DirMaster is a Windows-based GUI application designed to help Commodore enthusiasts explore and manage their disk image collections.

DirMaster supports common (and uncommon) emulator disk image formats (such as .d64, .d81, .d2m, etc), almost every native Commodore archival format (such as .arc, .sda, .lnx, etc), and many native graphic formats (such as koala, doodle, amica, etc).

DirMaster was designed to give users a perfect blend of familiar appearance (e.g. natural looking disk image contents using the PETSCII character set) and modern GUI functionality (e.g. drag and drop, opening multiple disk images at once). The first version of DirMaster was released in 2006

Issues reported by users that were resolved in v3.1.5:

• BAM can display a file chain for an offset file depending on Show Deleted Files toggle [0200] (M. Huth)
• allow VIC-20 BASIC files to be viewed [0201] (S. Houdek)

Issues resolved due to user interest in v3.1.5:

DirMaster has supported 40 track disks since v3 in a limited read-only manner. Some users (most recently, hedning/G*P) expressed interest in better support for 40 track .d64; in response, v3.1.5 resolves these issues, with more features likely in a future version:

• PrologicDOS diskname and id are read from the wrong location [0176]
• improve detection of PrologicDOS, DolphinDOS and SpeedDOS [0208]
• blocks free doesn’t account for tracks 36-40 when an extended track DOS format is detected [0209]
• enable writing files to tracks 36-40 on extended DOS format d64 [0210]
• extending a disk from 35 to 40 tracks should initialize the extra BAM for a default extended DOS (default = DolphinDOS) [0211]

Thanks to all who made an effort to submit bug reports and feedback. If you sent a bug report and don’t see it addressed here, don’t worry, it’s in the queue.

Other issues resolved in v3.1.5:

• Can’t set a sector error to 29 [0202]
• a .cvt file that contained a .cvt file would unarchive back to the containing .cvt [0203]

Download: DirMaster v3.1.5 (621)

source: style64.org/dirmaster

There are not many interesting things to recover, for example the 256k x 4 ZIP Ram are absolutely useless.

So what i have recovered that could helpful (never) is the Motorola 68030RC20B CPU, the 68882RC25 math coprocessor and 3 x Clock Oscillator.

Gallery:

This monitor is the PAL predecessor to the Commodore 1802. It appears to be a contemporary of the CM-141 and the brown-casing 1802. They both have dual inputs (Composite video/audio, and chroma/luma/audio) with a switch in front to select between them.

The Monitor although in excellent condition don’t work correctly, the image displayed was in black and white.

The problem was the oxidation of a little trimmer (see photo / orange trimmer) and it was enough to turn it a bit and put it back in its original position.

Other small defects fixed:

• Bad geometry – Calibration of the Deflection yoke.
• Out of Focus – Calibration Trimmer Focus on Flyback.
• V-HOLD fine adjustment on the Monitor PCB.
• Glued a piece of plastic broken at the base of the monitor.

Gallery:

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Download: Commodore Monitor Model 1801 Instruction Manual (775)

source: gona.mactar.hu/Commodore/monitor/

The ZX Diag Cart by ByteDelight will visually show all kinds of details of your ZX Spectrum, which is both looking cool and useful at the same time!

It will make diagnosing defects a lot easier:

• Quickly check if voltages are present.
• If there is a dataline ‘stuck’
• If the M1 line is working…

The ZX Diag Cart automatically detects to which ZX Spectrum model it is connected, so it can control the ROM signals on ZX Spectrum 16/48K, 128K+, +2, +2A or +3, and many clones.

ZX Diag Cart Test and Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k Issue 2 Repair:

I wanted to try this nice but also useful interface with my historical Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k, not even doing it on purpose after several years of total inactivity the ZX Spectrum no longer worked.

The defect can i see is a total malfunction of the Basic interpreter with random errors and using the ZX Diag Cart i have see an error on all 16k RAM banks.

The voltage monitoring LEDs on the ZX Diag Cart show me that the -5v and the +12v are missing, consequently it was not a RAM problem but instead the transistor ZTX 650 (TR4)

Replaced the transistor it all work perfectly and passed all disgnostic test of the Diag Cart.

