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Ola Zandelin Interview | Amigapd had an interview with Ola Zandelin. Ola Zandelin is a computer game developer and worked on games for the C64, Amiga, Gameboy and the PC. Games he worked on are: Outpost, Clay Pigeon, Fatal Mission, Skyscrappers, FD and Truxz. You can read the whole interview on the AmigaPD web page.

CBM-Command v2.3 | Payton Byrd released a new version of CBM Command. The recent changes are: Side-By-Side panels or Top-And-Bottom panels (40-column), Batch diskette image creation, Selection of drive or partition number. The diskette includes a program to update your configuration files.

We Are Back | We Are Back is a website that brings the classic Amiga demos to your browser. The demos are made in HTML5 and can be viewed in a modern web browser like FireFox or Chrome. At the moment you can watch more than 75 demos.

Tic-Tac-Toe - C64 | Juan released a game for the Commodore C64. Juan used CBM prg Studio for developing his game and it was compiled with Basic-Boss. The C64 version is of course based on the original game, which dates back to the Roman empire around 100 BC. Tic-Tac-Toe was also one of the first computer games. It was played in 1952 on the EDSAC computer system.

Games That Weren't 64 | The GTW64 web page has had an update. New: All dogs go to heaven, Breakthrough, Gunboat, Leopard Lord, Lord Of The Rings, Oriental Games, Razzmatazz, Rescue Mission, Slidez and World Boxing Champ.

Geir Ove Reitan interview | The web page c64.com had an interview with Geir Ove Reitan (Power). Geir was a member of the groups Hidden Forces and Abnormal between 1987 and 1989. His role in the groups was swapping, coding and designing. You can read the whole article on the C64.com web page.

XRoar v0.30.3 - AmigaOS 4 | XRoar is an emulator for the Dragon and Tandy computers with the 6809 CPU. XRoar can use virtual diskettes, cassettes or cartridges. There are 3 video modes, joystick support and a audio output available. Changes in this version: CoCo BASIC printing support. Pause switch. Improvements for the HD6309, 6847T1, joystick handling and a mouse interface is added. Support for the Orchestra 90-CC cartridge. New options for audio and printing.

Commodore 64 - Debs & Errol | Debs & Errol released a new song about the Commodore C64. The song Commodore C64 is from the album CTRL + ALT + DUET. You can buy the song for 1 CAD or the whole album for 6 CAD. Debs & Errol is musical comedy duo from a Toronto, Canada and are preforming together since 2011.

Mediator PCI 3000Di MK-II | The company Elbox has made an pre-order available for the Mediator PCI 3000Di MK-II. The Mediator PCI 3000Di MK-II is an daughter board with three PCI and three ZIII slots for Amiga 3000D in the standard desktop case. Features: 66/33MHz PCI clock, 32-bit, 4GB, DMA, Interrupt controller, Compatibility with all A3000 processor card models. Support for: Radeon, Voodoo, TV tuners, Sound Blaster, Network Sana-2 and much more.

3 chip computer - 6502 | Stian Søreng is working on projects for the Commodore C64. Because he was waiting for the C64Flash cartridge pcb, he had time to developed a 3 chip computer. This small computer is made of a 6502 CPU, RAM chip and a ATmega16 micro controller. You can read more about this 3 chip computer on his blog.

ECX 2.3.1 | A new version of ECX is available. ECX is an E Compiler that supports 68020+FPU and PowerPC's, AmigaOS3, MorphOS and AmigaOS4 operating systems. In this update the following changes: The key file is no longer required. Removed some errors in default values for globals in modules, JUMP .locallabel and the minstartup module.

C64Studio v3.2 | C64 Studio is a assembly development environment which is dependent on VICE. You can write assembly code and test this with the VICE emulator. Recent changes: Improvements for Pasting image in graphic editor, Deleting breakpoints, Warning/error list, Media Manager and auto detect. New: Binary editor and PDS assembler support.

Real Time Clock / SD - C64 | Luigi Di Fraia is working on two new projects for the Commodore C64. The first project is a Real Time Clock. With this small device you can always have the right time in your C64. Even if you switch the C64 off and on. The second project is an interface for an SD memory card for your C64. Luigi made YouTube videos about his latest projects.

WHDLoad | WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. New: Blues House (The Silents), Screwballs (Phenomena), Eargasm Tunes (The Silents), Announce (Lemon), Intro? Dentro? Mentro? Demo? (The Silents), R.O.M. 2 (Essence), Musical Rabbit (Carrillon & Cyberiad), Wave Sound (Appendix), New Age (Ram Jam), Megademo 1 & 2 (Alcatraz), Hot Music 4 (Ram Jam) and Experiment (Ram Jam). Update: Arkanoid (Discovery Software) State of the Art (Spaceballs) and Rink a Dink (Lemon).

PETSCII graphics editor | Marq released a new program to make PETSCII pictures on your PC. The program is cross platform and can be used on Windows, Linux and Mac. The program has the following features: Select colour and char, conversion to Plus/4 colours, flood fill, grid, horizontal and vertical flip, rotate, undo, invert, horizontal and vertical shift, export file as asm data, BASIC viewer, PRG or PNG image.

SketchBlock v2.4 - Amiga | SketchBlock is a drawing program for AmigaOS made by Andy Broad. The aim of this project is to create a sophisticated application for digital painting. Changes in this version: Paths saving and loading, Experimental path editor, ClipBrush uses the clipboard contents as a brush, Brush attributes editor, Colour and Alpha channel locking and a couple of errors were removed.

