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Scene World #16

June 1st, 2010 No comments

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.

source: sceneworld.c64files.com

Categories: Magazine, News & Rumors, Today

Commodore 64 in original Box / User manual / Powersupply

May 29th, 2010 2 comments
Commodore 64 in original Box / Manual / Powersupply

Autopsy:

Today i picked up a Commodore 64 in original box, it is in perfect condition with no damage at all including the Manual and original Powersupply.

source: wikipedia

The software for the 1541 Ultimate II is finished.

May 28th, 2010 No comments

from 1541 Ultimate homepage:

Finally, the software for the 1541 Ultimate II is finished. In the last two weeks, an enormous amount of work has been done:

  • USB is now working stable, including insertion and removal.  (My external 500 GB harddisk was detected flawlessly!)
  • Support for USB devices with multiple LUNs (like card readers)
  • GCR (G64) supported added, including write (the Ultimate-I couldn’t do this)
  • T64 file support re-integrated.
  • Tape support, using TAP files (I needed to test the hardware anyway!)
  • Comprehensible menus.
  • Real time clock functional  (still need a clock widget…)
  • I made a wooden mould, to simplify closing the plastic cases without damaging them.

The plan is, to ship the first 40~50 units this coming Wednesday! The remaining units will follow as soon as possible!  Thank you for your patience!

source: 1541ultimate.net

CBM-Command v1.0

May 27th, 2010 No comments

CBM-Command is a disk manager for the Commodore 64 and Commodore 128 computers.

It is written like Norton Commander or Midnight Commander, but is much simpler due to the target platforms.

Both the C128 and C64 have their own native version of the application.

Release Notes – 2010-05-26 – Version 1.0

New Features:

  • Simple text file viewer. Now when you use SHIFT-RETURN to open a file, it will ask if you want to view it as text. If you say yes it will present the file in the simple text viewer. If you say no it will launch as normal. If you have selected a SEQ file then it will open straight into the viewer upon hitting SHIFT-RETURN.
  • Help File.

Changes:

  • Fixed bug where you could move to an unopened panel.
  • Fixed bug where you could not abort a rename by leaving the name blank and hitting return.
  • Reworked how the panels are displayed to allow more characters of names to be displayed in 40 columns.

source: cbmcommand.codeplex.com

Spectacular Copy – Turbo to Disk

May 24th, 2010 No comments

This program can be used to transfer games/utility from a datassette to a disk drive.

Spectacular Copy features:

  • Transfer Turbo-tape programs from datassette to disk drive.
  • Auto transfer mode.
  • Rename file name.
  • Device number configuration.
  • Load error detection.
  • File size maximum is 230 blocks.

source: noname.c64.org

Categories: C64/SX64, News & Rumors, Today

PRG Starter v2.1 by Boray

May 22nd, 2010 No comments

from the Homepage:

Do you recognize this: “Wait, was this PRG file for the C64 or Vic-20? Or was it for the unexpanded Vic-20 or for one with 8K or was it a cartridge file”?

Imagine just double clicking a PRG or D64 file, and it will be loaded into the correct emulator and with the correct settings. This is exactly what PRG Starter does! It makes VICE so easy to use that even you mother could do it! ;-)

Supported file types: prg, p00, p01, p02, p03, d64, d41, d71, d81, t64, crt, seq, s00, s01, s02, s03…

source: prg starter homepage

Updated: AceDOS v1.1 for Commodore 128 by MirkoSoft

May 22nd, 2010 2 comments

AceDOS for Commodore 128 support standard drives, 64HDD (Professional), IEC-ATA and 1541Ultimate SD-DCA (SD – direct card access).

AceDOS can be used also with standard drives only, but more features will be disabled.

source: mirkosoft homepage

PAC-MAN’s 30th Birthday: Google Doodle with PAC-MAN™

May 21st, 2010 No comments

PAC-MAN’s 30th Birthday! Google Doodle with PAC-MAN™ & ©1980 NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.

source: google.com

YM-64 – YM File Player for the Commodore 64

May 18th, 2010 No comments

YM-64 is a program to play so-called ym files on the Commodore 64. Ym files have the extension “.ym” and usually contain music written for the Atari ST, the Amstrad/Schneider CPC, or the Sinclair ZX spectrum.

