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Loriano’s 1541 Ultimate Case with add-on for cartridge mode operation.

June 2nd, 2009 No comments

Loriano’s 1541 Ultimate Case:

Click here to see the final pictures of the new add-on for cartridge mode operation of the 1541 Ultimate Case. For order please email Loriano directly.

source: logan-5.co.uk 1541ultimate.net

JiffyDOS Licensing & 23256 ROM Adaptor

May 31st, 2009 No comments

23256_rom_el_pcbAs announced at the C4 EXPO, I am working with Mark Fellows (Highland IT Solutions) to finalize a licensing agreement for ‘JiffyDOS’ ROM Overlay manufacture and distribution.

In addition to hardware ROM enhancement units, I will also offer image downloads for 1541 Ultimate, C64DTV, and emulator users, as well as an amnesty offering for unlicensed copies.

To minimize manual manufacturing processes inherent in the current EPROM-based JiffyDOS offerings, my goal is to utilize the ROM-el EEPROM/FLASH solution for JiffyDOS hardware offerings.

source: jbrain.com

Categories: C64/SX64, DTV, News & Rumors, Today

SCA Converter v1.0 released by Padua

May 30th, 2009 No comments

nirvana_animSCA – streamed char animation – is an animation (image sequence) with the dimension of 200×160 pixels, converted into the C64 charsets (25×20 chars).

One frame includes two multicolor charsets, the whole animation uses one static video and color RAM. SCA Converter utility (application) creates this kind of animation on Windows platforms.



application screenshot:

Application Screenshot

source: ide64.org

SID Duzz’ It V1

May 20th, 2009 No comments

SID Duzz it, it’s a SID Music Editor by Geir Tjelta of SHAPE.

source: noname.c64.org

Mini Game Compo 2009 Web-Site Updated

May 18th, 2009 No comments

minigamecompoThis is a game programming competition, not a game playing competition.

The idea of this competition is to write a new game for the MiniGame compo.

source: minigamecomp.org.uk

C64 VGE v0.3 – Vector Graphics Editor

c64vgeC64 VGE is small graphics editor in which You can make little sized pictures beacause of using lines and small amount of pixels to draw them.

It was used to made graphics for almost 4K intro “4K Wannabe” by Black Sun and now it’s released to public, maybe it’ll be usefull for someone other than me.

There are 3 example pictures from “4K Wannabe” supplied with editor for You to grasp the concept.

source: noname.c64.org

Public FTP with a tons of Commodore 64 games and more!

ftpc64

source: arnold.c64.org

Categories: C64/SX64, News & Rumors, Today

ROM-el ROM Eliminator + 64Nic from Brain Innovations

Brain Innovations From the Homepage.

ROM-el ROM Eliminator: Another project of mine requires a way to replace the 2364 ROMs on Commodore computers, so I started looking for a 2764 to 2364 adapter.

After designing one, I determined that DIP EPROMs are starting to get very expensive, so I set about designing a Flash version. My tentative name is ROM-el. Since Flash is considered ROM as well, the name is a bit off, but I liked it, and only the pedantic will probably care.

64Nic: 2 64NIC+ boards arrived on April 20, and I assembled one in the evening. Initial testing with Devia’s NIC-Test was unsuccessful, so I gave up for the night. After work on the 21st, I pored over the schematics and determined I had miscopied a resistor layout from Eric Pratt’s 64NIC design. The resistor must be tied to ground, not Vcc. Dubious that such a small change would make the board work, I nonetheless made the change and …. it did nothing.

I decided I’d ruined one board, so I assembled the second board, taking care to make the resistor mod before plugging it in. Devia’s NIC-Test worked immediately. Later, I tried the apparently ruined board and it also worked, so it appears I did not completely ruin the board.

Given the success, I immediately released the board to production that evening.

source: jbrain.com

Categories: C64/SX64, News & Rumors, Today

High Voltage SID Collection Update #50

hvscAfter this update, the collection should contain 36,000 SID files!



This update features (all approximates):

  • 678 new SIDs
  • 59 fixed/better rips
  • 573 PlaySID/Sidplay1 specific SIDs eliminated
  • 189 repeats/bad rips eliminated
  • 482 SID credit fixes
  • 135 SID model/clock infos
  • 15 tunes from /DEMOS/UNKNOWN/ identified
  • 10 tunes from /GAMES/ identified
  • 36 tunes moved out of /DEMOS/ to their composers’ directories
  • 11 tunes moved out of /GAMES/ to their composers’ directories

source: hvsc.c64.org

Categories: C64/SX64, News & Rumors, Today

Jeri Ellsworth developed a purse with a C64-DTV, LCD-screen…

April 30th, 2009 No comments

Jeri Ellsworthfrom Engadget: Look: there are purses, and then there are purses. Well, this one is none of those things. It’s a decent looking bag to begin with, but then… well, things get really fantastic.

Jeri Ellsworth took it upon herself to cram a Nintendo-on-a-chip and a Commodore 64-on-a-chip (her own creation) into the bag, along with an LCD. Then she connected up some NES controllers, which are velcroed onto the outside of the bag. The result looks awesome, and is also actually useable.

We haven’t heard anything about these guys being offered for sale, but we’re fairly certain that the august House of Dior will probably be ringing her up any day now. Seriously: this thing is a work of art.

source: engadget.com

Categories: C64/SX64, DTV, News & Rumors, Today

ULoad Model 3 release 1

April 26th, 2009 No comments

ULoad is a loader system I developed for my Ultima gold cracks. This is a cleaned up version of the loader I developed for Ultima 3 Gold, which is a relatively basic 2-bit timed IRQ file loader.

It also allows you to save files, although it’s limited to overwriting existing files and cannot create new files. It supports a wide range of IEC drives, of course works on both PAL and NTSC, and also supports SuperCPU and DTV2 running in turbo mode.

source: paradroid.net/uload

Categories: C64/SX64, DTV, News & Rumors, Today

TapPlay / TAP file playback for SD2Iec v0.1

April 19th, 2009 No comments

TapPlay / TAP file playback for sd2iec hardware.

source: sd2iec.de gitweb forum thread twitter.com

Categories: C64/SX64, News & Rumors, Today

BreakPoint 2009 Competition Results *updated*

April 19th, 2009 No comments

BreakpointC64 Demo Competition Results :

  • 1    Das Gottler by Dekadence / Extend.
  • 2    Salute! by Resource / The Dreams.
  • 3    Mellow Meadow by Plush.
  • 4    Surveillance 1964 by Kabuto / MedO.
  • 5    Partyscroller Breakpoint 2009 by Abyss Connection / Tristar.
  • 6    Bunkerparty 09 pre Invitation 1.1 by Dienstagstreff.

Read more…

Categories: C64/SX64, News & Rumors, Today

Fortress of Narzod for C64 by Tristar & Red Sector

April 19th, 2009 No comments

This game is a conversion for the Commodore C64. The original was made for the Vectrex Console in 1982.

The Commodore C64 version is written by Benson and Peiselulli of Trsistar and Red Sector Incorporated, the C00l music is made by Linus.

source: noname.c64.org

Categories: C64/SX64, DTV, News & Rumors, Today

Commodore 64 Original Hardware Laptop

April 11th, 2009 No comments

Commodore 64 Original Hardware LaptopBenjamin J. Heckendorn made a laptop of a Commodore C64. He used a modified C64c motherboard, original keyboard, 15″ TFT screen and a 1541-III DTV.

Ben also made the case for the laptop. The most work was to get the C64 motherboard and keyboard fit inside the laptop.

source: commodore-gg.hobby.nl benheck.com

Categories: C64/SX64, News & Rumors, Today