Jean-François DEL NERO (who’s behind the HxC SD Floppy Emulator) recently has released a version of the HxC emulator firmware that is compatible with the STM32 chip used in the Gotek floppy emulators.

This means that the great functionality of the HxC SD emulator is now available on cheaper and more widely available hardware.

The bootloader to convert the Gotek floppy drive in HxC compatible must be purchased on the website HXC 2001 by sending an email to Jean-François DEL NERO. The price of the bootloader is one-off 10 Euro per Gotek that you want to update. Future updates of the software are free and can be made from a USB stick

The HXC Usb (Gotek) firmware supports: + many more….

USB Stick STM32 (Gotek) HxC Floppy Emulator Firmware v3.4.16.4a -> v3.8.1.2a cumulative changelog:

• Build-in USB stick init / format function :
• The USB stick can now be formatted/initialized for the “Image-less mode” by the firmware.
• Remove the USB stick, press both buttons to enter the embedded menu and select the sub menu to activate the format mode :
  •  - 7 digits display “d” menu entry -> Should display “For”
  •  - OLED display “Format USB Key” menu entry.
  • Then insert the USB stick you want to format.
  • WARNING : Formatting will erase all data on the USB stick !
  • The default built-in image is an HD 1.44MB Floppy disk, but you
  • can select another built-in image on the firmware customization
• SFRKC30 / SFR1M44-U100LQD Gotek support enhanced :
• The new rotary port is now supported.
• New explicit U100LQD OLED configuration.
• (Specific binaries for this new Gotek are now provided in the “New_U100LQD_Gotek” folder)
• The detected hardware model can now be read in the embedded menu
• (Sub menu ‘F’ for the 7 digits Gotek and in the “FW/HW version” sub menu for the OLED Goteks).
• Hardware ID definitions :
  • 000 : Original STM32F105 Gotek (64KB of RAM)
  • 001 : 64 pins ARTERY AT32F415RCT7 on an old STM32 Gotek board (32KB of RAM)
  • 002 : 48 pins ARTERY AT32F415CBT7 (New board) (32KB of RAM)
  • 003 : 64 pins ARTERY AT32F415RCT7 (New SFRKC30 / SFR1M44-U100LQD Gotek : Native OLED and Rotary support) (32KB of RAM)
• Test firmware updated to support all STM32 and Artery Goteks.
• Some important fixes in the emulation from folder mode
• (Informations about this mode are available on this page : https://hxc2001.com/docs/gotek-floppy-emulator-hxc-firmware/pages/emulation-from-folder.html)
• The emulation from folder mode was broken on ARTERY MCU based Goteks.
  •  Update recommended for all “emulation from folder mode” users !
• New SFRKC30 Gotek boards support added :
  •  This new Gotek revision has a new rotary port and will be shipped
  •  with a rotary switch and an OLED screen directly from the factory
  •  (No “mod” required anymore)
• Bootloader updated.
• Firmware updated.
• Firmware customization page updated.
• Normal/direct selection mode :  File sorting optimized for low memory “Artery” Goteks.
• 1680KB Distribution Media Format (DMF) .IMG support adjusted / fixed.
• Firmware STM32 USB HxCFloppyEmulator v3.7.1.4a for all Artery AND STM Goteks ! ( -> In the “Artery_AT32_Gotek_HxC_Firmware” folder !)
• Update recommended for Artery Goteks users:
• “Normal mode” / Direct stick browsing mode :
• Fix regression with Artery Goteks  ! (Crash due to a memory alignment issue)
• Custom firmware page updated
• Build tools updated.
• RAM Memory management enhanced : Detect the RAM size and change/adapt  the cache buffers size according to the available memory.
• Compatible with all Goteks (Artery and STM MCU compatible).
• Now support all Artery versions (AT32F415RCT7, AT32F415CBT7…)
• Fixes : EPROM emulation support, Index signal.
• Rotary connections moved to PA13/PA14 (2 pins in the prog header) for the 48 pins MCU version.
• Firmware STM32 USB HxCFloppyEmulator v3.6.1.2a for Artery AT32F415RCT7 Goteks ( -> In the “Artery_AT32_Gotek_HxC_Firmware” folder !)
• Since March/April 2021 we can see some new Gotek variants on the market.
• Due to the electronic components shortage, these new Gotek revisions use different MCUs.
• The STMicroelectronics STM32F105 MCU was replaced by Artery MCUs : AT32F415RCT7, AT32F415CBT7,…
• These MCUs are “mostly” compatible with the previously used STM part but there is an important difference : The RAM size. While the STM32F105 offers 64KB of RAM, these Artery parts have only 32KB of RAM. These changes imply modifications in the firmware.
• A first HxC Firmware compatible with the AT32F415RCT7 MCU can be found in the Artery_AT32_Gotek_HxC_Firmware folder.
• The bootloader was updated this week to support all the 3 Gotek variants:  STM32F105RB6, AT32F415RCT7,AT32F415CBT7.
• The bootloader now supports GPT/GUID formatted USB sticks.
• The server was updated this week to support all the 3 Gotek variants :
• The bootloader can installed on all these Gotek using the normal online procedure :  https://hxc2001.com/docs/gotek-floppy-emulator-hxc-firmware/pages/bootloader-installation.html
• Preparing the firmware for the next releases / features : Important code size optimizations. (First round !)
• OSD : The HSYNC polarity can be set on the custom firmware
  • (VSYNC already supports both polarity)
• Finally introducting the Raspberry Pi Zero W Gotek companion :
  • https://hxc2001.com/download/floppy_drive_emulator/RPiZeroW_HxC2001_StickEmulator.zip
  • (To be installed on the SD Card with rufus, dd, …)
  • Use the USB device port to connect the Raspberry Pi Zero W to the Gotek.
  • You can access the virtual stick through Wifi.
  • The Raspberry is by default setup as an access point. (HxC2001_RPIZeroW SSID)
  • The following services are currently enabled in the image :
  • IP :  192.168.100.1
  • Samba/Windows Share -> login : data, password : data
  • ftp -> login : data, password : data
  • ssh -> login : data, password : data / login : root, password : root
  • http -> just a test page for the moment.
• IMG file images : Fix Technics SX-F100 organ format and file deletion support.
• HFE files : Blind write mode now used on all non-MFM/FM HFE files.
• Quickdisk .QD files write support : Some fixes and improvements.
• Code improvements.
• Roland machines out,img,ima files support : sector interleave and track skew adjusted to the S-550 values. (Fix S-550 issues).
• Internal parameters : Power-up clear/reset right button timeout set to 3 seconds.
• Electone EL-900 disk change issue fixed :
• Clear internal ready timer at image selection.
• Internal default ready timing changed from 200ms to 400ms.
• v3.5.1.1 regression fix : Broken USB stick folder Auto mount feature fixed.
• Major release : Image-less mode support! Mount USB stick’s FAT12 partitions !
• USB Stick : GUID Partition Table (GPT) support. The firmware now support medias with GPT, MBR or without any partition table. GPT is becoming the default partition table used by most operating systems.
• New custom firmware page option:
  • GUID Partition Table (GPT) support option (enabled by default).
• Regression fix : Fix Amiga 1.76MB HD .ADF images support.
• Upside down orientation OLED screen option.
• “Normal mode” / Direct disk browsing mode : Fix possible erroneous “No file image found !” message issue. Update recommended.
• Amstrad CPC / ZX Spectrum EDSK & DSK:
  • Fake Track ID protection support.
  • Fake Side ID protection support.
  • Bad CRC protection support.
  • 6144 bytes sectors support fixed.
• (Fix the following copy protected ZX Spectrum games :
  • Robocop 2,Turrican 2,Barbarian 2,New Zealand Story,
  • Dan Dare 3,Operation Thurderbolt,Simpsons and probably others titles).
• Amstrad CPC / ZX Spectrum EDSK & DSK  : Fix deleted data mark support.
• v3.4.16.2a regression fix : Fix file selector issue on fast Amiga machines (>= A1200).

