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   Bart Venneker has made a video about a faulty Commodore C64 he had bought,   
   but after switching the machine on there was a memory error message.  The   
   solution was the replacement of the memory chips.   
      
   This is in the Dutch language.   
      
   www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJPPRvOc-Vk   
      
      
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               SEUCK SCHOOL   
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   SEUCK School is a web page from Richard (the master SEUCK guy) for people   
   who want to make games using SEUCK.  The website has tips and tricks,   
   programming, the basis of assembly, many programming examples as well as   
   utilities to develop your own better games.   
      
   tnd64.unikat.sk/SEUCK_School.html   
      
      
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                TAPEX V0.5B   
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   Tapex is a program for analysing, verifying and cleaning Commodore 64   
   cassette files (TAP V0 TAP V1 and DC2N RAW files (16, 24 & 32 bit) The   
   features are:  Clean / noise removal, adjustable "gap" limit "skew" limit   
   and autosave after cleanup.   
      
   csdb.dk/release/?id=144513   
      
      
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            K.C.'S C64 PROJECTS   
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   KC has a web page for all of his Commodore 64-related projects.  The   
   currently available projects on the website are:  IntroBase64, Intros   
   reorganizer, GameBase64 Manual, and GBXfer.  There will be more projects   
   added in the future.   
      
   sites.google.com/site/kc64projects/   
      
      
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         ACID 64 PLAYER PRO V3.6.1   
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   ACID 64 player is a cycle based Commodore 64 music player designed for   
   playing SID tunes on sound cards/devices that have a real SID chip   
   (6581/6582/8580) on board like the HardSID PCI cards and the HardSID 4U,   
   Uno, and Uplay USB devices.  It also supports network devices that emulate   
   the SID chip like JSidDevice that is part of JSidplay2.   
      
   FEATURES   
      
   * Cycle based 6510 CPU, 6526 CIA chip and 6569 VIC-II chip emulation   
      
   * Cycle exact playback of SID tunes   
      
   * Support of multiple SID devices and stereo playback for 2SID files   
      
   * Support of PSID, RSID, 2SID, PRG and PC64 files   
      
   * Support of STIL, Song Length Database and SID Id   
      
   * Fast incremental SID file search   
      
   * Seek through SID tunes via slider bar   
      
   * Exact frequency playback like a real C64 for PAL and NTSC tunes   
      
   * Anonymous usage statistics   
      
   * SID signal indicator for each voice (Note trigger)   
      
   * Skips silence of beginning of tunes   
      
   * Muting of voices, easy solo voices and toggle filter on/off   
      
   * Switch between devices on the fly without restarting the song   
      
   * Drag & drop support for multiple files   
      
   * Minimize to system tray for background playing   
      
   * Easy short cuts to change settings on the fly and for controlling the   
     playback   
      
   * And much more...   
      
   www.acid64.com/   
      
      
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             C64 SID SHOOTOUT   
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   Stray Tree has written a blog about the SID chip.  You can read about and   
   listen to SID music played on five different 5 SID revisions.  The SIDs he   
   used:  6581 R2, 6581 R3, R4 6581, 6581, and 8580 AR R4 R5.   
      
   kompjut0r.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/c64-sid-shootout.html   
      
   If you liked that then you need to look at this the SOASC website (Stone   
   Oakvalleys Authentic Sid collection)   
      
   www.6581-8580.com/   
      
      
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              HVSC UPDATE 64   
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   An update is available for the High Voltage SID Collection.  There are now   
   over 47,500 SIDs in the collection.  This update has 672 new SIDs, 132   
   better rips, 812 SID data improved, 133 SID model / clock info, 14 tunes   
   identified, and 34 moved tunes.  You can download the update from the HVSC   
   web page.   
      
   www.hvsc.de/   
      
      
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     BACK IN TIME SYMPHONIC COLLECTION   
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   Chris Abbott and Kenneth Mutka have started a crowdfunding project to make   
   a Symphonic Collection of Commodore C64 music with a real symphonic   
   orchestra.   
      
