source: ebay.de wikipedia

Some new games (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups: Genesis Project, Hokuto Force  and Dinasours.

Download:

• Hessian Preview &D (1111)
• Escape From the Laundry (1063)
• Little Sara Sister 2 (1082)
• Escape From the Laundry -7 (1066)
• Quetzalcoatlus Preview +Inst (1091)
• Catch Them Up +2 (1036)
• All Games in One Archive (1221)

source: csdb.dk

Hoxs64 written by David Horrocks is a Commodore 64 emulator for Microsoft Windows 2K/XP/Vista/Seven (DirectX 9+)

The emulator substantially reproduces this legacy machine in minute detail.

Changelog:

• Added point and click raster position breakpoints. Breakpoints can be disabled with out being deleted.
• Added command window with assemble, disassemble and C64 memory map selection.
• Added disassemble window address finder.
• Added disassemble window mouse wheel scrolling (WinXP+).
• Randomisation of drive weak bits. Minor drive timing improvement.
• The application is marked as “DPI Aware”. All Windows GUI elements are DPI aware and will render smooth clear text when used with Windows 7′s “make text bigger” option. Only the windowed mode C64 bitmapped rendering remains non DPI aware as with previous versions.
• Added a work in progress breakpoint listview with context menu options “Show Address” and “Delete All Breakpoints”
• Illegal opcode tweak for demo ‘Errata’ by Emulamer.
• CRASHFIX: Fixed stack corruption crash when reading G64 files with custom speed zones.
• CRASHFIX: Fixed application lock up bug while drag scrolling the disassembly window.

Download:

• Hoxs64 64 bit v1.0.7.5 (1518)
• Hoxs64 32 bit v1.0.7.5 (1410)
• Hoxs64 Ansi Win98/2K v1.0.7.5 (1340)

source: hoxs64.net

A rare Commodore 65 on eBay.

from Wikipedia:

The Commodore 65 (also known as the C64DX, not to be confused with the Commodore SX-64 portable unit) was a prototype computer created by Fred Bowen and others at Commodore Business Machines (CBM) (part of Commodore International) in 1990–1991. The project was cancelled by CEO Irving Gould.

The C65 was an improved version of the Commodore 64, and it was meant to be backwards-compatible with the older computer, while still providing a number of advanced features close to those of the Amiga. It can be regarded as a counterpart to the Apple IIgs in providing 16-bit-equivalent technology on an 8-bit platform, though the IIgs used an 8/16 bit 65C816 processor. When Commodore International was liquidated in 1994, a number of prototypes were sold on the open market, and thus a few people actually own a Commodore 65. Estimates as to the actual number of machines found on the open market range from 50 to 2000 units.

As the C65 project was cancelled, the final 8-bit offering from CBM remained the triple-mode, 1–2 MHz, 128 kB (expandable), C64-compatible Commodore 128 of 1985.

source: ebay.de wikipedia

It ended yesterday (24 November) the musical competition (SID Tunez) High-score Power Ballad Competition 2012.

Below you can find the complete archive of all songs released for this competition in D64, PRG, SID format. For more information please visit The C64 Scene Database.

Download: High-score Power Ballad SID Competition 2012 (1178)

source: noname.c64.org

Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian.

Some new games (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups: Genesis Project, Mayday!, Really Proud Lamers and Laxity.

Download:

• Telengard v5.2 permadeath (1050)
• Super Phoenix +TD [english] (1136)
• The Cursed Key +2 (1064)
• Alien Bash 2 +5F [pal/ntsc] (1145)
• Sleepwalking Backwards &D (1049)
• Get \'Em (16KB Cartridge Version) +5H [pal/ntsc] (1095)
• All Games in One Archive (2539)

source: csdb.dk

It was released a new firmware for the SD2Snes Flash Cartridge (Super Nintendo/Famicom) by Ikari. The upgrade instructions can be found here.

Changelog:

• Menu: Files are now sorted by their entire file name instead of the first 20 characters only.
• Menu: Ignore input from non-standard controllers (Super Scope, Mouse etc.)
• SPC player: fix soft fade-in (first note cut off) on S-APU consoles (1CHIP / some Jr.)
• More accurate BS-X memory map.
• Correctly map SRAM larger than 8192 bytes (HiROM) / 32768 bytes (LoROM), fixes Dezaemon, Ongaku Tsukuuru – Kanadeeru
• Minor memory access timing tweaks (should help with occasional glitches on some systems)

Download: SD2Snes Firmware v0.1.5 (1437)

source: sd2snes.de

A new cool music demo by Algorithm/Onslaught.

Download: 8bit Passion by Algorithm (1154)

source: noname.c64.org/csdb

Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian.

I was very lucky in this repair, the fault is a broken belt that is used for the operation of the Floppy “Quick Disk”.

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I post some screenshots and a video of the repairing of a NEC PC-Engine LT console.

Defect in the console:

Some capacitors have leaked acid on the pcb, i had to clean with the right product made especially for cleaning the pcb before proceeding with the replacement operation. The LCD screen is was disassembled to remove the dirt inside.

Some new games (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups: Antarctica, WST, Mayday!, Really Proud Lamers, TRIAD and Laxity.

Download:

• Tank (Uptime) +2D +Pic 101% (1125)
• Star Trek (2003) +5H [pal/ntsc] (1101)
• Paku Paku Preview +3 [pal/ntsc] (1084)
• Telengard V5.1 (1068)
• Dunzhin +D (1093)
• Kosmodrom +1EHD 101% [pal] (1229)
• Pingvaders from space Preview 0.1 + (1058)
• International 5-A-Side Football [polish] (1117)
• All Games in One Archive (2787)

source: csdb.dk

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.

Firmware SD HxCFloppyEmulator v1.7.2.0:

• Microchip PIC18F4620 Rev. B5 Silicon MSSP Module Errata applied (correct possible SDCard Init issues).
• SDCard layer reviewed / corrected / enhanced : Better SDCard compatibility / Error handling.

Release notes for the HxCFloppyEmulator software v2.0.6.0:

• PRE-RELEASE – IN DEVELOPMENT: HxCFloppyEmulator software v2.0.6.0 (Windows & Mac OS X support !)

Download:

• HxCFloppyEmulator v2.0.6.0 *BETA* (1216)
• HxC Floppy Emulator Firmware v1.7.2.0 (1225)

source: hxc2001.free.fr

A new version of the firmware for the interface 1541 Ultimate II is released. This version runs only on the 1541 Ultimate II cartridge (new fpga).

Version 2.5 includes some new features:

• File viewer.
• Selectable colors in user interface.

This version also includes some fixes for nasty memory allocation bugs that existed when using USB sticks. Removal of a USB device is now at least a lot safer. Also, some file system bugs were fixed.

Version 2.5+ includes some new features:

The ‘plus’ version of 2.5 including a special 7-voice audio engine. This version is based on the same 2.5 with the bugfixes and a special FPGA build can it only supports ONE floppy drive, in favor of extra audio functionality.

Download:

• 1541 Ultimate II Firmware v2.5 (1373)
• 1541 Ultimate II Firmware v2.5+ (1382)
• Ultimate Audio API Manual v0.2 (1898)

source: 1541ultimate.net