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AspeQt v0.8.5 (Atari serial peripheral emulator for Qt)

December 30th, 2012 No comments

AspeQt is a cross-platform, free and open source Atari 8-bit serial peripheral emulator. The name is an acronym for Atari serial peripheral emulator for Qt, Qt being the cross-platform application development framework used by AspeQt.

AspeQt emulates various Atari 8-bit peripherals like disk drives and printers via an SIO-2-PC cable. If you are familiar with software like Sio2Pc, APE, Atari810, AtariSIO etc., you probably won’t have any problems getting used to AspeQt.

Even though AspeQt is not fully mature yet, it is easy to use and, despite its shortcomings, has many features that you may find useful, the highlights being:

  • 8 disk drive emulation.
  • Up to 6x SIO speed.
  • Support for ATR, XFD, PRO and ATX (preliminary) disk images.
  • Mount folders as emulated disks.
  • Disk image explorer.
  • Directly boot Atari executables.
  • Text only printer emulation with PC print, save, and ATASCII font support.
  • Cassette image playback.
  • Multilingual GUI (English, Polish, Turkish and Russian)
  • AspeQt client module (AspeCl) for Atari, downloads information from the host to the Atari. Time/Date is an example with more functionality to come in the future.

Changelog:

  • MainWindow of AspeQt is now fixed and can not be re-sized manually. Minimum screen resolution required is 800×600 for a proper fit on the display. Use of 1024×768 is recommended.
  • Tooltips are added to display extended mounted image information.
  • Added option to display/suppress message log window, setting is saved in registry/session file.
  • Increased the supported drive numbers from 8 to 15 for SDX compatibility.
  • Added option to display/suppress additional drives, setting is saved in registry/session file.
  • Fixed SDX incompatibility of Folder Images.
  • Added browsing capability for Folder Images. This release only allows read-only support with drag and drop file copying from the Folder Image. Multiple Folder Images can be mounted.

Download:

source: aspeqt.sourceforge.net

2013 C64-RetroInvaders calendar (English/Spanish)

December 30th, 2012 No comments

2013 C64-RetroInvaders calendar by Nautilus.

Download:

source: noname.c64.org

Atari 1200XL SIO 5v Enabled / Repairing Keyboard

December 30th, 2012 No comments

I have gathered all photos of some phases of the work that i have done on the Atari 1200XL.

Below the descriptions:

  • SIO 5v Enabled (you have to short-circuit the resistor R63 to get the 5v on the SIO of the Atari 1200XL)
  • Repairing Keyboard (i have stretched the springs of a few keys for make the right pressure. The work must be completed using the liquid graphite where the contacts are more ruined)

High Voltage SID Collection Update #58

December 28th, 2012 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):

  • 906 new SIDs
  • 185 fixed/better rips
  • 2 repeats/bad rips eliminated
  • 971 SID credit fixes
  • 111 SID model/clock infos
  • 13 tunes from /DEMOS/UNKNOWN/ identified
  • 14 tunes from /GAMES/ identified
  • 33 tunes moved out of /DEMOS/ to their composers’ directories
  • 14 tunes moved out of /GAMES/ to their composers’ directories

Download:

source: www.hvsc.c64.org

ST-Paint Beta (27/12/2012) by Peter Jørgensen

December 28th, 2012 No comments

ST-Paint is a Drawing program that lets you make Atari St picture on Windows based PC.

ST-Paint is still in a beta phase and it’s made by Peter Jørgensen same author of the program Ym2149 Tracker.

Note from the author:

  • Windows mode (not complete)
  • Clipboard : Remember the last 15 clip.
  • Color Replacer : Use to replace a color somewhere in the graphic.
  • Poly Line: Load/save Neochrome picture / Load Degas Under/Overscan Picture*
  • Some other functions have been change, like the undo buffer in the polygon function, (now while drawing a polyg, and undo you will remove the last point, when finish the polyg and undo, you will remove the hole polygon.

Download:

source: fedepede04.dk

C64 Game: Sir Ababol +4FD [pal/ntsc] / Santa Claus + / Sir Ababol …

December 28th, 2012 No comments

Tatung Einstein TC01 Improvements and Repairs

December 27th, 2012 No comments

I have gathered all photos of some phases of the work that i have done on the Tatung Einstein TC01.

Below the descriptions:

  • Replaced 2 x 74LS157 (IOO6/IOO7) Multiplexer.
  • Replaced UK Power Connector.
  • Repaired some not working keys.
  • External Floppy Drive 3.5″. Yes, it’s better than 3″ ;-D

Todo:

  • Repair the defect of the vertical sync of the Monitor Tatung TM01

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

December 24th, 2012 1 comment

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

C64 Game: Otherworld +4F 101% [ntsc/pal] / Oracle III +5FD …

December 21st, 2012 No comments

TRS-80 Model 1 Cleaning, Fixing, Painting… and other things

December 20th, 2012 No comments

I have gathered all photos of some phases of the work that i have done on the TRS-80 Model 1.

Below the descriptions:

  • Cleaning of Nicotine.
  • Replaced a bad capacitor.
  • Testing.
  • Floppy Drive before restoration.
  • Replaced Australian Power Connector of the Floppy Drive.
  • Restoration phases of the Floppy Drive.
  • *Making the floppy disk for TRS-80 Model 1.
  • Audio patch cable to hear the sound of the games.

*Is not been easy to make the Floppy for the TRS-80 Model 1 SSSD 35 TRK in FM format. Fortunately i have a old motherboard Pentium 133 with the right IO chip that supports writing format: MFM / FM SSSD.

Download: Some TRS-80 Model 1 games in ImageDisk format. (1197)

Video:

C64 Game: Back to the Future +3PDF+Solution / Death Zone +4E …

December 16th, 2012 No comments

C64 Tool: PRG2Sid v0.65 by iAN CooG/HVSC

December 14th, 2012 No comments

The PRG2Sid by iAN CooG/HVSC rip and automatically attaches a PSID header to the ripped tune and identifies some players and sets init/play accordingly, also patches the header/code if needed.

Download: PRG2Sid v0.65 by iAN CooG/HVSC (837)

source: noname.c64.org iancoog.altervista.org

SillyVenture 2012 (Sv2k12) official party results & atari 8 bit download

December 13th, 2012 No comments

The Sv2k12 is a Demo Party dedicated to all Atari fans – from Atari 2600 up to the Jaguar, right thrugh to the newest Falcon clones.

Download:

source: atari.org.pl

Categories: Event(s), News & Rumors, Today

Atari VCS/2600 Demo: Liquid Candy/Noice

December 13th, 2012 No comments

Liquid Candy is a new cool demo for Atari VCS/2600 by Noice released at the Silly Venture 2012.

Run the .bin file in your VCS-emulator of choice (for example Stella), or use a Harmony or other cart to run it on the real thing!

Release info:

  • Name: Liquid Candy
  • Platform: Atari VCS/2600 PAL, 16kb ROM
  • Release Date: 2012-12-08
  • Code: Shadow/Noice
  • Music: Ilmarque/Trilobit

Download: Liquid Candy by Noice (1106)

source: youtube.com

Categories: Atari, News & Rumors, Today

C64 Tool: Ultimate Audio MOD Player

December 11th, 2012 No comments

Freshness has released a new tool for Commodore 64 to listen music files in .MOD format.

This Mod Player required the interface 1541 Ultimate II with the firmware updated to the version v2.5+

Download: Ultimate Audio MOD Player (924)

source: noname.c64.org

Categories: C64/SX64, News & Rumors, Today