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Issue 96 of ‘Commodore Free’, the magazine dedicated to Commodore computers is now available for download. The magazine is available in the following formats; PDF, ePUB, MOBI, HTML, TXT, SEQ and D64 disk image. Website: http://www.commodorefree.com Previous Issue: Commodore Free issue95.pdf
Issue 94 of ‘Commodore Free’, the magazine dedicated to Commodore computers is now available for download. The magazine is available in the following formats; PDF, ePUB, MOBI, HTML, TXT, SEQ and D64 disk image. Website: http://www.commodorefree.com
Systems like the VIC20 or the Commodore 64 have cartridge slots, so can run diagnostic software from there. The PET does not, so this is Tynemouth Software’s new 6502 diagnostics board, a board which fits in place of the 6502 CPU in systems such as the Commodore PET to run diagnostics checks on a non-functional PET. Source: http://blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk
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…
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…
We posted few months back news about an upcoming Commodore Smartphone. Today Wired Magazine has published an article where the reporter tell us everything about his talk with the company behind it, and also his impressions of the prototype he tested. According to the article the phone, powered by Android, is actually well-built, with good specs and a very nice…
[youtube Ly2f3Alz_dU nolink] Jan Derogee has released a new version of the Cassiopei firmware. The changes are: A file filter so that a VIC-20 only sees files for the VIC-20. It is now possible to adapt the Cassiopei to a computer model without using the Cassiopei manager. And the manual has been updated. Website: http://jderogee.tripod.com
Yash Terakura is credited as being ‘The Creator’ of the Commodore 64 and VIC-20.The Commodore 64 is considered the best selling computer of all-time selling over 40 million units and possessing 40% of the global personal computer market! Over on Scene World Website you can watch a full video interview with Yash Terakura, Yash Terakura is a Japanese engineer who was…
A new episode of the Personal Computing podcast is available. In this episode: Retrochallenge!, Altair 8800b, Wade Ripkowski, Commodore brochures, The Commodore bankruptcy, The Commodore PET 2001, Commodore PET 4032 and the Commodore PET Disk Drive 4040. Website: http://www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com
A new edition of the English pdf, text, seq, d64, html and Ebook magazine is now available. In this edition the following: Editorial, Commodore Free E-Cover Tape #16, News for the C64, Plus/4, VIC20 and Amiga users. C64 Book, Creating a GEOS File Icon, Interviews: Alex Smith and Brian Green, Transfer SEQ Files to Evernote, Bulletin Board System, Review: Alter…
