SpartaDOS X (or SpartaDOS 4.0) is a disk operating system for the Atari 8-bit family of computers, that closely resembles MS-DOS. It was developed and sold by ICD, Inc. in 1987-93.

Ten years later SpartaDOS X considered abandonware has been picked up by its enthusiasts, and developed further. These unofficial revisions, incorporating many of the utilities written since 1992, cleaning many identified problems and including numerous improvements, are:

• v4.31 (2005)
• v4.39RC (2006)
• v4.40 (a leaked-out beta, 2006)
• v4.41 (Feb. 2008)
• v4.42 (Dec. 2008)
• v4.43 (Apr.2011)
• v4.44 (Jun.2011)
• v4.45 (Nov.2011)
• v4.46 (Jan.2013)
• v4.47 (Feb 2015)

The new SpartaDOS X 4.47 runs on the following hardware platforms:

• intSDX128 and intSDX128 “flash”
• IDE Plus 2.0 interface (*)
• Maxflash 1Mb
• Maxflash 8Mb (*)
• Maxflash MyIDE+Flash
• MyIDE II
• SIC! Cartridge 256k (*)
• SIC! Cartridge 128k
• SIDE HDD cartridge (*)
• SIDE2 HDD cartridge (*)
• Turbo Freezer 2005 (*) (**)
• Ultimate1MB (*)
• Incognito board (*) (***)
• Altirra and Atari800 emulators

(*) – includes MAN on-line help
(**) – use with Freezer ROM only
(***) – compatible with Ultimate1MB images

Dowload:

• SpartaDOS X 4.47 with Toolkit (1330)

source: sdx.atari8.info wikipedia

Some new games or tools (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups.

Titles:

• Assembloids Basic +2
• Maniac Mansion Demo Disk
• Demoni 101% +4DGHF
• Charlie and the Jugs +4HD
• Scramble
• Scramble +3 V2
• Scramble +3 V1
• Xain +
• Populous Preview
• Xain
• The Eidolon +6D
• Baffle 101% +2HF [pal/ntsc]
• Scramble +5H
• Scramble V1.1
• Rocket Smash EX [64kb cartridge]
• Rocket Smash EX +3DH
• Q10 Tankbuster +24D [crazy hack]
• Bumble-Bee HS
• Zombi Terror
• C64hess – Chess Puzzles +D
• Ski Jumping &ED

Download: All Games in One Archive (3137)

source: csdb.dk

I thank Andrea Pierdomenico for the donation.

Electronic components donated:

• 1 x ST 27256 Eprom
• 1 x ST 27128 Eprom
• 2 x TMS 2516 Eprom
• 3 x ST/AMD 27512 Eprom
• 4 x HY/Intel/TI 2732 Eprom
• 5 x FlashROM Winbond 29C020
• 15 x TI32-GERMES Eprom (2516 Compatible)
• 18 x TI32-SYN Eprom (2532* Compatible)

* Not Confirmed.

YMT-Player is a player that allow you to play Project-Ymer YMT files (Windows) on the Atari ST. The program is made by Peter Jørgensen aka. fedepede.

What is Project-Ymer YMT files ?

YMT files are like the YM/AY files. Music files where you sampled data from the sound chip register (YM2149/AY8910) in a certain interval, instead of having a dedicate player. Up to now (to my knowledge), there have only been YM/AY player that could play tune/score files, that was sampled at 50HZ, but the YMT player can play files up to 300hz (there are some 50hz+ tunes/scores include in the examples)

The advantaged of AY/YM/YMT format, is that to replay these tunes/scores cost very little CPU power, so if you need a lot power for a eg. a 3D demo, when it could be a wise choice to use it, because it leaves most of the CPU power for 3D calculations and the graphic etc, and the disadvantaged is that it use a lot of memory, and also that it is nearly impossible to make a routine that can capture and use the SID sound and Samples etc. It is also why those files need to be hand made, that is the reason why YMT-Player only support pure YM2149 sound.

The zip archive contains the Floppy/HD version and Sources.

Changelog:

Ymt-Play Ver 1.01 Release Date 16.Jan.2015

• Reactivate the clear screen function when the program start.. I deactivate it ,  so I could tested the program, but I forgot to turned on it again.

