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SNDH Atari ST YM2149 Archive v4.3 released.

January 25th, 2014 No comments

SNDH archive v4.3 released - 4107 SNDH files (total 7719 tunes)

Ever since the birth of the Atari ST, different chip music formats have had different ways to use them. If you are coding a chip music player for the Atari ST you would have to use dozens and dozens of special ways to replay music.

But in the mid 90′s, BDC of Aura crew became tired of this inelegant system and decided to fix the issue once and for all. He then created the ‘SNDH’ file format. SNDH is actually the original songfile and replaycode with a header bolted on top of the music and replayer. The header has a unified calling interface no matter what type of chip music is hidden beneath it, and it has extended datas about the music.

Download: SNDH Atari ST YM2149 Archive v4.3 (1458)

source: sndh.atari.org

Categories: Atari, News & Rumors, Today

Commodore 64 DiskMagazine – Scene World #22

January 21st, 2014 No comments

Scene World is a C64 magazine on disk dedicated to various activities of bothC64 scenes.

“Both” means, that we are supplying information and texts of both scenes; NTSC and PAL.

Download: Commodore 64 DiskMagazine - Scene World #22 (1165)

source: sceneworld.org

A new donation from Fabio Bovelacci (Frater Sinister)

January 14th, 2014 No comments

I thank Fabio Bovelacci (Frater Sinister) for the donation.

Donated item:

Repaired for a friend a Commodore CBM 8296-D Motherboard

January 6th, 2014 No comments

This is a Commodore CBM 8296-D Motherboard repaired for a Friend.

Gallery of the repair:

Defect:

  • Black screen of death without startup beep and after replacing U5 and U6 black screen of death with startup beep.

Replaced parts:

  • Replaced PLA U5 with a original PLA MOS 324745-01.
  • Replaced PLA U6 with a OTP EPROM 27C512R 70ns + Adapter
  • Replaced a dual FlipFlop 74LS74 UD4.

* The replacement of the two PLA has already been made earlier by my friend.

Restoration & Repair of a Commodore 8032-SK (Gold Label)

January 6th, 2014 1 comment
Commodore 8032-SK (Gold Label)

The conditions of this Commodore 8032-SK (Gold Label) are really bad. The CBM 8032-SK is left for over 25 years in a dovecote.

The cleaning, repairing and restoration have taken a very long time, but the result is more than acceptable.

The comparison (before / after):

Defects:

  • The Commodore 8032-SK was completely dead (Black screen of death).
  • Little problems of CRT geometry.

Repair:

  • Replaced the CPU 6502.
  • Yoke calibration of the CRT

Gallery of repair and cleaning:

HxC Floppy Emulator: Software v2.0.20.1

January 4th, 2014 No comments

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 v2.0.20.1:

  • Disk Browser : AmigaDOS disk support added ! Amiga Files can be read/write/deleted with the Disk Browser !
  • New Writer : XML files -> Disk layout can now be exported into XML !
  • New Loader : XML files -> A disk can be generated from an XML file !
  • Raw Loader : An XML file can now be used as disk layout !
  • General : Low level sector reader and track display speed-optimized.
  • MacOS X : Executable now compiled with the “-mmacosx-version-min=10.5″ option -> Leopard,Snow Leopard,Lion,Mountain Lion & Mavericks supported.

Download:

source: hxc2001.free.fr lotharek.pl

C64 Game: Tetris (DaCapo) +1H 100% / RGCD 16k Cart Compo …

January 3rd, 2014 No comments

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

Titles:

  • Invert (Final Edition) +7HF [pal/ntsc]
  • Invert [Final Edition]
  • Crazy Caverns +3H
  • Vidball +3D
  • Rolloverture +3D
  • Othello +F [pal/ntsc]
  • Vidball
  • Rainbow Dragon 101% +11DX [pal/ntsc]
  • Inertiania +
  • Night Raid +2
  • Re-Alienator +2
  • Franz Falckenhaus Trident Crisis
  • RGCD 16k Cart Compo 2013 Collection [EasyFlash]
  • Tetris (Atari arcade conversion)
  • The Search for Santa Clues
  • 7dshoot preview +1
  • Rent-a-Cop Reloaded Preview
  • Helikopter Jagd 101% Jewel V1.1 +3H
  • A.R.C.O.S.
  • Flok +2
  • Top Gun +1D
  • Oil Defense
  • RGCD 16k Cart Compo 2013 Collection 100% [EasyFlash]
  • Tetris (DaCapo) +1H 100%
  • Bubbled Ghost Preview

Download: All Games in One Archive (2954)

source: csdb.dk

(Italian) Jurassic News numero #49

January 3rd, 2014 No comments

Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian.

