Snake Oil Software presenta Snake on a Plane un nuovo gioco per Commodore 64, tratto da un gioco per Atari 2600 sulla base del film Snakes on a Plane.

source: noname.c64.org

Nuovi Giochi e Utility per Commodore VIC-20.

• Raw tape transfer 1.0. Tool to transfer files from tape to disk, including tape headers. Useful for analysing original games. Can transfer any memory region on an unexpanded vic.
• TGA – The Great Adventure. Conversion from the Commodore 64 of a classic Italian multiple-choice text RPG written by Alessandro Castellari in 1983. Try it on your VIC with the nice graphics of hi-res and multi-colour screens.

source: Denial (The Commodore VIC-20 forum)

iAN CooG ha rilasciato una nuova versione del Generic C64 prg Unpacker v2.23 (Sorgenti Inclusi).

History:

v2.23 – 2010.06.12 – 2010.07.30

• Found a Time cruncher hack expecting registers set by JSR $FD15 ($31/$30/$ff), now it’s handled correctly in pass 1.
• In verbose mode, now also number of iterations and total cycles taken by the simulated CPU are printed, just to see which is the slowest&fastest unpacker.
• Raised max iterations to support VERY intensive unpackers like ALZ64, worst testcase I found needs 27097007 (0x019D77AF) iterations to finish unpacking. This cruncher isn’t really meant for crunching programs ranging from $0801 to $ff00 due to its slowness, but still has to be supported even when abused =) New max value is set to 0×02000000, should be more than enough for anything that actually reaches end of unpacking, and won’t cause too much delay with programs that can’t be really unpacked or with endless loops.

Prosegui la lettura…

SD2IEC – è un’interfaccia hardware che emula il Floppy Drive 1541 del Commodore 64/VIC20 utilizzando una scheda SD al posto dei Floppy da 5¼ pollici.

Hardware e il Firmware sono disponibili sotto licenza open source (GPL).

Changelog:

2010-08-02 – release 0.9.3

• Bugfix: Extension hiding works again with names >12 characters.
• Bugfix: Increase data hold time during standard TALK.
• Testing aid: card detect-to-LED function.

source: sd2iec.de gitweb forum thread c64-wiki

Autopsy:

La cartuccia Atarimax Maxflash Multi Cartridges e’ una cartuccia programmabile con Memoria Flash.

La cartuccia puo’ essere programmata attaverso il suo programmatore USB Esterno (venduto separatamente) oppure utilizzando un programma che gira nativo su Atari che scrive nella cartuccia senza bisogno di programmatori esterni.

Video del programma Maxflash Studio:

source: atarimax.com

Realms of Quest III e’ un gioco del genere RPG per Commodore VIC20.

Un RPG ovvero Role Playing Game e’ un gioco nel quale le persone si divertono a prendere il ruolo di un personaggio e farlo vivere.

source: psytronik software

La mia interfaccia SIO2SD ha deciso di smettere di funzionare dopo un paio di ore che provavo Giochi e Demo.

Ho risolto il problema riprogrammando il firmware con un programmatore per Atmel STK500 USB ISP Programmer e l’utility AVRDUDE.

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Risolto il problema del firmware crash dell’interfaccia SIO2SD.

L’interfaccia SIO2SD per Atari 8-bit Atari XL / XE è un dispositivo che consente di caricare i giochi e applicazioni da schede di memoria SD/MMC. L’interfaccia viene connessa tramite il connettore SIO (Serial Input/Output) dell’Atari.

Autopsy:

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Rieccomi qui a fotografare l’ennesimo Commodore 64C ;-D , ma questo si distingue per la sua confezione Originale tenuta molto bene. La confezione comprende il Commodore 64C , l’alimentatore originale, il manuale e il cavo di antenna.

source: wikipedia

CBM-Command è un disk manager multipiattaforma per Commodore 64 / Commodore 128 / Commodore VIC20 / Commodore C16. L’interfaccia assomiglia al Norton Commander / Midnight Commander ma molto più semplice e perfettamente integrata nel sistema operativo. La versione per Commodore 128 puo’ girare anche a 80 colonne.

