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A rare Commodore 65 on eBay.com

February 2nd, 2013 No comments

A rare Commodore 65 on eBay.com.

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.com wikipedia

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C64 Game: Hydrax 101% &DS / Excaliba +5PD …

January 24th, 2013 No comments

NAV v9.2: A File Browser with mouse support for the C64

January 24th, 2013 1 comment

NAV, is a new file browser for the C64. NAV can use a mouse in Port 1, joystick in Port 2, or the keyboard. NAV can work with up to five drives and has been tested with the following drive types:

1541, 1571, 1581, uIEC, IDE64

Browsing through directories and disks is just point and click! Drives like the uIEC that can store gigabytes of software can be tedious and frustrating to navigate. NAV lets you easily work with D64/D71/D81/DNP/M2I disk images as well as “real” Commodore disks and the IDE64. Up to five drives at a time!

Just click a drive to browse it!Pressing the “@” key brings up a command line that acts just like the good ol’ DOS Wedge. In addition, there are a few additional commands that can be entered on the command line. Just type “@HELP” to get the complete list.

Download: NAV v9.2 (D64) (1483)

source: commodoreserver.com

NAV v9.1: A File Browser with mouse support for the C64

January 23rd, 2013 No comments

NAV, is a new file browser for the C64. NAV can use a mouse in Port 1, joystick in Port 2, or the keyboard. NAV can work with up to five drives and has been tested with the following drive types:

1541, 1571, 1581, uIEC, IDE64

Browsing through directories and disks is just point and click! Drives like the uIEC that can store gigabytes of software can be tedious and frustrating to navigate. NAV lets you easily work with D64/D71/D81/DNP/M2I disk images as well as “real” Commodore disks and the IDE64. Up to five drives at a time!

Just click a drive to browse it!Pressing the “@” key brings up a command line that acts just like the good ol’ DOS Wedge. In addition, there are a few additional commands that can be entered on the command line. Just type “@HELP” to get the complete list.

Download: NAV v9.1 (D64) (833)

source: commodoreserver.com

HermIRES v1.25 C64 hires-bitmap editor

January 16th, 2013 No comments

HermIRES it’s a cross-platform hires bitmap (Art Studio 1 format) editor for the Commodore 64.

The format has some restrictions, here are the rules:

  • The maximal resolution of the picture is 320×200
  • Only 16 fix C64 colours can be used (no gradient either)
  • In a 8×8 pixel-block only 2 colours can used to be displayable by C64 (this is detected in HermIRES, but .hbm files can be saved with clashes too.)
  • On a real C64 the PAL will blur the screen-content a bit, should check on CRT, or at least VICE emulator’s CRT simulation.

Changelog:

Added:

  • Color swapping fast-button – Tilde “`” button (BitBreaker’s idea)
  • Show pen-diameter preview circle if diameter is bigger than the default
  • *dense (pixel-scale) grid toggleable (in bigger magnifications too).
  • *added ‘Deny painting’,'Reuse existing colour’ and ‘Set block colour’ mode to ClashTest – different settings on/off in case clash would happen…
  • *showing zoomed area in the preview, allow going to area in zoomed mode when left-clicking on preview
  • Showing ongoing progresses by text/graphics (loading/converting/drawing…)
  • Selectable CRT emulation for Preview/Grid only… (for faster operation on slow machines)
  • Undo step number displayed (should undo history also be saved?)

Fixed:

  • Control/shift/alt stucked in Win7 with allegro devpak 4.2… -> using allegro devpak 4.4.2 version instead!
  • Reduced overall CPU usage – refined timed and pixelling/detection events
  • iI Windows it was slow (especially in CRT emulation) -> wrote optimized software CRT-emul.pixelling for GridDrawer, not relying on hw-acceleration
  • *pressing F1..F4 fucked up (enlightens) toolbar sometimes – solution: timing stabilizer / thread safety check solved it
  • Preview-zoom title-text was overwritten by Grid-Zoom-text in the smallest resolution mode with 2-digit magnifications
  • *there was ‘allegro error #11′ and ‘segmentation fault’ at lower than required resolution – it was logical mistake in resolution-decider loop
  • Made dithered and big-pendiameter filled rectangle/circle drawing faster (set the steps according to pen-diameter)
  • *allegro filename-extension detection was wrong – if ‘.’ used in filename and no extension given, only the name before was saved to disk! -> used ustrcmp & strcat instead
  • *C64-executable format name-tag (caption) now editable (deleting it disables it)

Download:

source: hermit.netne.net

C64 Game: S-Blox v1.0 / Octron / Super Mario Bros Preview …

January 13th, 2013 No comments

NAV: A File Browser with mouse support for the Commodore 64

January 13th, 2013 No comments

NAV, is a new file browser for the C64. NAV can use a mouse in Port 1, joystick in Port 2, or the keyboard. NAV can work with up to five drives and has been tested with the following drive types:

1541, 1571, 1581, uIEC, IDE64

Browsing through directories and disks is just point and click! Drives like the uIEC that can store gigabytes of software can be tedious and frustrating to navigate. NAV lets you easily work with D64/D71/D81/DNP/M2I disk images as well as “real” Commodore disks and the IDE64. Up to five drives at a time!

Just click a drive to browse it!Pressing the “@” key brings up a command line that acts just like the good ol’ DOS Wedge. In addition, there are a few additional commands that can be entered on the command line. Just type “@HELP” to get the complete list.

Download: NAV (D64) (902)

source: commodoreserver.com

C64 Game: Tone-Loco + 100% / SRogue v1.0 &D / Gorf …

January 8th, 2013 No comments

HermIRES v1.2 C64 hires-bitmap editor

January 7th, 2013 No comments

HermIRES it’s a cross-platform hires bitmap (Art Studio 1 format) editor for the Commodore 64.

