Questa è un’altra cartuccia di test che sicuramente può aiutare un po’ le riparazioni, mille grazie all’autore del software DIAG264.

Galleria:

source: diag264 blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk

Sostituzione del contenitore della cartuccia Ultimate II+ di colore nero con quello trasparente.

Galleria:

source: 1541ultimate.net

E’ stato rilasciato del nuovo Software per Commodore 64.

Titoli:

• Fire Breath +
• Fire Breath +3D
• Fire Breath +
• Space Game Preview
• Commie UFO Attack +2
• Fire Breath +4HD
• Fight Run Preview
• Border Blast 3 [seuck]
• Basic Battleships
• Zap Fight 2 – Special Edition [seuck]
• Walker +7FD
• Memory (+Editor) +1TD
• Weasel +3MTD
• The Hunter [seuck]
• Super ACE 1942 [seuck]
• Main Ninja [seuck]
• C64 Maze Preview
• The Legend of the Amazon Women +5DG
• Casino Wheel 64
• Camel’s Back
• Planets of Death Preview
• Hack Attack 1.1
• 8-bit Civilizations – Demo
• Hack Attack 1.1
• 8-bit Civilizations Preview &D
• Roll On
• C64Maze &D
• Munchkin 64 Preview
• Pong Preview 2
• Inner Space Plant Attack +5HD
• Labman +3JTD
• Mastermind 2017
• Funky Fraktions
• C64Maze +JD
• Antarta [seuck]
• Gameboy Tetris
• Moonstone Preview V2 +D
• Snake Preview
• Mastermind 2017 +
• Pretzel Shop
• Donut Shop
• Trader!
• Basic Battleships
• Escape from London Preview
• Rescue at Rana +4D
• Mastermind 2017 +D
• Yatzy +D
• PETSCII-Poker 2016 +D
• Row Man Preview +
• Fort Django V1.1
• Fort Django V1.1 +

Download: All Games in One Archive (3768)

source: csdb.dk

Questi sono i risultati ufficiali del Demo party Datastorm 2017. Per maggiori informazioni o aggiornamenti visita il sito CSDB nella sezione DATASTORM 2017.

C64 Demo:

• 1  Neon by Triad
• 2  The Shores of Reflection by SHAPE
• 3  The Last Hope by Atlantis
• 4  Zoo 2017 Invitation by Artline Designs, Extend, Triad
• 5  Göteborg Tower by Active
• 6  Surdataströmming 99% by Elysium
• 7  Dansa med DNS by Dinasours

C64 4K Intro:

• 1  Belong by Mahoney
• 2  NP Complete by Rabenauge

C64 Music:

• 1  Bait & Switch by Stinsen
• 2  Intertwined by Dane/Lft
• 3  I Just Had Hex on My Wavetable by Fegolhuzz        
• 4  Savers by Zabutom
• 5  Smokish by Kristian Røstøen        
• 6  Too Little Time by Qdor        
• 7  Sculpting the Data by ZZAP69

C64 Graphics:

• 1  Rear View by ilesj
• 2  Spring Gate by Leon
• 3  Incarnations by Twoflower            
• 4  Winter Girl by Hammerfist
• 5  Time to Waste by Malmix        
• 6  Mononkel by hedning
• 7  A Dragon by Sharakmir
• 8  Monster in My Cookie Jar by OhLi        
• 9  Vad är en riktig dator?

Mixed Graphics:

• 1  Grönsaksmördaren by Fatzone        
• 2  Pollygon Wants a Crackfix by Divine Stylers        
• 3  Treasure Trove by PETSCIIBerlin        
• 4  Mr Roboto by Rabenauge        
• 5  Norwegian Barbecue by Darklite, Hoaxers        
• 6  Scrolling Kitchens by Silicon Limited        

Productions released outside compos:

• Argentine Songbook Vol. 1 by PVM (Music Collection)
• Jupiler Dance by Genesis Project (Music)
• Modular Sounds 5 by Artstate (Music Collection)
• T.P.C.T.S. by Bonzai (One-File Demo)

Productions released outside compos:

• Argentine Songbook Vol. 1 by PVM (Music Collection)
• Blackbird 1.0 (Tool)
• Jupiler Dance by Genesis Project (Music)
• Modular Sounds 5 by Artstate (Music Collection)
• Neon poster by Triad (Misc.)
• Ohnesorg by Triad (One-File Demo)
• Spring Gate by Resource/Chorus/Singular (Graphics)
• Suburbia Sprawling by Triad (Graphics)
• T.P.C.T.S. by Bonzai (One-File Demo)

Download: Datastorm 2017 Full Party Stuff (943)

source: datastorm.party

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

L’interfaccia ‘HxC Floppy Drive Emulator‘ è un sistema hardware e software creato da jfdn aka Jeff.

