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Case Commodore 64c Rosso con tasti traslucidi

25 September 2023 1 commento

Case Commodore 64c Rosso con tasti traslucidi.

Seguitemi per le altre sostituzioni dei tasti ;-D

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Kung Fu Flash Cartridge Aggiornamento Firmware v1.48

24 September 2023 Nessun commento

E’ stato rilasciato un nuovo aggiornamento firmware per la Kung Fu Flash Cartridge di Kim Jørgensen.

Changelog:

  • Improve disk emulation to support saving high scores in Lode Runner. Thanks DWStaley.

Download:

source: github.com/KimJorgensen/KungFuFlash

C64 B.G.Pack: Stinger +2DG / The Last Ninja Remix +8DI / Dig Dug …

10 September 2023 Nessun commento

NEW TAG: C64 BIG GAME PACK

E’ stato rilasciato del nuovo Software per Commodore 64.

Titoli:

  • Retroscape64 Preview +1D
  • Stinger +2DG *Hokuto Force*
  • Labyrinth 3D Preview &D
  • Blocrun 250 V1.1
  • Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade +11DGHI *Hokuto Force*
  • Pac-Man +2D
  • Keiko’s Adventure Hardcore +2H [seuck] *Hokuto Force*
  • Chaluul’s Curse
  • Keiko’s Adventure +2H [seuck] *Hokuto Force*
  • Harem II: Mallagor +GM *Hokuto Force*
  • WinGames
  • Der Fluch des Chaluul [german]
  • Dig Dug Revival +D
  • Dig Dug Revival +
  • Dig Dug Revival +3D
  • Pong 2023 +TD
  • XCB Tic Tac Toe
  • Beyond Castle Wolfenstein +9DM *Hokuto Force*
  • Dig Dug Revival V1.1 +3D
  • Cloak of Darkness V1.2 +S *Hokuto Force*
  • C64-RPG-June-2023 Preview
  • Tron-Kernal
  • C64-RPG-June-2023 Preview 2
  • Walls Prewiew
  • TSIED64
  • Jump’n'Run
  • Haunted Hill +2
  • Los 3 Investigadores y el Misterio de la Falsa Herencia
  • Lancess Priya +
  • Lancess Priya +1D
  • Break-Out +1
  • Bowling +
  • Cowboy Solitario +1T
  • Lancess Priya
  • Skaermtrolden Hugo [cartridge]
  • Hopman +3
  • Night Mission Pinball +1HDG [us version]
  • Miniadventure &DS
  • Galacticon
  • Richthofen’s Revenge +2
  • Lunar City +4D
  • Lunar City
  • Escape Room V1.0 +2
  • Teacher Busters +3TD
  • Mega Wizards Preview
  • Mafia English +1DG
  • GP Cars +8H
  • Cricket Maths +D
  • Vager 3 +4DH
  • Arkanoid Air Doh
  • Dig Dug Revival V1.2 +3D
  • Escape Room V1.1.2 +2
  • Basic Snake
  • Primary Maths
  • Logos 2023 V2.02 +G *Hokuto Force*
  • Petaxian +2HDG
  • GP Cars +8H
  • Pixner II +
  • Trobots +2D
  • I-Ball +6DHMP
  • Puzzle Mania &H
  • Bill & Ted’s Excellent Game Boy Adventure +1D
  • The Last Effort Preview +1D
  • Escape Room V1.4 +2
  • Pssst +
  • Bill & Ted’s Excellent Game Boy Adventure +6D
  • 1Pong +1GJM *Hokuto Force*
  • A Bee’s Trip +1D
  • Did You Just Teleport Into My Bed?
  • Parallax +4DG
  • Pssst +F
  • Eagle Empire +4DGHM feat. Galaga!
  • Escape Room V1.4.1 +2
  • Blockheads DX Preview +2
  • Masters of Time +2D
  • JJ Pacman! +
  • MotoAGPX Preview & Making Of +T
  • Monkeybuilder +1D
  • Pssst [EasyFlash]
  • In The Dark +1D
  • Project Mutiny Preview
  • Red Max +5D
  • Night Mission Pinball +1HDG [us version]
  • H.E.R.O. (2 Buttons)
  • The Last Ninja Remix +8DI *Hokuto Force*
  • Cards 64 +3
  • Octopus +
  • Thud +
  • Dog Fight
  • Eddie’s Jet Shoes +
  • Gun-Fight
  • Lone Zoner +
  • Galaxian Artillery
  • Hustler’s Revenge
  • Kanyargo +2
  • Crazy Bomber
  • Grand Prix +3
  • 64 Snake Master
  • Sea Hunt +
  • Pearl Diver +2
  • Repto Compiler
  • JJ PacMan! V1.1 +
  • C64-RPG-June-2023 Preview 3
  • Archon
  • Bill & Ted’s Excellent Game Boy Adventure V1.2 +6D
  • Fizz +D
  • Black Magic KrakPak
  • Fizz +DI
  • Night Mission +J
  • Light Cycle Duel Preview
  • Kidelyneen +2
  • Light Cycle Duel Preview +
  • Rocket Landing +1D
  • Balls Preview
  • TSI Maze Man +3MG *Hokuto Force*
  • Feunos
  • Monster Hunter Preview
  • C64-RPG-June-2023 Preview 4
  • Doomed PETSCII Pacman
  • Super 8 Football +D

