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Ultraflash-Noter v3.0 | Ultraflash 3 is an noter or letter maker for the Commodore C64. The program is made by ThunderBlade (Code), Red Devil and The Blue Ninja (Music). The program can process 70 kByte of text, 8 kByte music and use 3 character sets. You can write your text in classic mode and rainbow mode.

Sidreloc v1.0 | Linus Åkesson made a program to relocate SID music to a new part of the memory of the C64. You can relocate about 90% of all known SID’s and the rest can be replaced with a few adjustments. The program can be used on a Linux system, and the source code is available.

CBM prg Studio v2.3.0 | Arthur Jordison has released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: Support for the C16 and Plus/4 computers. Undo/redo for character, sprite and screen designers. Support for illegal opcodes. Removed small programming errors with the Commodore key, PI and DATA keyword, SYS call for the VIC20, renumbering and the MMI.

XSidplay2 - v2.1.2 | Tognon Stefano (ice00) released a new version of XSidplay for Linux. XSidplay is a SID music player for Linux, initially developed by Michael Schwendt. Changes in this version: Added dinamic library selection and libsidplayfp resid emulation.

SketchBlock v1.6 - Amiga | SketchBlock is a drawing program for AmigaOS. The aim of this project is to create a sophisticated application for digital painting. Changes in this version: Smudge tool, New layer manipulation commands, Project information, Custom mouse pointers, New Wedges, Clipboard support, New preferences options, Gadget help, Improved Undo/Redo system and more scripting options.

Icaros Desktop 1.4.2 | Paolo Besser released a new update of Icaros Desktop. Updates: User manual, OWB, AmiFig, Janus UAE, Mplayer, PortablE, AmiLUA, LoView and Jabberwocky. New: unarc, pixman.library, WildMidi library and shell MIDI player and EAW GUS patches for WildMidi. Improved: Duke Nukem 3D and AROS M68K support with UAEGFX modes.

Tape Master Pro V2.1 | An new version of Tape Master Pro is available. Improvements in this version are: You can choose your own text scroll speed. Loading stripes now also work before starting the IRQ turbo tape system. Resolved a small error in the boot loader. And it is now possible to continue with Tape Master Pro after saving your program.

VintageStudio | VintageStudio is an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for 8-bit computers (C64, VIC-20 and Atari). The program is made by Pawel Kadluczka with the help of Visual Studio 2010. In a video Pawel shows the features of VintageStudio and how it works. Now you have a modern way of building, running and debugging your 8-bit programs.

Acuario 2012 | Acuario is a aquarium for inside your Amiga. Acuario has several fishes, a clock / date, background music and even a mermaid. The 2012 version is made with Hollywood 5 Infinity and has new fish, support for oggvorbis audio files and is available in the following languages: Español, English, French, Italian, German, Greek and Czech.

TAPgen v0.1 | TAPgen v0.1 is a tape loader program made by Enthusi. With this program you can make your own tape loading system for your games. It supports games up to 44 kB (173 Blocks) including loading music, loading picture and a scroll text with custom character set. The program can be used on a PC with Python and recent version of Exomizer.

TMPx v1.0/Style | TMPx (TMP cross) is a cross assembler that is 100% compatible with the full syntax of the Commodore C64 program Turbo Macro Pro. TMPx was tested thoroughly and will produce the same output as Turbo Macro Pro on the real C64. Besides TMPx you can also use TMPview. This program will show the ASCII version of the Turbo Assembler code.

CBM prg Studio v2.2.0 | Arthur Jordison released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: Basic listing improvements. Jump to destination, for BASIC files. Auto complete for BASIC (v2 / v7) programs. Relative branching for assembly programs. Improvements for the screen designer and several bug fixes.

WimBASIC - VIC-20 | There is a new version of WimBASIC available. WimBASIC is a BASIC extension for the Commodore VIC-20. The program is loaded in BLK5 of a RAM memory expansion or you can use a ROM cartridge. The changes in this version are: Solved problems with the ROUND() function, defined function keys and the FIND command. And the SuperNumbers implementation has been improved.

NetSurf v2.9 (pre release) | NetSurf is a small but fast web browser for Amiga (OS4), RISC OS and Linux. NetSurf supports HTML and CSS: A few examples of the changes in this version are: Improved mouse handling, multi-tasking, keyboard scroll speed, MIME type, contextual menu, aspect ratio, resource handling, tab bar, dragging, fonts and clipboard support.

Scalos | The Scalos source code has been released as open source under BSD license. And Scalos goes AROS! Lots of work has been invested to port Scalos to AROS, and a first native build is available. Scalos is a desktop replacement for the Amiga. The goal of Scalos is to integrate a lot of additional functionality and an enhanced look without losing any of the look-and-feel we all love about the real Workbench.

Excalibur - Amiga | KJetil Hvalstrand released a new version of Excalibur. Excalibur is a taskbar / start button for AmigaOS4. Version 1.0.0 supports the following: Textures, Real / Scale icons, Drag and drop, Sorted menu items, Quick screen switch buttons, Open drawers form start menu and much more.

