As a recent Android convert (and with no real Java programming experience) I thought it might be fun to try writing a live wallpaper app. With Christmas around the corner, I figured a gentle snowfall would be the obvious choice despite there already being about a million existing snowfall apps…

Firmware version 1.1.9 is now available for the Flyer. 1.1.9 is an interim release containing some soon-to-be-announced features which are still in development. It does, however, contain a few IEEE-488 protocol fixes (including full support for CATALOG) that I wanted to make available ASAP for the growing number of PET/Flyer…

The Flyer internet modem is finally back in stock and available for purchase. Thanks for your patience, and as always, for your continued interest!

Some of you may have noticed the slowdown in updates, along with the ongoing unavailability of the Flyer and might be wondering what’s going on? Rest assured, I’m as committed as ever to the Flyer and related development! I just completed an interstate move which has had me scrambling for…

Firmware version 1.1.8 is now available for the Flyer. It includes the following additions/fixes:

A new port of the Flyer IRC client for the PET/CBM is now available for download on the Flyer product page. It currently supports 80 column, 32K (or greater) models only. There’s just something so cool about doing real stuff online with such a classic machine! Is this the first…

Telnet and IRC clients have been posted on the Flyer product page for download. These are 100% custom written for the Flyer in C/asm and are currently available for the Commodore 64 (and Commodore 128 in C64 mode). Native ports for the Commodore 128 and 16K+ PETs are planned for…