Atari Program Recorder Model 410 (Boxed)
This version of the Atari 410 Cassette Recorder differs from the one inside the “Atari – The Educator” box only for the additional colored box that hold the simple one in white cardboard.
Gallery:
This version of the Atari 410 Cassette Recorder differs from the one inside the “Atari – The Educator” box only for the additional colored box that hold the simple one in white cardboard.
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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:
Download: All Games in One Archive (5693)
source: csdb.dk
Commodore CBM 8032 (HP – Early version 1980) – CompuThink Disk Drive Controller – External Dual Disk Drive – Woltron ROM-BUS Adapter.
Unfortunately there is no documentation on the net of this Computhink card that seems to be a prototype or a clone, also there is no documentation or photos of the BUS/ROM Adapter by Woltron.
I spent sleepless nights looking for the starting SYS for the disk management software on the eprom, i have disassembled 24k of code (C-DOS Roms / Basic Roms Patched / Edit Roms Patched) in machine language.
I did it and found it the starting sys ($E790 – SYS 59280), although everything seems to work perfectly after the sys command is printed on the screen (*DOS-40*) and by typing the directory command ($d,1) or the format command ($f,1) the floppy starts to run correctly but the head does not move, while the exit command ($h) work correctly,
i need to say that i replaced the FDC1791 and some floppy disk logic and also one floppy disk drive, but nothing changed.
My suspicion falls on the PROM 82S123 there is no dump on the net, reading this PROM of 32 bytes, only the first 8 Bytes are filled, this is right ? we’ll never know.
All EPROM and PROM have been dumped and you can find them in the archive below.
Gallery:
Download: C-DOS 4.0 - Basic/Edit Roms Patched - PROM 82S123 (1010)
Jean-François DEL NERO (who’s behind the HxC SD Floppy Emulator) recently has released a version of the HxC emulator firmware that is compatible with the STM32 chip used in the Gotek floppy emulators.
This means that the great functionality of the HxC SD emulator is now available on cheaper and more widely available hardware.
The bootloader to convert the Gotek floppy drive in HxC compatible must be purchased on the website HXC 2001 by sending an email to Jean-François DEL NERO. The price of the bootloader is one-off 10 Euro per Gotek that you want to update. Future updates of the software are free and can be made from a USB stick
The HXC Usb (Gotek) firmware supports: + many more….
Firmware STM32 USB HxCFloppyEmulator v3.1.2.0a -> v3.1.8.1a Cumulative Changelog:
This is only a little part of the changelog. The original one is very long and you can read it here.
Software HxCFloppyEmulator v2.1.8.0:
Download:
source: hxc2001.com
A new version of the firmware for the interface 1541 Ultimate II+and 1541 Ultimate II is released.
Release notes Ultimate-II & II+ v3.2:
How to update?
Download: 1541 Ultimate-II / Ultimate-II+ v3.2 Firmware (1033)
source: facebook.com 1541ultimate.net
Commodore CBM 8032 (HP Early version [1980]) Motherboard Repair (ASSY 8032030)
Defect:
Repair:
Note:
As you can see from the photos this computer is already been repaired by a butcher. The butcher did not use the sockets after replacing the static ram ones and the pads had already suffered from the previous desoldering and soldering, probably using an unsuitable soldering station.
Gallery of the repair:
Commodore CBM 8032 (HP Early version [1980]) PCB Monitor Repair (ASSY 321448)
Defect:
Repair:
… and now let’s move on to the second defect. :-)
Gallery of the repair:
The SuperPET is a Commodore PET 8032 with one or two added boards that were designed at the University of Waterloo.
The computer has a built-in RS-232C interface and many programming languages on Floppy Disk. In Europe, this machine was called the MicroMainFrame 9000, or MMF 9000.
Let’s start to assembling the BMB Compuscience Ltd Board and Compu-Think 64K Memory Expansion board in the Commodore MMF 9000 (SuperPET)
I had to shorten the original standoffs installed in the computer because the length was wrong for the two boards BMB Compuscience/Compu-Think 64K. The long standoffs are used for the superPET Combo Board (the last one released).
