Some new games products for Commodore PET from:

• https://milasoft64.itch.io
• http://arlagames.itch.io
• https://tynemouth.itch.io/pet-3d-monster-maze
• https://tynemouth.itch.io/tut-tut-commodore-pet
• https://fuzzybad.itch.io/pet-light-cycles
• https://jimbo.itch.io
• https://hub.inktada.com/channel/toweranddragon

Download: New PET Games 2k23 (429)

These are not the right keycaps chosen at the time for this color of the Commodore 64c case but since i don’t have the correct ones available at the moment and i had these left over instead, i wanted to take a chance, it could have been worse :-D

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This program monitors the keyboard and joysticks. It is useful to test hardware or to explore the key bindings of emulators.

It supports the following computers:

• Commodore 64
• Commodore 128 (128 mode in 40 columns or 64 mode)
• Commodore PET (all models with at least 8k RAM)
• Commodore Plus/4
• Commodore VIC-20 (at least 8k RAM expansion)
• MEGA65 (native and 64 mode)
• Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k
• Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k+
• Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128k
• Sinclair ZX Spectrum +2 (gray model, made by Sinclair)
• Sinclair ZX Spectrum +2A (black model, made by Amstrad)
• Sinclair ZX Spectrum +3
• Sinclair ZX Spectrum Next
• N-Go (ZX Spectrum Next clone)

Download: Anykey V1.6.1 (427)

source: github.com/T-Pau/Anykey csdb.dk

A new version of the firmware for the Atari UnoCart 2600 Cartridge by DirtyHairy is released.

Changelog:

• Fix Survival Island and probably other supercharger games.

Download:

• Atari UnoCart 2600 Firmware v18 (340)

source: github.com/DirtyHairy/UnoCart-2600

Commodore 64c clear case with clear/translucent keycaps.

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Commodore 64c Red case with translucent keycaps

Follow me for the other keys replacements ;-D

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A new version of the firmware for the Kung Fu Flash Cartridge by Kim Jørgensen is released.

Changelog:

• Improve disk emulation to support saving high scores in Lode Runner. Thanks DWStaley.

Download:

• Kung Fu Flash Firmware v1.48 (277)

source: github.com/KimJorgensen/KungFuFlash

Thanks to my friend Lynx for this great Pixel Art work.

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:

• Retroscape64 Preview +1D
• Stinger +2DG *Hokuto Force*
• Labyrinth 3D Preview &D
• Blocrun 250 V1.1
• Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade +11DGHI *Hokuto Force*
• Pac-Man +2D
• Keiko’s Adventure Hardcore +2H [seuck] *Hokuto Force*
• Chaluul’s Curse
• Keiko’s Adventure +2H [seuck] *Hokuto Force*
• Harem II: Mallagor +GM *Hokuto Force*
• WinGames
• Der Fluch des Chaluul [german]
• Dig Dug Revival +D
• Dig Dug Revival +
• Dig Dug Revival +3D
• Pong 2023 +TD
• XCB Tic Tac Toe
• Beyond Castle Wolfenstein +9DM *Hokuto Force*
• Dig Dug Revival V1.1 +3D
• Cloak of Darkness V1.2 +S *Hokuto Force*
• C64-RPG-June-2023 Preview
• Tron-Kernal
• C64-RPG-June-2023 Preview 2
• Walls Prewiew
• TSIED64
• Jump’n'Run
• Haunted Hill +2
• Los 3 Investigadores y el Misterio de la Falsa Herencia
• Lancess Priya +
• Lancess Priya +1D
• Break-Out +1
• Bowling +
• Cowboy Solitario +1T
• Lancess Priya
• Skaermtrolden Hugo [cartridge]
• Hopman +3
• Night Mission Pinball +1HDG [us version]
• Miniadventure &DS
• Galacticon
• Richthofen’s Revenge +2
• Lunar City +4D
• Lunar City
• Escape Room V1.0 +2
• Teacher Busters +3TD
• Mega Wizards Preview
• Mafia English +1DG
• GP Cars +8H
• Cricket Maths +D
• Vager 3 +4DH
• Arkanoid Air Doh
• Dig Dug Revival V1.2 +3D
• Escape Room V1.1.2 +2
• Basic Snake
• Primary Maths
• Logos 2023 V2.02 +G *Hokuto Force*
• Petaxian +2HDG
• GP Cars +8H
• Pixner II +
• Trobots +2D
• I-Ball +6DHMP
• Puzzle Mania &H
• Bill & Ted’s Excellent Game Boy Adventure +1D
• The Last Effort Preview +1D
• Escape Room V1.4 +2
• Pssst +
• Bill & Ted’s Excellent Game Boy Adventure +6D
• 1Pong +1GJM *Hokuto Force*
• A Bee’s Trip +1D
• Did You Just Teleport Into My Bed?
• Parallax +4DG
• Pssst +F
• Eagle Empire +4DGHM feat. Galaga!
• Escape Room V1.4.1 +2
• Blockheads DX Preview +2
• Masters of Time +2D
• JJ Pacman! +
• MotoAGPX Preview & Making Of +T
• Monkeybuilder +1D
• Pssst [EasyFlash]
• In The Dark +1D
• Project Mutiny Preview
• Red Max +5D
• Night Mission Pinball +1HDG [us version]
• H.E.R.O. (2 Buttons)
• The Last Ninja Remix +8DI *Hokuto Force*
• Cards 64 +3
• Octopus +
• Thud +
• Dog Fight
• Eddie’s Jet Shoes +
• Gun-Fight
• Lone Zoner +
• Galaxian Artillery
• Hustler’s Revenge
• Kanyargo +2
• Crazy Bomber
• Grand Prix +3
• 64 Snake Master
• Sea Hunt +
• Pearl Diver +2
• Repto Compiler
• JJ PacMan! V1.1 +
• C64-RPG-June-2023 Preview 3
• Archon
• Bill & Ted’s Excellent Game Boy Adventure V1.2 +6D
• Fizz +D
• Black Magic KrakPak
• Fizz +DI
• Night Mission +J
• Light Cycle Duel Preview
• Kidelyneen +2
• Light Cycle Duel Preview +
• Rocket Landing +1D
• Balls Preview
• TSI Maze Man +3MG *Hokuto Force*
• Feunos
• Monster Hunter Preview
• C64-RPG-June-2023 Preview 4
• Doomed PETSCII Pacman
• Super 8 Football +D

