A new video from the Hey Birt YouTube channel is now available. In this video, Birt is modifying a Commodore 1541 disk drive to prevent it from getting too warm.

PyDPainter is a pixel art program written in Python, developed by Mark Riale. The program is inspired by the Amiga version of Deluxe Paint released by Electronic Arts in 1985. PyDPainter will help you to create retro pixel art on a modern PC.

Return magazine is a German printed magazine for classic computers and consoles. In this edition: Street Fighter II, M.U.L.E., Test Drive, Adventures, SID, Aquabyss, Supercooked, Life on Mars, Muddy Racers, Shapeshifter 2, Wychweald, Gun Frontier, Durchgezappt XL and Congo Bongo.

Tynemouth Software has written a blog about diagnosing the IEC serial bus faults on the Commodore VIC20 and C64 computers.

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: Grand Prix Simulator (1987), Tenebra (2021), Panther (1986), Kid Niki: Radical Ninja (1986) and Mr. Seek - Kaivosseikkailu (1985).

The web page Commodore.software has had an update with many new items: Amiga Test Kit, Zounds for BASIC, Koala Pictures 1, 2 & 3, Wall of Sound II, Info-Writer, HES Writer 64, Story Machine, Disk Hacker, The Canonical Collection of Light Bulb Jokes, WRITE NOW! 64, Ivory BBS, Autorun Tape 64, Sprite Editor-64, 80 Columns for the Commodore 64, Post Notions, Super-C 128, D71 - D81 Writer, Meat-Loaf, GeoFetch, Mind, GeoSID and Loadstar GEOS Apps 1.

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. Changes in this version: JPG to PETSCII converter and automatic contrast adjuster.

DLH's Commodore Archive is a web page for Commodore documentation. You can find magazines, books and manuals. The latest additions are: Audiogenic Forth Instruction Manual, Develop 64 V4.0, Turbocharging your Commodore 64, How to Write Picture Programs for the Commodore 64, The Commodore Programmer's Route Map, Disc Disector V5, Pocket Writer/Planner/Filer, Cardco Cardware C02 WriteNow! and Assembler Monitor 64.

Andrew McCloud started a Kickstarter campaign for building a very high quality joysticks for retro computers. The features are: Aluminium alloy enclosure, Sanwa Denshi and Seimitsu parts, DB9, switchable auto-fire and right / left handed.

Keir Fraser has released updates for the Greaseweazle hardware. The recent changes are: Support for new disk formats: ibm.scan, gem.1600, coco.os9.*, mm1.os9.* and commodore.1571. And a low-pass filter PLL stage to clean up noisy flux images (C64).

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 Rob Jaeger, who developed the game Montezuma's Revenge.

With the UNI64 USB Eprom Writer it is possible to program Eproms like the AT28C64, AT28C256 and W27C512, that are used in the UNI64 computers. The Chrome browser is used to make writing to the Eprom easy by just drag and drop the ROM file and press the "Write to Eprom" button.

Oldskoolpixels.com is a website where you can buy posters, mugs and mousepads with retro-game or TV/film pictures on them. There is a C64, ZX-Spectrum, arcade and TV/film section.

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

You can now watch the videos from the most recent online meeting of the Commodore Users Europe. The topics are: 3D game Amos creator - Matthew Anderson, Lair of the Lich King - Micah Bly, Amiblitz - Sven Drog, giftopetscii - Arturo Dente and the GEKKO C64 Emulator - Gennaro Gekko Coda.

LEVEL UP is a gaming and eSports festival that brings the gamer community together in the real world. The event is in Salzburg, Austria with modern games and a Retro Area with: APC&TCP - Home of Amiga Future, Digital Talk, DragonBox Shop, Dr. Wuro Industries, RETURN Magazin, Kautzner Computer Museum and Vintage Computing Carinthia.

Other events.

For all the 8-bit fans a special song from Japanese artist Natsume Mito, that is called Eight Bit Boy.

The YouTube channel Nybbles and Bytes makes videos about retro computers. In this episode: Smooth Scrolling.

Wilfred Bos released a new version of ACID 64 Player Pro. Changes in this version: Improvements for: Ultimate, SIDBlaster, zoom, load, search and touch displays.

SID-Device is a cross-platform Network SID Device, developed by Wilfred Bos, that emulates the Commodore C64 sound chip, a.k.a. SID chip (6581/8580). It runs in a local network or on your own machine.

ZuluSCSI is a SCSI to SD-card interface. The ZuluSCSI can emulate a SCSI (1 & 2) hard disk or CD-ROM drive and stores the data on a SD-card.

You can join the online meeting of the Commodore Users Europe this Saturday evening (03-06-2023 / 19:30). The meeting is free and is held via Zoom. The topics are: 3D game Amos creator - Matthew Anderson, Lair of the Lich King - Micah Bly, Amiblitz - Sven Drog, giftopetscii - Arturo Dente and the GEKKO C64 Emulator - Gennaro Gekko Coda.

Other events.

Raster Master is a Sprite/Icon/Map editor for Windows that generates RayLib code / Put image and map code for AmigaBASIC, Amiga C and Amiga Pascal. Raster Master is developed by RetroNick.

The web page C64.com had an interview with Markus Klein. Markus is a music composer and remixer for the Commodore C64 and Amiga computers.

The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high-quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: GEOS Fontpack1, 1701 Monitor advert, System V Amiga UNIX - Using Amiga UNIX Draft, GeoWorks, GEOS 1.2 User's Guide, The Works Platinum Edition, Brainpower, Entrepreneur, Decision Maker and Project Planner.