Download: All Games in One Archive (3100)

source: csdb.dk

Mi mancano i tempi passati

9 September 2023 1 commento

Non ho altro da dire se non che mi mancano i tempi passati. :’(

LCR-T7 Tester multifunzione

1 September 2023 Nessun commento
LCR-T7 Multifunctional Tester

Ho voluto provare questa “cinesata” da quattro soldi in offerta su Aliexpress.

Non ho molto da dire, funziona discretamente bene, ho provato a fare delle misurazioni di un paio di condensatori elettrolitci facendo la comparazione tra LCR-T7 e il PEAK ATLAS ESR+ (pagato quasi 15 volte di piu’) e il risultato della misurazione e’ quasi identico.

Sicuramente il lato positivo di questo piccolo e fragile oggettino che sicuramente smettera’ di funzionare da un giorno all’altro :-D e che permette di misurare/testare una categoria discretamente vasta di componenti.

Esempio:

  • Diodi
  • Diodi Zener
  • Resistenze
  • Potenziometri
  • Condensatori Elettrolitici/Tantalio
  • Condensatori Ceramici/Poliestere
  • Induttanze
  • SCR
  • Triac
  • Transistor (N-E-MOS,P-E-MOS,N-MOS,P-MOS,N-JFET,P-JFET,N-IGBT,P-IGBT)
  • Transistor PNP,NPN
  • Batterie (max 4.5v)

Inoltre ha anche un Decoder per telecomandi infrarossi che trovo assolutamente inutile.

Il microcontrollore che viene utilizzato nell’LCR-T7 e’ un clone dell’ATMEL ATMEGA328, il Lucky Green LGT8F328P che e’ praticamente identico all’ATMEL ma con funzionalità aggiuntive come velocità più elevata e risoluzione più elevata per la conversione di segnali analogici e anche un convertitore digitale-analogico.

Di seguito le foto dell’interno.

Download: LCR-T7-Manual (659)

Sostituito il primo modello C64 con i tasti colorati

Sostituito il primo modello C64 con i tasti colorati.

Seguitemi per le altre sostituzioni dei tasti ;-D

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High Voltage SID (HVSC) Collection Update #79

La “High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC)” è un collezione che raccoglie migliaia di brani musicali del Commodore 64 (noti anche come brani SID).

Questa collezione e’ completamente gratuita ed e’ opera di un Team di persone che negli anni ha lavorato per rendere la migliore raccolta di SID tunes.

This update features (all approximates):

  • 920 new SIDs
  • 45 fixed/better rips
  • 9 repeats/bad rips eliminated
  • 211 SID credit fixes
  • 32 SID model/clock infos
  • 3 tunes from /DEMOS/UNKNOWN/ identified
  • 1 tunes from /GAMES/ identified
  • 21 tunes moved out of /DEMOS/ to their composers’ directories
  • 5 tunes moved out of /GAMES/ to their composers’ directories

After this update, the collection should contain 57,576 SID files!

Download:

source: www.hvsc.c64.org

Kung Fu Flash Cartridge Aggiornamento Firmware v1.47

E’ stato rilasciato un nuovo aggiornamento firmware per la Kung Fu Flash Cartridge di Kim Jørgensen.