With YM-64 it is possible to play this music also on Commodore 64 computers.

source: norbert’s homepage

Vixen switchable 16k Ram for Commodore VIC-20

May 18th, 2010 2 comments
Vixen switchable 16k Ram for Commodore VIC-20

Autopsy:

A third party switchable cartridge with up to 16k of extra RAM memory. Switchable to 3k, 8k or 16k.

Milton Bradley (MB) Super Simon

May 18th, 2010 3 comments
Milton Bradley (MB) Super Simon

Autopsy:

from Wikipedia:

Simon is an electronic game of memory skill invented by Ralph H. Baer and Howard J. Morrison, with the software programming being done by Lenny Cope and manufactured and distributed by Milton Bradley.

Simon was launched in 1978 at Studio 54 in New York City and became an immediate success. It became a pop culture symbol of the 1980s.

source: wikipedia

Philips Videopac G7000 (1st gen) for Spare Parts

May 17th, 2010 2 comments

Philips Videopac G7000 (1st generation) with Powersupply Inside used for Spare Parts because missing some pieces.

source: videopac faq

CBM-Command (2010-05-16)

May 17th, 2010 No comments

CBM-Command is a disk manager for the Commodore 64 and Commodore 128 computers.

It is written like Norton Commander or Midnight Commander, but is much simpler due to the target platforms.

Both the C128 and C64 have their own native version of the application.

Release Notes2010-05-16

New Features:

  • New navigation options: Page Up, Page Down, Top of Directory, Bottom of Directory. See documentation (http://cbmcommand.codeplex.com/documentation) for hotkey assignments.
  • Write D64 to Disk.
  • Write Disk to D64.
  • Configuration program.
  • Generic Loader in CBMCommand.d64.

Changes:

  • Removed the dropdown menus. All functions have at least one hotkey.
  • Default panels allow you to enter CBM-Command with your favorite drive ready to go.
  • Added function keys and function key bar at bottom of screen.
  • Moved status bar to top of screen.
  • Many, many, many bug fixes.

Known Issues:

  • Getting directory for drive without a disk prints garbage.
  • Writing D64 to disk does not check the target drive for correct type (1541/1571).

source: cbmcommand.codeplex.com

Cassadapt v1.0

May 16th, 2010 No comments

Introduction: The idea behind Cassadapt was to give Commodore computer enthusiasts yet another choice for interfacing their beloved old computers to modern PC’s to either record a .tap/,prg file to a Datassette or playback a Datassette to the PC to capture as a .wav file to then convert to a .tap file.

Cassadapt converts audio signals from your PC’s sound card to digital 0-5V data that can be recorded to a real C2N / 1531 Datassette or played directly in to the C64, C16 etc., even without the need for a real Datassette connected.

With the use of fantastic programs like TapWav, TAPClean and WAV-PRG, Cassadapt is the play-record loop tape enthusiasts are looking for.

Click here for the Instructions Manual.

source: lemon64.com

Categories: Hardware, News & Rumors, Today

VTech Laser 110

May 16th, 2010 4 comments
VTech Laser 110

Autopsy:

from old-computers.com homepage:

The Laser 100/110 was the first model of the Laser 100/200/300 family. The ROM was nearly identical to the one of the Tandy Radio-Shack TRS-80 Color Computer, with only minor changes. It’s so close that when people write Laser emulators, they use TRS-80 CoCo ROM documentations (Laser detailed documentations are hard to find, especially about the ROM itslef).

The Basic was a Microsoft Basic just slightly modified to avoid lawsuits, some statements being stored in the ROM but not available on the machine! Like the most of the Vtech products, the Laser 100/110 was “cheaply” conceived: chicklet keyboard, plastic case, light-weight… It was produced to compete against the first wave of micro-computers like the famous Sinclair ZX-81.

The difference between the Laser 100 and the Laser 110 must be the RAM size (like the Laser 200 and 210), though very little information on the Laser 100 is available. The biggest difference with its big brother the Laser 200 was that it only had a black & white display. An obscure VZ-100 version was also released but this wasn’t the same machine as the VZ series sold in Australia and New-Zealand by Dick Smith Electronics.

source: old-computers.com