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Blackbird v1.0 - C64 | Blackbird is a modern and powerful music editor for the Commodore 64. The exported music contains a highly efficient play routine and has a small memory footprint, 9-12 pages of memory. A comprehensive manual is included.

Kick Assembler v4.8 | The last couple of months there have been updates for Kick Assembler. The recent changes are: Speed improvements, ByteDump, Labelscoping (if directive) and other small improvements.

ADFer v2.2 | Rob Cranley release an update of ADFer. ADFer is based on ADF-Blitzer and makes it possible to transfer ADF images to and from the Amiga. Changes in this version: Support for RAD, verify, progress bar, cancel button, multi-disk writing and low memory mode (0.5 MB).

Superfluid v0.2 - C64 / Retro Replay cartridge | Superfluid is a basic extension, freezer and machine language monitor for the C64 or C128 with a Retro Replay (or compatible) cartridge. Basic extension: Function keys, ON, OFF, KILL, OLD, MON and $. Freezer: RAM, I/O registers and colour RAM.

Redit - Amiga | Redit is a word processor for the Amiga computer. Redit can be used from Kickstart 1.2 and 0,5 MB. Changes in this version: Improvements for new documents, library loading and the stack size has been increased to 16 KB.

Maxi-Edit - VIC20 | Tokra made a program for using a larger screen in Basic with the Commodore VIC20. The screen can now be 26x32 characters. But you will need an 8 KB RAM expansion.

Polyanna - C64 | Polyanna is a 8-channel music editor for the Commodore 64. Polyanna plays 3 regular SID channels together with 5 emulated SID channels on a stock machine with the 6581 SID chip.

C64 Debugger v0.56 | C64 Debugger is a code and memory debugger that works in real time. The program works together with the VICE v2.4 emulator. Changes in this version: Improvements for loading PRG, sprites, settings and audio. The following commands are added: pass, S PRG , L PRG and D.

SD2IEC Kernal v1.0 | Clause made a modified kernal for the Commodore 64. This kernal supports the SD2IEC devices that based on the design of Ingo Korb. The kernal provides a file browser and a fast loader (10x).

NinjaTracker v2.04 | Cadaver and Spider Jerusalem made a new version of the NinjaTracker. Changes in this version: Added pause for long directories, F-keys in goattracker/sidwizard style and a new colour scheme.

CCGMS 2017 Final | A new version of CCGMS is now available. Features in this version: User Port / UP9600 / Swiftlink / Turbo232 / Comet64 (300-38400 Baud). Support for 17xx REU, Phone Book, Ansi colours, Themes, Drive #8-15 and sd2iec/uIEC.

SDBrowse - C64 | SDBrowse is a new program for the Commodore C64. With SDBrowse you can browse drives, copy files, edit filenames, etc. The program uses a special font (6 x 8) and the side borders to display the information.

Kick Assembler v4.6 | The last couple of months there have been updates for Kick Assembler. The recent changes are: Improvements for the null-pointer exception, symbols, variables, directives, error messages and the bytedump option.

Amiga 500 Online | A new article on the AmigaLove web page explains how to get an Amiga 500 online. With the help of a modern PC connected to the internet the Amiga 500 can connect to a BBS.

AmigaAMP v3.20 | Thomas Wenzel released an update of his music player for the Amiga. AmigaAMP is a GUI based MPEG audio player, but it can also play AIFF, WAV and FLAC files. Changes in this version: Support for AAC streaming and improvements for AHI and mpega.

SimpleMail 0.43 - Amiga | SimpleMail is a mail program for the Amiga platform (classic and OS4) and compatible systems (MorphOS). Changes in this version: Update to OpenSSL (v1.0.1u), improvements for folder rescanning, error window an many more small improvements.

X-bEnCh v1.00 | X-bEnCh can be used to replace the Workbench when you only want to load games with WHDLoad. You can use X-bEnCh with all Amiga's, OCS or AGA and with 68000 to 68060 CPU's. Changes in this version: Display Mode switch support and screenshots for games. Improvements for the Mod player and the audio playlist.