Icaros Desktop 1.4.1 | Paolo Besser released a new update of Icaros Desktop. Changes in this version: Latest version of OWB. SMB support for file servers. Added: GLmark 08, SchismTracker, Pforth, Duke Nukem 3D and Sqrxz 3. Updated: PortablE, Intel GMA driver and Theme manager in preferences.

C64 Studio v2.2 | C64 Studio is a assembly development environment which is dependent on VICE. You can write assembly code and test this with the VICE emulator. Changes in this version are: Stored open state of element. Improved the D64 export function. Added support for: breakpoint, !bank macro, Magic Desk cartridge type and help documentation.

Asm-Pro | Asm-Pro is a MC680x0 macro assembler with integrated editor, debugger, linker and monitor for our Amiga. Changes in this version: Added the Apollo CPU with many new instructions available for the assembler, disassembler and debugger. Fixed for the 020 CPU with inderect addressing modes. Solved the problem with pasting an empty clipboard. Commandline buffer is now 256 lines. Added support for Integer Constants in Floatingpoint Expressions.

Plus/4 memory map v1.7 | SVS improved his memory map for the Commodore C16, C116 and the Plus/4. This .xls file is a very comprehensive description of the 264 models. Changes in this version: RAM usage. IRQ specifications. Keyboard routines. TED registers can be compared with VIC-II registers. Improvement to the PET-ASCII codes.

SketchBlock v1.3 - Amiga | SketchBlock is a drawing program for AmigaOS. The aim of this project is to create a sophisticated application for digital painting. Changes in this version: Bitmap brushes with small previews. Tool presets with the help of a ARexx scripts. Custom Start-up and exit scripts can be made and used. Many bug fixes, tweaks and new commands.

QR Code Generator - C64 | Jwh1977 made a program for the Commodore C64 that can produce QR codes. QR codes are two dimensional bar-codes that can contain an internet address. If you take a picture with a modern mobile phone of the QR code you automatically go to the internet page. The program and the source code are available on the CSDb web page.

Online 8 bit character editor | On the ComputingVoyage.com web page you can use an online 8 bit character editor. You can draw your own characters just by clicking with your mouse. To help your design there are several helpful tools: scroll, invert, mirror, fill, clear, rotate, copy and paste. The character data, in 8 bytes, is automatically calculated.

FunkPaint 0.40k | FunkPaint is an multi format graphic editor for Hires / Multi / Multicolor and DTV pictures. The editor is programmed by SOCI. The program can be used with an joystick or mouse and supports memory expansions (+60k, REU, Ramcart, Georam etc.).

JSIDPlay2 - v2.5 | JSIDPlay is a Commodore C64 cycle-exact emulator optimized for sound reproduction. It is also a SID player for music collections like HVSC and CGSC. JSIDPlay2 can load SID (PSID/RSID), MUS, DAT, P00, PRG and STR sound files. It can play mono and stereo formats. External SID filter definitions are possible. And you can also use it like a real C64 to watch demo's or play games.

CheeseCutter v2.3.0 | CheeseCutter is a tracker program for composing music for the SID chip. The program uses the reSID engine for SID emulation. The packed files can be played on a real C64. Changes in this version: Extra keys for laptop users. Packer updated to handle sub-tunes. Absolute notes are no longer affected by the sliders in the player. Keyjam mode.

Icaros Desktop 1.4 | Paolo Besser released a new update of Icaros Desktop. Changes in this version: Improved version of Wanderer. Odyssey Web Browser v1.16. FryingPan. Audio Evolution 4. Printing system for PostScript printers. Mark Sheeky's Games for Amiga m68k. SDL-Quake. Insolit Dust graphic effects and tutorials. SCANdal, Flipbook, AbkViewer. Net-Bubble and Dragon Memory. AviBuild. Convierteme. PXDrum and mp3player.

LCE - VIC20 | Schlowski made an character editor for the Commodore VIC-20 called Little Character Editor (LCE). The program can be used on a unexpanded VIC20 and can edit 64 characters. The commands are: Load, Save ($1C00-$1DFF), Copy, Paste, Rotate and Mirror.

KryoFlux 2.0 b9-1 | The software for the KryoFlux system has had an update. KryoFlux is a USB-based floppy controller. The system can be used to read a floppy, at low-level, and store the data from the disk. New in this version: Write support for ADF (DD and HD). Support for more protection formats used on the C64, and the manual has been updated.

Cinnamon Writer v0.80 | Claus Deslers has improved his Cinnamon Writer for AmigaOS 4. Cinnamon Writer is a compact and efficient word processor. In this version spell checking and support for .docx files. The most recent version can be downloaded from the web page of Claus.

Kick Assembler v3.22 | Another updates for Kick Assembler is available. Changes are: Removed a programming error in the .importonce directive. Corrections in the manual. And meta functions for userdefined structs (getStructName, getNoOfFields, getFieldNames, get, set). Kick Assembler is a combination of an assembler for writing 6510 machine code and a high level script language.

PortablE - r6 | Christopher Handley released a new version of PortablE. PortablE is a recreation of the AmigaE programming language with many improvements. The program is available for Amiga OS3, OS4, AROS, MorphOS and Windows. You can find a complete list of new and improved items on the PortablE web page.

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