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VirtualC64 v1.0 Beta 8 for Mac OSx

August 25th, 2009 No comments

VirtualC64 emulates a Commodore 64 personal computer on your Macintosh. I wrote the software with two major goals in mind. First, I wanted to create an emulator that can be used as a demonstrator program in a first year or second year course on computer engineering.

To achieve this goal, I have integrated various debugging capabilities that let you peek inside the CPU, RAM, ROM, or one of the custom chips. Second, I tried to make the emulator as user friendly as it can get.

In short: VirtualC64 tries to combine the ongoing fascination of the ancient Commodore computers with the great user experience of today’s Macs.

Changelog:

Fixed in beta 8

  • Joystick handler has been rewritten from scratch. It’s now message based and supports hot plugging.
  • Fixed a race condition that could cause the emulator to crash during shutdown.
  • Fixed some minor GUI issues.

source and download: dirkwhoffmann.de

ACID 64 Player Pro v3.0.2 (Windows)

August 23rd, 2009 No comments

acid64playerlogoACID 64 Player Pro is the sequal of Acid 64 Player and is a cycle based Commodore 64 music player designed for playing SID tunes on sound cards/devices that have a real SID chip (6581/6582/8580) on board like the HardSID cards and HardSID 4U USB device.

ACID 64 emulates the MOS 6510 micro processor, the 6526 CIA chip and partially the 6569 VIC chip to run the code of a SID tune and it controls the SID chip on the device for playing the Commodore 64 music.

What’s new in version v3.0.2:

Fixes

  • No error anymore when last directory was a root folder.
  • Corrected memory bank setting for PSID tunes.
  • Resizing window was corrupting active row of search grids.
  • Minimal width is now set correctly.

Improvements

  • Last played file is remembered now when ACID 64 is started.
  • When Folders tab is clicked, the current selected file will always be visible.
  • Special characters Ø and ø can now be searched by o or oe (re-indexing required)
  • Pressing escape in search boxes will now select the text instead of clearing the input.
  • Selecting a search filter will change the color of the filter box.
  • Copy filename strips HVSCRoot automatically.
  • Seeking (dragging thumb) can now be cancelled by pressing escape key or by pressing right mouse button.
  • Scrolling search results will now update rows immediately without releasing the thumb.
  • Clicking on a folder name in Folders tab will expand the folder.
  • Changed “Browse” tab name to “Folders”

screenshot:


source: acid64.com

Hoxs64 Commodore 64 Emulator Updated v1.0.5.27

August 15th, 2009 No comments

Hoxs64 Commodore 64 EmulatorHoxs64 is a Commodore 64 emulator for Microsoft Windows 2K/XP/Vista.

The emulator substantially reproduces this legacy machine in minute detail.

Changelog:
13 August 2009 v1.0.5.27

  • Added general option to enable/disable opposing joystick directions.
  • Speed optimisation to the CPU, CIA and VIC. The emulation is noticeable faster on lines with no DMA fetches and no IRQs.
  • Bug fix to the reverse keyboard matrix. Was broken for years!
  • Accurate emulation of the $DD00 VIC bank switch bug.

Unless something is majorly broken, the next release will include the long awaited debugger. Work on the debugger is now in progress.

source: hoxs64.net

Hoxs64 Commodore 64 Emulator v1.0.5.26

July 13th, 2009 No comments

Hoxs64 Commodore 64 EmulatorHoxs64 is a Commodore 64 emulator for Microsoft Windows 2K/XP/Vista.

The emulator substantially reproduces this legacy machine in minute detail.

Changelog:
12 July 2009 v1.0.5.26

1) Bug fix to the FDI file format reader. Rapidlok game Serve and Volley now works. Many other FDI
captures now work.
2) New “Disk on Separate Thread” option added to the general settings page. Multi-core CPUs will provide
increased performance when the serial bus is idle.
3) 1541 drive fixes.
4) Numerous VIC mid raster line mode change fixes. A newly discovered edge triggered raster IRQ behaviour
is now implemented as seen on both old and new VIC chips.
5) Joystick fixed to prevent opposing directions from being simultaneously pressed.

source: hoxs64.net

64Copy v4.42 Released

June 14th, 2009 No comments

64COPY is an all-purpose DOS and C64 emulator file manager, modelled after Norton Commander, and runs fine under the Windows XP/2000 DOS VDM, or in real DOS.

