Show 008 - August 7, 2016

Hey there Commodore Fans! We are talking Commodore again, but almost slip and mention another brand!

Direct link to episode HERE

Acquisitions, Interests and Projects

Amiga 2000HD (No pictures yet, sorry) :(

Commodore PET 4032 (Yeah, still no pics)

KansasFest Retr0Brite with Javier!!

Serial Communications via WiFi on a Commodore 128

News (And Interviews)

Goog's CommVex v12 2016 Pictures

Jim Drew's Projects including a MicroDrive 1541 Emulator

Habitat project Open Sourced!

The Patent that Killed Commodore (?) - Generation Amiga Pro Article

The Patent that Killed Commodore (?) - Patent Nonsense, Information and Details on XOR/AutoDesk

The Patent that Killed Commodore (?) - The Original Patent Filing

Vampire Accelerator Mod for the Amiga 500 (FINALLY!??!?!) - Teaser Video

Vampire Accelerator Mod for the Amiga 500 (FINALLY!??!?!) - PCB Teaser Renders

New Debugging Tool for Commodore

Giacomo Veroni's Commodore VIC-20: A Visual History Book Kickstarter

The Awesome ARMiga Project

New C64C Cases in Retro Colors - Forum Announcement Link

New C64C Cases in Retro Colors - Return Magazine Web Store Link

Coprolite Computer Products Switchable and Resettable SX-64 JiffyDOS Kernal ROM Replacement

Tynemouth Software Commodore PET Diagnostics 6502 Replacement

Show 007 - April 24, 2016

Hey there Commodore Fans! Special treat for this episode - Todd interviews several Commodore exhibitors at the Vintage Computer Festival East 11.0!

Direct link to episode HERE

Acquisitions, Interests and Projects

Todd's Pictures from VCF East XI 2016 including pictures of the Interfacing With Commodore Exhibit

Video Tour of the Interfacing With Commodore Exhibit Booth

Bill Degnan's Pictures from VCF East XI 2016

Herb Johnson's Pictures from VCF East XI 2016

Mike Loewen's Pictures from VCF East XI 2016

Zybo Zynq-7000 ARM/FPGA SoC Training Board

News (And Interviews)

The 64 - Computer and Handheld Console

The 64 - Indiegogo Campaign Link

Chris Gioconda's Unusual Commodore Hardware Exhibit

Jeffrey Brace and Dan Roganti's Network Game Server

Jeffrey Brace and Dan Roganti's Network Game (Picture by Bill Degnan, I didn't grab a picture of the overall booth)

BitFixer's Website

BitFixer's iPad Synth Booth (Picture by Bill Degnan, I forgot to get a picture of this one too)

Ethan Dicks' Scott Adams Text Adventures on Commodore PET

Anthony Becker and Bill Winters' TheGuruMeditation Amiga Site

Anthony Becker and Bill Winters' TheGuruMeditation Amiga YouTube Channel

The "Incident" that happened during Anthony Becker's Amiga 4000 Repair Session

Show 006 - March 20, 2016

Glad to have you for Show #006! Earl and Todd discuss some excellent videos, articles, and personal projects.

Direct Link to Episode 006

Acquisitions, Interests and Projects

Elite play-through video

Making of Elite video

Link to the Issue of Compute's Gazette

UltraCart 128

VCF East 2016

VCF Booth at TCF 2016

Tech and Repairs

New CP/M Games for C128 - Google Groups

Stack Exchange is trying to make a Vintage Computing Section!

ArsTechnica's Continuing History of the Amiga Series

Amazing Restoration of a Commodore PET 8032

Assembly and Disassembly with Radare

Commodore 2031LP Disk Drive Repair/Restoration

Amiga 500 in your Browser

More Assembler, follow up on Tetris projectmentioned in Episode 5

d2d64 Preserving Commodore Disks

CBM prg Studio Software

GGLabs Amiga Video Adapter

Show 005 - January 10, 2016

Welcome to Show 005! Todd and Earl spend a good deal of this episode talking about personal Commodore projects, and also highlight some important news including the Viva Amiga documentary, and pictures from the TPUG World of Commodore show 2015.

Direct Link to Episode 005

Acquisitions, Interests and Projects

The Young Innovators Fair where Vintage Computer Federation Mid-Atlantic Chapter had a booth (Imgur Picture Link)

Amiga Forever

Retro Challenge 2016 Entry - An Epson TM-325UD Dot-Matrix Receipt Business Card Printer

Embedded Micro FPGA Board

PET 8032 and an 80-to-40 Column "Downgrade" a Commodore 8023P Printer, Commodore PET 4040 Dual Floppy Disk Drive, and a Commodore 8050 Dual Floppy Disk Drive

Compute's Gazette Subscription

News

Clean install of a fan on a VIC-20 VIC chip

Pictures from the TPUG World of Commodore 2015 Show

MIST FPGA Computer

Viva Amiga Documentary

Tech and Repairs

SFD-1001 Matsushita Drive Capacitor Replacement

Tetris in 6502 Assembler

SID Replacement on an FPGA

Show 004 - November 30, 2015

Direct Link to Audio

Acquisitions, Interests and Projects

Commodore Diagnostic Harness

Amiga 500

News

Staring Lizard's Commodore 64 Emulator

World of Commodore Show

Nano VIC-20

Ray Carlsen's Replacement Power Supplies and a link to the ReadMe File

New in Box (?) Commodore 64

LoadStar Gallery/Archives

Games

Bomb Jack Remake

History and Books

Bitmap Books and their Generation 64 Kickstarter and associated YouTube Video

High Quality Commodore Scans

Show 003 - October 2015

Welcome to Show 003! Glad to have you with us as we discuss our favorite computers from Commodore.

Direct Download HERE

Acquisitions, Interests and Projects

Commodore Flyer Modem

News

CommVex 2015 in Las Vegas

Photo Galleries of cool computer collections

Blake Patterson on Twitter and his Blog

Replacement Keycaps for C64 (Elaboration on last episode)

PixelWizard's Awesome 3D Printed Parts for Commodore Machines

64Jim64's cOS Commodore Operating System

DOS65 CP/M like OS for C64

Commodore 65 Auction on Ebay.de

MEGA65, a new retro computer

Hardware and Repairs

c64p Commodore Laptop

Commodore 128 VGA Adapter

PLAnkton - New PLA Chip Replacement

Disable the internal C128D Disk Drive

Amiga HDMI Adapter

Repair of an SFD-1001

Show #002 - September 2015: A Co-host?

Todd George joins Earl as a co-host of Chicken Lips Radio, and we re-launch!

The new show should publish on a monthly basis. Email address and some other logistics are still in-work, so stay tuned. For now, please send feedback to earl@retrobits.com.

Todd is a long-time Commodore enthusiast and has jumped all the way in on the retrocomputing hobby. He introduces us to his background, interest in retro computers and gaming consoles, hardware repair exploits, and the recent dial-up display at the VCF East that launched him into our hobby.

Direct Download HERE

Personal Acquisitions, Interests and Projects

Gotek USB Floppy Drive Emulator for Amiga
Ultimate 1541 II
Forth Programming Language for Commodore 128

News

New Amiga 1200 Plastic Housings
Commodore 64 Housings from Original Molds
Custom key caps for your Commodore

We'll see you again in October!