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Commodore Chronicles Podcast | You can now listen to a new episode of the Commodore Chronicles Podcast. In this episode: SE Michigan Vintage Computer Club, Will the Commodore Chronicles go 16-bit?, The Commodore Years 1991, Arnie and Midnight Resistance.

LOAD #10 | LOAD is a German pdf-magazine for retro computer users. In this edition: Borrizz, BASIS Microcomputer GmbH, Ultra electronic, UNIMEX, Computertechnik Müller, Schneider Computer Division, 20 Jahre Macintosh, Atari-Story (2), CPM-65 - Apple II, RISC OS, Commodore C900, SGI Geometry Engine, AMIGA A2024 Monitor, PAL - Apple II, HP-15C, TTL Computer Gigatron, Logikus, MINIVAC, Z80 - MFA, PiStorm, Smalltalk,BASIC, Fluxcopy and Classic Computing 2023.

Ultimate II+L - Firmware 3.11a | A new firmware is available for the Ultimate II+L cartridge. New in this version: Wi-Fi is supported now, and improvements for Ethernet, characters on the screen and Ulticopy.

World of Jani - Supradrive 500XP 8MB RAM Expansion | Jani has written an article about installing an 8 MB RAM expansion in a Supradrive 500XP. The RAM expansion is developed by RetroNynjah.

Retro Debugger V0.64.68 | Retro Debugger is a code and memory debugger that works in real time. The program works together with the VICE emulator. In this version: Improvements for the 1541, Zoom, Data watch, Disassembly line bar, Painting (VIC Editor) and many more small errors were resolved.

FOR BASIC TO ONE-LINERS | FOR BASIC TO ONE-LINERS is a new book for programming with 8-bit BASIC, written by Holger Weßling. This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the world of BASIC one-liner programming on 8-bit computers. Featuring more than 170 tips & tricks for shorter code and faster programs, a comprehensive overview of BASIC commands, screen codes and PETSCII codes of the Commodore C64 computer.

8-Bit Resurgence - CMD FD-2000/FD-4000 Reverse engineered | You can now watch a new video from the 8-Bit Resurgence YouTube channel. In this episode, you can see the process of reverse engineering the FD-2000/FD-4000 floppy disk drives from CMD.

Linus Akesson - Spin, Crazy World | Linus Akesson has made a new video in which he plays the music Spin, Crazy World on different kinds of Commodore based musical instruments.

Retro Commodore | The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high-quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: Amiga Hardware Reference Manual.

Komoda & Amiga Plus 25 | Komoda & Amiga Plus is a printed and a pdf magazine (English and Polish language) for the Commodore user. In this edition: Power Drift, AJ Layden, Tetris Recoded, Die Kaufmannsgilde & Spediteur, Party Speedway Extended, XC=BASIC (6), 6502 Assembly (2), Tapecart, Trainyard, Super GP 64, Press fire to go, Space Station 23, BreakThru, Paolo Cattani, Reshoot Proxima 3, 3D Rat Race, Virtual Grand Prix, Lotus 1-2-3, RGCD Racers, Stuntman Seymour, Talking Heads, Dior and Johnny presents: Bobr Album.

Commodore History - B128 power supply replacement | You can watch a new video from the Commodore History YouTube channel. In this video, you can see how to replace the power supply and the clock generator in a Commodore B128 computer.

Amigos: Everything Amiga | You can listen to new episodes of the Amigos: Everything Amiga podcast: Air Taxi, Flink, I just turrican't. Turrican III and They missed the Domark: Rampart.

Arctic retro - C128D keyboard restoration | You can now watch a new video from the Arctic retro YouTube channel. In this video, the restoration of a keyboard for the Commodore C128D computer.

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: Endless Piracy - Pro Video Plus, The Time Circle - Stunt Car Racer, Scoopex - Emulator V2, FICA - Mysterious Worlds, Paradise - Double Dragon III, Paradise - Sim Ant, Paradise - Twist, Paradise - Agony and Paradise - World Tour.

FairLight TV - #100 | You can now watch a new episode of the FairLight TV YouTube channel. In this video: The X-2024 meeting in the Netherlands.

Rudy's Retro Intel - SuperPET repair | You can now watch a new video from the Rudy's Retro Intel YouTube channel. In this episode: The repair of a Commodore SuperPET computer.

Zapped to the Past | You can now listen to a new episode of the Zapped to the Past podcast. In this episode: Turrican, British Super League, Striker, Fast Food, Pro Tennis Tour, TV Sports Football and Hammerfist.

WHDLoad | WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. Update: Arcade Pool (Team 17), Pirates! (Microprose), Sensible World of Soccer (Sensible Software), Fire and Brimstone (Microprose), Magicland Dizzy (Codemasters) and Larrie and the Ardies (Kingsoft).

Nordischsound | Ben from the Nordischsound YouTube channel is making SID music on the Commodore C64 computer. The latest addations are: Daft Punk - Get Lucky, A-ha - Take on Me, Timo's Castle - Intro-Title and Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy.

8Bit Retro ReFix - Amiga 1200 keyboard repair | You can now watch a new video from the 8Bit Retro ReFix YouTube channel. In this episode: How to install a keyboard PCB membrane in an Amiga A1200 computer.

André Fachat - 8bit-times #29 | You can now watch a new YouTube video from André Fachat. In this episode of 8-bit-times: The GeckOS multitasking operating system (v2.2) for the 6502 CPU, specifically in its supported Commodore 64 and PET architectures.

Mark Nuttall - Amiga Trumps | Mark Nuttall has started a Kickstarter campaign to make an Amiga Trumps card game. The cards contain famous Amiga games like Golden Axe, Rainbow Islands, Fantastic Dizzy, Alien Breed, Cannon Fodder, Ruff n Tumble, Superfrog, Worms, Zool and many more.

TPUG - 04-2024 | You can now watch the April 18, 2024 TPUG (Toronto PET Users Group) meeting on YouTube. Special guest: Brian Dougherty - Berkeley Softworks - GEOS.

APoV #5 | A new edition is available of the APov (Amiga Point of View) magazine. In this English pdf magazine: Magnetic Fileds, Turrican III, Fury of the Furries, Putty Squad, Lotus Espirit turbo Challenge, emulation, news, tips, charts and much more.

Ball Bin Double - C64 | Ball Bin Double is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Iceout. The game is only 512 bytes in size.

Sayaka's Digital Attic - Micro C64 | You can now watch a new video from the Sayaka's Digital Attic YouTube channel. In this episode, Eleonora is going to build a very small Commodore C64 computer.

Arctic retro - Amiga sound sampler repair | You can now watch a new video from the Arctic retro YouTube channel. In this video, the repair of a sound sampler for the Amiga computer.

Bart Venneker - C64 assembly | Bart Venneker has made a new YouTube video (Dutch). In this episode: How you can use assembly-language to make programs for the Commodore C64 computer.

GadgetUK164 - Amiga 2000 repair | You can now watch a new video from the GadgetUK164 YouTube channel. In this video, the repair of a rare Amiga A2000-A (Revision 4 - German) computer.

FairLight TV | You can now watch a new episode of the FairLight TV YouTube channel. In this video: An interview with Walter Konrad at the X2024 party in the Netherlands.

Excalibur - Plus/4 | Excalibur is a new text adventure for the Commodore Plus/4 computer developed by Carmine Migliaccio. The game is based on the game for the ZX Spectrum, originally made by Gian Battista Aicardi (1987). The game has hires pictures, an 80-column character-set and is available in both Italian and English.

Hare Basic - VIC20 & C64 | Hare Basic is a fast, limited instruction set, integer-only Basic interpreter (not a compiler) for the Commodore C64 and VIC 20 computer. Hare Basic is developed by Aleksi Eeben, he also made a manual and a few sample programs.

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