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NEWS
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Mille Bornes - Orion70
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has released a brand new game for the
Commodore VIC-20. Mille Bornes is a
French card game and is played with a
special deck of cards. There are
hazard, remedy, safety, and distance
cards. Each hazard is corrected by a
corresponding remedy, and is actually
prevented from happening in the first
place by a corresponding safety card.
The target distance is reached by
playing distance cards. You can play
the game on a VIC-20 with a 8kbyte RAM
expansion:

http://sleepingelephant.com/ipw-web/
  bulletin/bb/viewtopic.php?t=2880

The game is based on the C64 version
published in the August issue of
Compute!'s Gazette in 1993.


SOAMC
-----
The Stone Oakvalley's Amiga Music
Collection is almost complete. After
the amazing project of recording all
HVSC music from a real C64, the next
step was taken. Take an Amiga and
record all available music to MP3.
There are now more than 30,000 tracks
available for download. It took over
200 days 24/7 to make this possible.

http://www.paula8364.com/


FunkPaint 0.39
--------------
Soci from the group Singular released
a grafix program for the Commodore 64
called FunkPaint. It can be used to
edit Hires, Multicolor and DTV
pictures. The program supports a REU
for undo and has mouse support.
http://noname.c64.org/csdb/getinternalf
ile.php/63922/FunkPaint_0.39d.zip


Cannon Fodder New Campaign (Amiga
News)
---------------------------------------

Cannon Fodder New Campaign consists of
72 completely new maps grouped in 24
missions. Phase's system is the same
as the original Cannon Fodder. CNFC
has new mission titles and soldiers,
there are also modified graphics and
games sprites. The original game
engine is unchanged though, and every
map can be completed. Maps were tested
by a group of testers and author.
Additional information can be found in
Amiga guide file inside CFNC archive.

Requirements:
AmigaOS 2.0 up to 3.9
Cannon Fodder (english, disk version)
WHDLoad package
Installer, XFDMaster, gpatch
In addition we recommend:
Some Fast RAM (required by PRELOAD
option)
Colour monitor
Audio amplifier
Good mouse (important!)

http://www.ppa.pl/cannonfodder/
 about.html


FastATA 4000 MK-V controller
----------------------------
http://www.elbox.com/products/
 fast_ata_4000.html

With the FastATA 4000 MK-V controller
you can take advantage of the latest
low-cost, high-capacity ATA/EIDE
devices like hard drives, CD-ROM
drives, CD-RW drives, ZIP drives,
LS-120 drives, etc.

The minimum hardware configuration is:
Amiga 3000 or Amiga 4000.
The recommended configuration is:
Amiga 3/4000 with 68060 (or PPC with
68060) processor card with 64MB RAM.

The FastATA 4000 controller features
represent the ultimate technology in
its category:

- Fast transfer rate of up to 16.6MB/s

The FastATA controller with its
maximum transfer rate of 16.6MB/s in
the PIO 4 mode offers a huge capacity
reserve for fast mass storage devices,
especially for fast hard drives.
Therefore, applications may run much
faster if they can count on fast
access to large data files.

-Support for ATAPI standard devices
The FastATA 4000 controller implements
the ATAPI standard as well, for use
with devices like CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW,
ZIP, LS-120, DVD drives. This enables
connection of ATAPI-standard devices
to the Amiga with no need to install
any additional software.

- 2 buffered & terminated EIDE ports
The controller operates with two EIDE
ports, which enable installation of up
to 4 IDE/EIDE/ATAPI devices. Both
controller ports are fully buffered
and terminated in accordance with the
recommendations set forth in the ATA-3
specification. Compatible with PIO-0,
PIO-3, PIO-4, ATA/33, ATA/66, ATA/100
ATA/133 devices.

- Fully compatible with HDDs > 128GB
Limitations on support for > 128GB
HDDs have been eliminated in the
FastATA 4000 controller. The LBA 48
addressing support is included in the
onboard BootROM.

- Automatically configured devices
The controller automatically
recognises any device attached to it,
negotiates the highest possible data
transfer rate, switches the device
into its appropriate mode & transfers
data at the maximum transfer rate.

- Automatic processor type recognition

The FastATA 4000 controller
automatically detects the type of
processor, optimising and modifying
software routines in order to achieve
the highest possible data transfer
rate between the controller and the
computer memory.

- 32-bit access
The computer recognises the controller
as a 32-bit device configured in the
Zorro III address space. Full 32-bit
operation of the controller combined
with very efficient software guarantee
significant increase in the speed of
your computer.

The FastATA 4000 controller is
compatible with all A3/4000 processor
card models.
The FastATA 4000 controller fits any
selected Zorro III slot.
The FastATA 4000 controller is
available with a standard software
pack including FastATA4000 software.

FastATA4000 software bundled with
FastATA 4000 controllers provides
support for:
- HDD drives,
- CD-ROM drives,
- CD-R drives,
- CD-RW drives,
- ZIP drives,
- LS-120 drives.

The FastATA 4000 is also available
with an extended software pack with
Allegro CDFS included.


