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 (1.0.12.0 -> 1.0.16.0):
- Prevent memory buffer overflow error when mounting G64 disk files that contain tracks that are longer than 7928 bytes. Allow arbitrary length G64 track data to be scaled to the emulated disk.
- Fixed G64 file header track size sanity check.
- Added VIA6522 shift register emulation to support raw captured VMAX4 loaders.
- CIA Time Of Day emulation accuracy improvement.
Download:
source: hoxs64.net
Firmware upgrades for THEC64 Mini provide new features and/or correct any technical issues.
We always recommend that you use the latest version of the firmware.
Version 1.2.0 – Changes:
- Adds a complete new game for free to the GAMES CAROUSEL! Galencia for the Mini is licensed from Jay Aldred and is the winner of the Reset64 Magazine 2017 Commodore 64 Game of the Year Award
- Introduces the Virtual Joystick. You can now select all options on THEC64 Mini and even play games just using a USB keyboard. See Virtual Joystick for further information
- Improves the File Loader to allow multiple programs to be configured at once. See Setting a Default Configuration for Multiple Programs for further information
- Remembers the mute state of the CAROUSEL music between reboots
- Improves the general performance of THEC64 Mini screens and menus
Note:
Galencia is the winner of the Reset64 Magazine 2017 Commodore 64 Game of the Year Award. It is a colourful, highly polished, Galaga inspired single-screen shoot-em-up.
Jay has worked really hard to produce a special version of Galencia just for THEC64 Mini and its 720p display, and it makes maximum use of the upper and lower borders for graphics, right up to the edge of the screen! Be aware however, that some HD TVs might crop some of these border graphics when displaying the 720p image. This is not a fault with Galencia or the Mini and we recommend that you refer to your TV settings.
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 v1.2.0 (2138)
source: thec64.com
This Commodore Amiga 600 is arrived in laboratory in immaculate state still with the warranty sticker.
Immediately after the disassembly i have immediately noticed that were are several problems of acid released from the capacitors and dirty that affected this poor Amiga 600 and its Floppy Drive.
A decoupling capacitor it’s exploded with a pit on the PCB side, solved this problem i started to replace all the electrolytic capacitors and to clean the pcb with specific products.
After the replacement of the electrolytic capacitors, i have tried to turn on the amiga that apparently worked, shame about the distorted sound and the floppy drive that read 1 time of 100.
I had to replace the electrolyte capacitor on the Floppy Drive and soon after i looked for the fault of the audio problem that 99% is always the usual LF374.
In this case it was not only LF374 but also a 10ohm resistor that did not let the +12v to the LF374 and a short-circuited ceramic decoupling capacitor.
Components that have been replaced:
- IC LF374 substituted with a fully compatible TL084C (U15)
- 10Ohm resistor (R301)
- 330nF capacitor (C301)
- 330nF capacitor (C41)
Unfortunately the welding of the LF374 did not come very well how i like to do it but the pad are destroyed and corroded by the acid and they were about to detach, indeed the pad of the pin 2 of the LF374 was really detached, that’s why the pin 1 and 2 of the IC LF374 are connected together, they were connected via the pad.
I leave you to the photos and the video.
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Video:
The Commodore-SX64 keyboard after some time isnt’t responding anymore (all or some keys). In this case, the keyboard needs some cleaning and repair.
First of all you have to disassembly the keyboard housing, pay particular attention to the screws, this plastic is very old and not of a good quality, it breaks only if you look it.
Gently remove the membrane and clean with alcohol all the metal contacts on the keyboard pcb and also clean all the contact pads on the membrane without alcohol.
Next i took some graphite in cream (Keypad Fix) to reconstruct the pads on the membrane by simply applying a very fine layer of graphite on the contacts.
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Firmware upgrade for the UK1541 a real time drive emulator with cycle-exact 6502 instructions execution and VIA’s emulation just by tiny MCU, LCP1114, Cortex M0, 48Mhz (0,84 DMIPS/Mhz) developed by Krzysztof Switajski aka Kisiel/ICON.
