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Tynemouth Software - PET replacement keyboards | Tynemouth Software has developed a replacement keyboard for the Commodore PET computers. The replacement keyboards are available for the graphics keyboard and the chicklet keyboard. The keyboard is now also available with a black circuit board.

Scene World - John F. Kutcher | The web page Scene World had an interview with John F. Kutcher. John has developed games such as Space Taxi and Solo Flight 2nd Edition.

Blaster game - VIC20 | This is a small preview of a new game for the Commodore VIC20.

C256 Foenix | Stefany Allaire is working on a successor for the Commodore C64/128. At the moment the development of the motherboard has been completed.

Commodore 128 Bass guitar | Stegi 3178 started a project to make a bass guitar from a Commodore C128.

Iz8dwf - 1541-II repair | Iz8dwf made a video of the repair of Commodore 1541-II disk drive. This time the problems were a defective power supply and the IEC bus.

Retro Ravi - 8-Bit Podcast | Retro Ravi makes a monthly 8-bit mix podcast. In this episode: Hardcore Vibes.

Retro Commodore | The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: A601 Ram Expansion Card for the A600, Machine Code Graphics and Sound for the Commodore 64, Advanced BASIC and Machine code for the Commodore 64, Input 64, Commodore Amiga Developers Conference 1988, Sprites and Sound on the Commodore 64, Addendum to A590 User's Guide, A590 RAM test-diskette brugervejledning, A590 Important Safety Notice, A509 RAM Test Disk User's Guide, PC 40 III Service Manual Main Unit, Amiga DOS CLI and Commodore EA IFF 85 Standard.

VirtualC64 v2.4 | Dirk Hoffmann has released a new version of his VirtualC64 emulator. This emulator can turn your Mac (OS X) into a Commodore C64. The changes in this version are: Support for the GeoRAM, ActionReplay Freeze Frame and a second 1541. Improvements for the VIA chips and the Drive, Tape and Cartridge menus.

Amigos | The web page Amigos added new articles last month: Virocop / Yo! Joe!, Jurassic Park, PGA European Tour Golf, D/Generation and the Ryś MKII Adapter.

Steampunk C64 Laptop | Bad Dog Designs made a steampunk version of the Commodore C64. The features are: An oak case with a Commodore C64, 12 LCD colour screen, 4 loudspeakers and a SD2IEC.

The Games-Coffer | On the Games Coffer web page you can find games, demos, animations, slideshows, diskette magazines, history, FAQ, emulators, reviews and advert Scans. The new additions for this month are: Mattix, Mystery 2144AD, Spacewalker, Telekommando 2 (DE) and The Talisman.

Botticelli Bilderdisk #43 | Erich released a new Botticelli Bilderdisk for the Commodore C16 and the Plus/4. This double-sided diskette is filled with pictures in the Botticelli format. The Magica viewer is used to display the pictures. The pictures are a mix of handmade and digitized pictures.

AMIGArama | AMIGArama is a weekly podcast about the classic line of Commodore Amiga computers. Covering games, utilities and all sorts of extras. The recent episodes are: Zeewolf, Simon Phipps Interview, Prince of Persia, Amiga CD32 Special and Stunt Car Racer.

Cengomania X - Amiga 1000 repair | Cengomania X made a video about the repair of an Amiga 1000.

Multipaint - 2018 | Multipaint allows you to draw pictures with the colour limitations of some typical 8 bit computer platforms. Changes in this version: Improvements for the icons, mouse, import, undo and alternative palette / ratio support.

Retr-O-Mat - Amiga 2000 battery repair (2) | Retr-O-Mat made a video (part 2) about a leaking battery on a Amiga 2000 motherboard. After removing the battery he will clean the motherboard and repair the damage.

Bruce Beach - nuclear bunker | Bruce Beach has built a 10,000 square feet nuclear bunker in Canada. The shelter has 50 rooms and he uses Commodore 1702 monitors to watch video tapes.

Scene World - Mike Clarke | The web page Scene World had an interview with Mike Clarke. Mike Clarke is a music composer who made the music for Last Ninja 2 and Lemmings 2 for the Amiga and SNES.

Lotek64 #57 | A new edition of the German pdf magazine Lotek64 is now available. The articles in this edition: Editorial, Commodore P500, Andreas Magerl, Sinclair-Computer, Geekinis, The Typing of the Dead, Magnetic-Scrolls, Sidologie, Lo*bert, The Bear Essentials, Steel Ranger, Sam's Journey, Musikecke, Retro-Portale and Videogame-Heroes: Sonic the Hedgehog.

Jan Derogee - Tommygun | With the use of MDF and 3D printed parts Jan has converted his Stack light rifle into a very realistic looking Tommygun. To carry this lightgun in style, he also made a suitcase. In the appropriate 1920's style.

The Andy Warhol Museum Amiga Exhibit | Iontank made a museum exhibit to show the original Andy Warhol art that was made on an Amiga 1000 computer. The inside of the Amiga 1000 has been replaced with a new solid state PC, but the Amiga can be used by the museum visitors.

FREEZE64 - 20 | FREEZE64 is a fanzine for Commodore 64 gamers and hackers. In this edition: Bounder, Chris Shrigley, Robin Hardron, CityAttak, ZZAP!64 magazine, C64 fanzines, Paul Clansey - Miami Vice, Exploding Fish - Megastyle, The Legend of Atlantis - Psytronik Software, Jamie Fuller, Tony Savona, pokes n codes and secret squirrel.

Cengomania X - Amiga 4000 Cyberstorm | Cengomania X made a video about Cyberstorm cards in an Amiga 4000.

Commodore Pet Tape Recovery | Galb2x2 made a video about recovering a cassette tape for the Commodore PET computer. He uses a C2N Datasette and an Arduino.

C64 / Drive controller | Oe7Twj developed three projects for the Commodore C64 and disk drive. The projects are all made with the help of an Arduino: Track display, Floppy controller and a C64 controller.

RNOEffects - Amiga | RNOEffects is an image processing program for the Amiga. The features are: 30 different effects, brushes, text, lines, ellipses, boxes, arrows and a batch converter.

Boray Gammon - C64 | Boray released a new game for the Commodore C64. With the game Boray Gammon you can play backgammon against the computer or with two persons.

Vampire / Apollo - Gold 2.10 | The Vampire turbo card uses the Apollo FPGA-core to emulate the 68000 CPU and the SAGA graphics chip. The changes for Apollo are: Improvements for IDE speeds, SBCD, ChipRAM, CIA, VControl, VampireSN, SDNet and V2ExpEth.

Anbieren - C64 DTV | Anbieren is a new demo for the C64 DTV. The demo is made by Axis and Peiselulli (code), dEViLOCk (music) and the graphics are from Yazoo.

WHDLoad | WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. New: Cuzco (Oxygene). Update: Alien Breed (Team 17), Zombie Apocalypse 2 (Vision Software), Worms - The Director's Cut (Team 17) , Gates Of Dawn (reLINE),Gloom demo (Black Magic), Max Rally (Fortress), WatchTower (OTM/Cyberarts), Wizkid (Sensible Software), Cannon Fodder (Sensible Software), The Immortal (Electronic Arts), Bubble And Squeak (Audiogenic) and Leisure Suit Larry 5 (Sierra).

Retro 64 Blog | Marcello from the web page Retro 64 Blog is making a series about programming on the Commodore C64. A few examples are: Unnew, SID music, Merge, Keyboard buffer, drawing ellipses and programming a digital clock.

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