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C2N repair | On the Youtube channel Cainers Commodore Capers! you can see the repair of a Commodore C2n Datassette.

Vasm 1.8a & Vlink 0.16a | Vasm is an 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 about the changes in this version.

MemTest64 | MemTest64 is a system detection and memory testing utility for the Commodore machines. The following system components are examined: CPU type, PAL/NTSC, extensions (Turbo Chameleon, DTV, TDC, IDE64 or 1541 Ultimate), CPU speed, memory expansions and transfer speeds.

The Retro Hour #82 | 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: Joerg Droege from Scene World.

Retro Mojo | Fletch started the blog Retro Mojo. He writes about programming on the Commodore C128. His first blog is about setting up the Vice emulator and the Merlin 128 Assembler.

Soccer Boss v1.2 - Plus/4 | Kichy and JamesC made a new conversion of the game Soccer Boss Plus/4. This version is bug-free and has many improvements and bonus features. The game is written in Basic and is PAL & NTSC compatible.

Jan Beta - C64 power supply | Jan Beta made a video about building a power supply for the Commodore C64. He uses a transformer for the 9 VAC and a standard power block for the 5 VDC.

DurexForth V1.6.2 | Ravelli released a new version of Forth for the Commodore C64. Forth is a very low-level and minimal language without automatic memory management. Forth on the C64 is more faster, more memory effective and more powerful than the standard Basic. Forth on the C64 includes an editor, compiler and an assembler. Changes in this version: Optimizations, flash screen when reading from disk, removed sei and cli and added methods for reading jiffy clock in timer.fs.

Jakadapter - Firmware v1.3 | With the Jakadapter you can connect two Atari-style joysticks to USB. The changes in the new firmware are: An update for the paddle readout algorithm, now with more filtering and accuracy. It works very stable also with worn paddles.

Cross Chase - Plus/4 | Fabrizio Caruso is developing a game for computers with a 6502 and Z80 CPU. The game Cross Chase is available for the Apple II, Atari, Atmos, Commodore C64, C128 and the Plus/4.

Mix Box #4 - Summerr 2017 | Richard Bayliss released Mix Box #4 - Summerr 2017 with the following music: Star Toast, Eligible for Termination, Cruiser X-79 title music, Mind over Antimatter and Aztec Adventure.

The Guru Meditation - Amiga Forever 7 | In this episode of the Guru Meditation: Bill and Anthony give an overview of some of the key new features in Amiga Forever 7.

Sprite Castle | Rob Flack O'Hara has a web page for all his podcasts. Besides the podcast you can also find the links of web pages mentioned in the podcast. In this podcast: Wizball, Law of the West and Samantha Fox Strip Poker.

Amiga Paradise | The Amiga Paradise web page preserves the musical heritage of the Commodore Amiga since 1997. On this web page you can find more than 800 game / demo music titles. New: Dojo Dan, Dogs of War, Shadow Dancer, War Zone, Warzone, Torvak the Warrior and Dalek Attack.

Brotbox64 | Brotbox64 is a podcast (German language) about the Commodore C64 made by Philipp Lehmann. In this episode: Brotbox News and Christian (ZeHa) Gleinser.

AmigaRemix | You can listen to new remixes on the AmigaRemix web page. The following Amiga music is added to the web page: Cousin's Song, Yo! Joe! - Haunted House, Stranger Sisters Edit, FlashBack (Ending), Toki - Caverns of Fire and Gobliins 2: The Prince Buffoon (The Village).

FIST - C64 | FIST (Funky International Singalong Tournament) is a new program for the Commodore C64 made by TheRyk. You can singalong with the music: Africa, Boten Anna, Enola Gay, Hotel California, I Code with My Sunglasses at N., Just Died, Lessons in Love, Living Daylights, Maniac, Modern Love, Ozone-Numa Numa, Rule the World, See You, The Heat is On, The Way of the Exploding Fist, Two Minutes to Midnight, Un'estate italiana, Under the Bridge and Zu Spaet.

Vampire V4 | The Apollo Team has announced the Vampire V4. The features are: Amiga 1000, 500, 2000, CDTV, 600 and 1200, Standalone system, 68080 CPU core, SAGA, 512MB DDR3, FastIDE, Digital Video 720p@60Hz, Dual Kickstart-Flashrom and MicroSD storage.

