Commodore Free Magazine Issue #51
Free to download Commodore magazine dedicated to Commodore Computers.
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Editorial.
Readers Comments.
NEWS.
AresOne Price Reduction.
Snapshoter updated to v1.4.9b
New Commodore 64.
CBM264.com
XSane 0.998 for AmiCygnix.
Yes VIC Can.
Protovision Release Jim Slim. |
64Copy Updated To 4.43.
‘Escape’ Full Game Found By GTW.
Commodore News.
Amiga Immortal Audio CD.
IceFileSystem 2.4 Released.
1541U-II Update 2.1
New Masonicons.
Amiga Automatic Monitor Switch.
TOSEC Updated.
C&A Games 3 Released. |
Spellchecker.library v1.0.
Stroke World Review.
Cascade Review.
It’s Magic 1 Review.
It’s Magic 2 Review.
Bomb Mania Review.
Ice Guys Review.
Metal Dust Review.
Jim Slim Review.
Interview With The Protovision Team.
Protovision Website. |
Download:
source: commodorefree.com
Danse Macabre is a french RPG game released in 1986 by Funlight Software. Nostalgia has Cracked and Released this game for the first time in 2011.
Download: Danse Macabre +TD (1385)
source: noname.c64.org
This is a new HDD interface for Atari (XE/XL) computers.
Unlike of the interface IDE Plus 2.0 this uses the Compact Flash for the hdd emulation. This interface is very compacts and inexpensive.
some features:
- Inexpensive.
- Compact size.
- Built-in flashcart.
- Optimised for CF card usage (marginally faster transfers)
- Support for brand new draft Atari Partition Table (APT)
- On board, SpartaDos v4.44 flashable from atari.
- RTC clock.
source: atariage.com
Autopsy:
The Prodest PC-128 was a rebadged and slightly redesigned version of the French Thomson MO6, apart from case design touching up, technical features was the same as the MO6.
The Prodest PC-128 has two versions of BASIC on ROM both made by Microsoft. Almost all memory (101 KB) was accessible with BASIC thanks to a transparent 16 KB bank switching mechanism. An optional 3.5″ floppy disk drive (640 KB) was available. This machine seems having been sold in very small quantity in Italy.
source: old-computers.com
8Bit Studio – the only circuit bent 8bit SID synth for your iphone!
Customize your patterns using the built in step sequencer or play live on the retractable keyboard then bend and distort the sound using the touch contacts!
Features:
- 128 Steps of memory.
- 8 Keyboard patches.
- 13 Drum sounds.
- Sampled from the Commodore 64 SID Chip.
source: itunes.apple.com
Autopsy:
The MPS 1270 was the first ink jet printer Commodore released, as part of its MPS series. The MPS 1270A had both a Centronics port and a serial bus port. This allowed it to be used by a Commodore computer ( C64 , C128 , etc.) as well as a PC or Amiga.
Note:
- HP 51604A Ink Cartridge are compatible with this printer.
- The power connector have the TIP Negative and the outer Positive (9v 1A)
Download: Dip Switches MPS 1270 (2461)
AHCC is a Pure C compatible compiler/assembler for the Atari ST and its offspring.
Download:
source: members.chello.nl/h.robbers
This Windows application allows the user to import any image/video and to convert and compress it to a format that can be played back on a Commodore 64.
The application utilises a method of compression known as Vector Quantisation. This method of video compression was introduced on the PC quite some time ago with one of the codec’s being known as Cinepak.
Main advantage of this compression method is that decompression is extremely fast! An Ideal candidate for the Commodore C64.
Download: CSAM V3 (Char Selection and Match V3) (870)
source: noname.c64.org
SID Known is a command line tool (M$ Windows) which you can use to identify SID tunes from SID and PRG files.
This tool can be used if e.g. you want to know which SID tune is used in a specific C64 demo or C64 game, or you have a SID tune found or ripped and you want to know if it is already in your SID collection.
Download: SID Known v1.02 (1286)
source: noname.c64.org
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 or VIC20 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.
