The Vampire 600 V2 is the newest and the fastest accelerator available for your Commodore Amiga 600. There is nothing on the market that can compete with its performance and price. It is intended to be used as an educational tool to allow users to be able to learn programming for the 68K series of CPU’s and see the capability of todays powerful FPGA’s.
This is not the final product as there will be constant impovements to the board and core and new programming instructions are being continually added.
Main Features:
- 128MB Fastmem RAM.
- Digital video output (HDMI).
- SD card for HDD storage.
- 64 bit core, full 32 bit compatibility.
- Directly update core from the Amiga without need for external programmer.
- FPU and 16 bit Audio is planned for future updates.
Gallery of the installation and testing:
Video Vampire A600 V2 Unboxing/Testing (sorry only in Italian language)
source: apollo-accelerators.com kipper2k.com
Assembly and Replacement of the old DualSID with the MixSID.
Unlike the DualSID i had to replace the two electrolytic capacitors (see picture) because the PCB of the MixSID is much more big and the two capacitors hinders the right installation of the PCB in the SID socket.
For the technical specifications of MixSID go here
Gallery:
source: henning-bekel.de
The ‘Ultimate II+’ is a storage solution for your Commodore C64/C128(D) home computer or in stand-alone mode for C16/Plus4/VIC-20 and so on.
This cartridge implements a ‘real’ 1541 Diskdrive for Commodore computers and with a simple press on one of the buttons, a menu will pop-up on the Commodore screen, allowing the user to view the USB storage content, and ‘mount’ .d64 or .g64 images into the Floppy Drive.
These are the most important differences from the previous version of the cartridge (1541 Ultimate-II)
- No more MicroSD! (… that needs to be pushed in with something sharp, could fall into the case, … etc)
- More USB ports (… one to compensate for the lost SD, and just one bonus: 3 in total)
- IEC connector moved (… further back to facilitate use on some C128 models)
- Integrated Ethernet (… no more need for an external USB2LAN adapter, and a smaller step to CS8900A compatibility)
- Dual Flash (… no more worry that a software bug or upgrade failure leads to a bricked device)
- Integrated Speaker (… who connects a speaker set to the audio jack for hearing drive sounds??)
- External power supply connector with auto-switch over circuit (… for stand alone mode, and to lower the demand on the power supply of the C64)
- Improved Audio (… audio codec, 24 bit/96 kHz*, for sampled sounds and SID emulation)
- Improved Tape connector (… no more custom board and able that snaps in on the bottom, but standard USB 3.0 cable)
- Improved power supply circuits (… for some reason they seemed to break down relatively often)
- Slightly bigger and faster FPGA, as to control the new features.
Gallery:
source: 1541ultimate.net facebook.com
The MixSID is a stereo SID board for the C64 that can be used with any combination of SID models on a wide range of C64 mainboards.
Features include an integrated stereo channel mixer, pragmatic stereo addressing scheme, flexible handling of io areas, onboard audio input, output and digiboost circuits, dedicated stereo output, full paddle compatibility and versatile digital control.
source: henning-bekel.de
TekTronix DS1000G (NTSC version) Television Demodulator
The television demodulator can demodulate M/N standard television signals to baseband video and audio. In addition, the DS1001G provides the capability of recognizinga GCR signal and applying
correction to the baseband video output.
TheDS1001A/DS1001G covers the tuning range of 55.25 to 801.25MHz. The high performance of the conversion guarantees a measurement-quality signal after demodulation.
Gallery:
Download: TekTronix DS1000G Manual (1074)
…from the author website:
Since the end of 2015, it became clear that the “good old” 1541 Ultimate-II was at the end of its life cycle. Xilinx, the manufacturer of the most important chip of the cartridge, had started to increase the prices of the chip. Also the memory chip started to be harder to get and at higher cost. When the news came that the company that made the black plastic cases for the 1541 Ultimate-II had lost the injection mold tool, it became evident that the 1541 Ultimate-II would be no more.
I have given it some thought. What would be the best way to continue with this project? When the feelings of being upset about the lost injection tool had subsided, I realized that this may be the perfect moment for an upgrade. This is when set backs change into opportunity.
Since then, a lot of work, and I really mean A LOT OF WORK has been done to create a successor: the “Ultimate-II+”. Why not “III”, you may ask or think. Well, the foremost reason is the software. The install base of the “1541 Ultimate-II” is rather large (>3000 units), and I do not want to let my customers down that have just purchased a unit. This means that in case of new hardware, the same software should run on both the new board, as well as on the older board. So, the new board will offer similar functionality. You could see it just as an upgrade, not an entirely new product.
