This program monitors the keyboard and joysticks. It is useful to test hardware or to explore the key bindings of emulators.
It supports the following computers:
- Commodore 64
- Commodore 128 (128 mode in 40 columns or 64 mode)
- Commodore PET (all models with at least 8k RAM)
- Commodore Plus/4
- Commodore VIC-20 (at least 8k RAM expansion)
- MEGA65 (native and 64 mode)
- Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k
- Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k+
- Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128k
- Sinclair ZX Spectrum +2 (gray model, made by Sinclair)
- Sinclair ZX Spectrum +2A (black model, made by Amstrad)
- Sinclair ZX Spectrum +3
- Sinclair ZX Spectrum Next
- N-Go (ZX Spectrum Next clone)
Download: Anykey V1.6.1 (312)
source: github.com/T-Pau/Anykey csdb.dk
A new version of the firmware for the Atari UnoCart 2600 Cartridge by DirtyHairy is released.
Changelog:
- Fix Survival Island and probably other supercharger games.
Download:
source: github.com/DirtyHairy/UnoCart-2600
Commodore 64c clear case with clear/translucent keycaps.
Gallery:
Commodore 64c Red case with translucent keycaps
Follow me for the other keys replacements ;-D
Gallery:
A new version of the firmware for the Kung Fu Flash Cartridge by Kim Jørgensen is released.
Changelog:
- Improve disk emulation to support saving high scores in Lode Runner. Thanks DWStaley.
Download:
source: github.com/KimJorgensen/KungFuFlash
I have nothing else to say except that i miss the old days. :’(
I wanted to try this cheap fucking tester on offer on Aliexpress.
I don’t have much to say, it works quite well, i tried to make some measurements of a couple of electrolytic capacitors and making the comparison between LCR-T7 and the PEAK ATLAS ESR+ (paid almost 15 times more) the measurement result it’s almost identical.
Surely the positive side of this small and fragile object that will surely stop to working one day to another :-D which allows you to measure/test a fairly vast category of components.
Example:
- Diodes
- Zener diodes
- Resistors
- Potentiometers
- Electrolytic/Tantalum Capacitors
- Ceramic/Polyester capacitors
- Inductors
- SCR
- Triacs
- Transistors (N-E-MOS,P-E-MOS,N-MOS,P-MOS,N-JFET,P-JFET,N-IGBT,P-IGBT)
- Transistors PNP,NPN
- Battery (max 4.5v)
It also has an infrared remote control decoder which i find absolutely useless.
The microcontroller used in the LCR-T7 is a clone of the ATMEL ATMEGA328, the Lucky Green LGT8F328P which is practically identical to the ATMEL but with additional capabilities such as higher speed and has a higher resolution for converting analog signals and having a digital-to-analog converter as well.
Below are the photos of the inside.
Download: LCR-T7-Manual (655)
Replaced the first C64 with the colored keycaps.
Follow me for the other keys replacements ;-D
Gallery:
The High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC) is a freeware hobby project which organises Commodore 64 music (also known as SID music) into an archive for both musicians and fans alike.
The work on the collection is done completely in the Team and contributors’ spare time and is proudly one of the largest and most accurate computer music collections known.
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
First of all, i thank my friend Gerben for giving me the monitor.
This is a Black and White monitor but for some reason a thin transparent film has been applied to the front of the cinescope to simulate the tonality of an amber cathode ray tube, furthermore the APF logo placed on the front of the monitor to the right of the power light is masked.
The TVM-10 APF Monitor is approximately 43 years old and was used with the Computer APF Imagination Machine I/II.
The Monitor had several functioning problems, below is the description of the work that has been done.
- Removing the colored film.
- Replacement of all electrolytic capacitors.
- Replacement of a ceramic capacitor.
- Horizontal synchronism calibration (H-HOLD) by delicately removing the wax that was melted inside the variable inductor.
- Installation of a 1uf polyester capacitor in parallel with the 1.5uf one present for width adjustment horizontal (H-WIDTH) of the image, unfortunately the ferrite core inserted into the variable inductor for manual adjustment is blocked, probably with glue, forcing is not a good idea.
- Check of the Diodes.
- Calibration using the trimmer placed on the front of the PCB of the monitor for the power supply voltage which must be 12v.
- Geometry adjustment.
- General cleaning.
Only one geometry problem remains; the image on the top left side of the CRT tends to bend slightly for about 1cm and the left side of the image is slighty rounded, problem surely attributable to some polyester capacitor or resistance that has lost the capacity/value of the time.
Needless to say i checked almost all the polyester capacitors and resistors in the horizontal section and didn’t find nothing scandalous.
The photo gallery contains all the photos i made during the repair, i take this opportunity to thank a user of the plcforum who gave me tips on how to proceed with the repair.
Gallery of the repair:
A new version of the firmware for the Kung Fu Flash Cartridge by Kim Jørgensen is released.
Changelog:
- Drive emulation: Allow files on the SD card to be opened as SEQ. Thanks Chagizzz.
Download:
source: github.com/KimJorgensen/KungFuFlash
A new version of the firmware for the Kung Fu Flash Cartridge by Kim Jørgensen is released.
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
Hi everyone,
I wanted to try this nice SID Player by Edu Arana with a very nice design.
Edu Arana used Bakisha opensource code for the SID (only Psid) player, the code also has my own little implementation for the Vu-Meter with three LEDs (thanks Edu for the note printed on the PCB).
I know the Bakisha SID Player fairly well, below you will find several Links of my blog where there are some experiments and implementations i did years ago.
I’m not going to dwell too much on the loyalty of this SID Player, which as i said i know well, all in all it works but we are far away light years from perfection, at least as i understand it, in fact i started another project that you all probably know: The Return of the Hybrid SID Player which in addition to an ‘almost’ perfect CPU emulation including Illegal Opcodes and uses the “Original” or “Clone” SIDs for playing music tracks and other nice and useful features.
The ‘plus’ version of the Edu SID Player differs from the previous one for the implementation of the bluetooth module which however is not supplied.
As you can see from the photos and video i have installed the BlueTooth module and the Battery to make it totally portable, the battery recharge is via USB like a mobile phone.
UPDATE:
I wrote this update because some things i wrote bothered someone.
With the phrase “I’m not going to dwell … it works well but …” i just wanted to say that the emulation of the SID, let’s talk about EMULATION, is not perfect, i’m a purist of SID songs, so for me a SID music plays perfectly only and only using the original chip, however for the price this player is sold it is perfect and also very nice!
Anyway you are always welcome to break my balls, i will always answer you.
Gallery:
Video:
Link:
- Arananet RetroProducts:
- Bluetooth Module:
- Lithium Polymer battery 3.7v:
- Bakisha STM32 Sid Player:
- STM32F40x SID Player by Bakisha with LCD and ARMSID:
- STM32F407VET6 (168Mhz Arm MCUs) SID Player by Bakisha:
- STM32F401CCU6 (Arm Cortex MCUs) SID Player by Bakisha:
- The return of the Hybrid Sid Player:
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