08.May.2022
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood 9.1 add-ons released
Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working men in code business, are proud to announce the immediate availability of a number of add-ons for Hollywood 9.1. The following add-ons are now available for download from the official Hollywood portal:
- Hollywood Player 9.1 for all supported platforms (also available for your smartphone/tablet on Google Play)
- Hollywood SDK 9.1 for developing your own plugins (includes examples and over 400 pages of documentation in various formats)
- Hollywood 9.1 add-on for Cubic IDE (kindly provided by Michael Jurisch)
- Hollywood 9.1 wordfile for UltraEdit
- Hollywood 9.1 online reference manual (over 1100 PDF pages, alternatively available as HTML, CHM, and AmigaGuide)
- Hollywood SDK 9.1 online reference manual (over 400 PDF pages, alternatively available as HTML, CHM, and AmigaGuide)
The release of these add-ons completes the Hollywood 9.1 release. Please visit the official Hollywood portal for download and more information. (dr)
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08.May.2022
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Aminet uploads until 07.05.2022
The following files have been added until 07.05.2022 to Aminet:
ZitaFTPServer.lha comm/tcp 19M OS4 A fast and secure FTP(S) server.
AmiBlitz3.lha dev/basic 11M 68k AmiBlitz 3.9 full distribution
iniparser.lha dev/c 113K MOS Parsing of INI files library
PyPlayer.lha dev/src 831K 68k Audio Player for Python 1.4.0...
Lyra3Tool.lha driver/inp 59K 68k Lyra 3 Keyboard Adapter Utility
Fynn_Thorin_CD32.iso.zip game/2play 179K 68k Fynn and Thorin CD32
ItalyInLockdown075.adf game/demo 880K 68k Italy in lock down
SamplesMaster.lha mus/edit 82K 68k Creates IFF and RAW samples (...
GF4RSIDC.zip pix/misc 86K Grad. Fonts for RSI Demo Make...
lharchiver.lha util/arc 4.2M MOS create lha archives intuitively
BootPicture.lha util/boot 87K 68k Shows pictures, plays sound d...
lvl.pointers.lha util/mouse 32K Mouse pointer presets for RTG...
(snx)
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08.May.2022
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OS4Depot uploads until 07.05.2022
The following files have been added until 07.05.2022 to OS4Depot:
frozenat.lha dev/deb 5kb 4.0 find out where a program is hang...
libmikmod.lha dev/lib 2Mb 4.0 Portable sound library (music mo...
libmodplug.lha dev/lib 2Mb 4.0 Render mod music files as raw au...
libbz2.lha dev/lib 523kb 4.0 Bzip2 file (de)compressor
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
videntiumpicta.lha gra/vie 2Mb 4.0 Videntium Picta is picture viewer
zitaftpserver.lha net/ser 19Mb 4.1 A fast and secure FTP(S) server.
lharchiver.lha uti/arc 4Mb 4.0 Create LhA archives intuitively
videoclipper.lha vid/edi 355kb 4.0 Cut and/or join multiple format ...
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08.May.2022
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AROS Archives uploads until 07.05.2022
The following files have been added until 07.05.2022 to AROS Archives:
blackjuan.lha gam/car 4Mb Blackjack clone
videntiumpicta.lha gra/con 2Mb Videntium Picta is picture viewer
(snx)
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08.May.2022
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 07.05.2022
The following files have been added until 07.05.2022 to MorphOS-Storage:
Chrysalis_3.17r1.iso Chrysalis This pack allows you to...
iniparser_4.1.lha Development/C Parsing of INI files li...
LHArchiver_1.0.lha Files/Archive Create lha archives int...
Aquaria_1.002.lha Games/Adventure This is a new MorphOS p...
OpenTyrian_2.2_SDL2.lha Games/Shoot2D An open-source port of ...
VidentiumPicta_2.50.lha Graphics/Tools An image viewer progra...
Wayfarer_3.6.lha Network/Web Wayfarer is the latest ...
(snx)
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07.May.2022
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Video: A Look at every 'Ocean Software' game
YouTuber Kim Justice shows in his latest video all the games ever licensed by former British game software developer Ocean Software. (dr)
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07.May.2022
Protovision (Webseite)
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Amiga compatible joypad 'Protopad': Status update
Protovision, after successful crowd funding, is in the process of building new 'next-generation' joypads specifically designed for the C64, but equally compatible with Amiga: the Protopad.
Now there was a status update regarding this, which we quote here:
- "We have found a case that we could use. We are still exploring the idea of creating a custom case. Making your own case is tricky and very expensive, so we will see if that works out. If not, we will revert to the standard case we found worthy.
- We have come across unexpected technical issues. The pad sometimes gives wrong readings and it appears to happen when a button is pressed only lightly. This is extremely weird and we never heard of a similar issue ever. We believe it is some kind of power fluctuation problem and have created a new prototype that will make it easier for us to track the issue.
- We are shocked about price developments. A CPLD chip that used to cost 6 Euros now costs 40. We did not see that coming and it crushes our financial calculations. We might have to redesign to use different chips than initially planned.
- We are positive we will be able to master all these issues, eventually, but it takes way longer than we expected. Since Covid, not only prices have gone up but turnaround times are much slower. Example: receiving new Prototypes previously was a matter of days or weeks, now we have to wait months before we receive a new board."
(dr)
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07.May.2022
MorphZone
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Sensible World of Soccer: SWOS Total Pack 1.1
The 'SWOS Total Pack' is a graphical user interface written by 'Cool_amigaN' and 'jPV^RNO' for launching the game Sensible World of Soccer in an emulated environment.
As jPV^RNO explains, it includes almost all variations of the game and data about the game that have been officially and unofficially released over the last 30 years. Any combination of this data can be selected through the graphical user interface, from graphics and sound sets from different game versions and platforms to team/player data from different years.
There are countless data disks from the years 1930 to 2022, which are the result of the work of the SWOS community. Tournament lineups can be viewed as well as other documentation. Game tactics can be changed from the original versions and there is an extensive tactics viewer to analyze the new updated tactics/formations. The package also includes special versions of the game, from magazine cover disk releases to versions from other platforms (SNES, GameBoy, Game Gear, Master System).
The package also includes intro animations, music remixes, cracktros for launching the game. The first version was released in the middle of last year. Now an update to version 1.1 has been released, which can be installed either from the application itself or via Grunch. (dr)
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06.May.2022
Arne Urbaniak (E-Mail)
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Amiga disks on PC: Copy program G-Copy 0.3
After the release of A-Copy, a program similar to X-Copy for reading and writing ADF disk images under Windows using the ADF drive hardware, Arne Urbaniak now is in the process of writing 'G-Copy', a corresponding application for the Greaseweazle (amiga-news.de reported).
In the now available version 0.3 456 boot block viruses are now also detected and removed if you want. Minor bugs have been removed, the handling of windows in the code has been improved and Bamcopy has been fixed. In addition, the floppy selection (device) is now saved on exit.
In addition, the author has revised his website, which now lists his two programs, A-Copy and G-Copy, and provides a small documentation in English and German.
Download: gcopy.zip (30 MB) (dr)
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06.May.2022
Passione Amiga (ANF)
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Event: Passione Amiga Day 2022 in Spoleto (Italy)
The organizers wrote: "Passione Amiga day is the meeting day for Amiga users in Italy organized by Passione Amiga, the printed magazine for Amiga enthusiasts and lovers in Italian language with commercial exhibitors, conferences with Italian and international guests and a flea market.
The location, in the historic center of the city of Spoleto, is the ideal place to spend a weekend in contact with history, culture and food and wine; Spoleto has been able to combine modernity with its past that can still be breathed in the streets, squares and which makes it a unique city in the world. Because of its charm, it was chosen as the location for the RAI fiction 'Don Matteo'.
