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SD2Iec new stable Firmware Released

March 9th, 2009 No comments

SD2IEC is a hardware mass storage device using an SD/MMC card and interfacing with the IEC bus. It is based on the ATmega644 microcontroller from the Atmel AVR microcontroller family. The most prominent use of SD2IEC is emulation/replacement of a Commodore-1541 disk drive for a C64.

Hardware and the microcontroller’s firmware is available as open source (GPL).

Changelog:

2009-03-08 – release 0.8.0

  • Direct sector access of the real storage device
  • Ignore DEL files in file_open
  • Drive mapper
  • EXOS V3 fastloader support
  • Requires avr-libc 1.6.x

2009-03-07 – release 0.6.7

  • Bugfix: Close previous file if secondary is reused without close
  • Bugfix: Minor Jiffy timing fix on EOI

source: sd2iec.de gitweb forum thread

Categories: Firmware, News & Rumors, Today

DTVmkfs v0.91 + Mac OSx source fix

March 8th, 2009 No comments

Dtvmkfs build a file system image for flashing into the C64 DTV (v2/v3). The hummer racing game uses a different flash load routine, so the SYS-address needs to be set in a special way for this to work, or a DTV-kernel must be used.

download: dtvmkfs v0.9.1 OSx Source Fixed

Changelog:

0.91 – 2008/12/07

  • Fixed bug with incorrect parsing of load-address from PRGs.
  • Updated to support %XX-encoded C64names.
  • Implemented NOLIST option. C64name starting with $ is still supported for backwards compatibility.
  • Directory ($-file) width automatically expanded if file names are too long.
  • Added -r option to import raw data.

source: symlink.dk

Commodore A2088XT

March 7th, 2009 4 comments

Autopsy:

Description:

  • Country: Usa
  • Most Common: Usa/Europe
  • Rarity: Rare
  • Year: 1986

from Amiga Resource:

  • 8088 @ 4.77 MHz
  • optional 8087 FPU
  • 512 kB RAM
  • 16 kB XT compatible BIOS
  • 360 kB 5.25″ floppy drive supplied
  • 720 kB 3.5″ – uses external Amiga floppy drives on the external connector
  • CGA 640x200x2 or 320x200x4 modes selectable with jumpers
  • can use Amiga parallel ports
  • could be upgraded to 386 with the Roßmöller 386si

source: amiga.resource.cx

Some pieces recovered from a Amiga 2000 devastated by humidity!

March 7th, 2009 No comments

Some pieces recovered from a Amiga 2000 devastated by humidity!

Chiptune.com (Amiga Workbench Web)

March 7th, 2009 No comments

Amiga WEBIt’s a old website but it’s always great to visit.

source: chiptune.com

Sign Up for Little Computer People Party

March 7th, 2009 No comments

For all the c64/amiga/atari/spectrum/console/whatever-lovin’ sideborder musicians, stamp fakers, coders, forth lamers, screen dumpers (yes), bbs hangarounds and full screen graphicians – we strike back! – and we strike hard!

On july 17-19, in Lund/Sweden, we will present you with the hottest incarnation so far in the series of Swedish copy/demo parties, and YOU are invited!

source: lcp.c64.org

Categories: Event(s), News & Rumors, Today

AmiKit v1.5.6 released!

March 7th, 2009 No comments

AmiKitAmiKit is a free and legal compilation of more than 300 of the finest Amiga programs (free/shareware).

It runs under emulation on your Windows or Linux system. In short, AmiKit is the way to experience a high-end Classic AmigaOS on your PC (providing you own legal AmigaOS and ROM file).

Changelog:

  • - UPDATED:  AmigaAMP 2.20
  • - UPDATED:  bzip2 1.0.5
  • - UPDATED:  p7zip 4.65a (and Magellan’s menu and 7z filetype)
  • - UPDATED:  SabreMSN 0.42
  • - UPDATED:  vorbistools 1.2.0e
  • - UPDATED:  WHDLoad 16.9
  • - UPDATED:  xad_7z 1.9

source: amikit.amiga.sk

Executable Image release 1 released by MagerValp / M&M

March 7th, 2009 No comments

Executable Image is a perversely over-engineered solution to a very simple problem: how do I convert a Koala image into an executable program? The sane solution would be to fire up an assembler, write about a page of code copying color ram, set up the VIC, and then pucrunch or exomize it to get a sys line.

Scout released a .bat file that does pretty much all that, and it gets the job done. The implementation gave me an itch that I just had to scratch
though.