Download: All Games in One Archive (3633)

source: csdb.dk

I have nothing else to say except that i miss the old days. :’(

I wanted to try this cheap fucking tester on offer on Aliexpress.

I don’t have much to say, it works quite well, i tried to make some measurements of a couple of electrolytic capacitors and making the comparison between LCR-T7 and the PEAK ATLAS ESR+ (paid almost 15 times more) the measurement result it’s almost identical.

Surely the positive side of this small and fragile object that will surely stop to working one day to another :-D which allows you to measure/test a fairly vast category of components.

Example:

• Diodes
• Zener diodes
• Resistors
• Potentiometers
• Electrolytic/Tantalum Capacitors
• Ceramic/Polyester capacitors
• Inductors
• SCR
• Triacs
• Transistors (N-E-MOS,P-E-MOS,N-MOS,P-MOS,N-JFET,P-JFET,N-IGBT,P-IGBT)
• Transistors PNP,NPN
• Battery (max 4.5v)

It also has an infrared remote control decoder which i find absolutely useless.

The microcontroller used in the LCR-T7 is a clone of the ATMEL ATMEGA328, the Lucky Green LGT8F328P which is practically identical to the ATMEL but with additional capabilities such as higher speed and has a higher resolution for converting analog signals and having a digital-to-analog converter as well.

Below are the photos of the inside.

Download: LCR-T7-Manual (799)

Replaced the first C64 with the colored keycaps.

Follow me for the other keys replacements ;-D

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The High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC) is a freeware hobby project which organises Commodore 64 music (also known as SID music) into an archive for both musicians and fans alike.

The work on the collection is done completely in the Team and contributors’ spare time and is proudly one of the largest and most accurate computer music collections known.

This update features (all approximates):

• 920 new SIDs
• 45 fixed/better rips
• 9 repeats/bad rips eliminated
• 211 SID credit fixes
• 32 SID model/clock infos
• 3 tunes from /DEMOS/UNKNOWN/ identified
• 1 tunes from /GAMES/ identified
• 21 tunes moved out of /DEMOS/ to their composers’ directories
• 5 tunes moved out of /GAMES/ to their composers’ directories

After this update, the collection should contain 57,576 SID files!

Download:

• HVSC Update #79 (365)
• Complete HVSC #79 (411)

source: www.hvsc.c64.org

First of all, i thank my friend Gerben for giving me the monitor.

This is a Black and White monitor but for some reason a thin transparent film has been applied to the front of the cinescope to simulate the tonality of an amber cathode ray tube, furthermore the APF logo placed on the front of the monitor to the right of the power light is masked.

The TVM-10 APF Monitor is approximately 43 years old and was used with the Computer APF Imagination Machine I/II.

The Monitor had several functioning problems, below is the description of the work that has been done.

• Removing the colored film.
• Replacement of all electrolytic capacitors.
• Replacement of a ceramic capacitor.
• Horizontal synchronism calibration (H-HOLD) by delicately removing the wax that was melted inside the variable inductor.
• Installation of a 1uf polyester capacitor in parallel with the 1.5uf one present for width adjustment horizontal (H-WIDTH) of the image, unfortunately the ferrite core inserted into the variable inductor for manual adjustment is blocked, probably with glue, forcing is not a good idea.
• Check of the Diodes.
• Calibration using the trimmer placed on the front of the PCB of the monitor for the power supply voltage which must be 12v.
• Geometry adjustment.
• General cleaning.

Only one geometry problem remains; the image on the top left side of the CRT tends to bend slightly for about 1cm and the left side of the image is slighty rounded, problem surely attributable to some polyester capacitor or resistance that has lost the capacity/value of the time.

Needless to say i checked almost all the polyester capacitors and resistors in the horizontal section and didn’t find nothing scandalous.

The photo gallery contains all the photos i made during the repair, i take this opportunity to thank a user of the plcforum who gave me tips on how to proceed with the repair.

Gallery of the repair:

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A new version of the firmware for the Kung Fu Flash Cartridge by Kim Jørgensen is released.

Changelog:

• Drive emulation: Allow files on the SD card to be opened as SEQ. Thanks Chagizzz.

Download:

• Kung Fu Flash Firmware v1.47 (303)

source: github.com/KimJorgensen/KungFuFlash