Onslaught / Wrath Designs / Vandalism, bring to you the 59th issue of the Vandalism News.

Download: Vandalism News #59 (1007)

source: noname.c64.org/csdb

EasyFlash Cart Builder is a M$ Windows tool for linking files together into an EasyFlash cartridge.

This is the first release of the EasyFlash Cart Builder. This release is capable of building a valid EasyFlash cartridge image that utilizes both EasyAPI and EasyFS. Cartridges are define in an XML file format. Each cartridge must define a boot image which must be a 16K Ultimax cart image.

If you want EasyAPI included in your archive you need to include the standard EAPI marker at offset $3800 of your boot image.

Download: EasyFlash Cart Builder v1.00 (895)

source: efcb.codeplex.com

It was released a new firmware for the EasyFlash Cartridge 3 by Skoe. The upgrade instructions can be found here.

Changelog:

Version 1.0.0 – 06.06.2012

• USB and I/O2 RAM are also active in KERNAL mode
• Allows USB-related features in a special KERNAL currently being developed.
• KERNAL implementation uses a cleaner timing now.
• CPLD Version register added ($de08). It will be displayed in the next menu version, not release yet.
• Improved C128 support.
• 2 MHz mode works in EasyFlash mode (needed for PoP)
• Added a way to leave to C64 mode or to C128 mode.
• Will need a menu update, not release yet.
• Still NO external KERNAL on C128! Many optimizations to get all this crap into the CPLD.

Some of the features will need a software update which is not release yet. Do not try to start an external KERNAL on the C128, it will crash.

Download: EasyFlash 3 CPLD Firmware v1.0.0 (1432)

source: forum64.de

EasyCLI is a command shell for the Commodore 64 computer. EasyCLI is packaged as an EasyFlash cartridge. This gives EasyCLI the ability to boot the computer and bring the user straight to the shell without having to load and run a program from disk.

EasyCLI comes packaged with several built in commandlets, each of which is it’s own 8K program that is stored in the EasyFlash cartridge and loaded on demand.

The following features are planned for version 1.0 through implementation as commandlets:

• HELP – in program help system.
• CD – change directory.
• DIR – display directory.
• MKDIR – make directory.
• RMDIR – remove directory.
• DEL – delete file.
• REN – rename file or directory.
• COPY – copy files.
• MOVE – move files.
• SHOW – display text file.
• MKIMG – make disk image.
• WRIMG – write disk image.
• COPYDISK – copy entire disk.
• CONFIG planned – modify default configuration.

Download: EasyCLI v0.05 (988)

source: easycli.codeplex.com

Peter Jørgensen has released a new Beta version of his YM-2149 Tracker for M$ Windows. The sound chip YM-2149 is used in Atari ST/E/Falcon series.

New Function in Beta 12.021:

• Auto portamento.
• Buzzer Vibrato.
• Buzzer portamento.
• Unified frequent list.
• Turn Tone/Wave on-off in vibrato, bend and arpeggio.
• Vibrato Depth.
• Invert Vibrato for synth wave.

Beta 120.23 – note from the author:

i found 3 bugs in the tone-bend routine. and i have also change 2 of the functions in the program.

Before note-lock was affecting both S1 and S2 now you can set it to s1,s2 or both. I have also change bend-mode ramp-off to only turn off the source that is being bent. So if you bend only S1 then it is only S1 that is turn off after the bend is finish

Download: Ym2149 Tracker 12.023 Beta (1053)

source: bitmania.de

source: ebay.com

Some new games (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups: Onslaught, Lifeless Incorporated and Nostalgia.

Download:

• Soulless +3D [pal/ntsc] (1882)
• Robin to the Rescue +5H (1637)
• EasyFlash Compilation #4 [pal/ntsc] (1685)

source: csdb.dk

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:

• Cross-platform GUI with drag and drop support.
• 8 emulated disk drives with support for 512 bytes per sector disk images.
• High speed operation up to 6 times faster than the normal speed.
• Ability to use PC folders as emulated disks.
• Disk image explorer for viewing and modifying disk image contents.
• Ability to run Atari executables without messing with disk images and DOSes.
• Printer emulation.
• Cassette image playback.

Download:

• AspeQt v0.8.3 (Windows) (1011)
• AspeQt v0.8.3 (Debian 7 x86_64) (930)
• AspeQt v0.8.3 (Sources) (964)
• AspeQt v0.8.3 (Changelog) (1233)

source: aspeqt.sourceforge.net

Javatari is a multiplayer Atari 2600 emulator written in pure Java with no external libs.