It was not a simple job, obviously i have looked around for the identical standoffs with thickness, size, pitch and some with a long screw other with a short screw.
Between one phase and another i have also giving a nice clean inside and outside of the computer and of the motherboard.
Unfortunately there are a couple of problems after assembling the two boards of the MMF 9000 (SuperPET).
Defects:
Repair/Fix:
About the programs that don’t runs in the 6809 environment the repair was a bit longer. I have used the only program that worked under the 6809 environment, the Machine Language Monitor.
With this program i have filled the memory with the command Fill (f 9000-9fff aa) and i have changed from time to time the bytes that i was going to write in memory and i have used the command (d 9000-) to see the results and not all memory locations are written correctly.
With the Bank Switching command (b 0, b 1 …) i have switch the memory bank, there are 16 banks of 4k each for a total of 64k.
I have found 7 x 4116 RAM failed (this card is new, never used), replaced these bad RAMs everything has started to work properly.
So my advice is to try to load the Waterloo software in the 6809 environment to make sure that the 64k memory expansion (only seen in the 6809 environment) is working properly.
Below the photos of all the tests that i have done:
Gallery:
This is a archive with documents, disk images and rom files usefully to test the computer.
Download: MMF9000/SuperPET Documents,Disk images,ROM Files (1264)
Hoxs64 written by David Horrocks is a Commodore 64 emulator for Microsoft Windows 2K/XP/Vista/Seven (DirectX 9+)
The emulator substantially reproduces this legacy machine in minute detail.
Changelog:
Download:
source: hoxs64.net
Jean-François DEL NERO (who’s behind the HxC SD Floppy Emulator) recently has released a version of the HxC emulator firmware that is compatible with the STM32 chip used in the Gotek floppy emulators.
This means that the great functionality of the HxC SD emulator is now available on cheaper and more widely available hardware.
The bootloader to convert the Gotek floppy drive in HxC compatible must be purchased on the website HXC 2001 by sending an email to Jean-François DEL NERO. The price of the bootloader is one-off 10 Euro per Gotek that you want to update. Future updates of the software are free and can be made from a USB stick
The HXC Usb (Gotek) firmware supports: + many more….
Release notes Firmware STM32 USB HxCFloppyEmulator v3.1.1.2a – v3.1.1.4a:
This is only a little part of the changelog. The original one is very long and you can read it here.
Download: USB Stick STM32 (Gotek) HxC Firmware v3.1.1.4a (951)
source: hxc2001.com
Tomasz “Tebe” Biela has released an update of the program Graph2Font v4.0.2.1 and the Atari Graphics Studio v3.0.1.
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.
Download:
source: g2f.atari8.info
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:
Download: All Games in One Archive (7030)
source: csdb.dk
This is a program that can playback .SID files found in the HVSC collection on a real Commodore 64/128.
Make sure you have the most recent HVSC version for your sid files. It was designed for both PAL and NTSC computers, and will play all sid songs at correct system speed.
Versions of the program:
(Again : The 1541U2 software iec mode has been disabled for this build.)
SIDPLAY 64 v1.21 (15/01/2018):
SIDPLAY 64 v1.20 (29/09/2017):
Download: SIDPlay 64 v1.21 (1232)
source: sourceforge.net
Commodore SuperPET (SP9000/MMF9000) Accessories & Motherboard KIT for Replacement (NOS)
This is a New Old Stock (NOS) Kit from Commodore sold as spare parts for the Commodore SuperPET (SP9000/MMF 9000). We are talk about the early model of the SuperPET the one with two internal motherboards (sandwich) and four external switches.
Motherboards and Accessories have never been used, both they are in a perfect state.
The kit includes:
In the photos you can also see another Commodore BMB Compuscience Ltd Board with the same ASSY but without some eproms. This motherboard is new and never used like the previous one.
With this KIT i can finally complete my Commodore SuperPET without the two motherboards and accessories to get a SuperPET and not a simple Commodore 8032 with a SuperPET label ;-)
Gallery:
Video Composite modding:
Gallery of the Video Composite mod:
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