64COPY will run in a Windows Vista 32-bit VDM, but Vista 64-bit has no VDM support at all. It specializes in converting and manipulating emulator files between various formats. 64COPY does not do any communication to the 1541/71/81 floppy drives to read disks. If that is what you need, download Star Commander for that task.

Some of what 64COPY does includes:

  • File conversion between D64 (all types, including the F64 variant), D71, D81, D80, D82, DNP, D2M, T64, G64, ZipCode (all types), PC64 (Pxx, Sxx, Uxx, Rxx), LNX, DOS binaries, ARC, CRT, SDA, X64, LBR, ARK, SPY and CPK files.
  • A very powerful 6502 Disassembler.
  • TEXT, HEX and D64 HEX editors.
  • FILE viewer.
  • BASIC unlister.
  • D64, D71, D81, D80 & D82 directory customizer.
  • Check disks and T64, ZipCode, G64, F64 and CRT files for errors.
  • A whole lot more!

source: 64Copy homepage

Csabo’s Commodore Plus/4 Graphics Editor v0.64

June 5th, 2009 No comments

Csabo's Commodore Plus/4 Graphics EditorThis program can be used to make images or logos for the Plus/4 on a PC (Windows).

History:

V0.64: 2009-06-03

  • Preview window added.
  • Screen update optimization: faster performance.
  • PRG file import and export works better.
  • Minor bugfixes.

source: plus4world.powweb.com

SCA Converter v1.0 released by Padua

May 30th, 2009 No comments

nirvana_animSCA – streamed char animation – is an animation (image sequence) with the dimension of 200×160 pixels, converted into the C64 charsets (25×20 chars).

One frame includes two multicolor charsets, the whole animation uses one static video and color RAM. SCA Converter utility (application) creates this kind of animation on Windows platforms.



application screenshot:

Application Screenshot

source: ide64.org

GoatTracker/Mac 2.68

May 22nd, 2009 No comments

goattrackerlogo

GoatTracker is a cross-platform tracker written by Lasse Öörni, producing SID chiptune music for the Commodore 64, and released with source code under the GPL. It is notable for being possibly the only SID chiptune-composer NOT native to the C64, as many alternative composers (including JCH, and CyberTracker) only execute on the C64 or inside C64 emulators.

Many SID tunes are available in various formats on the Internet, especially through the High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC). GoatTracker is capable of directly exporting to the .sid (PSID/RSID) file format in addition to standard C64 PRG files.

This Mac OS X port of GoatTracker integrates the cross-platform code with a standard Mac OS X GUI, and adds additional features, such as MIDI keyboard support and comprehensive built-in help.

Screenshot:


source: www.sidmusic.org/goattracker/mac/

ACID 64 Player Pro v3.0.1 (Windows)

May 20th, 2009 No comments

acid64playerlogoACID 64 Player Pro is the sequal of Acid 64 Player and is a cycle based Commodore 64 music player designed for playing SID tunes on sound cards/devices that have a real SID chip (6581/6582/8580) on board like the HardSID cards and HardSID 4U USB device.

ACID 64 emulates the MOS 6510 micro processor, the 6526 CIA chip and partially the 6569 VIC chip to run the code of a SID tune and it controls the SID chip on the device for playing the Commodore 64 music.

What’s new in version 3.0.1

Fixes

  • On some machines the index file wasn’t created correctly (re-indexing is required)
  • Indexing of folder with a few SIDs is fixed
  • Seek speed isn’t dependent anymore on fast forward limitation
  • STIL and SLDB info are now working for files outside HVSC
  • Minimal horizontal width isn’t locked to previous width anymore

Improvements

  • STIL window can always be opened now and doesn’t close automatically anymore
  • Improved handling of SLDB entries
  • Digital clock color changed
  • Changed a few keyboard short cuts
  • A few other small improvements/fixes

screenshot:


source: acid64.com

ACID 64 Player Pro v3.0.0 (Windows)

May 11th, 2009 No comments

acid64playerlogoACID 64 Player Pro is the sequal of Acid 64 Player and is a cycle based Commodore 64 music player designed for playing SID tunes on sound cards/devices that have a real SID chip (6581/6582/8580) on board like the HardSID cards and HardSID 4U USB device.

ACID 64 emulates the MOS 6510 micro processor, the 6526 CIA chip and partially the 6569 VIC chip to run the code of a SID tune and it controls the SID chip on the device for playing the Commodore 64 music.

