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volksFORTH | This is a 16bit Forth System produced by the german Forth Gesellschaft e.V. Main development of this system was done between 1985 until 1989. The volksFORTH Project was revived in 2005 with the goal to produce a manageable Forthsystem for computer systems with restricted system resources. The current Version of VolksForth is 3.81. Work on Version 3.90 has started. At this time volksFORTH is available for this Systems: volksFORTH MS-DOS, volksFORTH 6502 (Commodore 64, Commodore Plus 4, Commodore PET, Apple 1, Atari XL/XE), volksFORTH Z80 (CP/M, Amstrad CPC), volksFORTH 68000 (Atari ST)

VICE for the Apple | Chris made a complete package to install the VICE emulator on a Apple computer. The features are: Automatically compiles everything from source. Universal Binaries for PowerPC and Intel Macs are created. For each emulator a bundled Application is created that starts up on single click. Launches required X11 automatically. Shows both console and emulator window. MacViceBuilder can be downloaded from the website.

Llamasoft | Who had a 8 bit computer knows the games from Jeff Minter. He founded the company Llamasoft in 1982. Llamasoft has released over 30 games on nearly 20 platforms, garnering plenty of awards along the way as well as a loyal community of fans - The Llamasofties. The old games like Attack of the Mutant Camels and Hover Bovver are all available for download from Jeff's website.

Dirmaster v1.0 | After a break Style is back, bringing you the next advancement of CBM disk image manipulation tools. This time we call it DirMaster v1.0 - handling all your d64, d71, and d81 needs and offering the comforts of having literally hundreds of images open at once, with fully enabled drag and drop between images. Coded by The Wiz/Style!

Joystix #1 | Luke Lynde of People of Liberty started a new PDF magazine (English language) dedicated to reviewing C64 games. There are about 15.000 games released for the C64 so there will be a second edition to this magazine. If you want to help Luke with the magazine drop him an email.

1541 LPT | This is a project where a PC is used as an harddisk for the C64, C128 and VIC-20 and other IEC-computers using a 1541 as an interface. As a small bonus you can use the CD-ROM, 1.44 MB-drive and network - drives of the PC as well! Products: software, a cable and a modified 1541-board. Current version is 0.10, Beta.

AAY 1541 | The All About Your...-series (AAY..) is a mighty help-system for C64 - coders done by Ninja. The new edition is about the 1541 diskdrive. commented ROM-Listing, Zeropage, VIA6522-registers, Cross Reference, Jobcodes, Error Messages. You can download the HTML or ASCII version from the Dreams website.

CBM4WIN | The diskdrive communication program written by Spiro Trikaliotis has been updated. The program makes it possible to copy D64 or D71 images from a real drive to the PC, or from the PC to a real drive with the help of d64copy. Furthermore, you can copy single files in both directions, too. Some more tools (for example, cbmctrl) are given, too. The emulator VICE will have support for this program in the next version. Spiro has also an experimental version of the YAPE emulator that supports CBM4WIN.

Update XA | XA is a high-speed, two-pass portable cross-assembler. It understands mnemonics and generates code for NMOS 6502s such as 6502A, 6504, 6507, 6510, 7501, 8500, 8501, 8502. Key amongst it's features: C-like preprocessor, rich expression syntax supports o65 re-locatable objects with a full linker and relocation suite, as well as bare plain binary object files block structure for label scoping. This program is available for linux / unix users.

1541-III | The 1541-III is a PIC microcontroller controlling an FAT16 MMC/SD card with .D64 files. It is connected to the Commodore via the standard IEC bus. The circuit as a whole behaves like a 1541 disk drive (therefore the name 1541-III). It has been successfully tested on the following machines: VIC 20, C64, C16, Plus4 and the DTV.

ACME 0.88 | ACME is a free crossassembler. The current version can produce code for the 6502, 65c02 and 65816 processors. It also supports some of the undocumented (illegal) opcodes of the 6502. This software runs on several platforms, currently there are versions for: AmigaOS, DOS, Linux/general Unix, RISC OS and Windows. ACME knows about global and local labels, global and local macros, conditional assembly and looping assembly. It can include other sourcefiles as well as binaries while assembling, does offset assembly and much more.

