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Arc64 v2.5 by Graham of Arsenic,Oxyron

September 9th, 2013 1 comment

Arc64 is a small tool to deal with D64, T64, LNX and ZipCode archives. It can be used to edit D64 images, run D64 images in the WinVice emulator, run
PRG files via CodeNet, convert T64, LNX, PRG, ZipCode and other formats to D64.

A key feature is the drag & drop support. If you drop a D64 image, it will be opened instead of the currently opened D64 image. If you drop any kind of other file, Arc64 will try to add it to the D64 image. Formats like T64, LNX and P00 will automatically extracted into the D64 image as PRGs.

Any changes to a D64 won’t be saved automatically, you either have to drag the header of the directory into an explorer window, or you have to use the
Save-option from the menus.

Download: Arc64 v2.5 by Graham of Arsenic,Oxyron (1030)

source: csdb.dk

Repair two Commodore CBM 8296 with Black screen of Death

September 9th, 2013 No comments

These two computers had the classic fault: Black screen of Death.

The first one was repaired by replacing a ram chip (4264) partially interrupted, the other one had One of the two chip PLA dead.

I have to thank my friend Andrea for providing me a motherboard of a 8296 for spare parts, where i have recovered the PLA which i needed.

HxC Floppy Emulator: firmware (fat) v1.8.2.36 / (slim) v2.1.2.36

September 6th, 2013 No comments

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.

Changelog SD HxCFloppyEmulator v1.8.2.36 (fat) & v2.1.2.36 (slim):

  • Write Support : Write issue with VIA VT82C686A chipset based motherboard corrected.

Download:

source: hxc2001.free.fr

Categories: Firmware, News & Rumors, Today

(Italian) Jurassic News numero #48

September 6th, 2013 No comments

Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian.

Categories: Magazine, News & Rumors, Today

SNDH Atari ST YM2149 Archive v4.2 released.

September 3rd, 2013 No comments

SNDH archive v4.2 released - 3921 SNDH files (total 7389 tunes)

Ever since the birth of the Atari ST, different chip music formats have had different ways to use them. If you are coding a chip music player for the Atari ST you would have to use dozens and dozens of special ways to replay music.

But in the mid 90′s, BDC of Aura crew became tired of this inelegant system and decided to fix the issue once and for all. He then created the ‘SNDH’ file format. SNDH is actually the original songfile and replaycode with a header bolted on top of the music and replayer. The header has a unified calling interface no matter what type of chip music is hidden beneath it, and it has extended datas about the music.

Download: SNDH Atari ST YM2149 Archive v4.2 (1667)

source: sndh.atari.org

Categories: Atari, News & Rumors, Today

CBM prg Studio v2.8.0 released

September 3rd, 2013 No comments

CBM prg Studio Version 2.8.0 is released. There are a lot of new features in this version. I’d really appreciate it if you report any bugs you find or have any suggestions/comments.

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 / VIC20 or PET if you’re feeling brave and have the right kit.

CBM prg Studio is the result of merging C64PrgGen and VIC20PrgGen. Adding new features and fixing bugs in two apps which were 95% similar was a bit of a nightmare so merging them made sense.

It was also a good opportunity for a face lift and to add some new features, such as:

  • Programs are project based, meaning all related source files, sprite files etc. are kept in one place and multiple source files can be linked more easily.
  • Tabbed MDI.
  • Syntax highlighting.

What CBM prg Studio isn’t is a front-end for tok64, cbmcnvrt, bastext or any other tokeniser / detokeniser / assembler. It’s all been written completely from scratch.

New features:

  • Screen RAM viewer for debugger.
  • Ignore/truncate REM statements during code generation switch.
  • Project comments.
  • The character editor’s scratch pad can be imported to the screen editor.
  • Save/load configuration settings.
  • Import multicolour bitmaps into the sprite editor.
  • Export binary files from the character editor.
  • Much improved BASIC and assembly generation time.

See the help for a complete list of bug fixed.

Download: CBM prg Studio v2.8.0 (1157)

source: ajordison.co.uk

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