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C128 System Information v7.1 rev3 by MirkoSoft

October 13th, 2009 No comments

C128 System Information v6 rev2Program that detects type of your hardware in Commodore 128.

Also added recognizing 64HDD drives and better detection of MMU and RAM size. Works not correctly in VICE. Optimized for 80 columns mode. Thanks to Christian Johansson.

source: mirkosoft homepage

Yape Plus/4 Emulator v0.84 updated

October 13th, 2009 No comments

From the Yape homepage:

Now the summer hiatus is over, a small update to Yape is ready. Mainly tape related fixes/features but let us not forget the simple external assembler that is now added to the monitor and is available via the A (or .) command, just like for the good ole TEDMON.

It could still be improved but for now it’ll suffice I guess. It also supports illegal opcodes, of course.

But here’s the full log of what’s been changed:

  • Implemented a simple assembler in the external monitor (yay, at last!)
  • Tape head adjust dialog for wave samples.
  • Optionally invert tape sample input signal (soundcards may invert the phase while recording WAV’s)
  • Tape fast forward and rewind in 15 sec steps.
  • TAP’s with non-native encoding now supported (C64, VIC20 frequencies)
  • Bugfixes (sound, tape)

source: yape.homeserver.hu

Network problems causing downtime on my Server *fixed*

October 10th, 2009 No comments

It looks like the problem was actually with a specific VLAN behind one of our core routers and wasn’t actually the switch itself.

One of our senior Network Administrators trying to  fix the problem and all services should be restored very soon.

source: dreamhoststatus.com

Released EasyProg v1.3 for EasyFlash Cartridge

October 10th, 2009 No comments

EasyProgEasyProg is a program for the C64. It is used to write (“burn”) cartridge image files (*.crt) onto an EasyFlash.

Changes:

  • Add flash driver infrastructure EasyAP (Makes it easy to support different flash memory types)
  • Add “reset and start crt” and “reset and kill”
  • Add BING! sound.
  • Show all file types in directory list.
  • Show directories first, followed by files.
  • Internal directory parser tolerates some malformed directories.
  • Still problems with 1541U.
  • Show message when directory is too long.
  • Torture test is more verbose now.

source: easyflash homepage

1541 Ultimate Firmware v1.7 Beta released

October 9th, 2009 No comments

1541 Ultimate1541 Ultimate Firmware v1.7 Beta Features:

  • The freezer has been made more robust. (Needs more testing)
  • Minor fixes in the IEC interface. (but not yet satisfactory)
  • SID player has been added.
  • Epyx Fastloader cartridge has been added.
  • Support for custom carts has been added (8K/16K, as well as existing carts)
  • Support for (custom) Ocean and System3 cartridges added.

source: 1541ultimate.net

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SIDBrowser v2.6.0.5 released

October 7th, 2009 No comments

SIDBrowserA new version of SIDBrowser has been released.

Changelog:

  • New release after a loooong time! – now also use without installing on mobile drive like USB-memorystick / flashdrives – now comes with SID-player and prepared index for HVSC v51.

source: sidbrowser.mathesoft.de

New C64 DTV Demo – Misery 3 by Tristar & Red Sector Inc

October 7th, 2009 No comments

Misery III - Tristar & Red Sector IncThis is a new cool DTV Demo released at the Mainparty 4 in Arles, France last weekend.

source: mainparty.net noname.c64.org

Categories: DTV, News & Rumors, Today

Hoxs64 Commodore 64 Emulator Updated v1.0.5.28

October 4th, 2009 No comments

Hoxs64 is a Commodore 64 emulator for Microsoft Windows 2K/XP/Vista.

The emulator substantially reproduces this legacy machine in minute detail.

