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Hoxs64 Commodore 64 Emulator v1.0.5.26

July 13th, 2009 No comments

Hoxs64 Commodore 64 EmulatorHoxs64 is a Commodore 64 emulator for Microsoft Windows 2K/XP/Vista.

The emulator substantially reproduces this legacy machine in minute detail.

Changelog:
12 July 2009 v1.0.5.26

1) Bug fix to the FDI file format reader. Rapidlok game Serve and Volley now works. Many other FDI
captures now work.
2) New “Disk on Separate Thread” option added to the general settings page. Multi-core CPUs will provide
increased performance when the serial bus is idle.
3) 1541 drive fixes.
4) Numerous VIC mid raster line mode change fixes. A newly discovered edge triggered raster IRQ behaviour
is now implemented as seen on both old and new VIC chips.
5) Joystick fixed to prevent opposing directions from being simultaneously pressed.

source: hoxs64.net

Carling the Spider from Psytronik Software for VIC-20

July 11th, 2009 No comments

Carling the SpiderCarling the Spider is a multi-screen platform game featuring a little spider called Carling.

Your mission is to collect all the shiny diamonds on each screen while avoiding deadly spikes and marauding BALLS OF STEEL! Once you have collected all the diamonds you must head to the exit in order to reach the next level.

source: psytronik.com

Some Cartridges: ATARI 2600 – XL 800 – Pong Clone – MSX Cassette

July 10th, 2009 2 comments
Some Cartridges ATARI 2600 - XL 800 - Pong Clone and a Unknown Cable

Autopsy:

Description:

  • 2 x Pong Clone Cartridges (AY 3 8765 GI Chip)
  • 1 x Facemaker Cartridge for Atari XE XL 800.
  • 1 x Pole Position for Atari 2600.
  • 1 x Music Maestro Cassette for MSX 64k.
  • 1 x Unknown Cable Rare SIO Cable for ATARI.

Radio Shack TRS-80 Model MC-10 with 16k RAM Expansion

July 9th, 2009 4 comments
Radio Shack TRS-80 Model MC-10 with 16k RAM Expansion

Autopsy:

from Wikipedia:

TRS-80 was Tandy Corporation’s desktop microcomputer model line, sold through Tandy’s Radio Shack stores in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The line won popularity with hobbyists, home users, and small-businesses. Tandy Corporation’s leading position in what Byte Magazine called the “1977 Trinity” (Apple, Commodore and Tandy) had much to do with retailing the computer through more than 3000 of its Radio Shack (Tandy in the UK) storefronts.

Notable features of the original TRS-80 included its full-stroke QWERTY keyboard, small size, well-written Floating Point BASIC programming language, an included monitor, and a starting price of $600.

The MC-10 was a short-lived and little-known Tandy computer, similar in appearance to the Sinclair ZX81.

It was a small system based on the Motorola 6803 processor and featured 4 KB of RAM. A 16 KB RAM expansion pack that connected on the back of the unit was offered as an option as was a thermal paper printer. A modified version of the MC-10 was sold in France as the Matra Alice. Programs loaded using a cassette which worked much better than those for the Sinclair.

A magazine was published which offered programs for both the CoCo and MC-10 but very few programs were available for purchase. Programs for the MC-10 were not compatible with the CoCo.

source: wikipedia trs-80.com themc10archive.com

Amstrad CPC 464 Plus (Keyboard problems are Fixed)

July 9th, 2009 10 comments
Amstrad CPC 464 Plus

Autopsy:

from Wikipedia:

The Amstrad CPC is a series of 8 bit home computers produced by Amstrad during the 1980s and early 1990s. “CPC” stands for ‘Colour Personal Computer’, although it was possible to purchase a CPC with a green screen (GT64/65) as well as with the standard colour screen (CTM640/644).

In 1990 Amstrad introduced the “Plus” series, 464 and 6128 Plus, which tweaked the hardware and added a cartridge slot to the system. Improvements were made to the video display which saw an increase in palette to 4096 colours and gained a capacity for hardware sprites.

