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Dan Wood - Amiga Ireland 2020 | Dan Wood made a video on during the Amiga Ireland 2020 meeting. A few examples of the show: MiSTer, Checkmate A1500 plus, AmigaKit, Pixel Vixen, 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast, A-Eon, Dodgy Rocks and Dave Haynie.

Amiga Retro Adventures - C64 Reloaded MKII | A new episode from Amiga Retro Adventures is now available. In this episode a review of the C64 Reloaded MKII from Individual Computers and it's installation into a new case from PixelWizard.

Jan Derogee - Commo pad | A new hardware project from Jan Derogee. This time he developed a touchpad device for the Commodore C64. It is made to act like a KoalaPad, 1351 mouse, or a joystick.

Amiga Java | Michael Kohn wrote a blog about using Java on the Amiga. He wrote a demo in Java, for the Amiga 1000, that uses the Copper and Blitter and plays music.

Games That Weren't 64 | The GTW64 web page has had an update. New: Dungeons of Doom, Bath Time, 2Pac, 8-Bit Fighters, Catacombs, Drone Processor, Forestland, Frixxion, Graffiti, Helecopter Game, Knights of Legend Expansion Packs, Muhtar, Penetrator, Race Through Space, SEJD, The Critters Company, The Jewel of the Nile, VVVVVV, Warball and Zyflex. And another 63 games were updated.

TechJump - CD32 | TechJump has made a video about converting a Amiga CD32 from NTSC to PAL.

C64 keycaps | Intric8 and JimDrew are working on making new keycaps for the Commodore C64. You can follow their progress on the AmigaLove web page. Update: The Indiegogo campaign is funded.

Boingsworld #92 | A new episode of BoingsWorld (German language) is now available. You can listen to the following articles: Amiga News and Sylvester 2019.

Ticle Tocle - C64 | Ticle Tocle is a new game for the Commodore C64, developed by Trisect Game Development. The game is a Tic Tac Toe clone and is made with the help of CBM Prg Studio and is written in basic.

Commodore Creative Competition 2020 | You can now look at the winners of the Commodore Creative Competition at the Amiga Ireland 2020. The categories are: Pixel Art, 3D Scene and MOD.

Sven Petersen - C64 power supply | Sven Petersen has developed a new power supply for the Commodore C64. The power supply can be switched between 115 and 230 volts, and has an voltage and current display.

8-Bit Show & Tell - Information Society | Robin Harbron made another new video. This time he shows the decoding of the hidden message of Information Society's 300bps N,8,1 with a C64.

10 MARC - Trevor Dickinson | A new episode of the 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast is now available. In this episode: An interview with Trevor Dickinson, live from Amiga Ireland.

Iz8dwf - 1541 repair | Iz8dwf has made a video of the repair of a 1541 disk drive motherboard. This time a few small components were defective.

Assemble IT | Richard from TND has updated his Assemble IT machine language tutorial. New source-codes available: Blastopia DX, Let's Invade 2 and Planet Popper.

TOOP - C64 | TOOP is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is developed by Haplo (code & design), Marukpa (graphics) and TCH (charset).

Scene magazines #11 | The web page Scene magazines has had an update. The collection now has scene magazines from 942 groups.

Amiga 35 | The Amiga 35 meeting will be held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on 27 / 28 June 2020. The new Amiga 35 web page will show more details in the future.

BMC64 v3.4 - Raspberry Pi | BMC64 is a C64 emulator for the Raspberry Pi. Recent updates: Resid Interpolation, Fast Resampling (Pi3) and configurable gpio. Improvements for video, IEC, files, drive and user-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: QSPI flash, Bitstream Boot Flash, JTAG and multiple bitstreams.

Atilla Meriç - Wood C64c | Atilla Meriç has build a Commodore C64c case from wood. He worked on it for two months and only used wood, glue and hand tools.