Changelog:

  • Drive emulation: Allow files on the SD card to be opened as SEQ. Thanks Chagizzz.

Download:

source: github.com/KimJorgensen/KungFuFlash

Kung Fu Flash Cartridge Aggiornamento Firmware v1.46

E’ stato rilasciato un nuovo aggiornamento firmware per la Kung Fu Flash Cartridge di Kim Jørgensen.

Changelog:

  • Simple text file reader. Thanks Sebby75, and Magician
  • It is now possible to open small text files from the launcher.

The following controls can be used in the reader:
or Joy:        Page up/down
or Fire left:    Go to first page
or Fire:    Exit text file reader
The reader supports text files up to ~64kB. Larger files will be truncated

  • Support generic cartridge ROM/BIN files. Thanks Magician
  • Display error message if there are problems communicating with the cartridge. Thanks Lamerhouse

Note that only generic C64/C128 cartridges are supported as ROM/BIN files. Other cartridge types must be loaded as a CRT file.

Download:

source: github.com/KimJorgensen/KungFuFlash

SidPlayer+ – An standalone Psid player

SidPlayer+ – An standalone Psid player.

Ciao a tutti,

Ho voluto provare questo simpatico SID Player di Edu Arana dal design molto carino.

Edu Arana ha utilizzato il codice opensource di Bakisha per il player dei SID (solo Psid), il codice inoltre ha una mia piccola implementazione per il Vu-Meter con tre LED (grazie Edu per averlo scritto sullo stampato).

Conosco discretamente bene il SID Player di Bakisha, qui di seguito troverete diversi LINK al mio blog dove ci sono alcuni esperimenti e implementazioni che ho fatto diversi anni fa.

Non mi sto a dilunguare troppo sulla fedelta’ di questo SID Player, che come ho gia’ detto conosco bene, tutto sommato funziona bene ma siamo lontani anni luce dalla perfezione, almeno per come la intendo io, difatti ho iniziato un’altro progetto che probabilmente conoscerete tutti: The Return of the Hybrid SID Player che oltre ad una ‘quasi’ perfetta emulazione della CPU compensiva di Illegal Opcodes utilizza i SID “originali” o “cloni” per la riproduzione dei brani musicali ed altre simpatiche e utili caratteristiche.

La versione ‘plus’ del SID Player di Edu differisce dalla precedente per l’implementazione del modulo bluetooth, che pero’ non viene fornito.

Come si puo’ osservare dalle foto e dal video ho installato il modulo BlueTooth e la Batteria per renderlo totalmente portatile, la ricarica della batteria avviene tramite USB come un normale cellulare.

AGGIORNAMENTO:

Scrivo questo aggionamento perche’ a qualcuno ha dato fastidio alcune cose che ho scritto.

Con la frase  “Non mi sto a dilunguare … funziona bene ma…” volevo solo dire che l’emulazione del SID , parliamo di EMULAZIONE, non e’ perfetta, io sono purista dei brani SID , dunque per me un brano musicale SID suona perfettamente solo e unicamente utilizzando il chip originale, comunque per il prezzo che viene venduto questo player e’ perfetto e anche molto carino!

Comunque siete sempre i benvenuti a rompermi i coglioni, vi rispondero’ sempre.

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C64 B.G.Pack: C.Wolfenstein +8D / Fix it Felix Jr. V1.1 / Mr. Do! +7 …

NEW TAG: C64 BIG GAME PACK

E’ stato rilasciato del nuovo Software per Commodore 64.

Titoli:

