The Commodore 64 Reloaded MK2 is a C64 Motherboard for building a C64 on your own.

The board is shipped with empty ZIF sockets for the key chips such as CPU, port chips, sound/video chips. All other components are already assembled and pre-tested before shipment.

As opposed to the first C64 Reloaded board, the C64 Reloaded MK2 will automatically identify the installed chips. It will not only generate the correct clocking, but also set the right voltages for the chips that you have chosen. Further, it configures the filter-capacitors for your favourite SID combination. This means that the Commodore 64 Reloaded MK2 is a completely jumper-free design.

The Commodore 64 Reloaded MK2 includes the following on the board:

• All memory
• Flash rom for Kernal, Basic, Character and your own sets of ROMs
• Clock generator equivalent to the CSG8701 chip with two custom crystals
• PLA equivalent to the CSG 906114-01 chip
• Stereo-SID circuit configurable for three different popular addresses
• S-Video and 3.5mm stereo outputs
• USB to serial link for configuring the board with a terminal program
• High-efficiency power conversion for operation from a single 12V supply
• Power switch with integrated reset function
• Six all-black high quality ZIF sockets

source: icomp.de

Directly from the author;

It’s time to announce the upcoming new “Ultimate-64″ board by Gideon.

In order to sustain the love for the Commodore 64, with failing machines, power supplies and flaky old connectors, I proudly present a new main board for your beloved C64 case.

This board is a hardware implementation (FPGA) of the entire C64, and it includes the Ultimate-II+ as well.  An ALL IN ONE solution!

…if you want to read more about this project, click here.

source: 1541ultimate.net

This is the official demo party results from Silesia Party 8. See also the Silesia Party homepage for more informations.

C64 Demo:

• 1 – ES1RA by Arise
• 2 – ReDiscovered by Samar Productions

C64 4K Intro:

• 1 – I Want To Fall by Arise        
• 2 – 4Kindness by PVM    
• 3 – Raster Pump by Samar Productions

C64 Music:

• 1 – 90s Still Within by Jammer
• 2 – Resocialize Me by AceMan
• 3 – Insidious Pleasures by Randy
• 4 – Glacial Blues by Toggle
• 5 – Kernal Panic by V0yager
• 6 – Superchunk by Isildur
• 7 – Light SID of the Moon by MotionRide

C64 Graphics:

• 1 – Jazz-man by Joodas
• 3 – Tango by Alakran
• 4 – Fire of the Mind by FatFrost
• 5 – Boyhood by Isildur
• 6 – Narcissism by Rail Slave

WiLD Demo:

• 1 – Miles Away by Mayday!

Productions released outside compos:

• C64 Debugger V0.60 by Samar Productions (Other Platform Tool)

Download: Silesia Party 8 full Party stuff (1048)

source: noname.c64.org/csdb silesia-party.pl

The High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC) is a freeware hobby project which organises Commodore 64 music (also known as SID music) into an archive for both musicians and fans alike.

The work on the collection is done completely in the Team and contributors’ spare time and is proudly one of the largest and most accurate computer music collections known.

This update features (all approximates):

• 600 new SIDs
• 139 fixed/better rips
• 1 repeats/bad rips eliminated
• 313 SID credit fixes
• 299 SID model/clock infos
• 4 tunes from /DEMOS/UNKNOWN/ identified
• 21 tunes from /GAMES/ identified
• 16 tunes moved out of /DEMOS/ to their composers’ directories
• 16 tunes moved out of /GAMES/ to their composers’ directories

Download:

• HVSC Update #67 (1221)
• Complete HVSC #67 (1382)

source: www.hvsc.c64.org

For those who don’t know. The TI Treffen  is a historic European gathering of TI-99/4A  enthusiasts  from  all  over  the  world,  has  taken  place  since  1986  and  is organized every year in a different city.

This year, for the second time, it is Italy’s turn to  host  this  beautiful  and  long-awaited  event. The TI-99 Italian User Club is organizing this event in the Italian capital! The TI-99/4A will be the protagonist of this full immersion.

The live auction and competition section with available TI-99 material must  not  be  missed.  And  see  also  the  presentation  of  new  hardware  and  mini-conferences-on-topics-concerning-the-TI-99.

source: ti99iuc.it