This is the official demo party results from Datastorm 2011 (Top 3 Entries only). See also the CSDB DATASTORM 2011 section for more informations.

C64 Demo:

• 1 Lash by Fairlight.
• 2 Flexxible by Fatzone.
• 3 Princess in the Kingdom of Subpixels by Mahoney.

C64 4K Intro:

• 1 4uck the World.

C64 Music:

• 1 Dunk Brothers by Wiklund.
• 2 End Stage – Final Challenge by radiantx.
• 3 25 Years Into the SIDwave by rambones.

C64 Graphics:

• 1 You Here Now by Archmage.
• 2 Ruined by hedning.

Download Datastorm 2011 Party stuff: DATASTORM 2011 (410 Kb)

source: datastorm.se

EasyProg is a program for the C64/C128. It is used to write (“burn”) cartridge image files (*.crt) onto an EasyFlash.

Version 1.5.0 – 02.02.2011:

• Fast loader for 1541, 1581, sd2iec and uIEC and compatible drives.
• Some speed optimizations.
• EAPI code for all EasyFlash variants integrated.
• Minor UI improvements.
• Detailed error reports, e.g. when flash memory is write protected.

source: easyflash homepage

The HxC Floppy Drive Emulator is a software and hardware system created by jfdn aka Jeff.

The aim of this project is to replace the floppy disk drive by an electronic device emulating the floppy disk drive (list of supported Computer/Hardware).

There are two differents emulators:

• A USB version which allows to connect the floppy disk drive interface of the computer to a PC via a USB cable.
• A SDCARD version which allows to emulate floppy disks which images are stored in a SDCARD.

Release notes for the SD HxCFloppyEmulator firmware upgrade v1.5.1.0:

• Direct access mode : Bad Write mode corrected.
• Display: Negative Track position bug corrected.
• Internal : write mode selection code clean up.
• … full release notes here

source: hxc2001.free.fr

Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian.

Commodore Free Magazine Issue #47

Free to download Commodore magazine dedicated to Commodore Computers.

source: commodorefree.com

DATASTORM, the ultimate winter party for people operating on machines with SOUL. It’s going down on the the 4:th of February 2011 and keeps going until the 6:th of February 2011.

Partylocation is as usual the city of Gothenburg at the swedish bestcoast – the stronghold of the swedish amigascene. The city is easy to reach through two international airports, ferry and train.

source: datastorm.se

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

VirtualC64 emulates a Commodore 64 personal computer on your Intel Macintosh OSx > 10.6.

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.

Bug fixes and enhancements:

• New screen geometry. New values reflect width, height, and aspect ratio of a real PAL or NTSC machine.
• Added controls for shifting and zooming screen borders.
• Improved drag’n'drop. Thumbnail images can now be dragged from one emulator window to another.
• Added finder icons for all supported document types.
• D64, T64, PRG, and P00 files can now be opened via the open file dialog (Open menu)
• New background texture and startup animation.

source: dirkwhoffmann.de

The HxC Floppy Drive Emulator is a software and hardware system created by jfdn aka Jeff.

The aim of this project is to replace the floppy disk drive by an electronic device emulating the floppy disk drive (list of supported Computer/Hardware).

There are two differents emulators:

• A USB version which allows to connect the floppy disk drive interface of the computer to a PC via a USB cable.
• A SDCARD version which allows to emulate floppy disks which images are stored in a SDCARD.

Release notes for the HxCFloppyEmulator software v1.5.2.0/v1.5.2.1:

• BUG : Floppy dump tool broken. fixed.
• New files Support : Atari ST DIM image (*.DIM) added.
• New files Support : TI99 V9T9 (*.V9T9 / *.PC99) added.
• IPF File format (http://www.softpres.org/) overlap bug corrected.
• Internal : Tracklen is now the number of bit in the track.
• Internal/HFE generator : Track encoding code now set correctly.
• ISO/IBM track generator : ISO FM track data mark value corrected/changed to 0xFB.

Release notes for the SD HxCFloppyEmulator firmware upgrade v1.5.0.0:

• SDcard : Init frequency corrected.
• SDcard : Multi sector read & Write access added.
• SDCard access time improved (Slow sdcard issues corrected)
• Some important parts of the floppy write support fully rewritten : Important codes improvement (speed & size)
• New MFM/DD  write support bitrate added.
• FM write support added.
• E-mu write support added (E-mu emulator, E-mu emulator II,…)
• Two floppy drive emulation improvement/bug corrected.
• SDCard HxC Floppy emulator settings (sound/blacklight…) are now stored into the eeprom and used at power up. At power up the last known settings are used.
• … full release notes here

source: hxc2001.free.fr