Jean-François DEL NERO (la persona che sta dietro lo sviluppo dell’emulatore Floppy HxC SD) ha recentemente rilasciato una versione del firmware HxC compatibile con il chip STM32 utilizzato nel Floppy Drive Gotek.

Questo significa che possiamo godere di quasi tutte le features che il firmware HxC supporta anche per l’economico Floppy Drive Gotek.

Il bootloader per convertire il floppy drive Gotek in HxC compatibile va acquistato sul sito di HXC 2001 inviando un’email a Jean-François DEL NERO. Il prezzo del bootloader e’ di 10 euro una tantum per ogni Gotek che si vuole aggiornare/convertire. Gli aggiornamenti successivi del software sono gratuti e possono essere fatti da chiavetta USB.

The HXC Usb (Gotek) firmware supports: + many more….

USB Stick STM32 (Gotek) HxC Floppy Emulator Firmware v3.1.32.1a -> v3.1.38.2a cumulative changelog:

• More customization options:
  • Raw file image/disk format selection.
  • You can now define your raw file image/disk format !
  • Floppy Interface modes.
  • https://hxc2001.com/custom_fw/
• More customization options:
  • 16 different oled graphic fonts available.
  • New oled screen models supported (128×32,128×64, SSD1306, SH1106…).
  • Default raw system selection.
  • And many more new options: sound volume, auto select delay, …
• New raw formats support: Coat-A-Matic 9400 / Robox RC9400 (*.IMG/*.DSK) (289KB)
• Fix Track 00 issue (v3.1.34.1a regression).
• AutoSwap support enhanced/completed (sub-folders in normal mode supported).
• Internal optimizations.
• Direct access mode : Some fixes for the auto disk swap (“AutoSwap”) support.
• Direct access mode : New functions
• Select mode (0×5):
  • Mode 0 – Flash sector access mode (Default)
  • Mode 1 – Plain text browser, Entries format : “IIII;T;SSSSSSSS;File name\r\n”
  • IIII = Object ID (ASCII HEX Number).
  • T = Type -> ‘F’=FILE, ‘D’=DIRECTORY
  • SSSSSSSS = File Size (ASCII HEX Number).
  • Mode 2 – Slot list mode.
• Change Objects list ID base (0×6) (Plain text browser).
• Select/Enter Object (0×7) (Plain text browser – Image/Directory selection or File tranfert mode).
• Set file base offset (0×8) (File transfer mode).
• Get current selected image (0×9).
• Select file with path (0xA) (Select image with a plain text file path).
• MFM & FM support. (see the customization page : https://hxc2001.com/custom_fw/)
• With these new direct access API functions small file selector/browser/swapper/loader can be developed without the need of any FAT32 library on resource-limited machines. The protocol specification document will be updated soon at this address : https://hxc2001.com/download/floppy_drive_emulator/SDCard_HxC_Floppy_Emulator_Direct_Access_mode.pdf
• First online-customizable firmware available !
  • Fill up the form on the page to https://hxc2001.com/custom_fw/ customize the firmware.
  • The firmware will be recompiled/rebuilt following your requests and sent to the provided email some minutes later.
  • This is a fully automated and free service so don’t hesitate to play with it ! :).
  • More and more options will be added on the customization page.
• Fix v3.1.34.1a regression : Disk density selection issues with some raw formats. Please update.
• Files & Folders names starting with ‘.’ are now hidden.
• Firmware memory size reduced once again : More tables size optimizations.

This is only a little part of the changelog. The original one is very long and you can read it here. (instruction manual here)

Download: USB Stick STM32 (Gotek) HxC Firmware v3.1.38.2a (989)

source: hxc2001.com

Questi sono i risultati ufficiali del Demo party Fjälldata 2019 che si e’ concluso il 3/03/2019. Per maggiori informazioni o aggiornamenti visita il sito CSDB nella sezione Fjälldata 2019.

