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TalkRetro.com | If you want to talk about any retro computer system you should visit the TalkRetro.com web page. The forum has the following discussions: Chit chat, Pictures, For sale, Wanted, Introduction, Parties, Technology, Demo scene and much more.

C65 - FPGA | Paul Gardner-Stephen is working on a FPGA version of the Commodore C65. His goal is to make an 8-bit computer for the 21st century. In the last month he has been working on the 48 MHz CPU and an Ethernet connection for the C65GS. You can follow his progress on his blog.

Hi65 | Hi65 is a high-level Commodore 65, BASIC 10 emulator. The Commodore 65 is an proto type 8-bit computer with an 4510 CPU (3.54 MHz), 256 colour graphics and 8 MB of RAM. This emulator does not emulate the whole C65, but it will run programs that are written in BASIC. Changes in this version: Incorporated the Ingo Berg's MuParser routines into Hi65. Ana added 36 new error messages for the MuParser.

Vasm 1.7a | Vasm is a assembler to create linkable objects in various formats. The following CPUs are supported: M680x0, ColdFire, 80x86, PowerPC, ARM, Jaguar RISC, Z80, C16x/ST10, 6502 and the 6800. Visit the web page to read all the changes in this version.

Retro Asylum Podcast 95 | In this episode of the Retro Asylum Podcast Mrsid tells us about the C64 scene. Steve buys a Spectrum, Paul M talks about cover-disks and finally, we have the podcast that we recorded live from Revival earlier this month.

FRGCB | FRGCB (Finnish Retro Game Comparison Blog) is a new web page that writes about retro games. But the difference is that this blog compares the games between the different computers like the C64, Amiga, MSX, NES, CPC, DOS, etc. The most recent comparisons are: Circus Charlie, Bumpy and Summer Games (2).

Reset #04 | Reset is an pdf magazine (English language) for the Commodore C64 user. In this edition: Editorial, Reviews: Commando Arcade, Guns 'N' Ghosts, Bellringer III and the Protovision 4 player compilation. Where Are They Now? Interview with Tomcat/Nostalgia. The history of Commodore Format (1). Games That Weren’t, C64 Endings, Deep Thoughts, The Mighty Brain, a minty fresh Blow and The Cartridge comic.

Princess C64SD v3.0 | The Princess C64SD v3.0 is a new product from Manosoft. This device is a combination of the ITS TAP Player module and the C64SD. The features are: .TAP support (load /save), Disk drive replacement, Atmega1284p micro-controller, Metal cover, Pass-through connectors for the Datassette and IEC devices, SD card slot, Buttons for Play/Stop, reset and disk change and status LEDs.

Bil Herd - Commodore LCD | Bil Herd made a video of the most rare Commodore computer the Commodore LCD. In the video he opens the Commodore LCD and explains all the parts inside. The video is almost 15 minutes and you can watch it on Youtube.

Commodore Free #82 | A new edition of the English pdf, text, seq, d64, html and Ebook magazine is now available. In this edition the following: Editorial, Cover Tape 15, News for the C64, Plus/4, VIC20 and Amiga users. GEOS and Wheels Programming, Commodore: 1 - Church: 0, Interviews with Paul Gardner-Stephen and the Melon64 SysAdmin, Review of the SD2IEC Drive and Assembly Line - $05: PRIMM.

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: 19 new, 369 updated and 1 removed.

CBM prg Studio v3.1.0 | Arthur Jordison has released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: Code Snippets. Improved the VICE debugger support. New tutorial for mixing BASIC and machine code. Support for the Plus/4 in the screen code builder tool and BASIC 8 support for C128 projects.

CBMXfer v0.4 | Steve J. Gray released a new version of CBMXfer. CBMXfer is a collection of utilities for transferring files and working with diskette images. The utilities are: OPENCBM, CBMLINK, C1541, NIBTOOLS and IMGCOPY. Changes in this version: Added DAD window, C64 USER MONO option, 8250/SFD-1001 single-sided mode, catalog file and dual view mode.

Retro Asylum Podcast 93 | In this episode of the Retro Asylum Podcast Mrsid tells us about his new Commodore 64 items, announces the Donkey Kong competition winner and reviews the game Hunter’s Moon on the c64. Also music from Thing on a spring on the c64.

CommVex 2014 videos | You can watch videos from the CommVex 2014 meeting in Las Vegas USA. In the videos you can see Matt Brewster with the MIST (FPGA hardware emulator for the Amiga), Jim Drew with the Supercard Pro and Greg Alekel with C64 screen casting.

The secrets of the 6500/1 | The Commodore 6500/1 is a single chip computer that is used in for example the Commodore 1520 plotter / printer. The problem is that nobody knew what was inside this chip. On the cbm-hackers mailing list people started with a project of hacking the 6500/1 chip. The hack was successful and the firmware is now available.

Tapuino | Peter Edwards developed and new hardware device for the Commodore 8 bit computers. This device can replace the Commodore Datassette. The device has an Arduino micro controller with an SD card reader and a LCD screen. The schematics and the software are available on Peters web page.

RetroWiki Magazine 9 | RetroWiki is an Spanish pdf Retro Computer Magazine. In this edition the following articles: SAM Coupe, Retro-Bits, El Kenbak-1, Terminator games, Commodore Plus, Brico Micro and Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back.

