uk/2014/07/tapuino-20-c64-tape-emulator.html


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PROJECT HERMES
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Ian Stedman is working on an expansion module for the Amiga CD32 intended
as a replacement for the Para Vision SX-1 and DCE SX32 / Pro extensions
from the nineties. The features are: 8 MB SRAM, Parallel ATA (IDE) / CF, Floppy, real-time clock, and a clock port connection. More information is available on his blog here:

ianstedman.wordpress.com/


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CDTV - SCSI CONTROLLER
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Epsilon has a blog about installing a SCSI controller for CDTV. The CDTV
SCSI Controller is a modern extension which was developed in 2013 and makes
it possible to connect a Commodore CDTV to external SCSI devices. The AztecMonster card is a SCSI-to-CF card interface.

classicamiga.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/c dtv-installing-scsi-controller-and.html


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TPUG FILM SHOOT IN STARBUCKS
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www.tpug.ca/2014/10/starbucks-minidoc-shoot/

On Sunday September 7, 2014 TPUG was invited to participate in a film shoot
for a mini documentary-style promo for Starbucks. They contacted us and
wanted us to re-create our Occupy Starbucks event from a couple of years
ago. The notice was short, but we managed to gather quite a few members
and spent the afternoon at the Starbucks near Kipling subway station with
the film crew.

The resulting film(s) can be viewed here: www.YouTube.com/Starbucks

John Easton took a bunch of photos giving us a look behind the scenes.


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LOST TREASURES - COMMODORE
PRODUCTION LINE
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On the Dust Layer Blog, you can view some photos of the Commodore
production line in Hong Kong from December 1992. The photos were taken by Robert Baker Production Engineering at Commodore in Westchester, USA, and
in Hong Kong.

dustlayer.com/blog/2014/8/16/lost-treasures-the-commodore-production-line- in-hong-kong



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C64 NEWS
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DIGITAL EXCESS TOOLS DISK
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Recently released by: Digital Excess. The download has a number of tools,
and although each is listed separately as entries in CSDB, I have put them under one news entry.

Sampler version 2 (The program states)

With this little program everybody is able to handle digi-fx quite easily.
It also converts Amiga 8-bit samples to c64 4bit-samples, so you can use
them in most of the known music editors, including digi-voices.

csdb.dk/release/?id=132398

Also part of the D64 are the following tools:

* Final Font Artist V2.0
* FLInterlazer V1.0
* Graphics-Ripper 1.0
* Playfield-Editor V1.2
* Multi-Graphics-Displayer
* Bob-Getter V1.0
* AMICA-Paint Crashsaver
* 3x3 Block-Matrix-Creator


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DIE RINGE VON COPLAR [GERMAN]
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This is a German-language release on what seems to be four disks, along
with a manual (although all are in German). It appears to be a game
written in BASIC.

Released by: TUGCS

It can be downloaded from here:

www.tugcs.de/Ringe_von_Coplar.zip


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DIRMASTER V3.0.0
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Released by Style, this is an amazing tool for Commodore 64 users.
DirMaster is a Windows-based GUI application designed to help Commodore enthusiasts explore and manage their disk image collections.

SOME OF THE NEW FEATURES IN V3.0.0:

* .d4m (read/write), .hdd (read only), .m2i (read only), .nib (read
only)

* .lbr & .spy archival formats

* explorer file preview panel integration

* export to .png, .rtf and .html formats

* extra love for GEOS freaks

* disassembly/hex viewers, REL file display, cset and image format
displayers

* batch processing w/ external script integration

* experimental OpenCBM support

* Rewritten and comprehensive online documentation

You can download the Zip file with the setup program from here:

style64.org/file/DirMaster_v3.0.0_Win32-STYLE.zip


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RESET ISSUE 04 RELEASED
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reset.cbm8bit.com/?dir=issue4

Featuring reviews of Commando Arcade, Guns 'N' Ghosts, Bellringer III and
the Protovision 4 Player Compilation. Frank Gasking presents his "Where
Are They Now" feature, trying to track down Commodore 64 personalities who
were well known after its commercial era. We also have an exclusive
interview with Tomcat/Nostalgia about the making of Commando Arcade. Neil Grayson joins Reset with the first part of his "History of Commodore
Format" series. All of the regular favourites return, including Games That Weren't, C64 Endings, Deep Thoughts, The Mighty Brain, a minty-fresh Blow
The Cartridge comic and much, much more.

CONTRIBUTORS:

* Writer, Art - Anthony Stiller (Ant)
* Writer - Ray Carlsen
* Writer - Merman
* Writer - Frank Gasking
* Writer - Karl Burnett (POLYGAMe)
* Writer - The Mighty Brain (TMB)
* Writer - Jari Karjalainen (Last
Chance)
* Writer - Lenard Roach
* Comics - Cameron Davis (Gazunta)


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CBMXFER 0.40 RELEASED
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CBMXfer version 0.40 has been released by Steve J. Gray

CBMXfer is a freeware file transfer program for the PC which lets you
transfer files to and from a Commodore IEC or IEEE drive attached to the PC
via X-Cable (OpenCBM-compatible cable, including Zoom Floppy USB) or
CBMLink cable. It is also a Commodore file viewer.

CBMXfer is a front-end (GUI) for several command-line utilities including:

* OpenCBM.... Device driver and utilities to connect a Commodore IEC drive
via "X-Cable" or USB (Zoom Floppy adapter)

* CBMLink.... Talks to a Commodore computer via serial cable

* VICe....... Emulators plus C1541 utility - Works with Commodore Disk
Image files (like D64)

* NibTools... Low-level disk "nibbler" utilities using parallel
port cables

www.6502.org/users/sjgray/software/cbmxfer/cbmxfer.html


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SUPER CARS 4 FOR THE C64 RELEASED
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Roberto Ricioppo has recently released a SEUCK game. In the game you have
to drive your car through the dangerous streets and try to shoot at the
Enemy, But you must be careful because the enemy can shoot back. You can download the game from the TND web page.

tnd64.unikat.sk/f_s.html


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SPRITE PAD V2.0 BETA 1
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Subchrist Software has released a new sprite designer package for the C64,
You need to run the software on a PC though. The package supports the following features (amongst others):

GENERAL PROGRAM FEATURES...

* Edit and animate multi-colour and high-resolution sprite images.

* Flip, Reflect, Slide, Animate.

* Rotations. Free rotate with variable angle limiter, auto-generate
rotation sequences.

* Overlays. Allows the designing of two sprites as one.

* Import/Export data in a variety of useful formats.

* Multiple Undo/Redo.

www.coder.myby.co.uk/spritepad.htm


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LUNAR BLITZ RX
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cosine.org.uk/products.php?prod=lunar_blitz_rx&4mat=c64

TMR has released an updated version of his Lunar Blitz game for the c64. I don't feel this is one of TMR's better releases and, personally I prefer
the original VIC version of the game. Anyway, here is what Jason says
about the release.

Based on the VIC 20 classic Blitz, the original C64 version of this little
game was actually written for Jason's mum to play after the keyboard (and
in particular the space bar) on his trusty white bread-bin breathed it's
last and couldn't run it any more.

The ga

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