site is up!

Today we're releasing an English version of this website for all our international friends of Commodore, Amiga and of course, Petro Tyschtschenko. Please note that there are still some minor issues with this website, but you should know we're concentrating our main energy on the book. Feel free to contact us and enjoy your Commodore and Amiga computers.

Petro and Patric


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SUPERBYTE 2013
Chiptune, Retro Gaming & 8 Bit
Arts Weekender
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News from the organisers www.superbytefestival.co.uk

SUPERBYTE 2013 - CHIPTUNE, RETRO GAMING & 8 BIT ARTS WEEKENDER

In September 2012 we hosted SuperByte 2012 - a musical and cultural first for Manchester in the form of an all-day micromusic and retro gaming festival
which was one of the largest of its kind in the UK. On Friday 13th and
Saturday 14th of September 2013, the UK and international micromusic community will descend on Jabez Clegg in Manchester for two days of live music, visual arts, retro gaming and more as part of SuperByte 2013 - an event which is looking to be bigger, bolder and bleepier than its 2012 counterpart.

Chiptune (or micromusic as we like to call it) is music which is produced on, or takes inspiration from the sounds of vintage video game hardware or
computer systems; using outdated technology to produce mind-blowing audio and visual spectacles which defy the limits of the hardware.

MegaByte, the collective of promoters, artists and DJ's who hosted SuperByte 2012, have joined forces with seminal 'net label CalmDownKidder (promoters of Liverpool's Chipfest events) for 2013's event which will feature an impressive line-up of UK-based and international micromusicians, visual artists and DJ's representing the cream of the chiptune and retro-tech scene. The confirmed line-up includes:

8 BIT WEAPON, BROKEN BIT, COMPTROLLER, EAT RABBIT, GWEM, KEFF, MENEO, MIZKAI, NORDLOEF, ORGAN FREEMAN, SABREPULSE, SHIROBON, SKIP CLOUD, TDK, ULTRASYD, WHITELY, HELLOCATFOOD, LASTKNIGHT, JAYSON H, ROSA MENKMAN, SPECTRUM, 8GB + MORE.

Alongside live music and visuals arts from over 30 artists, the event will a retro gaming area, a retro-tech market space, film art exhibitions, workshops and much more to present what we hope will build on the immense success of 2012's event to become one of the biggest events of its kind in the UK to
date. More than just a music festival, we're working to create a grass roots community of likeminded people in the North West UK and to provide a platform for networking, the sharing of ideas and skills. While showcasing the work of some of the amazing local and international musicians and artists within the chipmusic community, we're always working to attract new audiences to this exciting and unique style of music and art and create the ultimate party atmosphere.

Between January and March we raised over £2500 via our Kickstarter campaign which offered early bird tickets and exclusive merchandise to our supporters, setting us well on the way to making the festival a success.

For further information please contact: Adrian Thompson

e: adrian@analoguetrashevents.co.uk
w: www.superbytefestival.co.uk


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DOUGLAS C. ENGELBART, INVENTOR OF
THE COMPUTER MOUSE, DIES AT 88
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Douglas C. Engelbart, a visionary scientist, whose ideas lead to various computer developments sadly died on at his home in Atherton, Calif. He was 88.

In the 1950s Dr. Engelbart suggested working in small groups on computers
could speed up development however in these times computers took whole rooms rather than just a desk space. He saw himself sitting in front of a large computer screen full of different symbols possibly as a result of his work
with radar systems. Not only did he think of Networking but he demonstrated text editing, video conferencing, hypertext and windowing.

In 1964 he wondered how to move a cursor on a computer display. The mouse he designed had three buttons, as that's all he could fit on the design but he envisioned a mouse with 10 buttons Refined by Xerox's Palo Alto Research
Centre and later used by Apple, Microsoft and Commodore.

His networking ideas later became the application for which the ARPAnet
network the forerunner of Internet

www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/technology/douglas-c-engelbart-inventor-of-the- computer-mouse-dies-at-88.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0


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COMMODORE FAN GAZETTE ISSUE 001
RELEASED
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Commodore Fan Gazette is a PDF Commodore magazine produced in Italian. In this edition: Stronger than ever, Ready Return, Commodore OSvision, Oktalizer,
Video games: C64anabalt, Soulless, C64 16 Kb Cartridge Game Development Competition, CYBERCON III, Street Fighter, Street Fighter II, Super Street Fighter II, The New Challengers and Super Street Fighter II Turbo, C64 cartridge games, Cyber culture and Jack Tramiel.

www.commodorefangazette.com/download.php


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RETROGAMING TIMES MONTHLY ISSUE
110 RELEASED
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In this English PDF and html magazine about general retro gaming computers containing the following articles: Console Wars (4), Retro Gaming Sales, Killing Killer Instinct, Torpedo Terror, The Dragon, Apple II Insider - Cubit, More 64! - Pi R Squared, MAME Reviews - Pinball Action, NES'cade - Contra, Maniac Mansion +More!

www.retrogamingtimes.com/


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TAPDANCER FOR ANDRIOD RELEASED
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Kicaco has released tapDancer for the Android operating system. With this app you can convert .tap files to audio files. After that you can use your phone
to play back the files to your 8-bit computer via an interface cable.

The program can convert the following files: TAP, T64, PRG, UEF, CAS (C64/128/VIC20, ACORN/BBC, MSX, ATARI). And best of all the application is
free to download from the Google play store

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.kica.tapdancer


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1991 PARTY
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HK, Jetset and Desire are organising the 1991 Party in Hague, the Netherlands on Saturday 16 November 2013. This will be an underground reunion of the demo scene from 20 years ago.

The competitions will be music, pixels, Amiga and C64. You can read all the details on the new web page (Dutch language).

www.1991party.com/


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BITJAM PODCAST 174 - JEROEN TEL
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In this BitJam podcast music from Jeroen Tel. You can listen to the following music: Dr. Future feat. Aki Jaervinen - Cybernoid, Xenox - Closing In, Eiz - Hawkeye, Awesome-A - Battle Valley Dark Rises, CZ-Tunes - Intro, Amok - Alternative Fuel, Mitch Van Hayden - Rubicon (Elemental Mix), SunSpire -
Agony Medley (Level 3 - Loading Sea - Level 2), Xenox - Invest Intro and
Eiz - Supremacy. Total playing time: 44:56.

www.bitfellas.org/page.php?100


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COMMVEX V9 2013 VIDEOS AND PICS
POSTED
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-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Bernardo
Sent: 03 August 2013 06:45
To: Commodore Free
Subject: CommVEx v9 2013 videos and pics posted

The Commodore Vegas Expo v9 2013 was a success last weekend! We had a great crowd, a great variety of presentations, and great exhibits. My thanks to all who came to the show and supported us.

The first of the "official" CommVEx videos has been posted. It is "Kent and Kyle Sullivan talk about Imagery for the C64," and you can find it at blip.tv/episode/6624233

More to come in the future. Thanks to Shane Monroe of Retrogaming Radio, he created a Google Event for CommVEx. In this age of instant news, any CommVEx attendee could immediately upload his/her photos and video to the Event page for all to see. To see the CommVEx Google Event, go to

plus.google.com/

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