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28.04.2017 - HVTC
The HVTC or High Voltage TED Collection is an collection of music for the Commodore C16, 116 and the Plus/4. The files that are available, are the original programs that produce the music with the TED music chip. At the moment there are 544 files available in the database.

28.04.2017 - Commodore 8096 repair
Tynemouth Software has repaired a Commodore 8096. For the repair he used his prototype PET LCD diagnostics board. The fault was in the RAM chips.

28.04.2017 - F2R16 - Amiga
GGLabs made a replacement for the Amiga ROM chips. You can use the F2R16 for a replacement of the Kickstart ROM. And you can program the F2R16 with a TL866 programmer (with adapter).

28.04.2017 - Petscii Editor 4.61
FieserWolf released a new version of the Petscii Editor. There are also new SIDs available: Deus, Formula 1 Simulator, Marco, N0rdl1cht 2013, Rox0r, The Waitress on Roller Skates and Valerio.

28.04.2017 - Scene World magazine #27
Scene World is a English diskette magazine for the PAL and NTSC Commodore 64 scene. In this edition of Scene World: Editorial, News, Unboxing, BBS scene, Seuck games , Interviews: Christian Gleisner, Istvan Hegedus, Nolan Bushnell and Forrest Mozer.

21.04.2017 - Space Trip 2086 - C64
Space Trip 2086 is a new game for the Commodore C64 made by Achim Volkers and Saul Cross. In the game you must capture transport ships that have been taken over by aliens. But watch out for the robots!

21.04.2017 - BlackBOX 1200
The BlackBOX 1200 is a new tower system for the Amiga 1200. Features: 350W power supply, PC/Amiga keyboard interface, 2 x 5.25", 4 x 3.5", 1 x 2.5", 1 x Amiga FDD facia / bracket, transparent side panel, 2 fans and 2 x USB.

21.04.2017 - 1541-II repair - Jan Beta
Jan Beta made a video about repairing a Commodore 1541-II disk drive. He inspected, cleaned and lubricated the disk drive and replaced the electrolytic capacitors.

21.04.2017 - V.A.M.P. v1.70
Virtual Amiga Multimedia Player is a media player made with the help of Hollywood. Changes in this version: Hollywood v7.0, Greek language and improvements for the Polish language.

21.04.2017 - The 8-Bit Guy - VC20 Super Expander / Eprom programmer
The 8-Bit Guy made a video about using a Super Expander and an Eprom programmer with the Commodore VIC-20.

21.04.2017 - Greedium - Amiga
Greedium is a MUI game for the Amiga. In the game you must collect as many numbers as possible. And without walking over your own path and you have to stay within the playfield.

21.04.2017 - Scene World Podcast #32
Scene World Podcast is a podcast about the Commodore scene. In this episode: Andreas Wallström - Commodore 64: For the Love of a Machine.

21.04.2017 - YAPE v1.1.2
A new version of YAPE is available. YAPE is a Windows emulator for the Commodore Plus/4. The changes in this release are: Improvements for CPU, TED, speech and the monitor.

21.04.2017 - Retro Asylum Podcast
Retro Asylum Podcast is an English podcast for the retro computer fans. In this episode: Top 10 Amiga driving games.

21.04.2017 - Retrohax: C64
On the Retrohax web page you can see how to restore your C64: PLA, keyboard brackets and a broken case repair.