Manosoft made a successor to the C64SD. He replaced the processor with a Atmega 1284p which has double capacity (128 kbyte). The new version now has a pass through for the Datassette port and a revised reset circuit. You can watch the promo-video of the C64SD 2.0 Infinity on YouTube. The promo-video is in the Italian language, but has English subtitles.

BYTEMAN is experimenting with the combination of the CSG 8580 SID Soundchip from legendary computer Commodore 64 and the russian clone of the ZX Spectrum the Scorpion ZS-256. You can watch a demonstration on YouTube. He used a SID chip, standard 74xx IC's and a ported version of SIDPlayer.

The (beta) firmware v5 is now available for the Chameleon cartridge. Changes in version 5: Improvements with MMU (framebuffer and turbo). Chameleon can use the real BASIC and Kernal ROMs in the C64 in cartridge mode. FLI bug fixed. Added Stereo SID support. TOD clock fixes. Turbo has configurable speed limit. Double-buffered VGA output. Many changes to the menu.

Jens Schönfeld is working on a Internet connection for the Commodore C64. His proto-type is called "Onmyodo". The specifications at this moment are: 100MBit, TCP/IP Stack in Hardware, IRQs (low CPU usage) and a 16 kByte buffer. The Onmyodo can be "plugged" into the cartridge-port of the Commodore C64, but can also be used together with a MMC64, Retro Replay, MMC Replay and the Chameleon. You can follow the progress of this cartridge on the Forum64.de web page.

Gideon releases a firmware update for the Ultimate-II. The changes are: Audio options and Stereo SID emulation. Initial support for Domark cartridges. Improvements made in file system handling. Improvements to the cartridge logic, and reading of ISO9660 added. Gideon is also experimenting with the EM1010 USB to Ethernet module but it is not functional at the moment.

André Pfeiffer (Ratte) developed a automatic monitor switch for the Amiga computer. The switch is a "Do It Yourself" project, but there is a very good tutorial on how to assemble the monitor switch. The monitor switch can be used with the Amiga 1200, 3000 and 4000 computers with a IndivisionAGA with CybervisionPPC or BVision. For all the details you can visit the a1k.org web page.

Peter Wendrich's is working on the new Chameleon cartridge for the Commodore C64. At this moment you can download the Chameleon Beta-4 firmware from his web page. Peter also revised the programmers manual for the cartridge. This 34 page pdf manual gives you detailed information about the possibilities of the Chameleon.

Stingray is building a new cartridge for the Commodore C64 called Alien Flash Cartridge. This is a 16MB Flash cartridge with USB and an AR Freezer Cartridge mode and EasyFlash compatibility. The first batch of this cartridge are now being made and will be available in the next couple of months. You can follow the progress on the Lemon64 web page.

Crock has been working on a diagnostic system for the Commodore 16 ,116 and Plus/4 range of computers. At the moment he uses a modified game cartridge with an eprom that holds the diagnostic software. You can watch a demonstration video of the diagnostic of a Commodore Plus/4 computer.

The Natami crew is please to announce that the first NatAmi MX boards are now assembled. The NatAmi MX has the following features: Serial port, Parallel port, PS/2 keyboard, PS/2 mouse, Floppy disk, Joystick ports, Video, Audio, SyncZorro, PCI, IDE, 3.5", LAN and 512 MB RAM.

The TDC (Turbo Demo Cart) is a 2 MHz speeder for the Commodore 64. At the moment there is only a proto type but you can view two little demo's, Doom 64 and Black Hole, that are working on a 2 MHz C64. The trick is based on over-clocking the CPU and stopping the CPU when the VIC chip does its job.

The Dela IC-Tester is a cartridge for the Commodore C64. This cartridge could recognize and test 74xx TTL IC's. Michael Sachse from the cbmhardware.de web page reverse engineered the cartridge and now the schematic of the cartridge is now available for download.

ACube Systems released AmigaOS 4.1 Update 2 for the Sam460ex. The Sam460ex board is running at 1.15 Ghz and allows all Amigans to use modern graphic cards thanks to its PCI express slot. Other features include: 7 USB ports and Gigabit ethernet.

André Fachat has connected his Commodore 8296 to an ethernet, running the TCP/IP protocol. To make this possible he extended his CBM computer with a CS/A ethernet board. On the software side he ported the uIP v1.0 TCP/IP stack to the cc65 compiler, and integrated the CS8900A driver from contiki v1. For all the details you must visit the web page of André.

The chipophone is a music device developed and built by Linus Åkesson. The chipophone is build inside a electric organ. The keys and knobs are connected to an micro processor and act as a MIDI keyboard. The MIDI keyboard is connected to an ATmega88 based synthesizer. With the chipophone you can play 8-bit music like it would sound on a 8-bit game console or computer.

The AmigaWorld website presents 4 new prototypes for the Amiga. The new devices are: Clockport Duo, Clockport Quadro, Clockport Buffer and the Gayle Adapter. The Gale adapter has the following features: PCMCIA Resetfix, PCMCIA LED connection, Keyboard-reset connection and a FastATA-connection.

Chris (Lallafa) has build a new version of the dtv2ser device. With this device you can transfer data to and from the C64 DTV via a USB connection. The new version is build with the Arduino platform and needs only a very small hardware modification. You can read all the details on Lallafa's blog.

ZoomFloppy is an USB device for connecting Commodore disk drives to your PC. The ZoomFloppy is an improvement based on XU1541 from Till Harbaum. Nate Lawson and Jim Brain teamed up to produce a professional product. This controller will support IEC drives, IEEE-488 drives and a user-port connection for parallel speeder drives. At this moment the building and testing stage is under-way. You can follow the progress on Jim's blog.

KryoFlux is a USB-based floppy controller. It can be used to read a floppy, at low-level, and store the data from the disk. The features are: Low level reading. Save as raw stream, or export a specific format. The following formats are supported: Acorn Electron, Apple, Amstrad CPC, Archimedes, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, MSX, IBM PC, PC-8801, Sam Coupe, Spectrum, E-MU Emulator II and many, many others. Parallel export support. Visit the Kryoflux web page for all the details.

MikeJ has finished the first series of his FPGAArcade Replay. The Replay is a re-configurable computer that makes it possible to emulate an game console, arcade machine or computer like the Atari ST, Amiga, Commodore 64 etc. The Replay has an ARM processor, FPGA, SD card, DVI connector, joystick, keyboard, mouse, video and audio connector. You can read more about this project on MikeJ's web page.

Individual Computers has been working on a new turbo cards for the Amiga 600 and 1200. The Internet shop Vesalia released info on these new turbo cards and the cards can now be pre-ordered. The specifications of the A1200 version (expansion slot) are: CPU 68EC030 at 28 MHz, 64 MB RAM, MapRom function and optional RTC. The specifications of the A600 version (internal installation) are: CPU 68030 at 25 MHz, 32 MB RAM and MapRom function.

Tomi Malinen made a dual SID system for the Commodore C64. You can buy the printed circuit board and assemble it yourself. Features: Small board (40mm x 50mm). 6581 or 8580. Selectable address (D400, D420, D500, DE00, DF00). You can read more about this project on the Lemon64 forum.

Manosoft released an advanced version of his C64SD v2.0. The C64SD emulates a IEC disk-drive and uses a SD memory card to store your diskette images (.d64, .d71, .d81). The advanced version has a aluminum casing to protect the electronics. The advanced has an extra IEC connector to connect external disk-drive. It is also possible to connect a second C64SD (dual mode). Visit Manosoft's web page for all the details.

Luigi Di Fraia well known for his digital replacement of the datassette (DC2N) has been working on a new project. This time he is working on a USB system for the Commodore C64. The prototype uses two devices. A cartridge to provide software and commands to operate the USB device, and a user-port device that interfaces with the USB stick. With the proto-type it is possible to transfer files at 1.2 kB/s (serial) or 9.5 kB/s parallel. You can follow the progress of USB-64 on Luigi's web page.

The Pocket 1541 is a emulator for the 1541 disk drive. Pocket 1541 uses a SD card to store your data, supported formats are: D64, M2I, PRG, D71, D81 and P00. The firmware is based on the open source SD2IEC firmware. The device has four buttons and a LCD screen that can be used to navigate to the required files on the SD card. Visit the web page for more information. (The page is in Italian which you can translate with the help of Google-Translate.)

