Press release from Commodore Canada, Dec 12, 1985, regarding the release of V1.1 of the Amiga operating System.

Prtess Release from Commodore Canada, Dec 13, 1985 re: features and availability of the new C128

8-page manual errata for the 1526 printer

A nice little 12-page pamphlet from Commodore Canada to help parents understand computers. Mentions the Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, and Commodore PC.

Michael “Nuke” Newkirk reached out to me this past week to share an updated version of his Color 64 BBS v8.0 Manual.  Check out the Forward if you missed it on his last release.

Way back in 2006 there existed this modified version of WinVICE that could be used with BBS programs.  As quoted in the docs included in the archive:

NEW: *19-Jun-2006* The userport code has been fixed in VICE, and now supports the ip232 extensions

Source code for the updates are also included.  

The COMvoice speech synthesizer for the VIC-20 and CBM-64 provides the user with the ability to add spoken English prompts and responses to BASIC programs. The two main features of COMvoice are the phoneme based unlimited vocabulary and the new BASIC command created by COMvoice which makes programming speech as easy as using a PRINT statement.

Welcome to ASM-ONE, a professional assembler-package for the Commodore Amiga, which besides a fast assembler provides you with a professional editor, a screen for disassembling as well as screen-dumps and a
debugger with step-,watch and jump-functions.

SERVICE MANUAL - MODEL 1084P MONITOR includes 1084P-S SCHEMATIC JULY, 1988 PN-314890-01

Sprite Basic is an extension for Commodore 64 BASIC that adds three commands for dealing with sprites more easily.  This extension was published in the December 1983 issue of Compute!s Gazette. Here is the description for the program from the magazine:

If you've always wanted to create sprites on your Commodore 64, but have been put off by all the complicated POKEs, this article is your answer. It lets you modify BASIC to add three new sprite commands to make the job much easier. An accompanying side article also explains the rudiments of sprite design.

EfexBASIC v1.0 by Mark Hanzen (1990) is a neat extension for Commodore 64 BASIC that adds a bunch of screen related commands that give you different effects like clearing the screen with a vertical swipe, or fading out the characters on the screen. All in all there are 12 new commands to make your BASIC program pop with a little flair. 

The help screen you see when first starting the extension is all you need to start using the new commands.

Z-Pulator II+ by VIC / ZC is a screen editor for the Commodore 64.  Nothing fancy here, but you can create and save a Commodore graphics screen in any memory location you choose.

Hyper Backup v1 by J.Braun (1991 Magic Disk) - Nothing fancy or super fast, but copies a full disk without a bunch of frills or fancy intro screens (only 11 blocks).

SID Player ]I[ by Craig Chamberlain - Found this player in a random archive and noticed I don't have it in the collection.  I'm going to assume this is a modified version of the SID Player from Compute! magazine.  As a bonus, this disk come with many SIDs to check out.  

If you ever wanted to know ANYTHING about SID Player from Compute!, check out this site - https://sidplayer.org

Epyx PrintMaster Graphics Scrapbook - Chapter 1: Sports - This is a collection of graphics for the PrintMaster program on the Commodore 64.

Sorry, I don't have any additional information as I haven't located any box art or documentation yet.

Thanks Bruce T. for filling this "Wanted" request.

Epyx PrintShop Graphics Scrapbook - Chapter 1: Sports - This is a collection of graphics for the PrintShop program on the Commodore 64.

Sorry, I don't have any additional information as I haven't located any box art or documentation yet.

Thanks Bruce T. for filling this "Wanted" request.

Introducing the Graphics Scrapbook an entire collection of graphics each covering a different theme. Create cards, signs, invitations, stationery and banners using Graphics Scrapbook and The Print Shop and PrintMaster. Over 100 impressively drawn images on each disk.

Chapter III: SCHOOL covers every angle from geometry to driver’s ed. From New Year’s Day to birthdays. From raising funds to raising the roof. From campus elections to field trips.

Whether you’re a teacher or student, you’ll have ready-made artwork on cheerleading, finals, graduation, proms, plays and dozens of other subjects. Look inside and see for yourself.

Thanks Bruce T. for filling this "Wanted" request.

