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This version of Coleco Vision SECAM (Péritel/Euroconnector) uses a PCB 91162 REV D which differs from the classical version with PCB 91209 because integrates an internal video encoder from Y (BY) (RY) to RGB which is separate from the motherboard.

This makes think that in theory all PAL versions that use the VDP 9929A with PCB 91162 REV D and RF output can be modified to have a RGB output signal by adding this external video encoder.

from Wikipedia homepage:

The ColecoVision is Coleco Industries’ second generation home video game console, which was released in August 1982. The ColecoVision offered near-arcade-quality graphics and gaming style along with the means to expand the system’s basic hardware. Released with a catalog of 12 launch titles, with an additional 10 games announced for 1982, approximately 145 titles in total were published as ROM cartridges for the system between 1982 and 1984. River West Brands currently owns the ColecoVision brand name.

In 2009, IGN named the ColecoVision their 12th best video game console out of their list of 25, citing “its incredible accuracy in bringing current-generation arcade hits home.”

Coleco licensed Nintendo’s Donkey Kong as the official pack-in cartridge for all ColecoVision consoles, helping to boost the console’s popularity. By Christmas of 1982, Coleco had sold more than 500,000 units, in part on the strength of its bundled game. The ColecoVision’s main competitor was the arguably more advanced but less commercially successful Atari 5200.

The ColecoVision was distributed by CBS Electronics outside of North America, and was branded the CBS ColecoVision.

Sales quickly passed 1 million in early 1983, before the video game crash of 1983. By the beginning of 1984, quarterly sales of the ColecoVision had dramatically decreased.

Over the next 18 months, the Coleco company ramped down its video game division, ultimately withdrawing from the video game market by the end of the summer of 1985. The ColecoVision was officially discontinued by October 1985. Total sales of the ColecoVision are uncertain but were ultimately in excess of 2 million units, as sales had reached that number by the spring of 1984, while the console continued to sell modestly up until its discontinuation the following year.

In 1986, Bit Corporation produced a ColecoVision clone called the Dina, which was sold in the United States by Telegames as the Telegames Personal Arcade.

source: wikipedia

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The Intelli-Table is a round, plastic activity table with a blue, removable top that uses three interchangeable play rings to help children learn numbers, music, and games.

The curiosity of this device that was developed by Mattel in cooperation with Microsoft and distributed by Fisher Price in late 90s.

This game are been withdrawn from the market for construction problems, like say the Mattel Bulletin.

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Laxity presents a collection in 2 disk of the Final Results of the Intro Creation Competition.

Download: Final Results of ICC Collection by LAXITY (987)

source: csdb.dk

Some new games or tools (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups.

Titles:

• Hunt for Bubber’s Bathtub +3CEFD 101% [pal/ntsc]
• Powerglove V1.2 +D
• Powerglove (RGCD Compo Edition V1.2)
• Powerglove +4D
• Labyrinth
• Labyrinth +2M
• Labyrinth &Sol
• Darkhold +D +Pic
• Superball
• Superball +F [pal/ntsc]
• Cowboy Duel – Live Your Dream!
• Cowboy Duel – Live Your Dream! +D
• Rolloverture +3D
• Othello v1.0
• Cowboy Duel – Live Your Dream! +2DF [pal/ntsc]
• Outbreak + 101%
• Make My Day Preview +3
• Indeflataball Preview +4
• Risk Preview
• Mirror Image +
• Cowboy Duel +1F DE [english+german] [pal/ntsc]
• Outbreak +1F 101% [pal/ntsc]
• Cowboy Duel +1DE [english+german]

Download: All Games in One Archive (2789)

source: csdb.dk

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):

• 825 new SIDs
• 233 fixed/better rips
• 11 repeats/bad rips eliminated
• 910 SID credit fixes
• 120 SID model/clock infos
• 24 tunes from /DEMOS/UNKNOWN/ identified
• 8 tunes from /GAMES/ identified
• 60 tunes moved out of /DEMOS/ to their composers’ directories
• 7 tunes moved out of /GAMES/ to their composers’ directories

Download:

• HVSC Update #60 (1381)
• HVSC Complete #60 (1482)

source: www.hvsc.c64.org

CBM prg Studio Version 2.9.0 is released. There are a lot of new features in this version. I’d really appreciate it if you report any bugs you find or have any suggestions/comments.

CBM prg Studio allows you to type a BASIC or Machine Code program in using a nice Windows environment and convert it to a ‘.prg’ file which you can run on an emulator, or even a real C64 / VIC20 or PET if you’re feeling brave and have the right kit.

CBM prg Studio is the result of merging C64PrgGen and VIC20PrgGen. Adding new features and fixing bugs in two apps which were 95% similar was a bit of a nightmare so merging them made sense.

It was also a good opportunity for a face lift and to add some new features, such as:

• Programs are project based, meaning all related source files, sprite files etc. are kept in one place and multiple source files can be linked more easily.
• Tabbed MDI.
• Syntax highlighting.

What CBM prg Studio isn’t is a front-end for tok64, cbmcnvrt, bastext or any other tokeniser / detokeniser / assembler. It’s all been written completely from scratch.

New features:

• Extended colour mode for screen designer.
• Binary file import for screen designer.
• User defined links in Help.
• Batch files for user tools menu.
• Updated help file.

Bug Fixed:

• Assembler
  • WORD sequences ending in , not reported.
  • ROL, LSR, ADC, SBC not setting status flags in debugger properly.
  • STX/STY reporting invalid address mode.
  • Macros after cheap labels weren’t expanded properly.
  • Macros containing tabs or comments weren’t expanded properly.
  • Labels after ‘Incasm’ were not recognised.
  • Indirect jumps not recognising labels
  • Wrong detection of assembling past end of memory.
  • Comments after macro calls were corrupting the parameters.
  • Build events were not exported properly.
• Screen Designer
  • ‘Undo’ undid everything, not just the last operation.
  • Screen editor background colours can be set per character.
• General
  • Some code reformatting issues

Download: CBM prg Studio v2.9.0 (962)

source: ajordison.co.uk

We have updated the installation manual of the ZOE Interface for Intellivision. We have added the installation procedure of a old PCB version used in some Intellivision.

Download: Zoe Interface Installation Manual (English/Italian) revision 21-12-2013 (1197)

The conditions of this Commodore Dual Disk 8250 LP are really bad. The CBM 8250 LP is left for over 25 years in a dovecote.

The cleaning, repairing and restoration have taken a long time, but the result is more than acceptable.

Defects:

• Floppy Disk Drive completely dead.
• Main motherboard failure: Status LED green but with the Floppy Disk Drive LEDs (red) that blink 3 times and then repeat in loop.
• Directory displayed with extra chars.

Repair:

• Replaced all the electrolytic capacitors of the two Floppy Disk Drive.
• Replaced the IC RIOT MOS 901869-01 (Memory, I / O, Timer array)
• Replaced the IC RIOT MOS 6532 (RAM-I/O-Timer)

Gallery of repair and cleaning:

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Javatari is a multiplayer Atari 2600 emulator written in pure Java with no external libs.

Features:

• Client-Server multiplayer mode. Runs great in low-latency networks such as LANs.
• Drag&Drop and Copy&Paste of ROM files or URLs. Very easy to try ROMs from websites!
• Scanlines and TV screen emulation modes.
• Real Atari console user interface.

Changelog;

• Full support for the upcoming Java security requirements.
• Both all-permissions and sandboxed deployment options.

Download: Javatari JAR v4.0 (Needs Java 6 or greater) (944)

source: javatari.org

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This computer is arrived for a repair from a friend. The defect is the classic Black Screen of Death and also the PCB has certainly seen better days.

Defects found:

• Short circuits.
• Tracks interrupted or broken.
• Tracks partially raised.
• Jumpers with flying leads.
• Some components are partially unsoldered and soldered to other components.

Repair:

• Rebuild all the tracks interrupted or partially raised.
• Arrangement of all components removed or partially unsoldered.
• Removing flying jumpers
• Replaced CPU Zilog Z80
• Replaced a RAM 2114
• Replaced a Multiplexer 74LS157
• Replaced the ZX-81 Rom with a Eprom 2532 with programmed the ZX-80 Rom.

Mod:

• Composite video output (simple version without Transistor). It was made only to make easiest the repair.

This is the official results of the Intro Creation Competition 2013 Top 3 Entries only. See also the official homepage for more informations.

C64 Demo:

• Gary by Vision
• Genesis Project “Asteroids Intro” by Genesis Project
• Bouncy Bouncy by Desire

Download: Intro Creation Competition 2013 (all demo) (1097)

source: noname.c64.org/csdb

The HxC Floppy Drive Emulator is a software and hardware system created by jfdn aka Jeff.

The aim of this project is to replace the floppy disk drive by an electronic device emulating the floppy disk drive (list of supported Computer/Hardware).

There are two differents emulators:

• A USB version which allows to connect the floppy disk drive interface of the computer to a PC via a USB cable.
• A SDCARD version which allows to emulate floppy disks which images are stored in a SDCARD.

Release notes for the HxCFloppyEmulator software v2.0.18.4:

• TRS80 DMK Loaded : Image Sanity check -> Minimum track number changed from 30 to 1 track.
• Predefined raw formats added : Ensoniq Mirage 440KB, E-mu Emax DD 800KB, GeneralMusic GEM S3 1600KB, GeneralMusic GEM WX 1440KB.
• libhxcfe : Track Generator -> hxcfe_setTrackType function added.
• libhxcfe : Track alteration functions -> hxcfe_getSide & hxcfe_shiftTrackData function added.
• libhxcfe : XML floppy file definition -> <track_list></track_list> Track definition fields working.
• New track support : Data disk Arburg format.
• New track support : System disk Arburg format.
• New Writer : SSD Speccy DOS file.
• New Writer : Amiga ADF files.
• New Loader : SCP files (SuperCard Pro) (WIP).
• New Writer : SCP files (SuperCard Pro) (WIP).
• New Writer : Kryoflux raw files.
• New Writer : BMP file (Disk layout picture).
• libhxcfe : Transitions level flux analyzer functions.
• libhxcfe : Generic flux stream analyzer enhanced.
• ADF, DMS, MSA, ST Loaders : 4 empty tracks added at the end of the disk.
• D88 Loader : Odd track number issue corrected.
• CPC EDSK writer : Some missing flag support added. (Deleted address mark & CRC flags).
• Sega System24 Loader : New format added ( 8192B + 3*1024B + 512B + 256B sectors).
• Floppy Dump : Default step rate set at 16ms.
• zlib updated : zlib 1.2.8
• Amiga/UAE Extended ADF file loader : Amiga DOS track offset loading corrected.

Download:

• HxCFloppyEmulator v2.0.18.4 (1206)

source: hxc2001.free.fr lotharek.pl