E’ stata rilasciata la 68° edizione del Diskmagazine Vandalism di Onslaught / Offence / Vandalism News Staff.

Download:

• Vandalism News #68 (1541/1581/Label/Cover) (1049)

source: csdb.dk

ARMSid (6581/8580 Replacement) by Nobomi.

Non ho resistito alla tentazione e ho voluto provare anche questa nuova emulazione del SID 6581/8580 con l’STM32F410 ARM Cortex M4, sto parlando dell’ARMSid di Nobomi.

La spedizione veloce e la cortesia di Nobomi sono sicuramente il punto forte, ma anche la confezione, l’integrato ARMSid viene spedito in un contenitore di plastica onde evitare qualsiasi problema con la spedizione.

Il suono e il feeling “sonoro” sono buoni come lo era per lo SwinSID Ultimate ma meglio, personalmente collocherei l’ARMSid come fedelta’ di emulazione tra il SID Originale e il SwinSID Ultimate, Nobomi sei stato molto bravo, complimenti.

Nobomi inoltre ha scritto un software per Commodore 64 per configurare le varie opzioni dell’ARMSid e un’altro software per aggiornare il Firmware.

Alcune informazioni prese dal sito di Nobomi in Inglese:

What is it ?:

• A new replacement of the MOS6581 and MOS8580 used in the Commodore C64. It is minimalistic (in simplicity of circuit and use, not in function and power).
• Real “plug & play” solution. Just insert instead of the original SID into the slot and it’s done.
• It determines (through supply voltages) which chip it replaces and starts the appropriate emulation (it can be changed later in software).
• No need to switch the PAL / NTSC version, the circuit uses directly the clock from the computer bus, always synchronous with the C64.
• It also emulates analog inputs (joysticks, mouse, etc. – POTX and POTY inputs)
• Analog output is sufficiently buffered, it is not necessary to change anything on the computer board for proper operation.
• Output sampling frequency is 1/16th bus clock of C64 (approx. 62kHz), real 12bit D/A converter, no pwm.
• Filters completely transferred to digital form, emulated by float point arithmetic.
• Significantly lower noise level and less interference from the power supply than the original :)
• Lower power consumption than the original.
• Firmware update possible inside the C64.
• Emulates all waveforms, and even “samples” (at least some of them, Ghostbusters laugh, Chimera screams at you).
• Full support of analog filters (LowPass, BandPass, HighPass, combination, Q quality control).
• Emulation of OSC3 and ENV3 registers (little delay, approximately 16 clocks of the C64 bus).
• Joysticks and mice work.

What is inside ?:

• A few resistors, capacitors, one stabilizer, one opamp and a processor. That’s all, parts only from one side.
• The only programmable circuit is the STM32F410, ARM Cortex M4 with HW float point arithmetic at 100MHz.
• Analogue output amplified via the AD8515 opamp.
• Stabilizer for the 3.3V processor, the processor itself has 5V tolerance inputs.

Firmware:

• New features in FW 2.6:
• Optimization for speed again (approx. 10ns more faster response to read registers, faster processing of writing registers).

• New features in FW 2.5:
• Again faster interrupt (approx. 10ns more faster response to read registers).

• New features in FW 2.4:
• Further optimization of the interrupt (approx. 20ns faster response to read registers).

• New features in FW 2.3:
• A part of source code (interrupt routine) has been rewritten in assembler and manually optimized.
• It makes a possibility to control the bus only through the CS signal (no need for O2 clock synchronization, so it can run on systems with a different CPU than MOS6502 now).
• Low frequency limit and filter strength settings and saving settings to permanent flash memory.

Gallery:

Download:

• ARMSiD Schematics (1330)
• Tester, Configuration Program & Firmware 2.6 (1156)

ARMSiD Video:

source: ARMSiD Homepage

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

Changelog:

• SID envelope timing fixes to accommodate VICE test programs in testprogs\SID\env_test\
• Also improved is the timing of gate attack during release and gate release during attack as measured by own test programs.

Download:

• Hoxs64 32/64 bit v1.0.10.0 (761)

source: hoxs64.net

Questi sono i risultati ufficiali  & Download del Demo Party X-2018. Per maggiori informazioni o aggiornamenti visita il sito CSDB nella sezione X-2018.

