The Commodore Users Europe is organizing a Hackathon in the city of Helmond in the Netherlands. The hackathon will take place at the Home Computer Museum (HCM), with two days of fun, coding, designing and building. Lunch and coffee/tea is included in the ticket price.

Commodore Users Europe

You can now watch a new episode of the FairLight TV YouTube channel. In this episode: Sociology of the scene with Hedning of GP.

You can watch a new video on the Tech Tangents YouTube channel. In this video: The Commodore 208, an adding machine from the 1960's.

Mark Sawicki has made a new video for his YouTube channel. In this video Mark shows how to improve a Commodore 1084 monitor.

You can now watch the March 16, 2023 TPUG (Toronto PET Users Group) meeting on YouTube. Special guests are: James Alexander and Jonah Clausen.

You can now listen to a new episode of the Zapped to the Past podcast. In this episode: Slimey's Mine, European 5-A-Side, Mickey Mouse, Fernandez Must Die, Battle Ships, Kane II, Sword Slayer, Professional Snooker Simulator and 19 Part 1 - Boot Camp.

The web page Commodore.software has had an update with many new items: Joe's Paint Magic, Merlin 128, Buttermort, Scrapwriter 64, Joe's 2nd Book for the C64, HomeWord Word Processor Help, Centipede 128 BBS, Denise and DraCopy 1.3doj.

DLH's Commodore Archive is a web page for Commodore documentation. You can find magazines, books and manuals. The latest additions are: A1300 Genlock Users Guide, The Addams Family Manual, Potty Painter, The Australian Commodore Review, 6502 Software Design First Edition, The Programmers' Trouble Shooting Guide Commodore 64, The Transactor, Learn to Program The Commodore 128 All by Yourself and The 68000 Principles and Programming.

Memory Lane is a new text adventure game for all Commodore computers. The game is developed by ComSha, Logiker and Wil. In the game, you can explore the town and discover mysterious places. Collect multiple items and interact with other citizens.

You can now watch the videos from the most recent online meeting of the Commodore Users Europe. The topics are: Vision BASIC - Dennis Osborn, Unified keyboard for all Amigas - Gianluca Renzi, PETSCII compositor tool - Jason Page, FloppyBattle.NET - Cicile Leet & Goodchip, Amidon Mastodon client - AmigaOS 3.2 - Dimitris Panokosta, The ultimate library for C128 - Raffaele Intorcia and Spring Hackathon details (HCM) Sebastian Eggermont.

You can now watch a video with Chuck Peddle, Jeri Ellsworth and Bil Herd. The video is already a few years old and in three parts.

You can now watch a new video from the 8-Bit Resurgence YouTube channel. In this episode building a retro computer monitor using an old laptop LCD panel, some 3D printed parts and some clever electronics.

The Commodore Users Europe is organizing a Hackathon in the city of Helmond in the Netherlands. The hackathon will take place at the Home Computer Museum (HCM), with two days of fun, coding, designing and building. Lunch and coffee/tea is included in the ticket price.

Commodore Users Europe

Komoda & Amiga Plus is a printed and a pdf magazine (English and Polish language) for the Commodore user. In this edition: Lykia - The Lost Island, Eye of the Beholder, Captain Ishtar, Traz, H.E.R.O., Jungle Joe, Outpost, Mike Mech, Core Wars, Hacker, Knights & Slimes, BrainBreak, How to create an own game?, The epic Epyx (2), XC=Basic (3), Game developers tools, Pentest in C64, Dice for User Port, EasyFlash3, Minky, Emotiworld, SimCity, Devil's Template, Playing on the cable, Transferring data from PC, Amiga as a Linux terminal, Internet as in the old days, Play girl!, The beauty of Amiga, Talking Heads, On another subject and Johnny presents: Don Pedro vs. Spider-Man.

Keir Fraser has released updates for the Greaseweazle hardware. The recent changes are: Support for HFEv3 and Atari ST MSA files. And improvements for D88 and TSC Flex.