L’obiettivo di questo progetto è quello di sostituire l’unità floppy disk con un dispositivo elettronico che emula il floppy drive (lista dell’hardware supportato).

Esistono due interfaccie di emulazione:

• Una versione USB che permette di collegare l’interfaccia floppy disk drive del computer a un PC tramite un cavo USB.
• Una versione SDCARD che permette di emulare i floppy disk tramite le immagini memorizzate su una SDCARD.

Release notes for the HxCFloppyEmulator software v2.1.6.0:

• XML format definitions : Korg DSS1 DD disks added.
• XML format definitions : Emax II disks added.
• Command line tool : USB loader -> Raw loader added.
• Amstrad DSK file added to the batch converter export list.
• New Writer : Thomson *.FD writer.
• Thomson *.FD loader fixed : Side 1 ID corrected to 0.
• D88 Writer fixed : Cylinder and Side ID correctly set.
• ImageDisk (*.IMD) export : Deleted data mark and data CRC error flags supported.
• FAT12/16 Disk browser : Entries First cluster readback corrected. (With high word uninitialized).
• IMG loader : More disk sizes support added.
• DosDiskBrowser : 1.743MB & 1.764MB added.
• 64bits systems : Batch converter and Dos Disk browser issues fixed.
• MacOS X & Linux version : file export -> Auto-append the file extension.
• Track editor : Disk flux stream reverse function.
• Track viewer & editor : GUI layout changed/updated.

Download:

• HxC Floppy Emulator Software v2.1.6.0 (832)

source: hxc2001.free.fr lotharek.pl

E’ stato rilasciato del nuovo Software per Commodore 64.

Titoli:

• Shotgun X-Mas Edition [2in1] +1KD
• Wizard’s Dominion &D
• Seahorses +1DG
• Genius Preview
• The Final Attack 2017 Redux Remastered Edition [seuck]
• Locators Synd Preview &DT
• Snake Byte (2011) +D
• MAH V1.1
• Judge Dredd +4DGF
• Fire to Jump
• Fire to Jump +
• Fire to Jump +2
• Fire to Jump +
• Stack Up Basic
• Wild West Games Basic
• Fire to Jump +2F
• The Blue and the Gray
• Jump to Fire (preview 0)
• Hack Attack +FD
• Tronscii Preview
• Yogi’s Big Clean Up +3DH
• FX +6DH
• Kinetix +2
• Antaeus Preview +3 & Alloyrun +3
• Poseidon – Planet Eleven Preview
• O-pat-ko-no Preview
• Frogger Arcade +4
• The Bear Essentials
• The Bear Essentials +2DP&Maps
• SID Hero
• An Unusual Dream 1.1
• Lode Runner +6GD
• Angry Golem +D
• The Bear Essentials +D
• Pix-Mas +3
• Pong +D
• Super Silverfish [seuck]
• Zombie Garden
• The Bear Essentials +
• Roadtoad +3
• Supernatural +8M
• Super Silverfish +2DH [seuck]
• C64 RPG Preview
• 2016 ‘Craptastic’ 4kb Compilation
• Frogger Arcade +4
• Matatu
• Ironclad Bastards Preview
• The Uni Games Preview V4
• Super Ski +1HD
• Rise and Shine Professor Miggles +1HD
• Lumberjack +1HD
• Goblin +2HD
• Dog +2HD
• Bonkey Kong +1HD
• Attack of the Mutant Cabbages +3D
• Antarctica +1H
• SOB!
• Osprey!
• Genius +7D
• Mad Crash Racing Preview
• Trap Them 64 Preview
• O-pat-ko-no Preview V2
• Sally’s Garden Preview V2 +6
• Matatu
• Gpac Dementia Defender Preview +3
• Crosca ++
• Gameboy Tetris Preview V3
• 2048 +JH
• Voivod Attack Prv/Slide Show/Tool
• Blast-Off +1
• Kangaroe +2T
• Monster Defense Basic
• Detektyw w sutannie
• QUOD INIT EXIT V1.7
• SID Hero &M
• Mastermind 2017
• Space Doubt +6D
• Star Chase
• Luna 3 +2T
• Luna 3
• Pong

Download: All Games in One Archive (3953)

source: csdb.dk

Qui di seguito è possibile scaricare l’archivio contenente tutte le intro rilasciate per il Commodore 64 per l’vento Intro Creation Competition 2016

Download: Intro Creation Competition 2016 (856)

source: csdb.dk

Questo alimentatore non ha le viti per poterlo aprire, bisogna tagliarlo a meta’ con il dremel per poterlo aprire e riparare.

Difetto:

• Mancano i +5v

Componenti sostituiti:

• 1 x IC CA723CE (Precision Voltage Regulators)

Analisi del guasto:

• Testato che il cavo non fosse interrotto.
• Testato il transistor TIP41C saldato sul PCB.
• Dissaldato il transistor TIP41C e riprovato per avere la certezza 100% che non fosse morto, il transistor non era in corto o interrotto.
• Con il transistor TIP41C dissaldato ho provato l’uscita dell’integrato CA723CE PIN 10 VOUT , che risultava a 0v al posto di +5v mentre l’ingresso non regolato PIN 12 misurava +17v e il VREF PIN 6 era corretto.