BitJam #177 - C64 HardSID Jukebox | In this BitJam podcast music from Jeroen Tel. You can listen to the following music: Cybernoid, A as Addiction, International Karate, Fanta in Space, Cybernoid II, Turrican II, Sanxion, Lazy Jones, ACE II, Turbo Outrun, Delta, Monty on the run, Arkanoid, Last Ninja, Plastic Pop, Unreal Superhero 3, Last Ninja 2, Commando, R-Type and Synth Sample. Total playing time: 1:30:19.

Real AmiKit | Real AmiKit is a 16 colour version of AmiKit adapted to work with a real Amiga AGA computer. Changes in this version: Added: MMULib, Enforcer, Wallpapers (256 colours), AmigaParachute, NetSurfAGA, TinyMeter, Custom Magellan Taskbar and preferences for MorpheuZ. Update: Menu icons, patterns, skins (SilverBlue / SilverGreen, PicShow, bgui.library, Themes and Icon.library 46.4.326.

Hyperion Entertainment - SDK Update | Hyperion Entertainment released an update for the OS4 Software Development Kit (SDK). This SDK includes all the usual includes and autodocs you need to use all the latest released AmigaOS features. For more information you can also visit the AmigaOS Documentation Wiki or the Frequently Asked Questions section.

Ultimate Quest: Catacomb - C64 | Reslain made the game Ultimate Quest: Catacomb for the Commodore 64. Work on the game was started in 1989, but the game was never finished. The game is a role playing game and features a city map, wilderness areas and a dungeon to explore. The version from 1989 was improved by replacing the slow BASIC routines with faster machine language routines. The game will be released by Psytronik.

XLogical - AROS | Xlogical is a game for AROS, the game is based on the Amiga game Logical! by Rainbow Arts. XLogical is a mouse based game where you use the mouse to turn the spinners and move the balls around. You must fill the spinners with balls. If the spinners are full they will stop glowing, when all spinners stop glowing you can go to the next level.

DATASTORM 2014 | The dates for the Datastorm 2014 party are 14, 15 and 16 February 2014. Datastorm is the largest Amiga/C64 party of northern Europe. The location is in the town of Gothenburg in Sweden. The competitions are: Amiga 500 and 1200 demo, intro, boot-block intro, graphics, music and ASCII. C64 demo, intro, graphics, PETSCII and music. Other old-school platforms demo, music and graphics.

DRAM testing | Axlecrusher was repairing a Commodore C64. He found out that it was one of the memory chips. He replaced them all and the C64 was working again. But he wanted to know which of the 8 memory chips was faulty. He built an testing device with an AVR microprocessor to test each individual chip. You can read all about it on his blog.

Cassiopei - TAP Player | Jan Derogee demonstrates in this video that the Cassiopei is also a TAP player. When loading games from tape, lot's of things can go wrong. Fortunately, the Cassiopei saves the day. In this demonstration Jan uses the C16, but all other Commodore computers with a cassette port can use the Cassiopei for loading TAP files. The project will be presented on the next Commodore meeting, 19 October in Maarssen (The Netherlands).

Floppydays - Podcast #6 | The Floppydays podcast of last August is about the Commodore PET. In this episode: Better World Books, VCF Midwest, 2013 Chicago TI International World Faire, World Longest Yard Sale, Historically Brewed book, Commodore PET history, Commodore a company on the edge, VICE, CBUG, TPUG, World of Commodore, Terry Stewart, Port Commodore, Edward Shockley's Pets, CBM Pet File Archive and the PET Index at 6502.org.

USBhost-64 | Luigi Di Fraia has now added TAP dumping to his USBhost-64 device. He can now transfer the data from the cassette in TAP format tot her USB drive. In the video you can see that he is using a DC2N, but you can use a normal Datassette. Luigi is also experimenting with slow motion video on the C64 with the help of the USBhost-64.

AmiKit v1.6.6 | A new edition of Amikit is available. There are changes or updates for the following programs: IconLib 46.4.326 (Peter Keunecke), OpenURL 7.13 (Open Source Team), playOGG 130312 (Lorence Lombardo) and YAM 2.8p1 (YAM Open Source Team).

Bomberland - C64 | The game Bomberland is released for the Commodore C64 by Samar productions. The game is written by Michal Okowicki and the music is from Owen Crowley. The game has gorgeous high resolution graphics, challenging boss battles, tons of different enemies, password saves, game-changing power-ups, multiple play modes and an awesome SID soundtrack.

Petro Tyschtschenko interview | The web page ComputerClub 2 has had an interview with Petro Tyschtschenko (German language). The ComputerClub 2 is an continuance of the German TV program, that was on the air from 1983 until 2003. In the interview Peter tells about his work with Commodore, Escom and Amiga Technologies.

ACE128TOS | News about the new operating system for the Commodore C128. All the old program code is rewritten and they have switched from a separate 8 bit and 16 bit version to only one version. The Ace will support Commodore 128 with or without the SuperCPU. The team is also working on support for the Commodore IEEE-488 devices and USB support with the help of the Flyer and USB-Host hardware.

TOSEC | TOSEC has been updated. TOSEC, or The Old School Emulation Center, is a group of people dedicated to the preservation of games and other programs for home computer and console systems. In this update: 21 new, 104 updated and 4 removed.

BetterWB v3.0 | BetterWB is a new workbench pack, like AIAB, Amikit, AmigaSYS, ClassicWB etc. It aims to be an enhancement and an update to AmigaOS 3.1 but without the need of extra hardware. Changes in this edition: Added the commands: zDir, dd and KeyPressed. The new icon.library is now default, BootUte replaces NoFastMem, A new font cache system, CopyIcon, MultiHelp, yStart, an updated icon-set and many improvements.

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