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Yape v0.75 | Another release of the Plus/4 emulator. Here's a list of the changes made: Support for custom drive ROM images. Added parallel 1541 drive emulation. Optional breakpoint opcode ($F2). /BREAK command line parameter now accepts hexadecimal addresses (0xADDE). True drive emulation and high accuracy mode are now the default. Couple of bugfixes (custom joystick keys etc.).

WHDLoad | WHDLoad is a AmigaOS friendly Hard disk - Install package. WHDLoad makes it possible to install quite a lot demos and games, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, to your hard disk. There are 10+ new or fixed games available such as: Lollypop, Wanderer 3D and Universal monsters.

DTV support in VICE | The only 8-bit Commodore computer missing in VICE is the C64 - DTV. Jason Winters has made a wiki to add the C64 - DTV support to VICE. The DMA engine, DTV opcode, memory banking, verbessert VIC-II and the Blitter are implemented. There are a few things to do but most DTV demos are already running.

Putty | Predseda and Chain made a web site dedicated to the Amiga arcade game Putty. On the web site you will find all the maps, game guides and a interview with the coders of the game.

DC2N | The development of the DC2N is going strong. Luigi has now fully working PCBs. The DC2N is a digital replacement for the Datassette (C2N). The storage is done on a SD - card. With the proto type there are 250+ dumps made with excellent results.

Jim Butterfield has passed away. | Jim died at 1:30 AM on June 29 after battling cancer. Jim Butterfield was a Toronto-based author and computer programmer famous for his work with Commodore microcomputers, and a longtime contributor to periodicals such as The Transactor and TPUG.

AmiPodder 1.6 | AmiPodder is a freeware podcast client for computers running AmigaOS and other compatible operating systems. With AmiPodder you can subscribe to podcast feeds, download episodes and then listen to them on your Amiga or transfer them to a portable music player. AmiPodder supports audio and video podcasts and has many useful features. Version 1.6: Manage downloaded podcast files on your Amiga and player within AmiPodder. Icons are now used to indicate the status of channels and episodes. Double click on a downloaded podcast to play it. Many minor changes and bug fixes.

GTW 64 | The web site dedicated to finding games that are unreleased or incomplete is updated and is now close to the magic number of 1000 games. On the web site you can find lots of info on these games.

Beehive | Beehive is a bittorrent client for MorphOS. Actually it's the MUI GUI and the client code is taken from Enhanced CTorrent by David Holmes. Version for m68k Amiga OS3 was ported by Jamie Cagigal.

Commodore Free #9 | In this edition: News from Protovision, VIC-20 multi card, Shredz64, MMC2IEC, CSS64 Faq and a interview with Hakan Sundell. You can download a .D64, PDF or a .TXT from the web site.

Water Caper | Richard Bayliss released a new game made with SEUCK. Snodge has been tossed into the water. Feeling racked off, Snodge undergoes a quest, which is to reach the surface of the water, and make it to freedom. One problem is that there are sea creatures out to stop him. Can he get out of the water before he gets attacked by the terrors of the deep?

Open Video Toaster | The web site has been updated. This is the place for all people who are using the Newtec Video Toaster. There is a download section, forum, links, history and more.

Micro-KIM | The micro-KIM is a clone of the KIM-1 created by MOS technologies in 1975 as a development board for the 6502 CPU. The micro-KIM uses many of the same components as the KIM-1 to give it that authentic vintage feel. A total of 5K RAM is onboard with an expansion header for future expansion of memory or add-on boards.

M.O.N.E.Y. | The music group Comtron released their latest tune. The animated video was made by Sander of the C64 demo group Focus. The theme of the video clip is the computer and the colors that are used are from the color pallet of the Commodore C64. You can watch the video on YouTube.

High Voltage SID Collection | Edition 47 is out now. After this update, the collection contains 34127 SID files! This update features 1127 new SIDs, 19 fixed/better rips, 773 SID credit fixes and 44 unknown game or demo tunes identified. You can download this 66 MByte archive from the web site.

