The new release 0.9.0 of the sd2iec has some bug fixes and some additional features like:

- New fastloader: ULoad Model 3
- New fastloader: G.I. Joe (said to be commonly ripped)
- New fastloader: Epyx FastLoad cartridge
- Support reading raw directory ($ with secondary > 0)
- "display disk images as directories"-mode
- DNP support
- remote display support

Download the new firmware at

http://www.sd2iec.de/

To purchase the SD2IEC card drive for the Commodore, go to

http://www.nkcelectronics.com

A dutch guy (EdK) released his own C64 emulator C64EMU, build from scratch.

You can read everything about C64EMU through this link on www.C64Scene.nl, home to C64EMU:

http://www.c64scene.nl/C64Scene/News/Entries/2010/2/5_New_Emulator_PREVI...

Looks very promising!

Cheers!

The Plus/4 spreadsheet, SVS-Calc, has now been improved to V1.5 with many new improvements and bugfixes. To read more about it and to download it, go to

http://plus4world.powweb.com/software/SVS-Calc_1_5

There is even a video of it on YouTube; go to

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYZwS5v09wU

A sophisticated spreadsheet... and it looks fun, too! (for a spreadsheet, that is).

CNET TV has posted a short video listing the Top 5 computers of the 1980's. The Commodore 64 wins out by being number 1! The Amiga computer comes in fifth place. To see the video, go to

http://cnettv.cnet.com/1980s-computers/9742-1_53-50081092.html?tag=small...

Editor Nigel Parker has posted news that Commodore Free issue 35 is available to download. Go to

http://www.commodorefree.com

Available to download as PDF, TXT, SEQ, D64, and enhanced HTML (includes pictures), Nigel says that he lost contact with his helper, Andrew, so he had to create the PDF himself. This CF issue includes

- Commodore News
- NATAMI
- Commodore Free talk to Gideon Zweijtzer - Creator of the 1541 Ultimate
- Interview with Neil Reive - Editor of Retroaction magazine
- Commodore Free 3D FPS Maze Shooter
- Evil Computers
- geoGlyph now available  read more »

In addition to the video of Jim Butterfield at the LUCKI Expo 2005 found at

http://www.commodore.ca/gallery/video/video.htm

another one has been discovered. While rummaging around various Beta, VHS, Digital 8, and DV tapes, I came across a VHS tape that was given to me. Its label was printed, "Chicago Commodore Expo, October 24, 1998 - Jim Butterfield Tells a Commodore Story". I viewed the tape, and though the video quality is only fair, the audio is good, and of course, Jim tells a good story of the early days of Commodore.

That 16-minute video has now been posted! Go to  read more »

Developer Josef Soucek has announced that IDE64 V4.1 is once again available for ordering. Go to http://news.ide64.org to read up on the latest news for this well-supported device.  read more »

Announced at World of Commodore 2009, the Toronto PET User Group has created a CD containing the entire TPUG Disk Library! Over 1100 disk images (D64 and ADF) containing over ten thousand programs for the C64, VIC20, Amiga, C128, and PET. Plus Historical Photos, Emulators, and the Library Catalogs in PDF format.

The CD is $20 Canadian plus shipping and applicable taxes.

For details and how to order, visit the TPUG website.

http://tpug.ca

Kent Rittenhouse has produced a VIC-20 Multicart/Development Cart with 32 games, games like Pac Man, Donkey Kong, Frogger, Dig Dug, etc.. The price is $28 for the complete cart (not including shipping). This is what Kent says about it --  read more »

On Thursday, December 3, at approximately 8:30 a.m, Dave "Lord Ronin" Mohr passed away due to heart failure. Dave was a passionate devotee of all things relating to Commodore and Amiga computers. For many years, he was chancellor of the Anything Commodore User Group (a.k.a. Astoria Commodore User Group) in Astoria, Oregon. He was a prolific writer for his club's monthly newsletter, "The Village Green".  read more »

For those who have bought C64 Forever and/or Amiga Forever, there is a free update to version 2009.1. Here are the links:

http://www.c64forever.com (C64 Forever)

http://www.amigaforever.com (Amiga Forever)

New features of the "2009.1" versions include:

- Passed official Windows 7 Logo tests
- Support for Windows 7 "Recent" jump lists
- Rescan command in RP9 Manager
- Export to SD card
- "Now Playing" interface
- Updated "Tip of the Day" content
- New Software Director to check for updates
- Detection and automatic resolution of certain system issues  read more »

Every year the Commodore-GG awards a software and a hardware innovation price at the last meeting of the year. This is a trophy made by one of our members.

The winner of the contest is chosen by a poll on our web site. On our C= Show of december 19th we will distribute the trophy to the winners!

Look at our website for the poll and information about our upcoming event: http://commodore-gg.hobby.nl/

Gideon Zweijtzer has released news about the 1541 Ultimate II. New
features are: the PCB is 30% smaller, there is a MicroSD card slot, instead of a full-size SD slot; a real-time clock is implemented for correct file time and date, it uses a larger FPGA which enables the implementation of more features, there is a USB host port which can be used to connect USB memory sticks, and the Ethernet port has been removed, due to design considerations and reliability.

He also has plans to make an suitable case for the device and is planning an initial run of 100 of the new version.  read more »

Back in 2007 for the 4K Demo Compo, Battle Blox, an 80-column game for the Commodore 128 was entered into the competition. Well, that game is downloadable at

http://sites.google.com/site/h2obsession/CBM/C128/images/BatlBlox.zip  read more »

Sean Huxter has released geoGlyph, match-three-symbols game for GEOS (64 and 128) that runs as a Desk Accessory in 40-column color mode. It is a feature-rich game, including a timed and a No-Pressure game with a number of options allowing you to customize your play experience. It will save games and high score on quitting.

To download, go to

http://www.huxter.org/geoglyph

geoGlyph is free to distribute. The .d64 disk image also contains other games Sean wrote back in the late 80s and early 90s including geoMimic, HAZARD and geoComix.