  • Grimassenschneider
  • Riddling Snake +
  • Irrweg Meister V1.1
  • Irrweg Meister V1.1 +2
  • Hit-Plane +2
  • Beero-City +TS
  • Relaxator +6 [seuck] (2 Joy-Ports Version)
  • Gateway to Apshai +6DGHM
  • Phoenix Recovered 2022+
  • TextQuest V1.4 +2TG
  • Relaxator +6 [seuck]
  • Jump’n Crate +1D
  • Breakthru [2 button mod]
  • Jump’n Crate V1.39 +1D
  • Space Blaster +2D
  • Speed Snake Preview +1D
  • Cosmoball +2D
  • The Peninsula V2.0 [HF]
  • Leaps and Bounds! &D
  • The Last Defender +3
  • The Last Defender +3D
  • Aztec Tomb Preview +
  • 8MIDAS +6HP
  • Aztec Tomb Preview 2 +
  • Jump’n Crate V1.39 +2D
  • The Peninsula V2.1 [HF]
  • Hunter of the Lost Meme +D
  • Deathflood: Dungeon of Doom +2D
  • Ooze: The Escape Preview +1D
  • Paw Noir Preview +1CDJ [HF]
  • Autotest Simulator +3F
  • Frankie Goes to Hollywood +10D
  • Castle Wolfenstein +8D [HF]
  • Shuriken Preview +2D
  • Total Recall V1 Preview
  • Zornchef [german]
  • Shuriken Preview 2 +3D
  • Totoro64 Preview 4 +3D
  • Ooze: The Escape
  • Mission Germany +1TD
  • Ooze: The Escape +2D
  • The Eidolon
  • Snake Escape 64 Preview +2
  • Wreckers Preview
  • 1942 +8DFH
  • Space Mayhem +3DG
  • Nesterin Trail Preview +D
  • Grey Preview 4 +2D
  • Livingstone Supongo
  • Hans Kloss +5DTF
  • Flappy Trappy +
  • RBS Preview +
  • A Christmas Adventure (Sampler) +DFW [HF]
  • A Started Demo
  • Dragon’n Princess
  • Cave Diver 2 +2
  • Cave Diver +2
  • Mad Monty +1DG [HF]
  • Livingstone I Presume +3D
  • SPACEX Preview +
  • Livingstone I Presume +6D
  • Shuriken Preview 3 +4D
  • TamaDogi
  • Depths Of Zimroel +DG [HF]
  • Advent 101
  • First Strike +DG [HF]
  • Trax +4F [HF]
  • Herisferix +2DFH [HF]
  • Crime and Punishment +D [HF]
  • Escape Rooms
  • Advent 101 +DG [HF]
  • Moggy’s Tomb +3GM [HF]
  • Wooden Ships and Iron Men &D
  • Escape Room Preview +1D
  • Struggle!
  • Shuriken +5DG [HF]
  • Alien Invaders Plus!
  • Fix it Felix Jr. V1.1 +4D
  • Dagons Erwachen [german]
  • Alien Invaders Plus! +
  • Tritopia [austrian]
  • Stick +5J [HF]
  • Odyssey – Kampf mit der Wildnis
  • LoopFire64 +2HD
  • Mr. Do! +7HDG Topscore Edition
  • Dark Defender +1D
  • Boxnightmare Deluxe +2D
  • Escape Room Preview 2 +2D
  • Speed Snake Preview 2 +G [HF]
  • Mr Pilic +5J [HF]
  • Escape Room Preview 3 +3D
  • Moggy V2 +5J [HF]
  • Hey Taxi Preview +2
  • Manky V2 +4GM [HF]
  • WinGames
  • TextQuest V1.70 +4G
  • Skarn’s Keep +IM [HF]
  • Chain Reaction
  • Get High +1D
  • Pac-Man Concept +1D
  • Speed Snake Preview 3 +G [HF]
  • Charade
  • Hamburgers go to Switzerland +
  • Funfair Inc. Preview
  • Treason Preview +
  • Vampire Dungeon +1GJ [HF]
  • Chess +D
  • Turn Around +1G [HF]
  • Mech 64 V.4.0 [HF]
  • Destiny Hunter V1.01 +3D

Download: All Games in One Archive (1725)

source: csdb.dk

Mini Aspirapolvere & Soffiatore con motore Brushless

Finalmente un’oggetto utile e che funziona egregiamente e ne ho provati tanti.

Questo mini aspirapolvere (4hapa) che utilizza un motore BRUSHLESS (state attenti quando scegliete il modello da acquistare) oltre la modalita’ di “aspirapolvere” ha anche la modalita “soffiatore” e vi assicuro che SOFFIA e pure parecchio (due velocita’ selezionabili).

Dunque finalmente posso dire definitivamente addio alle bombolette Spray di aria compressa!!!

La confezione include oltre 4 filtri di ricambio (lavabili) vari adattatori, il carica batteria USB (5v a 9v) e una borsa.