This is only a little part of the changelog. The original one is very long and you can read it here. (instruction manual here)

The HxC Floppy Emulator Firmware Customization page: https://hxc2001.com/custom_fw/

Download: USB Stick STM32 (Gotek) HxC Firmware v3.8.1.2a (864)

source: hxc2001.com

A new version of the firmware for the AVGCART (SD multicart for 8bit Atari) by tmp is released.

Changelog (v0021):

• XEX loader now doesn’t occupy $0800 page
• ATR/ATX emulation fixes (Bruce Lee, Ultima, Flight Sim II)
• Allow IDE emulation together with ATR emulation (SIO)
• Show COM/EXE files in browser
• Increased limit of virtual drives to 8 (SIO)
• Autorun key changed from ‘A’ to ‘N’ due to issues with PS/2 adapters
• Added saving facility (used by FloB)
• Stacking SpartaDOSX with another CAR (CTRL-SHIFT-RETURN)

Download:

• AVGCART [0021] (542)
• AVGCART Manual (1052)

source: atariage.com

I have not discovered absolutely anything new, it is all explained in these video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P1OVj0IcqY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eBynrpdLdk

I’m absolutely against retrobright but i wanted to try with a yellowed Commodore VIC-20 / Amiga 1200 Keyboard and Amiga 1200 TOP Case.