Changelog:
- Core6502 update 2.0.1.11-2018 with major improvements for VIA emulation.
Download:
source: wiki.projekt64.filety.pl
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:
- Allow game device axes to be unselected in the joystick settings.
- Experimental support for game devices with more than 32 buttons and up to 128 buttons.
- Fix to broken save state.
Download:
source: hoxs64.net
NEW TAG: C64 BIG GAME PACK
Some new games or tools (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups.
Titles:
- The Third Planet From Altair (RPL)
- The Last Ninja [1581]
- DX-7 Sounddesign
- Combat Crazy +7H (EasyFlash)
- Rogue Burger One +5F
- Laura64 Preview V2 +2T
- Infernal Runner +1DT
- DX-7 Support
- (Super) Bonkey Kong +2HD
- Demons Castle 2 [english]
- Cow & Chicken Preview (TRIAD/PROTOVISION)
- Combat Crazy +7H
- Limbo Preview
- Hibernated 1: This Place is Death (R17)
- Drugwar 64
- Hibernated 1: This Place is Death (R17) +D
- Zombie Calavera Prologue – Hokuto Force
- Zombie Calavera Prologue – Hardstyle
- Rush Preview +2
- The Scroll of Akbar Khan +1DMW
- Drugwar 64 V1.05
- Terminator 2 +H (EasyFlash)
- Brainway +DCM
- Blastopia
- Ill Savior Preview 2
- CETI 21 – Special Edition +2 [seuck]
- Blastopia +6HD
- Aviator Arcade II Preview V2 +3
- Illsavior Preview 2
- Fizz +1F
- Austro-Comp E1+E2 [german]
- Aviator Arcade II Preview [sd2iec]
- Bomberland 64k [sd2iec]
- Spider Maze +3D
- Spider Maze
- Highnoon +6DGMH
- GameTro +
- Get Off My Garden! +5H
- LumberJack Basic
- Four in a Row Master +T
- Caverns of Khafka +10D
- Street Gang +7DH
Download: All Games in One Archive (6781)
source: csdb.dk
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:
- SID envelope timing fixes. SID sustain register cycle accurate response to changes. Update to the SID noise write back behaviour.
Download:
source: hoxs64.net
ARMSid (6581/8580 Replacement) by Nobomi.
I could not resist the temptation to try also this emulation of the SID 6581/8580 with the STM32F410 ARM Cortex M4, i’m talking about the ARMSid by Nobomi.
The fast shipping and the courtesy of Nobomi are certainly very well but also the packaging, the ARMSid is shipped in a plastic case to avoid any problem with the shipping.
The sound and the “audio” feeling are good like the SwinSID Ultimate but better, personally i would place the ARMDSid between the Original SID and the SwinSID Ultimate, Nobomi you have made a very good job. Congratulations.
Nobomi also wrote a software for Commodore 64 to configure the various ARMSid options and another software to update the Firmware.
Some information taken from the Nobomi site:
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 Video:
source: ARMSiD Homepage
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:
- 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:
source: hoxs64.net
What is DiagROM?
DiagROM is a diagnostic tool for the amiga computers.
And it is to be used on defective machines, trying to help no-boot situations etc.
You simply replace the Kickstart roms in the Amiga with the DiagROM. and when poweron. your Amiga will start a diagnostic software. It will try to dump info on the serialport (and actual menus etc aswell) while also trying on the screen.
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 (812)
source: diagrom.com
NEW TAG: C64 BIG GAME PACK
Some new games or tools (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups.
Titles:
- 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 (6450)
source: csdb.dk
Why throwing away a Commodore Floppy Disk Drive with a broken head it could become a great gadget to clean Floppy Disks.
How to do ? just disassemble the entire part that controls the movement of the head including the head itself.
The power supply used is 12v with at least 1A, you can see the connection in the photo.
Good Cleaning.
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Video:
NEW TAG: C64 BIG GAME PACK
Some new games or tools (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups.
Titles:
- 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 (6498)
source: csdb.dk
Commodore Amiga 1200 Sostiuzione Condensatori.
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