Unica nota negativa; si! fa un po’ di rumore! me ne faro’ una ragione.

Video:

source: aliexpress.com

Digital Display Voltage Meter Bug

Digital Display Voltage Meter Rear

Osservando questi due display a prima vista non si notano grosse differenze.

Errato! il Display dove si legge V2.0 (versione aggiornata del precedente) funziona perfettamente anche se inserito molto vicino al PCB di un’alimentatore Switching, l’altro invece a Random si resetta visualizzando 888 basta allontanarlo di 10 CM dal PCB dell’alimentatore Switching e funziona perfettamente.

Ho voluto condividere questa notizia perche’ non sono l’unico a cui e’ successo questo bizzarro difetto.

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U64 (Elite)/U2/U2+/U2+L v3.10j (Core: v1.42) Aggiornamento Firmware

E’ stato rilasciato un nuovo aggiornamento firmware per l’Ultimate-64 (U64/U64E) / U2 / U2+ / U2+L da Gideon.

Anche questa versione presenta alcune modifiche significative per l’aggiornamento del firmware. Si prega di leggere il manuale prima di installare 3.10i.

Background:

If you would take some time to check the commit history of the repository at GitHub, you may find over 500 commits since the last released version, 3.10a. This is a lotttt more than it usually takes to release a next firmware version. The version is still 3.10, so there are not many functional changes. Yet, files have been touched, updated, or just made compatible with the new Ultimate-II+L hardware. It was more difficult than expected to get the Lattice FPGA to work correctly and keep compatibility with the existing hardware platforms.

On top of the new introduction of the Ultimate-II+L, there is still a need to support the “good old” 1541 Ultimate-II (or simply: U2). There have always been issues with the Microblaze processor and the compiler from Xilinx. Every version of the Xilinx compiler had different bugs that caused the Microblaze based firmware to be broken in one way or another.

Since the U2+L runs well on the Risc-V, it was decided to upgrade the CPU inside of the U2 and ditch the Microblaze forever. Unfortunately, the CPU that was chosen to run inside of the U2+L did not fit in the same space as the Microblaze clone, so I decided to write my own Risc-V compatible CPU. This is the CPU that will be used from now on in the 1541 Ultimate-II.

General Fixes:

  • [Important] Fixed ExFAT filesystems with 128kB clusters (Fixes failing D64 mounts from some ExFAT thumbdrives)
  • [Facebook Discussion] EasyFlash save function now saves all chip chunks to support incomplete CRT files
  • [Issue-271] GEORAM at boot (MarkusC64)
  • [Issue-279] Support for 2 MHz operation for any cartridge, including EasyFlash
  • [Issue-246] Fixed: Virtual Printer crashes when file cannot be created.
  • [Issue-234] Deleting last item in directory makes selection invisible
  • [Issue-236] Confirmation modal asking a question only gives ‘OK’ instead of ‘Yes/No’.
  • [Issue-R17] Added mapping of ESC key to RUN/STOP.
  • [Facebook Request] Added: Leave menu on mount (can be selected per drive)
  • [Facebook Bug Report]: Fixed starting Kingsoft Business Basic cartridge
  • [Facebook Bug Report]: Allow Maverick (and others?) to write wrong sector headers on MFM tracks.
  • [Facebook Bug Report]: Unable to select GeoRAM. Is now a mode of the RAM Expansion Unit.
  • [Facebook Bug Report]: Fixed color palette not loaded at boot (U64 only).
  • [Facebook Bug Report]: Fixed USB sticks not recognized
  • [Messenger Report]: Improvements to palette file read. Rejects faulty files. Fixes hang-up
  • [Messenger Report]: Fixes ‘Create DNP’ when run from Telnet. Turned out to be a stack overflow.
  • [Email Discussion]: Adds EEPROM segment to GMOD2 when it is missing in the CRT file

U64 core fixes:

  • Multicolor graphics side border bug (core version V1.41 => V1.42)

Modem fixes:

  • ACIA NMI pulse extension to extend over bad line. This allows the 6502 to see it always.
  • Performance optimization ACIA / Modem
  • Allow spaces after ATDT command.
  • Minor fixes in the modem emulation layer from Scott Hutter (xlar54)

Cartridge Support:

  • [Issue-314] Added support for Blackbox V9.
  • Additional C128 cartridge variant that allows banking and offers some RAM (U2/U2+/U2+L only).

