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   www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35591594   
      
   Not Commodore related but...   
      
   The BBC website writes that the ZX Spectrum computer is re-released as a   
   handheld computer!  Looks quite neat.   
      
      
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      BRIT GEEKS CRAFT BIJOU PI ZERO   
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   Diminutive 'R-Kade Zero' hits Kickstarter   
      
   A group of Brit geeks has hit Kickstarter with the R-Kade Zero - a   
   diminutive piece of gaming kit based on the Raspberry Pi Zero.   
      
   Described as "one of the smallest and minimalist gaming controllers   
   around", DTronixs' R-Kade Zero comes in two flavours - the JS/4 (joystick   
   plus four control buttons), and the 2STIK (two joysticks):   
      
   Read more here   
      
   www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/11/r_cade_zero_console/   
      
      
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      EMAIL PIONEER RAYMOND TOMLINSON   
               DIES AGED 74   
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   He chose 'name@host' scheme for directing mails between computers.   
      
   OBITUARY   
      
   Raymond Tomlinson, a formative figure credited with just about inventing   
   email, has died.  He was 74.   
      
   As Tomlinson's Internet Society Hall Of Fame biography points out:  "In   
   1967, he joined the legendary research and development company Bolt Beranek   
   and Newman (now Raytheon BBN Technologies)." Working on the TENEX operating   
   system at BBN made Tomlinson very influential:  the software eventually   
   became the TOPS-20 operating system that powered Digital Equipment   
   Corporation's mainframes.  Tomlinson is best remembered, however, for the   
   fact that in 1971 he "invented email," or at least email between different   
   computers.   
      
   Read more here   
      
   www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/07/email_pioneer_raymond_tomlinson_passes_aged_74   
      
      
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              RETURN ISSUE 24   
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   Return magazine is a German printed magazine featuring everything from A to   
   Z on 8-bit computers A (Atari) to Z (ZX Spectrum).   
      
   In this issue are the following articles:   
      
   Sam's Journey (C64), Bomber (Atari XL / XE), Sqrxz 3 (Amiga), Legend of the   
   Mystical Ninja (SNES), ToeJam & Earl (SMD), AmigaOS (3), Blazing Star (Neo   
   Geo ) Azure Dreams (PlayStation), Bandai WonderSwan, Multi-ROM Interton   
   VC-4000, Tiger Electronics, Super Potato, David Timsit:.  Fight, Amiga 30   
   Years, Root Beer Tapper and Rampage   
      
   www.return-magazin.de/   
      
      
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              RETRO COMMODORE   
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   Retro Commodore has a number of high-quality scans available.  The most   
   recent added scans are:  DAN-JOY, Colossus Chess 2.0 (C64), computer,   
   AsmOne manual (German) Amiga User Interface Style Guide, C64:  getting the   
   most from it, Amiga Active, Data Becker Catalogue (Danish) Commodore 64   
   Games Book, An overview of the AAA chipset, Amiga 30 years 27th June 2015   
   Microfiche Manual from Software Vision Inc., Den Store Floppy Bog   
   1541/1570/1571 from Data Becker (Danish), Spiders Disk Cover Dansk Amiga   
   Catalogue 1989- 90 (Danish), Amiga Kataloget Efterår 1990 (Danish),   
   Installing and Learning Amiga Unix - System V Release 4 and ZAP!  POW!   
   TREE!  Arcade games for the VIC 20   
      
   www.retro-commodore.eu   
      
      
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     FINISH RETRO GAME COMPARISON BLOG   
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   FRGCB is the (Finnish Retro Game Comparison Blog) the website has retro   
   games comparisons between different computers such as the C64, Amiga, MSX,   
   NES, CPC, DOS, etc.  The most recent comparisons:  Chuckie Egg (A'n'F   
   Software, 1983), Painterboy (Tikkurila, 1986), Silkworm (Tecmo, 1988),   
   Unique Games:  Afterlife, Part 2, Santa's Xmas Caper (Zeppelin Games, 1990)   
   and Olympic Skier (Mr.  Chip Software, 1983).   
      
   frgcb.blogspot.co.uk/   
      
      
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      TETRIS - 6502 ASSEMBLER 10 & 11   
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   Wiebo de Wit continues his blog about programming a Tetris game in machine   
   language.   
      