Demo:

• 1. Space beer/Fossil
• 2. Monomania/Offence
• 3. Omg got balls!/OMG
• 4. They say so much/Mahoney
• 5. New faces/TRIAD
• 6. Party scroller/Atlantis
• 7. Purple planet yo/Proxima (VIC-20)
• 8. Stolen properties/TRIAD
• 9. Madademo/GP + HMF
• 10. Jeroen tel/Brøst
• 11. Crapman/Latex
• 12. Fjällkingen/Esløv

Music covers:

• 1. Coffee zone/Dane
• 2. DeepaSIDo/Steel
• 3. Nightcall/Fegol
• 4. I want to love/TDM
• 5. Doris/Qdor
• 6. Dragonwars/Steel
• 7. Jeff forfan/Musicman
• 8. Slicka en flicka/TDM

Music:

• 1. The unusual/Stinsen+Linus
• 2. Tac2sintolerant/Fegol
• 3. I love you son/Steel
• 4. I can’t ESC/Spider J.
• 5. Trippy trappy/Jammer
• 6. Laserloop/Båtsman
• 7. Compotune/5bot

Graphics:

• 1. Random/Prowler
• 2. Lapgods/Fabs
• 3. Danny ja Armi/Twoflower
• 4. Bernie/Redcrab
• 5. Dragonhorse/Facet
• 6. Geldiver/Railslave
• 7. Junglism/Lunix
• 8. Tottes kopp/Creep
• 9. Grandino/5bot

Productions released outside compos:

• Edu-Intro by Triad (Crack intro)
• Toyshop & Lollipops +D by Triad (Crack)
• TRIAD at Fjälldata Disk Cover by Triad (Disk Cover)

Download: Fjalldata 2019 Full Party Stuff (747)

source: csdb.dk

E’ stato rilasciato un nuovo aggiornamento firmware per l’ultimate-64 / U2+ / U2 di Gideon.

U64 – Differences with previous official release V1.0B:

• Based on Ultimate-II+ firmware Version 3.4
• NTSC mode has been added. The switch can be found in the U64 Specific Settings menu
• Added rudimentary support for USB Floppy disks (not completely done yet; as removal of floppy is not yet detected)
• USB problems with low/full speed devices fixed; no more bus hang-ups in these cases. (No full HID support just yet..)
• VIC collision problem fixed.
• Improved 1541 compatibility; weak bit areas and floppy speed zones are now properly supported.
• LED Strip support.
• Various improvements ‘under the hood’

U2+ – Differences with previous official release V3.3a:

• Added rudimentary support for USB Floppy disks (not completely done yet; as removal of floppy is not yet detected)
• USB problems with low/full speed devices fixed; no more bus hang-ups in these cases. (No full HID support just yet..)
• Improved 1541 compatibility; weak bit areas and floppy speed zones are now properly supported.
• Various improvements ‘under the hood’

U2 – Differences with previous official release V3.2:

• The USB2LAN problem is now fixed. This bug took me over 50 hours to find and fix.
• Improved 1541 compatibility; weak bit areas and floppy speed zones are now properly supported.
• All other under the hood fixes that were done for U2+ and U64 that apply for U2 are backported to the U2 as well.

Download:

• U64/Ultimate-64 v1.10 - U2+/U2 v3.4 Firmware (710)

source: ultimate64.com

Ikari ha rilasciato il nuovo firmware per la SD2Snes la Flash Cartridge per Super Nintendo/Famicom. Le istruzioni per l’aggiornamento le potete trovare qui.

Cumulative Changelog:

• S-DD1 support by Magno! Big thanks to Magno who implemented it and RedGuy who helped integrate the core with the main firmware :)
• Support for sd2snes Mk.III (a.k.a. SD2SNES Pro). This works by adding a new set of support files for the new hardware so the firmware package actually contains two firmwares. This also makes it possible to swap the same card between old and new sd2sneses freely.
• Fixes:
  • Fix memory corruption on BS-X loading. (Hopefully – I could not identify a cause and suspect bitstream file corruption. Please let me know if it works again – it does for me)
  • S-RTC register state is REALLY reset when the console is reset, and also when loading a game.
  • Actually boot on SD2SNES Pro.
• Known issues:
  • Firmware seems to ignore Cx4 speed setting (at least since v1.9.0)
  • sd2snes Pro menu still has the old design
  • Mk.III specific source code changes currently aren’t contained in the GitHub repository. Please bear with me while I figure out a way to integrate them. ;)

Download:

• SD2Snes Firmware v1.10.1 (781)

source: sd2snes.de

Nuovo aggiornamento firmware per l’fpgaSID è stato rilasciato da andi6510.

