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Mini Game Compo 2006 | For game programmers there is a chance to show what their favorite computer can do. All retro computer systems can compete. There are some rules for the games: Game size: 1kbyte, 4kbyte or 8kbyte, You have to supply a screenshots and webpage of the actual game, The games must be submitted using a common emulator format, The Data + code must be in one block, Game should run on standard hardware.

Programming the 264 | Chris from www.commodore16.com is collecting all kinds of articles about programming the 264 series computers from Commodore. There are already 33 articles available and new articles will be added in the near future.

Epistula | Epistula is to AmigaOS what GAIM is to Linux and Windows. For people not in the know, GAIM is an instant messenger application which can handle a variety of IM protocols, for example Microsoft MSN, AOL AIM and Yahoo Messenger. Epistula is initially only in development for AmigaOS 4, but hopefully in not-to-distant future, will also be made available for MorphOS, AmigaOS 3.1 and AROS.

The Slarti and Stash Space Saga | Wanderer of Crooked Raster Productions released a new game for the C64. A complete source code will be released in the near future. The game can be played on PAL and NTSC computers.

C-one update | Peter Wendrich has finished the next Alpha version of his C64 core called FPGA64. The new core can now be switched between PAL and NTSC by pressing F12 on the PS2 keyboard. Also, there has been a change in the VGA display that should get rid of the rolling picture phenomenon. The MMU of his CPU has also been debugged, it now works as described in the docs. The core still has no correct sprite display, but Peter is getting close. As always, Peter is giving out his complete source. Follow this link to the download page, where we have prepared two archives for you; One with only the binary, and the other with binary and source files for the free Altera Quartus FPGA development software.

LamerNews #10 | For those who can read Hungarian there is a new diskmag released by Aliens

Nordic Scene Review #5 | Check out the fifth issue of Nordic Scene Review. The makers of this disk magazine give their opinion about the demos released in the last months. This English language issue is available for download in D64 format.

WinUAE v1.2 | A new version of the Amiga emulator is available for download. Here a a few of the new features and bug fixes: FPU emulation updates and fixes. Ability to create 1:1 HDF from Amiga formatted hard disk. PNG screen shots. Manual language selection. Right border color problems finally fixed. Misc custom chip set emulation updates. CIA TOD counter fix. Swapped parallel port joystick adapter fire buttons. Corrupted wav-files in 4 channel audio mode fixed.

D64 Editor v0.027 | Forrest (Almightyc64) made a lot of improvements on his Windows based D64 editor. Some of the features are: Read D64 files, display the directory, move files around the directory, rename files. Export files from the D64 into PRG files. View/Edit the BAM. View and modify blocks on the disk in hex. View the directory using the native c64 font. Check the website for other features and the download section.

AROS snapshot | There is a new snapshot available of AROS. Download are available from the AROS website.

C= key | C= key is a project from Jim Brain. This is a interface between an original Commodore keyboard and a PS/2 connection on a PC. With this interface you can use a real commodore keyboard with an emulator such as VICE or put a DTV inside an real C64 and hook it up to the keyboard. If you want more info contact Jim.

JiffyDOS for the VIC20 | Jim Brain is working on Jiffy DOS for the Commodore VIC-20. Take a look on Jim's web page for all the Jiffy DOS products.

Amiga Remote Desktop | If you want to control a Windows computer from a remote location with an Amiga look at this program. The program is available for Amiga OS 3.x and OS 4.x and for the MorphOS.

News from Individual Computer. | After the trouble with the new European rules Individual computer is back as normal. - MMC64 card is sold out but production of a new batch has already started. - New MMC64 BIOS is available. - MP3 expansion for the MMC64. - Indivision flickerfixer available again. - New Catweasel driver for Linux. - Buddha for Phoenix-Amiga.

Smart File System update. | Jörg Strohmayer has made a couple of improvements on his Smart File System. Fixed an alignment bug in the 64 bit packet support. Added some checks in ACTION SEEK, ACTION CHANGE FILE POSITION64, ACTION SET FILE SIZE, ACTION CHANGE FILE SIZE64, ACTIION READ and ACTION WRITE to make sure you can't create/access files > 4 GB - 2 bytes.