Download: CBM prg Studio v1.3.0 (960)
source: ajordison.co.uk
This site is about recreating gaming hardware from the past in modern programmable devices, known as FPGAs.
source: fpgaarcade.com
The High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC) is a freeware hobby project which organises Commodore 64 music (also known as SID music) into an archive for both musicians and fans alike.
The work on the collection is done completely in the Team and contributors’ spare time and is proudly one of the largest and most accurate computer music collections known.
This update features (all approximates):
- 804 new SIDs (62 2SIDs)
- 113 fixed/better rips.
- 4 PlaySID/Sidplay1 specific SIDs eliminated.
- 30 repeats/bad rips eliminated.
- 742 SID credit fixes.
- 176 SID model/clock infos.
- 16 tunes from /DEMOS/UNKNOWN/ identified.
- 4 tunes from /GAMES/ identified.
- 36 tunes moved out of /DEMOS/ to their composers’ directories.
- 2 tunes moved out of /GAMES/ to their composers’ directories.
Download: High Voltage SID Collection Update #55 (full) (1254)
Download: High Voltage PSID Collection Update #55 (1195)
source: www.hvsc.c64.org
Erich/Unlimited has released a new issue of the Botticelli Bilderdisk. It’s two disk-sides of pictures in Botticelli format, using the Magica viewer.
The quality and theme of the pictures is quite varied: you’ll find many things from hand-pixelled scenes to digitized stills.
Download: Botticelli Bilderdisk #36 (855)
source: plus4world.powweb.com
C64 Studio is a .NET based IDE written by Georg Rottensteiner.
This app supports project based C64 assembly. The internal assembler is using the ACME syntax.
In connection with Vice the IDE allows you to debug through your code and watch variables/memory locations, registers and memory.
Any other emulator can be set up as well if it’s startable via runtime arguments. C64 Studio allows you to compile to raw binary, .prg, .t64 or cartridge format (.bin and .crt for 8k and 16k).
Additionally to this C64 Studio comes with a charset and sprite editor.
Version history:
21.06.2011 – 1.3a:
- Fixed weird exception when using Umlauts at the line end.
- Added tab configuration.
- Added undo/redo to toolbar/menu.
- Autocreate project if new document is created without project.
19.06.2011 – 1.3:
- Added image export for sprites.
- Fixed wrong modified state in sprite editor (selecting single/multi-color chars would set the project as modified)
- Added import/export of all sprites as image.
- Added import/export of all characters as image.
- Added pseudo pc macro.
- Added project configurations with predefines.
- Added element dependencies.
- Enabled sprite/charset files as part of projects.
- Added !ifndef macro.
Download: C64Studio v1.3a Beta (832)
source: lemon64.com
Turbo Chameleon 64 is an extremely user-friendly cartridge that can be used without opening the computer. It is just plugged to the expansion port of the C64.
The Turbo Chameleon 64 cartridge can also be operated as a stand-alone unit (since it’s basically an FPGA computer like the C-One or the Minimig in a C64 cartridge case), replacing the computer, the floppy drive and the heavy power supply.
When used as a stand-alone unit, a USB power adapter or active USB hub can be used as a power source.
Changelog:
Differences from Beta-5b to Beta-6:
- Fixed RAM mirrors for 1541 drive emulation.
- Fixed reading from emulated SID.
- New cartridge emulations.
- Disk track lengths set to 6256, 6672, 7144 or 7696 bytes.
- Implemented disk-change with button.
- Input latch emulation in VIA emulation.
- Implemented SDR register in CIA.
- Implemented real IEC bus disable bit.
- VIC-II timing fixed for mode bits (MCM, BMM and ECM)
Differences from Beta-6 to Beta-6b:
- 1541 emulation: fixed IEC timing. All known speedloader problems are gone now.
- 1541 emulation: VIA6522 timer fixes.
- 1541 emulation: VIA6522 register r/w fixes.
- New cartridge emulations.
Differences from Beta-6b to Beta-6c:
- Auto speed option for turbo feature. Slows down on IEC bus accesses.
- PS/2 Page up/Page down alias for F1, F7. Easier navigation in the File-Browser.
Download: Turbo Chameleon 64 beta firmware v6c (1514)
source: syntiac.com
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