Jeff Flitton is working on designing a mechanical keyboard for the C128 and C128D.  See

https://codeberg.org/jflitton/the-c128-keyboard-project

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

Oh, a new game release for the C128!  It's Stunt Car Racer 128, a port of the original SCR.  You can download it at

https://csdb.dk/release/?id=257046

And videos of its gameplay are at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqTMKlGbLkk

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXfyBjkwwBc

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

Quote from: BigDumbDinosaur on November 13, 2025, 01:56 AM

I wonder to what extent this respun C-64 will look, smell, sound and feel like the original.  I guess it will depend a lot on what is being used for silicon.  Is this an FPGA recreation or something built with discrete devices?

It basically uses the same motherboard as the Ultimate 64 Elite-II board except upgraded.  It is FPGA.  See https://ultimate64.com/

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

Yes, over 12,000 Commodore 64 Ultimates have been pre-ordered, according to https://slapsoft.com/c64_sales.html

And the list of those associated with the new Commodore are at

https://www.commodore.net/team

The latest video from the Chinese factory where the Commodore 64 Ultimates are being built --

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BffeaLbKHkw

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

I was aware that Commodore had re-launched, however I simply assumed it was another bunch of dreamers that had picked up and developed yet another hardware/software emulator. I didn't know that Leonard Tramiel (son of Commodore's founder Jack Tramiel) was on board as were some of Commodore's original team.

I shall watch with interest.

------------- Forwarded message ----------

From: Garry


The BDB Project was recently announced on intfiction.org. The project has now released 6 new text adventures:

Wild West (easy) https://bdb-project.itch.io/wild-west
Tin Star (medium) https://bdb-project.itch.io/tin-star
Desperados (medium) https://bdb-project.itch.io/desperados
Caribbean Treasure (easy) https://bdb-project.itch.io/caribbean-treasure
The Wrath of Anubis (medium) https://bdb-project.itch.io/wrath-of-anubis
Unknown Dimension (hard, this was BDB's first game) https://bdb-project.itch.io/unknown-dimension

(snip)

The games can be played online, downloaded as a z5 file to play in your favourite Z-code interpreter or downloaded as a disk image to play in selected retro computers, including Atari 130XE, Atari ST, BBC, Commodore 64, Commodore 128 and Commodore Plus/4.

Check out the Commodores at the October 4-5 Interim Computer Festival at the Old Rainier Brewery, 3100 Airport Way S, Seattle, Washington. https://sdf.org/icf/


Check out the Commodores and Amigas at the October 4 Rocklin Maker Faire, Sierra Community College! https://rocklin.makerfaire.com Our exhibit is called Classic Sacramento Area Computers! (CSAC!), and I will be bringing in various Commodores and Amigas. https://rocklin.makerfaire.com/maker/entry/784/  Other classic computers will be there also!


Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group – http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network – http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

Quote from: luvtofish on September 18, 2025, 04:08 AMI know this thread is a few months old. But are the download links also broken? I'm trying to download Blitz128 compiler and getting a 404?

Yes - I've got that on the list of things that need redoing.

    I recently revisited the HomeComputerMuseum in Helmond, the Netherlands, and found the Commodore and Amiga treasures better organized and better displayed than ever before!  At the following links, you can find my photos taken at the museum.

    Google puts a limit on how many photos you can display per posting, so my pics are divided into 7 parts.

http://blog.retro-link.com/2025/09/homecomputermuseum-in-helmond.html

http://blog.retro-link.com/2025/09/homecomputermuseum-part-2.html

http://blog.retro-link.com/2025/09/homecomputermuseum-part-3.html

http://blog.retro-link.com/2025/09/homecomputermuseum-part-4.html

http://blog.retro-link.com/2025/09/homecomputermuseum-part-5.html

http://blog.retro-link.com/2025/09/homecomputermuseum-part-6.html

http://blog.retro-link.com/2025/09/homecomputermuseum-part-7.html

        Truly,
        Robert Bernardo
        Fresno Commodore User Group -
        http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
        Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network -
        http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan