In this English PDF or TXT magazine the following articles: The 1541 "Ultimate", The Commodore 64 monitor cable, TargetD64, Emulation Insights, Interview with the HVSC team, What is a Commodore Computer?, Xeon3.

What is the best AmigaOS/MorphOS game of the year 2006 ? You can give your opinion about the best AmigaOS or MorphOS game of the year 2006.

Jailbird of Booze Design released a very nice picture called Daydreamer. Jailbird has made many pictures for the Commodore C64. You can take a look at his art on the CSDb.

With this library it is possible to generate mp3 data out of a program without using the command line or the function Execute() to use an external mp3-encoder. This library can handle RAW-Data (8 or 16 bit - 32000 Hz, 44100 Hz or 48000 Hz - mono or stereo). These could be encoded in mono or stereo mp3 data 32 - 320 kbits. Buffers are used for input and output. Furthermore all mp3s get a ID3-V1.1 Tag. Requirements: Amiga OS2.0, MC68020 and MC68881.

The web page www.commodore128.org is pleased to announce the Commodore 128 4k Game Coding Competition for 2007. Rules: Original programs, NOT larger than 4096 bytes (4kb), playable on a real 128 / VICE in C128 mode (40/80 column), Entries must be submitted on or before April 1st, 2007. Prizes: 1st = $AU100, 2nd = $AU50, 3rd = $AU25.

WookieChat allows you to connect to Internet Relay Chat networks (IRC) and chat with other users in a text medium in real-time. Some of the server groups are pre configured to join an Amiga chat channel upon successful connection. This program will work on AmigaOS 3.x and 4.0. Look at the web site for the changes in version 2.5.

Jason Winters has made a Wiki page for the DTV. On this page you can find al sort of info on the DTV's. Find out which version you have. The changes or improvements you can make. Programming the DTV and lots of useful links to DTV hacking web sites.

The German PDF magazine has the following articles. Diskimagery64, Artillery Duel, Out of Ordia 2006, World Wide VIC and 1541 Ultimate.

This web site has many MP3s remixes of classic Amiga game tunes. Recently there were many new additions. There is also a forum, charts and a Remix64 section.

Payton Byrd has made a Wiki for GUI4CBM4WIN. GUI4CBM4WIN is a graphical user interface to OpenCBM running on Microsoft Windows. GUI4CBM4WIN uses the command line operations of OpenCBM and supports whatever drives that OpenCBM supports. With this setup you can Copy D64 to and from a 1541, Rename, Scratch, Validate and copy files under Windows.

Thomas Wenzel released an update of AmigaAMP. AmigaAMP is a powerful realtime MPEG audio player for Amiga computers. It can do realtime decoding on 50 MHz processors and up. There are versions for the classic m68k Amigas or Amiga emulators and for MorphOS and Amiga OS4.

One of Those Days is a new SID for the Commodore C64. The music is composed by PSycHo8580 and the SID player was made by Raf.

The third edition of this magazine can be downloaded as a PDF, TXT or a .D64. Articles: News, Ebay finds, Flac64, Vic 20 Tracker, Commodore 65, Creative Micro Designs, Fairlight Cd rom, C128 Roms and more.

Potrace is a utility for tracing a bitmap, which means, transforming a bitmap into a smooth, scalable image. The input is a bitmap (PBM, PGM, PPM, or BMP format), and the default output is an encapsulated PostScript file (EPS). A typical use is to "create" EPS files from scanned data, such as company or university logos, handwritten notes, etc. The resulting image is not "jaggy" like a bitmap, but smooth. It can then be rendered at any resolution. The program is available for Amiga OS4, Linux and Windows.

Jason Winters made a laptop version of the Commodore C64. The specifications are: Hummer DTV. Size: 16,5 cm x 15 cm x 4cm (closed). Power: 7.5v adapter or rechargeable batteries. Screen: 5" LCD. Keyboard: 69-key QWERTY. Sound: Amplified 1.5" 0.4W internal speaker. Connections: power, userport/joystick, serial disk drive, audio/video output, headphone jack, external PS/2 keyboard, SD card slot. Look at the web site for more details.

Game Over(view) #34 is a C64 disk magazine which reviews new (as opposed to old) c64 games. In this issue: Green Runner, Little Sara Sister 1.5, Mission Bloodbath and Goldquest III.

