Todd George build an business card printer for his Commodore C64. He used an Epson TM-325UD model M133A printer and a serial connection for his C64. The printer program can make an QR code and print it on the business card.

In the COREi64 store you can find all sorts of 3D printed parts for your Commodore 64/128 and VIC-20 computer. A few examples are: C8D Joystick Switcher case, SuperCard Pro case, KryoFlux case, UK1541 case, Commodore 1571 Floppy drive lever and many more.

NatureAndTech made a video about the Rohde & Schwarz PUC Process Controller. This piece of retro computing is based on the Commodore PET, and is used for control of test equipment using a built-in GPIB controller.

Bart Venneker made a video about a defective Commodore C64. He bought a Commodore 64 on Marktplaats, but after switching it on there was a memory error. The solution was to replace the memory chips.

On the Youtube channel Cainers Commodore Capers! you can see the repair of a Commodore C64. This Commodore C64 had a bad colour RAM. In the video you can follow all the steps from diagnostics, schematics, (de)soldering and testing the system.

GGLABS has developed the A520HD. The GGLABS A520HD is the HDTV equivalent of the classic Commodore A520 TV modulator. Instead of encoding the Amiga video signal to a low quality composite output it converts the RGB output to a high quality YPbPr signal compatible with HDTVs with a component input.

Tynemouth Software LLP is working on a new cartridge for the Commodore VIC20. The features are: RAM expansion 3 kByte - 32 kByte. Read only option for RAM blocks 3 and 5. Configuration and reset switches and game cartridge emulation.

VIC20 - The Penultimate Cartridge - Part 1

A new version of the Amiga core for the FPGA Arcade is now available. Changes in this version: 2 kByte instruction and 2 kByte data cache. The performance is around 11.3 mips / 10800 dhrystones with sysinfo 4.0. The RTG dedicated blitter is now working and the scan doubler has been improved for better results on DVI monitors.

A new Kickstarter project is started for part two of the book Commodore 64: a visual Commpendium. The book celebrates the beauty of the greatest home computer ever made; the C64. The focus of the book is on the beautiful loading screens and game images.

Mc68k is working on an accelerator card for the Amiga 500. The specifications are: 68HC000 CPU (50 MHz), 40 pin IDE connector (5 MB/s) for HDD, CD ROM etc., integrated CF card connector (3.2 MB/s), 8 MB Fast RAM and 512k FlashROM for Kickstart.

Video demonstration about the HC508.

Thomas Lövskog is developing cartridges for the Commodore VIC-20. The GCart Junior is a RAM expansion for the VIC-20. The recent changes are: PCB v2.1. 16 Mbyte internal flash. LED for SD card and USB activity. 512k SRAM for BLK5. The EEPROM is removed and single colour LEDs, instead of bi-colour LED's.

Clay Cowgill made and demonstration video on how to remove chips from a circuit board. He uses an Hakko 850 hot air system to remove DIP chips from a 1987 era two-layer computer printed circuit board (Atari 130XE).

GadgetUK164 made a video about the repair of a Amiga 500 Plus. The repair is about the reconstruction of the printed circuit board after a leakage of the internal battery. (part 1). In part two he also cleans the internal disk drive.

GadgetUK164 made a video about the repair of an Commodore 1531 mouse. It is only a small device, but it took a while to make the mouse work correctly.

All the repair videos from GadgetUK164.

Elbox has introduced two new Mediators for the Amiga. The Mediator 1200 TX now has a extra status LED. The Mediator PCI 4000 Di is a bus board with four PCI 2.2 slots, with supports for 3.3 Volt PCI cards, and four Zorro III/II slots.

The Sum adapter makes it possible to connect USB HID keyboards to your Amiga 2000, 3000, 4000 or CD32. The Sum is based upon a 16-bit Microchip micro-controller. Features: PS2-DIN adapter, built-in USB stack, configuration mode, built-in EEPROM memory for preferences storage, boot-loader for firmware upgrades and a status LED.

Biosrhythm has converted an Commodore SX-64 to a DX-64. In his blog you can read how this conversion is possible. He had to deal with problems such as the cartridge connector, IEC connectors and that the original SX-64 has very little space inside for this conversion.

