Description:
The Commodore 1571 was Commodore’s high-end 5¼“ floppy disk drive. With its double-sided drive mechanism, it had the ability to utilize double-sided, double-density (DS/DD) floppy disks natively. This was in contrast to its predecessors, the 1541 and 1570, which could read or write such disks only if the user manually flipped them over to access the second side. (from Wikipedia)
wiki: 1571-Wiki
dtvtrans is a PC <-> C64DTV V2/V3 transfer solution. It uses a cable connected between the parallel port of the PC and a joystick port on the C64DTV. (port 1, port 2 and the user port supported).
The transfer speed is roughly 15 Kbyte/s PC -> DTV and 13 KByte/s DTV -> PC. Used with Lallafa’s dtv2ser+usb hardware it is roughly 17 KByte/s PC -> DTV and 19 KByte/s DTV -> PC.
dtvtrans+ 1.0 (20081122) 1570 Changelog:
- [PC] disable safe setup by default due to problems with some setups
- [PC] exit on transfer errors
- [PC] updated autoflash helper (fixes AT49BV163A)
download: picobay.com/dtv_wiki
Description:
- Country: US
- Most common: Italy/Germany (PAL)
- Rarity: Rare
- Year: 1976+
- Video Output: RF modulated signal
- Games: 6
- Chip game used: AY-3-8500
The Conic Color was originally designed to output an RF modulated (VHF) signal but with a mod you can get a better signal with the Composite Video .
source: pong-in-a-chip
Description:
- Country: US
- Most common: Italy/Germany (PAL)
- Rarity: Rare
- Year: 1978+
- Video Output: RF modulated signal
- Games: 18
- Chip game used: AY-3-8610 and AY-3-8765
The Duette Color was originally designed to output an RF modulated (VHF) signal but with a mod you can get a better signal with the Composite Video .
source: pong-in-a-chip
Description:
- Country: US
- Most Common: Germany
- Rarity: Rare
- Year: 1987
Externally, the C64 Aldi had same case colour as a standard C64 but the keyboard was light grey, like the future C64G and C64C.
Internally, the motherboard was redesigned to minimize production costs, most of the TTL chips were removed, replaced with a new MMU chipset. First releases of this board had some compatibility problems with C=64 peripherals – they lacked the 9V user port voltage, but this limitation was repaired in the next revisions.
Although made in USA, the Aldi was sold only in Germany as a game machine through only one distribution channel, a supermarket chain called… Aldi, hence his name, given by the German 64′er magazine.
In 1989, the C=64 Aldi would be replaced by the grey C=64G which would use the same motherboard.
wiki: C64-wiki – OLD-Computers.com
Old prices of Commodore stuff:
- 1982: Commodore Vic 20 + Tape + Games L.330.000+VAT
- 1983: Commodore Vic 20 L.199.000+VAT (discounted)
- 1983: Commodore 64 L.599.000+VAT (discounted)
- 1983: Commodore 64 + Tape + 2 Games L.699.000+VAT (discounted)
- 1983: Commodore 64 L.825.000+VAT
- 1983: Commodore Datassette L.120.000+VAT
- 1983: Commodore Floppy Drive 1541 L.680.000+VAT
- 1983: Commodore Printer MPS-801 L.550.000+VAT
Price are express in Lira (currency of Italy between 1861 and 2002)
Item Information:
- Manufacturer: Commodore (england)
- Country of Production: Japan
- Year of Production: 1976
link: vintagecalculators.com
A paddle is a simple control device for use in games: It has a single potentiometer type knob (similar to the volume knob found on e.g. a stereo) which the player uses to move or control something in the game along a seemingly continuous range.
The paddle is an alternative to the more common (then as well as now) joystick, and was often used in conjunction with early “TV game” systems, or “pongs” as they are commonly called today. The C-64 an especially the VIC-20 were competing against such systems, and thus included compatibility with their control devices so “pong”-style games could be easily implemented on Commodore’s offerings.
source: c64-wiki.com
FastLoader is a clone of Epyx FastLoad.
SD2Browse by Hannu Nuotio. Changelog: v.0.5 – 8.11.2008
- bugfix: load end address was ignored.
- using kernal screen clear to save some bytes.
Files:
- sd2brwse*.prg – precompiled versions (see “Versions”)
- sd2brwse.a – the main source file
- config.def – configuration file
- Makefile – for easier development
- readme.txt – this file
download: sd2browse05 (1949) - 14.94 kB
The new name for the project is: CBM FileBrowser
source: Petscii Forums
Here’s the full unboxing of 1541 Ultimate, Gideon has shipped it 21/10/2008 and it arrived six days later.
Now i’m testing with some Demo’s and Game’s (Single/Multi Disk) all work perfectly.
source: 1541ultimate C64-Wiki
Competition Results (first three positions):
C64 Demo:
- Edge of Disgrace by Booze Design
- Natural Wonders 2 by Oxyron
- Pearls for Pigs by Xenon
- …complete results here…
C64 Music:
- Listen Twice by Jeroen Tel
- Fanta In Space by Fanta
- Highway Pilot by radiantx
- …complete results here…
C64 Graphics:
- Concubism by Archmage
- Natural Beast by Yazoo
- Drowning in Dreams by ARTuro
- …complete results here…
source: X-2008 Homepage
download: noname.c64.org
photo: scs-trc.net
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