Mark Sawicki has made a new video for his YouTube channel. In this video Mark shows how to repair a Commodore 1084 monitor, with the help of Mr. Lurch.
2024-08-23 - 12:12:00 - Week: 34 - Item number: 12672 - Category: Commodore, Repair
Anykey is a program, developed by T'Pau, for the Commodore C64, 128, Plus/4, PET, MEGA65 or an emulator to test the keyboard, but also the joysticks, mouse, light-pen etc.
2024-08-23 - 12:10:00 - Week: 34 - Item number: 12670 - Category: Commodore, Program
Return magazine is a German printed magazine for classic computers and consoles. In this edition: Enchanted Scepters, Kings Quest, MacVentures, Space Quest, Maniac Mansion, Leisure Suit Larry, Police Quest, Zak McKracken, Snatcher, Neuromancer, Indiana Jones The Last Crusade, The Colonel's Bequest, Loom, Secret of Monkey Island Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge. Gobliiins 1-3, Indiana Jones 4, Indiana Jones 5, Kyrandia 1-3, Star Trek, Sherlock Holmes 1+2, Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max, Shadow of the Comet, Simon the Sorcerer 1+2, Gabriel Knight, Eric the Unready, Myst, Full Throttle, The Dig, Discworld +2, Phantasmagoria, Baphomets Fluch, The Last Express, The Curse of Monkey Island, Blade Runner, Grim Fandango, The Whispered World, Return to Monkey Island, Thimbleweed Park, Al Lowe, David Fox, Bob Bates, Revolution Software, Sierra On-Line, Lucasfilm Games and Legend Entertainment.
2024-08-23 - 12:02:00 - Week: 34 - Item number: 12662 - Category: Commodore, Magazine
The web page Commodore.software has had an update with many new items: DiskAligner, Lynx XVII, Adventures in Narnia Manual, Denise 2.3, CUL-DE-SAC 128, Airport 128, VICE 1.0a, CMD RAMLink User's Manual, Mathematics on the Commodore 64, DiskAligner Instruction Manual, Super File Backup and Utilities v1.0, Gothmog's Lair Manual, Boulderdash 128, Coil Cop Instruction Manual, Face Bender 128, True Paint I, Authenticalc 128, Grafix-Link v1.0, Xetec Serial Printer Interface Manual, Easy Working Planner v1.01, SAMCoupe, Easy Working Filer v1.01, Computeryes Owners Manual and Enigmuh Cipher.
2024-08-16 - 12:19:00 - Week: 33 - Item number: 12659 - Category: Commodore, Program
DLH's Commodore Archive is a web page for Commodore documentation. You can find magazines, books and manuals. The latest additions are: CCI magazine and Getting Started on your Commodore VIC-20.
2024-08-16 - 12:09:00 - Week: 33 - Item number: 12649 - Category: Commodore, Book
Retrohax has written a blog about restoring a Commodore Colt computer. He replaced the electrolytic capacitors, repaired the hard-drive and the reset button and gave all the components a good clean.
2024-08-16 - 12:01:00 - Week: 33 - Item number: 12641 - Category: Commodore, Repair
You can listen to a new podcast from The 8-bit files. In this episode of the podcast: 8-Bit Computer magazines, Boatfest recap and more.
2024-08-09 - 12:09:00 - Week: 32 - Item number: 12629 - Category: Commodore, Podcast
RECOIL is a viewer of pictures in native formats of Amiga, Atari 8-bit, Atari Portfolio, Atari ST, Atari Falcon, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum computers. The program is available for Andriod, Windows and Linux or as plugin for XnView, Imagine or Paint.NET. Changes in this version: Improvements for malicious files, Atari ST IMG, Palette Master, MegaPaint and MAG, PI, PIC images.
2024-08-09 - 12:05:00 - Week: 32 - Item number: 12625 - Category: Commodore, Program
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.
2024-08-09 - 12:03:00 - Week: 32 - Item number: 12623 - Category: Commodore, Program
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.
2024-08-09 - 12:01:00 - Week: 32 - Item number: 12621 - Category: Commodore, Web page
The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high-quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: AmiTech MiniMem Box, CBM8028 CBM8032 CBM8050 Bedienungshandbuch, Amiga Centrum, InterPaint manual and the Velleman KIT P2628 Interface.
2024-08-02 - 12:18:00 - Week: 31 - Item number: 12618 - Category: Commodore, Book
Ben from the Nordischsound YouTube channel is making SID music on the Commodore C64 computer. The latest additions are: The Ultimate 80s, 90s, & 2000s C64 8-Bit Chiptune Medley, Pinball Fantasies, South Park - Let's Fighting Love, but it's Megaman 8-Bit Chiptune, Ninja's Delight and Fortress of Fear.
2024-08-02 - 12:11:00 - Week: 31 - Item number: 12611 - Category: Commodore, Music
You can now watch the Jukly, 2024 TPUG (Toronto PET Users Group) meeting on YouTube. Special guest: AmigaBill.
