Cartograph V1.2 by Arkanix Labs

December 5th, 2009 No comments

Cartograph by Arkanix LabsCartograph is a native Commodore 64 application created for designing tile-based maps/levels.

This versatile tool allows you to create maps and levels for your games, matrices and data for demos and tools and much more.

Changelog:

  • New: “Data Types” support has been built in.
  • New: press spacebar to print a space on the screen.
  • New: top window changes color depending on which editing mode you are in.  Gray = regular edit, blue = data edit.
  • Fixed: the z-bug is fixed.  we can now load files with z in the file name.
  • Fixed: menu has been updated to American only spelling and the version # is now located in the bottom right corner (web site removed)
  • Fixed: 40×25 screenshot save was not saving the very last byte.  now it is.
  • Fixed: project loader used to abort if an error was found (ie file not found).  it now continues through and still tries to load all remaining project files.
  • Fixed: when editing in multicolour mode and then going into menu, some text would appear in multicolour instead of hires.

source: arkanixlab.com

CBMXfer v0.27b (Front-End for CBM4Win/CBMLink)

December 3rd, 2009 No comments

CBMXfer Front-End for CBM4Win/CBMLinkfrom Homepage:

CBMXfer is a GUI, or Front-End, to several command-line utilities. CBMXfer makes using those utilities easy by providing a familiar windows interface that removes the need to learn the commandline syntax of each program.

These commandline utilities are:

  • CBM4WIN – transfers files/images to/from a real CBM drive connected via an ‘X-cable’ on the parallel port.
  • CBMLINK – transfers files/images to/from a real CBM drive connected to a real CBM computer connected to the PC via a serial cable.
  • C1541 – a utility from VICE that works with CBM Image Files (ie: D64/D81 files).

What can I do with it?

  • Transfer files to or from real CBM drives.
  • Create D64 and other images files from real CBM disks.
  • Write D64 and other files back to real CBM disks.
  • Transfer files from WITHIN Image Files.
  • View Commodore BASIC listings for all machine types.
  • Simple file operations like copy, delete, rename.
  • Launch VICE and attach disk images plus autorun.

source: Steve J. Gray Homepage

Xad’s 6581<>8580 Switcher. PCB and HOT Swap made by Arkanoid

December 3rd, 2009 No comments

I’m the creator of the SID 6581<>8580 Switcher (here the original project).

I’m Very happy to see my project on the net. Arkanoid (a user of Lemon64 Forum) has done a very nice PCB with some fixes. Very nice job.

This is not a SId2Sid Clone.

source: lemon64.com

Plus/4 Ftp Archive

December 2nd, 2009 No comments

Plus/4 Ftp ArchiveA new Ftp archive is available with Plus/4 demo’s, documentation, games, magazines, parties and tools.

The archive is will be kept up to date by Luca. All changes are available in the txt file in the main folder.

source: commodore-gg.hobby.nl

My 80s year homebrew T-Shirt of Dracula Soft

November 30th, 2009 No comments
Homebrew T-Shirt of Dracula Soft

This is my old T-Shirt of “Dracula Soft” found and photographed. The Dracula Soft logo is made by my brother.

Berzerk Redux v1.8 by Martin Piper

November 29th, 2009 No comments

Berzerk Redux by Martin PiperBerzerk Redux for Commodore 64 is based on the classic arcade game Bezerk and is a multi-directional shooter video Arcade game from Stern Electronics.

source: noname.c64.org wikipedia

Brain Innovations – JiffyDOS (Flashrom) Production Units

November 29th, 2009 No comments

JBrain JiffyDOSfrom Homepage:

After many months of preparation, JiffyDOS production ROM overlays are finally ready for distribution.

The system utilizes the ROM-el FLASH-based ROM emulator, allowing the units to be fully assembled before programming.  Units should be available shortly for sale in the online store.

source: jbrain.com JiffyDOS Documentation

Super WildCard / Magicom / Super Magic Drive firmware roms

November 27th, 2009 2 comments

I have found some Firmware Roms of vintage Disk Backup System for Super Nintendo and Megadrive.

Inside the archive:

  • Super Wildcard v2.7 (snes)
  • Magicom v3.2h (snes)
  • Super Magic Drive v4.1-a (megadrive)

Download: Disk Backup System Roms

Categories: Firmware, News & Rumors, Today

Macintosh Plus 1mb

November 27th, 2009 No comments
Macintosh Plus 1mb

Autopsy:

from Wikipedia:

The Macintosh Plus computer was the third model in the Macintosh line, introduced on January 16, 1986, two years after the original Macintosh and a little more than a year after the Macintosh 512K, with a price tag of 2599 USD. As an evolutionary improvement over the 512K, it introduced RAM expansion from 1 MB to 4 MB, and the SCSI peripheral bus, among smaller improvements. It originally had the same generally beige-colored case as the original Macintosh (“Pantone 453″), but in 1987, the case color was changed to the long-lived, warm gray “Platinum” color.

MAC PlusIntroduced as the Macintosh Plus, it was the first Macintosh model to include a SCSI port, which launched the popularity of external SCSI devices for Macs, including hard disks, tape drives, CD-ROM drives, printers, and even monitors.

Its SCSI implementation was engineered shortly before the initial SCSI spec was finalized and, as such, is not 100% SCSI-compliant. As the Mac Plus had no provision at all for expansion other than the SCSI bus, the entire onus of expansion was on the user.

This usually made it very expensive. SCSI ports remained standard equipment for all Macs until the introduction of the iMac in 1998. The Macintosh Plus was the last classic Mac to have a phone cord-like port on the front of the unit for the keyboard, as well as the DE-9 connector for the mouse; later models would use ADB ports.

source: wikipedia

EasySplit v1.0.0 (Windows/Linux/Mac)

November 26th, 2009 No comments

EasySplitEasySplit is a program to compress and spit files.

It is mainly intended to be use with CRT files (cartridge images), but it may also be useful for other purposes. Exomizer is used for compression.

Changelog:

1.0.0 – 23.11.2009

  • First public release.
  • New file format.

0.1.0 – 14.10.2009

  • First release, used internally only.

source: noname.c64.org

HVSC Manager v1.1 by Stainless Steel

November 25th, 2009 1 comment

HVSC ManagerThis is a Windows program Manager for The High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC).

source: noname.c64.org

My old “Dracula Soft” Business Card from 80s year

November 24th, 2009 2 comments
Dracula Soft - Business Card

This is my old business card of “Dracula Soft” found and photographed.

I have taken the “Dracula” logo from the game: Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

Commodore Horizons Magazine – C16/Plus4 Special

November 24th, 2009 No comments

Commodore HorizonsA free brand new C16/Plus4 special edition of Commodore Horizons Magazine is now available.

source: commodore16.com

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Sidplay64 v0.5 Beta by Shape

November 21st, 2009 No comments

SidPlay64This is a program that can playback sid files from the HVSC collection on a real c64.

SIDPLAY 64 v.05 beta (20/11/2009):

Added a long overdue IDE64 fix. Thanks to iAN COOG and Soci.

source: noname.c64.org

FPGA Arcade site updated

November 21st, 2009 No comments

This site is about recreating gaming hardware from the past in modern programmable devices, known as FPGAs.

source: fpgaarcade.com

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