Netsurf 3.6 - m68k | A new version of the web browser NetSurf is now available. Changes in this version: Improvements for YouTube playback, dithering, loading, scale, copy text, fonts and much more.

TapEx - v1.05 | TapEx is a tool for analysing, verifying and cleaning Commodore 64 tape images (TAP V0, TAP V1 and DC2N RAW files (16, 24 & 32 bit). Changes in this version: Super Pavloda, Bleepload, Macmillan loader, Alternative loader, Procass loading system, Turrican loader, TDI-loaders , Guerrilla War, Snakeload V5 / V5.1, Ocean T2, Action Replay loader, CBM ROM SEQ-files, Trilogic loader, Atlantis loader, Trap loader, Palace T1 / T2, Rainbow Arts T1 / T2 loaders, Tai-Pan, Rainbow Islands, Freeload format 2, 3 & 4, Dragon Load, Hewson loader and Freeze Frame Tape.

Calimero v3.8 - MorphOS | Calimero is a powerful DTP program for MorphOS. The program can import and export many different formats. The program supports multi page, columns, header, footer, separators, hyperlinks, text-warp, table of contents, background texture and much more. Changes in this version: Tables, Excel import / export and workbooks in CALS format.

VChar64 v0.2.1 | Ricardo Quesada developed a character editor for the Commodore 64. The features are: Import, export, rotate, invert, clear, shift to left, right, up and down. Changes in this version: Added support for new VICE v3 snapshot function and a new Colodore palette.

SDK Browser version 2.1.0.0 | Jamie Krueger release an update for the SDK Browser. Changes in this version: Updated to AmigaOS4 SDK, support for 64 bit filesystems and (STRUCT)ure browsing. Improvements for fonts, tab lengths, mouse wheel, preference settings, find files, search and more.

AmigaAMP v3.19 | Thomas Wenzel released an update of his music player for the Amiga. AmigaAMP is a GUI based MPEG audio player, but it can also play AIFF, WAV and FLAC files. Changes in this version: Improved the saving of the window position and the DIRECTORY ToolType. And extended support for BufferSize=File to more file types.

Slack - C64 | Jeff Harris developed a Slack Client for the Commodore C64. He connected an Raspberry Pi via an RS-232 to the user port of the Commodore C64. He also wrote an application in 6502 assembly for the C64 and a NodeJS app which talks to the Slack RTM API.

ADFBlitzer v3.0 | Rob Cranley release an update of ADFBlitzer. With ADFBlitzer it is possible to transfer ADF images to and from the Amiga. Changes in this version: Progress bar, cancel function, AB3 format, error checking (file & drive), low memory mode and improvements for the GUI and read / write routines.

CBM prg Studio v3.9.0 | Arthur Jordison has released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: Added a TARGET directive, ifdef and import of SEQ files. Improvements for constants, label names, status bar, sprite editor and the character editor.

Netsurf 3.6 - AmigaOS 4 | A new version of the web browser NetSurf is now available. Changes in this version: Improvements for time handling, CSS, SVG, GIF, BMP, web-search, scheduler, tabs and AmigaOS3 support.

D64 Editor v0.035 | A new version of the Windows based D64 editor is now available. The features of this program are: Reading of D64 files, display the directory, move files around in the directory and rename files. Export from D64 to PRG. View/Edit the BAM and the data blocks.

Mapping the Commodore 64 - Excel | Steve Morrow made an Excel sheet with the memory map of the Commodore C64. At the moment he has documented the memory addresses 0 - 62097. He is still working on the last part of the memory map.

VICScript v0.1 | Bobbi is working on a scripting language for the Commodore VIC20. At the moment he is still developing VICScript but if you find a problem or have a suggestion please contact Bobbi.

Kick Assembler v4.4 | The last couple of months there have been updates for Kick Assembler. The recent changes are: Added an errorif directive. Improvements for referencing variables and a small update for the manual.

C64Studio v5.0 | 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 Sprite editor and nested IFs. Added the <> operator, !pseudopc (ACME) and build chains.

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