Digital Memories | Crackers made a intro to the game, showing off their nickname and group name. These intros got spread along with these games everywhere throughout the 80s. Digital Memories is a selection of the best demos. An exciting retrospective trip through virtual worlds full of effects, bleeps and pixels that is truly multimedia for the 1st digital generation.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Happy New Year puzzle. | For who wanted to know where the numbers came from. Here is the answer. 2: Commodore VC20, 0: Amiga 2500, 0: CBM 4032, 6: Commodore C116

Commodore on CES | CES is one of the most important Consumers Electronics Shows in the USA. And after being away for several years Commodore will be at the 2006 event. (5-8 Jan 2006) Commodore will present new hardware such as the: Navigator, MediaTower and the MediaBox.

Happy New Year. | The Commodore Nieuws Page wishes everybody a happy new year and lots of Commodore use for 2006.
And for those who like a puzzle. From which computers did the numbers 2006 came from?

Keyrah keyboard adaptor | Keyrah makes keyboards of classic computers available to new computers. The board fits the case of a C64, VIC-20, C128, C-16 or Amiga 1200, and turns the computer into a USB keyboard. In addition to that, two digital joysticks can be connected that will act as additional keys (for example cursor keys). It switches between two key-maps that are either adjusted to the daily use under Windows, or especially for emulators like Vice and Amiga Forever. The keyboard adaptor is tested on Linux, Amiga OS, Mac OS and Windows.

AAY 1581 | The All About Your...-series (AAY..) is a mighty help-system for C64 - coders done by Ninja. The new edition is about the 1581 diskdrive. German commented ROM-Listing and RAM-Area, Cross Reference, ROM Differences, CIA / WD-registers, Jobcodes, Error Messages. You can download the HTML or ASCII version from the Dreams website.

Individual Computers stops selling hardware | Individual Computers and also E3B, who are well known for innovative and powerful hardware expansions for classic Amiga computers and the C-one, are forced to stop selling hardware until further notice due to changes in German law. No hardware is being shipped within the EU, neither to resellers, nor to direct customers. Both companies are willing to meet the new law but the German authorities are far behind with the implementation. So we have to wait until the German authorities will have done their work or buy the products outside the EU.

VICE 1.18 | New version of the popular 8-bit Commodore emulator for the PC is available. New features or fixes are: The 72 minute crash is fixed. Added Structured Basic, Comal 80 and Ross cart support. Improved the VDC emulation (C128). The OS/2 port works again now. New HardSid support (experimental) for the UNIX port. 'Netplay' option linking two emulators via TCP network (experimental and x64-only for now).

PETSCII website update | The PETSCII PAGES is a Commodore web site created and maintained by Jeff Ledger. This is the root hub for both personal projects as well as the other Commodore web sites. Examples are: The Petscii Forums, The TELBBS site, Quantum Link Reloaded, Commodore Markup Language, Commodore DTV Hacking, Secret Society of Commodore Coders Forum.

CommodoreTalk | CommodoreTalk is a new forum for all Commodore fans. The forum handles all computers from the PET to the Latest Amiga. To use the forum you need to register.

VICE 1.17 | There is a new version of VICE (The Commodore 8 bit emulator). New in this version: GeoRAM memory expansion support with sizes from 64KB to 4MB. Also RamCart and +60K memory expansion support. And Userport RS232 emulation should work as expected now. (Q-Link)

cc65 compiler | cc65 is a complete cross development package for 65(C)02 systems, including a powerful macro assembler, a C compiler, linker, librarian and several other tools.
The cc65 can be used for the following computers: Commodore C64, C128, C16, C116, Plus/4, P500, CBM 600/700. Apple ][, Atari 8bit, Oric Atmos, NES.

Barcode | Ever wanted to know what CBM was in a barcode..... Want to make your own barcode click on the link or the picture.

Old School Gaming | Want to read reviews of games on your favorite classic platform and retro titles for modern hardware. OSG is a combined review site for new titles on machines like the Commodore 64, Sinclair Spectrum and Atari 2600.

Competition Pro | The legendary joystick is available again. But now with a USB connection. The last thing you needed for the emulators. Many say this was the best joystick ever and having dozens of them I agree. Now available in the better computer shops for about 15 euro.

Braunschweig 25 years. | This week it was 25 years ago that Commodore Braunschweig was opened. The Braunschweig division assembled millions of Commodore computers. They also made the most famous model, the Golden C64.

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