Autopsy:
from Wikipedia:
The VIC-20 (Germany: VC-20; Japan: VIC-1001) is an 8-bit home computer which was sold by Commodore Business Machines. The VIC-20 was announced in 1980, roughly three years after Commodore’s first personal computer, the PET. The VIC-20 was the first computer of any description to sell one million units.
The VIC-20 was intended to be more economical than the PET computer. It was equipped with only 5 kB of RAM (of this, only 3583 bytes were available to the BASIC programmer) and used the same MOS 6502 CPU as the PET. The VIC-20′s video chip, the MOS Technology VIC, was a general-purpose color video chip designed by Al Charpentier in 1977 and intended for use in inexpensive display terminals and game consoles, but Commodore could not find a market for the chip.
As the Apple II gained momentum with the advent of VisiCalc in 1979, Jack Tramiel wanted a product that would compete in the same segment, to be presented at the January 1980 CES. For this reason Chuck Peddle and Bill Seiler started to design a computer named TOI (The Other Intellect).
source: wikipedia
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Autopsy:
I have removed two polyester capacitors (filter) before they explode.
This is a dot matrix printer produced by Sharp for Personal microcomputer System MZ-80 Series. The Sharp MZ-80 P3 must be connected to the Sharp MZ-80 I/O (Interface Unit) to be utilized. This printer has been built by Epson and later rebranded by Sharp.
Autopsy:
I have removed two polyester capacitors (filter) before they explode.
Floppy Disk Drive for Personal microcomputer System MZ-80 Series. Each floppy disk can contain 143k of data for a total of 286K. The Floppy Disk Drive must be connected to the Sharp MZ-80 I/O (Interface Unit) to be utilized.
The 8bit computers multiscene party reports. See also the Forver 8bit party homepage for more informations and download.
Download:
source: forever.zeroteam.sk
Autopsy:
I have removed two polyester capacitor (filter) that are exploded after a few seconds.
This is a I/O Extension device to connect bus-line signals being output from MZ-80K to peripheral units such as dot printer, floppy disk, colour display and so on.
Autopsy:
from Wikipedia:
The Sharp MZ is a series of personal computers sold in Japan and Europe (particularly Germany and Great Britain) by Sharp beginning in 1978.
Although commonly believed to stand for “Microcomputer Z80″, the term MZ actually has its roots in the MZ-40K, a home computer kit produced by Sharp in 1978 which was based on Fujitsu’s 4-bit MB8843 processor and provided a simple hexadecimal keypad for input. This was soon followed by the MZ-80K, K2, C, and K2E, all of which were based on 8-bit LH0080A Sharp CPU (compatible to Zilog Z80A) with an alphanumeric keyboard.
The Sharp MZ80K was one of the popular early consumer-level microcomputers, with an architecture based on the Zilog Z80 8-bit microprocessor. It was introduced into Europe in 1979. The machine had 48KB of RAM, 32KB of which was available for user programs (the actual figure was dependent on the memory configuration and the system languages being used).
It could run a variety of high-level languages including BASIC, Pascal and FORTRAN, which had to be loaded into RAM before any programming could be undertaken. It could also be programmed directly in assembly code or machine code. The machine had an inbuilt monochrome display and a cassette tape drive. The display, keyboard and cassette drive lifted on hinges to expose the motherboard and circuitry underneath. Graphics capability was primitive, with only preset shapes and icons being available and no native hi-res capability.
This was not unusual for a late-1970s vintage microcomputer. The main drawback, however, of the MZ-80K was the non-standard keyboard, which was difficult to use.
The MZ-80K sold well in Europe despite its high price (it retailed at over £500 in 1980), and a large range of software was available, including some Japanese arcade games. It was superseded in 1982 by the MZ-80A machine.
source: wikipedia
Some new games (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups: Laxity and Genesis Project.
Download:
source: csdb.dk
Lotharek has made a new PCB for the HxC Floppy Drive Emulator designed by Jean-François DEL NERO so that fits inside in a standard 3.5 bay for industrial / home use. The case will be soon available on the site.
source: lotharek.pl
Some new games (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups: Laxity and Anthony, The New Dimension.
Download:
source: csdb.dk
The famous Commodore/Atari/Sinclair demo party Arok will be held from 6 to 8 July 2012. The Party will be held in the Gym of Primary School Simon István Ajkarendek / Hungary.
source: arok.intro.hu
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 #18 (D64/D81) (1006)
source: sceneworld.c64files.com
Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian.
Peter Jørgensen has released a new Beta version of his YM-2149 Tracker for M$ Windows. The sound chip YM-2149 is used in Atari ST/E/Falcon series.
New Function in Beta 12.01:
- Auto portamento.
- Buzzer Vibrato.
- Buzzer portamento.
- Unified frequent list.
- Turn Tone/Wave on-off in vibrato, bend and arpeggio.
- Vibrato Depth.
- Invert Vibrato for synth wave.
Download: Ym2149 New Beta 12.01 (960)
source: bitmania.de
Some new games (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups: Laxity / Armageddon and Red Mill.
Download:
source: csdb.dk
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