Download: YMT-Player v1.01 + Sources (1216)

The Program in action on Youtube.

source: fedepede04.dk

TMS 9900 CPU Key Ring.

CBM prg Studio Version 3.2.1 is released. There are a lot of new features in this version. I’d really appreciate it if you report any bugs you find or have any suggestions/comments.

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

CBM prg Studio is the result of merging C64PrgGen and VIC20PrgGen. Adding new features and fixing bugs in two apps which were 95% similar was a bit of a nightmare so merging them made sense.

It was also a good opportunity for a face lift and to add some new features, such as:

• Programs are project based, meaning all related source files, sprite files etc. are kept in one place and multiple source files can be linked more easily.
• Tabbed MDI.
• Syntax highlighting.

What CBM prg Studio isn’t is a front-end for tok64, cbmcnvrt, bastext or any other tokeniser / detokeniser / assembler. It’s all been written completely from scratch.

New features:

• Screen designer speed up.
• Speed up of switching/adding/opening files and projects.

Bug Fixed:

• Assembler:
  • Duplicate labels not detected in projects.
  • SYS call always created at start of file.
  • Build order not correct.
  • Assembly dump showing both parts of the code within conditional assembly statements.
  • Code reformatting issues.
  • Negative numbers in BYTE and WORD sequences not assembled properly.
  • Numbers in strings in BYTE sequences not assembled properly.
  • Numbers in TEXT sequences not assembled properly.
  • Arithmetic in WORD sequences not assembled properly.

• General:
  • Sprite Designer grid glitches.
  • Exception thrown when generating .prg with the output window closed.
  • Code indent/outdent/comment/uncomment would add extra carriage return.
  • Code comment/uncomment would add extra REM statements.
  • Problem adding existing files to a project.

Download: CBM prg Studio v3.2.1 (1128)

source: ajordison.co.uk

Some new games or tools (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups.

Titles:

• Linnan Valtaus +
• Old Sam +2
• Cherry Picker +
• Shootin’ Putin (lightgun & joystick)
• Shootin’ Putin (lightgun & joystick) +
• Tree Some +1D
• The Search for King Solomon’s Mines 101%
• Colorout +
• Melting Trail +H
• Sonic the Hedgehog Preview
• Brick Buster 2015 +3D
• Penultimate Fantasy V1.1
• Tai Chi Tortoise +47D [crazy hack]
• Blazing Castles +4D
• The Birds +4ED
• Brick Buster! [paddle/joystick]
• Gem Quest Preview +4
• Vee Kloros +
• Bowman +3D &Editor
• Tutti Frutti 64
• Go-Kart Simulator +37D [crazy hack]
• Tutti Frutti 64 +5
• Battle Khaos II
• Ninja Commando +44D [crazy hack]
• Bunker +5ED
• Brilliant Maze +5HD
• Quo Vadis +4DG &Editor &Map
• Supercart 60-in-1 [easyflash]

Download: All Games in One Archive (3311)

source: csdb.dk

Recovery electronic components from a motherboard that was given to me.

Components recovered:

• 2 x INS 8250N (UART)
• 2 x 2764 (EPROM)
• 2 x 2732 (EPROM)
• 2 x HM 6264P-15 (STATIC RAM)
• 16 x TMS 4256-15 (RAM)
• 16 x MB 8264A-15 (RAM)

The High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC) is a freeware hobby project which organises Commodore 64 music (also known as SID music) into an archive for both musicians and fans alike.

The work on the collection is done completely in the Team and contributors’ spare time and is proudly one of the largest and most accurate computer music collections known.

This update features (all approximates):

• 639 new SIDs
• 168 fixed/better rips
• 1 repeats/bad rips eliminated
• 181 SID credit fixes
• 7 SID model/clock infos
• 7 tunes from /DEMOS/UNKNOWN/ identified
• 5 tunes from /GAMES/ identified
• 20 tunes moved out of /DEMOS/ to their composers’ directories
• 6 tunes moved out of /GAMES/ to their composers’ directories

Download:

• HVSC Update #62 (1478)
• HVSC Complete #62 (1575)

source: www.hvsc.c64.org

YMT-Player is a player that allow you to play Project-Ymer YMT files (Windows) on the Atari ST. The program is made by Peter Jørgensen aka. fedepede.