Individual Computers has released a new turbo card for the Amiga 1200. The turbo card has an 40, 50 or 55.5 MHz 68030 processor with an MMU and 128 MB memory. It is possible to reserve 1 MB of the RAM memory for a copy of the Kickstart ROM.

GadgetUK164 made a video about the repair of a Commodore VIC20. During this repair the 6522 was replaced with a new 6522. But if you want to use an 6522 from the company Rockwell a small modification needs to be to the 6522.

All the repair videos from GadgetUK164.

Luigi Di Fraia has developed a new version of the DC2N. This version is especially made for preservation of cassette software. (It does not offer playback.) You can attach this device to a Commodore Datassette and the USB port on your PC and make back-ups of your cassette software.

Andi 6510 is working on the his FPGASID Project. This project will produce an drop-in replacement for the SID chip. The features are: Cycle exact reproduction of all digital parts including sound and envelope generation and paddle readouts. Exact modelling of the analogue parts and extras like wavetables, stereo sound, more voices etc.

GadgetUK164 made a video about the repair of a Commodore VIC20. The VIC chip was replaced and the new chip has now extra cooling. And a small modification was implemented to improve the composite video.

All the repair videos from GadgetUK164.

Tynemouth Software is repairing an Commodore PET 2001-8. After testing the 6550 RAM chips it was discovered that 14 of the 18 chips were defective. Other defective components: ROM, CPU, a transistor for the Datassette, capacitors for the rectifier diodes and a power connector.

MCes has developed an adaptive RAM expansion for the Commodore VIC20. The features are: +3K, +16K, +24k, 12 x 8K = 96K, write protect and you can configure or disable the cartridge with pokes. The price is 44 Euros.

Keyman64 is an hardware expansion for the keyboard on your Commodore C64. With Keyman64 you can assign actions to key combinations. These action could be a series of keystrokes or hardware switches. The possibilities could be: assign commands to (function) keys, do a reset, switching a Kernal, switch on/of LED's etc. The configuration or firmware update is possible via a USB connection.

Staringlizard started an Kickstarter to make the world's smallest C64 emulator. This project will be a sequel to the Memwa project. The specifications of the Memwa2 are: More powerful MCU, microSD, USB keyboard, HDMI output and a SID chip or a replacement like the Swinsid.

A new firmware for the Sum USB (A1200) and the Sum A600 models is now available. Changes in this version: Apple USB keyboard support, F10: displaying selected keys codes, F12: displaying device settings and a new short-cut for adapter settings.

Egretz is working on a modern version of the TurboCard64. The original TurboCard64, from the year 1987, is an hardware expansion for the Commodore C64 with an 4 MHz 65816 CPU and 256 KByte RAM. You can follow his progress on his web page (German language).

There is a new version of the C64SD v3 Princess under development. The new version "FLC" can control the Datassette motor. This makes it possible to make .TAP files automatically from tapes with multiple files. And a new menu (v2.0) for all versions.

Bwack is working on a "stripefixer". This electronic circuit will counteract some of those vertical bar interference on the screen that the C64 is known for. In the videos you can see how he is building and testing the "stripefixer".

HerMIDI is a MIDI interface for the Commodore 64 made by Hermit. The devices has only a few components and you can built it yourself. Changes in this version: Commodore Plus4 and C-16 support, Update for the documentation, Better initialization and improvement for asynchronous mode.

Ruud Baltissen has found a way to use bigger hard-disks in the Commodore 80286 PC's. The Commodore 80286 PC (PC30-III, PC35-III, PC40-III or PC45-III) has a limit of 512 MB for the hard-disk. But Ruud added the XTIDE Universal BIOS to the system and now the limit of your hard-disk is 8 GB.

Paul Gardner-Stephen is working on a FPGA version of the Commodore C65. His goal is to make an 8-bit computer for the 21st century. In the last month he has been working on the keyboard interface, speed control, booting from Flash and the MEGA65 prototype.

Stigsworld is doing an restoration of an Commodore CBM 8032 computer. On his videos you can see how to remove the rust, sanding, priming and painting the metal case. He also shows how to install an PET Micro SD and how to remove the monitor.

The SCSI2SD Hard Drive Emulator is developed by Michael McMaster and is an system that makes it possible to use modern SD cards on a retro computer system. Features: Includes an active SCSI terminator. Emulates up to 4 SCSI devices. Firmware and configuration over USB, selectable SCSI ID and parity support and more.