Although the “Ultimate-II+” is similar, there are also differences:
- No more MicroSD! (… that needs to be pushed in with something sharp, could fall into the case, … etc)
- More USB ports (… one to compensate for the lost SD, and just one bonus: 3 in total)
- IEC connector moved (… further back to facilitate use on some C128 models)
- Integrated Ethernet (… no more need for an external USB2LAN adapter, and a smaller step to CS8900A compatibility)
- Dual Flash (… no more worry that a software bug or upgrade failure leads to a bricked device)
- Integrated Speaker (… who connects a speaker set to the audio jack for hearing drive sounds??)
- External power supply connector with auto-switch over circuit (… for stand alone mode, and to lower the demand on the power supply of the C64)
- Improved Audio (… audio codec, 24 bit/96 kHz*, for sampled sounds and SID emulation)
- Improved Tape connector (… no more custom board and able that snaps in on the bottom, but standard USB 3.0 cable)
- Improved power supply circuits (… for some reason they seemed to break down relatively often)
- Slightly bigger and faster FPGA, as to control the new features
source: 1541ultimate.net
The HxC Floppy Drive Emulator is a software and hardware system created by jfdn aka Jeff.
The aim of this project is to replace the floppy disk drive by an electronic device emulating the floppy disk drive (list of supported Computer/Hardware).
There are two differents emulators:
- A USB version which allows to connect the floppy disk drive interface of the computer to a PC via a USB cable.
- A SDCARD version which allows to emulate floppy disks which images are stored in a SDCARD.
Release notes for the HxCFloppyEmulator software v2.1.4.0:
- New Loader : *.ANA AnaDisk file loader.
- New Loader : VFDDAT file loader.
- New Loader : Densei Sirius VFD DAT Loader.
- New Writer : *.DIM writer.
- New Writer : *.ADZ writer.
- New Writer : *.TRD Writer.
- New Loader : Atari ST *.STW Loader.
- New Writer : Atari ST *.STW Writer.
- New Writer : Atari ST *.ST Writer.
- New Writer : Atari ST *.STX Writer.
- STX Loader/Writer : Flakey bits mask support added, Loader/writer improved.
- SCP Loader/Writer : Loader/writer improved.
- D88 Loader : Gap3 setting corrected.
- Dos disk browser : More disks layouts.
- libhxcfe : New track support : AED6200P.
- XML format definitions : Mictrotan 65 TANDOS.
- Flux Stream Analyzer : Possible segmentation fault corrected.
- Flux Stream Analyzer : Input filtering reduced.
- Kryoflux Stream Loader (*XX.X.raw) / analyser : NFA over index support added.
- Track editor : Add & Remove track functions added.
- Track editor : RPM & Bitrate change functions added.
- Track editor : Insertion function added.
- Track editor : Negative offset support.
- Disk viewer : Image CRC32, library version and file name displayed.
- Disk viewer : Track(s) type displayed.
- Disk viewer : Cells density displayed.
- Progess bar added for the loaders/writers.
- SD/USB Emulator setting window : Advanced pinout settings added.
- Code sources fixes/changes for GCC, Clang and VS2015 x86 & x64 compilation support.
- And many more fixes and improvements..
Download:
source: hxc2001.free.fr lotharek.pl
Tynemouth Software PET microSD & PET ROM-RAM-Tester replacement boards
PET ROM-RAM-Tester:
This is a board which plugs into the 6502 CPU socket on something like a Commodore PET and can selectively replace the onboard ROM (it includes a test software) or RAM.
PET microSD:
Disk drive replacement for Commodore Pet range of computers, the 2001, 3000, 4000 and 8000 series. It also works with vic-20/c16/Plus4/c64/128*
*IEEE-488 adapter required.
You can buy these boards from here.
Packaging:
source: tynemouthsoftware.co.uk
UK1541 is a real time drive emulator with cycle-exact 6502 instructions execution and VIA’s emulation just by tiny MCU, LCP1114, Cortex M0, 48Mhz (0,84 DMIPS/Mhz).
Developed by Krzysztof Switajski aka Kisiel/ICON.
Features:
- LCD TFT Screen 2,2“ , 320 x 240, True Color.
- MSP430.
- LPC1114.
- Infra Red receiver, for remote control.
- CR2032 battery holder.
- Mini jack connector as replacement for IEC port.
- DB9 connector for joystick.
- User Port connector, for power and signals like 8-bit parallel aka burst.
- Two buttons , MENU and RESET.
Features for the latest Core Version (1.1.4.012015):
- Core 6502 running at 1Mhz with illegal opcodes – 16kB Flash ROM, multiple custom roms not available now
- 4KB Ram, from $0000 till $0fff
- VIA port and timers emulation
- SD card 1 – 8GB, FAT32, formatted in Windows.
- d64 35 / 40 track with read and write (beta testing)
- Update from standard SD card.