After the success of the first edition, the 'Passion Amiga Day' 2022 will take place on September 18, 2022 with free admission." (dr)
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06.May.2022
Twitter
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Jump'n Run: Demo of 'Duckstroma' released
At the end of 2020, the first preview video of the jump'n run 'Duckstroma' in development was released (amiga-news.de reported). Now a first playable demo has been released: As duck Aura you have the mission to deliver eight floppy disks to a customer. To fend off all kinds of hostile enemies, you can jump on weak opponents and lay an egg to reach higher places (recent YouTube video). The game requires 1MB of RAM and should be finished soon. (dr)
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05.May.2022
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Mutation Software: First teaser for CyberPunks 2
Already at the end of last year Mutation Software announced the second part of their top-down shooter Cyberpunks (amiga-news.de reported). There is now a first teaser video for the game, which was originally supposed to be released in the third quarter of 2021, but is now announced for the fourth quarter of 2023. (dr)
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04.May.2022
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MorphOS 3.17: openssl3.library hotfix
The MorphOS developer team has announced: "New vulnerabilities have been identified and fixed for the version of OpenSSL that is included in MorphOS 3.17. Three discovered issues, namely CVE-2022-1343, CVE-2022-1434 and CVE-2022-1473, were found to potentially affect MorphOS users.
A fixed OpenSSL library will be bundled with a future MorphOS release. Meanwhile, you can download (1,6 MB) and install the following replacement openssl3.library that fixes the problem for MorphOS 3.17. To install it, copy the file to MOSSYS:Libs and reboot." (dr)
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04.May.2022
Erik Hogan (Mail)
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Game Construction Kit: Scorpion Engine V2022.3
The "Scorpion Engine" developed by Erik 'earok' Hogan allows you to develop games. The engine itself is closed source, all demos and example games are open source. The editor runs under Windows. Graphics are imported as PNG files, levels created by using the editor Tiled eingesetzt. For importing and creating sounds, music and animations the Amiga formats (mod, 8svx, anim5) are used.
A few moments ago he has relesaed version 2022.3 with the following changes:
- Custom splash screens for Patreon backers.
- Improved AGA support, including "GothicVania" triple parallax demo.
- One click export to Win/Mac (FS-UAE), AmiBerry/A500 mini, Workbench.
- Improved code and animation editing.
You can support the developer on his Patreon website. (dr)
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04.May.2022
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Open Source: Talks of 'Open Hardware Summit'
On April 22, 2022, the Open Hardware Summit took place virtually: an annual conference organized by the Open Source Hardware Association about Open Source. The talks were recorded and can now be viewed retrospectively at the title link. (dr)
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04.May.2022
Twitter
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Graphics card ZZ9000: New firmware version 1.11
Lukas F. Hartmann's ZZ9000 is a graphics card with additional features and ports (network, USB, SD cards), which can be preordered in different versions (amiga-news.de reported).
Yesterday the new firmware version 1.11 was released with the following improvements/new features compared to version 1.10:
- Improves/Fixes ZZ9000AX playback on many Amiga models through improved IRQ behavior (also improves Ethernet)
- Fixes spurious missed ARM register writes, improving stability on all platforms
- Fix 128MB mapping of framebuffer area on Z3
- ZZ9000AX: improved resampling (linear interpolation on ARM)
- ZZ9000AX: programmable DSP, automatic Butterworth low pass filter, mixer
- ZZ9000AX: New Audio Mode with Panning Flag (has different volume level)
- ZZ9000AX: Adjusted volume level for digital playback (to prevent clipping)
- ZZTop: Shows if ZZ9000AX is detected
- ZZTop: Slider for ZZ9000AX low pass filter
- ZZTop: More tests in "Bus Test"
- axmp3: Dynamic buffer location
- ZZ9000AX and axmp3: Support for ENV:ZZ9K_INT2 setting to use INT2 instead of INT6 (via jumper J4)
(dr)
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04.May.2022
Harry (ANF)
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The Guardian: How Amiga computers reprogrammed modern music
The British newspaper 'The Guardian' describes in a long article how the Amiga influenced the electronic music scene in the early 90s and continues to do so today. (dr)
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03.May.2022
Amigaworld.net (forum)
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 3.6
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 3.6 of his MorphOS web browser Wayfarer. Besides bugfixes an Amazon Fire Stick user agent and a check for existing files on download have been added.