Many people told me to try, but disagreeing with this technique, i never did, but later my friend Federico di Dato of Retrobitlab has tried it and actually seemed to work, i state that i did not believe it right away, the first thing i thought; it seemed like a cosmic bullshit.

Ok, i have to change my mind, it works!, below are the various phases and times of exposure to the sun (a beautiful sunny day!)

VIC-20 (front):

• Let’s start with the first photo just exposed under the sun, then 6 hours, +7 hours, 7 hours, so a total of 3 days = 20 hours.

VIC-20 (back):

• Let’s start with the first photo just exposed under the sun, then 2 and a half hours, 7 and a half hours so a total of 2 days = 10 hours.

Amiga 1200 Keyboard:

• Let’s start with the first photo just exposed under the sun, then 7 and a half hours x 3 days = 22 and a half hours.

Amiga 1200 TOP Case:

• Let’s start with the first photo just exposed under the sun, then 7 and a half hours x 3 days = 22 and a half hours.

I have not used any chemical product, there is nothing more to say.

Lightbrighting technique:

A new version of the firmware for the Ultimate-64 (U64/U64E) / U2 / U2+ by Gideon is released.

This release has again some significant changes and improvements over 1.37 / 3.9. The following bullet list gives an overview of the features and fixes. Below the items, a short explanation is added.

This release has again some significant changes and improvements over 1.37 / 3.9. Please read the manual before installing 3.10a.

Fixes:

• [Issue-246] Fixed: Virtual Printer crashes when file cannot be created.
• [Issue-234] Deleting last item in directory makes selection invisible
• [Issue-236] Confirmation modal asking a question only gives ‘OK’ instead of ‘Yes/No’.
• [Issue-R17] Added mapping of ESC key to RUN/STOP.
• [Facebook Request] Added: Leave menu on mount (can be selected per drive)
• [Facebook Bug Report]: Allow Maverick (and others?) to write wrong sector headers on MFM tracks.
• [Facebook Bug Report]: Unable to select GeoRAM. Is now a mode of the RAM Expansion Unit.
• [Facebook Bug Report]: Fixed color palette not loaded at boot (U64 only).
• [Facebook Bug Report]: Fixed USB sticks not recognized
• [Messenger Report]: Improvements to palette file read. Rejects faulty files. Fixes hang-up
• [Messenger Report]: Fixes ‘Create DNP’ when run from Telnet. Turned out to be a stack overflow.
• [Email Discussion]: Adds EEPROM segment to GMOD2 when it is missing in the CRT file

U2:

• Fixes that U2 updater killed the flash before asking to update, leaving a semi-bricked device.
• Fixes drive sounds.

Modem:

• ACIA NMI pulse extension to extend over bad line. This allows the 6502 to see it always.
• Performance optimization ACIA / Modem
• Allow spaces after ATDT command.

Cartridge Support:

• Additional C128 cartridge variant that allows banking and offers some RAM (U2/U2+ only).

Download:

• U64/Ultimate-64 - U2 - U2+ v3.10a (Core: v1.41) (616)
• Installation and User Manual V3.10 (805)
• Ultimate 64 Starter Pack supporting FW 3.10 (851)

source: ultimate64.com github.com

The return of the Hybrid Sid Player by xAD/Nightfall & Gianluca Renzi (RetroBit Lab)

Based on the Project and Hardware Schematic by Markus Gritsch released in the years 2011-2015 on the forum dangerousprototypes. Thanks Markus.

Changelog:

v1.14 – 22/8/2021

Added:

• Illegal/undocumented opcodes to the CPU Emulator:
  • ISC (Combination of two operations with the same addressing mode: INC, followed by SBC)
• Display emulation clock:
  • I used the same position of the OLED display where the sid Subtunes are displayed (if are present), otherwise if the song doesn’t support subtunes it will displayed in the same position the type of clock speed emulation: |CIA| or |VBI|.

Fixed:

• DMP files additional information:
  • Display of additional information of the SID when a DMP files is played but there are no additional information to display in the header of the DMP files.
• CPU timing:
  • Some months ago when i wanted to fix the timing of the 6510 CPU emulator i made an unforgivable huge mistake :-D
• Random Playing Mode:
  • The load routine try to load a index of a file that don’t exist and everything freeze.
• File error handling:
  • When an load error occurs and you are in the TUNEINFO mode the player don’t back to the FILE Browsing mode.

