Released a new “unofficial” version of the firmware for the Ultimate-64 / U2+ by Gideon.
Changelog:
Changes since official release (3.9 / 1.37)
- Fixed RGB mode (U64 only)
- Fixed block read command.
- Fixed access of files with special chars in CBM disk images, accessed from IEC.
- Fixed UCI issues with SidPlay and others.
- Fixed colon issue in Ultimate Kernal ROM.
- Fixed crash on invalid file chain CBM filesystems.
- Fixed check order DIR / VOLUME; fixes some issues with exFAT directories.
- Added M and V commands in modem emulation layer, V now supporting numeric responses. Thanks tlar54!
Download:
source: ultimate64.com github.com
Modem and Software for Commodore 64 by Total Telecommunications.
Full-duplex 300 Baud CCITT V21 Modem with Auto Dial, Auto Answer complete with software and manual for Commodore 64.
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The Siel Midi interface allows the connection of one or more electronic synthesizers to a C64 or a Spectrum.
The interface communicates with the instruments through a standard communication protocol developed expressly for the interconnection of electronic instruments and called MIDI (Musical Instruments Digital Interface).
Produced by the Italian SIEL, manufacturer of popular electronic keyboards in the 80s, this MIDI interface is equipped with appropriate software application that also allows you to compose music, archive the compositions and listen to them again, save and program instrument timbres and other things.
The device is supplied with a special connector enabling immediate connection to the Commodore 64 and Sinclair ZX Spectrum.
Gallery:
Download: Siel Midi-CMK49 C64 Software (1120)
source: MCmicrocomputer #39 (March 1985)
The Commodore 1520 is a printer/plotter made by Commodore and the printer mechanism made by Alps. The printer has a IEC interface and is a device that draws computer graphics on paper using fiber pens.
The advantage of this device compared to a printer is the good resolution and especially the precision. The second advantage was that these were the first color printers.The main disadvantage is the very low printing speed and that you could not print areas so well with plotters.
Plotters were primarily intended for technical drawings, as the typeface usually looked very scrawly.
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The Commodore 1581 is a 3½-inch double-sided double-density floppy disk drive that was released by Commodore Business Machines (CBM) in 1987, primarily for its C64 and C128 home/personal computers.
The drive stores 800 kilobytes using an MFM encoding but formats different from the MS-DOS (720 kB), Amiga (880 kB), and Mac Plus (800 kB) formats.
With special software it’s possible to read C1581 disks on an x86 PC system, and likewise, read MS-DOS and other formats of disks in the C1581 (using Big Blue Reader), provided that the PC or other floppy handles the “720 kB” size format.
This capability was most frequently used to read MS-DOS disks. The drive was released in the summer of 1987 and quickly became popular with bulletin board system (BBS) operators and other users.
Specifications:
- Onboard CPU: MOS Technology 6502 @ 2 MHz
- RAM: 8 kB
- ROM: 32 kB
- Disk controller: WD1770 or WD1772
- Communications controller: MOS Technology 8520A
- Transfer protocols: Standard and fast serial; burst mode; and commands for parallel interface (the latter not used)
- Disk type: 3.5″ inch
- Storage format: MFM, double density, double-sided
- Interface: CBM’s proprietary serial IEEE-488
- Power: 5 V @ 1 A (5 VA) – 12 V @ 0.5 A (6 VA)
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The Oceanic OC-118N Floppy Drive is a perfect clone of a Commodore 1541/1541-II Floppy Drive.
The strong point of this Floppy Drive is the compatibility, i would say almost total with all the software available for Commodore 64 including obviously fastLoader/original software.
There are two models of OC-118N.
The model with three dip switches and the model with two dip switches.
The difference between one and the other model is essentially the ROM; JIFFYDOS Licensed (three dip switches) / R-DOS -ROX-DOS? (two dip switches).
Between the two models there are also some differences on the mechanical part (see photo) and also seems that on the three dip switches model the front sticker is missing (not confirmed).
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Hybrid SID Player with a real SID 8580R5 running on Olimex PIC32-T795.
