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The 8-Bit Guy - Commodore PET | The 8-Bit Guy made a video about cleaning and repairing a Commodore PET computer.

AMIcast - Artur Jarosik | AMIcast is an English podcast about the world of Amiga. In this episode a text interview with Artur Jarosik (NetSurf).

Jan Beta - VIC20 Futureproofing | Jan Beta made a video about improving the life span of the Commodore VIC20. This includes recapping and heatsinking the chips.

ADF-Copy | ADF-Copy is a small device with a Teensy 3.2. This device connects to USB and a 3,5 PC floppy drive. This device makes it possible to read and write ADF's from or to a real Amiga diskette.

FM-YAM - C64 | FM-YAM is a new Sound Expander compatible cartridge for the Commodore C64. Features: YM3812 (or YM3526), Audio-in (mini-jack, FM / Audio-in mix-out (mini-jack) and a 3D printed black case.

Calvin Harris | The web page musicradar.com had an interview with Calvin Harris. Calvin made the music album I created Disco with an Amiga 1200 and OctaMED.

Bart Venneker - C64 cartridge (Dutch) | Bart Venneker has made a video about building a cartridge for the Commodore C64. He shows how to design the circuit board and adds an extra connector for an Arduino.

KiloByte magazine 4 | KiloByte magazine is a pdf magazine (English language) for 8-bit home computers and game consoles. In this edition: Diskette covers, c64 motherboards, cassette tapes, C16 proto-type, Isepic, diskette cleaning, Slipstream (C64), Defender of the Crown (ZX Spectrum) and Doomsday Echoes (CPC).

View64 - v1.60 | View64 can be used to view native C64 image files without using an emulator or a real C64. The features of this program are: Open source, Supports of many image formats (70+), PAL/NTSC S-Video and RGB rendering, Scanline, shadow mask, chroma leakage simulation, Multicolour interlace de-interlacing and image saving to BMP.

MNT VA2000 - Firmware v1.7 | Lukas F. Hartmann is developing a graphics card for the Amiga 2000. He build an adaptor card with a FPGA that fits into a Zorro II slot. Changes in this version: It is now possible to boot from the SD card.

C64Studio v5.3 | C64 Studio is an assembly development environment which is dependent on VICE. You can write assembly code and test this with the VICE emulator. Recent changes: Improvements for Intellisense, Mediatool, Watches, !if, Undo and custom colours (sprite/charset).

Retro Assembler | Dale developed the Retro Assembler for writing code for the MOS6502 CPU family. Features: Memory management, Global, Local and Regional labels, Complex expressions and operators, Nested source code, Macro's, Loop, If, While, Data generators, Bin, H6X, T64 and D64 output, Disassembler and Syntax highlighting.

C64Net Wi-Fi Card | With the C64Net Wi-Fi Card you can connect your Commodore C64, VIC20 or C128 to Wi-Fi. Features: Wi-Fi 802.11bgn, 300 - 9600 Baud, User port, AT-Hayes, support for FTP, IRC, WGET, TELNET, CBMTERM, CONFIGURE, TELNETD64, WEATHER64 and Q-Link!

Beholder - C64 | Beholder is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is made by MP Software and the music is from Gaetano Chiummo. In the game you must collect all the gold and all coffers.

Cross Chase - VIC20 | Linzino released the Commodore VIC20 version of the open source multi-system 8-bit game Cross Chase which supports most 8-bit computers. In the game you are chased by enemies and you can kill them by luring them into the mines.

Sprite Castle - Snokie | Rob Flack O'Hara has a web page for all his podcasts. Besides the podcast you can also find the links of web pages mentioned in the podcast. In this episode: Snokie.

Bassoontracker | Stef has made a 4 channel Amiga Music Tracker that you can use in your browser. The program is written in Java-Script and can play your favourite MODs.

Bart Venneker - EEPROM programmer (Dutch) | Bart Venneker has made a video about building an EEPROM programmer with an Arduino Mega. With this programmer he makes cartridges for the Commodore C64.

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: The Polyhedron, Compumath Magic, SpriteMaster 64, Buck Rogers Countdown to Doomsday, Saboteur II, Submarine Warfare, The Official Americas Cup Sailing Simulation, Command Summary, How to Master Video Games, How to Win at Donkey Kong, Guide to the Video Arcade Games, How to Win at Zaxxon, Mind Over Minors Manual Teachers Edition and How to Beat Atari, Intellivsion and Other Home Video Game Systems.

FREEZE64 - 12 | FREEZE64 is a fanzine for Commodore 64 gamers and hackers. In this edition: The Way of the Exploding Fist, Gregg Barnett, @rt @ttack, Mouldy Cupboard, Secret Squirrel, Desert Island disks, New and exclusive Pokes 'n Codes, Free Cheat Card No.9: Dizzy Egg, Games in the making, news and Hackersoft Pad.