NEW TAG: C64 BIG GAME PACK

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

Titles:

• Commodore Dungeon Preview &D
• Lava Flow +1DG
• Lost Realms of Murkasada Episode 1 +2
• Kong +3
• Ninja Carnage +3D [spanish]
• Lost Realms of Murkasada Episode 1
• Kong +
• Ninja Carnage +3D [english]
• Ninja Carnage +3D [german]
• Ninja Carnage +3D [polish]
• Ninja Carnage +3D [italian]
• Ninja Carnage +3D [greek]
• Ninja Carnage +3D [french]
• Phoenix Recovered +2M
• Phoenix-Recovered +4H
• The Mad Scientist +2
• Phoenix-Recovered
• Phoenix-Recovered +2
• Laser Invaders +3
• Lost Realms of Murkasada Episode 1 +3 [tape]
• The Raven +1DGMS
• T-Rex 64 Preview 4 +2H
• Islands +1DG
• Minotaur Maze +1D
• Space Battle +1D
• Polar Pete +1D
• Kiro +2
• Lady Pac +
• Dig Dug +1DGHJM
• Droid Rumble [seuck]
• Space Eggs [seuck]
• Roboform-X 2 [seuck]
• Galaga Preview +1D
• Galaga Preview &D
• Galaga Preview 2
• Freeway +1D
• TAZ +1HD
• Taz C64 +1D
• Rock Invaders
• Pilot Lander
• Lady Pac V1.0.3 +1D
• Fast Food +1D
• Fast Food +1HD
• Plekthora +2D
• Midsummer Olympics +TD
• Thunderground +1HD
• Thunderground +1D
• Plekthora +3HD
• Heli 1983 Part 2 +3D
• Lady Pac V1.0.4 +1D
• Space Snakes +2DG
• Time of Silence +1DW
• The Empire Strikes Back Preview +2
• Phoenix Fight +1G
• Ranatan
• Final Defense +1DGF
• Heat Seeker +1DG
• Heli 1983 Part 2 V1.1 +5DF
• Tanks 3000 +D [EasyFlash Release]
• Head On +D
• Cyborgrid
• Alchemist64 &DJ
• Cosmic Jailbreak +1DGH

Download: All Games in One Archive (4169)

source: csdb.dk

The Mega Blaster 2 by Aidan Lawrence is a hardware Sega Genesis/Mega Drive video game music (VGM) player that utilizes the real sound chips.

Play any Genesis track on-demand with brilliant sound quality on the actual YM2612/YM3438 and SN76489 PSG synthesizer chips that were found in the real Genesis consoles.

The Mega Blaster 2 is compatible with both .vgm and .vgz files and can support both the YM2612 and YM3438 simply by changing the DIP switch values.

This unit does not use any emulated sound – these are the real chips playing back logged data from the vgm files.

Features:

• Your choice of the original YM2612 (OPN2) or YM3438 (OPN2c) sound chip with the ability to swap on-the-fly using the DIP switches on the side of the board. Or, if you already have the sound chips, you can just order the board without any chips for a discount.
• A custom analog stage based on the Kunoichi Labs design on a four-layer PCB for flawless sound quality and stellar amplification.
• No additional power supply required, only a single USB connection.
• Support for file folders to organize your sound tracks.
• On-device file browser.
• Native VGM and VGZ support on-device, no decompression required.
• Brand-new VGM engine written from the ground up allows for accurate playback speeds for even the most computationally intensive sound tracks.
• Huge 64Mbit SPI RAM IC allows for giant PCM samples, allowing sample-heavy homebrew soundtracks to play with ease.
• Automatic YM chip authenticator. If your YM2612/YM3438 is damaged or not authentic, the Mega Blaster 2 will detect this at startup and alert you to it.
• All sound chips included with the Mega Blaster 2 bought from this site are verified to work correctly.
• DAC Stream support for homebrew soundtracks.
• 4 play modes: Loop, In-order, Shuffle ALL tracks, and Shuffle just a single directory.
• Custom looping options.
• An OLED display that’s grounded directly to the power input for zero analog interference.
• An adjustment potentiometer for the SN76489’s volume.
• A custom boost->linear power supply design for optimal audio performance.
• On-board class-AB headphone amplifier IC (TPA6111A2)
• Extremely easy firmware updates that require no external tools other than a computer. Just drag-and-drop an update file to the device as if it were a flash drive. That’s it.

Gallery:

Video:

source: aidanlawrence.com github.com

The return of the Hybrid Sid Player by xAD/Nightfall & Gianluca Renzi (RetroBit Lab)

Based on the Project and Hardware Schematic by Markus Gritsch released in the years 2011-2015 on the forum dangerousprototypes. Thanks Markus.