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

Principali Funzionalita’:

• Memorizza i giochi del Commodore 64 con un semplice wizard.
• Gestisce facilmente i programmi del C64 con la creazione di categorie.
• Avvia i programmi del C64 con diversi emulatori.
• Fornisce istruzioni dettalgiate per gli emulatori VICE e CCS64.
• Gestisce e Memorizza i files con le estensioni. D64,. D71,. P00,. PRG e. T64.
• Gestisce e Memorizza i files con le estensioni: .tap .vsf (VICE-snapshot-file) e .c64 (CCS-session-file)
• Gestisce e Memorizza i files con le estensioni: .zip, .7z e .cab.
• Supporto multi linguaggio.

Versione v3.2 – Cosa c’e’ di nuovo?

• NEW: PDF-files can be stored.
• NEW: Search window in the Gamebase list.
• NEW: Italian translation (Thanks to xAD/nIGHTFALL)
• NEW: The creation of profiles for tools was simplified.
• FIXED: Improved display of the filesizeBUG fixed: Search window not closed at exit.
• BUG fixed: Error with long filenames.

source: Mikes Pages

Commodore Free Magazine Issue #42

In questo numero potete trovare:

• Editorial.
• News.
• The Early Days of Online Genealogy.
• Interview With Björg Stojalowski.
• Interview With Ross Myers.
• A Quick Look At BasicEdit.

source: commodorefree.com

testo tratto dalla Homepage 1541 Ultimate:

• Last firmware version: 2.0RC5 is now downloadable from the download page.

• Ultimate-II sources released!

You can access them through http://svn2.xp-dev.com/svn/1541UltimateII/.

For those who know how to use SVN, you can do a checkout to create a local working copy by typing:

svn co http://svn2.xp-dev.com/svn/1541UltimateII/trunk

in an empty directory. I am working on a short manual, and on access to the tools needed to build the project. This time, the FPGA sources have been released as well. ;-)

source: 1541ultimate.net

Cheril Perils è un nuovo gioco firmato The Mojon Twins per ZX Spectrum 48k.

source: mojontwins.com

CBM-Command è un disk manager multipiattaforma per Commodore 64 / Commodore 128 / Commodore VIC20 / Commodore C16. L’interfaccia assomiglia al Norton Commander / Midnight Commander ma molto più semplice e perfettamente integrata nel sistema operativo. La versione per Commodore 128 puo’ girare anche a 80 colonne.

Questa versione contiene molti miglioramenti e fix delle funzionalità esistenti, include il supporto per VIC 20, Plus 4 e la nuova funzionalita’ per il formato disco .D81

Release Notes – 2010-07-21 – Version 1.5

New Features:

• (ALL) New color picker for the configuration program.
• (64, 128, PLUS 4) 1581 Disk Image (D81) Support.
• Added support for Commodore Plus 4 computer.
• 32K Expanded VIC-20 now supported.

Changes:

• (ALL) Removed CTRL key from hot keys that previously required it. Hot keys the use the C= key still require it.
• (ALL) If you have 1 or more files selected (highlighted) and choose delete, all selected files will be deleted. If you do not have any files selected (highlighted) then only the file that the selector is pointing to will be deleted.
• (ALL) When you rename a file the textbox is pre-populated with the name of the old file.
• (VIC 20, Plus 4) Configuration files are enabled and working correctly.
• (ALL) Changed the UI for file transfers to use a new progress bar to give feedback on the copy operation.
• (64, 128, Plus 4) Changed the UI for disk image creation/writing to use a new progress bar to give feedback on the image operation.
• (VIC20) Refactored many of the screens to better fit the 22×23 layout.
• (VIC20) Filename shortening removed and the file type moved to the left of the directory display.
• (PLUS4) Created color scheme to match the environment.
• (VIC20) Panels are not displayed side by side, only one panel is displayed at a time.
• (VIC20) D64 support is removed, the RAM was needed elsewhere.
• (ALL) The screen has been made more scalable.

Known Issues:

• None.

source: cbmcommand.codeplex.com