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1541 Ultimate Firmware v1.6 released

1541 UltimateThe annoying bug in the firmware that had rendered the Ethernet interface almost useless has finally been fixed.

In comparison to 1.5, the following has been fixed:

  • Reads from the Ethernet chip have been fixed. The unit now correctly receives packets.

download: 1541U Homepage

Classic Java Retro-Games Online

Popular Retro-Games from the Eighties and Early Nineties online.

source: c64 games nes games gameboy games mastersystem games dos  games

TRiAD sOUNDS oF tHE a M i G A #1

AmigaFantastico Music-Disk dal gruppo Triad, una raccolta di alcune delle migliori musiche Amiga portate sul Commodore 64.

download: noname.c64.org

1541 Ultimate User Guide by N.A. Hoijtink

24 January 2009 4 commenti

Ci spiace, ma questo articolo è disponibile soltanto in English.

Vector Commodore Logo

This is a nice Commodore Logo from Robert Hurst VIC-20 homepage, i have vectorialized it in some formats (svg,eps,pdf).

Download PNG (original): Commodore Logo (1146) - 16.1 KB

Download SVG: Commodore Logo (1222) - 21.27 KB

Download PDF: Commodore Logo (1177) - 22.66 KB

Download EPS: Commodore Logo (1176) - 21.98 KB

XUM1541 – The fast C64 floppy USB adapter

The xum1541 (pronounced “zoom”) is built from a modified version of the xu1541 firmware. It is a USB full speed device and supports high-speed parallel cables. The hardware USB support significantly speeds up transfers. It will support mnib (aka nibtools), which provides low-level imaging to backup copy protected disks.

I’m most excited about this feature since it is critical to archiving original floppies for the C64 Preservation Project.

The ultimate cartridge for your Commodore Vic-20

23 January 2009 1 commento

The ultimate cartridge for your Commodore Vic-20

Mega-Cart’s Gallery

The Mega-Cart’s incredible selection of auto-starting games and handy utilities, coupled with its software-configurable RAM expansion capability, will provide you with hours of fun and discovery.

Yet, despite the immense power and complexity “under the hood” of the Mega-Cart it remains easy to use because of the intuitive all menu-driven selection system.

source: mega-cart.com

SJLOAD C64/C64Dtv Fast Loader

SJLOAD is a C64/C64DTV software fastloader. Its main difference from normal fastloaders is that it only works with Jiffy-enabled drives and uses the Jiffy protocol. This makes it handy for people who have a Jiffy-enabled drive (also new hardware such as SD2IEC) but do not want to make the hardware changes necessary for exchanging the C64 kernal.

SJLOAD speed is a bit higher than normal Jiffy since SJLOAD uses the same protocol but a different implementation (it disables the VICII during load etc.). With an SD2IEC, SJLOAD is about 15% faster than a normal Jiffy kernal.

SJLOAD is loosely based on VDOS (1986) by Edward Carroll. However, the fast loading routines have been replaced completely by 1570.

download: picobay.com/dtv_wiki

New nice WP theme, i hope you like it

Wow, what a nice theme! I spent hours looking for a suitable theme for my site, and this one is perfect. I hope you like it.

Pushover 64 (Preview) a Italian game for C<64

19 January 2009 2 commenti

Commodore 64 Porting from the original Amiga game by Ocean.

download the latest build here: pushover64

forum thread: ready64.org

My new LCD monitor (HP w2228h)

15 January 2009 2 commenti

Web2.0Calc.com

web2.0calc.comWeb2.0calc.com is the supreme online tool for your daily math. In the ‘Expert Calc 2.0′ mode, you can edit your equations in the full-page editor, use Shared Calculations or embed it into your blog/homepage.

source: web2.0calc.com

Physical Drive Image Creator v0.9.1

10 January 2009 1 commento

74521Physical Drive Image Creator V0.9 is freeware Win32 tool which allows you to create full backup of your physical media (CF, hard disk drive) into an image file (raw data image) which can be used in the VICE (WinVICE) C64 emulator with enabled IDE64 card support.

Of course, you are not limited to IDE64 media. The image can be later restored back to physical media.

download: noname.c64.org

64COPY v4.42 by Peter Schepers

A DOS-based utility for C64 image  files that  understands  most  emulator  image formats (D64, T64, D71, D81,  D80,  D82, DNP, D2M, G64, NX, PC64, CRT, X64, ARK, LBR, ARC, SDA, SPY, CPK and the  ZipCode family) as well  as  DOS  binaries,  and converts between them.

It  also  has  a powerful  6502  Disassembler,   Text/HEX Editor, File Viewer, BASIC unlister, D64 HEX   Editor,   Directory    Customizer, CheckTape, CheckDisk, CheckZipCode (4  & 6-pack), CheckCRT, CheckG64 and decoding HQX and UU files. Many DOS functions are also included, as well as lots of  other goodies.

Copyright by Peter Schepers 1994-2009

download: noname.c64.org

Make Waves v1.00 by FMan

Make Waves is a command line utility to make sinus waves for demos and such.

Each wave is composed of one or more discrete waveforms, which can be created independently. You can make waves that represent a full sine wave, any half of it or a quarter. You can also set a range between 0 and 255 to get suitable values for example to position sprites at the correct height.

You are also able to set a variable length for each wave up to 256 bytes.

download: noname.c64.org