Demo Competition:

• 1 The Star Wars Demo – All of Censor to all of…
• 2 Unboxed – Bonzai
• 3 C= bit ’18 – Performers
• 4 X Marks the Spot – Genesis Project
• 5 Old Men In Used Cars – Fossil
• 6 Xcusemo – Atlantis
• 7 Frantic4BHF – Hoaxers
• 8 Rewind – TempesT
• 9 Drinking Buddies – Super Larsson Brothers
• 10 C64 – Hear 64 – Desire
• 11 Hi Five – Siesta
• 12 Pixels 35 – F4CG
• 13 Crystal Gazer – Chorus
• 14 F600 – Hokuto Force and PVM
• 15 Ukiyo – Samar
• 16 HelloWorld – dyme
• 17 Nightcrawler – Almagest
• 18 Bits Please Example Intro – Abyss-Connection
• 19 TRSi 90s intro – Abyss-Connection^TRSi
• 20 Ladekast – poo-brain
• 21 Black hole – deFEEST

4K Competition:

• 1 Screw It! – Icon/TRIAD
• 2 ZXQL3000 – lcf/scstrc
• 3 Dubious – Trasher/Fairlight
• 4 3935 happy bytes party… – Pex Mahoney/Mahoney & K…
• 5 Funky Punky – Samar
• 6 CIIIIID – acidbrain/pvm

Music Competition:

• 1 SYS64738 Days – Linus/MultiStyleLabs
• 2 Whiplash – Flex/Artline Designs
• 3 My Life – LMan/MultiStyle Labs
• 4 lazy bytes – 6R6/Shape
• 5 Elvendance – Lft
• 6 Someren Groove – psycho8580/MultiStyle L…
• 7 Danger Dawg – Steel & Stinsen/Genesis…
• 8 Beatswax – Jangler/Artline Designs
• 9 Quietus – Toggle/Padua
• 10 Jihad me at hello – fegolhuzz/Panda Design
• 11 I Beg U Pardon – Aki
• 12 Guardians of the Wind – Magnar/Censor Design
• 13 Specksternchen – vincenzo/Singular Crew…
• 14 Still Here – Apollyon/Artline Designs
• 15 Sceners of the Skillcore – Dave/SIDNIFY
• 16 Doctor Help me! I’m sick. – Spider Jerusalem/MYD
• 17 Unoptimixed – Hein/Vision
• 18 Miracle Room – Uctumi/PVM
• 19 Sockerbeat – Qdor/Panda Design
• 20 Dare teen in a dough sign – Mr.Mouse/XeNTaX
• 21 Pensioner Jam – da Blondie/Resource
• 22 Miss You! – Juzdie/Artline Designs
• 23 Liberación Animal – Los Pat Moritas/PVM
• 24 taco =gutti= – Raf/Vulture
• 25 Pernilles Blomster – Roly/Mayday
• 26 Stargazer – F7sus4/Samar Productions
• 27 Thumb Mitten – ZZAP69/Onslaught

PETSCII Competition:

• 1 Ernie – redcrab/genesis project
• 2 Inhale Xhale – Vent/Extend
• 3 No Tobacco – TheRyk/Mayday!
• 4 In the Details – Terwiz/Alumni ^ Damones
• 5 Bait and switch – Lft
• 6 Weee ! Cheese ! – Capt’n Obvious
• 7 Hipno X Soap – Arlequin/PVM
• 8 Big SID – Aki
• 9 The Dream – Nodepond/Level90
• 10 Pungas – Micabot/PVM
• 11 dont be a dick – Bordeaux/Excess

Graphics Competition:

• 1 no country for old men – jok/elysium
• 2 A mature amateur – Duce/Extend
• 3 Back to Neon – Jamon/Tempest
• 4 Technomancer (A Murder… – Mucky/Almagest
• 5 LOBO – Facet/Genesis Project
• 6 Gleis 9 3/4 – elko/Oxyron ^ TRSi
• 7 They’ll never catch me! – Leon/SGR^Chorus^RSC
• 8 Into the void – Vent/Extend
• 9 Tree Dragon – Capt’n Obvious
• 10 Phantasy Nature – Almighty God/Excess
• 11 The Cyan Goddess – ptoing
• 12 Sabotage – Lobo/Atlantis
• 13 Myst Take – Alakran/PVM
• 14 Mega Ukulele – Nith/Triad
• 15 The fool – NiM/Censor Design
• 16 fear and loathing in de… – blackwine/dreamweb
• 17 Kinda Sketchy – Grip/Istari
• 18 Tiny Ninja – Lzwerch
• 19 Fake yourself – XynnM/Fake
• 20 Giggling_stars – Rare_Candy
• 21 Caves of Kryrion – Nodepond/Level90

Download: X-2018 Full Party Stuff (1164)

source: csdb.dk

Cosa sono le DiagROM?

