Interesting links

These links are mostly for me, so I have a single point where to keep all my things. If you find them useful, however, it’s even better.

Dev / Programming

Web/JS

• Cookie Consent - Clever JS script for 2022 GDPR compliance
• GitHub-specific Markdown emojis

Useful software and libraries

• WasyPrint - Create gorgeous PDF documents from HTML markup
• PHP EPP Library - Library for NIC.IT registrars

Online tools / useful sites

• DevDocs - Customizable API Documentation
• Can I Use - Find which browsers/platforms support a technology you want to use
• CSS Gradient generator
• Nu HTML Checker
• Cookieserve - Check cookie set by websites
• Pingdom Website Speed Test

Resources (images, fonts, …)

• 1001 Free Fonts - Tons of fonts for priting banners etc
• Nerd Fonts - Patching dev fonts with new glyphs

Gaming

Point&click adventures

• Thimbleweed Park
• Kathy Rain
• Darkside Detective
• The Joruney Down
• The Plague Doctor of Wippra - Medieval medical adventure
• Back to the Collis - hand-drawn story
• Night in the woods
• Foolish Mortals
• The Silent Age
• The Last Door
• Unforseen Incidents
• Sherlock Holmes
• Broken Age
• Cyanide & Happiness
• The Lighthouse
• Midnight at the celestial palace
• Knights and bikes
• The longest journey
• Unusual Findings

Arcade / Coin-op

• G-Arcade - Cabinati arcade artigianali con hardware moderno ed emulazione di migliaia di giochi

Books

• Video-Giochi - Opera eccezionale in 5 volumi sulla storia dei videogiochi
• Vita di Videogiochi - Memorie a 8 bit di Ivan Venturi - Libro sulla storia della creazione di videogame in Italia, in particolare di Simulmondo

Useful resources

• Universal Hint System

Commodore & Amiga

ADF files, WHDLoad packs, …

• GameNostalgia - Amiga WHDLoad packs
• Archive.Org - Amiga ADFs - Tons of software
• PlanetEmu - Amiga - Tons of ADF files
• EAB Search / Turran FTP - Tons of ADF files
• Commodore 64 Software - Nearly 10000 games, applications, utilities

New software for old hardware

• C64 OS - OS with GUI for C64

Hardware

• Tank Mouse - Classic Amiga mouse build with modern technology
• C64 PSU - Modern power supply units for C64 and Amiga

Dev

• AQB - QuickBasic IDE/Compiler for Amiga (with Intuition API etc)
• ugBASIC - 8-bit BASIC IDE/Compiler (C64, 128, …) for Windows
• XC=BASIC - 8-bit BASIC compiler (C64, 128, …) for Windows, MacOS, Linux

Reference / Docs

• AmigaOS 3.1 Command Reference
• ARexx Manual
• Configuring the perfect Workbench 3.1
• The Amiga Museum - Everything about Amiga history
• Ready64 - Loads of software, games, magazines etc for C64 (Italian)

Getting online with Commodores

• RetroWind C64 WiFi Modem: WiFi device which simulates a modem but uses telnet over the Internet instead, useful to connect to BBSs using CCGMS.
• CCGMS - Modem software for C64
• 64NIC+ - Connect C64/28 to the Internet (ethernet cable). Included Contiki suite which has a web browser as well.
• FrogFind! - Retro-friendly search engine, the results as well!
• 68k.news - Retro-friendly news web site

Shops, Suppliers, Repairers

• LaBayA - Non-inflated prices for retro things
• RetroPassion
• Sordan Electronics
• Amiga Shop
• Plakativ - Reproduction boxes for old computer
• MicroMiga - Boutique Amiga ed Commodore
• Commodore & Amiga Service - Top repair services, in Italy
• Retro Giovedì - Home-made hardware for retro PC, such as LAN card, disk drives PC->Amiga, …

Community

• AmigaPage.It

Amazon alternatives (good e-commerce web sites)

Italy

• Overly - Ottimi prezzi e spedizioni gratuite per hardware, telefonia, fotografia, elettrodomestici, etc.
• Plexishop - Materiale elettrico, elettronica, illuminazione, …
• UfficioDiscount - Cancelleria ed altro materiale da ufficio, buoni prezzi e consegne puntuali.
• PhotoSI - Stampa online foto, calendari, e simili.
• SferaUffico - Ottimi prezzi per hardware.
• FiorucciRicambi - Vasta scelta di ricambi per elettrodomestici, supporto cortese e professionale.
• TuaStampa - Stamperia di Roma che offre un intuitivo ed economico sistema di stampa e rilegatura PDF.
• IBS - Libri
• Yeppon - Valido e-commerce di telefonia, informatica, casa, …

European Union

• ElectroPapa - Anything electronic, including “unfindable” old stuff, all sort of batteries.

Mountain & travel

Hiking ideas

• Foliage in Val di Zoldo - Brevi escursioni (~400 d+) da fare nelle mezze stagioni

Blogs

English

• Jimmy Breck-McKye - Developing opinions
• Flavio Poletti
• Gianni Ceccarelli

Italiano

• Memories on a dancefloor… - Il suggestivo blog di Jessica De Ros sulle discoteche in rovina