Jim Brain is working on a new memory expansion for the Commodore VIC20. The features are: The memory is organized in 5 "windows": RAM1/2/3, BLK1, BLK2, BLK3, and BLK5. Each "window" can be configured to show any 8kB RAM or FLASH ROM page in the memory space. There are 1024 8kB pages of FLASH RAM, and 128 8kB pages of RAM.

Amiga PCB Explorer is a web based information system developed by Christian Euler. You can use the system for repairing Amiga motherboards. Besides the layout of the A4000 Rev.B motherboard, the layout of the A1200 Rev 2B is now also available with components, pin assignment and traces.

Mark Gladson started an Kickstarter project to make replicas of the VIC-20 IEEE interface cartridge (VIC-1112). The project will produce fully assembled cartridges with case and label included.

Loriano Pagni started an Kickstarter campaign for producing Amiga inspired key caps for mechanical keyboards. The key caps will be UV printed (at over 300 dpi) on caps compatible with Cherry MX switches. The key caps will be available in following colours: black, white, beige, dark grey, orange, green, lilac, yellow, pink, red, and light blue.

Amigakit is now selling a Classic Boing Ball Mouse. The feature are: 1000 DPI optical mouse with scroll wheel (third button). DB9 connection for Classic Amiga computers: A500, A500+, A600*, A1200, A1500, A2000, A3000, A4000, A4000T.

The Sum adapter enables connecting USB HID keyboards to your Amiga 600. It has been designed for installation inside A600’s casing. Sum is based upon a 16-bit Microchip micro-controller. Features: Support for both USB HID and USB-PS/2 keyboards, built-in USB stack, configuration mode, boot-loader (firmware upgrade) and a status LED.

A new Kickstart project wants to produce new A1200 computer housings. The housing will be made with injection molds with a quality plastic (ASA) with anti-UV and will be super resistive. No yellowing anymore. The new housing are prepared for a CF slot, HcX display and video out. Update: The housing is now available with the Amiga logo.

Staringlizard has developed an replacement for the Amiga A520 adapter. The Amiv 2.0 can converts the Amiga RGB 15 KHz signal to HDMI to make it possible to connect your A500 or A1200 to a modern screen. The Amiv has buttons to shrink the picture horizontally and move the picture horizontally and vertically.

YouTube: AMIV 2.0 - Amiga A520 adapter HDMI remake

The SaV64 is a over voltage protector for your Commodore computer. Features: 5 VDC protection for the Commodore 64 (C/G/GS/Aldi), Commodore VIC-20 CR or Plus/4. Maximum current is 3 Amperes, LED indicator, reset button and four possible trip point settings.

Frank Linde has developed a HiRes card for the CBM 8296-D. The features of the High Resolution Extension (HRE) are: Resolution of 640 x 250 pixels. The CBM video signal and the HRE video signal can be mixed. Control of the HRE through the User Port (POKE). Integration of simple drawing tasks (GPU). You can read all the details on his blog.

YouTube: High Resolution Extension

If you have a 3D printer you can now print your own Amiga Boing Ball. The ball can be printed with a single-head printer in two colours and you do not need any glue to put the ball together.

On the Forum64 there is a thread on whitening the housing of retro computers. They are experimenting with a replacement for hydrogen peroxide and Oxi. In this method the housing is placed in a plastic container with Domol (cleaning solution), the container is placed in the sun for a day or two.

The FPGA Arcade is an retro computer system developed by MikeJ and can be used to emulate (in hardware) many retro computers such as: Amiga, Apple II+, AtariST, Atari 800XL, BBC B, Commodore VIC-20 / C64, MSX and the Spectrum. Miflos has received his FPGA Arcade has build the system inside a mini-itx case. You can follow his progress on his blog.

The FPGA Arcade web page.

GadgetUK164 has made an number of repair videos for the Commodore C64. The most recent videos are about CIA problems, looking at faulty chips, PLA repair, SID repair and repairing a missing pin on a SID chip.

All the repair videos of GadgetUK164.

Radical Brad is working on a 6502 project. He is building an 1980's retro game system with the following rules: CPU: 6502, 74xx logic gates, breadboard, Video: VGA, 256 colours and 400x300 pixels, GPU system with Blitter and a sound system with 4 channels.