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 (1221)
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:
Repair:
Gallery of repair and cleaning:
Javatari is a multiplayer Atari 2600 emulator written in pure Java with no external libs.
Features:
Changelog;
Download: Javatari JAR v4.0 (Needs Java 6 or greater) (962)
source: javatari.org
Gallery of repair and cleaning:
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:
Repair:
Mod:
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:
Download: Intro Creation Competition 2013 (all demo) (1125)
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:
Release notes for the HxCFloppyEmulator software v2.0.18.4:
Download:
source: hxc2001.free.fr lotharek.pl
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 (2869)
source: csdb.dk
The ZOE Interface was developed by xAD^Nightfall and Damiano “Manosoft” Colombari.
The Zoe interface lets you connect the PAL Mattel Intellivision console to a TV/ monitor through the RGB signal of a SCART connector, dramatically increasing the quality of the video signal and bringing it to the highest possible quality: the original output is a modest RF/Antenna signal.
The interface is connected in place of the National LM1886 IC (TV Video Matrix DAC) to take the RGB and Sync signals and convert them for the SCART output.
This interface is not compatible with the NTSC (USA) Mattel Intellivision console because the NTSC version doesn’t use the LM1886 IC: the original video signal is never converted from RGB to Composite and then to RF (Antenna).
The assembled kit is available and you can buy it now from ebay (An installation service on the console will be available for less experienced users)
Download: Zoe Interface Installation Manual (English/Italian) (1845)
A new version of the manual is available here.
Javatari is a multiplayer Atari 2600 emulator written in pure Java with no external libs.
Features:
Changelog;
Download: Javatari JAR v3.40 (Needs Java 6 or greater) (1042)
source: javatari.org
It was released a new OS Update for the Everdrive N64 Flash Cartridge (Nintendo 64) by Krikzz. The upgrade instructions can be found here.
Changelog:
Download: Everdrive N64 - OS Update v2.04 (1232)
source: krikzz.com
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 (2982)
source: csdb.dk
A new demo (slideshow) by Algorithm.
Download: CSSHC-VQ Slideshow by Algorithm (1148)
source: csdb.dk
Autopsy:
The ZX Spectrum +2A was Amstrad’s first Spectrum, coming shortly after their purchase of the Spectrum range and “Sinclair” brand in 1986. The machine featured an all-new grey enclosure featuring a spring-loaded keyboard, dual joystick ports, and a built-in cassette recorder dubbed the “Datacorder” (like the Amstrad CPC 464, but was otherwise identical to the ZX Spectrum 128 in looks. Production costs had been reduced and the retail price dropped to £139–£149
The machine was built in Taiwan (making it the first Sinclair product built outside the UK) and Amstrad’s greater emphasis on quality control made it far more reliable than the first Spectrums.
Amstrad also took a very different line in marketing the ZX Spectrum +2A. Unlike Sinclair, Amstrad did not attempt to market the Spectrum as anything other than a games machine and sold it in packages such as the “James Bond 007 Action Pack” (with bundled games and a light gun). This approach was extremely successful, and the ZX Spectrum +2A sold very well.
The gun connects to the BT style serial ports on the 128K versions of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, and allows you to point the gun at your TV screen – the programs then interpret the position of the gun on the screen when you press the trigger, giving you the feel and action of using a real gun to hit targets.
source: computinghistory.org.uk
Gallery:
Software titles:
Onslaught / Wrath Designs / Vandalism, bring to you the 60th issue of the Vandalism News.
Download: Vandalism News #60 (1108)
source: noname.c64.org/csdb
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