USB-64 – Turning Commodore 64 into a USB host for Mass Storage Drives.

The prototype uses two devices:

• A cartridge to provide software and commands to operate the USB device.
• A user-port device that interfaces with the USB stick.

With the proto-type it is possible to transfer files at 1.2 kB/s (serial) or 9.5 kB/s parallel.

source: luigidifraia.com

This demo is really good. The song is probably one of the best i have ever heard in my life.

source: noname.c64.org

ACID 64 Player Pro is the sequal of Acid 64 Player and is a cycle based Commodore 64 music player designed for playing SID tunes on sound cards/devices that have a real SID chip (6581/6582/8580) on board like the HardSID cards and HardSID 4U USB device.

ACID 64 emulates the MOS 6510 micro processor, the 6526 CIA chip and partially the 6569 VIC chip to run the code of a SID tune and it controls the SID chip on the device for playing the Commodore 64 music.

What’s new in version v3.0.4:

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aceCommander128 for Commodore 128 is a file manager for standard drives, also supports 64HDD,IEC-ATA,1541Ultimate SD-DCA, CMD hardware.

aceCommander128 Supports real-time-clock used by 64HDD or CMD hardware.

source: commodore.host.sk

This is a new version of the Java SidPlayer (Command line & Gui Interface).

This Java applet should work on Mac OSX, Linux and Windoze.

Download here the latest Beta Version (Live Installer).

source: jsidplay2.sourceforge.net

Onslaught / Wrath Designs / Vandalism, bring you the 53th issue of the Vandalism News.

source: noname.c64.org

CBM-Command is a disk manager for the Commodore 64 / Commodore 128 / Commodore VIC20 / Commodore C16 computers. It is written like Norton Commander or Midnight Commander, but is much simpler due to the target platforms. Both the C128/C64/VIC20/C16 have their own native version of the application.

Release Notes – Version 1.7 Release Candidate – 2010-08-19

New Features:

• Realtime statistics on file copy and disk image operations.

Changes:

• Fixed bug where disconnecting the drive set as default for the left panel would cause CBM-Command to freeze.
• Fixed bug where using a long name for a created D64 would cause CBM-Command to always treat the drive as a 1581.
• Fixed bug where the name input dialog for creating a D64 had junk in it.
• Other bug fixes that I cannot remember right now.

source: cbmcommand.codeplex.com

Manosoft has released a new version of his C64SD.

The Italian developer Damiano Colombari based the C64SD design on the already existing SD2IEC solution.

The major differences from the previous one are the aluminum box and a female IEC connector for connect external Floppy Drive or other devices.

Click here for the Video Demostration.

source: c64sd.roxer.com c64wiki sd2iec c64wiki sd2iec firmware

Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian.

Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian.

Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian.

Commodore Free Magazine Issue #43

In this issue you can find:

• Editorial.
• NEWS.
• Amiga/C64 Forever 2010.1 Released.
• IDESERVD For OSX.
• SIDIN Issue 13 Released.
• WinUAE 2.2.0 Available.
• PC World – Inside The Amiga 1000.
• Vintage Computer Festival.
• Cottonwood BBS Update.
• RGB Video Update.
• C64 – Archiv Updated To V3.2
• CBM-Command Special Release.
• OpenSSL 1.0.0a for AmigaOS.
• …more

source: commodorefree.com

from Engadget homepage:

Barry’s back, kids! The CEO of Commodore USA  just informed us that, in addition to slapping Commodore stickers on various all-in-one PCs, he has acquired the rights to the Amiga name (we only hope that the process went a little smoother this time around).

The plan is to sell machines that fully support AROS — an open source variant of AmigaOS  3.1 that the kids seem to go crazy for.

We can’t wait to get a look at these bad boys, but for now it looks like we’ll have to do with the picture of an old Amiga 3000. …more

source: engadget.com

Program that detects type of your hardware in Commodore 128.

Also added recognizing CMD Hardware FD/HD/RAMLink/RAMDrive/JiffyDOS/SuperCPU and a better detection of MMU and RAM size, not works correctly in VICE.

Optimized for 80 columns mode. Thanks to Christian Johansson.

source: mirkosoft homepage

A new version of the firmware for the interface 1541 Ultimate II is released.

Some major fix:

• C1541 rom load now supports loading 8K roms (E000-FFFF only).
• File name now defaults to directory “/SdCard/Part0″. Use ‘/’ at the beginning to override.
• Comment added in the application
• Various bugfixes in path code. [IMPORTANT!]
• Version updated to 2.0RC8.

download: 1541ultimate.net