Changelog:
2 October 2009 v1.0.5.28

  • Bug fix to correct a 32 bit integer overflow bug that causes incorrect emulation behaviour after 1 hour and 13 minutes of continuous use.

source: hoxs64.net

MUSC-Hires Converter updated – (C) 2009 Algorithm / Algotech

October 3rd, 2009 No comments

musc-hires-converterThis program converts images to a new c64 graphic format known as MUCSU Hires (MUltiColor Sprite Underlay Hires). It is merely a hiresolution bitmap image with an X expanded multicolor sprite underlay. The Hires underlay variant of this mode has been created before (known as extended hires).

After reading a few forum posts mentioning that the multicolor version of this mode was unrealistic and would provide too many restrictions, I decided to produce this converter to prove that this is not the case as well as wanting to use this particular format for my own production.

Changelog:

  • This is the updated version of the MUCSU converter with a major difference. It now supports different spritecolors every raster line with individual colors for each sprite. Ofcourse the usual mucsu mode is also supported.

source: noname.c64.org

1541-III JiffyDos Beta firmware v090914 released

October 2nd, 2009 No comments

1541-iii-jiffyThis beta release of the 1541-III firmware holds lot’s and lot’s of new features. But the most important feature of it all also makes it the most useable version of all 1541-III firmware releases. Why, because it supports JiffyDos. JiffyDos consists of a fastloader that makes all disk acces much and much faster. Making the use of your precious commodore much more fun.

For those who are not familiar with the JiffyDos, just google, otherwise, thrust me. It’s really usefull. JiffyDos speeds up ALL your diskacces. Programs or games without a fastloader used to be slow… but suddenly they become as fast as… “greased lightning!!!”. So enough about JiffyDos.

Why is this release a beta release,  simply because this release holds a lot of changes made to the 1541-III’s firmware, very crucial changes. Most changes are not noticed by the user, and some are never used. But I won’t go into detail.

This release is usefull for those who want to test JiffyDos on the 1541-III. And it needs to be tested. Because it will contain bugs, therefore we need to have it tested by YOU, so YOU can make a list of programs/files that works/fails. If you can supply it with a decent description it helps us in developing/fixing the bugs. Making it into a stable release.

source: jderogee.tripod.com

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(Italian) Retrobright – Come eliminare la patina giallognola

October 2nd, 2009 2 comments

Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian.

C-64 EasyFlash and VC-20 Final Expansion Poster

October 1st, 2009 2 comments

for8bits_posterThe Shop of the website for8bits will open in early October and will be the exclusive seller of the EasyFlash and Final Expansion cartridges.

source: for8bits.com

* Migration of Nightfall Blog to New Server *

September 30th, 2009 1 comment

MigrationPlease update your Bookmarks / RSS to the new web address:

www.nightfallcrew.com

SD2Iec Firmware v0.8.2 Released

September 28th, 2009 No comments

SD2IEC is a hardware mass storage device using an SD/MMC card and interfacing with the IEC bus. It is based on the ATmega644 microcontroller from the Atmel AVR microcontroller family. The most prominent use of SD2IEC is emulation/replacement of a Commodore-1541 disk drive for a C64.

Hardware and the microcontroller’s firmware is available as open source (GPL).

Changelog:

2009-09-27 – release 0.8.2

  • Bugfix: Prevent random storage corruption on FAT32 media.
  • Bugfix: Image files not mountable if read-only file or media.
  • Bugfix: Do not clear error channel if sec. 15 is closed.
  • Add a dummy RTC read during init (to update year if required).
  • Enable I2C RTC support in LarsP configuration for Final Expansion 3.
  • Acknowledge ATN during initialisation to stall C64 if required.

source: sd2iec.de gitweb forum thread c64-wiki

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TMPview v1.1 by Style. Released at Chicago Expo 2009

September 26th, 2009 No comments

StyleTMPview is a command line tool that converts your binary source code file saved from Turbo Assembler, Turbo Assembler Macro, and many variants including Turbo Macro Pro into an ASCII version of the code.

v1.1 brings some bug fixes, but the main new feature is translation of PETSCII in string literals into tok64/bastext compatible tokens. Therefore output from TMPview can now be fully re-assembled by… well, that is a story for another release…

source: style64.org