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A new Game by Jeffrey Daniels for Commodore VIC-20

August 20th, 2010 No comments

A new Game by Jeffrey Daniels for Commodore VIC-20.

  • Pillow Fight. An action game where you bounce off the boundaries. (no memory expansion required)

source: Denial (The Commodore VIC-20 forum)

1541 Ultimate II: Technical documentation v0.3

August 19th, 2010 No comments

This document contains instructions to set up your build-environment, to build your own 1541 Ultimate-II software and FPGA.

source: 1541ultimate.net

C128 System Information v7.2 by MirkoSoft

August 18th, 2010 No comments

Program that detects type of your hardware in Commodore 128.

Also added recognizing 64HDD drives / SuperCPU / JiffyDos and a better detection of MMU and RAM size, not works correctly in VICE.

Optimized for 80 columns mode. Thanks to Christian Johansson.

source: mirkosoft homepage

1541 Ultimate II: New firmware v2.0RC6

August 17th, 2010 No comments

A new version of the firmware for the interface 1541 Ultimate II is released.

Some major fix:

  • Added: Built-in flash protection to avoid more units to ‘die’.
  • Fixed: Joystick Right on PRG file still crashes UltimateII.
  • Fixed: Mount & Run starts disk mounted Write Protected.

download: 1541ultimate.net

Categories: Firmware, News & Rumors, Today

SIO2SD Firmware v2.5 Open-Source

August 16th, 2010 No comments

Finally! after a long time the new version of the Firmware for the interface SIO2SD is realesed under GPL Open-Source.

The SIO2SD is a device that allows you to load games/applications into any 8-bit Atari XL/XE computers via SIO interface from SD/MMC cards.

Changelog:

  • Configuration is now available from Atari Screen – press K3 key (no need to disconnect the cable from the SIO).
  • Loader for the executable files has been replaced with a new version.

source: sourceforge.net sio2sd.gucio.pl marcinprusisz.pl

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Mufflon v1.0 (MUIFLI/NUFLI Converter)

August 16th, 2010 1 comment

With this tool you can convert anything into MUIFLI (interlaced) or NUFLI (static), such as seen in Crest Slide Story , Carrion’s OLDSCHOOL Pixels 100% or BluREU.

This tool run under OSX/Win/Linux (BSD).

source: download mufflon

An old phone from Siemens built for the SIP Telecom Company

August 12th, 2010 No comments
Telephone by SIP (Telecom Company)

Autopsy:

This is a old phone from Siemens built for the SIP Telecommunications Company, now Telecom Italia.

I have used it with my acoustic coupler modem and for the first attempts to use the Blue Box ;-D

SD2Iec Firmware v0.10.0Pre1 Released

August 9th, 2010 No comments

SD2IEC is a hardware mass storage device using an SD/MMC card and interfacing with the IEC bus. It is based on the ATmega644 microcontroller from the Atmel AVR microcontroller family.

The most prominent use of SD2IEC is emulation/replacement of a Commodore-1541 disk drive for a C64. Hardware and the microcontroller’s firmware is available as open source (GPL).

Changelog:

2010-08-06 – release 0.10.0pre1

  • GEOS 2.0 support (d64/d71/d81 images only)
  • File-based M-R emulation.
  • Removed “oldnkc” configuration.

source: sd2iec.de gitweb forum thread c64-wiki

Categories: Firmware, News & Rumors, Today

C64 Game: Snake on a Plane (SOAP)

August 8th, 2010 No comments

Snake Oil Software presents Snake on a Plane for Commodore 64. It’s inspired by a fake game cover for an Atari 2600 game based on the film Snakes on a Plane.

source: noname.c64.org

Some new Games & Utility for Commodore VIC-20

August 6th, 2010 No comments

Some new Games & Utility for Commodore VIC-20.

  • Raw tape transfer 1.0. Tool to transfer files from tape to disk, including tape headers. Useful for analysing original games. Can transfer any memory region on an unexpanded vic.
  • TGA – The Great Adventure. Conversion from the Commodore 64 of a classic Italian multiple-choice text RPG written by Alessandro Castellari in 1983. Try it on your VIC with the nice graphics of hi-res and multi-colour screens.

source: Denial (The Commodore VIC-20 forum)

UNP64 v2.23 – Generic C64 prg unpacker by iAN CooG

August 3rd, 2010 No comments

iAN CooG Site has been update with a new version of the Generic C64 prg Unpacker v2.23 (Source included).

History:

v2.23 – 2010.06.12 – 2010.07.30

  • Found a Time cruncher hack expecting registers set by JSR $FD15 ($31/$30/$ff), now it’s handled correctly in pass 1.
  • In verbose mode, now also number of iterations and total cycles taken by the simulated CPU are printed, just to see which is the slowest&fastest unpacker.
  • Raised max iterations to support VERY intensive unpackers like ALZ64, worst testcase I found needs 27097007 (0x019D77AF) iterations to finish unpacking. This cruncher isn’t really meant for crunching programs ranging from $0801 to $ff00 due to its slowness, but still has to be supported even when abused =) New max value is set to 0×02000000, should be more than enough for anything that actually reaches end of unpacking, and won’t cause too much delay with programs that can’t be really unpacked or with endless loops.

Read more…

SD2Iec Firmware v0.9.3 Released

August 3rd, 2010 No comments

SD2IEC is a hardware mass storage device using an SD/MMC card and interfacing with the IEC bus. It is based on the ATmega644 microcontroller from the Atmel AVR microcontroller family.

The most prominent use of SD2IEC is emulation/replacement of a Commodore-1541 disk drive for a C64. Hardware and the microcontroller’s firmware is available as open source (GPL).

Changelog:

2010-08-02 – release 0.9.3

  • Bugfix: Extension hiding works again with names >12 characters.
  • Bugfix: Increase data hold time during standard TALK.
  • Testing aid: card detect-to-LED function.

source: sd2iec.de gitweb forum thread c64-wiki

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Unboxing Atarimax Multi-Cart for Atari 8-bit

August 3rd, 2010 1 comment
Atarimax Maxflash Multi-Cart for Atari 8-bit.

Autopsy:

The Atarimax Maxflash Flash Cartridge System for Atari 8-bit Computers is a high quality, professionally produced cartridge creation suite for the Atari 400/800/XL/XE series computers.

Maxflash Studio Demostration:

source: atarimax.com

VIC 20: Realms of Quest III

August 2nd, 2010 No comments

Realms of Quest III is an RPG game for Commodore VIC20.

Enter Realms of Quest III, the computer game that offers you the chance to assemble a party of six adventurers who undertake heroic acts in a vast world of deep dunjons to explore

source: psytronik software

Fixed the SIO2SD Firmware Crash

August 1st, 2010 No comments

My SIO2SD interface is dead (without any valid reason) after 2-3 hours of playing demos/games.

I have tried to reprogramming the firmware with a STK500 USB ISP Programmer and the tools AVRDUDE and it has worked perfectly.