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DIR PLUS V4.0 - Plus/4, C64 & VIC20 | DIR PLUS is a SD2IEC browser, program starter and file manager solution for your Commodore 64, Plus/4 and VIC20. Changes in this version: Improvements for loading the directory (background), paths, search, file-info and auto-load. And there is now a Commodore VIC20 version available.

Hey Birt! - Keyboard repair | In this video from Hey Birt!: The repair of keyboard from retro computers.

Jan Beta - A600 repair | A new YouTube video from Jan Beta. In this video Jan is going search for a fault in an Amiga 600 computer that has the HDD LED on all the time.

FREEZE64 - 38 | FREEZE64 is a fanzine for Commodore 64 gamers and hackers. In this edition: Rambo - First Blood Part II, Readers' Rambolings, Badlands, ZZAP!64, Secret Squirrel Investigates, Andrew Davie, Hunchy, Pokes 'n' Codes, Tony Savona - Fix It Felix Jr. and Phil Wheatley.

Overshadow #35 | Overshadow is a Hungarian diskette magazine for the Commodore C64 computer. In this edition: News from the Hungarian scene, reviews, games and videos.

8-Bit Show & Tell - C64 cartridges | Robin Harbron made another new video. This time he talks about Commodore C64 cartridges.

SideKick64 | Sidekick64 is a versatile cartridge/expansion for the C64, C128 and C16/+4 whose functionality is entirely defined by software running on a Raspberry Pi 3 (RPi). Recent cjanges: Updates for the PCB and the software (new fancy display, more C128 support).

Ravi Abbott - Amiga CD32 TF360 | A new YouTube video from Ravi Abbott is now available. In this video the new Amiga CD32 060 card with 128 MB of RAM from Terrible Fire.

Retrohax - Spay painting | Retrohax has written a blog about spray painting computer cases.

The Guru Meditation - Petro Tyschtschenko | In this episode of the Guru Meditation: An old video of former head of Amiga Technologies and Amiga International Petro Tyschtschenko. The video was made in the year 2001 by Amigan St. Louis.

LukHash - Alien | LukHash makes music with the help of a Commodore C64. This time he made a remix of Alien.

Sumeria - Amiga | Sumeria is an economic game for the Amiga computer. The Amiga version of the game is made by Eugene Sobolev and is available in the English and Russian language. The original game was written by William McKay in 1964 for an IBM mainframe.

8-Bit Show & Tell - 1581 | Robin Harbron made another new video. This time he talks about partitions and directories with the 1581 disk drive from Commodore.

RNOPDF v1.3 - Amiga | RNOPDF is a PDF-viewer for the Amiga, made with Hollywood. Features: Zoom, search, bookmarks, export PNG / TXT, full screen, rotate and ARexx support. Recent changes: Search, links, bookmark, text export, password protected files, full-screen mode and jump back.

MW ULTRA - C64 | MW ULTRA is an improved version of the Metal Warrior game released in 1999. The game is PAL / NTSC compatible and supports REU and SuperCPU. A manual and city map is included.

GadgetUK164 - A2091 | A new video from GadgetUK164. In this video: The Amiga A2091 SCSI Card with setup, improvements and modifications.

C64Studio v6.5 | C64 Studio is an assembly development environment which is dependent on VICE. You can write assembly code and test this with the VICE emulator. Recent changes: Improvements for the binary editor, macros, replace, renumber, export, rename, sprite editor and breakpoints.

Modern Vintage Gamer - Robocob 3 - Dongle | The Modern Vintage Gamer has made a video about the game Robocop 3 for the Amiga computer. This game was copy-protected with a dongle in the joystick port.

Johan Grip - 8521R0 | Johan Grip is exploring the PLA chip in the Commodore C128 computer. He is making pictures of the chip with his microscope and decodes the circuit.

Open Amiga Sampler | Echolevel has made open source schematics, parts lists and documentation for building a generic 8bit/mono Amiga sampler cartridge. He also explains how Amiga audio samplers work.

Retro Recollections - Tapecart SD | A new YouTube video of Retro Recollections. In this episode: The Tapecart SD that can load PRG and TCRT images on a Commodore 64 via the cassette port.

Smarty and the Nasty Gluttons - Amiga | Smarty and the Nasty Gluttons is a game for the Amiga computer that was developed in 1992 but never released. The game is developed by Eero Tunkelo, Sami Karjalainen and Jouni Korhonen. In the game you are a 11-year old schoolboy who needs to rescue his grandfather from Dr. Nightmare.

Mega65 - Emulator and documentation | You can now download a Live ISO with the LGB's MEGA65 emulator, the MEGA65 documentation and various other goodies.

vAmiga v0.9.9 | vAmiga is a Commodore Amiga 500, 1000, or 2000 emulator for the Apple Macintosh computer. Recent changes: Improvements for ECS Agnus, Denise, disk DMA, TOD clock, JOY0DAT / JOY1DAT and the Copper.

Hey Birt! - C128 repair | In this video from Hey Birt! the repair of a Commodore C128 with a black screen. He also discovered a strange modification near the VIC-II chip.

SEUCK competition 2020 | The results of the SEUCK Compo 2020:
1. Sythia in the Cyber Crypt - Eleanor Burns
2. Spearhead - Alf Yngve
3. Guillotine - The Doom Machine - Richard Bayliss
4. Fish Pond 2 - Robovox by Pinov Vox
5. Space Fighter - Pinov Vox
6. Lagangrian Point 3 - The Earth Elevator - Recycled Arts

CityXen - The Smokerdore 64 | CityXen has built a system to control an old Masterbuilt smoker with a Commodore C64. They also show how to build the controller and how to make the program.

Everything Amiga | The webpage Everything Amiga added new articles last month: Checkmate A1500 Plus (4), Laser Upgrade for Amiga Mouse, Why is my Amiga Killing Floppy Disks?, Valhalla and the Lords of Infinity, Super Hang On, 007: Licence to Kill and Ask the Amigos.

Bil Herd - 65020 | Bil Herd is doing a project for the Altium Contest. He developed a PCB for a FPGA that will emulate a 6502 processor. The board can be used in an original Commodore computer with a 6502 CPU.

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 Flash. The most recent flashtro's are: Redrum - Tricycle Racer and Wanted Team - Swidron.

J-CIA | J-CIA is a FPGA replacement for the MOS 6526 & 8521 CIA chips in Commodore computers. Now the J-CIA is tested with different hardware and software.

The Games-Coffer | On the Games Coffer web page you can find games, demos, animations, slideshows, diskette magazines, history, FAQ, emulators, reviews and advert Scans. The new additions for this month are: ASCII Rainbow Viewer, Colour Cycling, Graphical Timer, High-Score Table, Joystick Handler, Mirror Image, Parallax Scrolling, Star Box, Text Example 1, Text Example 2, Type Writer, Warp Generator, Hot Columns, Karamalz, Ingenuous and Omega.

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