Di seguito il changelog preso direttamente dal sito.

Main changes:

• New 6581 bias setting range and curve. Per default the bias is now tuned to a brighter sound which is the most audible difference to revision 09.
• Some further improvements on the 6581 filters.

New Features:

• LEDs can be switched off now.
• The outputs can be switched to a mix of both SIDs allowing mono setups with a single speaker.
• The firmware flashing procedure has been improved to increase the success rate.
• FPGASID is now compatible to the EasyFlash 3 module.

Note:

• Important! Before updating the firmware, please read the documentation on flashing in the ConfiGuru manual.

Download: fpgaSID Firmware ver. 0A (789)

source: fpgasid.de

Questi sono i risultati ufficiali del Demo party BCC #13 che si e’ concluso il 24/02/2019. Per maggiori informazioni o aggiornamenti visita il sito CSDB nella sezione BCC #13.

C64 Demo:

• 1 – Snakepit by Delysid
• 2 – Beezarro by Atlantis
• 3 – Week in Progress by Mayday!

C64 Music:

• 1 – Nappy Go Lucky by Toggle
• 2 – Cellar Door by Snabel
• 3 – Mein Verlies by Spider Jerusalem
• 4 – Trainride by Røly
• 5 – Space Invaders Medley by Mibri
• 5 – La chevre by Glafouk
• 6 – Curlin’s Theme by Bordeaux
• 7 – BCC 2019 by Sonki

C64 Graphics:

• 1 – White Rabbit by Awsm
• 2 – Fairy King by Fabs
• 3 – Championship Wrestling +3D DirArt
• 4 – Elostelija by XynnM
• 5 – Service Stop Guests by Viza
• 6 – The Optimistic Skipper by Luisa/Oni
• 7 – A Small Riddle by Lobo
• 8 – Zilicious by XynnM
• 9 – BCC #13
• 10 – Chagizzz by XynnM

C64 Fast Intro:

• 1 – Punk a chiens by Dentifrice
• 2 – Antz by Delysid
• 3 – Space Invaders by Hokuto Force
• 4 – Ode to RRR by Excess
• 5 – Zwartennerd by Excess

Productions released outside compos:

• Championship Wrestling +3D by Excess (Crack)
• Greetings to Delysid by Fake (Graphics)
• Yie Ar Kung Fu + 4HD by Excess (Crack)

Download: BCC #13 Full Party Stuff (748)

source: csdb.dk

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

Changelog (v1.0.18.0):

• Fix 1541 drive memory map that was broken since v1.0.14.0. The title Intoxication by Singular is now working again.

Download:

• Hoxs64 32/64 bit v1.0.18.0 (664)

source: hoxs64.net

NEW TAG: C64 BIG GAME PACK

E’ stato rilasciato del nuovo Software per Commodore 64.

Titoli:

• Stickybear Math [supercpu]
• Digiloi +2DS
• Dice8
• Ninja Invasion Simulator Preview +
• Dice8 &DT
• Dice8 (Role)
• Dice8 +FDT
• Chips Challenge +
• The Sky Is Falling Basic
• Transporter +2TD
• Howard the Coder +4CTD
• Ictinius +3TD
• Smack
• Online +
• Super Mole +3D
• Test Drive [supercpu]
• Test Drive [georam]
• Cruising on Broadway +2H
• 4M Arena Demo1
• Oil Imperium [georam]
• 4M Arena Preview
• Tank Combat
• Happy Deer Hunter
• Wolfling V1.3
• Wolfling V1.3 +D
• Wolfling V1.4
• Wolfling V1.4 +1D
• Wolfling V1.4 +D
• Champions of Krynn [georam]
• Buck Rogers – Planet of Zoom +6DGH
• Count Duckula +5D
• Borrowed Time [georam]
• Gigablast – Gold Edition +2H [seuck]
• Stacker +1D
• Alien Syndrome [reu]
• Champions of Krynn [georam]
• Street Defender V1.6 [vr64]
• Street Defender V1.6 +4D
• X-Men [REU]
• Galactic Gallery +
• Enigma +2
• Planetoids +2H
• Zone Runner +3H
• Jars’ Revenge +3D
• Blazon GameTro Preview +2
• Nobby the Aardvark [1581] [cmd]
• Nobby the Aardvark [1581]
• Cold Dead Hands Preview
• Gauntlet – The Deeper Dungeons +3FD
• Gauntlet +3FD
• Reaction Race +
• Hammerfist [1581]
• Monopoly Retro Preview &D
• Kami +1F
• Kami
• Runman Construction Set +3TD
• Boulder Dash Construction Kit +2PD
• PSI 5 Trading Company +FMD
• Boulder Dash Junior +2
• Minimike Preview
• Oil Imperium [1351]
• Warball Preview

Download: All Games in One Archive (5620)

source: csdb.dk

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

Changelog (v1.0.17.0):

• VIC emulation improvement to accurately emulate the early C-Data usage whenever X-Scroll is decreased by 4 or more.

Download:

• Hoxs64 32/64 bit v1.0.17.0 (633)

source: hoxs64.net

Questo software funge da Floppy Emulator Server con l’HXC Floppy Emulator USB.

Questo programma consente anche di convertire le immagini Floppy Disk per l’emulatore Floppy HxC (Gotek) basato su SDCard.

Supporta molti formati di file immagine floppy: Elenco supportato delle immagini floppy.

Sistemi operativi supportati:

• Windows 98 / 2000 / XP / Vista / Seven / 10
• Mac OS X.
• Linux.

HxCFloppyEmulator software v2.1.11.1 -> 2.1.22.3 cumulative changelog:

• Raw loader: Fix global disk bitrate value. (HD disks bitrate issue)
• CPCDSK loader: v2.1.20.1 Regression fixed. (null sector data length field support).
• Track editor : New Side1 add/delete button.
• HFE v3 loader: Regression fixed.
• Dos disk browser : Amiga HD (1760KB) disk creation support.
• Dos disk browser : Amiga HD (1760KB) disk support fixed.
• TeleDisk loader fixed : Bad CRC checking fixed.
• General : Faster/better file images identification and loader.
• General : Many loaders now use the new generic raw file loader.
• General : Lots of code improvements.
• Internal tracks generator : Now support “weak” sectors.
• HFEv3 writer : Remove any possible parasitic opcodes coming from the stream.
• New Loader : NEC PC98/PC88 FDI.
• CPCDSK loader/writer : Now support the SAMDisk method for DSK with weak bits.
• Roland DD XML : Fix tracks skew.
• New XML format : ABB disks formats.
• New XML format : Automatix RAIL DD disk format.
• New XML format : COMX disks formats.
• New XML format : DEC RX55 format.
• New XML format : Didaktik Spectrum disk format.
• New XML format : Dynacord HD disks formats.
• New XML format : Gravograph ISIS 640KB disk format.
• New XML format : Memotech disks formats.
• New XML format : Oerlikon Balzers disks formats.
• New XML format : OpusDiscovery disk format.
• New XML format : Oric Jasmin disk format.
• New XML format : OS9 DD disks formats.
• New XML format : PUMA arm robot disks formats.
• New XML format : Tatung Einstein disks formats.
• New XML format : Timex FDD3000 formats.
• New XML format : TRS80 disk format.
• New XML format : Unitel Videotex format.
• New file image support : SAB Diskette Utility / *.SDU floppy image.
• SCP Loader/Writer : Fix single sided SCP file export.
• New writer : Dragon VDK format.

Download: HxCFloppyEmulator software v2.1.22.3 (740)

source: hxc2001.com

Sono molto interessanti queste CPU MOS 6502 che ho ricevuto dalla Cina.