Although this isn't really Commodore
related I thought it was amusing

PC gamers Demand Gamers bill of rights
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- Gamers shall have the right to
return games that don't work with
their computers for a full refund.
- Gamers shall have the right to
demand that games be released in a
finished state.
- Gamers shall have the right to
expect meaningful updates after a
game's release.
- Gamers shall have the right to
demand that download managers and
updaters not force themselves to run
or be forced to load in order to play
a game.
- Gamers shall have the right to
expect that the minimum requirements
for a game will mean that the game
will adequately play on that computer.

- Gamers shall have the right to
expect that games won't install hidden
drivers or other potentially harmful
software without their express
consent.
- Gamers shall have the right to
re-download the latest versions of the
games they own at any time.
- Gamers shall have the right to not
be treated as potential criminals by
developers or publishers.
- Gamers shall have the right to
demand that a single-player game not
force them to be connected to the
internet every time they wish to play.

- Gamers shall have the right that
games which are installed to the hard
drive shall not require a CD/DVD to
remain in the drive to play.

Read more here
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/
 2008/09/01/gamers_bill_of_rights/


SUBHUNTER Released
-------------------
Richard Bayliss and Frank Gasking have
released the long awaited Psytronik
game, Sub Hunter C64. From their
description -- "Sub Hunter features 25
levels of sub-aquatic action, amazing
multi-layered parallax scrolling,
fantastic intro sequence, superb
detailed graphics, varied missions
including shoot 'em up levels, rescue
missions and terrifying boss
encounters." Go to:

http://www.binaryzone.org/retrostore/
 index.php?main_page=product_
 info&products_id=430>

in order to purchase the game. Note:
Frank writes, "The game will only be
available from Psytronik for the first
month, but afterwards the full game
will be put up for free download & will
include a bonus disk of used/unused
materials from the game."


English SCACOM issue 4
  and German issue 8
----------------------

You can download the new English
edition of SCACOM (issue 4) with 34
jam packed Commodore related articles.
There are also background pictures and
two exclusive SCACOM disks with the
Gold Quest 4 C64 Game as bonus.
Download the magazine now at
www.scacom.de.vu or
www.english-scacom.de.vu

Have fun reading it. Unfortunately this
will be the last regular English SCACOM
release. Thanks to all fans and people
who supported the project.


Commodor NEWS
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COMMODORE FREE Readers note the
spelling of Commodor is correct in
this context this is thought to be an
historic thing when the list was
hosted on a server that conformed to
the 8 character filenames more about
this later

Sent: 08 September 2008 07:00
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Commodor list to be moved to
vcsweb.com

Hello, Commodor mail list members,

Since the 1990's the Commodor mail
list has been hosted by the University
of Buffalo in New York State. The
administrator of all UB mail lists has
sent this message:

"The list hosting policies at the
University at Buffalo have changed and
we will no longer host lists that are
not affiliated with UB. This includes
the COMMODOR list."

[snip]

"...the list will be deleted on 15 SEP"

However, there is no cause for worry.
Gaelyne and Rod Gasson of Vcsweb.com
will now host the list. All current
Commodor members will be automatically
subscribed to the newly-moved list.
Postings will be made at:
[e-mail]

Here is Gaelyne's description of the
new Commodor list:

"This list is the OLDEST Commodore
8-bit computer mailing list on the
Internet. It was started in 1990's and
was intended for the discussion and
dissemination of information related
to the use of Commodore 8-bit
computers."

"The old COMMODOR list will be closed
down in SEP 2008, and so this 'new'
list is a continuation of the
original, with the exception that it
will now be used specifically to send
Commodore NEWS about events and new
products, websites, etc."

"Please note that the older archives
aren't yet available but will be in
the future."

If you were an original Commodor list
member and don't want to be a member
of the new Commodor list, please let
me know, and your name will be
unsubscribed before the host transfer
on Sept. 15. If you wish to subscribe
to a more general list which discusses
all aspects of Commodore 8-bit
computers, you are encouraged to
subscribe to the Homestead mail list,
also hosted by Gaelyne and Rod Gasson.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
owner, Commodor mail list

Subject: Re: [Homestead] Commodor list
to be moved to vcsweb.com
From: Gaelyne Gasson
Reply-To: Homestead Organization:
VCSWEBTo: Homestead
G'day Andrew,

I can only respond to the Homestead
list as I'm not on the soon to be
closed COMMODOR list. Hopefully,
someone will forward this to the
COMMODOR list for me. Yes, I think the
missing 'E' on the end of the name is
due to old DOS limitations.

The COMMODOR list is the oldest
Commodore 8-bit mailing list, but it
has been waning in recent times and is
down to about only a quarter of the
number of members of the Homestead
list -- less when names and Email
addresses of deceased members are
removed (sadly, there are several of
these). The list was a general
discussion list, with (in years past)
more technical information than the
Homestead list has.

The COMMODOR list was hosted at
Buffalo.edu as the founding person
(C.S. Bruce, if I'm not mistaken) was
a student there at the time. This
would have been in the early 1990's.
Recently Buffalo.edu has changed their
policies and will no longer host
mailing lists that aren't directly
involved with the university itself.
As the most frequent recent poster,
Robert Bernardo was asked to become
the list's moderator (the list had
been running on auto-pilot for several
years) and decide whether to continue
it or not, and find a new host for the
list.

          CONTINUED IN PART 2