Changelog:

v1.13 – 3/8/2021

Added:

• Illegal/undocumented opcodes to the CPU Emulator:
  • RLA (Combination of two operations with the same addressing mode (Sub-instructions: ROL, AND))
• From an idea of Faber Pixel we have also added other information of the SID file on the small OLED screen (information available in the header of the file).
  • With a frequency approximately of 7 seconds, the Load Range, Init Address and Play Address in hex addresses will be displayed on the screen alternating with the information of the SID Name, Author and Copyright.

Sample:

• Range: $1000-$2275
• Init Address: $1000
• Play Address: $1003

Obviously the displayed address range is the real memory occupation.

Fixed:

• The visualization of the SID Model of the tune that is playing every 5 seconds alternated between the playback mode icon. (Thanks Gianluca Renzi)
• Missing the file error handling in the subSong subroutine.

What can I do with this?

With the new Ultimate 64 firmware (>=1.1c) there is an option to receive video frames & audio over a network connection at 50fps.

You can use this tool to capture those frames into an image, audio or video file.

Changelog v1.25 (14/07/2021):

• ~ Fixed: Double click on maximized window did not reset window to normal.
• ~ Fixed: FPS calculation was wrong, fixed it.
• ~ Fixed: Exception raised when window is minimised.
• ~ Fixed: Various window position/size, save/restore issues.
• ~ Fixed: some remote function crashed app when u64 is not reachable.
• ~ Fixed: Menu is not controllable with keys anymore to prevent accidentally stop of stream.
• ~ Update: .Net FrameWork 4.6.1 to 4.8
• ~ Update: Optimized scanline simulation, total new processing.
• + Added: Context menu, to open several function from the output window.
• + Added: Multi frame capture function, capture xx frames to PNG files. Can be used to capture interlaced images.
• + Added: Multi Frame Capture viewer, can be opened from the context menu.
• + Added: CRTL+R function to reload last opened file (via dialog or drag and drop)
• + Added: Ping stats to diag window.
• + Added: Handling connection errors, added screens.

Download: U64 Streamer v1.25 (562)

source: u64streamer

The return of the Hybrid Sid Player by xAD/Nightfall & Gianluca Renzi (RetroBit Lab)

Based on the Project and Hardware Schematic by Markus Gritsch released in the years 2011-2015 on the forum dangerousprototypes. Thanks Markus.

Changelog:

v1.12 – 18/07/2021

Updated:

• Improved a little bit the file error handling.
  • If you try to load a SID Stereo file a message “Stereo SID detected, but cannot play it!” will be displayed on the OLED screen.
• Modified the modality of visualization of the SID Model of the tune that is playing.
  • Now the display of the SID Model is alternated between the playback mode icon approximately every 5 seconds.

Added:

• Message during the boot that warns a checking of the USB storage and the correct filesystem mounting of the USB pen drive.
• Added six duplicate and probably useless opCodes, we are speaking about the “NOP” (they are $1A, $3A, $5A, $7A, $DA and $FA)
• Added one opcode absolutely useless for our use, we are speaking about the  “JAM”.

Fixed:

• Fixed some opCodes Addressing mode (Accumulator Addressing instead of Immediate Addressing)

A new version of the firmware for the Ultimate-64 (U64/U64E) / U2 / U2+ by Gideon is released.

This release has again some significant changes and improvements over 1.37 / 3.9. The following bullet list gives an overview of the features and fixes. Below the items, a short explanation is added.

This release has again some significant changes and improvements over 1.37 / 3.9. Please read the manual before installing 3.10.

Added features:

• Hardware emulation of 1571 and 1581 drives (U2+ / U64 only)
• MFM support on 1571, with enhanced G71 format to store MFM tracks.
• Added audio samples for insert / remove floppy disk.
• Added second drive sound to speaker output.
• Possiblity to use your own drive sound samples.
• Custom U64 palettes.
• SystemInfo Page, showing drive, cartridge and storage status.
• Flash Disk, to store drive roms, sounds, cartridges and such.
• Cartridges are now always CRT files. Selected by filename in the config.
• Cartridge compatibility check and reporting
• GMOD2 support, including EEPROM (U2+ / U64 only)
• Zaxxon Cartridge support.
• Implemented writing CVT files back to a disk image (enables copying CVT files across disks.)

Various UI Improvements:

• Select & Delete, using Shift-DEL
• Recursive delete from context menu.
• Long filename truncation (thanks to ‘naali’ / Antti Svenn)
• Scrollable string edit box.
• Adds save function for all cartridges, including EasyFlash and GMOD2.
• Full Clear function of configuration in Flash.
• Added ‘F3′ Help screen to config menu.