There is a new version of the popular Amiga emulator WinUAE. Many bug fixes like: Improved bsdsocket emulation stability, Winuaeclipboard crash fix, Windows Vista compatibility problems fixed, Sound system improved, ECS Denise/AGA borderblank feature works properly, Catweasel MK4 mouse support. And also there are new features: Improved emulation of AGA sprites outside display window, Multi-port serial devices are directly mapped to PC serial ports, 1M (1024KB) ROM image support, Custom chipset interrupt timing improved. The new version is ready to be downloaded.

Valentino Zenari released a new version of BalSys. BalSys is a language, and development system package designed for C= Plus/4 (or expanded C= 16). Based on the B.A.L. (Business Assembler Language), an existing standard for business machines, the environment has been improved with many high-level new commands and features. The package is a complete all-in-one tool: Editor / Debugger / Executer.

The Bird Sanctuary is a refuge for memories of Telecomsoft, better known in the UK and Europe during the 1980s by the publishing labels Firebird, Rainbird and Silverbird. The Bird Sanctuary website is made by ex-Telecomsoft staff and developers, along with some help from Joe public. The web site has been updated recently.

Total Chaos is a strategy game light enough for the whole family! There has been a update of this game with the following changes: UNDO Button: Easily undo your last move. You can always see what you are standing on. Better explanations and examples. 22 Tutorials for new players. To play the game you need a an Amiga from 1992 or newer. OS 3.0 or higher. 68020 processor or higher. 16 megs of fastram or more, 2 megs of chipram or more. An AGA display. 69 megs of free hard drive space.

Cameron Kaiser has updated his KIM-1 information page. Besides technical info on this first Commodore computer Cameron also released a KIM-1 emulator that runs on a Commodore C64. This emulator is called the Incredible KIMplement. It is a true, partial emulation of the original KIM-1 hardware featuring: Powered by "6o6" - a full software NMOS 6502 emulation with all addressing modes, simulated ROM, and simulated memory - mapped I/O. LED and keypad emulation via partial RIOT emulation. TTY emulation (ASR-33 subset) via partial RIOT emulation. SST emulation. 4K RAM expander card KIM-4 emulation with 8K RAM expander card (thus total address space 16K).Revision EPROMs built-in, so you don't have to find a pirated set or download them from your own KIM. Load and save RAM dumps to disk.

The web site GTW64 has had a major update. In total there are 47 new GTW's added to the archive. Including the following titles 'Cydonia', 'Savage Platforms', 'Super Galaxies' and 'Block Game'. Also there where 13 GTW entries updated.

The results of the SID competition are in. Stellan Andersson aka Dane has won with his entry: Arctic Circles.

We wish everybody a happy new year and lots of Commodore use for 2007. Lets start the New Year with a puzzle. From which Commodores are the numbers 2007 from? Look next month on our puzzle page for the answers.

Stefan Burstrom and the IBrowse Team are pleased to announce the release of IBrowse 2.4. IBrowse makes surfing the net with your AMIGA a breeze. Features include comprehensive JavaScript support, tabbed browsing, a customizable GUI layout. IBrowse brings web browsing under AmigaOS and MorphOS to a new level. You can download a demo for free but if you want to use it you will have to buy the program.

Richard Bayliss has made a music collection called DMC album #6. He produced his music with the DMC program written by Brian of Graffity for the Commodore 64. There are 10 tracks on the disk to listen to.

PureBasic is a programming language based on established BASIC rules. PureBasic is now freeware for Amiga OS. Some of the features are: Many internal commands (800+), Very fast compiler, Easy but very fast 2D game support, Easy and high quality 3D support based on OGRE, Source code is portable between AmigaOS, Windows, MacOS X and Linux, for games and applications.

Luigi Di Fraia is developing a Digital replacement for the C2N (DC2N). This device will act as a real Datassette but instead of a Cassette there will be a SD memory card in the device. With this device you can copy any program from a real C2N to the SD card without a PC. You can also read write to the memory card using a real Commodore computer with a C2N port. Of course you can fill your SD card with TAP files using a modern PC. Luigi has build a working proto type. If you want to help with the project or want more info please contact Luigi. His e-mail address is on his web site.

The AfA OS Project was started in November 2005 by Bernd Roesch. The goal of AfA OS is to bring modern features like Antialiasing (AA) to the AmigaOS since there is no further development for the 68k AmigaOS since OS3.9. AfA OS replaces AmigaOS core libraries with their more advanced AROS counterparts.

