This is the official demo party results from Nordlicht 2017. See also the CSDB Nordlicht 2017 section for more informations/updates and download.

WiLD Demo:

• 2 – Zatacka by Rabenauge
• 4 – Modern Love Classics by MultiStyle Labs

Mixed:

• 4 – Fragment of a TempesT Millenium by TempesT (One-File Demo)    
• ? – Grillieren! Preview by Genesis Project (Game Preview)    

Mixed Graphics:

• 1 – Blubb by Arsenic, Oxyron
• 3 – Behind the Leaves by Arsenic, Oxyron
• 4 – F.U.B.A.R. by Hokuto Force
• 5 – The Conquest of Wolf-Biederman by Onslaught

Mixed Music:

• 2 – Oakyard Memories by Padua
• 3 – Dancing on a Bigpack by Røly
• ? – Dudelking Returns by Mayday!

Mixed Demo:

• 1 – Saufzucht! by Oxyron
• 2 – Girls Love Lasers by Abyss Connection
• 4 – Dotlicht by Harekiet    

Productions released outside compos:

• Kleinkunst (Intro)

Download: Nordlicht 2017 Full Party Stuff (808)

source: csdb.dk nordlicht.demoparty.info

Jean-François DEL NERO (who’s behind the HxC SD Floppy Emulator) today has released via Facebook a new Amiga Files Selector for HXC STM32 (Gotek) & SD HxC Floppy Emulator.

The main improvement of this version v1.48a is the bootup of the file management program that is loaded much faster.

Download:

• SDCard HxC Floppy Emulator Manager v1.48a (948)
• HXC Gotek Alpha Trial Firmware V3.0.16.3a (798)

source: hxc2001.com

Some new games or tools (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups.

Titles:

• Silverrock Tribute [easyflash]
• ASCII Chase Preview
• Paranoid +1F
• Spyders +
• Spyders C64 – Chapter 1
• ZE-III Preview
• Front Page &DGM
• SEJD Preview +
• Spyders: Chapter 1 +2H
• Spyders: Chapter 1 +3
• Zap’n'Load +2
• Zwob +TD
• Rogue +6DGM
• La Carretera +T [english]
• The Castle of Doom – Redux +4
• The Castle of Doom – Redux
• The Wall
• ASCII Chase Preview V1.1 +
• Step by Step +1MDS
• Bubble +3DT
• Pengon +1HD
• Techno Sport Steeple Chase &D
• Star Wars Preview +2
• Compu Sport Auto Racing &D
• Stranded
• Itchtris Preview +2
• Itchtris Preview
• Vault Man 2 +2
• Vault Man 2
• Citadel 2 Preview +2
• The Life of a Stickleback +1MT
• Stranded
• Stranded +F
• Vault Man 2 +3HD
• Vault Man 2 +4D
• Bacillus Preview +
• Velcro +
• Protocol Preview +
• Sheep Is a Key Preview
• Jetpac Wars Preview V3 +
• Bacillus Preview +2
• Neptune’s Caverns – Enhanced
• Shotgun V1.1
• Twin Kingdom Valley +1DGM
• 6502 Snake +1
• Competition Karate +2MD
• Shotgun V1.1 +1KD
• Rollin +2DGH
• Velcro +3
• Feud +6DGF

Download: All Games in One Archive (4159)

source: csdb.dk

Commodore 128D Repair #1

Defect:

• Black Screen.
• Garbage Screen.

Replaced parts/Fix:

• 9v AC line Fuse of the PowerSupply.
• Made a bridge of a pcb trace interrupted.

Gallery of the repair:

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Commodore 128D Repair #2

Defect:

• Garbage Screen.
• Memory Problems.

Replaced parts:

• Replaced 74LS08 (U61)
• Replaced OKI M3764A [RAM] (U43)

Gallery of the repair:

Commodore Floppy Drive 1541 (ASSY 250442) Repair

Defect:

• Drive access problems (IEC): drive resets but the computer freez with a “searching for”

Replaced parts:

• Replaced EL74S14 with a 74LS14 (UA1)

Gallery of the repair:

Commodore 16 Power Supply Repair

Defect:

• Dead.

Replaced parts:

• Replaced Electrolytic Capacitors of 4700uF/16v
• Replaced Fuse of 250v/1A Retarded.

Gallery of the repair:

Commodore 16 Repair #1

Defect:

• Black Screen.

Replaced parts:

• Replaced RAM TMS4416 (U6).

Gallery of the repair:

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Commodore 16 Repair #2

Defect:

• Black Screen.

Replaced parts:

• CPU Socket (U2).

Note:

I took advantage of this repair to install the ic sockets on the entire motherboard and use it like a “test board” for repairs.

Catweasel Z-II Mk2 (Urine CAT Cleaning)

Defect:

• The card is not recognized by the computer.

Cleaning:

• The Catweasel has traces of cat urine that with time has crystallized causing corrosion and short circuits.  I used the KONTACT PCC & Toothbrush to clean. I also checked the continuity in holes between pcb layers and traces in general.  Now it seems to work properly.

Gallery of the repair:

Peggy Plus (Scala MD100) v1.1 Recap

This Z2 card for Amiga has a problem of audio distortion on one channel. I have replaced all the tantalum capacitors, two of them in the Audio section.

Unfortunately i could not try this card, i did consider that could be also a problem of the NE5532  a Dual Low-Noise Operational Amplifier so i preferred put it on a socket, so it’s easy to replace if it is needed.

