Script and CSS3.

The awesome C64 font was made by Devin Cook



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GEOSPECIFIC GEOS CD
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From: Bruce Thomas
To: commodore free
Subject: geoSpecific GEOS CD now
available as a FREE download

geoSpecific GEOS CD now available as a FREE download

from Bruce Thomas

I'm thrilled to announce that V1.6 of geoSpecific, the GEOS PD/Shareware
CD, is now available as a FREE download.

It's a little hard to realize that almost a dozen years have passed since I first created the geoSpecific CD and that V1.6 will soon celebrate being 10 years old. I've had a few requests in the last 5 or 6 years to update the
CD with some of the more recent GEOS software but I've just never made the
time to finish the V1.7 release.

I believe the last V1.6 copy that I burned and sold was late in 2012.
There have been other inquiries since but I rarely check the email address listed on the CUE web site - members.shaw.ca/cue64/ - which will be getting some badly needed updates shortly, including this announcement.

A lot of time and effort went into the creation of the CD including
tracking down authors of some of the software in order to get permission to include it on the CD. This time and effort has again been expended in
order to make the CD available as a FREE download but this time the effort wasn't made by me.

Over the past year Glenn Holmer has reached out to me a number of times to inquire about the status and availability of the CD. Somehow I missed the messages or failed to respond. Luckily, Glenn is a persistent fellow.

When his latest heartfelt query landed in my inbox on Valentine's Day (yes,
bad pun intended) offering to host the CD and its contents for download I immediately said yes.

Then I took a little trip down memory lane and revisited the CD and some of
its content.

My main contributions to the Commodore world and to GEOS in particular were numerous articles in multiple publications. All of these articles are on
the CD plus my English translation of the German geoDOS instructions.

While my contributions pale when compared to the efforts of others (think
Dick Estel's amazing Font Resource Directory) or the time required to
create an entire Operating System (Wheels) or unique software (geoLabel, geoCanvas, geoFAX, LightShip, Circe, or Cluster Wars as examples) I'm proud that I was able to contribute something informative and a little
entertaining while helping people get more out of their GEOSystems.

And my GEOS writing laid a foundation for current endeavours as I am now writing touring and special interest articles for print and the web for the Canadian magazine Inside Motorcycles (such as this - www.insid emotorcycles.com/features/item/1270-c algary-motorcycle-ride-for-dad-helpin g-to-set-a-record-exclusive-im-online -feature-story.html

I still use my Commodore computers, just not as much as I used to. The
main use now seems to be the Annual Family Newsletter that is produced with Wheels and geoPublish V1.1.

I'm happy to hear that GEOS is making a resurgence in popularity and will
be happier yet knowing that people have easy access to geoSpecific, The
GEOS PD/Shareware CD.

Thank you, Glenn, for being persistent.

You can find the content of the CD here - www.lyonlabs.org/commodore/onrequest/geos.html

enGEOy!



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ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER ZOMBIE
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Released for the SEUCK 2014 competition you can find the game here along
with other entries and more information about the competition and how to
enter your creations tnd64.unikat.sk/Seuck_Compo_2014.html

SEUCK Format: Sideways SEUCK
Game design: Carl Mason
Graphics: Carl Mason
Music: AEG/Smash Designs
Mods (if any): 2 players linked to 1
control, Music on
front end

Another Day, Another Zombie is a wave of the advancing undead. You and a pistol are the only thing between a horde of flesh eating zombies and your
camp of a dozen survivors. If any of the walking corpses make it into the
camp all hell will break loose and it's game over... you can't afford to
let one of those get past you.

You can only fire a couple of rounds before you have to reload, so use your bullets sparingly, as a wasted shot can mean certain death. The faster you
cut through the horde, the more points you will acquire as more dangerous zombies appear such as Spitters which have a highly toxic ranged attack or Boomers that will explode, splattering corrosive bile around its proximity. Also a 'Zombie Combo' bonus is awarded for taking out a wave of zombies in succession.

How long can you hold back the creeping doom?



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MULTICART 64 NOW AVAILABLE FOR SALE
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-----Original Message-----
From: Robert
To: Commodore Free
Subject: Multicart 64 now available
for sale

On Sun, June 2, 2013 2:59 pm, I
wrote:

8-Bit Designs is now taking orders
for the new Multicart 64, a C64
cartridge which contains 63 games,
utilities, and applications. Some of
the games are Attack of the Mutant
Camels, Centipede, and Frogger; some
of the utilities are C64 Diagnostic
and Magic Mon; some of the
applications are Facemaker, Calc
Result, and Graf64 -- all easily
accessible through a
F-key menu. For the full list of
programs included and pictures of
the cart and screenshots, go to
retro-link.blogspot.com/2013/06/
multicart-64-is-now-available-for-
sale.html

(snip)

You can contact Charles at
charlesgutman (at) gmail.com.
Payment by postal money order or by
PayPal. International orders by
PayPal only. No credit cards through
PayPal.

Two or three Multicart 64's are still in stock, the fully socketed version
(but no casing). It is being offered at a discount price. For more information, the contact information is listed above.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
videocam.net.au/fcug



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EYETOY KINETIC COMBAT PS2 AND C128
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c128.com/eyetoy-kinetic-combat-ps2-and-commodore-128

Information take from the YouTube comments by André Fachat



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DEVELOPING A C64 EMULATOR
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=84XfgIjFtDU&feature=youtu.be

Introduction into the topic of emulation of classic computers for a not-so technical audience.

This is the English version of a German talk I gave at the Humboldt
University in Berlin in 2013, available here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ6shiQ-MFQ

The presentation first gives some emulation basics with simple examples.
Then VICE is introduced and some of its special features highlighted.
Using the CIA emulation it is discussed how to achieve emulation
performance while still being accurate. Finally some modern emulation
examples are given.

It's my first try at a long YouTube presentation, so a bit rough on the edges...

www.medienwissenschaft.hu-berlin.de/medientheorien/shift-restore-escape vice-emu.sourceforge.net/
www.visual6502.org/
www.6502.org/users/andre/index.html



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WEBSITE GEOS INFO AND PROGRAM CODE
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COMMODORE FREE: More GEOS news, wow!

From: Terry Raymond
To: COMMODORE FREE
Subject: website GEOS info and
program code

Hi all,

I have upgraded my website a little more hope you like it.

If there are any interested in GEOS or Wheels code should work with most
8-bit or Wheels code.

My website URL is again:

traymond20.wix.com/wheelosapp

I have some basic code there that shows how to code the following:

GEOS FILE HEADER

Has all file information and Icon

The Icon is created in Geopaint and then cut and pasted into the code at a certain size for a GEOS app icon. I do have an Icon template that helps
with sizing the Icon.

GEOS LINK FILE

You put all of your assembled Relocatable Object cod

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