Commodore Free Magazine Issue #62 and Issue #63
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Editorial
NEWS
Adventures In Time 2 Preview
Lord of the Rings Slide Show
How To Build An 8 Bit Computer
Amiga Future #96
SIDboard
RGCD: Fairy Well Cartridge
Woolly Jumper (Special Edition)
LoView Suite 2.50 Released
Commodore LCD Computer Spec
Press Play On Tape
C64 audio update
CBM 8 Bit Repair – VCF Workshop
New articles on Obligement
TMPx v1.0/Style
Plus/4 memory map v1.7
SketchBlock v1.3 – Amiga
Micromys V4
aMiGa=PoWeR 49 is available
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Spike C64 Dislike
Ocean Software Ltd.
CHIP c64 special
Icaros Desktop 1.4.3 Released
8 bit search page
Obligement magazine update
HVSC#57 is out!
64JPX is now available again
A-EON Technology & ACube Systems
CDTV CDA-2 Prototype Remote
Hollywood Designer 4.0 out now!
Introducing EasyCLI
2012 Commodore Vegas Expo v8
Jeri Ellsworth C64 Base Thing
basic 65 Synth For Windows
UltimatePPC!
RedPower 2 Released
XSIDPLAY2 is 2.1.2
Jack 3.1.3 released
Final P1565 Prototype ready
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Parallelogram C-one demo
UK readers say goodbye to Ceefax
Nu, pagadi !
Debian Linux for AmigaOne X1000
Review: Huntress of Midgard
Interview With Paul Hughes
Review: Quod Init Exit v1.2
Review: Woolly Jumper (Sheepoid 2)
Rediscovering CP/M – Part 4
Review: Tower Of Evil
Review: Ikari Warriors
Review: Mr Puniverse
Review: Moon Buggy
Review: Saboteur! (Plus/4)
Review: Saboteur! (C16)
Review: Spike C64 Dislike
[Mini] Game Reviews Corner pt. 1
Interview With FlimSoft
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Download:
source: commodorefree.com
Forth, the Language.
Forth is a different language. It’s aged and a little weird.
What’s cool about it? It’s a very low-level and minimal language without any automatic memory management. At the same time, it easily scales to become a very high-level and domain-specific language, much like Lisp. Compared to C64 Basic, Forth is more attractive in almost every way.
It is a lot more fast, memory effective and powerful. Compared to C, specifically cc65, the story is a little different. It’s hard to make a fair comparison. Theoretically Forth code can be very memory efficient, and it’s possible to make Forth code that is leaner than C code. But it is also true that cc65 code is generally much faster than Forth code.
Download: durexForth v1.2 (1014)
source: noname.c64.org
iAN CooG Site has been update with a new version of the Generic C64 prg Unpacker v2.27 (Source included).
History:
2.27 – 2011.03.08 – 2011.08.01
- Added parameter -o to force output filename.
- ZP Vector $52/$53 initialized pointing to $0300 as expected on a C64, some program is relying on it.
- SBX illegal op fixed: doesn’t use carry while subtracting, but must be set.
- Added flags value in debug trace (-x) to help debugging SBX behaviour =)
For the latest scanners added look the readme inside the archive.
Download: Unpacker v2.27 (Source included) (898)
source: iancoog.altervista.org
Some new games (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups: Antarctica, The Hidden Farts and Laxity.
Download:
source: csdb.dk
Autopsy:
from Wikipedia:
The Thomson TO8D is a Home Computer created by the French company Thomson-SIMIV and released in 1986. It replaces the predecessor, the TO7/70, while remaining largely compatible. New features are: (more memory, better graphics modes) are common to the whole range of third generation (MO6, and TO8 TO9 +).
It has a tape drive and the BASIC 512 / BASIC 1.0 by Microsoft integrated in ROM and provides a connection for external floppy drive. An improved version, the TO8D has a additionally Floppy Drive 3 1/2″ integrated.
Overview of game loading:
source: wikipedia dcmoto.free.fr
Autopsy:
Some accessories for the Home Computer TRS-80 Color from Radio Shack.
This is the official demo party results from the Atari Głuchołazy 2012. See also the Atari Głuchołazy 2012 homepage for more informations.