Gallery of the repair:

ByteDelight ZX Diag Cart Video:

Download:

• ByteDelight ZX Diag Cart Manual (1708)
• ZX Diiag Cart v2.15 +2A/+3 Fix (549)
• ZX Diag Cart Manual and Build Guide (778)

source: bytedelight.com

Two new mounting system for the optional RGB controllable 24 LED light strip for inside the 64c case.

Angled mount version:

This mounting design attaches to the top of the metal shield surrounding the cartridge port. Its angle allows the light of the RGB LEDs to exit through the ventilation slots of the C64c case.

Keyboard mount version:

This mounting design attaches to the back lip of the keyboard through existing factory holes using black oxide screws and heatsets. It is a two piece system with a left and right component.

Like the previous version, the RGB LED light comes out through the ventilation slots of the C64c case.

Note:

This version is not fully compatible with my keyboard mount that i’m using on the left side. I had to remove with the hacksaw a piece of plastic to solve the problem. (see photo)

Gallery:

source: corei64.com

Texas Instruments TI-99 Power Supply Repair.

Defect:

• Missing 16v (AC)

Repair:

• Replaced the Thermal Fuse with one of 125° 2A (see photo).

Gallery of the repair:

DigiLog FD-2064 (C64 Floppy Drive Clone) Repair.

Defect:

• The Floppy Drive don’t read anything on the Floppy Disk (The reading led light is always off and the Head doesn’t move)

Repair:

• Replaced a 74LS10 IC.

Other:

• Dump ROM (EPROM)

Gallery of the repair:

Download: DigiLog FD-2064 ROM (452)

Not fully satisfied of the Pi2SCART purchased a couple of years ago i also wanted to try the RGB-Pi (Scart & Jamma) interface and i must say that in combination with the RGB-Pi OS software it does his dirty work.

What i liked about the RGB-Pi OS software is the extreme facility to adjust the size and position of the screen and all games (vertical or horizontal) adapt perfectly.

The Software also includes other enhancements that you may like or dislike.

Monitor used: TAXAN Vision EX Monitor.

Gallery:

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source: rgb-pi.com

After many years i have decided to made some improvements to my Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k Issue 2.

Below what has been done:

• Replaced the obsolete 7805 voltage regulator with a modern and performant one that heats up much less; the TRACO Power 2450 (DC / DC Converter)
• Replaced the ULA Ferranti with a fully compatible FPGA solution (vLA82 designed and created by Charlie Ingley). Again it does not heat anything.
• Replacement of all electrolytic capacitors.
• Rework of an old Composite MOD with a more performing one.
• Replaced the Membrane and the bioadhesive to fix the keyboard with hard keys.

Gallery:

NEW TAG: C64 BIG GAME PACK

Some new games or tools (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups.

Titles:

• Words8 +D
• Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde +DPGS
• Indigoo
• TOOP V1.00
• 8Bit-Slicks (Update 2020-01-05)
• TOOP +1D
• King’s Valley +4DGH
• Castle Nightmare +3
• Katabatia +4D
• Neoclyps +4DGHM
• The Towers of Hanoi +T
• Into Hinterland World
• Flax +D
• Alea Preview +
• Pac-Man 25th Anniversary Edition 64 +HG
• Into Hinterland World +
• Kkniffel V2.32
• Wolves Preview +
• Into Hinterland World +4
• Sly Spy Secret Agent +H
• Die Hard 2 +6
• Crackpots
• Crackpots V1.01 +1D
• Crackpots +1D
• Crackpots V1.01
• Unnamed Dungeon Crawler Preview
• Fire! +
• Fire! +1H
• Hero of the Golden Talisman USA +3DPF
• Artura USA +1D
• The Last V8 USA +3PD
• Speed King USA +1PD
• Energy Warrior USA +3D
• Donald’s Snow Fight +2
• Major Blink +1H
• Skywalker +G
• Kaiser +5DGF [english]
• Metall Glimmer Really Buggy Preview !!
• Major Blink +2DH
• Major Blink
• Kalaspuffs Expressen +6H [swedish]
• Freakout Preview
• Escape +5HT
• Bucket Wars 128 [C128]
• Return of the Lions Preview
• One on One Preview
• Alternate Reality – The City +11D
• The Queen’s Footsteps +D
• Plumber’s Smile Preview +
• Moonshadow 2 Preview V2
• The Queen’s Footsteps +D
• 105 +2D
• You Had One Job +
• Alien Syndrome +9HD [IDE64]
• Old Tower +2
• Old Tower +1D
• Old Tower +2D
• 10×10! +D
• Old Tower +3
• Old Tower +3D
• Hat Trick 2020
• 10×10! +HD
• Vega
• Drunken Chopsticks
• Angle Racer 64
• PSI-5 Trading Company +4D
• Vega +3
• Drunken Chopsticks +1HF
• MatchSCII
• Bucket Wars V1.1 +
• Bucket Wars 1.1 [C128]
• J.E.R.O. +
• Beatnik Bert +
• Old Tower +3D
• Catgame Preview
• Toxic (2020 Edition) +3D
• Toxic (2020 Edition)

Download: All Games in One Archive (6011)

source: csdb.dk

This is the official demo party results from BCC #14. See also the CSDB BCC #14 section for more informations and download.

C64 Demo:

• 1 – Stacked by Padua
• 2 – Kyfnkacxkn by Delysid
• 3 – Breakdance by Delysid
• 4 – The New Ninja Skateboarders of Death by The New Ninja Skateboarders of Death            

C64 Music:

• 1 – Az ég leesik by dalezy
• 1 – Quicky Wanky by Glafouk
• 3 – Firefly by Mythus
• 4 – Lamento Boliviano by Uctumi
• 5 – Den hyggelige komponist by Røly
• 6 – SYS4000AGAIN by Sonki

C64 Graphics:

• 1 – The Legend of the Secret Tomb by Luisa/Oni
• 2 – Zauberwald by Fabs
• 3 – Martial Fart Ninjas by Mythus
• 4 – Diskettenpolizei by Exocet
• 5 – It’s Kenda by TheRyk
• 6 – The Whale Huntress by Neuronik

C64 Game:

• 1 – Vega by Atwoods Studios
• 2 – Drunken Chopsticks by Atlantis    
• 3 – Angle Racer 64 by Tale-X    

C64 64k Demo:

• 1 – Gubbdata 2020 by Genesis Project
• 2 – The NiX Files by Mayday!
• 3 – Tetristro by Excess    
• 4 – Gr33ntro by Excess

Productions released outside compos:

• 10×10! +HD by Excess (Crack)
• 10×10! +HD by Excess (Crack)
• Drunken Chopsticks +1HF by Excess (Crack)
• PSI-5 Trading Company +4D by Avatar (Crack)
• Vega +3 by Excess (Crack)

Download: BCC #14 Full Party Stuff (674)

source: csdb.dk

DirMaster is a Windows-based GUI application designed to help Commodore enthusiasts explore and manage their disk image collections.

DirMaster supports common (and uncommon) emulator disk image formats (such as .d64, .d81, .d2m, etc), almost every native Commodore archival format (such as .arc, .sda, .lnx, etc), and many native graphic formats (such as koala, doodle, amica, etc).

DirMaster was designed to give users a perfect blend of familiar appearance (e.g. natural looking disk image contents using the PETSCII character set) and modern GUI functionality (e.g. drag and drop, opening multiple disk images at once). The first version of DirMaster was released in 2006

Issues reported by users that were resolved in v3.1.4:

• On a d81, we cannot navigate into a subdirectory created inside a subdirectory [0193] (scott.hutter)
• A large (32 blocks) GEOS VLIR file that cannot be copied between disks [0188] (user provided test file, thank you! birt_j)
• When exiting DirMaster, saving all modified disk images by clicking “Yes to all” fails silently [0183] (stephan-andres)
• Exported .cvt files don’t conform with .cvt format’s magic string [0184] (wweicht)
• Certain small GEOS files are not exportable or copy-able between disks [0187] (user provided test files, thank you! wweicht)

Thanks to all who made an effort to submit bug reports. If you sent a bug report and don’t see it addressed here, don’t worry, it’s in the queue.

