CheeseCutter is a Music Tracker program developed by Abbadon of Fairlight. The JCH Tracker was used as an inspiration and it uses the reSID engine by Dag Lem.

A few examples of the changes in version 0.4.0 are:

• Autoconf script.
• Resid-fp for extra filter accuracy.
• You can exit from followplay / playback tracking without stopping the song.
• The playback position marker is now shown with sequence view and track mode.
• Real time sid-register dumping.

The download link includes the Windows binary and sources, the two archives are distributed separately.

source: koti.kapsi.fi

from Dreamhost Status blog:

We’re sorry for the lack of updates on this issue. Unfortunately, there haven’t been any updates here because we don’t have any new information. Our network admins have been working non-stop since this morning to fix these problems, but we’re still not sure when it will be resolved.

This post is just meant to let you know that we are doing everything we possibly can to restore our system to normal and that we are not ignoring the situation. If you have already submitted a support ticket regarding this, you will receive updates by email as soon as we have them. Again, we apologize for the inconvenience this has caused you and thank you for your patience as we try to get things back to normal.

Only One Word Comes to Mind: Dreamhost sucks cocks big time!

source: dreamhoststatus.com

Tomasz “Tebe” Biela has released an update of the program Graph2Font v3.9.0.9.

This project began many years ago as a simple graphics converter for Atari but over the years the features are significantly increased. The converter runs under Windows.

source: g2f.atari8.info

This site is about recreating gaming hardware from the past in modern programmable devices, known as FPGAs.

source: fpgaarcade.com

This is a slightly modified version of Dr.Mario for Atari 8 bit. In this version you can find some bugs fixed and works very well on NTSC machine.

In game keys:

• P – Pause.
• N – Change the music in the game.
• M – Mute.
• Q – Exit the game.
• K – Mute the “clicking” sound.

You can download the game here.

source: atarionline.pl

UberCassette is a solution for the archival and restoration of programs on cassette tapes for 8-bit machines from the 80′s.

There are many programs out there for doing this, some of them work, some don’t so well. Many of them work as long as you have an old enough machine to run them on. No other program does many different types, though.

UberCassette supports tape formats for: Commodore C16/+4, Commodore C64, Commodore,VIC-20, Acorn Electron, Acorn BBC, Sinclair Spectrum, Amstrad CPC464

download: UberCassette v0.02 MAC Fix (291 Kb)

source: retroreview.com

Commodore Free Magazine Issue #48

Free to download Commodore magazine dedicated to Commodore Computers.

source: commodorefree.com

Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian.

If you are interested in BASIC programming for the C-64, then you have probably used a BASIC Extension at some point.  Most of us are familiar with Commodore’s Simons’ BASIC cartridge.  Unfortunately, most of these extensions aren’t very useful.

Simons’ BASIC, for example, has a pretty lousy set of commands.  Many of them are basically (pun) useless.  It’s also a very confusing set of commands — there are no consistent conventions used, making it necessary to constantly refer to the manual.

Further, a program written with Simons’ BASIC can only be run on a C-64 with a Simons’ BASIC cartridge.  Pretty limiting. DotBASIC Plus is similar to other extensions in one way: you get a lot of new commands (or DotCommands, of course) — over 100 so far.  But that’s where the similarities end.

Download: DotBASIC Plus (855)

source: 8bitcentral.com

This is a very old project published in a Dutch magazine to capture the state of the IRQ for Commodore 64 (vic-20) with a LED. After many years i have decided to make it.

On the photo you can see the project and the right connections on the cartridge port.

Components:

• 1 x IC 74LS04.
• 1 x Bicolor LED.
• 2 x 330 ohm resistors.
• Tiny wires.

How it work?

When the CPU generates an IRQ the green LED lights up, otherwise is red, if the irq is turned on and off quickly the led is orange.

Char Pad is a cross-development tools aimed squarely at developing graphics for Commodore 64 games and will hopefully ease and inspire the production of new games software for this immortal and unique platform.

New features:

• Variable tile sizes, currently 1×1, 2×2, 3×3, 4×4 or 5×5.
• Pixel level editing of whole tiles.
• 80×50 and 40×25 map editor modes.
• Map flood-fill + copy & paste any map area.
• Move & Mirror tiles or maps.
• Powerful character set optimizer.
• Collision “material” editing & grouping for easy software collision detection.
• Export any data in raw or PRG formats.
• Load and save SEUCK compatible background files (including Jon Wells’ sideways SEUCK mod).

source: code.myby.co.uk

Autopsy:

12►

from Wikipedia:

CD-i, or Compact Disc Interactive, is the name of an interactive multimedia CD player developed and marketed by Royal Philips Electronics N.V. CD-i also refers to the multimedia Compact Disc standard used by the CD-i console, also known as Green Book, which was developed by Philips and Sony (not to be confused with MMCD, the pre-DVD format also co-developed by Philips and Sony).

Work on the CD-i began in 1984 and it was first publicly announced in 1986.[2] The first Philips CD-i player, released in 1991 and initially priced around USD $700,[3] is capable of playing interactive CD-i discs, Audio CDs, CD+G (CD+Graphics), Karaoke CDs, and Video CDs (VCDs), though the last requires an optional “Digital Video Card” to provide MPEG-1 decoding.

Games ISO Download: gametronik.com

source: wikipedia

Autopsy:

1234►

from Wikipedia:

Kaypro Corporation, commonly called Kaypro, was an American home/personal computer manufacturer of the 1980s. The company was founded by Non-Linear Systems to develop computers to compete with the then-popular Osborne 1 portable microcomputer. Kaypro produced a line of rugged, portable CP/M-based computers sold with an extensive software bundle which supplanted its competitor and quickly became one of the top selling personal computer lines of the early 1980s.

While exceptionally loyal to its original consumer base, Kaypro was slow to adapt to the changing computer market and the advent of IBM PC compatible technology. It faded from the mainstream before the end of the decade and was eventually forced into filing for bankruptcy in 1992.

Software download: retroarchive.org mrynet.com seasip.demon.co.uk classiccmp.org kayplus romset

source: wikipedia

x1541, a user of the forum64.de has decided to scale down and update the pcb of the Micro SwinSID.

Download: NanoSwinSID PCB (33.34 Kb)

Features:

• ISP Connector.
• Same size as the original SID.
• 6581/8580 Jumper.
• Smd ATmega.

source: forum64.de

Micro SwinSID (SwinSID88) is a hardware replacement for legendary SID sound chip which was placed in every Commodore C64 computer and other devices. Firmware update (27022011):

• This new firmware brings 6581 filter emulation by connecting B0 AVR pin to ground (on the Photo).
• Filter distrortions are still not emulated, only filter cutoff is affected.

source: forum64.de