GFX Compo:
- Egg – Piesiu.
- Navigator – Odyniec1.
- Witraż – Rocky.
- Sprayman – Rocky.
- Błędny Ognik – Rocky.
MSX Compo:
- Error in line 10 – stRing.
- ASCII – Mr Beep.
- ATASCII – Mr Beep.
- Cosmic Voyage – stRing.
Code Compo:
- Parabole Tańczą – Pin + Mono.
Out of Party:
- Hurry! – Rene Sens
- Castles, tribute to Ilmenit – Nosty.
Download:
source: atari.org.pl/party12/
Some new games (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups: Antarctica, The Hidden Farts, Laxity and Lifeless Incorporated.
Download:
source: csdb.dk
It was released a new OS Update for the Everdrive N64 Flash Cartridge (Nintendo 64) by Krikzz. The upgrade instructions can be found here.
Changelog:
Download: Everdrive N64 - OS Update v1.28 (1376)
source: krikzz.com
Autopsy:
You can see the review of the Super Com 72 here
It’s a famous famiclone and it will play famicom (nes) games. It’s compatible with JAP/USA cartridges without regional lockout chip (CIC). The console comes with 60 games included on the cartridge.
World in Progress C64 Demo by Genesis Project was awarded the first place at the Syntax Societys Summerparty 2012.
Download: World in Progress Demo by Genesis Project (1072)
source: noname.c64.org
Commodore 64 Gold Edition on Ebay.
from Richard Lagendijk Homepage:
This a special edition of the Commodore C64, celebrating the 1.000.000th sale of the C64 in Germany. This is one of the most desirable Commodore items. There are about 300 golden Commodore C64 produced. The numbers from 1.000.000 until 1.000.100 were for the staff of the Commodore factory Braunschweig.
The rest was given to hard- en software companies, magazine-publishers and distributors. The C64 is a computer system with a keyboard, external power-supply and a motherboard. On the motherboard you will find a MOS 6510 processor, RAM / ROM memory, MOS 6569 VIC-II video chip, MOS 6581 SID sound chip and twice a MOS 6526 CIA. PAL version.
source: ebay.de richardlagendijk.nl
Retrotext has made a interesting modding of a not working Commodore 64 with a Raspberry Pi.
For this project Retrotext has used the following things:
- Commodore C64 with a working Keyboard.
- Raspberry Pi
- Keyrah USB interface.
- 4-way USB port.
- Three RCA connectors.
- Ethernet and HDMI cable.
- On/off Switch.
- Power Supply and some other items.
The Commodore 64 runs under the Vice emulator (Linux) on the Raspberry Pi so we can play our favorites games.
About the Resperry Pi …
The Raspberry Pi is a small, inexpensive computer that is capable of running tasks like most other PCs, however it is smaller, a lot smaller in fact it measures 85.60mm x 53.98mm x 17mm , almost the size of a credit card and costs £25. It has an ARM11 chip at its heart, which finds its origins in early UK microcomputers, notably first in the Acorn Electron, the brain child of Mk14, ZX80 and 81s’ Chris Currie and Austrian physicist Herman Hauser.
source: retrotext.blogspot.co.uk
It was released a new OS Update for the Everdrive MD Flash Cartridge (Megadrive/Genesis) by Krikzz. The upgrade instructions can be found here.
Changelog:
- SRAM auto backup bug was fixed.
Download: Everdrive MD - OS Update v35 (2161)
source: krikzz.com
Autopsy:
from Wikipedia:
The Compaq Portable III is a computer released by Compaq Computer Corporation in 1987. It was advertised as being much smaller and lighter than the previous portable x86-PCs, however it was still quite large by today’s standards.
Its street price upon its release was 4999 USD for a model equipped with an 12 MHz Intel 80286 CPU, 640 kB RAM, 1.2 MB 5.25″ floppy, 20 MB hard disk (type 2), and a 10″ amber colored gas-plasma display or 5799 USD with the upgraded 40 MB hard disk. There was also an optional ISA Expansion chassis allowed for 2 full length 16-bit ISA add-in cards for 199 USD. Power is supplied using a mains electricity outlet, no battery exist.
source: wikipedia
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