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(Italian) Brusaporto Retrocomputing Edizione 2010

September 3rd, 2010 No comments

Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian.

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1541 Ultimate II: New firmware v2.0RC8

September 2nd, 2010 No comments

A new version of the firmware for the interface 1541 Ultimate II is released.

Some major fix:

  • C1541 rom load now supports loading 8K roms (E000-FFFF only).
  • File name now defaults to directory “/SdCard/Part0″. Use ‘/’ at the beginning to override.
  • Comment added in the application
  • Various bugfixes in path code. [IMPORTANT!]
  • Version updated to 2.0RC8.

download: 1541ultimate.net

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Commodore Amiga 3000 / MultiFaceCard III / GVP 8Mb

August 31st, 2010 No comments
Commodore Amiga 3000

Autopsy:

This is my Commodore Amiga 3000. I used this computer for many years, example: for my BBS “Hidden Power“, coding Amiga / Snes Demos & Trainer and other fun stuff.

I decided to pull out of the box and try if still works, i must say that everything works like 15 years ago (including the Harddisk).

Description:

  • Commodore Amiga 3000 rev B2.
  • MultiFaceCard III (multi Serial Ports)
  • GVP Card with 8 Mb of Fast Memory installed.
  • Removed the original Battery.

from Wikipedia:

Released in June 1990, The Commodore Amiga  3000 was the third major release in the Amiga computer family. It revealed a much more focused and sincere attempt to build a high-end professional multimedia computer, boasting improved processing speed, better rendering of graphics, and a revision of the increasingly haggard operating system.

Its predecessors, the Amiga 500,1000 and 2000, shared the same fundamental system architecture and consequently performed without considerable variance in processing speed despite considerable variance in purchase price. The A3000 however, was entirely reworked and rethought as a genuine high-end workstation.

The new Motorola 32-bit 68030 CPU, 68882 math co-processor, and 32-bit system memory helped increase the “integer” processing speed by a factor of 5 to 18, and the “floating point” processing speed by a factor of 7 to 200 times. The new 32-bit Zorro III expansion slots provided for faster and more powerful expansion capabilities.

source: wikipedia

1541 Ultimate II: New firmware v2.0RC7

August 29th, 2010 No comments

A new version of the firmware for the interface 1541 Ultimate II is released.

Some major fix:

  • Update fixed => C64 should be taken out of reset otherwise keyboard won’t work.
  • RTC speed correction implemented.
  • Screen flicker removed by not clearing the screen upon “draw()”
  • Double file name fixed at create D64.
  • C64 kept in reset to avoid basic screen before cart screen.
  • C1541 rom load fixed.
  • Delete file implemented.
  • Sorting of dir entries (DIR first) still needs to be tested.
  • REU Filetype added.
  • Double filenames fixed.
  • Rename fixed (I think!)
  • Error handling improved, error strings added.

download: 1541ultimate.net

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August 28th, 2010 Comments off