PVCF/Reflex, composer of SID tunes, is back with some great demo soundtracks.

Listen to his new tune in this little one-file demo done together with Conrad & Celtic

source: noname.c64.org

I’m waiting several years for a new IDE interface for my Atari (XE/XL) computer, and finally is arrived, compacts, economical and very promising.

some features:

• Is not much greater than a 2,5-inch IDE disk.
• Does not require an external power-supply.
• Contains an XE (CART+ECI) connector, an XL (PBI) connector, a cartridge port, and a connector for a 2,5-inch IDE disk.
• Contains 96 KB ISP Flash ROM and 32 KB RAM available to the internal PBI BIOS and flashable from the Atari.
• Contains 512 KB or 1024 KB ISP Flash ROM for SpartaDOS X (or any other cartridge of such type), flashable from the Atari. This ROM can be physically disabled using a dedicated switch. The switch is not installed in the device shown on photos below.
• Contains a real time clock circuitry to be used with SpartaDOS X. If someone doesn’t want to use it, the module is anyway fully compatible with an external R-Time 8 or internally mounted ARC.
• A LED flashing during the I/O.

source: atariage.com

Autopsy:

Personal note (PLA Compatibility): I have tested the EasyFlash cartridge with a Commodore 64 with installed a PLA replacement by Manosoft and it works Perfectly!

I bought mine fully assembled from Mike Betz via Lemon64 Forums.

EasyFlash is a cartridge for the C64 expansion port. In contrast to traditional cartridges, this one can be programmed directly from the C64.

You can easily create various classic computer game cartridges, program collections or even a diagnostic cartridge to track down issues with your hardware with it. All what you need to do this is a C64, an EasyFlash, the software available here and an image of the cartridge (*.crt). As these CRT files may be quite large, a large disk drive like the FD-2000 or an sd2iec may be useful.

EasyFlash is not a freezer cartridge like the Final Cartridge III or the Retro Replay. And it’s no replacement for a 1541 disk drive like the sd2iec.

source: skoe.de/easyflash lemon64.com

This is a Isterinvite 2011 party invitation demo, a very wonderful work made by Genesis Project.

source: noname.c64.org facebook.com

This is one of my favorite Commodore 64 game. Congo Bongo from SEGA (1983).

Thanks Nostalgia for the Crack and Trainer.

source: noname.c64.org

Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian.

This is the official demo party results from Forever C (Top 3 C64 Entries only). See also the Forver 8bit party homepage for more informations and download.

C64 DEMO competition:

• 1. Colony /A.P.I.
• 2. ??????? /DMAgic
• 3. High Five /Arise, Lepsi De, Miracles

C64 1kB INTRO competition:

• 1. 8in1 /Zielok
• 2. 1k demo /DMAgic
• 3. Modular Art /Vulture

C64 GRAPHIC Competition:

• 1. Happy Teddy /Piesiu
• 2. Rrion preview /Carrion
• 3. Dna infection /Almighty God

C64 MUSIC Competition:

• 1. Short Poppy / Conrad
• 2. Fluterror   /Sad
• 3. Blind With Chrome / CreaMD

source: forever.zeroteam.sk

Onslaught / Wrath Designs / Vandalism, bring you the 55th issue of the Vandalism News.

source: noname.c64.org

C64 Studio written by Georg Rottensteiner is a Macro Assembler for Commodore 64.

This dev-tool is based on Acme and WinVice and run on M$ Windows machine.

source: noname.c64.org

DirMaster is a Windows-based GUI tool useful for the management of common (and uncommon) emulator formats (such as .d64, .d81, .t64, etc) as well as native archival formats (such as .arc, .sda, .lnx, etc).

New in this version:

• .lbr unpack support.
• “Print Sleeve” function.
• Installs and uses our own “C64 Elite Mono” TrueType font.
• More fault tolerant “Run In” emulator integration.
• and numerous other user interface tweaks and bug fixes.

source: style64.org

CBM prg Studio allows you to type a BASIC or Machine Code program in using a nice Windows environment and convert it to a ‘.prg’ file which you can run on an emulator, or even a real C64 or VIC20 if you’re feeling brave and have the right kit.

CBM prg Studio is a replacement for C64PrgGen and VIC20PrgGen and is designed to be a single development tool which will cover some of the early CBM 8-bit machines.

source: ajordison.co.uk

FOReVER C the 8bit computers multiscene party opens the door from 18.o3.2o11 to 2o.o3.2o11 in horna suca (trencin / slovakia / europe). you can take your place in the competitions, quizes, talks or just enjoy the atmosphere.

Everybody are welcome. The scenes are still the same (atari, commodore, zx spectrum, amstrad cpc, sam coupe) and the new ones are welcome (pmd? msx?), we fight on the bigscreen, but we are all very friendly in real.

source: forever.zeroteam.sk

Onslaught has released the game Zak McKracken + Maniac Mansion for Commodore 64 on a single Easyflash cartridge. This version also include the full docs and cheat, a German version of the game is also available.

This version includes:

• 2 savegames directly to Easyflash for each game.
• The complete original docs on both.
• Simple, but helpful cheats.
• Cool SID covers from Conrad.
• Savegame management to dump stored savegames to disk or restore them.

source: noname.c64.org

UberCassette is a solution for the archival and restoration of programs on cassette tapes for 8-bit machines from the 80′s.

There are many programs out there for doing this, some of them work, some don’t so well. Many of them work as long as you have an old enough machine to run them on. No other program does many different types, though.

UberCassette supports tape formats for: Commodore C16/+4, Commodore C64, Commodore,VIC-20, Acorn Electron, Acorn BBC, Sinclair Spectrum, Amstrad CPC464.

Development Log V0.04 16/03/2011:

• Many new parameters, and including Spectrum and Amstrad modes!
• Also changed the internals for better wave detection.
• Added error retrying for Spectrum ROM loaders, using the XOR byte at the end of the block.

download: UberCassette v0.04 MAC Fix (Version 0.04) (474 Kb)

source: retroreview.com

CBM-Command is a disk manager for the Commodore 64 / Commodore 128 / Commodore VIC20 and 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 – Version 2.0 – 2011-03-17 – Final Release

This is the final release of CBM-Command Version 2.0. This version is intended to replace all prior versions you may have downloaded. Please see release notes for prior versions to get comprehensive list of changes.

New Features:

• (C64) Added double-buffering when displaying the directory in a panel. This eliminates the flickering that users were experiencing when scrolling through long directories.

Changes:

• (All Machines) Changed the algorithm for displaying the directory in a panel. This greatly speeds up the scrolling of long directories, especially on the C128.

Known Issues:

• None at this time.

source: cbmcommand.codeplex.com