Issue 96 of the German disk mag for the 264 series is out now. In this issue tips and tricks, programs, hardware and a games guide.

Paul Heames the maker of the mp3 player Tunenet has released a update. Improvements are: CLI commands to be able to control TuneNet from 3rd party apps. MP3 file streaming straight from the web. Improved plugin API and new AIFF encoder. Shuffle play, volume boost, more stations, better quality recording... and more.

The web site Plopbox is updated. This music archive/jukebox running with a java applet/ajax site which allows you to listen directly to any tunes and make your personal web radio. After a long work, we added the SID format, and the replay is very close to sidplay2.

There is a new version of Webworld. This program can be used on the Amiga to make HTML pages. One of the new features is the use of PHP is now possible. Also a complete manual is included.

For the people who own a Sony PSP there is good news. ZX 81 has released a new version of YAPE the Commodore Plus/4 emulator for the PSP. Everything you need to know how to use it is included as a TXT file. And if you want another emulator for the PSP. Then ZX-81 can help you there too. Here's a list of working emulators: Atari 800, 800XL, 130XE and 5200 series, BBC Micro, CPC, ColecoVision, Intellivision , MSX(2), SamCoupé , Thomson TO7 and the Sinclair ZX 81.

The MorphOS Team announced that the next public release of MorphOS will support the EFIKA. MorphOS is a lightweight and flexible operating system and EFIKA is a low-power and silent miniature mainboard based on the Freescale PPC5200.

On the wiki site for the Pegasus system you can download the new version of the Pegasus book. This is a 7 Mbyte PDF file with all info about the Pegasus computers. (GB)

The second issue of Recollection is available for download in a D64 or D81 format. With articles about: Eagle Soft Incorporated, C64preservation.com, Growing up with Commodore, The truth about Lemings and more. (GB)

In this PDF issue emulation of about all game consoles / computers. Game reviews and more. (D)

In this PDF magazine Reviews, news, operating system Contiki, hardware and more. (GB)

There is a new Amiga forum called amigans.net. This site is for the promotion and support of AmigaOS4 and beyond only! Including the associated hardware. The forum is in the English language.

A new game by AleksiE. This is a fast game like the classic arcade games Gridrunner and Centipede. Besides fast action the game has a good music track and speech.

Always wanted a 1581 but could not find one? The web shop C=64 reloaded sells a 1581 that is missing the drive. But you can install a PC 3,5" disk drive mechanism. After installing the drive you will have a complete 1581.

On the web site C64.sk the annual SID competition is ready for the listeners. You can listen to 35 SID tunes. And in a short while you can vote on the best tune. The makers of the SIDs are anonymous.

If you want to test your Amiga knowledge go to this web site and do the quiz. There is a High Score so you can see how good you are against other Amifans.

The Assassins released a brand new demo for the Plus/4. This shows again that the 264 can do a real demo too. It's a 12 part demo with graphics by Luca, Code by Skoro. Also Harry, KiCHY and RRR put in a bit of graphics. If you want to listen to the music you will have to install a SID card.

Now that both the Plus/4 and 64 DVDs are sold out, Lacoste/Wilds released them for download for free. The DVD downloads are generously hosted by scene.org. (More than 4 Gigabyte each DVD !!)

Some 5,000 Amiga games were released commercially. However, there are a significant number that were never released. The aim of this site is to find out what happened to them and (if possible) allow them to be released. Expect many to be lost forever. It'll be an interesting journey nonetheless.

A new SEUCK creation for the C64. Gold Quest III has been released and you can download it. Explore the Forest of Doom, where your quest is to rescue the dwarf women from the deadly baddies (See scroll text on title screen).

Dennis van Weeren has made his first production ready Minimig. It's called the Minimig rev 1.0. And... it works!!!! The specs are: Processor: 20Mhz MC68SEC000, RAM: 2Mbyte 70ns SRAM, FPGA: 400Kgate Spartan-3, Boot/system controller: PIC18LF252, Mass storage: MMC flash card, Power: +5VDC, I/O: dual PS/2 port (mouse/keyboard), dual 9-pin joystick port, VGA port, RS-232 port.

NetBSD/amiga is the port of NetBSD to the Amiga line computers. Development activity on NetBSD/amiga continues at a speed dependent on people's spare time. Currently, NetBSD/amiga runs on a Amiga that has a Motorola 68020 or better CPU with some form of MMU. For the Amiga's that don't have a MMU you will have to a CPU board on them to run NetBSD.