Introducing the Graphics Scrapbook, an entire collection of graphics each covering a different theme. Create cards, signs, invitations, stationery and banners using the Graphics Scrapbook and The Print Shop or PrintMaster. Over 100 impressively drawn images on each disk!

Chapter II, OFF THE WALL lies somewhere just this side of outrageousness, and occasionally rolls right over it. High tech. Holidays. Punkers and punks. Jesters, party animals, not to mention a few simply bizarre animals. Even your very favorite body parts.

Nothing’s been spared the weird, often warped view of our Off The Wall artists. Don’t believe it? Look inside and see for yourself. We dare you.

Thanks Bruce T. for filling this "Wanted" request.

Introducing the Graphics Scrapbook, an entire collection of graphics each covering a different theme. Create cards, signs, invitations, stationery and banners using the Graphics Scrapbook and The Print Shop or PrintMaster. Over 100 impressively drawn images on each disk!

Chapter II, OFF THE WALL lies somewhere just this side of outrageousness, and occasionally rolls right over it. High tech. Holidays. Punkers and punks. Jesters, party animals, not to mention a few simply bizarre animals. Even your very favorite body parts.

Nothing’s been spared the weird, often warped view of our Off The Wall artists. Don’t believe it? Look inside and see for yourself. We dare you.

Thanks Bruce T. for filling this "Wanted" request.

Introducing the Graphics Scrapbook an entire collection of graphics each covering a different theme. Create cards, signs, invitations, stationery and banners using Graphics Scrapbook and The Print Shop and PrintMaster. Over 100 impressively drawn images on each disk.

Chapter III: SCHOOL covers every angle from geometry to driver’s ed. From New Year’s Day to birthdays. From raising funds to raising the roof. From campus elections to field trips.

Whether you’re a teacher or student, you’ll have ready-made artwork on cheerleading, finals, graduation, proms, plays and dozens of other subjects. Look inside and see for yourself.

Thanks Bruce T. for filling this "Wanted" request.

This is a fairly complex database for small business inventory management. With the ability to track purchase orders, pre-orders, order/receive parts from suppliers, and much more, this seems like a program that could actually have been used by a small business. The program supports two disk drives, another big plus. On the downside, Inventory Management is not Y2K compliant. Also of note is that when Inventory Management starts a new blank database, it creates a gigantic relative file on the disk. This process takes so long I was convinced the C64 had locked up. 

Warlock Nibbler v1.0 by Warlock of Mosh Maasters - Todays utility is a simple nibble copier that supports 1 or 2 drives and replication of errors.

Note - This program appears to work only on PAL machines (At least it only works on a PAL machine when using WinVICE v3.9)

Learn how to get the best output from GEOS

Everyone who grew up with the C64 knows about Speedscript. The type-in word processor from Compute! magazine was practically ubiquitous. Speedscript 2.0, however, was only available from Compute!'s Gazette Disk in May, 1984. It has two standout features found in no other version of Speedscript: an attractive custom character set and a convenient Help Screen, invoked by pressing CTRL-W. 

Page Edit v5.2 by Elwix of Style (March 1994) - I know the intro text calls this a text editor designed for a disk-magazine, but really it's an all-around nice text editor for anything that requires creating a document.  There is also easy to access built-in help screens, what more could you ask for?

It's the infamous Killer Drive!

I recently discovered the Jasword word processor and it has quickly become my #1 text editing tool for the Commodore 64. Here's the lightly edited documentation, printed and converted to a seven page PDF. 

This is an Unkeyed version of geoPublish by Berkley Softworks.  There are five disks images in the archive and the complete manual in PDF format.  Disk 2 in the archive is a sample/demo disk with some example documents.  It appears side 1 and side 2 of disk 2 are identical except for the disk header.  

Datafile (later sold commercially as dfile 64), is an excellent simple database program and an example of the great things that can be done in BASIC. Originally published in RUN magazine over the span of three issues in 1987, version 3.6 includes DFPrint, an accessory for creating mailing labels and reports, and DFCalc, an accessory that performs calculations and produces spreadsheet-like reports.

This archive includes a D64 with all these programs. Also included are the accompanying RUN magazine articles (with program listings) in PDF form.

The Best of... The Far Side Gallery is a very well done slideshow of classic Far Side comics. The slides advance quickly, even on a stock 1541 drive, so use the SHIFT-LOCK key to pause the show.