Infinity Tape Sd2iec update | Manosoft released a firmware update for the Infinity Tape Sd2iec. Changes in this version: Saving of a placeholder unique for each .TAP file. Confirmation of successful initialization of the C64SD card, end-of-virtual tape indication and a card hide function.

C&A Games #09 | The Polish magazine Commodore & Amiga Fan released another games edition. In this pdf magazine the following articles: News, Franko - The Crazy Revenge, Wings, FIFA World Cup 2014, Times of Wars, The Map (2), Interview: Ryszardem Nazarewskim, Hero Time 2, Vampire Hunter 2, Mega Starforce: Return to the Great Star, Saboteur, V.I.O.S. 2011 - Special Edition, Interview: Bohdana R. Rau, Lotus Turbo Challenge 2, Flappy Bird, Happy Flappy, Commando Arcade, Swords Valdgira II and C64 Persian.

Commodore Free #81 | A new edition of the English pdf, text, seq, d64, html and Ebook magazine is now available. In this edition the following: Editorial, Cover Tape 14, News for the C64, Plus/4, VIC20 and Amiga users. Ray Carlsen Universal PSU, Contiki Networking, Game Reviews: Bertie The Ball, Threes and Get The Cat, Arthur Jordison, Interview with Creators of Armiga, Games That Shouldn't Have Been and Assembly Line - $04.

Return #18 | Return magazine is a German print magazine about the 8-bit computers from A (Atari) to Z (ZX Spectrum). In this edition:30 Years Atari 7800, The Epyx-Story, Warshaws Welten, Putty Squad, 25 Years Game Boy, Oh Mummy, Perplexity, Ultimate Wizard, Tetris 8-Bit, C64 Musik, ACA 500, Atari-7800-Games, Golden Axe, Starwing (CZ-Tunes) and the news from the scene.

Programmable Logic I - PLA/PAL | Bil Herd made an article about Programmable Logic. In this article he explains how the PLA for the C64 was developed. The PLA in the C64 is used to create chip select signals from various other signals. These signals control which chip is connected to the data bus and is therefore responsible for the memory mapping of the C64.

World of Jani | Jani made a web page for his hardware projects, documentation, preservation, repairs and other Commodore related technical items. A few examples of his projects: Techtopics, Parallell cable for the Oceanic disk drives, RapiDOS Professional, 2364 to 2764/27128 adapter, Finding bad RAM and Making a C64 Cartridge.

FRGCB | FRGCB (Finnish Retro Game Comparison Blog) is a new web page that writes about retro games. But the difference is that this blog compares the games between the different computers like the C64, Amiga, MSX, NES, CPC, DOS, etc. The most recent comparisons are: Summer Games, Afterlife, Turbo Esprit, Mikie, The Vikings and Bionic Commando.

Cassiopei | Firmware update for the Cassiopei. The new version supports the PET2001 series, and the 40XX series is no longer in the beta stage. Also some small bug-fixes for speech synthesizer and the sample player. The Cassiopei manager has an improved progress-bar and allows batch file (add/delete) processing.

Commodore monitor information | Gona updated his web page with technical information about Commodore monitors. This web page has information about: manufacturers, connectors, resolutions, introduction year and application. Recent updates: Philips BM7513/BM7523 schematic diagram (Commodore 76BM13). The European Commodore 2080 model. And updated the information on the 1084, 2080 and 1960.

Retro Asylum 88 - Codemasters | In this episode of the Retro Asylum Podcast Andy takes a look at the kings of budget gaming Codemasters. Andy tells us about the history of one Britain's oldest game developers, takes a look at his favorite games and plays some of the best chip music.

Petro Tyschtschenko's memories | Petro Tyschtschenko and Patric Klöter started in 2011 on a book about the time that Petro worked for Commodore. The book will be available from June 2014 in the German language and a English translation will follow later. The book has more than a dozen chapters, contemporary documents and many previously unknown photos.

Komoda #9 | In this Polish pdf magazine the following articles: Fresh, BlockFrenzy, Scorpius, Dark Force, He-Man and the masters of the Univers, Stone, Ghostbusters, Test Drive, Knight'n'Grail, Mikael Tillander, Guns'n'Ghosts, Miszcz i Małgorzata, 1985 - The Day After, Lode Runner, Harrier Strike, Top 10, Slavia nadeszła and Johnny Prezdstawia.

Retrogaming Times Monthly #121 | In this English pdf and html magazine about the retro gaming computers the following articles: A New Challenger Awaits. Turn To Channel 3: 1943. Handheld Chronicles: Revenge Of The Gator. Retro Library Review: Vol. 14-Atari Age Summer 1982. Broken Controllers: Captain Comic Review. Saturday At The Arcades: Bucky O' Hare. ColecoVisions: Sneaky Winky going on a Venture!. More C64: Amidar Clones and Game Over.

Sprite Castle | Rob Flack O'Hara has a web page for all his podcasts. His recent podcasts are: H.E.R.O., Bruce Lee, Winter Games, Sid Meier's Pirates! and Flappy Bird/Flappy 64. Besides the podcast you can also find the links of web pages mentioned in the podcast.

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