Gallery:
source: wiki.projekt64.filety.pl
Available on stock the new version of the V3 C64SD Princess by Manosoft. For more information please visit the Manosoft website.
source: manosoft.it
Jean-François DEL NERO (who’s behind the HxC SD Floppy Emulator) recently has released a version of the HxC emulator firmware that is compatible with the STM32 chip used in the Gotek floppy emulators.
This means that the great functionality of the HxC SD emulator is now available on cheaper and more widely available hardware.
The bootloader to convert the Gotek floppy drive in HxC compatible must be purchased on the website HXC 2001 by sending an email to Jean-François DEL NERO. The price of the bootloader is one-off 10 Euro per Gotek that you want to update. Future updates of the software are free and can be made from a USB stick
The HXC Usb (Gotek) firmware supports: 
Flashing the Gotek floppy emulator with HxC firmware:
source: hxc2001.com
Jean-François DEL NERO (who’s behind the HxC SD Floppy Emulator) recently has released a version of the HxC emulator firmware that is compatible with the STM32 chip used in the Gotek floppy emulators.
This means that the great functionality of the HxC SD emulator is now available on cheaper and more widely available hardware.
The bootloader to convert the Gotek floppy drive in HxC compatible must be purchased on the website HXC 2001 by sending an email to Jean-François DEL NERO. The price of the bootloader is one-off 10 Euro per Gotek that you want to update. Future updates of the software are free and can be made from a USB stick
The HXC Usb (Gotek) firmware supports:
Flashing the Gotek floppy emulator with HxC firmware:
Gotek floppy emulator with HxC firmware (Testing on Amiga Computer):
Gotek floppy emulator with HxC firmware (Testing on Amstrad CPC computer):
Gotek floppy emulator with HxC firmware (Testing on Atari ST Computer):
Gotek Audio Track Loader:
The schematics is here
Components:
- 1 x Buzzer.
- 1 x BC547 or similar bipolar transistor.
- 1 x 1k resistor.
I have to thank Jean-François DEL NERO for the support that he gave me for the bootloader programming.
source: hxc2001.com
It was released a new OS Update for the Everdrive N64 Flash Cartridge (Nintendo 64) by Krikzz. The upgrade instructions can be found here.
Changelog:
- 2.09 (21.01.2015)
- “CRC Check” option to enable/disable CRC check
- FPGA code update
- 2.06 (12.11.2014)
- Fully functional GameShark. Special thanks to Parasyte and Modman for new GS core!
- Automatic save and loading GS codes when user change the game. “Auto cheat” option should be enabled
- Fixed graphics bug in “RTC setup” menu (ED64 V3)
Download: Everdrive N64 - OS Update v2.09 (1263)
source: krikzz.com
The HxC Floppy Drive Emulator is a software and hardware system created by jfdn aka Jeff.
The aim of this project is to replace the floppy disk drive by an electronic device emulating the floppy disk drive (list of supported Computer/Hardware).
There are two differents emulators:
- A USB version which allows to connect the floppy disk drive interface of the computer to a PC via a USB cable.
- A SDCARD version which allows to emulate floppy disks which images are stored in a SDCARD.
Release notes for the HxCFloppyEmulator software v2.0.26.0:
- New Loader : PC Magazine (FLP) file format support added.
- GUI – Track viewer window : Track editing functionality added, internal sanity check added.
- libhxcfe : Casio FZF loader -> non sector-aligned file image size issue corrected.
- libhxcfe : Generic flux stream analyzer enhanced – Track encoding & RPM correctly reported.
- Batch converter : Now use the folder name for the output filename while converting KF stream files (raw).
- FAT12 Disk Browser: PC98 FAT disk support enhanced, free space reporting corrected.
- Raw Loader – Predefined raw formats added (XML) :
- Logical Interchange Format (LIF) 3″1/2 264KB (single side).
- Logical Interchange Format (LIF) 3″1/2 616KB (double side).
- Logical Interchange Format (LIF) 3″1/2 1232KB (HD).
- Logical Interchange Format (LIF) 5″1/4 264KB.
Download:
source: hxc2001.free.fr lotharek.pl
It was released a new OS Update for the Everdrive N64 Flash Cartridge (Nintendo 64) by Krikzz. The upgrade instructions can be found here.
Changelog:
- After reset, file browser returns where you was before than run the game, instead of just go to the root.
- Users can change default save type in save_db.txt
- ED64-V3 support.
- Fixed default save type for some games.
- Changed save memory initialization, it fix the problems with some games.
- Fixed possible problems with sram and flash ram saves.
- Fixed ramnom hangs after reboot.
- Self test function. Cart stability diagnostic.
- Improved eeprom implementation.
Download: Everdrive N64 - OS Update v2.05 (1077)
source: krikzz.com
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