Audiotap is a M$ Windows program for conversion between .TAP files and samples of Commodore 64 tapes. Audiotap can read/write WAV files containing the sampled sound of a tape, and can also record tapes from the sound card and play sound to the sound card.

Changelog:

• New pulse detection algorithm.
• Support for triangular, sine and the usual square waves.
• Experimental support for C16 semi-wave files.
• DMP files (DC2N) can be read.

source: wav-prg.sourceforge.net

64COPY is an all-purpose DOS and C64 emulator file manager, modelled after Norton Commander, and runs fine under the Windows XP/2000 DOS VDM, or in real DOS.

64COPY will run in a Windows Vista 32-bit VDM, but Vista 64-bit has no VDM support at all. It specializes in converting and manipulating emulator files between various formats.

64COPY does not do any communication to the 1541/71/81 floppy drives to read disks. If that is what you need, download Star Commander for that task.

Some of what 64COPY does includes:

• File conversion between D64 (all types, including the F64 variant), D71, D81, D80, D82, DNP, D2M, T64, G64, ZipCode (all types), PC64 (Pxx, Sxx, Uxx, Rxx), LNX, DOS binaries, ARC, CRT, SDA, X64, LBR, ARK, SPY and CPK files.
• A very powerful 6502 Disassembler.
• TEXT, HEX and D64 HEX editors.
• FILE viewer.
• BASIC unlister.
• D64, D71, D81, D80 & D82 directory customizer.
• Check disks and T64, ZipCode, G64, F64 and CRT files for errors.
• A whole lot more!

source: 64Copy homepage

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:

• Fixed broken 320×200 and 320×240 modes.
• Added option for disabling DWM (Aero) for full screen mode.

source: hoxs64.net

Char Pad is a cross-development tools aimed squarely at developing graphics for Commodore 64 games and will hopefully ease and inspire the production of new games software for this immortal and unique platform.

New features:

• Per-Tile-Cell colouring mode – Each tile cell can have it’s own colour and mode.
• Tile area clear, cut, copy, paste.
• Extended collision materials – Each tile cell can now be assigned any one of 16 materials.
• Tile size change without data loss (when possible).
• Tile “Safe Swap” – Use the right mouse button to safely re-arrange a tile set without map corruption.
• Tile tidying – Options to clear or remove unused tiles.
• Many more fixes and improvements.

source: code.myby.co.uk

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 SD HxCFloppyEmulator firmware upgrade v1.6.0.0:

• File browser.
• Direct access mode.
• HFE file renaming Function.
• New boot/power up mode.
• Autoboot/file selector program boot mode enhanced.
• Write support.
• Various bugs corrected and code enhancement.
• … full release notes here

source: hxc2001.free.fr

FAIL is a portable viewer of several 8-bit Atari image formats.

Changelog:

• Fixed decoding of ILC, AP3, RIP, PIC, CPR, HIP and CIN.
• Added support for MCH, IGE, 256, AP2, JGP, DGP, ESC, PZM, IST and RAW.
• Created Windows thumbnail provider.
• Fixed user interface issues in FAILWin.
• Fixed compilation errors with the new libpng.
• Updated installation for new ImageMagick.
• Moved source code from SVN to Git.

source: fail.sourceforge.net

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:

• Text rendering bug fix to disassembly window.
• Added trace till IRQ/NMI function.
• Potential missed breakpoint while tracing bug fix.
• Miscellaneous monitor GUI fixes and improvements.
• VIC sprite collision timing fixes.
• VIC phase 2 fetch fix for Ruined Art demo.
• Improved CPU disassembly monitor. Instruction based scrolling. Separate CPU windows allow both clock step and instruction step with ablility to step through the IRQ and NMI cycles.
• VIC raster line and cycle is displayed.
• Fix to CIA Timer B bug.
• ALT Q key nuisance fixed.

source: hoxs64.net

C64 Studio written by Georg Rottensteiner is a Macro Assembler for Commodore 64.

This dev-tool is based on Acme and WinVice and run on M$ Windows machine.

source: noname.c64.org

DirMaster is a Windows-based GUI tool useful for the management of common (and uncommon) emulator formats (such as .d64, .d81, .t64, etc) as well as native archival formats (such as .arc, .sda, .lnx, etc).

New in this version:

• .lbr unpack support.
• “Print Sleeve” function.
• Installs and uses our own “C64 Elite Mono” TrueType font.
• More fault tolerant “Run In” emulator integration.
• and numerous other user interface tweaks and bug fixes.

source: style64.org

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 or VIC20 if you’re feeling brave and have the right kit.

CBM prg Studio is a replacement for C64PrgGen and VIC20PrgGen and is designed to be a single development tool which will cover some of the early CBM 8-bit machines.

source: ajordison.co.uk

UberCassette is a solution for the archival and restoration of programs on cassette tapes for 8-bit machines from the 80′s.

There are many programs out there for doing this, some of them work, some don’t so well. Many of them work as long as you have an old enough machine to run them on. No other program does many different types, though.

UberCassette supports tape formats for: Commodore C16/+4, Commodore C64, Commodore,VIC-20, Acorn Electron, Acorn BBC, Sinclair Spectrum, Amstrad CPC464.

Development Log V0.04 16/03/2011:

• Many new parameters, and including Spectrum and Amstrad modes!
• Also changed the internals for better wave detection.
• Added error retrying for Spectrum ROM loaders, using the XOR byte at the end of the block.

download: UberCassette v0.04 MAC Fix (Version 0.04) (474 Kb)

source: retroreview.com

CheeseCutter is a Music Tracker program developed by Abbadon of Fairlight. The JCH Tracker was used as an inspiration and it uses the reSID engine by Dag Lem.

A few examples of the changes in version 0.4.0 are:

• Autoconf script.
• Resid-fp for extra filter accuracy.
• You can exit from followplay / playback tracking without stopping the song.
• The playback position marker is now shown with sequence view and track mode.
• Real time sid-register dumping.

The download link includes the Windows binary and sources, the two archives are distributed separately.

source: koti.kapsi.fi

UberCassette is a solution for the archival and restoration of programs on cassette tapes for 8-bit machines from the 80′s.

There are many programs out there for doing this, some of them work, some don’t so well. Many of them work as long as you have an old enough machine to run them on. No other program does many different types, though.

UberCassette supports tape formats for: Commodore C16/+4, Commodore C64, Commodore,VIC-20, Acorn Electron, Acorn BBC, Sinclair Spectrum, Amstrad CPC464

download: UberCassette v0.02 MAC Fix (291 Kb)

source: retroreview.com

Char Pad is a cross-development tools aimed squarely at developing graphics for Commodore 64 games and will hopefully ease and inspire the production of new games software for this immortal and unique platform.

New features:

• Variable tile sizes, currently 1×1, 2×2, 3×3, 4×4 or 5×5.
• Pixel level editing of whole tiles.
• 80×50 and 40×25 map editor modes.
• Map flood-fill + copy & paste any map area.
• Move & Mirror tiles or maps.
• Powerful character set optimizer.
• Collision “material” editing & grouping for easy software collision detection.
• Export any data in raw or PRG formats.
• Load and save SEUCK compatible background files (including Jon Wells’ sideways SEUCK mod).

source: code.myby.co.uk

A new version of Vice is released, the famous C64 (VIC-20/DTV…) emulator comes to the version v2.3.

What is new with the 2.3 release? Click here.

source: vice-emu.sourceforge.net sourceforge.net