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 (SuperRAM), not works correctly in VICE.

Optimized for 80 columns mode. Thanks to Christian Johansson.

source: mirkosoft homepage

The HxC Floppy Drive Emulator is a software and hardware system created by jfdn aka Jeff.

The aim of this project is to replace the floppy disk drive by an electronic device emulating the floppy disk drive (list of supported Computer/Hardware).

There are two differents emulators:

• A USB version which allows to connect the floppy disk drive interface of the computer to a PC via a USB cable.
• A SDCARD version which allows to emulate floppy disks which images are stored in a SDCARD.

Release notes for the HxCFloppyEmulator software v1.4.0.1:

• GUI : SDCard buzzer sound volume control added.
• GUI reworked.
• Double step drive emulation support added.
• IMD Loader : Default interface mode change to Shugart.
• RAW Loader : Default interface mode change to Shugart.
• USB HxC Floppy Emulator : Shugart mode corrected.

Release notes for the SD HxCFloppyEmulator firmware upgrade v1.3.0.4:

• Amiga : Change disk delay added.
• Buzzer driving bug corrected.
• “One button” mode feature added.
• Double step support added.

source: hxc2001.free.fr

These are some Sid examples which i have recorded from a Commodore 64 with the SwinSID installed. You can Download the original Sid track in .sid file format and the SwinSID in .ogg file format (High Quality), so you can compare the musics.

• Natural Wonders 2 by Alexander Rotzsch (Fanta) 2008 Oxyron – SID (8580)
  
• Natural Wonders 2 by Alexander Rotzsch (Fanta) 2008 Oxyron – SWINSID

• The Alibi by Thomas E. Petersen (Laxity) 1989 Maniacs of Noise- SID (6581)
• The Alibi by Thomas E. Petersen (Laxity) 1989 Maniacs of Noise- SWINSID
  

• My Little Pony by Alexander Rotzch (Fanta) 2005 Chorus – SID (8580)
• My Little Pony by Alexander Rotzch (Fanta) 2005 Chorus – SWINSID

• Albino Human by Alexander Rotzsch (Fanta) 2006 Fanta – SID (8580)
• Albino Human by Alexander Rotzsch (Fanta) 2006 Fanta – SWINSID

Some Sid tracks play perfectly others need some emulation fixes.

Saimo (Simone Bevilacqua) has updated his game Quod Init Exit, which is Latin for “whatever gets in, gets out”.

In the game you are a little pig, and you need to eat all the food you can find. The game has excellent HIRES graphics and is fun to play.

Changelog:

• Fixed the flicker of some pixels, which was visible only on real machines and accurate emulators.
• Added level part to score shown in in-game screen (courtesy of Endurion’s feedback Wink)
• Compressed the program for faster loading.
• Made various other minor changes.

source: noname.c64.org

Micro SwinSID KIT by Peter Sieg:

Certainly you can’t expect perfect emulation, but we are very close, the audio is much more clean than the original SID chip, if the project continues on this road we will arrive very soon on the perfect emulation.

Micro SwinSID (SwinSID88) is a hardware replacement for legendary SID sound chip which was placed in every Commodore C64 computer.

This project is based on the microcontroller ATMEGA88PU from Atmel and the emulation code is written by Swinkels. The first version of the pcb (prototype) was made by Crisp.

For more information and price visit the forum64.de.

The CodeNet Client it can be used to transfer PRG files directly into the memory of the C64 and also allows some other actions like filling memory and ofcourse starting a program with RUN or a jump to a defined memory address.

The CodeNet protocol is a very simple protocol to send data and executables to a C64 computer via ethernet. A CodeNet server is normally listening on UDP port 6462.

Changelog:

v0.3 (6.11.10):

• Added: Better network error handling.

source: oxyron.de

SD2IEC is a hardware mass storage device using an SD/MMC card and interfacing with the IEC bus. It is based on the ATmega644 or ATmega1284p 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:

2010-11-07 – release 0.10.0

• Deprecation notice: E-R and E-W commands will be removed in the next release.
• Improved reliability of Nippon loader.

source: sd2iec.de gitweb forum thread c64-wiki

from Dreamhost Status blog:

We will be completing the fixes to our Core infrastructure.  This will include abandoning HSRP, restructuring our internal LAN routing domain and pruning unnecessary vlans from our border routers.