Changes:
- Added code to skip redraws of web contents entirely when Wayfarer is on an invisible screen
- Added an Amazon Fire Stick user agent to settings, works well with youtube.com/tv
- Removed 'Skip All Frames' loop filter option
- Fixed a possible crash in the MediaSource player
- Checks if a file exists and asks to overwrite in Download As requester
Download: wayfarer3.6.lha (26 MB) (snx)
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03.May.2022
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Last Minute Creations: Games 'GermZ' and 'Atarenium Falcon' released
Last Minute Creations', a Polish group of amiga game developers, has finally released two of their games that have been available in pre-release versions for quite some time:
In GermZ you have to try as a tiny organism not only to survive, but to infiltrate and take over other organisms (amiga-news.de reported):
Features:
- single player campaign
- multiplayer mode up to 4 players using joy1, joy2, WSAD, arrows controls
- several maps to choose from
- special cells with features expanding your tactics
- in-game editor for creating own maps and campaigns
An Amiga 500 with 1MB CHIP RAM is required. The game can be downloaded as lha or adf file for a recommended price of three Euro. The source code is available on GitHub.
The second release, Atarenium Falcon, reminds at first glance a bit of the classic 'Space Taxi': With a spaceship, the player has to head for the exit already visible at the beginning of the level. However, gravity is not the problem but he has to choose the way in such a way that he collects enough coal (as fuel) and also floating capacitors and the like (amiga-news.de reported):
Again, an Amiga 500 with 1 MB chip-ram is sufficient and is also available for a recommended three Euros (more is possible, of course, but also less) as lha and adf archive. The source code is on GitHub. (dr)
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03.May.2022
RetroRGB
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Video interview: Neil und Richard from RMC
The website RetroRGB is comprehensively dedicated to the world of retro games. An interview with Neil and Richard from RMC, who not only run their own YouTube channel but also an interactive retro computer museum in England (amiga-news.de reported), has now been published there. (dr)
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03.May.2022
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Motorola68k emulation: Bug-fixed FPU implementation of Emu68
Developer Michal Schulz regularly provides background information and status updates on his Motorola68K emulation Emu68 for the ARM architecture on his Patreon website.
In today's entry he reports to have finally found the bug in the FPU implementation: a copy&paste error that remained hidden for over a year! To check to what extent this has influence on the FPU implementation, he played all Elude demos available on his hard disk: All demos now run without wobbles, all effects are now shown (YouTube video). Thus, "many FPU demanding things that were broken before are working now". All twelve Elude demos shown were played on his A600 with Emu68 and PiStorm.
In addition, has been able to eliminate another bug: ARM interrupts were passed through to M68k. Now, he reports, he can finally starts developing the WiFi driver. (dr)
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03.May.2022
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AmigaOS 4: FTP server 'ZitaFTP' 1.32
Hans de Ruiter has released version 1.32 of his commercial FTP server 'ZitaFTP'. He wrote:
"ZitaFTP Server v1.32 is finished, and available for download. It's missing the big new feature I had planned because I couldn't get it finished in time, and didn't want to delay the smaller enhancements any further. The improvements are:
- EPSV support - enables full internet accessibility through devices with Network Address Translation (NAT), such as your home router
- IPv6 support - the latest version of the Internet Protocol (IP)
NOTE: This is for Windows only, since AmigaOS currently lacks IPv6 support. Should that change, then IPv6 will be enabled for AmigaOS as well
The next version will have automated SSL certificate generation capability. I'll let you know when it's done, which should hopefully be in a few weeks time..."
A single license of 'ZitaFTP Server' costs around 47 Euros. The program can be tested free of charge for 30 days.
(dr)
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02.May.2022
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Anniversary: APC&TCP has now been active for 30 years
Andreas Magerl writes: "The APC&TCP computer club was founded more than 30 years ago. (Does anybody of you know exactly when?) As one of the largest Amiga clubs worldwide, the question of how to better support all the programmers in the club came up quite quickly. Our members produced some really good programs and games, but they all voiced their opinion that they weren't very happy with the commercial contracts that were offered by major publisher. After long deliberations, APC&TCP sales was founded in May 1992.
The main task of sales was to market the club members' software as effectively as possible. The first software titles released through APC&TCP were Databench and 1990. Other titles such as Kargon, Jaktar, Flyin High, Pinball Brain Damage, and many others, followed on quite quickly by even more. More recently, APC&TCP has released software titles for the Amiga such as Roadshow, CygnusED, Reshoot R, Tiny little Slug, Trap Runner, and there are other products that are already in their 'starting blocks'.
