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The Retro Hour - Bart van den Akker | The Retro Hour is a professional Podcast made by Dan Wood & Ravi Abbott. The Retro Hour aims to help the world understand the European gaming industry. In this episode: An interview with Bart van den Akker, the man behind one of Europe's largest retro computer collections at The HomeComputerMuseum in the Netherlands.

ALBERT v1.2.0 - PC | ALBERT is an editor for creating extended Commodore C64 images on the PC. The program is developed by Luigi Di Fraia and Joachim Ljunggren.

png2prg - PC | With png2prg you can convert a 320x200 image (png/gif/jpeg) to a Commodore C64 hires or multicolour bitmap, charset, PETSCII, ecm or sprites prg. The program is developed by Burglar, and is available for all common platforms.

VCF - Dave McMurtrie | You can watch a new video on the Vintage Computer Federation YouTube channel. In this episode: An interview with Andy Finkel, a former Commodore engineer.

Commodore Free #99 | A new edition of the Commodore Free magazine is now available. In this edition the following: Editorial, News, Happy Programming, Interviews with Steve Morrow, SMILA, Martin Piper and Slartibartfast, C64 Code Hacking and SuperBoot v1.00 for the SuperCPU.

Payton Byrd - Modular Commodore case | Payton Byrd developed a modular case for the Commodore C64, C64c, VIC20 and C16 home computers. The bottom half is now ready, and the next step will be developing the top half of the case for the keyboard.

ANT&TEC - 1541 / 1571 power supply | You can now watch a new video from the ANT&TEC YouTube channel. In this episode: Replacing the power supply in Commodore 1541 / 1571 disk drive.

TPUG - 06-2024 | You can now watch the June, 2024 TPUG (Toronto PET Users Group) meeting on YouTube. Special guest: Jaime Idolpx - Meatloaf (IEC).

Dare to Dream: Commodore and Amiga Today? | David John Pleasance started a Kickstarter campaign for a new book. In this book he will describe what happened after Commodore went bankrupt. At that time David John Pleasance and Colin Proudfoot made a business plan to buy Commodore.

Retrohax - Vacuum forming keyboards | Retrohax has written a blog about using vacuum forming to make a coloured keyboard for retro computers.

Commodore Chronicles Podcast | You can now listen to a new episode of the Commodore Chronicles Podcast. In this episode: Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday, Boatfest 2024, pickups and the Michigan Vintage Computer Club meeting.

Jan Beta - Retrobright | A new YouTube video from Jan Beta. In this video, Jan shows how to use the Retrobright method for your yellowed computer hardware.

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: Programmer's Desk Reference for Commodore 64 BASIC, Paperback Writer 1 64 V1.12 Reference Guide and Gateway to Computing with the Commodore 64 Book 1.

Retro Asylum Podcast - 333 | You can now listen to a new episode of the Retro Asylum Podcast. In this episode: Dean, Steve and Mark talk the Revival 2024 meeting in Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom.

8-Bit Resurgence - CMD FD-2000/FD-4000 Reverse engineered (3) | You can now watch a new video from the 8-Bit Resurgence YouTube channel. In this episode, you can see the third part of the process of reverse engineering the FD-2000/FD-4000 floppy disk drives from CMD.

Retrohax - Kryoflux | Retrohax has written a blog about building a Kryoflux system. He 3D printed a case for a 3.5 inch, a 5.25 inch disk drive and the Kryoflux hardware. And after that he build another one.

Flashtro | On the web page Flashtro.com you can see many cracker intros within your browser. The original intros from the Amiga, Atari-ST, Dreamcast, PC, Playstation etc. are converted to the browser. The most recent flashtro's are: Rog Source Code - Bean Scroller and Rog Source Code - Beam Hack.

Denise v2.3 | Denise is a cycle accurate and platform independent C64 / Amiga emulator. This emulator is developed by piciji. The recent changes are: Improvements for the shaders, disk drive, Bitplane, ECS, 4-player adapter, mouse, volume and window resizing.

TPUG - 05-2024 | You can now watch the May 30, 2024 TPUG (Toronto PET Users Group) meeting on YouTube. Special guest: Dave Haynie - Commodore Engineer - Amiga 2000, 3000, AGA, AAA & Zorro III.

Nordischsound | Ben from the Nordischsound YouTube channel is making SID music on the Commodore C64 computer. The latest addations are: Vengaboys - Boom, Boom, Boom, Starfox - Space Armada, Starfox - Corneria, Timo's Castle, Crack Intro - Gato Roboto Quantum Intro #03, Die Ärzte - Schrei nach Liebe, Gigi D'agostino - L'amour Toujours and Daft Punk - Get Lucky.

Stray Pointers Podcast - Bo Zimmerman | You can now listen to a new episode of the Stray Pointers Podcast. In this episode, an interview with Commodore computing enthusiast Bo Zimmerman.

FairLight TV | You can now watch a new episode of the FairLight TV YouTube channel. In this video: An interview with David Pleasance at the X2024 party in the Netherlands.

Jan Beta - SR-6140R | A new YouTube video from Jan Beta. In this video, Jan shows how to refurbish a Commodore scientific calculator from 1975.

8-Bit Resurgence - CMD FD-2000/FD-4000 Reverse engineered (2) | You can now watch a new video from the 8-Bit Resurgence YouTube channel. In this episode, you can see the second part of the process of reverse engineering the FD-2000/FD-4000 floppy disk drives from CMD.

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: Gateway to Computing with the Commodore 64 Book 1 & 2, The Animated Commodore 64 - A Friendly Introduction to Machine Language, RUN, Micro Doctor, First Aid for your Commodore 64 and Micro Wars on the Commodore 64.

TheRetroChannel - NEAT 2364 | Mark Sawicki has made a new video for his YouTube channel. In this video, Mark demonstrates the NEAT 2364. This is a re-programmable 24pin ROM replacement for Retro computers.

Reviving Retro - 1084 repair | You can watch a new video from the Reviving Retro YouTube channel. In this episode, the repair of a Commodore 1084 monitor, with a bad fly-back transformer.

The Retro Hour - Mark Healey | The Retro Hour is a professional Podcast made by Dan Wood & Ravi Abbott. The Retro Hour aims to help the world understand the European gaming industry. In this episode: Game designer and artist Mark Healey (KGB Super Spy, Theme Park and Dungeon Keeper).

Return #57 | Return magazine is a German printed magazine for classic computers and consoles. In this edition: Atari 2600+, TANK, Cave Story, Spiele mit Wuselfaktor, Dungeons & Dragons, Iconic Arcade, Rocky & Co, Goodboy Galaxy, Another World II: The Heart of the Alien, Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi, Vengeful Guardian Moonrider, Oric and Popeye.

WoRC 2024 | The World of Retro Computing WoRC 2024 Expo will be a two day vintage and retro computing conference in Kitchener Ontario Canada. The 2024 WoRC Expo will include hands on vintage and retro computer and gaming displays, special guest speakers, vendors buying and selling, workshops, lan parties, challenges, and raffles.

Radio Paralax | Radio Paralax is an Internet radio station with original or remixed music from computer games. The music is from the demo scene, from the C64, Amiga, NES, SNES, Sega Megadrive, Playstation etc.

Commodore Chronicles Podcast | You can now listen to a new episode of the Commodore Chronicles Podcast. In this episode: SE Michigan Vintage Computer Club, Will the Commodore Chronicles go 16-bit?, The Commodore Years 1991, Arnie and Midnight Resistance.

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