Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

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

Download:

• Otherworld +4F 101% [ntsc/pal] (870)
• Exodus Preview (870)
• Epsilon Preview (881)
• Fuzzball Preview V2 + (886)
• Oracle III +5FD [pal/ntsc] (898)
• Drag Race +D +Pic (868)
• Canabalt +3M [pal] (860)
• All Games in One Archive (2330)

source: csdb.dk

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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. (1187)

Video:

• Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 1 (Testing Floppy Drive)
• Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 1 (Frogger with Sound)
• Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 1 (Attack Force with Sound)

Autopsy:

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from Wikipedia:

TRS-80 was Tandy Corporation’s desktop microcomputer model line, sold through Tandy’s Radio Shack stores in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and one of the earliest mass-produced personal computers. The first units, ordered unseen, were delivered in November 1977, and rolled out to the stores the third week of December.

The line won popularity with hobbyists, home users, and small-businesses. Tandy Corporation’s leading position in what Byte Magazine called the “1977 Trinity” (Apple, Commodore and Tandy) had much to do with Tandy’s retailing the computer through more than 3,000 of its Radio Shack storefronts. Notable features of the original TRS-80 included its full-stroke QWERTY keyboard, small size, its floating point BASIC programming language, an included monitor, and a starting price of $600.

The pre-release price was $500 and a $50 deposit was required, with a money back guarantee at time of delivery. One major drawback of the original system was the massive RF interference it caused in surrounding electronics. Stricter FCC regulations on interference led to the Model I’s replacement by the Model III.

Radio Shack announced the TRS-80 (Tandy Radio Shack) at a New York City press conference on August 3, 1977. It cost $399, or $599 with a 12″ monitor and a Radio Shack tape recorder as datacassette storage. Before this, the most expensive product Radio Shack sold was a $500 stereo.

The company hoped that the new computer would help Radio Shack move into higher-priced products, and improve its “schlocky” image among customers. Small businesses were the primary target market, followed by education, then consumers and hobbyists. Despite its hobbyist customer base, Radio Shack saw hobbyists as “not the mainstream of the business”. Although the press conference did not receive much media attention due to a terrorist bombing elsewhere in the city that day, “six sacks of mail” arrived at company headquarters asking about the computer, and over 15,000 people called Tandy to purchase a TRS-80, paralyzing its switchboard.

Unlike competitor Commodore—which had announced its PET several months earlier but had not yet shipped any—Radio Shack began shipping computers by September. Still forecasting 3,000 sales a year, the company sold over 10,000 TRS-80s Model Is in its first one and a half months of sales, and over 200,000 during the product’s lifetime.

source: wikipedia

Some new games (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups: Antarctica, Mayday!, Hokuto Force, Lifeless Incorporated and Laxity.

Download:

• Rockfall (Steinschlag) +3EHD (899)
• Death Zone +4E [pal] (920)
• SpaceChem Nano +PD (931)
• Back to the Future +3PDF+Solution [pal/ntsc] (942)
• Wizard of Im +H (920)
• Bomberland Preview +2 [pal/ntsc] (907)
• All Games in One Archive (2264)

source: csdb.dk

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 (831)

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

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:

• Silly Venture 2k12 Party Results. (847)
• sv2k12 Party Stuff (SpartaDOS X) (885)
• sv2k12 Party Stuff (Atari DOS) (895)

source: atari.org.pl

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 (1097)

source: youtube.com

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 (905)

source: noname.c64.org

For the Christmas Time Manosoft offers a discount of 20% on all products (C64SD, C64 Pla, Easyflash).

The prices on the Manosoft site have already been updated and include the discount.

source: manosoft.it

Commodore Free Magazine Issue #65

Free to download Commodore magazine dedicated to Commodore Computers.

Download:

• Commodore Free Magazine Issue #65 (D64) (913)
• Commodore Free Magazine Issue #65 (PDF) (1451)
• Commodore Free Magazine Issue #65 (TXT) (1222)

source: commodorefree.com

Some new games (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups: Samar Productions, TRIAD, S.E.U.C.K. Trainers United, Avatar and Laxity.

Download:

• Bomberland Preview (956)
• Wonderland V2 +4 (876)
• Strike Team Alpha +2 (929)
• N.E.I.L. Android +9GHD (926)
• Match Buster +3CHFD 101% [pal/ntsc] (909)
• All Games in One Archive (2230)

source: csdb.dk

Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian.

ASAP is a player of 8-bit Atari music for modern computers and mobile devices. It emulates the POKEY sound chip and the 6502 processor.

The project was initially based on the routines from the Atari800 emulator, but the current version has a completely new original emulation core.

Changelog ASAP 3.1.3 (2012-12-04):

• foobar2000 plugin plays files inside ATR disk images.
• VLC and AIMP 3 plugins support RMT and FC in addition to SAP.
• Audacious plugin can edit AUTHOR, NAME and year, upgraded to Audacious 3.3.
• GStreamer plugin handles TIME, AUTHOR, NAME, DATE and seek, compiled for Windows.
• Fixed JAD file for the Java midlet.
• Created RPMs for VLC and GStreamer.
• Experimental Windows 8 port.

Download: ASAP v3.1.3 (970)

source: asap.sourceforge.net

I have received this computer Commodore CBM 8296-D 1 year ago. The computer has never worked, it only displays a black screen without any sound beep at the startup boot.

The repair it was very simple, i have replaced the PLA IC 324745-01 (UE5) and 324744-01 (UE6) with two EPROM 27C512 70ns (suitably programmed). The Universal PLA adapter was kindly donated by Manosoft.

Download:

• PLA Rom 8296(D) (913)
• EDIT Rom 324243-02b (902)