Autopsy:

12►

Today i picked up a Commodore 64C in original box, it is in perfect condition with no damage at all including the Manual and original Powersupply.

source: wikipedia

CBM-Command is a disk manager for the Commodore 64 / Commodore 128 / Commodore VIC20 / Commodore C16 computers. It is written like Norton Commander or Midnight Commander, but is much simpler due to the target platforms. Both the C128/C64/VIC20/C16 have their own native version of the application.

Release Notes – 2010-07-27 – Version 1.6

New Features:

• None.

Changes:

• (All) Fixed major bug causing directory corruption when using the select all hot key to initiate file copy operations.
• (All) New progress bar that updates more frequently and is more meaningful to view.

Known Issues:

• Screen corruption when viewing a drive with no disk in it.

source: cbmcommand.codeplex.com

from the homepage:

• C2NPower: Powering CBM products can prove harder than initially thought. Many manufacturers choose the safe (and professional) route of including a power jack on the product and a plug-in power supply (wall wart). It’s a safe choice, but it carries a double cost. Power supplies tend to be $5.00 or so, and are often bulky and heavy, adding to shipping costs. On the consumer side, there’s a cost in finding another open outlet for the power supply and cable management. [continue here]

• X-Pander 3: In my continuing effort to sell more products for your Commodore computer, I determined users would buy more cartridge-based solutions if they could plug more into their machine at one time :-) Thus, given the lack of cartridge expansion options on the market at present, I am producing the X-Pander. Modeled off the CMD EX-3, CMD EX2+1, and the FB-3XP. [continue here]

source: jbrain.com

Some new Games & Utility for Commodore VIC-20.

• Go Left. The object of the game is to go left. A player may fail by not going left. Points are scored by correctly going left. Follow the on-screen directions. (This game appears on the white side of the Denial Collection 3)
• Font 1. A replacement font for the VIC 20.
• The Dungeon of Doom – RPG Creator. Funny, colourful, and comprehensive RPG creator, including dungeon and character generators – both with excellent graphics!

source: Denial (The Commodore VIC-20 forum)

Commodore Free Magazine Issue #39

Contents:

• Editorial.
• Readers Comments.
• Commodore USA, LLC.
• NEWS
• - New Version: D64Lister 1.7.
• - CCS64 Updated.
• - BASIC Game Competition.
• - Amiga Zorro RAMBoard.
• - Digital Talk 90.
• - TAP Clean.
• - Clear Competition Pro.
• - Commodore Plus/4 Spreadsheet.
• - Datatool.
• - Return Issue 2.
• - VIC20 Twitter Client.
• - New Version of SD2IEC Released.
• - PET Alive!
• NOSTALGIA
• - Commodore Free.
• - John Fielden.
• - Peter Badrick.
• - Chris Syntichakis.
• - Commodore Free (2)
• - Shaun Bebbington.
• - Charles J. Gutman.

source: commodorefree.com

Thanks to My Brother for the Photo.

Cartridges (also known as expansion modules) are freely exchangeable ROM libraries that provide additional content without providing additional functionality. These cartridges are plugged into a slot near the battery compartment in order to introduce new software libraries.

Word and game lists are of differing lengths depending upon the cartridge and the word lists in models marketed for different languages reflect the language marketed for. Separate word lists also exist for regional variants such as the American and British English versions.

The word list used in each of the regional models reflects the recommendations of educators in each country. The English, French, German and Italian versions were all created by a team of non-specialists, in TI’s plant near Antibes, France, under the watchful eye of Larry Brantingham who had patented the underlying technology.

source: wikipedia speaknspell.co.uk

The date is final: 1-3 October 2010 in The Netherlands.

Party location is near Eindhoven Airport which has several low cost airlines like the ryanairs and wizzairs and there’s also a trainstation nearby, which is easy to reach coming from Eindhoven.

source: c64.sk noname.c64.org

Spreadsheet with intuitive interface, powerful calculation engine, graphics generator, color themes, and much more.

source: plus4world.powweb.com

Some new Games for VIC-20

• The Improbable War. A turn based strategy game with “fog of war” elements and a retro-futuristic theme.
• Ten Ten Again. A variation on the game Ten Ten.

source: Denial (The Commodore VIC-20 forum)

This is my old T-Shirt of “Dracula Soft” found and photographed. The “Dracula Soft“ logo is made by my brother.

Keyboard Twister by Shadowolf is an ATtiny45-based hardware solution to fix some issues in the DTV’s keyboard emulation.

A user “abraXxl” on forum64.de has introduced some fix and enhancement of this cool project.

source: forum64.de (only German language)

Please update your Bookmarks / RSS to the new web address:

www.nightfallcrew.com

Cartridges list:

• VIC-1111 – 16k Ram Expander. (Manual)
• VIC-1211A – Super Expander with 3k Ram Expansion. (Manual)
• VIC-1213 – Machine Language Monitor. (Manual)

click here for the vic-20 cartridges category.

from Wikipedia:

As for commercial software offerings, an estimated 300 titles were available on cartridge, and another 500+ titles were available on tape. By comparison, the Atari 2600—the most popular of the video game consoles at the time—had a library of about 900 titles near the end of its production life (many were variations of another title).

Most cartridge games were ready to play as soon as VIC-20 was turned on, as opposed to games on tape which required a time-consuming loading process. Titles on cartridge included Gorf, Cosmic Cruncher, Sargon II Chess, and many others.

source: wikipedia

In game screenshots:

source: papposoft web noname.c64.org

Cartridges:

• Desert Falcon (Atari 7800)
• Impossible Mission (Atari 7800)
• Midnight Magic (Atari 2600)
• Surround (Atari 2600)
• Pole Position (Atari 2600)
• Mario Bros (Atari 2600)