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DiskMagazine – Vandalism News #50

January 29th, 2009 No comments

After many months and a lot of work. Onslaught & Wrath Designs bring you the 50th Vandalism News called The Gold Edition. Four disk sides, 12 exclusive SIDs, a bonus disk and two disk covers.

download magazine: noname.c64.org
download disk cover: noname.c64.org
website: onslaught.c64.org

SHO-FLI Converter – (C) 2009 Algorithm / Algotech

January 29th, 2009 No comments

SHO-FLI (Sprite Hires OVerlay FLI/Sprite OVerlay Hires FLI) is a custom c64 graphic mode which features a hiresolution spriteoverlay in one color over a FLI image.

It works in exactly the same way as the SHFLI mode but the image data is wider due to using 1 sprite overlay (rather than two in SHFLI) – This GFX mode is also known as SHF-XL originally invented by Crossbow/Crest. I created this Application because this gfx mode is rather awkward to paint in.  Plus there does not seem to be any converters released.

download: noname.c64.org

1541 Ultimate Firmware v1.6 released

January 28th, 2009 No comments

1541 UltimateThe annoying bug in the firmware that had rendered the Ethernet interface almost useless has finally been fixed.

In comparison to 1.5, the following has been fixed:

  • Reads from the Ethernet chip have been fixed. The unit now correctly receives packets.

download: 1541U Homepage

Categories: Firmware, News & Rumors, Today

Classic Java Retro-Games Online

January 25th, 2009 No comments

Popular Retro-Games from the Eighties and Early Nineties online.

source: c64 games nes games gameboy games mastersystem games dos  games

TRiAD sOUNDS oF tHE a M i G A #1

January 25th, 2009 No comments

AmigaTriad’s back and kicking in the new year with something that we’ve had cooking for quite some time… As a little tribute to the genius of Amiga musicians, dalezy and I have dragged our personal favourite synthtunes kicking and screaming off the Amiga and onto the c64′s lovely SID chip for your enjoyment!

download: noname.c64.org

Categories: C64/SX64, DTV, News & Rumors, Today

1541 Ultimate User Guide by N.A. Hoijtink

January 24th, 2009 4 comments

From 1541u forum:

I’m working on a 1541U manual. It is still heavily beta and incomplete, but i would like comments etc. So if you have time read it, and give me some input/suggestions.

Perhaps we can combine effords in creating a good manual for this exceptional piece of hardware…

Download: 1541U Manual

source: 1541ultimate.net

Categories: C64/SX64, News & Rumors, Today

Vector Commodore Logo

January 24th, 2009 No comments

 This is a nice Commodore Logo from Robert Hurst VIC-20 homepage, i have vectorialized it in some formats (svg,eps,pdf).

Download PNG (original): Commodore Logo (1215) - 16.1 KB

Download SVG: Commodore Logo (1279) - 21.27 KB

Download PDF: Commodore Logo (1253) - 22.66 KB

Download EPS: Commodore Logo (1266) - 21.98 KB

XUM1541 – The fast C64 floppy USB adapter

January 24th, 2009 No comments

The xum1541 (pronounced “zoom”) is built from a modified version of the xu1541 firmware. It is a USB full speed device and supports high-speed parallel cables. The hardware USB support significantly speeds up transfers. It will support mnib (aka nibtools), which provides low-level imaging to backup copy protected disks.

I’m most excited about this feature since it is critical to archiving original floppies for the C64 Preservation Project.

Categories: C64/SX64, News & Rumors, Today

The ultimate cartridge for your Commodore Vic-20

January 23rd, 2009 1 comment

The ultimate cartridge for your Commodore Vic-20

Mega-Cart’s Gallery

The Mega-Cart’s incredible selection of auto-starting games and handy utilities, coupled with its software-configurable RAM expansion capability, will provide you with hours of fun and discovery.

Yet, despite the immense power and complexity “under the hood” of the Mega-Cart it remains easy to use because of the intuitive all menu-driven selection system.

source: mega-cart.com

SJLOAD C64/C64Dtv Fast Loader

January 23rd, 2009 No comments

SJLOAD is a C64/C64DTV software fastloader. Its main difference from normal fastloaders is that it only works with Jiffy-enabled drives and uses the Jiffy protocol. This makes it handy for people who have a Jiffy-enabled drive (also new hardware such as SD2IEC) but do not want to make the hardware changes necessary for exchanging the C64 kernal.

SJLOAD speed is a bit higher than normal Jiffy since SJLOAD uses the same protocol but a different implementation (it disables the VICII during load etc.). With an SD2IEC, SJLOAD is about 15% faster than a normal Jiffy kernal.

SJLOAD is loosely based on VDOS (1986) by Edward Carroll. However, the fast loading routines have been replaced completely by 1570.

download: picobay.com/dtv_wiki

Categories: C64/SX64, DTV, News & Rumors, Today

New nice WP theme, i hope you like it

January 22nd, 2009 No comments

Wow, what a nice theme! I spent hours looking for a suitable theme for my site, and this one is perfect. I hope you like it.

Pushover 64 (Preview) a Italian game for C<64

January 19th, 2009 2 comments

Commodore 64 Porting from the original Amiga game by Ocean.

download the latest build here: pushover64

forum thread: ready64.org

Categories: C64/SX64, DTV, News & Rumors, Today

My new LCD monitor (HP w2228h)

January 15th, 2009 2 comments

Web2.0Calc.com

January 14th, 2009 No comments

web2.0calc.comWeb2.0calc.com is the supreme online tool for your daily math. In the ‘Expert Calc 2.0′ mode, you can edit your equations in the full-page editor, use Shared Calculations or embed it into your blog/homepage.

source: web2.0calc.com

Physical Drive Image Creator v0.9.1

January 10th, 2009 1 comment

74521Physical Drive Image Creator V0.9 is freeware Win32 tool which allows you to create full backup of your physical media (CF, hard disk drive) into an image file (raw data image) which can be used in the VICE (WinVICE) C64 emulator with enabled IDE64 card support.

Of course, you are not limited to IDE64 media. The image can be later restored back to physical media.

download: noname.c64.org