Technical Fixes:

• Fixed RGB mode (U64 only)
• Fixed block read command
• Fixed access of files with special chars in CBM disk images, accessed from IEC
• Fixed UCI issues with SidPlay and others
• Fixed colon issue in Ultimate Kernal ROM
• Fixed crash on invalid file chain CBM filesystems
• Fixed check order DIR / VOLUME; fixes some issues with exFAT directories
• Added M and V commands in modem emulation layer, V now supporting numeric responses. Thanks Scott Hutter
• Fixed the root cause of the VOLUME bit set in exFAT directories
• Fixed missing ‘probe’ for filesystems on multi-partition disks
• Fixed loading from wrong device ID when issuing the ‘run disk’ command
• Fixed many little bugs in the generation of CVT files (copying GEOS files from a disk image)
• Adopted changes to U64 Kernal to set default loading ID, as submitted by Leif Bloomquist
• Adopted USB modifier key handling, as submitted by Peter de Schrijver
• Corrected bug in extended partition table reading
• Relaxed C128 cartridge timing (for C128 carts)
• Extended UCI I/O bytes to support Hyperspeed Kernal properly
• Check for file copy onto itself
• Increased robustness against loading faulty disk images
• Fixed VIA latch mode in 1541/1571.
• [Issue 227] Fixes ‘get sensible name’ function for Ulticopy
• Fix for .d71 sector allocation – format should give 1328 blocks free, not 1347.
• Fixes possible crash when decoding a GCR track to binary
• [Issue 160]: SpeedDOS / DolphinDOS loading errors

Download:

• U64/Ultimate-64 - U2 - U2+ v3.10 (Core: v1.41) (584)
• Installation and User Manual V3.10 (805)
• Ultimate 64 Starter Pack supporting FW 3.10 (851)

source: ultimate64.com github.com

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):

• 729 new SIDs
• 31 fixed/better rips
• 11 repeats/bad rips eliminated
• 314 SID credit fixes
• 23 SID model/clock infos
• 6 tunes from /DEMOS/UNKNOWN/ identified
• 3 tunes from /GAMES/ identified
• 28 tunes moved out of /DEMOS/ to their composers’ directories
• 5 tunes moved out of /GAMES/ to their composers’ directories

The collection should contain 54,387 SID files!

Download:

• HVSC Update #75 (673)
• Complete HVSC #75 (743)

source: www.hvsc.c64.org

This is the official demo party results from Gubbdata 2021. See also the CSDB GUBBDATA 2021 section for more informations.

C64 Demo:

• 1 – Bromance by Bonzai
• 2 – Barry Boomer – Trapped Again by TSJ
• 3 – Vitrum Oculus by Atlantis
• 4 – Revolutions Delivered by Lft
• 5 – Trapped in a Box by Genesis Project
• 6 – Respawn by Singular
• 7 – Uncle Petscii’s Droids of Star Wars by Triad
• 8 – Mad Scientist by Triad
• 9 – Ausraster by Excess
• 10 – Blooming Spring by The 7th Division, Vintage Computing Carinthia
  •  Lucky by Siesta
• 12 – Born to Be Wild by Hokuto Force
• 13 – Stoppa Saabet by Esl0w

C64 Music:

• 1 – Euro Boogers by Jammer
•      The Demosceniors by Fegolhuzz
• 3 – Black Keys Matter by 6R6
• 4 – Fourteenth by Jason Page
• 5 – The Required Fields by Mutetus
• 6 – Love Your Sample by Shogoon
• 7 – When the Gubbs Unite by No-XS/Maze
•      I Can’t Go On. I’ll Go On by Mibri
• 9 – Layer by Layer by psych858o
• 10 – Tequila Shot by MCH
• 11 – Bumpy Ride by The Syndrom
• 12 – Fragmented Inverse Mirror by Vincenzo
• 13 – Erna’s Song by Barik
  • Paraphine by Xiny6581
• 15 – Atomic Hot Dogs by Slaze
• 16 – In France They Die Young by chuinho
  • Division by Zero by Proton
  • Funkyaaaam by Nordischsound
• 19 – Funsterious! by Wolk
• 20 – Kemisk Tisdag by ZZAP69
• 21 – Tail Chaser by Manganoid
  • Staring Into The Sun by rytone    
• 23 – The Retroid by Manganoid    
• 24 – Candy by Technotron    

C64 Graphics:

