for more durability when inserting and removing the Tapecart. Using SMD components to make it as compact as possible, but it is still easy to build.

Bart Venneker - C64 bluetooth control | Bart Venneker has made a new YouTube video (Dutch). In this episode: Controlling a robot with the Commodore C64 computer via a Bluetooth connection.

GadgetUK164 - Tornado turbo card | You can now watch a new video from the GadgetUK164 YouTube channel. In this video, Chris is showing and testing the Tornado turbo card for the Amiga computer.

ZuluSCSI - v2023.12.13 | ZuluSCSI is a SCSI to SD-card interface. The ZuluSCSI can emulate a SCSI (1 & 2) hard disk or CD-ROM drive, and stores the data on a SD-card.

SIDKick pico | SIDKick pico is an inexpensive SID-replacement without making compromises regarding quality. It is based on an extended reSID 0.16 emulation and uses a Raspberry Pi Pico (or compatible clone). It supports dual-SID, paddles/mice, has a built-in configuration tool, and outputs via PWM and DAC.

A600GS | If you want more information about the new Amiga console, the A600GS, from AmigaKit Ltd, you can now visit the A600GS Wiki-page.

SideProjectsLab - Blue-64 | Blue-64 is a plug & play Bluetooth adapter for the Commodore C64 computer. The goal of the project is to support two Bluetooth controllers and a Bluetooth keyboard simultaneously, in order to be able to control the C64 completely wirelessly.

8-Bit Resurgence - Raspberry Pi 5 | You can now watch a new video from the 8-Bit Resurgence YouTube channel. In this episode, a look at the new Raspberry Pi 5. The Raspberry Pi 5 can be used as a desktop computer, but also as a platform for emulating retro-computers.

GadgetUK164 - Amiga Prelude sound card | You can now watch a new video from the GadgetUK164 YouTube channel. In this video, Chris is building a replica of the Prelude sound card for the Amiga computer.

Chuck Hutchins - PET Companion | Chuck Hutchins made a new video about retro computers. This time he is talking about the Commodore PET Companion. This is a composite video output device for the PET computer.

Jan Beta - A2000 Serotina | A new YouTube video from Jan Beta. In this video, Jan shows how to build an A2000 Serotina mechanical keyboard for the Amiga A2000, A3000 and A4000 computers.

Greaseweazle v4.1 | Keir Fraser released a new version of the Greaseweazle hardware. The new features are: New PCB with better mounting holes, USB-C port and input protection (ESD, overcurrent).

CRG - Amiga Network Adapter | A new YouTube video from CRG. In this video, the build of a network adapter card for the Amiga computer.

Turbo Card A630rev3 FPU | Archi-Tech Hardware has released a new version of their turbo card for the Amiga A600 computers. The features are CPU: 68030RC50 (50 MHz), FPU: 68882FN40 (50 MHz) and Memory: 64 MB or 128 MB.

VMMX - VIC20 | Mythic66 is working on a new hardware project for the Commodore VIC20 computer. It is the VMMX RAM expansion that doesn't use the expansion port but is connected to the CPU. The features are: No soldering necessary, ROM for PAL/NTSC, VMMX, Kernal and Basic. Four free ROM slots (Diagrom, Jiffydos etc.). 64 kB RAM expansion and 8 x 8 kB banked memory blocks.

8-Bit Resurgence - MasterTracker (2) | You can now watch a new video from the 8-Bit Resurgence YouTube channel. In this episode, a more detailed look at the MasterTracker for the Commodore 1541 disk drive. With the MasterTracker you can view track data, density and much more.

A600GS | You can watch a video about the new upcoming Amiga console, the A600GS, from AmigaKit Ltd. The features are: 2 GB RAM, 64 GB storage, joypad, mouse, virtual keyboard, HDMI, Ethernet and USB.

AMI-RGB2VGAULTIMATE | The AMI-RGB2VGAULTIMATE is an Amiga RGB to VGA filtered and buffered adapter. The features are: Fully buffered Composite HSync and VSync signals, impedance matched inputs and outputs and high quality buffered video signals.

GoDrive600 & GoDrive1200 | The GoDrive600 and GoDrive1200 are disk drive emulators for the Amiga 500, 500+, 600 and 1200 computers. The software that is used, is the FlashFloppy firmware from Keir Fraser.

TheRetroChannel - LumaCode VIC-II-dizer | Mark Sawicki has made a new video for his YouTube channel. In this video, Mark installs and test the LumaCode VIC-II-dizer for the Commodore C64 computer. With the LumaCode VIC-II-dizer and a compatible up-scaler device, you can get an HDMI signal from your C64.

Tynemouth Software - Mini PET | Tynemouth Software has written a blog about building a Mini PET B kit. The Mini PET B is the version of the Mini PET designed to act as a drop in upgrade / replacement board for a Commodore PET or CBM.

Final Cartridge III 101% | Daniël Mantione has developed a modern version of the Final Cartridge III. The Final Cartridge III 101% is a flashable cartridge that allows you to install your own firmware on the cartridge. The improvements are: Boots to BASIC. REU registers free to use. Fastloader 1571 compatibility. Monitor with undocumented opcodes. Decimal operands. More device numbers. Backups load from any device. 256 kB Flash memory. Improved freezer circuit and kill function.

Denise | Denise is a modern motherboard that is compatible with the Amiga 500+. This motherboard uses the original custom chips from an Amiga, but has the following additional features: Two Zorro2 slots, ESD protection on the ports, Mini-ITX formfactor, 2 MB Chip RAM and BigROM support.

Tynemouth Software - PET IEEE-488 Diagnostics | Tynemouth Software has written a blog about the updated version of his diagnostic-tool for the Commodore PET/CBM IEEE-488 port.

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: Hardware-Accelerated IEC Serial Interface (1) and Debugging SDRAM and HyperRAM cache and other related things.

C64 cartridge cases | The webpage Protoparts.at is selling cartridge cases for the Commodore C64 computer. The new colours are: orange, orange-black and transparent-black. The material that is uses is polycarbonate.

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