100 Amiga games in 10 minutes | øystein Lende Olsen placed a video on YouTube with 100 Amiga games. Check out all those classics. (He also made 100 C64 Games in 10 minutes.)

Co-Processor for the C64 | Michael Sachse from cbmhardware.de has started on designing a co-processor for the C64. It will be a expansion port based device. The processor will be a Atmel Mega32 (16 Mips). Two extra 64kB memory banks will be added for the fast serial port and user memory for the co-processor. If you want to contribute to this project you can contact the web master.

c64.ch Update | If you want to watch a C64 demo take a look at www.c64.ch. It has been updated recently with demos from: Dominators (37) Beastie Boys (52) Hokuto Force (1) Triumwyrat (15) Atlantis (4) and Crazy (10). There is also a Top 10 of all demos and lots of screen shots.

Club Info 99 | The German disk magazine (D64) for the 264 range has the following articles: Forum, Tips and Tricks, Programs, Computerspass, Hardware, Games Guide and more

New games at Lemon Amiga | On the web pages of Lemon Amiga there are 144 more games. Screen-shots, details and cheats are available. Some of the new games are: Battlestorm CDTV, High Steel, Logic, Morph, Tower Toppler, Turbo Trax and many more.

Mail Madness #56 | Issue 56 of the German disk magazine (D64) brings us: News, Hardware, Laberecke, MM-Markt, HQ.

SOASC= | The SOASC= project is an automated recording technique invented by Stone Oakvalley in order to mass record music from the legendary Commodore 64 and its SID chips (6581 and 8580). The entire HVSC is recorded in MP3 fromat. This means that there about 95.000 tunes available. If you want them all buy a big harddisk (400+ GB).

IEC-ATA v2 | The IEC-ATA-Interface V2 is a harddisk controller that connects a PC-harddisk (up to 128 GB) to a Commodore 64, VIC20, C128, DTV and other IEC Commodore computers. The interface is a DIY kit that comes with all components and PCB. It's fully compatible with the standard disk commands and all IDE64 fixed programs.

Primary Star 2007 | Primary Star is a C64 party organized by Anubis from August 10th till August 12th in the town of Reusel (The Netherlands). HCC Members can buy a day ticket! Just show your clubcard! As always free Beer, live entertainment, cool party people and the best waste of your time there is.

TwinVCN Beta 0.8 | TwinVNC is a VNC client (or viewer) allowing control of a computer running a VNC Server. TwinVNC has been programmed from scratch on Amiga and compiled with SAS/C. It's based on the RFB communication protocol. (version 3.8)

Cevi-Aktuell 05/07 | The following in the German PDF magazine: They, MMC64, GameOver(view), Blue Max, Zaxxon, Zeppelin and Co, Bender's Column, Battle Throne, Dead Head.

AmigaGuide #1 | A new PDF magazine for the Amiga fans. You will have to register (for free) to download the magazine.

DC2N | Luigi is working on his DC2N and has now a working prototype ready. You can get all the info (schematics PCB layouts, firmware) on this project on Luigi's homepage. DC2N stands for Digital C2N and it's basically intended to be a compact replacement to the tape unit used with Commodore home computers (C64, C16, VIC 20)

Digital Talk #80 | In this German D64 magazine the items: MMC64, Hall of Fame, Druckerei-story and more.

Jurassic Pack #17 | In this English diskmag for the Amiga the following articles. Alfred Faust from Bars and Pipes, Breakpoint 07, 15 Years Oxyron and Evoke 06, Andromeda and news from the Amiga Scene.

DTV - demo | TRSi made a demo for the C64 DTV. If you have a hacked DTV you can enjoy this great demo. If you don't have one you can watch the movie (avi).

Commodore Free #8 | In this English PDF, TXT or D64 magazine the following articles: News, C64 Audio, Basic Bible, Hex files part III, Into to programming Part II, Interview Jeff Ledger, Commodore Scene VGA update, Happy Birthday system 3, Commodore BBS list, Bits and Pieces II, Activision on the Commodore 64, Commodore 64 book so far, Interview Johan, Interview Lasse Oorni, Commodore 64 mark 2 1/2 dream and TND Programmers tool disk V1.

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