Galleria della riparazione:

Hoxs64 scritto da David Horrocks e’ un’ottimo Emulatore di Commodore 64 per Microsoft Windows 2K/XP/Vista/Seven (DirectX 9+).

Changelog:

• Added Benjamin ‘BeRo’ Rosseaux’s P64 1541 file format. Hoxs64 incorporates the P64 source code written by Benjamin ‘BeRo’ Rosseaux author of Mirco64 http://micro64.de The P64 disk representation with its linked list management is now used as the internal real time representation of the disk.
• Fixed numerous bugs with the CIA Time Of Day clocks so as to pass the VICE test programs under testprogs\CIA\tod
• Improved CIA emulation to handle instructions that perform multiple accesses to address $DD0D so as to pass the VICE test testprogs\CIA\dd0dtest\dd0dtest.prg

Download:

• Hoxs64 64 bit v1.0.9.0 (896)
• Hoxs64 32 bit v1.0.9.0 (816)
• Hoxs64 Ansi Win98/2K v1.0.9.0 (743)

source: hoxs64.net

Jurassic News è una fanzine realizzata da appassionati di retro computing con lo scopo di dare vita ad un periodico gratuito che tratti l’informatica delle origini.

Tutti hanno sentito parlare del Commodore64, dello Spectrum o dell’Apple II (tanto per citarne alcuni): sono i nomi fantasiosi dei primi calcolatori personali veramente alla portata di tutti. Qualcuno di voi ne ha posseduto uno o magari lo possiede ancora e ricorda l’eccitazione di quei primi passi nel mondo dell’informatica che ora è ormai esplosa e permanea tutta la nostra vita quotidiana.

Coloro che ricordano con nostalgia la pionieristica atmosfera dei primi approcci al BASIC o al linguaggio macchina o che semplicemente hanno passato molte ore cercando di superare quel livello di gioco che sembrava impossibile, troveranno in J.N. la stessa atmosfera di un tempo.

Download: Jurassic News numero #60 (772)

source: jurassicnews.com

La “High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC)” è un collezione che raccoglie migliaia di brani musicali del Commodore 64 (noti anche come brani SID).

Questa collezione e’ completamente gratuita ed e’ opera di un Team di persone che negli anni ha lavorato per rendere la migliore raccolta di SID tunes.

This update features (all approximates):

• 430 new SIDs
• 50 fixed/better rips
• 3 repeats/bad rips eliminated
• 201 SID credit fixes
• 26 SID model/clock infos
• 7 tunes from /DEMOS/UNKNOWN/ identified
• 5 tunes from /GAMES/ identified
• 22 tunes moved out of /DEMOS/ to their composers’ directories
• 10 tunes moved out of /GAMES/ to their composers’ directories

Download:

• HVSC Update #66 (1290)
• Complete HVSC #66 (1371)

source: www.hvsc.c64.org

Ringrazio il mio amico Andry per avermi donato molto software su cassetta

Titles:

ORIC-1 48k Software:

• Star Fighter / Durell Software
• Oric Munch / TanSoft
• Kilburn Encounter / TanSoft
• Super Advanced Breakout / TanSoft
• Super Advanced Breakout / Oric Software
• Defence Force / TanSoft
• Rat Splat / TanSoft
• Ultima Zone / TanSoft
• Oric Flight / Oric Software
• Teach Yourself Basic / Oric Software
• Oric MultiGames 1 / Oric Software
• House of the Death / TanSoft
• Zodiac / TanSoft
• Chess / TanSoft
• Nowotnik Puzzle / TanSoft
• Zargons Revenge / TanSoft

DRAGON 32K Software:

• Golf / PSS
• Ultimate Adventure / Microdeal Software
• Flipper / Microdeal Software
• Ultimate Adventure 4 / Microdeal Software
• Intergalactic Force / Microdeal Software
• Katerpillar Attack / Microdeal Software
• Morbid Mansion / Blably Computer Games
• Transylvanian Tower / Richard Shepherd Software

Prosegui la lettura…

Ringrazio il mio amico Andry per avermi donato del software per Coleco Adam.

Titoli:

• The Adam Home Software Library [Tape] / Coleco
• A.E and Choplifter [Tape] / Broderbund – Coleco
• Smart Filer [Tape] / Coleco
• Monkey Academy [Cartridge] / Coleco
• Wacky Word Games [Tape] / Coleco
• Smart Letters & Forms [Tape] / Coleco
• Electronic Flashcard Maker [Tape] / Coleco
• Telly Turtle [Cartridge] / Coleco