The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high-quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: GoldenIMAGE RC-500 512Kb RAM manual, Betafon Amiga og Tilbehør 1995-09-05, Vulcan Letter and goods, Betafon Betaclub News, Z80 Software Gourmet Guide & COOKBOOK, Troubleshooting and Repairing your Commodore 64, Desk Top Publishing, Amiga Database Datamat advert, Neuheiten Parade, Dynamic-Cad Advert, Nyt til Supportmappen 1992-01-15 and Hardware-Basteleien zum c64/c128.

You can now watch a new episode of the FairLight TV YouTube channel. In this episode: An interview with Mahoney.

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: Shining 8 - Death Mask and Agile - Demoniak.

In this episode of the RetroManCave: The Commodore 900 computer, which is a prototype computer system based on the Zilog Z8001 CPU.

You can join the online meeting of the Commodore Users Europe this Saturday evening (04-03-2023 / 19:30). The meeting is free and is held via Zoom. The topics are: Spring Hackathon, The ultimate library for C128, FloppyBattle.NET, Amidon - Mastodon client for AmigaOS 3.2, PETSCII compositor tool and Unified keyboard for all Amigas.

Other Commodore events.

Matthias from the UNI64 web shop is now offering completely build PCBs. A few examples of the READY+ boards are: uHeld64, Pi1541 Zero Adapter, S-Video Modulator, uAX64 Max and many more.

Introduction video of the READY+ boards.

PETSCII BBS Builder is a Java framework for building highly customizable PETSCII-enabled BBSes, accessible from 8-bit Commodore computers.

Multipaint allows you to draw pictures with the colour limitations of 8 bit computer platforms. Changes in this version: Added support for the VIC20 hires and multicolour modes. Improvements for the Amiga mode, Amstrad GX4000/plus mode and Tandy Coco3 modes.

A new YouTube video from The Centre for Computing History is now available. In this video: The Tape Loading Experience.

You can now watch a new video from the 8-Bit Resurgence YouTube channel. In this episode unboxing a lot of old Commodore hardware, a VIC-1540 disk drive, C64 computer, books, cables and software.

You can now watch a new video from the GadgetUK164 YouTube channel. In this video, he is replacing the power switch in a Commodore 1084S-D1 monitor.

RetroPIC is a picture converter for retro computers. It can turn your modern picture into a retro picture which can be displayed on real C64 or an Amiga. Input: jpg, png, rgb and bgr. Output: C64, ZX Spectrum 48/+, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST and the Amiga.

For the HxC floppy emulator is new firmware available. The HxC floppy emulator is a replacement of a 3.5 inch disk-drive in for example an Amiga or a Atari ST. Recent changes in the firmware: Improvements for Sync, XML, H8D Heathkit, QuickDisk, DiscFerret DFI Loader, Stream, IMD File Writer, MSA File Writer, Kryoflux, FDX and Logic analyzer.

BASIC 10Liners is a competition for making a game in BASIC with only 10 lines of code. The rules are: The computer system must be 8-bit, the BASIC is line orientated and there is no machine code allowed. There are three categories: 80, 120 or 256 characters per line.

Return magazine is a German printed magazine for classic computers and consoles. In this edition: Fallout, Snatcher, The Hobbit, Castaway, VCS, Shovel Knight Dig, Lovecraft, Oldenburger Computer-Museum, ShootiN64 (4), Alwa's Awakening, PiStorm, Terranigma, Aqua Jet, Operation Wolf and Mega Man Zero.

You can now watch a new video from the 8-Bit Resurgence YouTube channel. In this episode a look at a way to store your retro computer collection on a wall for easy access, and it also looks great.

The web page Commodore.software has had an update with many new items: Cave of the Word Wizard, HomeWord, Gemini V2.0, Sprite Studio 64 v1.1, Superclone Disk Examiner, Klitzing's Utility Wedge, SD2IEC Wedge 64, GEOPAINT, Artillery Duel Deluxe, C64 Dreams, Ultimate II Command Interface Reference, The Write Stuff 128, GEOS Image Editor and Blue Chip Word Processor.

If you have a Commodore related web page you can now join the Commodore Banner Exchange. The banners are rotated to ensure all websites have equal exposure. All you have to do is add the HTML code to the bottom of your page.