Amigos podcast - 100! | A new episode of the Amigos podcast is now available. In this episode: Amigos Retro Gaming are celebrating episode number 100!

Jan Beta - Joystick - USB | Jan Beta is building an adapter to connect a digital joystick to an USB. With this adaptor you can use your favourite joystick for example on TheC64 Mini / Maxi.

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: Peek & Poke Westbrook, Computer File Central Kentucky, WCUG User Amuser Westmoreland, The CHCUG Interface, 3-D World 64 - Editron Software Systems, 1985 Tax Return Helper (KSOFT), HamText Cart, Turbo 232 Interface Manual, 1571 Clone Machine Manual, Parameters-R-Us, Burst Nibbler, Elite-V4 Manual Kracker Jax, Red Beards Disk Cracking Arsenal, Mirror Disk Copier V3.3 Manual, Parameter-X-Ref Instructions Kracker-Jax, Random Access, War in Middle Earth Instruction Manual, Virgin-Games Free Games, Keyboard Controlled Sequencer Users Guide, The Infinate Loop 64/128, 64 Accounting Owner's Manual, Home Journal 64 Manual, BetterWorking Word Publisher Manual and Packende Spiele für Ihren Commodore 64.

Espen Kraft - C64 - Let's Make Some Music! | Espen Kraft made a video about making music on the Commodore C64. Espen uses a C64 in combination with a Mssiah cartridge to make his music.

Hall of Light | An update for the Hall of Light web page: Obitus / Tempus, L. Art De La Guerre, Rolling Ronny: The Errand-Boy, Final Fight, Manhattan Dealers, Operation: Cleanstreets, Ian Ford, Michael Grohe, Erik Simon, Michael Krause, Tim Lange, Formula One Champions, Vroom, Easter Eggstravaganza, Relics Of Deldroneye: Book One - Falcon And The Medivians, Lankhor, Superman: The Man Of Steel and Yo! Joe!

Caveman - Plus/4 | Caveman is a new game for the Commodore Plus/4, developed by Nick Sherman. The game is a conversion of the pocket game made in 1982 by Grandstand/Tomy (Japan).

Noel's Retro Lab - C64c repair | You can watch a new video from the Noel's Retro Lab YouTube channel. This time Noel is repairing three Commodore C64 computers that all have the black screen problem.

MorphOS Storage | An update for the MorphOS Storage web page: AtomicBomberMan.lha, Horny_1.3.lha, WormWars_9.22.lha, GrimoriumPDF_2.10.lha, Hode_0.2.5.lha, WebRadio_1.11.lha, ScoutNG_1.4.lha, Screenshot_1.0.lha, AIOstreams_1.5.lha, PerCIMan_0.7.lha, AminetReadmeMaker_1.5.lha, ADiffView_1.2.lha, DeadCold.lha, AmiArcadia_26.02.lha, Printing_with_MorphOS_1.4.pdf, Drucken_mit_MorphOS_1.4.pdf, Morpheus_1.61.lha, REminiscence_0.4.6.lha, Hatari_2.2.1.lha and Imprimer_avec_MorphOS_1.3.pdf.

Retrohax - C16 64K & IEC2SD | Retrohax has written a blog about upgrading a Commodore C16 to 64 KByte RAM and adding an internal IEC2SD. This C16 also has a double OS and extra heatsinks.

Denise v1.0.7 | Denise is a cycle accurate and platform independent C64 / Amiga emulator. This emulator is developed by piciji. The recent changes are: Added EasyFlash support and a Japanese translation. Improvements for screenshots, disk drive, RF Modulation, fast-forward mode, joystick and savestate.

Amiga Future - Cheats Database | The cheats database of Amiga Future is updated weekly by David Jahn. The database contains cheats, solutions, tips & tricks and Freezer addresses. The latest updates are: Battle Isle, Bandit Kings of Ancient China, Backstage, B.C. Kid and B.A.T. (Bureau of Astral Troubleshooters).

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