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: Flashtro - Cyberpunks 2, The Predators - Wings of Fury, Insane - Flying Shark, Adept - Bomber Bob, Resistance - Relaxator, Dual Crew - Infestation, Zero Defects - Resolution 101, Zero Defects - Cracktro and TSK_Crew & Alcatraz - The Final Day.

You can watch a new video from the Commodore History YouTube channel. In this video, the upgrade of a Commodore 1700 REU from 128 kB to 512 kB.

Mark Sawicki has made a new video for his YouTube channel. In this video, Mark will repair a number of Commodore disk-drives.

Arthur Jordison has released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: More support for Kick assembler, recording tool for SID keyboard, file merge tool, text to file option, CHARDEF (Mega65) and improvements for the Data Generator.

In this episode of the RetroManCave: The restoration of a Commodore PC20-III computer that is very dirty on the outside.

Anders Nielsen developed the 65uino. The 65uino is a 6502-based microcomputer in an Arduino Uno form factor. The features are: OLED screen, 6507 CPU and a 6532 RIOT (RAM-I/O-Timer).

The web page Commodore.software has had an update with many new items: Meat-Loaf (Bat Out of Hell), GeoFetch, Mind, GeoSID, Loadstar GEOS Apps, EZ-Loader, Spence XP BBS Manual, C64 Dreams, Wheels64, Disk List, DOS Menu, Flash-Back, geoPublish, geoTELEGRAPH, Gary's Graphics, BSW Customer Service Newsletter, ASCII Conversion 64, AutoMenu, Directory Re-arranger and Expander, Function Keys 64 and 1541 Speed Test.

DLH's Commodore Archive is a web page for Commodore documentation. You can find magazines, books and manuals. The latest additions are: Chem Lab for Commodore & Atari, Corso di Assembler II per CBM 64, How to Build Programs on your Commodore 64, Commodore 64 BASICS A Self-Teaching Guide, Commodore 64 Mind Stretchers, SSI Catalog 1985 Winter, SSI Catalog 1983 Summer, The Lords of Midnight Manual and I-Paint Manual.

Old School Gamer is a magazine for retro consoles gamers. In this (free) edition: Gary Stern, Berzerk, The Age of Darkness, The SRPG Renaissance, The Final Chapters, Lord British, Colossal Save, GB & GBC, TI's Field Guide to Collecting, Heavy Metal Titans, Can't Miss Arcades, Retro Gold, The Konami Code, You Win! - The Video Game Life and No Quarter Corner.

Keyrah V3 allows you to connect the keyboards of classic computer systems like the Commodore C64 or the Amiga 1200 to modern computers such as a PC, Mac or a Raspberry Pi via USB. It also supports digital joysticks and analogue paddles.

Press Play Again is a magazine from RetroMagazine World in the Italian and English language. It is a tribute to Italian newsstand publications of the 1980s. In this edition: Ma che combinazione, Pro.Plan 64, Commodore Graphics Artshow, Beatle(s) Classics, Super Huey UH-IX and Meteor Scatter.

You can now look at the games from the Retro Snake Game Jam (2023). The games for the Commodore computer are:

Snake vs Bomb 2 - Canyon Chaos - Richard/TND
Riddling Snake - Bonin Emanuele
Snake64 - Kempston
Snake battle - Back2the8bit

Denise is a cycle accurate and platform independent C64 / Amiga emulator. This emulator is developed by piciji. The recent changes are: Improvements for Amiga emulation, disk drives, magicdesk, REU/GeoRAM, mouse, sync and VRR.

You can now participate in the Vision BASIC Game Programming Contest 2023. The contest period runs from January 8, 2023 to August 31, 2023.

The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high-quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: Lords of Midnight Manual, The Anatomy of the Commodore 128, Metanic COMAL-80 User's Manual, Typehjulsprinter DPS 1120 Brugervejledning, Hjemmedatamaten, Model-1702 Colour Video Monitor User's Manual and 64 Assembly Language Course.

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: Dual Crew - Infestation, Zero Defects - Resolution 101, Zero Defects - Cracktro, TSK_Crew & Alcatraz - The Final Day, Scoopex - Adidas Championship Football and B-Amiga Sector 1 - Tank Attack.

CP/M-65 is a conversion of Digital Research's seminal 1977 operating system CP/M to the 6502. This conversion is developed by David Given and is available for the Commodore C64; VIC20 and the PET 4032.

You can now watch videos from CLASS 2023 - Commodore Los Angeles Super Show: Matthew Stern - Studio 64, Richard Goedeken - ChatGPT, Matthew Stern - Amiga, Paul Gardner-Stephen - Mega65, David Pleasance - Vultures to Vampires and Roger Van Pelt - Ham radio.

You can now watch a new YouTube video from TPUG (Toronto PET Users Group). In this video, an interview with Leonard Tramiel.

The UNI64 web shop is updated with a new intro screen and the latest hardware for the Commodore computers including the READY+ items.

A YouTube video about the UNI64 webshop.

Pentad developed a C64 Login Theme Construction Set for Linux. You can make your own login screens or use the examples from Pentad. He also created themes and splash screens for Amiga and Atari.

Keir Fraser has released updates for the Greaseweazle hardware. The recent changes are: Support for ibm.160 format, improvements for erase, read, flux-to-bitcell conversion, metadata and names.

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: James Bond 007: A View To A Kill (Domark, 1985), Trailblazer (Gremlin Graphics, 1986), Telecomsoft Exclusives, Collapse (Firebird, 1985) and Thrust (Superior Software/Firebird, 1986).

BASIC 10Liners is a competition for making a game in BASIC with only 10 lines of code. You can now see the list with the result of the competition with many items for the VIC20, C16, C64 and the Amiga.

ReMETA is a diskette magazine for the Commodore C64. In this episode: Revision 2023.