Only One Word Comes to Mind: Dreamhost sucks cocks big time!

source: dreamhoststatus.com

A new update of the NUFLI Editor is out.

With this editor (PAL/NTSC) you can edit NUFLI (static) image directly with your Commodore 64.

source: noname.c64.org

This is a automatic generator for DATA loaders written by Mike for VIC-20.

source: Denial (The Commodore VIC-20 forum)

Bonami Museum:

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This is one of the biggests museum of retro-computers and consoles in North Europe, it’s located at EPE in the eastern Netherlands.

Many thanks for the photos to Gerben Vissers a friend of mine, Gerben is also a retro-computers collectors (like me) with a site online: www.computerverzameling.nl

source: bonami-spelcomputer-museum.nl

SD2IEC is a hardware mass storage device using an SD/MMC card and interfacing with the IEC bus. It is based on the ATmega644 or ATmega1284p 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:

2010-10-31 – release 0.10.0pre5

• Bugfix: Avoid duplicate file name when DEL/DIR matches.
• Bugfix: Reduce chance of data corruption in Wheels.
• Bugfix: Slightly relax IEC timing while waiting for command.
• Added AR6 1581 fastloader+saver (PAL).

source: sd2iec.de gitweb forum thread c64-wiki

Sprite Pad v1.7 released.. after a long long time Subchrist has updated his Sprite Editor for Commodore 64.

Sprite Pad is a free cross-platform development tool for designing sprite images and animations.

Improvements and changes in this version:

• Rotations. A World first?, Free rotate with variable angle limiter, auto-generate rotation sequences in any mode with 1 degree accuracy.
• Overlays. Allows the designing of 2 sprites as one + animation and rotation support!.
• Multiple Palettes. User editable palette file supports up to 20 additional palettes. (Default palette is now technically accurate).
• Single page layout. No more page flipping!.
• ‘Floodfill’, ‘Fat Brush’, ‘Pixel Swapper’, ‘Paste Into’. + Many more fixes and improvements.

General Program Features:

• Edit and animate both multicolour and high-resolution sprite images.
• 256 Sprite browser.
• Simple file format allows easy import into Commodore 64 software projects.

System Requirements:

• The program has been designed, programmed and tested on a 32-bit Windows XP (SP3) system.
• The development machine has an Athlon XP 2400+ (2Ghz) with 512MB of RAM and an old 64MB Nvidia Geforce4 MX GFX card.

source: subchrist homepage

This is a Joystick port Switcher for Commodore 64.

It switches the digital signals from the joystick and the analogue signals for the mouse or paddles. The Green LED is turned on when the ports are being swapped.

The Joystick port Switcher remembers the last swap state when turned off and will resume that mode when the Commodore 64 is next turned on.

Provides ESD protection for the Commodore 64 CIA’s as there is no direct connection from the Commodore 64 ports to the joystick inputs.

For more information and price visit the lemon64.com

Commodore Free Magazine Issue #45

Free to download Commodore magazine dedicated to Commodore Computers.

In this issue you can find:

• 1541U2 Update 2.0RC9.
• Protovision October Update.
• Viva Amiga Documentary Update.
• Jim Scabery’s Close-Out.
• Catweasel Mk4 support page.
• NetSurf 2.6 web browser for OS4.
• 4GB CF IDE Hard Disk.
• YAPE 10 Years Old.
• The 1541 Ultimate v2 COMVEX Demo.
• SIDizer VST Instrument.
• BASIC on Bails!.
• Balls to the Walls.
• A Bit of History Preserved.
• First Video of AMC for AmigaOS 4.
• Origyn Web Browser 3.30.
• C64SD v2.0.
• The SEUCK Vault Updated.
• Striker In The Crypt Of Trojan.
• …more

source: commodorefree.com