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FairLight TV | You can now watch a new episode of the FairLight TV YouTube channel. In this episode: Bacchus goes on a visit to the Swedish Commodore Club.

Commodore Repair Toolbox (Update) | With the Commodore Repair Toolbox you can easily view schematics, zoom in/out, identify components, see chip pinouts, study datasheets, resources and various other information, helping you to diagnose and repair old hardware. The supported models are: C64 (250407 & 250425), C64c (250466) and the C128/128D (310378).

Jürgen Müller - 65F02 | Jürgen Müller developed the 65F02, which is a drop-in replacement for the 6502 CPU, but the clock speed is 100 MHz. The hardware is a Spartan-6 FPGA (with 64 kByte on-chip RAM), on a small circuit board which is just the size of a 40-pin dual inline package, with pins matching the 65C02 pinout.

Piers Finlayson - One ROM | Piers Finlayson has developed the One ROM. This is the most flexible ROM replacement for your retro computer. It is highly configurable and low-cost. Based on a Raspberry Pi RP2350 or STM32F4 microcontroller. One ROM emulates the 2364, 2332 and 2316 ROMs.

Commodoriani #20 | A new edition of the Italian Commodoriani magazine is now available. In this edition: Armalyte, Lemmings 2, Millenium Runners, La storia di Zapp! Italia, Fan Art and Curiosita.

The Retro Hour - Jeroen Tel | 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 the legendary Commodore C64 composer Jeroen Tel of Maniacs of Noise.

Commodore.software | The web page Commodore.software has had an update with many new items: Golden Flutes & Great Escapes for the Commodore 64, Turboload Manual, MegaBASIC for the Commodore 64, Contriver M-3 Mouse Manual, Super Snapshot v5.2 Operating Manual, StarDOS Addendum / Errata Rev 1, Enhancer 2000 Bonus Disk, Enhancer 2000 Disk Drive Owner's Manual, Weather Tamers Manual, C64emu Build 2025-08-21, 1541 Disk Certify, Color 64 BBS Manual, StarDOS Operations Manual, Understand Your VIC - Vol 1 - BASIC Programming, 8BitDo Ultimate Software V2, Autoduel Manual, Elite Manual, BASIC 4.5, Project Stealth Fighter Manual, BASIC 4.5 Extension Guide, BAM Cleaner, Keyboard Routine V3.0, The Light Pen - Operations Manual by Inkwell Systems, Elvira II - The Jaws of Cerberus Manual, Artura Manual and Elvira - The Arcade Game Manual.

ExplainingComputers - Commodore OS 3.0 | A new video from the ExplainingComputers YouTube channel is now available. In this episode: The Commodore OS Vision 3.0, which is a retro futuristic Linux distribution with over 200 games and lots of other software included.

Bitluni - CDCTape | Bitluni has developed a mini version of the Commodore Datassette as a USB storage device. He uses microcassettes from a Dictaphone and a USB interface, but it can only store about 1 MB of files.

The 8-bit files podcast | You can listen to a new podcast from The 8-bit files. In this episode of the podcast: The Commodore 64 Ultimate - a modern, FPGA-powered revival of the classic C64. The Atari 2600 - MovieCart, My Arcade Atari Watch, THEC64 Mini Black Edition and the surprise return of Compute!'s Gazette.

Commodore History - Commodore 500E | You can watch a new video from the Commodore History YouTube channel. In this episode: The Commodore 500 desk calculator, and he also talks with Leonard Tramiel about this calculator.

Commodore Users Europe | You can now watch the videos from the most recent online meeting of the Commodore Users Europe. The topics are: VIC NX - Thomas Lovskog, Dungeon - Chris Garett, Hyper Runner - Colin Vella, Codecraft - Camilla Boemann and playing games on the original Commodore C64 - Alessandro Pistocchi.

8-Bit Show - Code to text | Robin Harbron made a new YouTube video. This time he talks about converting programming code to a text file using the VICE emulator and petcat.

Dir Browser v1.08 - C64, C128, VIC20 & Plus/4 | Dir Browser is a lightweight and versatile program launcher for Commodore 8-bit machines that allows you to explore the contents of one or more connected disk drives. Through this utility you can change the current directory, mount disk images (or tape), and launch programs easily and intuitively. Designed to be used in conjunction with SD2IEC devices, it also supports common Commodore disk drives (or compatible).

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 is: Flashtro - Rex and the Galactic Plague.

Retro Commodore | The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high-quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: Joystick (13), VC 1541 Floppy Disk User's Guide, 1570/1571 Disk Drive User's Guide, 1570/1571 Disk Drive Benutzerhandbuch, 1570/1571 Disk Drive Bedienungshandbuch, Hard-Soft Produktinformation Feb. 1989, Modulgenerator, The Programmer 2.0 Bruger manual, Sound Express Stereo Sound Sampler User Manual, Professional Page, Tips & Tricks , Commodore 16 Games Book, TV Text, Epyx Fastload cartridge instruction manual, TV Text Professional, Vidi-Amiga 12 Colour Digitiser Manual, Syndicate - Executive Brief, Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manual Includes and Autodocs 3rd edition, SuperScript Bedienungshandbuch, Commodore 1541 Disk Drive User's Guide and VLAB 4.1 YUV-Echtzeit Video Digitizer Benutzerhandbuch.

Nordischsound | Ben from the Nordischsound YouTube channel is making music with retro computers. The latest additions are: Atlantis Rising, Steppenwolf - Born to Be Wild and Ozzy Osbourne - Paranoid.

