Autopsy:
The computer Lemon II is a “perfect” clone of the Apple ][+ (Apple Europlus) produced in Italy by different companies, Selcom, Jen, Belton and Lemon Italy.
The mainboard was a copy almost identical of the Apple ][+, differ from the original for a few details, such the use of EPROM instead of ROM.
The contents of the ROM was slightly modified to remove any reference to Apple. So the boot screen that show “Apple II” are replaced with “Lemon II”. The Lemon II was therefore not only a computer “compatible” like the original, but a real clone.
The computer won the fame of 100% software compatibility, feature that will determine the commercial success.
This text was taken from the homepage of computerhistory.it and translated in English language.
Playing at Montezuma’s Revenge:
Lemon II at work in a school laboratory:
source: computerhistory.it leganerd.com
I have received a Lemon II computer (Apple ][+ / Europlus Clone) in a good cosmetic condition but with a serious problem at the keyboard, here below defects and repairs that has been made.
Cleaning comparison (before / after):
Gallery of the repair:
Defects:
- First problem: When a keyboard key is pressed is always displayed the same character, in this case the character “O”
- Second problem (which i have only noticed after solving the first one): The keyboard works correctly, all characters are displayed in the correct way, but sometimes the character displayed does not match with the key pressed. Example: when pressing many times the letter “I”, after a while is displayed the character “Y” and after a while it show the right character “I”.
Components Replaced:
I have to thank my friend Luca that called me to inform me that there was still a piece of the SMC KR2376-ST available in the store.
This is the official demo party results from BCC Party #8 (Top 3 Entries only). See also the CSDB BCC Party #8 section for more informations.
C64 Demo:
- Durch den Monsun by Delysid
- Was erlaube MYD? by Mayday!
- Free Beer! by Delysid
C64 Music:
- Flott-O-Mat by Spider Jerusalem
- Locust by Slimex
- Quad*Project by celticdesign
C64 Graphics:
- Eisvogel by Slayer Grafix
- Butterfly Dreams by JSL
- Dark Power by Crayon
Mixed:
- Godspeed – A 8580 Music Album by Mayday! (Music Collection)
- Buddha Music Disk #1 by Hokuto Force (Music Collection)
- Commodore in Space II by Wintermute (Game
Download: BCC Party #8 Party stuff (1109)
source: facebook.com
This is the official demo party results from Datastorm 2014 (Top 3 Entries only). See also the CSDB DATASTORM 2014 section for more informations.
C64 Demo:
- We Are All Connected by Fairlight, Offence, Prosonix
- Continuum by TRIAD
- The Doors of Perception by SHAPE
C64 Music:
- Valentine by Dane
- The Greatest Pal by Scarzix
- Better Call Saul by X-jammer
C64 Graphics:
- Ze bramblebee by Redcrab
- Strikeforce by Prowler
- Kind of Blew It by Fedja
Mixed Graphics (PETSCII):
- Yarr! by Genesis Project
- The Accident by Hack n’ Trade
- Stay Forever by wysiwtf
Download: Datastorm 2014 Party stuff (1138)
source: datastorm.se
Onslaught / Wrath Designs / Vandalism, bring to you the 61th issue of the Vandalism News.
Download: Vandalism News #61 (1045)
source: noname.c64.org/csdb
Autopsy:
The LO>>PROFILE professional keyboard is the ultimate upgrade for your Spectrum. By replacing its existing keyboard with a high quality LO>>PROFILE, you give this world-beating computer the keyboard it deserves.
The LO>>PROFILE is a full size QWERTY keyboard with full-travel positive-actions keys for super-fast entry of programs and data. Presented in an ultra-modern and robust enclosure, the LO>>PROFILE is elegantly styled and is inclined forwards for convenient operation.
Featuring a full size space bar with dedicated numeric and cursor keypad the LO>>PROFILE increases the number of keys from 40 to 53. A combination of clearly labelled, sculptured and height-adjusted keys aids the advance to fault-free touch-typing.
Descriptions are taken from the Advertising of the LO>>PROFILE keyboard.
Some new games or tools (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups.