After trying the sid player of Bakisha and have added some features (es: Big LCD ILI9341 / Real Sid) of course with the help of Bakisha, thanks Branko
I also wanted to try the Hybrid SID Player by Markus Gritsch. The schematic (omitting some components) and the firmware are untouched and released some years ago (2011-2012) by Markus Gritsch on the forum of Dangerous Prototype.
Since the CUI32 DEV Board where is born the Hybrid SID Player is no longer available from many years, i have used the DEV Board PIC32-T795 from Olimex based on the same MCU the PIC32MX795F512H.
I have made a hack on the PIC32-T795 development board because the two pins used for the rotary encoder are not available because they are used for the RTC, i just had to remove the MHz Crystal and two capacitors from the PIC32-T795 board, so i have solder two wires directly on the dev board pcb.
The purpose of all these experiments is make some hardware changes and new implementations to the final project that i will choose and then make an all-in-one pcb and make it public to anyone who wants to build it.
Gallery:
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:
- Polar Present Panic +1D
- Toxic Frenzy +D
- Zzapped in the Butt – Deluxe
- Killer Saucers
- Polar Present Panic V1.1 +D
- Ditch and Bridge +
- Killer Saucers +3D
- Zzapped in the Butt – Deluxe +3CD
- PAX Pac-Man V1.1
- Bug Battle +1DH
- Killer Saucers +2D
- Uberswap
- Boulder Dash Junior V +2H
- Sancik Preview
- Fold’em 2 +2D
- Zzapped in the Butt DX +2D
- Cross Snake 2.0 +4D
- Hades Nebula +3DMFGH
- Santa La Vista +1H
- The Reactor +1TD
- Flying Cobra – Special Edition [seuck]
- Future Shock +1D
- On the Grid
- On the Grid +3H
- Sprite Invaders
- Sprite Invaders +2H
- Spellbound +3G
- Sprite Invaders +
- Sancik Preview 2 +2
- Halley’s Comet +3HDGT
- Pong 2020
- Castle +4DG
- Thomas the Tank Engine’s Fun with Words +D
- Greek-themed Tetris +JD
- One on One 2k Preview 3
- TetrisC64 &DJ
- Moon Train +1DTH
- Endless Forms Most Beautiful 64 V1.3 +3D
- The Goonies +6D (IDE64)
- Faery Tale Adventure +2D (EASYFLASH)
- Genius 3 +7D
- Rainbow Edge Run DX
- Nightfighter +1D
- Silkdust Preview +D
- S.P.R.E.R.O.
- S.P.R.E.R.O. +1D
- Not Even Human – Inhumane Edition
- S.P.R.E.R.O. +4D
- Tomb Chaser 2020 +3
- Tiny Invaders Preview +
- S.P.R.E.R.O. V1.1
- 1-Bit Dungeon V1.1 +2 [seuck]
- Sub-X 64 +2 [seuck]
- Tiny Invaders Preview +
- Adventures of Tronic V2.0 +2 [seuck]
- Magical Girl Mary vs Evil V2.0 +2 [seuck]
- The Return V2.0 +2 [seuck]
- Dragon Soul V1.2 +2 [seuck]
- Dungeon of Rott V2.0 +2 [seuck]
- Alien Bleed V2.0 +2 [seuck]
- Space Swarm 64 V3.0 +2 [seuck]
- Birdie Bird V3.0 +2 [seuck]
- Spike +2
- Fire Ant +1MDGHS
- Soul Force +8DP
- 8Bit-Slicks (Update 2021-01-23)
- 8bit-Slicks (2021-01-23)
- Hardhat Construction Co. +2
- Top-Hole Golf Preview 3 +D
- Phoenix Recovered Preview +
- Hoverjet +3D
- Ice Mountain +3DG
- 8bit-Slicks (2021-01-26)
- Bastion +1DH
- S.P.R.E.R.O. V1.2
- S.P.R.E.R.O. V1.2 +5D
- Broken Calendar +3
- Caveman +3DG
- Castalia +7DG
- Risky Holding +TGD
- Iso-Ana and the Black Boxes +4DGT
- Royal Rescue +2DG
- RADs +2DG
- Tiny Invaders
- Peyha – The King
- Quickchange +2DG
- Peyha – The King +S
- Balloon Crazy +1DG
- Realms of Darkness +5FD
- Dragon Hort Preview +2
- Litter Bug +3D
- PETSCII Love +3
- Bricklayer +1DG
- Miner +2DG
- Weirdvision 64 Preview &D
- Trap +2DGH
- Radonium &DG
- 8Bit-Slicks
- Arcade Volleyball +1DG
- Rogue Sunbathers +1DG
Download: All Games in One Archive (4162)
source: csdb.dk
Not completely satisfied of the previous purchase, the Eakins cam with a 100x C-Mount LENS, i wanted to try another model of cam at low-cost always of Eakins with a 150x C-Mount LENS.
