Nick Coplin, creator of the 64HDD and other devices for Commodore computers, is now working on a new project called the 64JPX. This is what he has to say about it:

"I've been quietly working on a small interface to adapt joypads and enhance their functionality for Commodore and Atari users. Currently support is for Sega Genesis/Megadrive and PC analog controllers, and am finalising support for SNES joypads. For details visit

http://www.64hdd.com/64jpx/  read more »

The SC3 Arcade Party comes around on September 27, 2008. Not only are there plenty of video arcade machines and modern consoles to play, there will also be Commodore and Amiga systems set up with games. The Southern California Classic Collectors Arcade Party starts at 6:00 p.m. and ends "sometime after midnight." The location -- Claremont (Los Angeles area), California.  read more »

The Emergency Chicagoland Commodore Convention is coming on September 27, 2008 to Lombard (Chicago), Illinois. For more information on this year's convention and for a look at past ECCC's, go to

http://starbase.globalpc.net/eccc/

See the various photos of this year's Commodore Vegas Expo at

http://www.dickestel.com/commvex08.htm

And CommVEx v5 is set for next year on July 25-26 at the Plaza Hotel & Casino, Jockey Room 1, 1 Main St., Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. For the latest information, go to http://www.commodore.ca/forum and click on ComVEX.

CBM engineer Bil Herd suggested the idea of a video conference in this year's CommVEx, instead of the usual pre-recorded, yearly CBM Animals video. He had rounded up Andy Finkel, CBM engineer who worked on the VIC-20, C64, and Amiga, as the focus of this conference.

Due to hardware issues, the video interview became a telephone interview. That 1 hour, 40 minute telephone interview is now on-line! It is broken up into 4 parts of about 6-8 megs each (22-30 minutes for each part).  read more »

The Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade (http://www.groundkontrol.com) has announced the return of Micropalooza, Portland, Oregon's first 2-Day Chiptune Music Festival! Chiptune music is made using video games such as the the Atari 2600, the Nintendo Gameboy and NES, as well as 8-bit computers such as the Commodore C64. Though more popular in Europe, Chiptune music is quickly catching on in the US.  read more »

Gideon Zweijtzer has announced a v1.1 firmware update for the 1541 Ultimate device. Bugs have been squashed, and enhancements have been made, such as Retro Replay and Super Snapshot emulations. For more information, go to http://www.1541ultimate.net/content/