Category: Commodore 65
There is always space in our heart to read about the Commodore history and my favourite part is the beginning of the 8-bit era culminating with the Commodore 64. The website LowEndMac has published a good summary of that era with the article “A History of Commodore’s 8-bit Computers” by Dan Knight. The article starts with a short paragraph about…
We that lived the times where we would fistfight our friends in defence of our favourite computer brand/model, know how fierce and endless these ruses can last. How about settle it in a friendly trump card game? If you wonder how, I can tell you that it is going to be possible really soon. There is an already-funded campaign running…
Few days ago we posted the news about another Commodore 65 that is on sale on German eBay. The auction has ended and the rare machine was sold for €22.827,00 (around USD25,000). The winner bid was only 50 bucks more than the second. That might leave a bitter taste for the guy that lost. Source: Nightfall Crew
Yes, another (or the same ?) Commodore 65 is having an auction on eBay. This one is being sold by the German eBay user “axelmuhr”, and as I write this, the higher bidder is willing to pay EUR 10.101,00. The Commodore 65, also known as C64 DX is a prototype computer created in 1990-1991 aimed to be an improved version of…
Chicken Lips is a English-speaking podcast talking all about Commodore computers. The first episode was released two years ago, and now the episode 2 is available with the promise that every month a new episode will be available. This episode brings a new co-host, Todd George, who is promising to help Earl Evans to keep the episodes interval a little…
John Selck (Graham/Arsenic/Oxyron) released an update of his GFX conversion program. GFX Transformer is a small graphics converter tool which is able to convert between charset, bitmap, color bitmap, FLI modes. It also features a simple sprite grid grabber and also supports hires modes. It’s also possible to swap colours. When loading, the tool automatically detects the file format. Download:…
Commodore Free Magazine has published its latest issue #88. The magazine is provided for free in PDF and HTML format. Some of the contents of this issue: General News ASM80 Update Homebuilt MOS 6502 Laptop The Games-Coffer Website TAP Manager 1.0.2 Raspberry Pi SID player RECOIL 3.2.0 Released C64 News Gamebase 64 Update To v13 Commodore C64C Molds Found Ultima…