Detroit Font Editor - PC | The Detroit Font Editor is a Windows application for creating and editing character fonts for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Isildur. The editor can be used for hires and multicolour character sets, flexible tile size, mirror, undo/redo, import/export (PNG,TTF/OTF) and save/load of BIN files.

ASM magazine | The next edition of this German computer magazine is almost finished, but the team is now looking for more support for the magazine. In particular, someone familiar with social media who can help make ASM better known online. And of course, anyone who enjoys testing games and has always wanted to write a review for ASM is warmly invited to contact the ASM team.

Pixel Nostalgia - Maniac Mansion diorama | Relive those classic gaming sessions of old with this Maniac Mansion diorama set. All your favourite characters are here from the Lucasarts classic, Dave, Sid, Bernard, Razor, Michael, Wendy, Jeff and even kidnapped Sandy.

Commodore.software | The web page Commodore.software has had an update with many new items: Microtext 64 v2.60a, Microtext 64 User Guide, Amiga Gamer's Guide (1), NuBASIC4, V-Forth 5.0, Computers and Chaos for All Amiga, Amiga 1000 Rejuvenator Manual, SupraDrive Operator's Manual, SupraDrive 500XP Hardware Manual, Simon's Mostly Reliable Guide to the Commodore Tape Format, Simon's Mostly Reliable Guide to Kernal I/O, Simon's Mostly Reliable Guide to Interrupts, Final Expansion 3 User Guide v2.1, Denise 2.6, 64Mon v1.03, Crazy Demonstration, Crazy Documentation, Forbidden Forest Manual, Die Hard 2 - Die Harder Instructions, The Blue Book for the Commodore Computer and The Castles of Dr. Creep Instructions.

David Hunter - IEC RTC | David Hunter developed a Real Time Clock for his Commodore VIC20 computer. The project uses an Arduino Uno and a Dallas DS3231 RTC. The software uses an IEC driver from Lars Pontoppidan. Because this RTC is a device on the IEC-bus (12) you can also use this on the Commodore C64, C128 or Plus/4 computer.

RetroMagazine World #24 | A new edition of RetroMagazine World is now available. In this edition the following articles: FPGA (2), Fortran - C64, Power C - C64/128, Libdragon Development (2), SGDK, Identity Cases (1), PunyInform, Tribute to Doriath, Dracula X (Saturn), Briley Witch Chronicles 2 (C64), Yeti Mountain (C64), Corescape (C64), Magical Pop'n (Snes), The Adventure of Little Ralph (Playstation), Hunter Girls (MegaDrive), Seraphima (ZX), Hermano (GameBoy),Tetris 1200 (Amiga 1200), Breaktru (Amiga), Final Fight Enhanced (Amiga), Dottie Flowers (Snes), Turbo Outrun (Plus4), Pac-Man Arcade (ZX), The Mandarin II (Amstrad CPC), Sergio Kidd (GB Color), Duck Hunt (Amiga) and Keystone Kapers (C64).

Commodore Chronicles Podcast | You can now listen to a new episode of the Commodore Chronicles Podcast. In this episode: The games Tenebra from Haplo and Spelunky64 from Paul Koller.

Komoda & Amiga Plus 28 | Komoda & Amiga Plus is a printed and a pdf magazine (English and Polish language) for the Commodore user. In this edition: Ladybird, Tusker, El Cartero, Gravity Boy, NeonWorld, Colorado, 6502 Assembly, Cracker's Glossary, Demoscene, Trusty Rusty Game Solutions, t0m3000 and The Jackintosh Story.

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: Flashtro - Krogharr, Bad Karma - Amiseafox and Flashtro - Space Patrol.

Nordischsound | Ben from the Nordischsound YouTube channel is making music with retro computers. The latest additions are: Ozzy Osbourne - Paranoid, Mystical Arabian Tune, Alan Walker - Spectre, The Ultimate HIT Medley (Madonna, Europe, ABBA, Lady Gaga, Shakira, Wheatus etc.) and Future of Yesterday.

The Retro Hour - Rob Smith | 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 Rob Smith, retro inventor.

Schematic Reference | On the Schematic Reference webpage you can find many schematics of retro computers and peripherals from Commodore, Atari and Sinclair. It also has a component selector which will give you the pin-outs, a resistor calculator, a 680x0 ROM splicer & combiner and a number conversion tool (Dec, Hex, Oct & Bin).

Denise v2.6 | Denise is a cycle accurate and platform independent C64 / Amiga emulator. This emulator is developed by piciji. The recent changes are: Improvements for the Amiga: Hard disk emulation (M-Tec AT 500), VHD support, ECS Denise emulation (A500+/A600), CPU overclock, SCP format, CD32 game pad support, LHA support and a Caps Lock LED in the status bar. Improvements for the C64: fast loading, cartridges and PRG injection.

Sconnex - C64, C16, VIC20 & PET | Sconnex is a new game for the Commodore C64, C16, VIC20 and PET computers, based on the famous 4-in-a-line game. You can play any board size from 4x4 up to 12x12. You can use the game in two player mode for human against human, or play against the computer.

Oldsocks - b5s4 XA1541 | This is the b5s4 PCB version of the XA1541 active adapter. It lets you connect Commodore disk drives to a PC with a parallel port, and read and write to real diskettes. Compatible disk drives: 1541, 1541-II, 1570, 1571 and 1581. Compatible software: The Star Commander, OpenCBM, NibTools, CMBXfer, Mtap & Ptap and cbm4linux.

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