La data di produzione risulta essere veramente molto curiosa; 43esima settimana dell’anno 1935. Hanno sicuramente riciclato delle CPU non MOS e carteggiando lo strato superiore dell’integrato hanno stampato la nuova label.

7 cpu su 10 sono funzionanti.

Gallery:

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):

• 658 new SIDs
• 66 fixed/better rips
• 3 repeats/bad rips eliminated
• 174 SID credit fixes
• 27 SID model/clock infos
• 7 tunes from /DEMOS/UNKNOWN/ identified
• 1 tunes from /GAMES/ identified
• 22 tunes moved out of /DEMOS/ to their composers’ directories
• 4 tunes moved out of /GAMES/ to their composers’ directories

Download:

• HVSC Update #70 (804)
• Complete HVSC #70 (850)

source: www.hvsc.c64.org

New update : HxC Floppy Emulator file selector version 1.89.

Amiga -> Better multitasking/Workbench compatibility/support:

• Don’t “overtake”/hand-initialize the screen anymore : Let the system initialize the bitplane and just use it.
• Don’t reboot anymore the system but just exit the file selector if we are not track-loaded.
• Don’t lockup the system anymore in case of error if we are not track-loaded.

With these modifications the file selector is now more “Workbench-friendly”.

Amiga Workbench tips and tricks :

• Press Left-Amiga+N keys to switch to the Workbench.
• Press Left-Amiga+M keys to switch back to the HxC File selector.

Download: HxC Floppy Emulator file selector v1.89 (835)

source: github.com

NEW TAG: C64 BIG GAME PACK

E’ stato rilasciato del nuovo Software per Commodore 64.

Titoli:

• Mashed Turtles V2 +F
• Moonshadow 2 Preview
• Guardian II +5HD
• Portal +2
• Overhead Racer Preview
• Portal V1 +
• Portal V1
• Mashed Turtles 64 V2
• Super Hyperzap +2F
• CNC Simulationen
• El Loco Challenge Preview
• Rolling Ronny +H
• Maze of Death
• Hermetic +
• Portal +5D
• Lady Tut +7DGH
• Argos DX +2T
• CNC-Simulation “Fräsen”
• Super Hyperzap
• Super Hyperzap +2
• Super Hyperzap +
• Super Hyperzap +F
• CNC Simulationen
• Tank Blasta [seuck]
• Super Hyperzap +2F
• Mountain King +8DF
• Di’s Baby +2DH
• Draughts
• Dama
• Ornament Man +
• The Sky Is Falling Basic Preview
• Supernova 0.2 Preview
• Demon Blues +
• Batman – The Caped Crusader +1D
• Ornament Man
• Dragon’s Lair
• Aviator Arcade +4
• Cybex Escape [dutch]
• Maze of Death +
• Tank Blasta +2H [seuck]
• Cybex Escape +1T
• 8bit-Slicks
• Fire Breath V1.1 +2
• Ski or Die [supercpu]
• Stercore 64
• Stercore 64 +
• Paradoxon Basic [cartridge]
• Coil Cop +1D
• O-Pat-Ko-No +DF
• Spiderbot +1D
• Slalom +2DMGH
• Killer Bees
• Killer Bees +2H V2
• Killer Bees +2 V1
• Slalom +3DMGH
• Digiloi
• Killer Bees +2H V3 OK
• Digiloi +
• Death in the Caribbean 101% +DS MAP
• The Innuh’s Pyramid &DSM
• Cauldron II +4 GOLD
• Mazinger Z Preview V2 +2D

Download: All Games in One Archive (6049)

source: csdb.dk

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

Changelog (1.0.12.0 -> 1.0.16.0):

• Prevent memory buffer overflow error when mounting G64 disk files that contain tracks that are longer than 7928 bytes. Allow arbitrary length G64 track data to be scaled to the emulated disk.
• Fixed G64 file header track size sanity check.
• Added VIA6522 shift register emulation to support raw captured VMAX4 loaders.
• CIA Time Of Day emulation accuracy improvement.

Download:

• Hoxs64 32/64 bit v1.0.16.0 (689)

source: hoxs64.net