Le DiagROM sono delle ROM diagnostiche per gli Home Computer della serie Commodore Amiga. Queste ROM tornano molto utili in alcune sistuazioni, tipo quando il computer non esegue correttamente il boot o si blocca.

Changelog:

• New memory-detection routine that hopefully finds more memory.
• A600/1200/4000 IDE detection.
• Some bugfixes. (look at releasedata for more info)
• Powerup extras:
  • press left mousebutton at power on, Screen will be disabled and IF there is fastmem present, fastmem will be used instead of chipmem. Serial console is only option.
  • if you press right mousebutton at poweron. Computer will use the beginning of detected ramblock instead of end.
  • (you can combine both buttons at boot)
• fire on joystick at power on:
  • Serialport output is disabled. this to make the machine to start with broken Paula. DiagROM also tries to detect broken paula at start and will disable serial if detected. (this detection is far from 100%)

Download: DiagoROM v1.1 Stable (987)

source: diagrom.com

SNK Neo Geo Mini (40th Anniversary) JAP Version.

Il Neo Geo Mini è un sistema all-in-one progettato come un mini cabinet arcade con 40 giochi NeoGeo installati.

Lo schermo 4:3 da 3.5 pollici non offre angoli di visione o contrasto incredibili ma e’ molto bello a prima vista e visualizza tutto con una risoluzione nitida e nativa, essenziale per questo tipo di giochi.

Sul pannello posteriore c’e’ il pulsante di accensione una porta USB-C per l’alimentazione una porta Mini HDMI e un jack per le cuffie, lateralmente ci sono due porte USB-C per il Joypad.

La selezione dei giochi non e’ per tutti, ma come sappiamo bene SNK ha prodotto quasi e solo giochi Beat’Em UP a parte qualche eccezione.

Venticinque dei 40 giochi sono in stile picchiaduro 2D, inclusi tutti i 10 titoli di King of Fighters che giravano su hardware Neo Geo arcade, tre giochi Samurai Shodown, il primo Art of Fighting e quattro Fatal Fury, incluso l’eterno classico Garou: Mark of the Wolves.

Ci sono anche un paio di giochi a scorrimento laterale come Metal Slug dall’1 al 3, Blazing Star e Twinkle Star Sprites.

Ho scattato delle foto senza troppe pretese, se vi interessano foto di ottima qualita’ del neogeo mini basta cercare in rete, inoltre, come si puo’ vedere non ho ancora attaccato gli adesivi che vengono forniti di serie.

Adesso potete pure insultarmi del perche’ ho acquistato un oggetto del genere, dicendo la solita e banale frase: ma e’ una raspberry! sappiate che non vi cago neanche per striscio.

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NEW TAG: C64 BIG GAME PACK

E’ stato rilasciato del nuovo Software per Commodore 64.

Titoli:

• Bad Tiling +2H
• XXV
• Snow Strike [easyflash]
• Bad Blood [easyflash]
• XXV +H
• The Legend of the Amazon Women +4MFGD
• Zenji +3HD
• Enforcer +11 [easyflash]
• Scuttlebutt 64 +5
• Walliball +4HF
• Lerppu game
• Wolfling Preview V2 +
• Tinyrinth Escape Preview
• Dan Dare Trilogy [easyflash]
• Walliball +H
• Giana Sisters 30th Anniversary Preview 2 +7
• Tinyrinth Escape Preview +2
• Giana Sisters 30th Anniversary Preview 2 +C
• Enforcer +11DGI
• Wolfling Preview V2
• Shadow Switcher
• Shadow Switcher +5C
• Exterminator [reu]
• Scuttlebutt 64
• Street Defender V1.5 [VR64]
• Wolfling Preview V2
• Mashed Turtles
• Mashed Turtles +F
• Fantasia
• Street Defender V1.5 +4D
• Barriers
• Cruising on Broadway Preview +
• Crank Crank Revolution – Gubbdata Edition +1F
• The Bear Essentials +3DP (Special Edition 2018)
• Tini-Mini +
• Cruising on Broadway +2H
• Vizawrite 64D – PXLfont88665b-RF2.0
• Mad Race
• Mad Race +
• Startexter 64 [german]
• Knight Lore +D
• Knight Lore +D (Ons)
• Knight Lore +D (Excess)
• Knight Lore +D (Raiders)
• Star Rank Boxing +5D
• Tower of Rubble 64
• Familiada 2018 [polish]
• Tower of Rubble 64 +1D
• Combat Crazy +7H
• Brush up your English [1581, CMD]
• Knight Lore
• Diskmag Creator [german]
• Multi Man 64 Preview
• The Third Planet From Altair