Titles:
- Kong Strikes Back +5MH +Pic
- Helikopter Jagd 102% Jewel V1.2 +7HD
- Star Battles +5HGD
- Eggland Mystery Preview +2
- Another Day, Another Zombie
- Dark Force
- Planet Popper +1H
- Hero Time 2
- Dark Force +2H
- Blob Preview 2 +
- Honey Bee Preview +
- Legacy of the Ancients/Legend of Blacksilver +4D [EasyFlash]
- Hero Time II +2D
- Crazy Dog Racing +M DE
Download: All Games in One Archive (2766)
source: csdb.dk
The conditions of this Commodore 8296 (TAN Case) are really bad. The CBM 8296 is left for over 25 years in a dovecote.
The cleaning, repairing and restoration have taken a very long time, but the result is more than acceptable.
The comparison (before / after):
Defects:
- The Commodore 8296 was completely dead (Black screen of death).
- Little problems of CRT geometry.
Replaced parts:
- Replaced PLA U6 with a OTP EPROM 27C512R 70ns + Adapter
- Replaced the ROM 2 x 2764 Eprom with 1 x 27C128 Eprom (spare parts from a original cbm pcb)
Note:
I have replaced the original ROM (2 x EPROM) pcb because the PLA adapter is fat. I could insert a small castle (photo) between the ROM pcb and the Main Motherboard but in this time i have prefered to replace with a single Eprom.
Gallery of repair and cleaning:
SNDH archive v4.3 released - 4107 SNDH files (total 7719 tunes)
Ever since the birth of the Atari ST, different chip music formats have had different ways to use them. If you are coding a chip music player for the Atari ST you would have to use dozens and dozens of special ways to replay music.
But in the mid 90′s, BDC of Aura crew became tired of this inelegant system and decided to fix the issue once and for all. He then created the ‘SNDH’ file format. SNDH is actually the original songfile and replaycode with a header bolted on top of the music and replayer. The header has a unified calling interface no matter what type of chip music is hidden beneath it, and it has extended datas about the music.
Download: SNDH Atari ST YM2149 Archive v4.3 (1412)
source: sndh.atari.org
Scene World is a C64 magazine on disk dedicated to various activities of bothC64 scenes.
“Both” means, that we are supplying information and texts of both scenes; NTSC and PAL.
Download: Commodore 64 DiskMagazine - Scene World #22 (1111)
source: sceneworld.org
The HxC Floppy Drive Emulator is a software and hardware system created by jfdn aka Jeff.
The aim of this project is to replace the floppy disk drive by an electronic device emulating the floppy disk drive (list of supported Computer/Hardware).
There are two differents emulators:
- A USB version which allows to connect the floppy disk drive interface of the computer to a PC via a USB cable.
- A SDCARD version which allows to emulate floppy disks which images are stored in a SDCARD.
Release notes for the HxCFloppyEmulator software v2.0.20.1:
- Disk Browser : AmigaDOS disk support added ! Amiga Files can be read/write/deleted with the Disk Browser !
- New Writer : XML files -> Disk layout can now be exported into XML !
- New Loader : XML files -> A disk can be generated from an XML file !
- Raw Loader : An XML file can now be used as disk layout !
- General : Low level sector reader and track display speed-optimized.
- MacOS X : Executable now compiled with the “-mmacosx-version-min=10.5″ option -> Leopard,Snow Leopard,Lion,Mountain Lion & Mavericks supported.
Download:
source: hxc2001.free.fr lotharek.pl
Some new games or tools (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups.
Titles:
- Invert (Final Edition) +7HF [pal/ntsc]
- Invert [Final Edition]
- Crazy Caverns +3H
- Vidball +3D
- Rolloverture +3D
- Othello +F [pal/ntsc]
- Vidball
- Rainbow Dragon 101% +11DX [pal/ntsc]
- Inertiania +
- Night Raid +2
- Re-Alienator +2
- Franz Falckenhaus Trident Crisis
- RGCD 16k Cart Compo 2013 Collection [EasyFlash]
- Tetris (Atari arcade conversion)
- The Search for Santa Clues
- 7dshoot preview +1
- Rent-a-Cop Reloaded Preview
- Helikopter Jagd 101% Jewel V1.1 +3H
- A.R.C.O.S.
- Flok +2
- Top Gun +1D
- Oil Defense
- RGCD 16k Cart Compo 2013 Collection 100% [EasyFlash]
- Tetris (DaCapo) +1H 100%
- Bubbled Ghost Preview
Download: All Games in One Archive (2864)
source: csdb.dk
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