Hall of Light | An update for the Hall of Light web page: Zargon, Scramble, Mission Underground, Jürgen Malzacher, Deadline!, Space Rescue, Stres, Dursun Turunç, Winter Olympiad 88, Geff, Aaron Fothergill, Right Way, Easter Egg, The Amazing Adventures of Harry Haddock, Davin Pearson, Road To Hell, Hunt For Red October, Tritus, Jagd Auf Roter Oktober, Space Rescue, Cybersphere, Napalm: The Crimson Crisis / Diversia, Capital Punishment, Smart, Snakes and Jigsaw Mania.

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: On-screen keyboard display, Fast boot kickstart and ROMs, 1080p 50Hz, Hypervisor boot display and utility menu.

MorphOS Storage | An update for the MorphOS Storage web page: Ultimate_pack_68k_1.4.lha, Ultimate_pack_E-UAE_1.4.lha, Saga_1.88.lha, VCard2SimpleMail_1.4.lha, RNOInfoScreen_1.4.lha, RNOAnim_1.2.lha, Report+_7.1.lha, AnimWebConverter_2.80.lha, VintageViewer_2.45.lha, WormWars_9.0.lha, Collections_1.1.lha and HomeBank_3.2b1_update.lha.

C16 & Plus 4 - 8501 to 6510 CPU conversion | Andy has replaced the 8501 processor in the Commodore 16 and Plus/4 computers to a 6510 CPU, as fitted to the Commodore 64. The conversion is made possible with a small circuit board and a modified Kernal ROM. Conversion kits will be soon available.

Report+ v7.11 - Amiga | Report+ is a utility for the Amiga. The features are: Bug reporting tool, Edit A3000/A4000-type battery-backed memory. Edit manufacturer and product ID registries. View IFF/RIFF files, Batch processing on icon files and a ASCII converter. Changes in this version: IFF viewer documentation and miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

Scene World Podcast #36 | Scene World Podcast is a podcast about the Commodore scene. In this episode: Saul Cross, C64 Reloaded Mk2, Ultimate-64, THE 64, Planet Golf, Argus, PLAnkton, Bill Herd and Save the Machine Computer Preservation Group.

Komoda & Amiga Plus #8 | Komoda & Amiga Plus is a pdf magazine (English and Polish language) for the Commodore user. In this edition: The Train - Escape to Normandy, Krzysztof Augustyn, Miecze Valdgira II, Datasoft, Laser Squad, Sid Adventures: Katod, C64 - WiFi, Rowman, Yogi's Big Clean Up, $B, Gunfright, Maze of the Mummy,3D games for VIC-20, Go Ahead!, Bomb Runner 2, English Civil War, DreamWeb, Boxx 3, Max Knight, Emulation Zone: Amiga - Android TV Box, AROS ARM - Android, MAL Hollywood, Andreas Falkenhahn, GameDev Story: Digital Team, Total Pattern, Bridge Strike, Rise of the Robots, Fresh News, Gallery, Bruce Lee 3D, Polish underground - the charm of computer markets, Pixel Heaven 2017, USBJoy, Broken plastic? No problem!, Captain Claw, 8-bit kids, Therapy, Talking Heads: educational games and Johnny presents: Prescription.

A Change in the Weather v6 - C64 | A Change in the Weather is an adventure game for the Commodore C64. In the game you get stuck out in the rain and must find your way through a transforming landscape.

Empire 128 - Enhanced | This is an enhanced version of a C128 magazine Type-In program by Cleve Blakemore. Richard J. Derocher added the 80 column mode and various other enhancements to the game.

Flashtro Amiga | 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: Hotline - Libyans in Space, Gigaflops & Dominators - Gun Shoot, The Heroes - Math Animation, Quiver - Afterburner, The Final Suppliers - Ganymed, LSD - Import Intro, Factor 4 - Nuclear War, MegaForce - Seconds Out, Kingdom - Holiday Lemmings, Vision Factory - Xenophobe, Flashtro - Outlands, Scoopex - Outlands, Black Monks - Clown O Mania and Defekt - LionHeart.

Ben Daglish interview - Retrogamesmaster | The web page Retrogamesmaster had an interview with Ben Daglish. Ben makes music for games, a few examples are: Trap, Death Wish 3, Gauntlet, The Last Ninja, Krakout, Auf Wiedersehen Monty, Pac-Mania and many more.

Trevor's Amiga Blog | Trevor Dickinson writes a blog about the Amiga. This time he writes about: VCF SE 5.0, AmigaDeveloper DevCon 2, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz, Enhancer Software package v1.3, Painting with colours, The Commodore Story, Yuri Van Geest, Cyrus Plus motherboards and AmigaWorld.net.

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