Additions:

  • Firmware target added: Ultimate-II+L; the Lattice version!
  • System Information page (F4) now shows elaborate version info.
  • GEOS support functions from MarkusC64

Download:

source: ultimate64.com github.com facebook

U64 (Elite)/U2/U2+/U2+L v3.10i (Core: v1.42) Aggiornamento Firmware

E’ stato rilasciato un nuovo aggiornamento firmware per l’Ultimate-64 (U64/U64E) / U2 / U2+ / U2+L da Gideon.

Anche questa versione presenta alcune modifiche significative per l’aggiornamento del firmware. Si prega di leggere il manuale prima di installare 3.10i.

Background:

If you would take some time to check the commit history of the repository at GitHub, you may find over 500 commits since the last released version, 3.10a. This is a lotttt more than it usually takes to release a next firmware version. The version is still 3.10, so there are not many functional changes. Yet, files have been touched, updated, or just made compatible with the new Ultimate-II+L hardware. It was more difficult than expected to get the Lattice FPGA to work correctly and keep compatibility with the existing hardware platforms.

On top of the new introduction of the Ultimate-II+L, there is still a need to support the “good old” 1541 Ultimate-II (or simply: U2). There have always been issues with the Microblaze processor and the compiler from Xilinx. Every version of the Xilinx compiler had different bugs that caused the Microblaze based firmware to be broken in one way or another.

Since the U2+L runs well on the Risc-V, it was decided to upgrade the CPU inside of the U2 and ditch the Microblaze forever. Unfortunately, the CPU that was chosen to run inside of the U2+L did not fit in the same space as the Microblaze clone, so I decided to write my own Risc-V compatible CPU. This is the CPU that will be used from now on in the 1541 Ultimate-II.

General Fixes:

  • [Important] Fixed ExFAT filesystems with 128kB clusters (Fixes failing D64 mounts from some ExFAT thumbdrives)
  • [Facebook Discussion] EasyFlash save function now saves all chip chunks to support incomplete CRT files
  • [Issue-271] GEORAM at boot (MarkusC64)
  • [Issue-279] Support for 2 MHz operation for any cartridge, including EasyFlash
  • [Issue-246] Fixed: Virtual Printer crashes when file cannot be created.
  • [Issue-234] Deleting last item in directory makes selection invisible
  • [Issue-236] Confirmation modal asking a question only gives ‘OK’ instead of ‘Yes/No’.
  • [Issue-R17] Added mapping of ESC key to RUN/STOP.
  • [Facebook Request] Added: Leave menu on mount (can be selected per drive)
  • [Facebook Bug Report]: Fixed starting Kingsoft Business Basic cartridge
  • [Facebook Bug Report]: Allow Maverick (and others?) to write wrong sector headers on MFM tracks.
  • [Facebook Bug Report]: Unable to select GeoRAM. Is now a mode of the RAM Expansion Unit.
  • [Facebook Bug Report]: Fixed color palette not loaded at boot (U64 only).
  • [Facebook Bug Report]: Fixed USB sticks not recognized
  • [Messenger Report]: Improvements to palette file read. Rejects faulty files. Fixes hang-up
  • [Messenger Report]: Fixes ‘Create DNP’ when run from Telnet. Turned out to be a stack overflow.
  • [Email Discussion]: Adds EEPROM segment to GMOD2 when it is missing in the CRT file

U64 core fixes:

  • Multicolor graphics side border bug (core version V1.41 => V1.42)

Modem fixes:

  • ACIA NMI pulse extension to extend over bad line. This allows the 6502 to see it always.
  • Performance optimization ACIA / Modem
  • Allow spaces after ATDT command.
  • Minor fixes in the modem emulation layer from Scott Hutter (xlar54)

Cartridge Support:

  • [Issue-314] Added support for Blackbox V9.
  • Additional C128 cartridge variant that allows banking and offers some RAM (U2/U2+/U2+L only).

Additions:

  • Firmware target added: Ultimate-II+L; the Lattice version!
  • System Information page (F4) now shows elaborate version info.
  • GEOS support functions from MarkusC64

Download:

* Temporarily revoked due to one report of bricked unit.

source: ultimate64.com github.com facebook