The new hardware project from gavinlyons is the build of a portable Commodore 64 synthesizer. This Cyanodore 64 is built from a C64g, C-LAB cartridge, ARM2SID. LCD-screen, USB-power bank, SD2IEC and 4 potentiometers.

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 now watch a new video from the GadgetUK164 YouTube channel. In this video, Chris is showing the new keycaps for his Commodore C64 computer that were made by CBMSTUFF.

The Neo6502 is a credit card size Open Source modern retro computer with a W65C02 processor. The features are: HDMI, USB (keyboard), Audio, I2C, SPI, UART, 6502 BUS and 2 MB Flash upper limit.

PowerShark is a next-generation power adapter for the Amiga line of computers - A500, A600 and A1200. It provides stable, high quality power, utilizing any 12V-capable USB-C power supply. Portable USB-C "chargers" are also supported, bringing the dream of battery-operated Amigas to life.

Kurt Telep designed an external numeric keyboard for the Commodore C64 computer. This keyboard is a hardware only solution, so no software needed. The files for the PCB and the schematic are available on his GitHub page.

A new episode of the 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast is now available. In this episode: A review of the Freeway Triton Lite USB card for the Amiga computer. This card is developed by Matthias Hampel, and works on ZORRO 2 or 3 models with a 25 MHz 68030 CPU and 8 MB of RAM.

You can now watch a new video from the MikeyGRetro YouTube channel. In this video a demonstration of the Greaseweazle v4.

Plus4Serial is an open hardware serial port adapter that plugs into the Commodore Plus/4 User Port, turning it into a fully-functional RS-232 interface.

Maciej Witkowiak released new firmware for the TIB-001. The TIB-001 is a 3.5" disk drive for the Commodore C64 computer that connects to the cartridge port. Changes in this version: Improvements for load address, device number, rename, scratch, new, directory format, GEOS macros and added a DOS wedge.

Retro-Updates.com is a web shop for retro computers such as Commodore, Amiga, Atari, Sinclair ZX-Spectrum, Macintosh and 386/486 PC. Shipment is to most European countries, USA, Canada and Australia.

16UP is an open hardware expansion board that will add a user-port to the Commodore 16, 116 and Plus/4 home computers. There are two versions available, one with an RS-232 converter and one without.

If you are curious what the inside of a IC in your Commodore computer, you can look at this webpage. After removing the top layer of the IC they took a picture of the die with a microscope. A few examples are: 6502, 6510, 6522, 6581, 8500, etc.

Other chip manufacturers

Tonyp12 is working on a Risc-V cartridge for the Commodore C64 computer. The features are: CPU at 72 MHz with Dot Clock synchronization, 64 kB Flash and 20 kB RAM. 256 kB SPI MRAM (REU) and 16 MB SPI FLASH, USB host/device and a RTC that sets C64's TOD registers.

You can now watch a new video from the Happy Little Diodes YouTube channel. In this video, the cleaning and reverse engineering of a TecnoPLus Swift Amiga joypad.

UltiSID is an open-source replacement for the SID chip inside the Commodore C64 computer. The UltiSID uses a STM32, a 32-bit microcontroller with an Arm Cortex-M processor.

The J-CIA64 is a FPGA-based replacement for the Commodore 6526/8521 CIA chips, that are used in the Commodore 64/128 computers and the 1570/1571 disk drives.

You can now watch a new video from the RobSmithDev YouTube channel. In this episode, Rob talks about his adapter for the MiSTer that can connect an 3.5" floppy drive to use with the Minimig core.

A new YouTube video from Jan Beta. In this video, Jan is talking about the new keycaps from CBMstuff for the Commodore computers (C64, VIC20 & C16).

A new YouTube video from Jan Beta. In this video: Jan is talking about the newly created Phoenix F256K 8-bit retro computer, the FNX1591 disk drive and the F256K software.

FNX1591 Disk drive and F256K Software

SukkoPera shows a picture of the new version of the LittleSixteen motherboard. The features are: 100% Plus/4 compatible user-port, 512 kB RAM, SID, joystick swapper, TED output and pinheaders for all tape and IEC signals (Internal SD2IEC).

You can watch a new YouTube Video from the Universe64 channel. In this video, the Raptor64, the new C64 cartridge to load any type of C64 files (from SDCard or USB). Including Tape files and a SID Player.