Splitting the display into separate modes and pixel scrolling both became fully supported hardware features. The former was reasonably easy on the non-”Plus” machines, and the latter possible to some degree using clever programming of the existing Motorola 6845.

source: wikipedia

Berzerk Redux by Martin Piper

July 3rd, 2009 No comments

Berzerk Redux by Martin PiperBerzerk Redux is based on the classic arcade game Bezerk and is a multi-directional shooter video Arcade game.

source: noname.c64.org wikipedia

Categories: C64/SX64, News & Rumors, Today

8-bit arcade classics are back, in Lego form

July 3rd, 2009 No comments

This is absolutely brilliant – a handful of classic arcade games animated in Lego. I’m particularly fond of the B & W Asteroids rendition at 2:05.

source: retrothing.com

APC Smart UPS 700 Battery Explosion

July 1st, 2009 3 comments
UPS Battery Explosion

These are the Batteries of my APC Smart UPS 700 after two years of intense use (Firewall & Server).

Some Cartridges for Atari 2600 & 7800

June 30th, 2009 No comments
Some Cartridges Atari 2600 & 7800

Cartridges:

  • Desert Falcon (Atari 7800)
  • Impossible Mission (Atari 7800)
  • Midnight Magic (Atari 2600)
  • Surround (Atari 2600)
  • Pole Position (Atari 2600)
  • Mario Bros (Atari 2600)

SVS-Calc 1.0 a spreadsheet for Commodore Plus/4

June 27th, 2009 2 comments

svs-calc_1_0_titleSVS-Calc 1.0 is a Spreadsheet with intuitive interface, powerful calculation engine, graphics generator, color themes, and much more.

source: plus4world.powweb.com

Atari 7800 ProSystem with RGB Encoder inside (Peritel version)

June 24th, 2009 No comments
Atari 7800 Peritel + AC Adaptor + Cartridges

Autopsy:

from Wikipedia:

The Atari 7800 ProSystem, or simply the Atari 7800, is a video game console re-released by Atari Corporation in June 1986.

The original release had occurred two years earlier under Atari Inc. The 7800 was designed to replace Atari Inc.’s unsuccessful Atari 5200 and later to re-establish Atari Corp.’s market supremacy against Nintendo and Sega.

With this system, Atari Inc. addressed all the shortcomings of the Atari 5200: it had simple digital joysticks; it was almost fully backward-compatible with the Atari 2600; and it was affordable (originally priced at US$140).

source: wikipedia

(Italian) Apple non approva l’applicazione Commodore 64 per l’iPhone

June 24th, 2009 No comments

Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian.

Categories: C64/SX64, News & Rumors, Today

Commodore 64 emulator for Iphone/Ipod Touch

June 23rd, 2009 2 comments

c64topCommodore 64 Emulator it´s finally here.

The best-selling single personal computer of all time, with over 30 million units sold worldwide.

Commodore 64 Emulator has been submitted to App Store and awaiting approval by Apple.

Key Features:

  • Full speed, Commodore 64 emulator.
  • SID sound emulation.
  • Auto-save, to continue exactly where you left off.
  • Realistic joystick and beautifully crafted C64 keyboard.
  • Portrait and Landscape play.
  • Vertical and Fullscreen gaming (auto rotate for iPod users)
  • and much more…

source: c64iphone.com

Categories: C64/SX64, News & Rumors, Today

Some Commodore stuff donated to me by a Friend

June 22nd, 2009 No comments
Some Commodore Items Donated to Me by a Friend

Gallery / Autopsy:

Stuff Donated:

  • 1 x Joystick TAC II from Suncom.
  • 1 x Commodore 64.
  • 1 x Commodore Floppy Drive 1541 II.
  • 1 x Compatibile Powersupply for Commodore 64/VIC20.
  • 1 x Cabletronic Compatible Powersupply for Commodore Floppy Drive 1541 II.
  • 1 x Commodore 64 Cover Protection.
  • 2 x Serial Floppy cable.

Thanks to Igor.

from Wikipedia:

The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer released by Commodore International in August, 1982, at a price of 595 USD.

Preceded by the Commodore VIC-20 and Commodore MAX Machine, the C64 features 64 kilobytes (65,536 bytes) of RAM with sound and graphics performance that were superior to IBM-compatible computers of that time.

It is commonly known as the C64 or C=64 and occasionally referred to as CBM 64 (Commodore Business Machines Model number 64), or VIC-64. It has also been affectionately nicknamed the “breadbox” and “bullnose” due to the shape and colour of the first version of its casing.

source: wikipedia

C128 System Information v6 rev2 by MirkoSoft

June 22nd, 2009 No comments

C128 System Information v6 rev2Commodore 128(D)(CR) Hardware Informations.

source: noname.c64.org