Download: All Games in One Archive (6733)

source: csdb.dk

Gli aggiornamenti del firmware per il THEC64 Mini forniscono nuove funzionalità e / o correggono eventuali problemi tecnici.

Si consiglia sempre di utilizzare l’ultima versione del firmware.

Version 1.1.4 – Changes:

• Corrects a recent firmware issue that prevented joysticks like the Logitech F710 from being detected.

Please be aware there is currently a 256 item limit (files and/or folders) to assist improved USB memory stick performance.

Download: TheC64 Mini Firmware v1.1.4 (2078)

source: thec64.com

Pratico e funzionale adattatore progettato da Rolo che permette di utilizzare la Rolo Multi-Cartridge anche sulla console Emerson Arcadia 2001 / GIG Leonardo e Hanimex HMG-2650.

L’eprom che va installata nella Multi-Cartridge contiene 64 giochi tutti perfettamente funzionanti.

Questa è un’ottima alternativa per chi non vuole spendere una cifra importante per la Multicart Arcadia 2001.

Grazie Rolo per questo fantastico adattatore per la Multi-Cartridge.

Gallery:

Video:

source: atariage.com

Gli aggiornamenti del firmware per il THEC64 Mini forniscono nuove funzionalità e / o correggono eventuali problemi tecnici.

Si consiglia sempre di utilizzare l’ultima versione del firmware.

Version 1.1.2 – Changes:

• Fixes an issue where some USB directory layouts result in an empty file list.
• Amended USB behaviour to help resolve issues users experienced with some USB memory sticks when using the File Loader.

Please be aware there is currently a 256 item limit (files and/or folders) to assist improved USB memory stick performance.

Download: TheC64 Mini Firmware v1.1.2 (1149)

source: thec64.com

Gli aggiornamenti del firmware per il THEC64 Mini forniscono nuove funzionalità e / o correggono eventuali problemi tecnici.

Si consiglia sempre di utilizzare l’ultima versione del firmware.

Version 1.1.0 – Changes:

• New File Loader functionality. Please see File Loader for full details.
• Further improvements to response times.
• Fixing one small issue with the German Virtual Keyboard.
• Adding the missing help function in ‘Avenger’ to a joystick button.

Download: TheC64 Mini Firmware v1.1.0 (1505)

source: thec64.com

E’ stato rilasciato un nuovo aggiornamento firmware per l’ultimate-64 / Ultimate 1541 II / Ultimate 1541 II+ di Gideon e miglioramenti di Markus.

Changelog of Ultimate-64 / 1541 Ultimate 2+ by Gideon

• NEW: Audio Mixer
• 1541 Ultimate II+ only:
  • NEW: External Audio In
• 1541 Ultimate II and II+ only:
  • Can now be used in Ultimate 64
• Ultimate 64 only:
  • SpeedDOS Parallel Cable (needs e.g. DolpinDOS roms)
  • Interface type: Ultimate Menu picture overlay (HDMI-only)
  • USB keyboard support. Like earlier firmware, press scroll/lock to enter/exit the Ultimate menu.
  • Replacement of Charrom and BASIC.
• Display *.64 files as a directory via FTP:
  • Every chosen FTP username enables this feature (*.d64 are shown as directory AND as *.d64 files)
  • The username “d64″ deactivates the listing of *.d64 files (*.d64 are only shown as directory)
  • The username “d642″ disables this feature completely, (*.d64 are only shown as files)

.. and there are many improvements not present in the changelog.

Note for the Ultimate 64:

You will need a kernel, basic and character rom after the upgrade. These roms are not included in the update. These roms are distributed with vice-emu, but you can also find them on zimmermans.net.

For instance, you could use these roms: 901225-01.bin (char), 901226.bin (basic) and 901227-03.bin (kernal). Roms with the .rom extension should also work.