Categories: Magazine, News & Rumors, Today

Happy New Year

December 31st, 2013 No comments

C64 Demo: Final Results of Intro Creation Competition Collection

December 27th, 2013 No comments

Laxity presents a collection in 2 disk of the Final Results of the Intro Creation Competition.

Download: Final Results of ICC Collection by LAXITY (985)

source: csdb.dk

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

December 24th, 2013 No comments

C64 Game: Outbreak +1F 101% / Cowboy Duel / Labyrinth …

December 24th, 2013 No comments

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

Titles:

  • Hunt for Bubber’s Bathtub +3CEFD 101% [pal/ntsc]
  • Powerglove V1.2 +D
  • Powerglove (RGCD Compo Edition V1.2)
  • Powerglove +4D
  • Labyrinth
  • Labyrinth +2M
  • Labyrinth &Sol
  • Darkhold +D +Pic
  • Superball
  • Superball +F [pal/ntsc]
  • Cowboy Duel – Live Your Dream!
  • Cowboy Duel – Live Your Dream! +D
  • Rolloverture +3D
  • Othello v1.0
  • Cowboy Duel – Live Your Dream! +2DF [pal/ntsc]
  • Outbreak + 101%
  • Make My Day Preview +3
  • Indeflataball Preview +4
  • Risk Preview
  • Mirror Image +
  • Cowboy Duel +1F DE [english+german] [pal/ntsc]
  • Outbreak +1F 101% [pal/ntsc]
  • Cowboy Duel +1DE [english+german]

Download: All Games in One Archive (2774)

source: csdb.dk

High Voltage SID Collection Update #60

December 22nd, 2013 No comments

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):

  • 825 new SIDs
  • 233 fixed/better rips
  • 11 repeats/bad rips eliminated
  • 910 SID credit fixes
  • 120 SID model/clock infos
  • 24 tunes from /DEMOS/UNKNOWN/ identified
  • 8 tunes from /GAMES/ identified
  • 60 tunes moved out of /DEMOS/ to their composers’ directories
  • 7 tunes moved out of /GAMES/ to their composers’ directories

Download:

source: www.hvsc.c64.org

CBM prg Studio v2.9.0 released

December 21st, 2013 No comments

CBM prg Studio Version 2.9.0 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:

  • Extended colour mode for screen designer.
  • Binary file import for screen designer.
  • User defined links in Help.
  • Batch files for user tools menu.
  • Updated help file.

Bug Fixed:

  • Assembler
    • WORD sequences ending in , not reported.
    • ROL, LSR, ADC, SBC not setting status flags in debugger properly.
    • STX/STY reporting invalid address mode.
    • Macros after cheap labels weren’t expanded properly.
    • Macros containing tabs or comments weren’t expanded properly.
    • Labels after ‘Incasm’ were not recognised.
    • Indirect jumps not recognising labels
    • Wrong detection of assembling past end of memory.
    • Comments after macro calls were corrupting the parameters.
    • Build events were not exported properly.
  • Screen Designer
    • ‘Undo’ undid everything, not just the last operation.
    • Screen editor background colours can be set per character.
  • General
    • Some code reformatting issues

Download: CBM prg Studio v2.9.0 (951)

source: ajordison.co.uk

ZOE Inty Interface – Installation Manual Updated

December 21st, 2013 No comments

We have updated the installation manual of the ZOE Interface for Intellivision. We have added the installation procedure of a old PCB version used in some Intellivision.

Download: Zoe Interface Installation Manual (English/Italian) revision 21-12-2013 (1196)

Categories: Hardware, News & Rumors, Today