UFE is an SD/MMC floppy drive emulator for old computers. It connects to the floppy drive port of the host computer and behaves like a real floppy drive. The UFE has Read/Write access for Commodore AMIGA, Atari ST and Amstrad CPC computers. On-board support for ADF, DSK, ST and MSA images. Can emulate two floppy drives. Video overlay user interface. Firmware update (SD Card). Visit Retromaster's weblog for all the details.

Luigi Di Fraia is working on version 3 of his DC2N. The DC2N is a digital replacement for the C2N datassette. With the DC2N you can read cassettes and transfer the data to a memory-card. It is also possible to save data from a memory-card to a datassette. The DC2N is a stand alone system, what means you can do the transfers without a computer. The newest version has USB support and uses a graphical screen to show the signal that is recorded. You can watch various videos of the DC2N on youtube.

Kisiel is working on a Action Replay Clone and it is called GeoAction. You can download all information of this cartridge including schematics, print layout and the software for the Atmel processor from Kisiel's web page.

Manosoft has made a mass storage device for the Commodore C64 and VIC-20. His design is based on the SD2IEC project. But the C64SD has a couple of advantages: No external power supply is needed, No IEC cable is needed, JiffyDOS support, Disk change button and more. Visit the Manosoft web page fore more details.

André Fachat is working on a CPU card for the CBM/PET computers. His prototype now works on the 8296 model. The CPU card contains a 65816 processor which runs on 12.5 MHz. It also uses a Xilinx CPLD as logic glue and is has 1 MByte fast RAM and 512k Flash ROM. Take a look at André's web page for more information about this project.

You can take a look at the new case design for the AmigaOne X1000 on the A-Eon web page. The picture are a rendering of the new case, but the case should look the when it is manufactured. Visit the A-Eon web page for more details on the X1000.

Vimfuego is building a new device for the users of datassettes on Commodore computers. This device makes it possible to record the sound of a datassette to a PC. It is also possible to use the sound of the PC to load data to your Commodore computer. The device can be used on PET, VIC-20, C64/128, c16 and the Plus/4. You can read about the progress on the Lemon64 forum.

Jim Brain is working on a new cartridge expander for the Commodore C64. The cartridges can be placed in 3 upright and 1 rear connector. Each cartridge slot can be controlled via 8 DIP switches (GAME, EXROM, IO1, IO2, ROML, ROMH, POWER). The proto-types are tested and the X-pander 3 will be for sale very soon, estimated price will be $30,--.

The web page of A-EON is now online. A-EON is the maker of the AmigaOne X1000. The X1000 is a new generation Amiga computer with the following specifications: Dual-core 1.8GHz PowerISA v2.04+ CPU, Xena 500MHz, ATI Radeon R700, 2GB RAM, 500GB Hard drive, DVD combo drive, Customised case, keyboard and mouse, 7.1 channel HD audio.

Roland Hager from the retro-donald.de web page has developed a USB Joystick-adapter. This adapter makes it possible to use your favourite joystick on your PC. You can buy the adapter as a kit. On the web page you can find a very detailed description of how to build the adapter yourself.

Michael Boehmer developed a new RAM-expansion for Zorro-III Amigas. The card will be sold in the near future by E3B, Individual and AmigaKit. Technical data: Zorro-III card 130 x 55 mm, 128 MB or 256 MB fast SDRAM, 32-bit design, Autoconfig support.

Peter Wendrich released a preview of the Chameleon core for C-One. A 1351 mouse emulation is provided when using a ps/2 mouse. The numeric keypad on the keyboard functions as joystick (2,4,6 and 8 for direction, 0 is fire). As the SID is completely emulated, paddles and real 1351 mice won't work with this core.

Gideon Zweijtzer has revealed a new photo of the 1541 Ultimate II. The first board is made and is working. The new 1541 Ultimate II will be available in the near future. The Ultimate will be available with a custom made (black) casing. Visit Gideon's web page for all the details.

There are two new HardSID products available. Both products (HardSID Uno and HardSID Uplay) are connected via the USB and do not need an external power supply. In both devices there are two SID sockets available. The HardSID Uplay has the extra option to select the SID through software. Prices are HardSID Uno 149,-- Euro and HardSID Uplay 169,-- Euro. The HardSID 4U is available for 399,-- Euro.