Executable Image is available for MacOsx / Linux Binary (sources included).

source: noname.c64.org

C64 Pixel Art by Carrion

March 6th, 2009 No comments

Molly – the cyberpunk girl by Carrion.

source: carrionpixels.wordpress.com noname-c64.org

Categories: C64/SX64, DTV, News & Rumors, Today

Commodore Floppy Drive 1570

March 6th, 2009 1 comment
My compilation is completed!

Autopsy:

My Commodore Floppy drive collection is completed!

Description:

  • Country: Usa
  • Most Common: Usa/Europe
  • Rarity: Yes, it’s rare
  • Year: 1985

from Wikipedia:

The Commodore 1570 was a 5¼” floppy disk drive for the Commodore 128 home/personal computer. It was a single-sided, 170KB version of the double-sided Commodore 1571, released as a stopgap measure when Commodore International was unable to provide large enough quantities of 1571s due to a shortage of double-sided drive mechanisms.

Like the 1571, it could read and write both GCR and MFM disk formats. The 1570 utilized a 1571 logic board in a cream-colored Commodore 1541 case with a drive mechanism similar to the 1541 except that it was equipped with track zero detection.

source: Wikipedia

Vector A2000i (Professional RAM Board) for A2000/3000/4000

March 5th, 2009 No comments

Autopsy:

Vector A2000i with installed 4mb of ram.

Description:

  • Country: Germany
  • Most Common: Europe
  • Rarity: Rare
  • Year: 1991

from Amiga Resource:

  • 64 DIP sockets accept 8 MB RAM
  • supports 2, 4 or 8 MB configurations with autoconfig
  • the 6 MB configuration works only with autoconfig disabled – the memory has to be added by software
  • accepts 1M×1, 70 – 120 ns DIPs
  • running a 6 MB card together with a BridgeBoard requires replacing a PAL
  • not compatible with A2000-A motherboard.

source: amiga.resource.cx

Commodore Amiga CD32 with Joypad & Powersupply

March 5th, 2009 No comments
Commodore Amiga CD32

Autopsy:

Description:

  • Country: Usa
  • Most Common: Usa/Europe
  • Rarity: Unrare
  • Year: 1993

from Wikipedia:

The Amiga CD32, styled “CD32“, was the first 32-bit CD-ROM based video game console released in western Europe and Canada. It was first announced at the Science Museum in London, United Kingdom on 16 July 1993, and was released in September of the same year.

The CD32 is based on Commodore’s Advanced Graphics Architecture chipset, and is of similar specification to the Amiga 1200 computer. Using 3rd-party devices, it is possible to upgrade the CD32 with keyboard, floppy drive, hard drive and mouse, turning it into a personal computer.

source: Wikipedia

Commodore Amiga A2090 SCSI/MFM Interface

March 4th, 2009 No comments

autopsy:

Description:

  • Country: Usa
  • Most Common: Usa/Europe
  • Rarity: Unrare
  • Year: 1987

from Amiga Hardware:

The A2090 is a full length Zorro II card which contains a SCSI controller and an ST506 (IBM XT MFM) controller. The card does not support autobooting, however there were solutions released which allowed the card to boot, such as the Commodore Autoboot Card or the Combitec AutoBoot Card (A2090b). This card is known by serveral names, but it is the same hardware.

For example the SCSI controller supplied with the A2500 is simply this card. It was also known as the A2092 which was simply this card packaged as a “Hard Disk Upgrade Kit”, including a 40MB hard drive for the A2000. To confuse matters further this “Hard Disk Upgrade Kit” was sometimes referred to as the A2094. The A2090a is simply this card, prefitted with auto-booting ROMS. The card uses the Zilog 80B processor. If you intend to use this card in Zorro III machines, then all drivers and buffers must be loaded into Chip RAM and not Fast RAM.

Bootable versions of this card uses its own custom booting method and ironically does not use the Commodore RDB standard which most hard drive controllers use. In order to prep and format the drive, a special prepping utility is required.You cannot have partitions larger than 256MB without a patch. In order to autoboot, you need at least Kickstart 1.3.

source: amiga-hardware.com

Industrial Dawn Pixel Art Demo for C64 by Artstate

March 4th, 2009 No comments

A new Pixel Art Demo from Artstate with a Very nice Picture.

source: noname.c64.org

Categories: C64/SX64, DTV, News & Rumors, Today

Speak Up! a DTV Pixel Art by ptoing of Crest / Prollcoder, Red Brand

March 2nd, 2009 No comments

Speak Up! a DTV Pixel Art by ptoing of Crest / Prollcoder, Red Brand

source: noname.c64.org

Categories: DTV, News & Rumors, Today