Timetable | Timetable is a new SID made by Surgeon of Vulture Design. This SID reached number 5 at the Symphony 2006.

Lotek64 | Last month the German language (PDF) Commodore magazine was released (#16).

Game Overview | Edition #25 is available for download (PRG).

Cevi-Aktuell | Edition 02/06 is available for download. German language (PDF).

The Final Replay ROM V0.6 | The Final Replay is a new ROM image to be used with the Retro Replay cartridge and the RR-Net ethernet adapter. This ROM is an attempt to combine the advantages of the two major cartridges for the C64, the FC3 and AR6 and bring it to the Retro Replay. Fixed: Incompatibility of the CHKIN routine now gone. WarpCopy file access should work again. Instability of freezing in BASIC editor fixed. Kernal replacements now enforce BASIC ROM, so more programs should work with them now. Netdrive driver for GETIN Kernal routine added.

JAmiga | JAmiga is a 'from scratch' implementation of a Java Virtual Machine. It has been developed only from the JVM Documentation provided by Sun Microsystems. It is not a Port of an existing JVM. The decision to write it for Amiga OS was made because of the lack of decent VMs for this platform. Download the latest version from the web site.

DTV - Ask me a question! | There is a new site to ask questions about the C64 - DTV and the Hummer game. You can send your question to Mr. Latch-up. For those who don't know Mr. Latch-up. It is a famous person in the DTV world and don't be fouled by the Mr. There are about 20 questions already answered on this site.

AROS update | AROS is a portable and free desktop operating system aiming at being compatible with AmigaOS 3.1, while improving on it in many areas. AROS can be ported to different kinds of hardware architectures and processors, such as x86, PowerPC, Alpha, Sparc, HPPA and other. Over 500 members are working on improving AROS. Improvements of the last month are: Better mice tracking and pointer precision on the screen. IRC and Telnet clients were added.

SID Compo 5 results | And the winner is: Michal Hoffmann with the tune Assatas Song. Look at the c64.sk website for all the results of the 5th SID compo.

Best Amiga Game 2005 | What is the best Amiga / MorphOS / AROS game of the year 2005 ? You can vote on your favorite game on the website. There are more than 30 games to choose from.

Plus/4 World | There are two new games on the Plus/4 world website. The games are Spunza which is a puzzle game with sound and a memory game called Merk-As. Also the website has got a RSS feature now.

Hox64 update | The Hox64 emulator has had some improvements. In the last weeks David Horrocks added the following: FDI and G64 disk formats, better 1541 emulation, improved SID, more accurate sprite collision.

VICE v1.19 | There is a new release of the 8-bit Commodore emulator VICE available. New in this version: Fixed RESTORE key works only once bug. Fixed compilation with GCC4. Fixed an opcode execute problem with the +60k expansion for the C64. C64: 256k expansion support. VIC-II, Fixed switch from idle state to display state. Added missing DEN bit scrolling feature. The experimental netplay feature has been extended to Unix and DOS. Improvements on the tape loader routine and screenshots formats.

Amiga OS4 Apache Server | Apache HTTP Server is an open source HTTP web server for Unix-like systems (BSD, Linux, and UNIX systems), and other platforms. Edgar Schwan released an improved port of Apache 1.3.34 to AmigaOS 4.0. It includes support of PHP 5.1.1 and MySQL 3.23.58. The software can be downloaded on the website.

Tiny SID 2 Compo | Here are some of the rules for the Tiny Sid 2 Compo. Tune must be a C64 executable (prg). Size of the prg must be 256 byte, 512 byte or 1 kbyte. You can use all the C64 ROMs code, like Kernal and Basic. Program must be executed with a simple RUN. Look at the website for the complete list. Send it in before 8 April 2006. Voting from 10 to 19 April 2006.

www.c16chris.de | Chris put up a new website for the 264 series of Commodore Computers. He started with coverscans of his software collection. Scans are from Addictive, Trojan, Tynesoft, US Gold and many more.

PicShow v1.31 | Thomas Rapp has made a couple of bugfixes to his program PicShow. PicShow is a directory style picture viewer for Amiga OS4. You can download the program on his website.

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