The forum at C64forum.com is all about the Commodore C64 computer. There are sections for hardware, software, programming, emulators, music, game-development, C128, VIC20, Plus/4 and the Amiga.

DLH's Commodore Archive is a web page for Commodore documentation. You can find magazines, books and manuals. The latest additions are: Collette Utilities Dox, geoWorld, Commodore PET Users Club Newsletter, Arac Manual, Computers West - Final Edition, The Power of Calc Result for the Commodore 64, Very Basic BASIC, The Transactor, geos 2.0r for use with geoRAM User's Manual, The Hitchhiker's Guide to GEOS v2022, The Users Guide to Commodore 64 and VIC-20, Inside West Chester and geoTips Issue 01.

Kernal64 is a CBM-II, VIC20, C64 & C128 emulator developed by Alessandro Abbruzzetti and is written in the Scala programming language. Changes in this version: Added support for the Magnum Light Phaser light gun. Improvements for audio state saving, initialization memory patterns and video & audio support for the freespin demo.

Press Play Again is an editorial booklet from RetroMagazine World in the Italian and English language. It is a tribute to Italian newsstand publications of the 1980s. This issue was made in partnership with DumpClub 64 and contains the following software: Electronic Construction Kit, Corso Yuppie Junior, Word Star 64 ,Stregona and CHAR' ATTACK!

Scene World Podcast is a podcast about the Commodore scene. In this episode: Modern Vintage Gamer, Louis Rossmann, Metal Slug, Remute, Blast Processing, Reshhot R Proxima 3 and Commodore - The Inside Story (German).

FRGCB (Finnish Retro Game Comparison Blog) is a web page that writes about retro games. But the difference is that this blog compares the games between the different computers like the C64, Amiga, MSX, NES, CPC, DOS, etc. The most recent comparisons are: Unique Games! - The Second Encore (12), Juhannussauna (2016) and Juhannusolumppialaiset (2017).

The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high-quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: Protext C128, PET 40 Column Clip Test source, PET 80 Column Clip Test source, Amiga Genlock 1300 User's Guide, Der Welt Der C64, RUN Advert, Oxford Pascal for the Commodore 64 - 64 Pascal Users Manual, Datasette PM-C16 Manual, PC-1 Messe Tilbud, News of COMputer, CBM 64 Norsk Programmeringskurs - Datakurs I and News about the Danish Magazines from Audio Media A/S.

The Commodore Los Angeles Super Show will be held on 15 & 16 April 2023 in Burbank, California USA. At the show you can see demos and presentations on and about the C128, C64, Plus/4, DTV, VIC20, PET and the Amiga.

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: Agile - Demoniak, Top Swap - Bismark, Top Swap - The President is Missing and The Exceptions - Chrono Quest.

The Retro Sprite Workshop is a professional tool for retro game developers, especially for Commodore C64/C128 or Commodore 264 series. This program produces output formats which can be used in external development tools.

You can now watch the January 19, 2023 TPUG (Toronto PET Users Group) meeting on YouTube. Special guests are: RJ Mical and Michael Tomczyk.

The Dragnet Case is a text adventure game for the Commodore C64, Plus/4 and the Amiga computer. In the game you are Sam Boon, an L.A. Private Detective, and you are about to start your next investigation. The game is developed by TaskmasterSoftware.

You can read a message on Twitter from David Pleasance about the German version of the book Commodore - The Inside Story.

A new YouTube video from Adrian Black. This time he is checking and modifying a Commodore 1702 monitor.

Scene World Podcast is a podcast about the Commodore scene. In this episode: The man behind the web page RetroRGB, Robert Neal. This website has all the information you need to get the best picture from your retro consoles to a modern TV.

You can now watch a concert of Remute. This concert was recorded on Saturday 14.01.23 live at the Digital Retro Park in Offenbach, Germany. The Digital Retro Park is a museum for digital culture.

petxd is an xxd-like hex dumper that outputs using a Unicode/PETSCII representation. When used in a terminal or console with the C64 Pro Mono font, the result is a pleasing and familiar PETSCII rendition of whatever binary data you are inspecting.