You can now watch a new video from the RobSmithDev YouTube channel. In this episode, Rob is designing and building a machine for cleaning 3.5 inch diskettes.
Jani has written an article about installing an Amiga BlueSCSI v2 in a Supradrive 500XP. The BlueSCSI is an open source SCSI HDD emulator built on an Arduino STM32F103C.
Tynemouth Software has written a blog about installing an 64 kB RAM expansion inside the Commodore C16 computer. The RAM expansion is available as a kit.
You can watch a new video from The 8-Bit Manshed YouTube channel. In this episode: How to modify a PC 3.5 inch floppy drive (Sony MPF920) to an Amiga floppy drive.
You can now watch a new video from the GadgetUK164 YouTube channel. In this video, the building and testing of an alternative power supply for the Amiga A500 computer.
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.
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.
Retro Fuzion started an Indiegogo campaign to produce new Commodore C64 (Breadbin) cases with many different colours. You can also get the metal plate on the right-side in different colours.
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.
You can now watch a new video from the RobSmithDev YouTube channel. In this episode, Rob is testing the Action Replay expansion-card for the Amiga A2000 computer.
You can now watch a new video from the ModernHam YouTube channel. In this episode: Old school Packet Radio with a Commodore SX-64 computer and a MFJ-1278 TNC multimode terminal node controller for HF and VHF data-packets.
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.
A new firmware is available for the Ultimate II+L cartridge. New in this version: Wi-Fi is supported now, and improvements for Ethernet, characters on the screen and Ulticopy.
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.
Mark Nuttall has started a Kickstarter campaign to make an Amiga Trumps card game. The cards contain famous Amiga games like Golden Axe, Rainbow Islands, Fantastic Dizzy, Alien Breed, Cannon Fodder, Ruff n Tumble, Superfrog, Worms, Zool and many more.
You can now watch a new video from the Sayaka's Digital Attic YouTube channel. In this episode, Eleonora is going to build a very small Commodore C64 computer.
SIDKick pico is an inexpensive dual-SID-replacement without making compromises regarding quality. The new firmware adds FM emulation and a built-in PRG launcher. A new hardware revision includes a variant with onboard DAC.
Bart Venneker has made a new YouTube video (Dutch). In this episode: Using a bootloader to load data from a SD card into the memory of the Commodore C64 computer.
CBMSTUFF has started an Indiegogo campaign to produce a new keyboard for the Commodore C64 and C64c. The first goal of the Blingboard64 has already been reached, but more advanced versions are possible with more funding.
You can now watch a new video from the 8Bit Retro ReFix YouTube channel. In this episode: Installing and testing of the Go-Drive for the Amiga computer.
You can now watch a new video from the RobSmithDev YouTube channel. In this episode, Rob is testing a device that can stop or slow-down your Amiga computer.
The Amiga-HDDLW is a project to convert a PC-disk drive into a HD disk drive for the Amiga computer, including detection for HD diskettes. The modification is possible for the Sony MPF920-E and TEAC FD-235HF disk drives.
8BitDo Retro is now selling a mechanical keyboard in the style of the Commodore C64 computer. The features are: Windows 10 or Android 9.0, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB, 87 keys, key-mapping, rechargeable battery and joystick.
Mike Naberezny wrote a blog about an expansion for the Commodore PET/CBM computers. The Z-RAM adds 64 kB of RAM and a Z80 coprocessor to allow the PET/CBM computer to run the CP/M operating system.
You can watch a new video from the Retro Tech Insanity YouTube channel. In this episode, a new addition to the Ridiculous Cart for the Commodore C64/128 computer: An extra SID chip.
You can now watch a new video from the 8-Bit Resurgence YouTube channel. In this episode, a look at the translucent C64x computer with an RGB mechanical keyboard. The C64x is a modern PC inside a C64 case.
You can now watch a new video from the RobSmithDev YouTube channel. In this episode, Rob is testing an external Virus protector for the Amiga computer.
Tynemouth Software released a new version of the Penultimate +2 Cartridge for the commodore VIC20 computer. Changes in this version: New firmware, new games (Cavern Explorer, Alien Invasion, Robots Rumble, Spikes, Fall and Jump), new utilities (Programmers Aid, VICMON, wAx and Waterloo Structured BASIC).
You can now watch a new YouTube video from André Fachat. In this episode of 8-bit-times: Sound for the Ultra-CPU board, Micro-PET V3 - DAC and the dual SID board.
You can now watch a new video from the Josip Retro Bits YouTube channel. In this episode you can see how you can connect a Morse code device to your Commodore C64 computer.
There is a new video available from the Doktor64 YouTube channel. This time, he shows how to expand the RAM memory from 512 kB to 1 MB on your Amiga A500+ computer.
You can watch a new video from the Retro Tech Insanity YouTube channel. In this episode, a new hardware project for adding more GPIO pins on your C64 or C128 computer.
A few days ago, a very rare Commodore C65 was on sale on Ebay. This example is a fully working revision 5 Commodore C65 / DX64 / C90 prototype with serial number 71.
You can watch a new video from the Commodore History YouTube channel. In this video, you can see how the Epyx Fastload makes loading faster on the Commodore C64 computer.
Michael Gardi made a modern replica of the Commodore CHESSmate. He developed a printed circuit board for the switches and 7-segment displays. The CHESSmate is emulated with a ESP32, and he also 3D printed a new case for the CHESSmate to complete the project.
A new video is available from the Iz8dwf YouTube channel. In this video: The design of a CBM IEEE-488 floppy disk drive. Part1: Drive mechanism choices and testing.
In the beginning of this year, Gideon released new firmware for the Ultimate64. Changes in this version: Support for Wi-Fi (Ultimate 64 / Elite), Assembly 64 integration. Support for a web server, JiffyDOS and external drives.
A new YouTube video from Wolfgang Kierdorf is now available. In this episode, Wolfgang is building a joystick / gamepad for the Amiga CD32 game console.