The format has some restrictions, here are the rules:

  • The maximal resolution of the picture is 320×200
  • Only 16 fix C64 colours can be used (no gradient either)
  • In a 8×8 pixel-block only 2 colours can used to be displayable by C64 (this is detected in HermIRES, but .hbm files can be saved with clashes too.)
  • On a real C64 the PAL will blur the screen-content a bit, should check on CRT, or at least VICE emulator’s CRT simulation.

Download:

source: hermit.netne.net

Commodore Free Magazine Issue #66

January 6th, 2013 No comments

Commodore Free Magazine Issue #66

Free to download Commodore magazine dedicated to Commodore Computers.

In this issue you can find:
Editorial
NEWS
New Products at amigakit.com
C16 Mega Games Collection
Paku Paku
C64 Introductory Audio Tape
MEM64 Released
Hollywood 5.2 Released
Amiga Puzzle Game: G.E.M.Z
iGame Front End for Windows
Nerd Book
SID Wizard Creation Guides
AROS Vision 1.5.5 Uploaded
Could Elite Make A Comeback?
New Version of SysInfo Available
SteamDraw 2.1 Released
JiffyDOS & uIEC Cheat Sheet
ìThe Amiga Worksî Kickstarter
New Articles on Obligement
Revival Studios News

 

AmigaOS 4 News: A Frog Game
V.A.M.P. Player 0.86 Available
FastATA 4000 MK-VI CF/SATA
RGCD News
Sketchblock Version 1.7 Relased
GadToolsBox 3 Open Sourced
Home Taping Is Killing Gaming
Computers For The Masses Not Just The Classes
Review: Mayhem
Review: Dream (Unexpanded VIC20)
Retro Derby (G & G)
Review: Alien Bash 2
Review: Space Lords

Download:

source: commodorefree.com

Categories: Magazine, News & Rumors, Today

Hoxs64 Commodore 64 Emulator Updated v1.0.8.3

January 6th, 2013 No comments

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:

  • Bug fix to VIC. Removed faulty VIC ClockNextWakeUpClock runtime (not debugger) mode optimiser code that had caused the Technological Snow demo by Agony Design to fail since v1.0.6.3.
  • EasyFlash v2 title screen glitch now fixed by correcting the “hard reset” code to set the sprite Y expansion flip-flops.

Download:

source: hoxs64.net

Commodore 64 DiskMagazine – Scene World #20

January 5th, 2013 No comments

Scene World is a C64 magazine on disk dedicated to various activities of both C64 scenes.

“Both” means, that we are supplying information and texts of both scenes; NTSC and PAL.

Download: Scene World #20 (D64/D81 + Disk Cover) (798)

source: sceneworld.c64files.com

Hoxs64 Commodore 64 Emulator Updated v1.0.8.1

January 3rd, 2013 No comments

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 the EasyFlash 1MB cartridge. A simplified emulation of the AMD Am29F040 EPROM permits writing and passes EasyProg v1.6.3 tests.
  • Fixed freeze and soft reset to spread randomly through the frame to improve the chance of a successful freeze.
  • New cartridge emulation with freeze function. Peter Schepers CRT format is supported. The following cartridge emulations are supported: Action Replay v[6 - 2], Final Cartridge III (v3 only), Retro Replay 64K RAM, Magic Desk, Ocean 1, Fun Play, Super Games, System 3, Dinamic, Zaxxon, Simons Basic, Normal Cartridge. The CRT reader uses the in file reported chip bank numbers and not the order they appear in the file.
  • Fixed misreported raster position in the debugger when starting a new frame.

Download:

source: hoxs64.net

CBM prg Studio v2.5.3 released

January 3rd, 2013 No comments

CBM prg Studio Version 2.5.3 is released. There are a lot of new features in this version. I’d really appreciate it if you report any bugs you find or have any suggestions/comments.

CBM prg Studio allows you to type a BASIC or Machine Code program in using a nice Windows environment and convert it to a ‘.prg’ file which you can run on an emulator, or even a real C64 / VIC20 or PET if you’re feeling brave and have the right kit.

CBM prg Studio is the result of merging C64PrgGen and VIC20PrgGen. Adding new features and fixing bugs in two apps which were 95% similar was a bit of a nightmare so merging them made sense.

It was also a good opportunity for a face lift and to add some new features, such as:

  • Programs are project based, meaning all related source files, sprite files etc. are kept in one place and multiple source files can be linked more easily.
  • Tabbed MDI.
  • Syntax highlighting.

What CBM prg Studio isn’t is a front-end for tok64, cbmcnvrt, bastext or any other tokeniser / detokeniser / assembler. It’s all been written completely from scratch.

New features:

  • New source conversion tool to convert Develop64 files to asm format.
  • New tutorial explaining how to use projects to manage assembly source files.

Bugs fixed:

  • Relative addressing with offset, e.g. BMI *+4.
  • Some invalid relative offsets not detected.
  • Excluding source files from a project.
  • Removing source files from a project.
  • Assigning a variable to another variable.
  • Warnings if invalid BASIC jump (goto, gosub etc.) destinations are detected.
  • Unknown labels not detected.
  • Screen designer not retaining ‘reverse off’ after new line.
  • Forward-referenced cheap labels not working.
  • Duplicate cheap labels not detected.
  • Some UI issues.

Download: CBM prg Studio v2.5.3 (795)

source: ajordison.co.uk

C64 Game: Retron Phase One +2H / Blok Copy – PETSCII Edition …

January 2nd, 2013 No comments