Just for heads up , I'll aim for the next BASIC 65 meeting at:

• Time: 9:30 CEST
  
  • (but it may be a little later if family commitments get in the way)
    
• Date: 24th October 2026
  
• Venue:
  
  • This time, I'll use the "Commodore Users Europe"'s voice channel for this meeting (as it's grouped with other meetings for other BASIC variants there)
    
  • You'll first need to join their discord server with this invite link:
    
    • https://discord.gg/y3UR6NmYs
      
  • Ask in the # general channel there to register for BASIC 65 study group
    
  • Admins there will then give you access to join the meeting on this channel:
    
    • https://discord.com/channels/1150086589452648518/1555600812133318656

Happy for it to take an informal, unstructured form, and folks just share/talk about what BASIC 65 dev stuff they're up to, any challenges they face and we can ponder them through, screen-share and walk through ideas for solutions.

Will aim to keep this up fortnightly for the duration of the "Commodore Users Europe" BASIC study group event.

NOTE: Their discord server also has a text-channel for BASIC 65 too, in-case you want to text-chat with anyone on their server about BASIC 65 stuff:

• <https://discord.com/channels/1150086589452648518/1529400044577493022>

MEGA65 community AI disclosure policy

Thanks to everyone who has provided feedback and participated in discussions about the use of generative AI tools in MEGA65 online community spaces. We are now ready to implement a moderation policy, with the goal of supporting a wide diversity of interests in rapidly changing times.

The short version: If you use generative AI (LLM-based) tools to produce code, assets, or documentation for something you share with the community, in this Discord or on Filehost, say so.

Most people are doing this already. Thank you! We're hoping that stating a policy will make it clear that:

1. We support interests in both traditional and genAI-based methods.
   
2. Disclosing the methods used is important to our ability to support those interests.
   
3. We respect everyone's right to make well-informed decisions about what programs they run on their computer, and how they spend their time and attention.

To this end, we're making the following changes:

• Filehost: When you upload or update a file to Filehost, there is a brief mandatory question about genAI use in the project. The answer you provide is displayed with the file details. You are invited to elaborate on how you used genAI in the description. Read this article (or click the (?) next to the question) for a detailed explanation.
  
• Discord: <#1037417780011610182> section B has been amended with this policy with regards to the Discord. This applies to files shared on the Discord, projects shared here but hosted elsewhere, and to any content (text, images, audio, video) posted in or linked from a Discord message.

In the unlikely event someone shares a project without an AI disclosure, mods will remind them. In the even more unlikely event that it looks like someone is trying to deceive people (!), mods will take appropriate action.

We know that this policy doesn't accommodate every interest or concern regarding genAI use. We will continue to listen to feedback, and evolve our moderation policies as the situation changes. We're taking a broad stance because this is foremost a support forum for a product that targets many interests.

If you have any questions or concerns, you can send a direct message to anyone with the "Admin" role here on Discord, or use the Filehost Messages feature to send a message to "Filehost admin."

Thank you!
— MEGA65 team

Jeff Flitton and me are proud to provide the next version of the C128 Core for the Mega65 (V1.1 Beta1) with huge improvements since V1.0 Beta 3:

• REU with 512 kB or 2 MB
  
• Internal drive as 1581
  
• Virtual cartridges
  
• Improved support of real cartridges like the Ultimate II+
  
• SwiftModem Support
  
• Emulation of the Caps-Lock key on F9 (swappable with 40/80 Key)

And it includes the features of the V1.0 Beta 3:

• Dual Monitor support including retro displays (15kHz)

Thank you very much, Jeff, for your incredible work!

We'd love to hear about your tests.. Please file any bugs here: https://github.com/eilers/c128Mega65/issues

Get the new version as usual from here: https://files.mega65.org?id=192560f2-60f6-4b51-be37-aabb8e896151