Jeff Ledger designed a portable SID player called the SIDstick. This device can play the entire HVSC collection wherever you are. Technical Details: 31kHz Sample rate. 16bit Resolution. Full filter support. Full envelope support. Supports all 4 waveform types. 16 steps main volume. Waveform reset bit works. Ring modulation. Oscillator synchronization. On Jeff's web page you can order a kit to build your own SIDstick.

The company A-EON has announced a new hardware platform for running Amiga OS4. The hardware has the following specifications: ATX Formfactor, Dual-core PowerISA v2.04+ CPU, Xena, 7.1 channel HD audio, 4x DDR2, 10x USB 2.0, 1x Gigabit Ethernet, 2x PCIe x16, 2x PCIe x1, 1x Xorro, 2x PCI, 2x RS232, 4x SATA 2, 1x IDE connector, JTAG and Compact Flash. Visit the web page of A-EON for more details.

Jim Brain has introduced a new web-shop. Jim Brain is well known for his innovating products for Commodore Computers. At the moment the following products are available: The µIEC/SD, a replacement for the 1541 disk-drive that uses a modern memory card for storage. JiffyDOS, the original DOS replacement for serial disk-drives. The µIEC/SD daugther board. The 64NIC, a C64 module with Ethernet connection. The ROM-el, a replacement / adaptor for Commodore ROM chips.

Johannes Eggers made a small interface that makes it possible to connect a PS/2 keyboard to your Commodore CBM or PET computer. You can even reset your PET/CBM by pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del on the keyboard. Visit his blog for all the details.

A new cartridge is available for the Commodore VIC-20. The cartridge contains a EPROM, a memory decoding circuit and selection switches. The games can be burned in a EPROM and selected with the 5 switches. This means that you can put 32 games inside the EPROM. For developers all the cartridge connections are available for testing and custom memory decoding is also possible. Visit the web page for all the details.

Nate Lawson has released a beta version of his xum1541. The xum1541 is a device that makes it possible to connect a Commodore 1541 disk drive to a PC with the help of a USB connection. The xum1541 can be made with a Atmel AT90USBKEY developer's kit. Software is available for Windows and Mac OS X.

For the C-One is a new Minimig core (v2.0) available. Tobias Gubener ported Jakub Bednarski's sources of September 2009 to the C-One. The features include: Emulation of four floppy drives (DF0: to DF3:), Emulation of two hard drives (4GB), FAT16 or FAT32 supported for the CF memory card, Long file names for ADF images allowed. Memory 11.5MB: 2MB chipmem, 1.5MB slowmem, 8MB fastmem. For this core you will need a C-One with FPGA extender.

Gideon Zweijtzer release news about the 1541U-II. The new version features are: The PCB is 30% smaller. MicroSD connector, instead of a full-size SD. Real-time-clock function, for correct file time and date. Larger FPGA, which enables the implementation of more features. USB Host port, which can be used to connect USB-sticks. There are plans to make an suitable case for the device. Visit Gideon's web page for more details and pictures of the 1541U-II.

The VIC-20 Final Expansion v3.2 is an cartridge for the Commodore VIC-20. The features are: RAM expansion up to 512 KB. Also available: 3 KB, 8 KB, 11 KB, 16 KB, 19 KB, 24 KB, 27 KB and 35 KB. Each RAM section can be write-protected to simulate a ROM. 512 KB Flash EEPROM memory that can be flashed by the VIC-20. Up to 2 GB mass storage media by using modern SD-cards as a reliable floppy replacement. Real time clock. Connector for an external LCD display. Cartridge Configuration. Reset key.

Christian Krenner has made a web page about upgrading his Amiga 600. His A600 is equipped with: Motorola 68030/40 MHz, 34 MByte RAM, 32 GByte Compact Flash "hard disk", PCMCIA network, USB ports and a Indivision ECS. Take a look at Christian's page for all the details.

A new version of OpenCBM is available for the XU1541. In this update problems with opening the LPT port are fixed. The program is now also Vista compatible. With the XU1514 you can connect a Commodore (serial) disk drive via USB to a PC.