Features:

• Unique Client-Server multiplayer mode. Runs great in low-latency networks such as LANs.
• Cheat and turn off Collisions. Finally discover the ending of River Raid!
• Complete Save State/Load State functions.
• Scanlines and TV screen emulation modes.
• Real Atari console user interface.

Download: Javatari JAR (Needs Java 6) (918)

source: javatari.org

Some new games (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups: Genesis Project and Laxity.

Download:

• Rocket Man +2 +Pic [pal/ntsc] (1457)
• Robot +3D [pal/ntsc] (1454)
• On the Farm +6HFD [pal/ntsc] (1417)
• Treasure Hunt +DS (1448)
• VVVVVV Preview + [pal] (1412)
• Tunnel Trap +1D [pal/ntsc] (1414)
• Pegman +2 [pal/ntsc] (1380)

source: csdb.dk

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 v1.6.11.16:

• Akai S950 DD & Akai S950 HD interface mode support added (need firmware v1.6.4.4 or more)
• … full release notes here

Download: HxCFloppyEmulator software v1.6.11.16 (1002)

source: hxc2001.free.fr

This program works as a program launcher for Commodore machines. Even if it was originally intended for a device with sd2iec firmware, it works also with any CBM drive (without sd2iec functions of course).

It is a multi-system version derived from the discontinued sd2brwse v.0.6 by Hannu Nuotio (fork() of sdbrowse v.0.7)

The Vic-20 Mega-Cart Installer is based on sys.asm sources of mega-tools by Daniel Kahlin, sort routine by Michael Kircher.

Current supported machines:

• C64.
• C64DTV.
• Vic-20 unexpanded.
• Vic-20 +3K RAM.
• Vic-20 +8K RAM or plus (for FE3 use this version)
• Vic-20 with Mega-Cart.
• C16 / C116 / Plus4.
• C128 in 64 mode.

Changelog:

• v.0.1 – 01-Sep-2009 (Start of project, C64/C64DTV only)
• v.0.2 – 21-Oct-2009 (First working version for Vic-20 +8K RAM)
• v.0.3 – 06-Jan-2010 (Added memory config auto-detection for Vic-20 selected program)
• v.0.4 – 19-Jan-2010 (Added support for Vic-20 with Mega-Cart and manual start mode)
• v.0.5 – 10-Feb-2010 (Added support for Vic-20 unexpanded and Vic-20 +3K RAM)
• v.1.0 – 05-Mar-2010 (First public version, minor issues fixed, C64 and Vic-20 supported)
• v.1.1 – 22-Jun-2010 (Added support for D41 and DNP file images, sd2iec firmware v.0.9.0 or higher required)
• v.1.2 – 09-Oct-2010 (Added SJLOAD speed-up option to the manual mode of the Mega-cart version)
• v.1.3 – 31-May-2012 (Added support for C16/C116/Plus4, Sort directories, cosmetic changes)

Download: CBM FileBrowser v1.3 by NBLA000 (1319)

source: vic20.it/cbmfilebrowser

Autopsy:

The Altera USB-Blaster adapter interfaces a USB port on a host computer to an Altera FPGA mounted on a printed circuit board. The cable sends configuration data from the PC to a standard 10-pin header connected to the FPGA.

You can use the USB-Blaster adapter to iteratively download configuration data to a system during prototyping or to program data into the system during production.

Download:

• Altera USB Blaster User Guide (844)
• Altera Quartus II Web Edition (1122)

Sidreloc is a tool for relocating SID tunes any number of whole pages, using a novel but remarkably simple algorithm. It can also relocate all zero-page variables used by the tune.

Sidreloc is capable of relocating 91% of HVSC #56 out of the box. Many of the remaining tunes can be relocated by tweaking the settings to fit them.

While the tool is SID specific, the fundamental algorithm could easily be adapted to relocate all sorts of 6510/6502 machine code that meets a couple of requirements (see “Observations” below).

Sidreloc is primarily a linux program, but it’s open source (MIT license) and you are encouraged to port it to different operating systems. Good patches will be merged into the official version.

Download:

• Sidreloc v1.0 (Win32) (900)
• Sidreloc v1.0 (Sources) (826)

source: linusakesson.net

CCS64 is a Commodore 64 Emulator for PC developed by Per Håkan Sundell.

CCS64 is shareware. This means that the program is free to use and to copy, but if you like it and use it regularly I would appreciate that you would register the program.

Download: CCS64 v3.9 (966)

source: www.ccs64.com