2024-08-02 - 12:07:00 - Week: 31 - Item number: 12607 - Category: Commodore, Interview
The web page Scene World had an interview with Brett Weiss. Brett is an author, historian, and a true connoisseur of classic video games. He has written books like Classic Home Video Games, The 100 Greatest Console Video Games: 1977-1987and The (S)NES Omnibus.
2024-08-02 - 12:00:00 - Week: 31 - Item number: 12600 - Category: Commodore, Interview
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: An interview with Bart van den Akker, the man behind one of Europe's largest retro computer collections at The HomeComputerMuseum in the Netherlands.
2024-07-26 - 12:20:00 - Week: 30 - Item number: 12599 - Category: Commodore, Interview
ALBERT is an editor for creating extended Commodore C64 images on the PC. The program is developed by Luigi Di Fraia and Joachim Ljunggren.
2024-07-26 - 12:06:00 - Week: 30 - Item number: 12585 - Category: Commodore, Program
With png2prg you can convert a 320x200 image (png/gif/jpeg) to a Commodore C64 hires or multicolour bitmap, charset, PETSCII, ecm or sprites prg. The program is developed by Burglar, and is available for all common platforms.
2024-07-26 - 12:03:00 - Week: 30 - Item number: 12582 - Category: Commodore, Program
You can watch a new video on the Vintage Computer Federation YouTube channel. In this episode: An interview with Andy Finkel, a former Commodore engineer.
2024-07-26 - 12:00:00 - Week: 30 - Item number: 12579 - Category: Commodore, Interview
A new edition of the Commodore Free magazine is now available. In this edition the following: Editorial, News, Happy Programming, Interviews with Steve Morrow, SMILA, Martin Piper and Slartibartfast, C64 Code Hacking and SuperBoot v1.00 for the SuperCPU.
2024-07-19 - 12:15:00 - Week: 29 - Item number: 12574 - Category: Commodore, Magazine
Payton Byrd developed a modular case for the Commodore C64, C64c, VIC20 and C16 home computers. The bottom half is now ready, and the next step will be developing the top half of the case for the keyboard.
2024-07-19 - 12:14:00 - Week: 29 - Item number: 12573 - Category: Commodore, Hardware
You can now watch a new video from the ANT&TEC YouTube channel. In this episode: Replacing the power supply in Commodore 1541 / 1571 disk drive.
2024-07-19 - 12:12:00 - Week: 29 - Item number: 12571 - Category: Commodore, Hardware
You can now watch the June, 2024 TPUG (Toronto PET Users Group) meeting on YouTube. Special guest: Jaime Idolpx - Meatloaf (IEC).
2024-07-19 - 12:10:00 - Week: 29 - Item number: 12569 - Category: Commodore, Event
David John Pleasance started a Kickstarter campaign for a new book. In this book he will describe what happened after Commodore went bankrupt. At that time David John Pleasance and Colin Proudfoot made a business plan to buy Commodore.
2024-07-19 - 12:07:00 - Week: 29 - Item number: 12566 - Category: Commodore, Book
Retrohax has written a blog about using vacuum forming to make a coloured keyboard for retro computers.
2024-07-19 - 12:03:00 - Week: 29 - Item number: 12562 - Category: Commodore, Hardware
You can now listen to a new episode of the Commodore Chronicles Podcast. In this episode: Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday, Boatfest 2024, pickups and the Michigan Vintage Computer Club meeting.
2024-07-19 - 12:00:00 - Week: 29 - Item number: 12559 - Category: Commodore, Podcast
A new YouTube video from Jan Beta. In this video, Jan shows how to use the Retrobright method for your yellowed computer hardware.
2024-07-12 - 12:16:00 - Week: 28 - Item number: 12555 - Category: Commodore, Information
DLH's Commodore Archive is a web page for Commodore documentation. You can find magazines, books and manuals. The latest additions are: Programmer's Desk Reference for Commodore 64 BASIC, Paperback Writer 1 64 V1.12 Reference Guide and Gateway to Computing with the Commodore 64 Book 1.
2024-07-12 - 12:06:00 - Week: 28 - Item number: 12545 - Category: Commodore, Book
You can now listen to a new episode of the Retro Asylum Podcast. In this episode: Dean, Steve and Mark talk the Revival 2024 meeting in Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom.
2024-07-05 - 12:09:00 - Week: 27 - Item number: 12527 - Category: Commodore, Magazine
You can now watch a new video from the 8-Bit Resurgence YouTube channel. In this episode, you can see the third part of the process of reverse engineering the FD-2000/FD-4000 floppy disk drives from CMD.
2024-06-28 - 12:18:00 - Week: 26 - Item number: 12516 - Category: Commodore, Hardware
Retrohax has written a blog about building a Kryoflux system. He 3D printed a case for a 3.5 inch, a 5.25 inch disk drive and the Kryoflux hardware. And after that he build another one.
2024-06-28 - 12:16:00 - Week: 26 - Item number: 12514 - Category: Commodore, Hardware
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: Rog Source Code - Bean Scroller and Rog Source Code - Beam Hack.