   In this update:   
      
   * Input Changes   
   * Attract Mode Selecting Difficulty   
   * Game and Game Walk About Fashion   
      
   devdef.blogspot.co.uk/   
      
      
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   TOSEC (or The Old School Emulation Centre) is a group of people who are   
   concerned with the preservation of games and programs for the home computer   
   and game consoles.  In this update:  13 new items, 118 updated and 2   
   deleted.   
      
   www.tosecdev.org/   
      
      
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          THE SOLDERING OF CHIPS   
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   Clay Cowgill has created a demonstration video about removing chips from a   
   circuit board using a Hakko 850 hot air system to remove the DIP chips from   
   a two-layer printed circuit board from the year 1987 (Atari 130XE)   
      
   www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeA5qeZdyO0   
      
      
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   Retro Gaming Couch is a YouTube channel for fans of retro computers.  The   
   latest video is about a housing for the UK1541, developed by Thomas   
   Christoph, the SaV64, a surge protector, developed by e5frog and   
   Skydivingirl, and retro covers for Commodore computers.   
      
   www.youtube.com/channel/UCWg5OIR5qy9osAAFt_kYjew   
      
      
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   This winter edition of the Retro Challenge competition was held between   
   1-1-2016 and 31-1-2016.  Anyone could join the retro computer project.   
   People behind the projects were:  AdamGR80s, Erazmus, Shell Dozer, Yorgle,   
   Vintage Volts, Urbancamo Abraham Vreugdenhil, Spencer Owen, Harry Culpan,   
   16kRam, Canal, Minu56Bits, TriadnaComputers, Wgoodf, Retrocosm, Brouhaha   
   and Paul Robson.   
      
   Although now in the past, the website does show the winners and some   
   further information.   
      
   www.wickensonline.co.uk/retrochallenge-2012sc/   
      
      
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          WORLD OF COMMODORE 2015   
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   The Toronto PET Users Group has published a series of photos from the World   
   of Commodore meeting.   
      
   At this meeting were present among others:   
      
   Yewchuck Bob, Jim Brain, Joe Palumbo, Zbigniew Stachniak, Leif Bloomquist   
   and Trevor Grove   
      
   blog.retro-link.com/2015/12/world-of-commodore-2015.html   
      
      
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       FTP ARCHIVE FOR COMMODORE PCS   
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   Bo Zimmerman has set up an FTP archive for the Commodore PC models.  On the   
   Ftp site You can find everything about the Commodore computers such as Bios   
   and Character ROMs, floppy disks and system manuals.   
      
   www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm-pc/   
      
      
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   I wonder with the colour scheme if someone at Microsoft was a secret   
   Commodore 64 user.   
      
   Check out the picture of the editor and the colours on the right.   
      
   If you don't know what the group policy editor is it doesn't matter, just   
   that the colours in this Microsoft editor seem strangely familiar   
      
      
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                 C64 NEWS   
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             ATTITUDE ISSUE 16   
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   This is an English disk magazine with the following articles:   
      
   Foreword, Scene News, News of the groups, IDE64, Zoo 2015, Generation 64,   
   Halt and Catch Fire, Joysticks and an interview with Cash / TRIAD   
      
   csdb.dk/release/?id=143966   
      
      
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     COMPUTE'S GAZETTE SID COLLECTION   
                CGSC V1.31   
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   The Compute's Gazette SID Collection has been updated, COMPUTE!'S SIDplayer   
   was a music system, designed by Craig Chamberlain and Harry Bratt for the   
   Commodore 64.  The purpose of the Compute's Gazette Sid Collection is to   
   get as many of those SIDplayer music collection files.  Currently there are   
   14522 MUS, 4139 STR, and 5066 WDS files.   
      
   www.c64music.co.uk/   
      
      
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