MossyCon 5 is confirmed to be held at the lower floor of the Astoria Moose Lodge on April 5, 2009.
Moose Lodge
420 17th Street
Astoria, Oregon 97103
Tel: (503) 325-0881
Set-up time is at 10 a.m. with the con going from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For the con, Lord Ronin will be distributing a CD with 634mb of C= data. For more information, write to lordronin(at)vcsweb.com
Jim Brain has released version 0.8.0 firmware for the 2.0 uIEC/IDE+CF, 2.3 uIEC/IDE+CF, all uIEC/CF units and all uIEC/SD units. The uIEC is a solid-state card (CompactFlash or Secure Digital) drive for Commodore 8-bit computers with serial ports. Here are the relevant links:
For uIEC/CF, uIEC/IDE+CF v2.0 HW, uIEC/IDE v2.3 hardware, go to:
http://www.jbrain.com/pub/cbm/hw/uIEC/uIEC-firmware-0.8.0.bin
For uIEC/SD hardware, go to
http://www.jbrain.com/pub/cbm/hw/uIEC/uIEC3-firmware-0.8.0.bin read more »
HCC Commodore has another Netherlands Commodore Show on Saturday, April 4 at the Trefpunt, Kerkweg 21, Maarssen, the Netherlands from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.. The emphasis this time will be the C16 and Plus4 computers (25th anniversary!). Of course, there will be other C= and Amiga computers for attendees to see and to use. For more information, go to
Paul Quirk has created a new web forum for users of classic computers. Go to http://retro-link.com to see the opening message or to http://retro-link.com/smf/ to browse. To sign up, send an e-mail to
paul(at)retro-link.com
According to Paul, Retro-link.com will be different. This is what he says -- read more »
Notacon 6/Blockparty 3 has had major updates in their respective websites at http://www.notacon.org and at http://www.demoparty.us With only about a month and a half to go, registration, hotel information, competitions, speaker list, and schedule are now detailed. The competitions cover the following categories: Demo, Oldschool Demo, HiRez, Textmode, Music, Photography, and Wildcard. Check out the various events, including the Video and Board Game room which will be going on all weekend. read more »
Dan Newbury has developed the Megabit 128 ROM adapter board which plugs into the empty motherboard socket of a C128/C128D. Various applications can be burned into the ROM for instant access at the press of the F1 button. You can burn the apps yourself or have Dan burn his selection of C64/128 apps onto the ROM. The cost is $15 US for the board, $5 more for the pre-burned ROM (postage not included). You can read up about this new adapter at
http://landover.no-ip.com/forums/index.php?topic=2645.0 read more »
Nigel Parker has released Issue 27 (Vol 3 issue 2) of Commodore Free magazine. It is available now to download as PDF, TXT, SEQ, HTML, and D64 (zipped image). Go to
In this issue
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General News
Cronosoft Information
Kickstart C16 & Invasive Action Cartridges [C64]
Cincinnati Commodore Computer Club (interview)
Simon Quernhorst (interview)
Simon Owen, Spectrum/VIC-20 emulator (interview)
Understanding VIC-20 RAM Expansion
Graphics and bigger screen in Basic on the expanded VIC-20
Commodore Computer Club U.K. Second Meeting read more »
The SC3 Arcade Party is coming again to Southern California on April 25. Attendees get to play with many classic and modern game consoles, arcade machines, and classic computers, like the Commodore 64 and the Amiga 2000. Food and soda will be there. Enjoy a relaxing evening at the SC3 Arcade Party.
Here is the original message with more details -- read more »
Photos of the January CCC (UK) meeting are now posted at
http://www.commodore16.com/index.php/component/content/article/56-events...
TMR has released the game, Blok Copy, for the PET with a 40-column screen and 8K of RAM. The game also supports sound from the parallel port of the PET. To read about it and to download, go to
http://www.cosine.org.uk/products.php?prod=blok_copy&4mat=other
Kweepa has released "WhackE". Go to
http://www.kweepa.com/step/vic20/whack-e/whack-e.prg
Jeff Daniels has released "Ten Ten Duality". Click the link at
http://sleepingelephant.com/ipw-web/bulletin/bb/viewtopic.php?t=3362&sta...
Boray has released "How Many". Download at
Out of the vaults of RB Productions comes another blast from the past! It's a brief look at Micropalooza 2003, the chip tune event which was held at the Ground Kontrol arcade in Portland, Oregon. In this video, you'll hear some of the music, see some of the arcade machines, and view some of the dancing which was held on that day. Watch the video carefully, and you'll see some C= notables in the background.
At the end of the video you'll watch two musical numbers from Seth Sternberger of 8-Bit Weapon. He's a master playing music live on the C64/128 keyboard! read more »
Jim Brain now has the SD flashcard version of the uIEC available. uIEC sames the same firmware as the new SD2IEC, but there differences which Jim relates below:
* uIEC/SD is currently the smallest known CBM drive (1.5" x 1.5" by 0.3"). Perfect for embedding in your favorite machine, drive, or calculator (shout out to Tone007, who stuffed one in a CBM pocket calculator)
* uIEC/SD shares the same 128kB Atmel AVR 8-bit microcontroller as the rest of the uIEC line. With 51kB used for firmware, there's plenty of room left for the future. read more »
Photos of my visit last year to the Dienstagstreff Bunker Commodore meeting in Bochum, Germany are now posted at
Nigel Parker has released volume 3, issue 1 of Commodore Free. He states that the D64 is not ready, as the presenter application is still being updated and tested. Also the text file is not in 40-column mode yet, and no SEQ file has been created, due to time limits.
Go to
and click on Magazine to download the current issue.
In the magazine, there is
NEWS
INFORMATION
MossyCon5 /DCN-2692 floppy controller board / QUIKMAN Programmers Delight / QUIKMAN Source for the VIC-20 / On the Road: the Commodore Scene Meeting 2008 and a Visit to AmigaKit read more »