• 1 – Killing Spree by The Sarge
• 2 – Mature by Electric
• 3 – Knight’n Dragons by Fabs
• 4 – Pretzelpilami by Mikael
• 5 – Taut by Aomeba
• 6 – Mask by Katon
• 7 – Watching the Compo Stream Live by Alta
• 8 – Monkey Business by Honcho
• 9 – Framed by Facet
• 10 – Tjardalen by Twoflower
• 11 – Darklight by Loni
• 12 – Judge Pretzel by Spiham
• 13 – In Orbit of a Dying Sun by Titus    
• 15 – Ghost of the Forest by Leon
• 16 – Gerontoeroticon by Frost
  • Genesis by Almighty God
• 18 – Wi-131de Pixels by Rail Slave
• 19 – Gubbasour by Skyffel
  • Gamer by jab
• 21 – Beebear by Bitproll
• 22 – 2 Colors Dream by Slaxx
• 23 – Zak McGubben by Backspin
• 24 – Band of Aliens by Backspin
• 25 – Merciful Court by Backspin
• 26 – 64-boy by Backspin
• 27 – Raistfood by E-Grass

WiLD Demo:

• 1 – Freespin by Reflex

Mixed:

• 1 – 10 GOTO 10 by Smasher/Goerp (Graphics)
• 2 – Cherche le zavr by Atlantis (One-File Demo)
• 3 – The Joke by The Sarge/Honcho (Graphics)
• 4 – A Story with a Semi-Happy End by MultiStyle Labs (One-File Demo)
• 5 – Disk Doctor by Logiker (One-File Demo)
• 6 – Rant #1 by Smasher/Goerp (Graphics)
• 7 – Covfefe by 4gentE (One-File Demo)
  • Demo by Logiker (Graphics Collection)

Mixed Graphics:

• 1 – Nightmare Forest by Fairlight
• 2 – Barbarossa by Electric, Extend    
• 3 – Vegas by Atlantis
• 4 – Evil Tater by Fairlight
• 6 – Sgrunt! by Onslaught
• 7 – Too Much Coffee by Pretzel Logic
  • Dark Sky by Cheapshot
• 9 – Coitus Interruptus by Triad
• 10 – Eye of the Beholder – Teaser by Shine
• 11 – 88 Miles Per Hour by Hexhog
• 12 – Is There Anybody Out There by Hokuto Force
• 13 – The Great Wave off Reflex by Reflex
• 14 – Triad Logo Abstraction by Judas
• 15 – Brutalism by Atlantis
• 16 – Killer by CoolPHat, Nah-Kolor
• 17 – Towers of Babylon by The 7th Division
• 18 – Montjoie Saint Denis!! by christwoballs
• 19 – Construct #1 by Colin
• 20 – Percy by Beardswitcher
• 21 – Invite to Out of Compo by Shuran33

Mixed Demo:

• 1 – 1st Lamer Compo by Logiker

Productions released outside compos:

• Airwolf Theme by Finnish Gold (Music)
• FlutterPippeliWolf by STARZ/Genesis Project (Music)
• GabberPolyDabber by STARZ/Genesis Project (Music)
• Gubber Eye Joe by Artline Designs (Music)
• Keyboard Macro Tool v1.0 (Tool)
• Spindle 3.0 (Other Platform Tool) *
• True Believer [2sid] by Artline Designs (Music)

Releases containing information on this event:

• Gubbdata 2021 C64 Invitation

Download: Gubbdata 2021 Full Party stuff (769)

source: gubbdata.se

The return of the Hybrid Sid Player by xAD/Nightfall & Gianluca Renzi (RetroBit Lab)

Based on the Project and Hardware Schematic by Markus Gritsch released in the years 2011-2015 on the forum dangerousprototypes. Thanks Markus.

Changelog:

v1.11 – 22/06/2021

Updated:

• Decreased more than before the brightness of the display after 10 seconds if no activity is done on the buttons or encoder.
• Slighty improved the timing (CPU cycle) of the 6510 emulator but we are far from my perception of absolute perfection :-D

Added:

• Illegal/undocumented opcodes to the CPU Emulator:
  • RRA (Combination of two operations with the same addressing mode (Sub-instructions: ADC, ROR))
• Automatic hardware SID switch between ZIF Socket #1 and ZIF Socket #2 (example if it is made only for 6581 or 8580).
  • This features is included in the prototype pcb. The swap will be displayed by a led placed on the lower part of the ZIF Socket.
• Improved a little bit the file error handling.
  • If you try to load a file not supported a message “Wrong file format” will be displayed on the screen.
  • If you try to load a RSID file format a message “RSID detected, but cannot play it!” will be displayed on the screen.

This is the official demo party results from Transmission64. See also the CSDB section for more informations and download.

Sorry for the delay, i just forgot to release the archive.

