Welcome to the new CiA Forum!

For those of you who were registered before please just sign in with your old name and password. If you are new to the forum you can register here.
DH aka DemonHellraiser our GFX guy has created a new CiA black theme for the forum which can be selected if you prefer this over the old white theme.

A big thankyou to everyone who donated to make this happen, we was overwhelmed by the support from you guys! We are proud to be involved in the Commodore community and as usual we will continue to provide you the very latest news and information for all your favourite Commodore computers. Awesome!

Source: http://awesome.commodore.me/forum

Shane over at cbm8bit.com has created a new fluffy white Commodore Cloud and it’s ready and waiting for you!

Store and organize your Commodore 8bit files online. Most Commodore 8bit image and program file types are supported along with some generic file types. With the addition of the Cloud on cbm8bit.com, you’ll be able to upload and access your files from any computer! All you need is an Internet connection.

Latest updates for the Commodore Cloud are:

• Create, Delete and Edit your disk images.

Want your own place on the Commodore Cloud?
http://search.cbm8bit.com/register – register for your own piece of the cloud for a more permanent place to store your files.

Source: http://cbm8bit.com

We are currently saving for new forum software. If you can help us with a donation however big or small, it would be very much appreciated. All donators names will be added to our about page. Donation button is on the right. Thanks guys ;-)

Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 18:00 CET
      Boz – BBB SEE

  – Yep, time to get you all in the mood to go out by starting an early Saturday evening show. Your requests in between a bunch of weirdness. All aboard the Train-Wreck, WOO WOOH!

Click here to tune in now!

Source: http://bbb.bozretro.com, http://www.slayradio.org

LAG meeting 32 will be held on Saturday the 4th of May from 12 PM – 5 PM in the Welton Village Hall, Welton-by-Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.

About: http://lincsamiga.org.uk/wordpress/index.php/about/

Location: http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/popiOrgVenue.asp?vid=64

GoogleMaps Post Code LN2 3LU,GB

There is a bus stop outside which the buses from – to Lincoln use.
Cost will be approx 4UKP. WiFi/Tea/Coffee included. Also, please ask if you need transport from – to Lincoln Station.

Source: http://lincsamiga.org.uk

ContikiBBS is a tiny, little and text based bulletin board system (BBS) for the Commodore 64 home computer and a compatible Ethernet cartridge (e.g. TFE, RRnet, 64NIC+). It can be accessed through a standard telnet connection and currently provides basic BBS functionality (select from multiple boards, post/read messages, page sysop).

Source: http://cbm8bit.com

Singular Crew is proud to invite you to Arok Party 2013 – One love!
Date: 5-7. July. 2013
Place: Ajka / Hungary
Watch the invitation dentro released this weekend at Forever Party and check the official webpage for more info! …and for more pixels :)

Source: http://www.c64.sk

This year Samar celebrates its 20th anniversary and they want to issue a music disc. And everybody can contribute to the music disc.

There is no limitation in number of musics per musician.
Music at: $1000 – $3000
4x play tunes also accepted. No digi tunes.

You can send a prg or SID file.
If you send a bin file please let them know which SID model was used.

Deadline: June 30th
Ramos’ e-mail: ramosc64[at]no-spam.o2.pl

Well our Holiday competition has ended. We regret to say that we have no winners this time round as unbelievably no-one entered which was very disappointing. 

The prizes will now be distributed amongst the C.I.A staff and hopefully the next competition we have will be more successful.
We always like feedback (good or bad) from our followers so please contact us to let us know why you didn’t enter and maybe what prizes you would like to see in our future competitions.

NERG (North East Retro Gaming) is a brand new yearly event for the North East, bringing retro gaming back to the modern day. Some of the best loved video and pinball machines from yesteryear will be at your fingertips once more to bring those arcade memories flooding back.

Gateshead Stadium: Sat 29th & Sun 30th June 2013.

NERG wants to bring the arcades of old back to the present. Over 50 video arcade machines and over 50 pinball machines will be available for you to play over a full weekend. Classics such as Space Invaders, Donkey Kong, Galaxians, Star Wars, Battle Zone and Missile Command will all be set to free play for your enjoyment.

More information on this event is available over at http://www.northeastretrogaming.com