Robin Harbron made a new YouTube video. In this episode the Penultimate+2 cartridge for the Commodore VIC20 computer.

Keir Fraser has released updates for the Greaseweazle hardware. The recent changes are: A new PCB version and a firmware update.

Retrohax has written a blog about restoring and pimping an Amiga 500 Computer. This includes a special paintjob (inside, outside & mouse), recap, 1 MB Chip RAM, boot-selector, and a Gotek.

Linus Akesson has made a new musical instrument in combination with the Commodore C64 computer. To make music on the instrument, you can use the keyboard and three metal rods.

Chris Edwards Restoration has made a new YouTube video. In this video, Chris shows the A4091 SCSI card for the Amiga computer. This A4091 is developed by Stefan Reinauer and Chris Hooper.

A new YouTube video from Adrian Black. This time he shows the VIC-II Kawari, the VIC-II replacement for the Commodore C64 computer.

You can now watch a new video from the Josip Retro Bits YouTube channel. In this episode, you can see how to measure the temperature with a Commodore C64 computer.

ClassicHasClass wrote a blog about using a camera with the Commodore C128 and the ComputerEyes cartridge.

The Phøde Universal Optical Drive emulator can be used to replace the optical drive in many computers and game consoles. Support for: Amiga CD32, Jaguar CD, Philips CD-i, Dreamcast, Saturn and the Playstation.

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. Most recent updates: Enabling the Super-Cap on the MEGA65 R4 PCB and MEGA65R4 Bring-Up.

Linus Akesson has developed an auto start cartridge for the Commodore C64 computer. This cartridge uses an ATmega88 microcontroller and a 74541 (8-bit tristate buffer). At start-up, a small bootloader is placed in RAM, and then this bootloader can load up to 8 kB from the cartridge into the RAM of the C64.

A new YouTube video from CRG. In this video, the build of a GBScontrol for an Amiga A2000 computer. The GBScontrol is a scan doubler that is modified to display the video from the Amiga on modern screens.

Keir Fraser released new firmware for the Gotek. Changes in this version: Improvements for XDF, HFE, QuickDisk and the LCD.

Dave wrote a blog about removing the jailbars from the video signal of the Commodore VIC20, C64 and C128 computers. He writes about the LumaFix64, LumaFix128 and the Super Video RF replacement.

A new YouTube video from Randy Rossi is now available. In this video Randi shows the recent updates of his hardware replacement for the VIC-II chip in the Commodore C64.

The A-Pet is a metal case for an Amiga 500/2000 computer in the shape of a Commodore PET computer. You can see an update of the project on the YouTube channel of Mikes Vintage Tech.

Chris Edwards Restoration has made a new YouTube video. In this video, Chris shows how to modify an Amiga 500 computer with a 512 kB RAM expansion, into a 1 MB chip-RAM configuration.

The u251715+64 MMU from UNI64 is a Memory Management Unit / Controller (Commodore MOS 251715) for the UNI64 computers, as well as for the 250469 C64 mainboard.

A YouTube demonstration video of the u251715+64 MMU.

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.

A new YouTube video from Ravi Abbott is now available. In this video, Ravi talks about making an Amiga 600 laptop from LEGO blocks.

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).

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.

Tynemouth Software developed the Penultimate +2 Cartridge for the commodore VIC20 computer. The features are: Built-in games, sorted by A-Z and by category, Utility ROMs, File browser, Memory configuration 0 kB to 35 kB and a settings menu.

Mark Sawicki has made a new video for his YouTube channel. In this video, Mark will make some modifications in a Commodore C128D computer for JiffyDOS, drive switches and another ROM.

Red Fern Manufacturing has developed the Ultimate Expansion Board for the Apollo v4 stand-alone computer. The features are: Compact Flash extender, power supply, USB blaster and an aluminium case.

You can watch a YouTube Video about the uHELD64 v4. In this video, the uHELD64 v4 is tested with the C64 demo "Remains" from Booze Design. The internal 1541 is used as the disk drive.

A new YouTube video from Wolfgang Kierdorf is now available. In this episode, Wolfgang is building a USB adaptor to connect an Amiga keyboard to a PC, Raspberry Pi or MiSTer.