C64 Demo:

• 1 – Unity by Atlantis, Padua
• 2 – Dutch Blue by Xenon
• 3 – Party Animals by Pretzel Logic
• 4 – Pandemoniac Part 1 of 5 Framed by Panoramic Designs
• 5 – Balls Might Touch by Fatzone
• 6 – Is That All? by Genesis Project
• 7 – Mahna Mahna by Mahna Mahna
• 8 – T64 by Lepsi De
• 9 – Guns Freak Me Out by 4gentE
• 10 – Shadetro by Excess
• 11 – Momentum by Hokuto Force
• 12 – Call Boar’s Head! by Macx
• 13 – Free Hasél by The Codeblasters

C64 4K Intro:

• 1 – Outsider by Fairlight
• 2 – 4ktransmission by Excess
• 3 – Anon by Onslaught
• 4 – Daah Those Berliner Pilsner! by Dentifrice
• 5 – Raccoons! In Search of Footwear by Slipstream
• 6 – 10 Years by Delysid
• 7 – Tr4nsmission by Royal Belgian Beer Squadron

C64 Music:

• 1 – Inside My Rotten Soul by psych858o
• 2 – The Spark in Me by Flex
• 3 – Drummage by Jammer
• 4 – A Wave without a Shore by Flotsam
• 5 – Only 299.99 by Mutetus
• 6 – Thirteenth by Jason Page
• 7 – Dakini by Mibri
• 8 – Inverse Mirror Fragments by Vincenzo
• 9 – End of Transmission by Proton
• 10 – We Are Pretzels by The Syndrom
• 11 – Last Call by Xiny6581
• 12 – A Waste of Space by chuinho
  • Roll Right Over That Fucker by DivertigO
• 14 – Sun Up Rubdown by No-XS/Dya/Maze
• 15 – U Will Raise Anthem by Barracuda
• 16 – They Can’t Stop the Signal by Røly
• 17 – Vérszagra gyűl az éji vad by dalezy
• 18 – Jam’n'Flute by Warp 8
• 19 – Sunset Bay by Nordischsound
• 20 – Mascot by Hairdog
• 21 – Something I Ate by Manganoid
• 22 – Tktune by Soundcat
• 23 – Kerstin aus Heilbronn by Stabile Altbauten

C64 Graphics:

• 1 – Yeah Science! by The Sarge
• 2 – Butt’n Cock by Electric
• 3 – Fluorocarbon by Optic
• 4 – Fast ‘n’ Curious by Duce
• 5 – Survivors of 2020 by Carrion
• 6 – Enigma by Facet
  • Firestarter by ibux
• 8 – Tundra by Apollyon
• 9 – Stained Glass Girl by Hammerfist
• 10 – Shoulda by Deev
• 11 – Signal Recieved by Mikael
• 12 – Exothermicité by Aomeba
• 13 – Shocker by Fabs
• 14 – Right in the Sky by Honcho
• 15 – Up in the Clouds by Soya
• 16 – Chirp Chirp by Titus
• 17 – WhaCat by Edi/Matteus
• 18 – Cubic Bouquet by fieserWolf
• 19 – No Backlight by visionvortex
• 20 – Dedication 2 Album Art by The Diad
• 21 – OMG! It Is Alive! by Steffan
• 22 – Sparwasser by Twoflower
• 23 – I’ll See You Again in 30 Years by Ben Breton
• 24 – Belki by Pixelrat
• 25 – Old Meets New by Backspin
• 26 – Delivery by Pissnelke

Mixed Graphics:

• 1 – Tut by Extend
• 2 – Sgt. PETSCII’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by Dr. TerrorZ
• 3 – Elfric by Atlantis
• 4 – Treeview by Pretzel Logic
• 5 – ICE CREAM! by Onslaught
• 6 – Sadness by Atlantis
• 7 – Thulsa’s Helm by Wrenchotron
• 8 – ED-209 by Hexhog
• 9 – Let the Party Begin by Hani
• 10 – Greedy Dwarf by Hokuto Force
• 11 – Higher by Exotic Men
• 12 – Mr. Spock by Hokuto Force
• 13 – Oboy by Onslaught
• 14 – Tape! by Royal Belgian Beer Squadron
• 15 – Kowalski by Mayday!
• 16 – Sebastian by 4gentE
• 17 – Soundcat City by Soundcat
  • Yuri Gagarin #1 by Hokuto Force
• 19 – Sailor’s Smoke 2021 by Nah-Kolor
• 20 – Zero Page, the Best Vacation in the Universe by Dentifrice
• 21 – PETSCII World by Logiker
• 22 – Uncle PETSCII Agent 0x007h by Triad
• 23 – Punk 2021I by CoolPHat
• 24 – Rock by Pixelrat
• 25 – Wanderer’s Portents by The 7th Division
• 26 – Transmeeeow! by Aki

Productions released outside compos:

• Cosowi Avantgarde by Plush (One-File Demo)
• Lost in Transmission by Finnish Gold (Demo)
• Transmission 64 Logo (Graphics)

Download: Transmission64 Full Party Stuff (832)

source: csdb.dk