I am very satisfied with this latest purchase.
Strengths that are missing in the previous cam:
- 16:9/16:10/4:3 selection (important because i use a 4:3 monitor)
- Also works with monitors with DVI input (HDMI to DVI cable), the previous one don’t work.
- Many more options for image adjustment, including an important one which is the Adjustment of the Reflection of the light, the welds Reflect the light significantly.
- Two standard 1/4″-20 holes for fixing.
- CAM sensor much more sensitive, it could also be used without additional light.
Gallery Eakins 100x Previous cam:
source: aliexpress.com
Gallery Eakins 150x New cam:
source: aliexpress.com
TFW8b C64 Kung Fu Flash Cartridge by Kim Jørgensen.
The Kung Fu Flash is a multi format C64/C128 Cartridge Developed by Kim Jørgensen and assembled by TFW8b.
The use is very simple, just copy your CRT, PRG or Dxx files onto a FAT formatted Micro SD and you are ready to go and also the firmware is upgradable via SD Card.
Built to the usual TFW8b high standards with the obligatory gold edge connector, served in our own injection molded case.
Kung Fu Flash Supported File Formats:
- Cartridge (CRT)
- Disk image (D64, D71, D81)
- Program (PRG, P00)
- Firmware update (UPD)
Kung Fu Flash Supported Cartridges Formats:
- Standard CBM cartridge (8k, 16k, Ultimax)
- Action Replay v4.x/v5/v6
- KCS Power Cartridge
- Final Cartridge III(+)
- Simons’ BASIC
- Fun Play, Power Play
- Ocean type 1
- Epyx Fastload
- C64 Game System (C64GS), System 3
- Dinamic
- Zaxxon, Super Zaxxon
- Magic Desk, Domark, HES Australia
- Super Snapshot v5
- Comal-80
- EasyFlash
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TFW8b C64 Kung Fu Flash Video:
source: KimJorgensen/KungFuFlash thefuturewas8bit.com
This is the official demo party results from Only Sprites Compo. See also the Only Sprites Compo section for more informations.
C64 Demo:
- 1 – Oldschool Sprite Demo by Bonzai
- 2 – For Your Sprites Only by Booze Design
- 3 – Sprite Treasure by Arsenic
- 4 – Tubescroller II by Finnish Gold
- 5 – C20H25N3O by Bonzai
- 6 – Smooth and Wonders by Singular
- 7 – Chars Sucks by Triad
- 8 – Eightfold by Onslaught
- 9 – A Game of Ten by Arise
- 10 – UGULB by Hitmen
- 11 – Hyper Peaceful by Bonzai
- 12 – Unfortunate Coincidence by Lethargy
- 13 – Son of a Bit by Booze Design
- 14 – Includes Unpaid Promotion by Geir Straume
- 15 – 90 Degrees ACW by Hitmen
- 16 – TAWTS by Hitmen
- 17 – Quorra Likes Sprites! by Onslaught
- 18 – TTTwister by TRS
- 19 – Twisted Sprites by Genesis Project
- 20 – Sprythonic by Cascade
- 21 – Distressed by Atlantis
- 22 – Sprytro by Excess
- 23 – F4CG Sprite Only Intro by Fantastic 4 Cracking Group
- 24 – Snowglobe Mk1 by Camelot
- 25 – The Opening by Bonzai
- 26 – Balloon Joke by Zzarko
- 27 – Moorsprites by Dinasours
C64 Game:
- 1 – Sprite Invaders by Booze Design
- 2 – S.P.R.E.R.O. by Protovision
Productions released outside compos:
- 1988 by Tristar & Red Sector Inc. (One-File Demo)
- Hedge of Disgrace – Only Sprites Compo Edition by Genesis Project (One-File Demo)
- Only Sprites Compo Pic (One-File Demo)
- Sprythonic (Old Version) by Cascade (Intro)
Download:
source: csdb.dk
I continue the experiments with STM32 and the SID Player by Bakisha. I must thank Branko (Bakisha) for his patience and support.