Changelog of Ultimate-64 / 1541 Ultimate 2 / 1541 Ultimate 2+ by Markus

Changes in this release (compared to 3.3):

• You can now flash more alternative kernals and floppy roms (1541 Ultimate II+: 2, Ultimate 64: 3).
• Kernals and floppy roms can be loaded without flashing
• Pressing the following keys while turning on the Ultimate 64 will change the video mode to
  • D => DVI
  • H => HDMI
  • R => RGB
  • C => Composite/S-Video
• Fix writing to kernal via TCP Port 64 on Ultimate 64
• Fix Fast Reset on “Original” Kernal on Ultimate 64

Download:

• Gideon Ultimate-64/1541 Ultimate 2+ Firmware (981)
• Markus Ultimate-64/1541 Ultimate 2/2+ v1 Firmware (1050)
• OSRom (kernel,basic,character) and many more (1078)

source: ultimate64.com github.com/markusC64

Mille grazie al mio amico Ciro del TI-99 Italian User Club per questo fantastico regalo.

La CMK49 (Computer Musica Keyboard) della SIEL è una tastiera a 49 tasti, che connessa al C64 consente di interfacciarsi ad esso come fosse un pianoforte/tastiera musicale.

Questo significa che la CMK49 non produce suoni, serve solo a comunicare, tramite il software (driver) fornito, con il C64 fornendo informazioni sulla nota da suonare. Il suono viene prodotto dal SID.

Assieme alla tastiera, il software veniva fornito su nastro e su disco.

Gallery:

Download: Siel CMK-49 Software (D64/TAP) & Manual (870)

source: ready64.org

NEW TAG: C64 BIG GAME PACK

E’ stato rilasciato del nuovo Software per Commodore 64.

Titoli:

• Borrowed Time [scpu]
• Borrowed Time [easyflash]
• Borrowed Time [1581]
• Cheeky Twins 2 [easyflash]
• Jump Man Basic
• Warp +5DG
• Boray Gammon V2.23
• Rambo: First Blood Part II +
• Hellbound Preview 2 +2
• Basic Lightning V1.2
• Machine Lightning V1.2L
• Sphinx +3DG
• Bad Tiling
• Stick Breaker
• Law Of The West [easyflash]
• Bad Tiling +
• Rent-A-Cop Reloaded +5PD
• Rent-A-Cop Reloaded
• Phantom of the Blasteroids
• Phantom of the Blasteroids +F
• What Copies What
• Platoon +12DFHIR [easyflash]
• Last Ninja 2 +8D [easyflash]
• Top 20 Preview +5DT
• Harpo’s Castle +4HDT
• FPRPG Preview
• Magic Squares
• Magisches Quadrat
• Lights Off
• Lights On
• Split Second +2H [seuck]
• Operation Metalstorm +1H [seuck]
• Running out of RAM
• SEUCK Compo 2018 Prize Package
• The Mars Saga [cmd]
• Battletech [cmd]
• James Pond 2 [easyflash]
• Running Out of RAM +M
• Repton 3 +2DMP
• NumTrap
• Master Game +D
• Karateka 2-Player
• Rogue Burger One Preview 2 +4
• Grilled Until Dead +
• Pooyan +6DGMH
• The Labyrinth
• Superman – Man of Steel +1D [easyflash]
• Das Labyrinth
• Rogue Burger One +5
• Pirates of the Dark Waters V3
• Monster Hunt
• Monsterjagd
• Snakebird Preview
• Quest for Quintana Roo +6DGP
• Kangarudy 2 [cmd]
• Kangarudy 1 [cmd]
• Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show [easyflash]
• Paranoids
• Food Truck Preview
• Paranoids +2
• P-47 Thunderbolt [easyflash]
• Bburago Rally [easyflash]
• Willow [easyflash]
• Bad Tiling +2H
• Rambo: First Blood Part II V2 +

Download: All Games in One Archive (6941)

source: csdb.dk

RetroStone è il nuovo dispositivo dello sviluppatore Pierre-Louis Boyer di 8BCraft ed e’ la versione aggiornata con un nuovo design del Raspiboy lanciato con successo un pò di tempo fa tramite una campagna Kickstarter.

Il RetroStone utilizza un processore H3 con 4 core a 1.2GHz e 1 GB di Memoria RAM DDR. RetroStone è compatibile con Retrorangepi, la distribuzione Retropie creata appositamente per le schede H3. Retropie che sicurmente conoscete è un fantastico software di emulazione.

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Video:

source: kickstarter.com 8bcraft.com