What is Project-Ymer YMT files ?

YMT files are like the YM/AY files. Music files where you sampled data from the sound chip register (YM2149/AY8910) in a certain interval, instead of having a dedicate player. Up to now (to my knowledge), there have only been YM/AY player that could play tune/score files, that was sampled at 50HZ, but the YMT player can play files up to 300hz (there are some 50hz+ tunes/scores include in the examples)

The advantaged of AY/YM/YMT format, is that to replay these tunes/scores cost very little CPU power, so if you need a lot power for a eg. a 3D demo,  when it could be a wise choice to use it, because it leaves most of the CPU power for 3D calculations and the graphic etc, and the disadvantaged is that it use a lot of memory, and also that it is nearly impossible to make a routine that can capture and use the SID sound and Samples etc. It is also why those files need to be hand made, that is the reason why YMT-Player only support pure YM2149 sound.

The rar archive both contain a Floppy and a HD version.

Download: YMT-Player (1377)

The Program in action on Youtube.

source: fedepede04.dk

Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian.

Some new games or tools (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups.

Titles:

• Savage [jewel]
• Blackjack aka Twenty-One +2 DE
• Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Honey Bee +29D [crazy hack]
• Mini Arcade: Climax +3FD [pal/ntsc]
• Havoc +18D [crazy hack]
• $2000-$3fff &D
• Boxing Manager 2 +2D
• Chopper Commander +29D [crazy hack]
• Vertical Shooter Preview
• Ah-Type Preview
• Unknown Shooter Preview
• Stinger! +3D [onefiled]
• Target Renegade +7DG +Pic 101%
• Revelation +5DGH 101%
• Xmas Crazy +5
• Confused? +D
• Santa’s Christmas Caper +25D [crazy hack]
• Complex +2D
• The Adventures of Alain [seuck]
• Boom and Bust +2
• Melting Trail
• Props +
• Cherry Picker +
• Old Sam +2
• F1 Tornado +27D [crazy hack]

Download: All Games in One Archive (3016)

source: csdb.dk

I thank Piero Todorovich for the donation.

Electronic components donated:

• 1 x MOS 8566R2 (VIC II PAL C128)
• 1 x MOS 6569R3 (VIC II PAL C64)
• 1 x MOS 8563R9 (Video Display Controller VDC)
• 2 x MOS 6526 (Complex Interface Adapter CIA)
• 1 x MOS 8722R2 (Memory Management Unit MMU)
• 1 x MOS 6581R3 (SID)
• 1 x MOS 6581 (SID)
• 1 x MOS 318018-02 (Commodore 128 BASIC Lo Rom)
• 1 x MOS 318019-02 (Commodore 128 BASIC Hi Rom)
• 1 x MOS 251913-01 (BASIC/Kernal ROM C64C/C128)
• 1 x MOS 318020-03 (Commodore 128 Kernal Rom)
• 1 x MOS 390059-01 (Commodore 128 character Rom)
• 2 x TMM 23256P (256k BIT Mask ROM)
• 1 x OKI M2764Z (8K x 8 PROM)
• 1 x AMI 6359112 (IBM 5150 ROM Basic 1.1 FA000-FBFFF; IBM P/N: 5000022)
• 1 x AMI 6359113 (IBM 5150 ROM Basic 1.1 FC000-FDFFF; IBM P/N: 5000023)
• 6 x AMI 6359300 (CGA/MDA BIOS ROM)
• 1 x AMI 6277356 (IBM EGA BIOS ROM)
• 2 x MOTOROLA 5000027 (IBM 5160 BIOS ROM)

This a special edition of the Commodore C64, celebrating the 1.000.000th sale of the C64 in Germany. This is one of the most desirable Commodore items. There are about 300 golden Commodore C64 produced. The numbers from 1.000.000 until 1.000.100 were for the staff of the Commodore factory Braunschweig.

The rest was given to hard- en software companies, magazine-publishers and distributors. The C64 is a computer system with a keyboard, external power-supply and a motherboard. On the motherboard you will find a MOS 6510 processor, RAM / ROM memory, MOS 6569 VIC-II video chip, MOS 6581 SID sound chip and twice a MOS 6526 CIA. PAL version.

source: ebay.de richardlagendijk.nl