   On the first CD you can find:  Forbidden Forest, Grouting, Kentilla, Black   
   Light, Times of Lore Master of Magic, Barbarian II, Nemesis the Warlock,   
   Ghouls and Ghosts, Dragon's Lair II, Spellbound, Firelord, and Beyond the   
   Forbidden Forest.   
      
   www.megafounder.com/back-in-time-symphonic-collection   
      
      
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              SID KNOWN V1.11   
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   Wilfred Bos has released an update to SID Known .  This version is   
   compatible with the latest version of HVSC (# 64).  SID Known is a tool   
   that can identify SID tunes from SID and PRG files.   
      
   www.acid64.com/download/sidknown/sidknown_v111.zip   
   csdb.dk/getinternalfile.php/144418/sidknown_v111.zip   
      
      
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               SX-64 - DX-64   
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   Bios Rhythm has converted a Commodore SX-64 to a DX-64.   
      
   In his blog you can read how he performed the conversion.  During the   
   conversion, he had various problems such as the cartridge connector IEC   
   cables and the original SX-64 has very little space available.   
      
   biosrhythm.com/?p=1249   
      
      
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              SID ADVENTURES   
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   GeoAnas has started a series of articles about the famous SID chip.  The   
   most recent articles are interviews with:.  Markus (c0zmo), Jason Page,   
   Cristina Ekstrand (Xiny6581), Sascha Zeidler (Linus), and Kamil Wolnikowski   
   (Shame)   
      
   www.iamretro.gr/category/sid-adventures/   
      
      
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      EXCELLENT LINK WITH LOT OF NEW   
            COMMODORE HARDWARE   
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   From: "Commodore Forever"   
   To: "commodorefree@commodorefree.com"   
   Subject: Excellent link with LOT of   
   NEW Commodore hardware   
      
   I found out your magazine on web six months ago, and it is really top notch   
   for Commodore news!   
      
   Keep up the good work!   
      
   I'll give you link, you'll see you can write many articles in your mag   
   about lovely new hardware Commodore items there:   
      
   sharewareplus.blogspot.co.uk/?view=cl assic   
      
   Regards,   
   CF   
      
      
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          TROUBLESHOOTING VIDEOS   
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   I found a couple of videos of someone who was repairing some C64 for a   
   friend.   
      
   The YouTuber says, "You might find them useful for similar   
   troubleshooting."   
      
   www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jndggJJ9QE   
      
   www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIrqtztvqYE   
      
      
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              FUNKPAINT 0.44A   
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   Singular have released an update to their popular Funkpaint application   
   .The tool is a multi-format editor supporting hires, multi, multicolour   
   interlaced pictures.  It runs on a Commodore 64/128 and supports various   
   input devices and memory expansions.   
      
   FEATURES:   
      
   * Runs natively on the target platform (or emulated)   
      
   * Hires, multi and multicolour interlace support   
      
   * Various input devices supported, including mice   
      
   * With keyboard only it's still good for pixeling work in zoom editor   
      
   * Can use memory expansions for full undo/redo history   
      
   * Even without extra memory it can undo a limited set of smaller changes   
      
   * Full screen mode with toolbar for preview and drawing   
      
   * High resolution zoom editing with preview window for hires/multicolour   
      
   * Can draw with patterns and different brush sizes   
      
   * Brushes, shapes, copy etc. are available in zoom mode too   
      
   * Can do filled polygons, curved lines or flood filling   
      
   * Block copy for duplicating/shifting parts   
      
   * Bit patterns viewable and changeable for low level tuning   
      
   * Easy to use save file format and saves executables as well   
      
   csdb.dk/getinternalfile.php/146816/FunkPaint_0.44a.zip   
      
      
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             J. FOX EDITOR ECM   
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   Released by:  Hein a multicolour character editor   
      
   csdb.dk/getinternalfile.php/146709/ecmedit.prg   
      
      
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               VIRTUOSO 0.98   
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   Hein released an update for his music composition tool.   
      
   The features for the   
      
   --- MBSE BBS v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux-i386)   
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