2024-06-28 - 12:12:00 - Week: 26 - Item number: 12510 - Category: Commodore, Demo
Denise is a cycle accurate and platform independent C64 / Amiga emulator. This emulator is developed by piciji. The recent changes are: Improvements for the shaders, disk drive, Bitplane, ECS, 4-player adapter, mouse, volume and window resizing.
2024-06-28 - 12:11:00 - Week: 26 - Item number: 12509 - Category: Commodore, Emulator
You can now watch the May 30, 2024 TPUG (Toronto PET Users Group) meeting on YouTube. Special guest: Dave Haynie - Commodore Engineer - Amiga 2000, 3000, AGA, AAA & Zorro III.
2024-06-28 - 12:09:00 - Week: 26 - Item number: 12507 - Category: Commodore, Event
Ben from the Nordischsound YouTube channel is making SID music on the Commodore C64 computer. The latest addations are: Vengaboys - Boom, Boom, Boom, Starfox - Space Armada, Starfox - Corneria, Timo's Castle, Crack Intro - Gato Roboto Quantum Intro #03, Die Ärzte - Schrei nach Liebe, Gigi D'agostino - L'amour Toujours and Daft Punk - Get Lucky.
2024-06-28 - 12:06:00 - Week: 26 - Item number: 12504 - Category: Commodore, Music
You can now listen to a new episode of the Stray Pointers Podcast. In this episode, an interview with Commodore computing enthusiast Bo Zimmerman.
2024-06-21 - 12:15:00 - Week: 25 - Item number: 12491 - Category: Commodore, Interview
You can now watch a new episode of the FairLight TV YouTube channel. In this video: An interview with David Pleasance at the X2024 party in the Netherlands.
2024-06-21 - 12:09:00 - Week: 25 - Item number: 12485 - Category: Commodore, Interview
A new YouTube video from Jan Beta. In this video, Jan shows how to refurbish a Commodore scientific calculator from 1975.
2024-06-21 - 12:08:00 - Week: 25 - Item number: 12484 - Category: Commodore, Repair
You can now watch a new video from the 8-Bit Resurgence YouTube channel. In this episode, you can see the second part of the process of reverse engineering the FD-2000/FD-4000 floppy disk drives from CMD.
2024-06-14 - 12:20:00 - Week: 24 - Item number: 12475 - Category: Commodore, Hardware
DLH's Commodore Archive is a web page for Commodore documentation. You can find magazines, books and manuals. The latest additions are: Gateway to Computing with the Commodore 64 Book 1 & 2, The Animated Commodore 64 - A Friendly Introduction to Machine Language, RUN, Micro Doctor, First Aid for your Commodore 64 and Micro Wars on the Commodore 64.
2024-06-14 - 12:11:00 - Week: 24 - Item number: 12466 - Category: Commodore, Book
Mark Sawicki has made a new video for his YouTube channel. In this video, Mark demonstrates the NEAT 2364. This is a re-programmable 24pin ROM replacement for Retro computers.
2024-06-07 - 12:16:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 12451 - Category: Commodore, Hardware
You can watch a new video from the Reviving Retro YouTube channel. In this episode, the repair of a Commodore 1084 monitor, with a bad fly-back transformer.
2024-06-07 - 12:14:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 12449 - Category: Commodore, Repair
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: Game designer and artist Mark Healey (KGB Super Spy, Theme Park and Dungeon Keeper).
2024-06-07 - 12:13:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 12448 - Category: Commodore, Podcast
Return magazine is a German printed magazine for classic computers and consoles. In this edition: Atari 2600+, TANK, Cave Story, Spiele mit Wuselfaktor, Dungeons & Dragons, Iconic Arcade, Rocky & Co, Goodboy Galaxy, Another World II: The Heart of the Alien, Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi, Vengeful Guardian Moonrider, Oric and Popeye.
2024-06-07 - 12:08:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 12443 - Category: Commodore, Magazine
The World of Retro Computing WoRC 2024 Expo will be a two day vintage and retro computing conference in Kitchener Ontario Canada. The 2024 WoRC Expo will include hands on vintage and retro computer and gaming displays, special guest speakers, vendors buying and selling, workshops, lan parties, challenges, and raffles.
2024-06-07 - 12:07:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 12442 - Category: Commodore, Event
Radio Paralax is an Internet radio station with original or remixed music from computer games. The music is from the demo scene, from the C64, Amiga, NES, SNES, Sega Megadrive, Playstation etc.
2024-06-07 - 12:06:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 12441 - Category: Commodore, Music
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.
2024-06-07 - 12:04:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 12439 - Category: Commodore, Podcast
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.
2024-06-07 - 12:03:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 12438 - Category: Commodore, Magazine
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.
2024-06-07 - 12:00:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 12435 - Category: Commodore, Program
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.
2024-05-31 - 12:19:00 - Week: 22 - Item number: 12434 - Category: Commodore, Book
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.
2024-05-31 - 12:18:00 - Week: 22 - Item number: 12433 - Category: Commodore, Hardware