I have added the LCD support (ILI9341) for the SID Player on the STM32F407VET6 DEV Board.
… and an external SID for the SID Player on the STM32F401CCU6 DEV Board.
I have used the ARMSID by Nobomi but it works quite well with a real SID 8580R5 too, there are only a little problems of timing that need to be fixed.
STM32F407VET6 SID Player + LCD (ILI9341) Video:
STM32F401CCU6 SID Player + ARMSID 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:
- Flappy512 +2
- Witch Rescue Service Preview
- Jetliner [german]
- Top-Hole Golf Preview V2 +D
- Witch Rescue Service – Smoothly and with Style
- H64
- H64 +4
- Death Saw Challenge
- Death Saw Challenge +1D
- Numbertron 2020
- Arena of Death +3
- Percentage Panic
- Halloweenie + [seuck]
- Endless Tunnel +
- 8Bit Goblin Preview 2
- Sally’s Garden Preview 3 +5H
- Neptune Lander Elite +4
- Neptune Lander Elite +2
- Ueberswap
- Juanje Juega in Sinverland +5HTD
- Juanje Juega in Sinverland
- Shopping Spree +2D
- Neptune Lander Elite V1.1 +5F
- Mastertronic Collection +MHDG
- PuzzleWuzzle
- Julius Caesar +T [english] (D64/IDE64 Release)
- PuzzleWuzzle +1D
- Dungeon +2DFT
- Wolfling Reloaded Teaser
- 8bit Dungeon Preview +D
- Laser Command +
- TakoNeko Preview
- The Conqueror of the Seas +TD
- Tenno +2DS
- Grid Pix Advent +2
- Two Days to the Race V2.0 +D
- TakoNeko Preview V2
- TakoNeko
- Quiltrex64 Preview 4 +CM
- TakoNeko Preview 2
- Snake V1.0.1 +2
- The Elevator +1D
- The Wall
- Behind Closed Doors 9
- Solvalla 1.1 +TD
- Return to the Castle
- Hunt4GemsDX Preview
- Pacman Preview +2
- Cross Snake Preview +
- Operation Neptun [german]
- Brainbreak Preview 2
- The Queen’s Footsteps V1.1.1 +DPS
- Char Snake 64 Preview 3 +
- The Great Washing Machine King
- Striker +4DI 101% (IDE64 Release)
- Cross Snake +4D
- Oyup!
- Space Planters
- Oyup! +
- Fold’em 2 +4
- Fold’em 2 +
- Chiller 2
- Slider Wall
- M.U.L.E. +1DG
- Chiller 2 +3HD
- Chiller 2 +2D
- Robot Jet Action Preview +
- Cassette 50 Skeleton
- Peter the Postman +2F
- Katakis +5HDF [Easyflash]
- Snoopy to the Rescue +3DF
- Rabbit Runner +H
- Peter the Postman +1F
- Astronaut
- Peter the Postman +
- Peter the Postman
- Rabbit Runner
- Peanuts Maze Marathon +D
- Peter the Postman +2F
- Ghost Mansion III +2
- C64 PacMan Preview +
- Movie Quiz Preview +S
Download: All Games in One Archive (5735)
source: csdb.dk
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):
- 786 new SIDs
- 55 fixed/better rips
- 1 repeats/bad rips eliminated
- 180 SID credit fixes
- 17 SID model/clock infos
- 7 tunes from /DEMOS/UNKNOWN/ identified
- 6 tunes from /GAMES/ identified
- 25 tunes moved out of /DEMOS/ to their composers’ directories
- 10 tunes moved out of /GAMES/ to their composers’ directories
Download:
source: www.hvsc.c64.org
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