Retro Commodore | The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: Independent Commodore Products User Group Newsletter, Precision Software - Special Offer to IPUG Members, 1541 Diskettestation Commercial, Commercial for 'EDDISON' and 'BB Write', The 'Kickstart' Guide to the Amiga, SOFT Today, MaxiMem v2.0, Advanced Machine Code Programming for the Commodore 64, VIC Computing, Motorola 68000/68008 Programming Reference Card, Sword of Honour, Zzapp64, Commodore DPS 1120, Bodylog - Das Fitnessprogramm mit dem Commodore 64/128, BTX Decoder Modul, Sargon II Chess for the VIC 20, Using the C64, AlphaWorks Universal Cartridge, Gubbdata 2017 Överlevelsesguide en Gubbdata 2017 votesheet.

AMIcast #24 | AMIcast is an English podcast about the world of Amiga. In this episode: An interview with Jon Lennart Aasenden - Amibian.js.

Rescuing Orc - C64 | Rescuing Orc is a new game for the Commodore C64. In the game you must enter the dangerous World of Magica and find your friend Orc. The game has 12 enemies, 5 areas, in-game music and sound effects. Joystick and keyboard, PAL and NTSC compatible.

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: Anim Pro V1.0, Disk Salv 2, Hard Utilities 2000, SAS Utilities, Zig Zag Zip, Bi-Fi Roll: Snack Zone, Bi-Fi II, Colgate, Master Mage, Amiga Broker, Vyrus, Weird In Edgeways and Zitrax.

Planet Golf - C64 | Planet Golf is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is made by Savona (code), Aldo Chiummo & Gaetano Chiummo (music), Ilkka Sjöstedt & Massimilano De Ruvo (graphics), Oliver Frey (inlay) and Jason Mackenzie (packaging). In the game you can play golf on 5 different planets in 1 or 2 player mode.

Tetravex - Plus/4 | Tetravex is a new game for the Commodore Plus/4. The game is made by Charlemagne and is an implementation of the classic edge-matching puzzle game. The objective of the game is to place the tiles in order, so that their edges line up, in the shortest time possible.

Worm Wars v9.00 - Amiga | Worm Wars is an advanced Tron / Snake-style arcade game for up to 4 simultaneous players. There are 36 types of creature and 32 types of Power-Up objects. There is also a level editor for making your own levels. New in this version: Improvements for the graphics, a Polish translation and an isometric mode (Windows).

JaffyDOS v1.2 - C64 | Jani made an improved Kernel for the Commodore C64 with a SD2IEC device. Features: Jiffydos protocol / DOS wedge, Customizable colour scheme and F-keys, Filebrowser, File copier, d64/d71/d81 images and a file start- and end address during load. Changes in this version: Improvements for save and file-copy with files up to 201 blocks.

Amigos | The web page Amigos added new articles last month: Super C, Kid Chaos, The Star Wars Trilogy, Seek and Destroy, Amigathon 2017, We have all the time in the world, The top 106 shortest/worst value Amiga games ever, When you wish upon an Amiga, Dystopian blancmange, Obscura Ninjata, Ghosts of gaming shops past, Advice to live by: Kill the babies!, Lionheart, Fury of the Furries and Configuring the Perfect Workbench 3.1.

FREEZE64 - 11 | FREEZE64 is a fanzine for Commodore 64 gamers and hackers. In this edition: Andrew Braybrook, Gribbly's Day Out, Desert Island Disks, The Sky is Falling, Beart Bovver, Games in the making, Max Headroom, Exclusive poke 'n codes, The mouldy cupboard and a Free cheat card (8).

Commodore PET 2001 repair | Tynemouth Software has repaired a Commodore PET 2001.This time one of the 74LS157 multiplexers was the problem.

C64games.de | The web page c64games.de had an update. You can now find 6572 games on this web page. The new games are: Basic Battleships, Bubble (Markt und Technik), Chiller (First Release), Delta Run, Frutty Man 64 (Rksoft 2016), Hit and Run Baseball, Neptunes Caverns - Enhanced, Pentagram v1.30 (C64, C128, Plus4), Rockit, Rollin (Atlantis), Rollin (Scand Soft), Rolling Twins, Rollingo, Velcro, Wacky Waste, Warflame, Warflame RX, Winky Blinky, Zap n Load, Zap Zone, Zatacka, Zombie Garden, Zombie Massacre and Zwob.

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: 53 new, 115 updated and 17 removed.

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