k/


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DUREX FORTH VERSION 1.3 RELEASED
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code.google.com/p/durexforth/

This is a modern, lean C64 Forth-inspired by colorForth, JONESFORTH and
Blazin' Forth. Direct threaded for simplicity. The project includes a vi clone written in Forth, a high-resolution graphics library, plus MML music support.


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PETSCII EDITOR V4.5 RELEASED
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csdb.dk/release/?id=130214

Released by: fieserWolf, of Abyss Connection

A PETSCII graphics editor package

With new features like joystick + 4x4 mode, two pages (buffers), adjustable keypress speeds, loadable music, and more.


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HEXMAPPER - C128
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Raoul has a hex-mapper developed for the Commodore C128. Using this
program you can create mosaics, with a hexagon as a unit, make maps for role-playing games, or just cool pictures. With the program, you can
adjust each hex with a direction and a colour. You can also move or copy
the hexagons. A manual (in English) and some examples are available. raoulm.home.xs4all.nl/products/

Also while you're on the site you may like to look at some of his other software for the VIC-20 like

* Denial Scroll for unexpanded VIC-20
* Poxeldemo for unexpanded VIC-20
* Poxelshow for unexpanded VIC-20

The program names are self-explanatory. I quite like the Denial scroll on
the VIC.

He has some other software on the site as well a Java Mandelbrot generator
set and some Android apps.


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C-ONE CHAMELEON CORE
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Peter Wendrich, after 4 years of inactivity, released a new "preview"
Chameleon core for the C-One.

syntiac.com/c_one.html


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BMP2MC UPDATE RELEASED
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Seanser has released a new version of BMP2MC. BMP2MC a bitmap to C64-multicolour conversion program with five colours. The properties are:
Gray or Colour (there are three different colour tables available ). Full
(a file) or Split (bitmap, colour, characters). Tables for remapping
colours (PAL1 & PAL2).

csdb.dk/getinternalfile.php/128119/BMP2MC1258_OK.zip


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THE ACE TEAM NEEDS HELP
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The Ace have been working on a new operating system for the Commodore C128. Sadly, the "team" are now down to only one person. So, if you are a C128 enthusiast and want to help with the development, testing or give
suggestions, please contact Miro from The Ace team.

www.theace.sk/blog/index.php


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C64 RELOADED: NEW C64 MAINBOARDS
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Jens Schönfeld announced a replacement C64 motherboard. Although it was
seen as an April fool, it would appear after a fellow reader contacted Jens
the project is real!

icomp.de/home/indexe_news.htm

Jens says that with the age of the Commodore 64 and the high costs to
repair a motherboard, he will produce replacement boards as close to the original Commodore schematics as possible.

The project is called C64 Reloaded and the boards will fit in the original Commodore 64 cases, and feature not only a modulator, but also an S-Video
and a 3.5mm audio output. The board can also be jumper-set to output PAL
or NTSC, and comes partially assembled. Basically you will need a donor machine to transplant the chips into the ZIF sockets on the C64 Reloaded
mother board.

C64 Reloaded will be available in limited quantity starting July, 2014 for 149,90 EUR(**). We will start taking pre-orders soon.


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THE IMPOSSIBLE GAME RELEASED FOR
THE C64
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a csixx and mayday! co-production

Code: steve ody(csixx)
Music: spider jerusalem
Title gfx: achim volkers
Testing: the ryk

The idea of the game is to navigate the obstacle course, avoiding pits,
spikes, and jumping on/over boxes. You do this by pressing the Fire button
on the joystick or pushing the joystick upwards. Basically it's a
scrolling landscape and you have to jump over things, sort of like a
electronic arty-techno version of Flappy Bird.

This is the c64 version:

csdb.dk/release/?id=129903

flukedude.com/theimpossiblegame/

The website says:

A super-addictive and very, very hard platform game, synced to an awesome soundtrack.


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C64 POWER ADAPTOR
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MAD Scientist has created a power adaptor for the Commodore C64. He uses a standard power supply from the PC with a Molex connector that has 5 VDC and
12 VDC. His adaptor makes 9 VAC from the 12 VDC and together with the 5
VDC it is connected to the Commodore C64. You can follow the progress on
the Forum64.de web page.

www.forum64.de/wbb3/board65-neue-hardware/board289-diverses/55283-neues-c6 4-netzteil-mark-1/


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CCS64 V3.9.1 RELEASED
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Per Håkan Sundell released a new version of his Commodore C64 emulator.
Changes in this version: emulator improvements to support more demos such
as EmuSuxx0r from Crest. More PAL artefacts such as blurring, etc., have
been implemented. You can download this C64 emulator from Per's web page.

www.ccs64.com/


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SD-BOX CARTRIDGE V1.09
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The SD-BOX is a cartridge for the Commodore C64 and features an SD card interface. The cartridge has many features, acting as a disk drive and Datassette. Recent changes: Support for Micrus Copy program, A HEX
forecast for the cassette buffer, and a program to remove copy protection. Improvements for loading / verifying of cassettes, and the manual has also
been updated.

c64.com.pl/index.php/sdbox109.html


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CREATURES CARTRIDGE - C64
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Siem Appelman has a download of the game Creatures as a cartridge image.
Also on the site is a download of a CRT for the game Mayhem in Monsterland.

www.siemappelman.nl/download.html


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DAVID FOX INTERVIEW
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The C64.com web page has an interview with David Fox. David started to
work with computers in 1964. When home computers became popular he started making conversions of adventure games. He created the game Mix and Match Muppets. You can read the whole interview on the C64.com web page.

www.c64.com/


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HIGH VOLTAGE SID COLLECTION
(HVSC) UPDATED
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There is a update available of the High Voltage SID Collection. There are
now more then 44.000 SIDs in the collection. In this update 825 new SIDs,
233 fixed/better rips, 910 SID credit fixes, 120 SID model/clock infos, 8
tunes identified, and 67 tunes moved. You can download the update from the HVSC web page.

www.hvsc.de/


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REPRODUCTION OF THE SX64 PARTS
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Erwin van Betten has successfully reproduced the handlebar caps and the keyboard clips for the Commodore SX-64. Erwin uses an CAD program to
design the parts and a 3D printer to make the parts. The parts are printed with an LulzBot TAZ 3D printer equipped with a Budaschnozzle 2.0 w / 0.35mm nozzle.

c64.berrydejager.com/reproduction-of-the-sx64-parts-by-erwin-van-betten


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ACID 64 PLAYER PRO V3.5
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Wilfred Bos has released a new version of ACID 64 Player Pro. Changes in
this version: Improvements: Folder management for the HVSC, MUS files, layout, first file played is now always added to history list and other
sma

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