Gallery:

Commodore 64 Repair

Defect:

• Drive access problems (IEC): drive resets but it freez with a “searching for”

Replaced parts:

• Replaced EL7416 with a 7406PC (U8)

Note:

I have also removed a nasty connector welded directly on the c64 userport.

Gallery of the repair:

Commodore 128 Repair

Defect/Missing Parts:

• Two Electrolytic Capacitors have detached and the pins are gone…
• Garbage Screen.

Replaced parts:

• Replaced Electrolytic Capacitors of 220uF/50v and 330uF/50v.
• Replaced 74LS00 (U31)

Gallery of the repair:

The Commodore 64 Reloaded MK2 is a C64 Motherboard for building a C64 on your own.

The board is shipped with empty ZIF sockets for the key chips such as CPU, port chips, sound/video chips. All other components are already assembled and pre-tested before shipment.

As opposed to the first C64 Reloaded board, the C64 Reloaded MK2 will automatically identify the installed chips. It will not only generate the correct clocking, but also set the right voltages for the chips that you have chosen. Further, it configures the filter-capacitors for your favourite SID combination. This means that the Commodore 64 Reloaded MK2 is a completely jumper-free design.

The Commodore 64 Reloaded MK2 includes the following on the board:

• All memory
• Flash rom for Kernal, Basic, Character and your own sets of ROMs
• Clock generator equivalent to the CSG8701 chip with two custom crystals
• PLA equivalent to the CSG 906114-01 chip
• Stereo-SID circuit configurable for three different popular addresses
• S-Video and 3.5mm stereo outputs
• USB to serial link for configuring the board with a terminal program
• High-efficiency power conversion for operation from a single 12V supply
• Power switch with integrated reset function
• Six all-black high quality ZIF sockets

source: icomp.de

Directly from the author;

It’s time to announce the upcoming new “Ultimate-64″ board by Gideon.

In order to sustain the love for the Commodore 64, with failing machines, power supplies and flaky old connectors, I proudly present a new main board for your beloved C64 case.

This board is a hardware implementation (FPGA) of the entire C64, and it includes the Ultimate-II+ as well.  An ALL IN ONE solution!

…if you want to read more about this project, click here.

source: 1541ultimate.net

I think it is totally useless to make another review of the Hyperkin SupaBoy S, there are hundreds on the net.

I wrote this short article and made a short video just to confirm the compatibility with the SD2Snes cartridge and take some photos of the inside of the SupaBoy S.

The SupaBoy S is not a Super Nintendo/Super Famicom emulator but a hardware clone of the original console, other consoles like the Yobo FC Twin had used the same choice.

This choice is absolutely winner because the compatibility with the software is very high, i have tested some games without any problems, including MSU-1 games with CD-quality Audio and Video Movies.

The only painful note is the video signal,  external and internal because BOTH are composite, which is not really the best, they could do better, maybe take the RGB signal immediately after the SONY CXA 1645M video encoder and make it available externally with a video connector.

I leave you to the photos and video.

Gallery:

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Video:

This is the official demo party results from Gubbdata 2017. See also the CSDB GUBBDATA 2017 section for more informations.

C64 Demo:

• 01 That Demo From Atlantis – Atlantis
• 02 Pandemoniac Part 4 of 5 Barcode, Panoramic Designs, Prosonix
• 03 Caterpillar – One Bit Wonder
• 04 Snurrscroll – Software of Sweden
• 05 Triassic – F*A*I*C
• 06 Warpdrive – Skrjablin
• 07 Trap Crap Wrap – Camelot

C64 Music:

• 01 Shume – Zardax
• 02 Holy Gsus4 – Fegolhuzz
• 03 Dishwasher Groove – Lft
• 04 Midsummer Melancholy – Flex
• 05 Heaven – Juzdie
• 06 U Ro(bot) Dance – CeriX
• 07 Seekrank und Skorbut! – Spider Jerusalem
• 08 I Dug Some Graves You Will Never Find-Linus
• 09 Datordemens – ZZAP69
• 10 Radioactive Tenderness – Uctumi
• 11 Vodka And Whiskey – Skrjablin
• 12 Turbodrive – Los Pat Moritas
• 13 Jazzpjazz – Goto80
• 14 Cracked by Laika – linde

C64 Petscii:

• 01 It aint pretty! – redcrab
• 02 Indigenista – Alakran
• 03 Fragrance – Lft
• 04 Damn fine Coffee – HiRise
• 05 Reech for the sky! – Spandex
• 06 Better 1337 – Phreedh

C64 Graphics:

• 01 WAT (interrobang)  – ptoing
• 02 Jamtland – redcrab
• 03 Datakatt – The Sarge
• 04 Hexagon Skull – Almighty God
• 05 Excursion – Razorback
• 06 Ovamorph (Xeno-Dizzy) – Rail Slave
• 07 An Eagle in Disguise – grip
• 08 Strike While It’s Hot – Smeden
• 09 Destruction of Lund – Soya
• 10 The Transactor – X-jammer
• 11 I Shall Not Be Afraid – Alakran
• 12 Yellow Cock – Beardswitcher

Productions released outside compos:

• Dreadnought by The Increasing Popularity Crew/Triad (Music Collection)
• GubbdataAirwolf (One-File Demo)
• Itchtris Preview by Software of Sweden (Game Preview)
• Itchtris Preview +2 by Triad (Crack)
• Official Camelot Case for 1541 UII+ Tape Adapter V3.4 by Camelot (Hardware)
• Stranded (Game)
• Stranded by Genesis Project (Crack)
• Ultimate1541 Sid Remote by Genesis Project (Other Platform Tool)

Download: Gubbdata 2017 Full Party stuff (1081)

source: gubbdata.se