Some time ago a shareware series was released, which comprised of a few dozen shareware titles that were marketed here by club members. Incidentally, APC&TCP blossomed quite quickly into one of the cheapest PD diskette dealers in Germany.
Initially there were also a number of third-party products in the range, which were mainly sold to club members. Though quite quickly after that, our range of goods reverted to being only our own products that were offered, apart from a few exceptions. One of those exceptions, by way of example, is the LOAD from VzEkC e.V. Issue 8 will soon be available in the APC&TCP online shop.
For many years, the NoCover floppy disk club magazine was also distributed through APC&TCP. Incidentally APC&TCP has been publishing the print magazine Amiga Future for over 20 years, and what's more, the Amiga Future will be reaching its 25th anniversary in January. Yes, the Amiga Future magazine is still being printed. :)
Over the years, in addition to the many software titles released through APC&TCP, there has also been a whole range of merchandise produced by APC&TCP: such as, posters, mouse pads, mugs, stickers and much, much more. APC&TCP also took over the distribution of the Amiga Joker magazine, issues 17 and 19. Recently the VD Aktuell has also become available through APC&TCP.
Over the years APC&TCP has remained very active, in many areas, though generally that is in the background, without Amiga users really being aware of their involvement. For example, APC&TCP took over the advance ticket sales for the Amiga trade fairs from ICP. So, it was a natural step for APC&TCP to present the Amiga at Gamescom in a show area of approx. 100 square metres. APC&TCP will be there, yet again, at the Amiga 37 in the autumn of 2022 and is also assisting the organisers to make the venture a success, as usual, in the background.
Over the last 30 years, APC&TCP has released over 200 products for the Amiga, and there are also 125 NoCover issues. Additionally approx. 140 German and 80 English Amiga Future magazine issues have been printed during that time. After 30 years, APC&TCP actually seems to be one of the largest software publishers for the Amiga with a current 6-digit annual turnover. From which no-one has become super-wealthy here, it's just that the Amiga is simply great fun to use. :)
Our main goal, currently, is to reach our 50th year anniversary, which would be something to really celebrate. In addition, we are always searching for entertaining games and applications, where the programmer is looking for a fair and reliable publisher. One of the great advantages of APC&TCP is that a programmer can have their say as to any choice of packaging, which is also one of the reasons why APC&TCP does not have any standardised or similar packaging from one product to another. If you are one of those gifted, and interested programmers, then please send an email to Andreas@apc-tcp.de." (snx)
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02.May.2022
David Brunet (ANF)
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New articles on Obligement website
The articles below have been added to the website of the French Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement during the last two months. All translations are welcome. Please contact David 'Daff' Brunet for more information.
- March/April 2022 news
- Old articles from Joystick 41 to 44:
- News: Psygnosis steps up its game
- Review of Mortal Kombat
- Review of Mad Dog McCree
- Interview with ID Software
- Comparison: Space Hulk vs Hired Guns
- Review of Goblins 3
- Review of Theatre Of Death
- News: Amiga CD32 - Commodore it's already tomorrow
- Interview with Peter Molyneux
- Review of Alfred Chicken
- Review of Uridium 2
- News: Gremlin, the aftermath of Zool
- Review of Realms Of Arkania: Blade Of Destiny
- Review of International Open Golf Championship
- Interview with Robert Hunter (graphic designer of Rambo 3 and Operation Thunderbolt)
- Interview with Metin Seven and Reinier van Vliet (authors of the game Hoi)
- Review of MorphOS 3.16
- File: The history of Novagen
- Hardware: AA+ (update)
- Point of view: The beginnings of the European pirate scene
- Point of view: Should the Amiga be revived?
- Point of view: The development of Rave (part three)
- Tutorial: Copying an entire hard disk as an image file to MorphOS
- Tutorial: Using HDF and ADF on THEA500 Mini.
- Special quiz about ERBE Software
(snx)
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02.May.2022
Protovision (Webseite)
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Video: Commodore 64 celebrates 40th anniversary
According to Wikipedia, the Commodore 64 was introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and thus celebrates its 40th anniversary. The YouTuber 'BastichB 64K' has dedicated a special video with several guests to it. (dr)
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