What’s new in version 3.0.0

New:

  • Fast incremental SID file search on title, author, year and publisher fields
  • Seek through SID tunes via slider bar
  • Digital clock
  • Scroll wheel support when hovering over grids and list boxes
  • Anonymous usage statistics

Improvements:

  • Tree view of folders
  • SidID search in properties menu is done in background now to access dialog faster
  • Emulation improvements
  • Keyboard navigation improvements
  • Many small improvements/fixes

screenshot:


source: acid64.com

C64 VGE v0.3 – Vector Graphics Editor

c64vgeC64 VGE is small graphics editor in which You can make little sized pictures beacause of using lines and small amount of pixels to draw them.

It was used to made graphics for almost 4K intro “4K Wannabe” by Black Sun and now it’s released to public, maybe it’ll be usefull for someone other than me.

There are 3 example pictures from “4K Wannabe” supplied with editor for You to grasp the concept.

source: noname.c64.org

Java Ice Team Tracker 64 (JITT64) v1.02

Java Ice Team Tracker 64Java Ice Team Tracker 64 is a java based music tracker (editor) for creating music for SID chip of Commodore 64. Instruments are totally based onto tables for full control of sound generation.

The new version comes with some bugs fixed and new features:

  • Option: add the disable conditional compilation optimization.
  • Option: you can select 4 type of frequencies table.
  • Option: filter cut off frequency can now be in siddump format.
  • Option: load/store position/size of pattern and instrument windows.
  • Pattern: add an external separate windows.
  • Pattern: paste can be indipendent for note/instrument/command.
  • Pattern: notes in selection can be inc/dec for one octave or half step.
  • Pattern: octave up/dn and instrument +/- can be activated by keyboard shortcut.
  • Instrument: add missing notify background compilation for AD/SR/Wave changes.
  • Instrument: fix bugged move of instrument in list.
  • Packer: add missing write of ‘write order’
  • Player: conditional compilation to remove instrument code not used.
  • Player: can now use 4 tables of frequencies.
  • Player: fix test of write order.
  • Player: improve quality of sexy-hardrestart.
  • Player: fix rel note in instrument that kill tone-portamento. Now you can skip hardrestart in tone-portamento by not use instrument in the line where you start portamento command.
  • Song: add a progress indicator when loading/saving a song.

download: sourceforge.net

dtv2serTrans Osx Gui v0.1 by Nightfall

April 30th, 2009 No comments

dtv2sertransmacgui

DTV2Ser Trans MAC Gui v0.1 – Concept idea, UI design: Xad – Coding: Lynx This is a simple oSX GUI for dtv2sertrans from Lallafa,

it runs natively on both PPC and Intel based Macs (Universal Binary),requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

Features:

  • Transfer C64 PRG.
  • Send/Run/Send and Run.
  • You can use the SYS for start your proggy.
  • Debug Output Windows.
  • Preferences for Enable/Disable Debug Windows and for configure the dtv2sertrans path.
  • USB Hardware check.
  • AutoUpdate.

Screenshot:

Download: Dtv2SerTransMacGUI (1612)

source: macupdate.com noname.c64.org versiontracker.com

VirtualC64 v1.0 Beta 7 for Mac OSx

April 11th, 2009 3 comments

virtualc64osxVirtualC64 emulates a Commodore 64 personal computer on your Macintosh. I wrote the software with two major goals in mind. First, I wanted to create an emulator that can be used as a demonstrator program in a first year or second year course on computer engineering.

To achieve this goal, I have integrated various debugging capabilities that let you peek inside the CPU, RAM, ROM, or one of the custom chips. Second, I tried to make the emulator as user friendly as it can get.

In short: VirtualC64 tries to combine the ongoing fascination of the ancient Commodore computers with the great user experience of today’s Macs.

source and download: dirkwhoffmann.de

OSx SidPlay v4.1.2 Released

March 23rd, 2009 No comments

sidplayFrom homepage: This version fixes some critical bugs.

Changelog:

  • Fixed crash when changing sampling frequency of audio device before playing a tune.
  • Fixed error handling when syncing a collection that has been deleted and replaced with a file.
  • Added load address to tune details panel of info window.
  • Playlists now end correctly after the last tune if repeat is turned off.
  • Fixed incorrect timing on playback of many different tunes.
  • Small performance improvements.
  • Fixed deleting of playlist items, if playlist is not sorted by index.
  • Playlist item count is updated immediately when items are removed from a playlist.
  • Fixed filter settings when exporting multiple tunes.

source: sidmusic.org