Other issues resolved in v3.1.4:

• High CPU usage when BAM view is open [0198]
• Editing a GEOS date stamp in File Properties has no effect [0192]
• File Property modified indicator (bold text) isn’t reset when selecting a new file [0195]
• File Properties GEOS description field ‘help text’ is not updated when selecting a different file [0197]
• Application crash when no file is selected and certain GEOS properties are changed in File Properties dialog [0194]
• GEOS file properties date reports a day and month 1 step larger than actual GEOS [0191]
• cvt files use the global fill byte setting to pad records, but shouldn’t [0189]
• GEOS description field in file properties dialog sometimes displays garbage [0190]

Download: DirMaster v3.1.4 (539)

source: style64.org/dirmaster

This is the official demo party results from Fjälldata 2020. See also the Fjälldata 2020 section for more informations and download.

C64 Demo:

• 1. Remains by Booze Design
• 2. Limbo Living by Fossil
• 3. In a Hurry by Padua
• 4. The Night It Snowed by Genesis Project
• 5. Vi drar till by Dinasours
• 6. Canada Demo by KMS
• 7. No Wolf by Dinasours

C64 Music:

• 1. Wasted All These Years by Dane
• 2. Gin and Electronic by Fegolhuzz
• 3. 35 Years by Polynomy
• 4. Nexus by Mythus
• 5. Block’n'Ball by Apollyon
• 6. Nothing Left by Pepsi
• 7. Umpa Bumpa by Skyffel

C64 Graphics:

• 1. Free Your Mind by Facet
• 2. Frostsmoker by Razorback
• 3. The Great Lake Monster by Raphis
• 4. Fire Stalk with Me by Apollyon
• 5. The Thief (he eats peas) by Twoflower
• 6. Mythus the Warrior by Mythus
• 7. Catch a Trout by Lobo
• 8. Hangover Dream by Fabs
• 9. Jämtskogen by Lft
• 10. I’ve Done Fucked Up, Terrible Things but I’ve Met Amazing People by Rail Slave
• 11. Exercise in Futility by Frost
• 12. Splat by Creep
• 13. You Shall Not Pass by Steffan
• 14. Fjell Gibson by Skyffel
• 15. Jamtlannskt vemod by Frost    
• 16. Fjälldata 2030 by Stein Pedersen
• 17. DragonDiscLady by Slaxx
• 18. FjellCo by Skyffel

Mixed Music:

• 1. Into the Unknown by Lft
• 2. The Reincarnation by Triad    
• 3. Ukulele Girl by Triad
• 4. Babyshark by Fairlight
• 5. Popk by Dinasours

Download: Fjalldata 2020 Full Party Stuff (710)

source: csdb.dk

A new firmware update for the ARM2SiD has been released by Nobomi.

News features and fixes in FW 3.7:

• Compared to version 3.6, only marginal changes, added reading of OSC3 and ENV3 registers to the third SID emulation.
• Simplified user interface for the update application.
• Compared to version 3.5, a quick response in stereo mode was added (when using a second socket), the dual-mono mode is activated without timeout when both socket is addressed in the same time.
• Also upper addresses mapping is fixed in the update (sometimes misaligned address detection in the update application).
• Corrected bug in bootloader. If user tried an update with SFX only mode configured, the ARM2SID stuck in the bootloader and was not possible to update it on a user side. Factory update was needed. New updater disables the SFX mode, as well as patches the bootloader to prevent problems in a future.

Download:

• ARM2SiD v3.7 (610)

source: dzi.n.cz/8bit/arm2sid

Atari 2600 JR (version without RF Modulator Box) PAL Composite Video Mod for my friend Charlie.

Gallery of the work done:

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source: blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk