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SD2IEC is a hardware mass storage device using an SD/MMC card and interfacing with the IEC bus. It is based on the ATmega644 microcontroller from the Atmel AVR microcontroller family. The most prominent use of SD2IEC is emulation/replacement of a Commodore-1541 disk drive for a C64.

Hardware and the microcontroller’s firmware is available as open source (GPL).

Changelog:

2009-09-27 – release 0.8.2

• Bugfix: Prevent random storage corruption on FAT32 media.
• Bugfix: Image files not mountable if read-only file or media.
• Bugfix: Do not clear error channel if sec. 15 is closed.
• Add a dummy RTC read during init (to update year if required).
• Enable I2C RTC support in LarsP configuration for Final Expansion 3.
• Acknowledge ATN during initialisation to stall C64 if required.

source: sd2iec.de gitweb forum thread c64-wiki

TMPview is a command line tool that converts your binary source code file saved from Turbo Assembler, Turbo Assembler Macro, and many variants including Turbo Macro Pro into an ASCII version of the code.

v1.1 brings some bug fixes, but the main new feature is translation of PETSCII in string literals into tok64/bastext compatible tokens. Therefore output from TMPview can now be fully re-assembled by… well, that is a story for another release…

source: style64.org

Onslaught / Wrath Designs / Vandalism new stuff, bring you the 51th Vandalism News.

Contains information of event(s):

• LCP 2009  report and results.
• Maximum Overdose 8  report.
• St LCP 2008  report and results.

source: onslaught.c64.org noname.c64.org

The XU1541 is built from a modified version of the XU1541 firmware developed by Till Harbaum. It is a USB full speed device and supports high-speed parallel cables. The hardware USB support significantly speeds up transfers.

The XU1541 was originally developed by Till Harbaum and the project was abandoned. But its now still well alive, thanks to our resident engineer Jurek.

source: XU1541 homepage

Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian.

Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian.

Program that detects type of your hardware in Commodore 128.

Also added recognizing 64HDD drives and better detection of MMU and RAM size. Works not correctly in VICE. Optimized for 80 columns mode. Thanks to Christian Johansson.

source: mirkosoft homepage

Autopsy:

• Powersupply 6 volt DC v1.2A with positive tip polarity.

from Wikipedia:

The Speak & Spell line is a series of electronic handheld educational toys created by Texas Instruments that consist of a speech synthesizer, a keyboard, and a receptor slot to receive one of a collection of ROM game library modules (collectively covered under US patent 3934233 ).

The first Speak & Spell was introduced at the summer Consumer Electronics Show in June 1978, making it one of the earliest handheld electronic devices with a visual display to use interchangeable game cartridges.

The Speak & Spell was created by a small team of engineers led by Paul Breedlove, himself an engineer, with Texas Instruments (TI) during the late 1970s. Development began in 1976 with an initial budget of $25,000, as an outgrowth of TI’s research into speech synthesis.

The completed proof version of the first console utilized TI’s trademarked Solid State Speech technology to store full words in a solid state format similar to the manner in which calculators of the time stored numbers. Additionally purchased cartridges (called expansion modules) could be inserted behind the battery receptacle to provide new solid state libraries and new games.

This represented the first time an educational toy utilized speech that was not recorded on tape or phonograph record (as with Mattel’s See ‘n Say line or the earlier Chatty Cathy dolls).

source: wikipedia speaknspell.co.uk

from Homepage:

The parts for the first EasyFlash cartridges have been shipped by Nils from his shop for8bits.

EasyFlash is a cartridge for the C64 expansion port. In contrast to traditional cartridges, this one can be programmed directly from the C64.

source: easyflash homepage

C64-Archiv descriptions:

• Scans and stores your C64 – (games) – collection with only a few clicks.
• Easily manages your C64-programs by creating your own categories.
• Starts the C64-programs in different emulators.
• Delivers instructions for the emulators VICE and CCS64.
• Stores the C64-programs from files with the extensions .d64, .d71, .p00, .prg and .t64.
• Stores files by name with the extensions: .tap, .vsf (VICE-snapshot-file) and .c64 (CCS-session-file)
• Stores the C64-programs in files with the extensions: .zip, .7z and .cab.
• Supports multi-language.

Version 2.4 – What’s new?

• NEW: Improved profils for VICE 2.1.
• NEW: Added files can be selected through the filter “New files”
• NEW: Improved performance scanning a folder.
• NEW: Improved performance working with zip-files.
• BUG fixed: Whole filename wasn’t displayed sometimes.
• BUG fixed: Files in the temp-folder were deleted in the recycle bin.

source: Mikes Pages

Netfield previously known as Tulip went bankrupt on September 3rd 2009. Netfield / Tulip was the holder of the name Commodore.

Tulip bought the remains of Commodore from Escom in 1997 and was involved in the C64-DTV project.

source: commodore-gg.hobby.nl tulip.com

Autopsy:

• Powersupply 6 volt DC v1.2A with positive tip polarity.

from Wikipedia:

The Speak & Spell line is a series of electronic handheld educational toys created by Texas Instruments that consist of a speech synthesizer, a keyboard, and a receptor slot to receive one of a collection of ROM game library modules (collectively covered under US patent 3934233 ).

The first Speak & Spell was introduced at the summer Consumer Electronics Show in June 1978, making it one of the earliest handheld electronic devices with a visual display to use interchangeable game cartridges.

In 1983, the Speak & Spell was redesigned. The change was even more minute, however, representing nothing more substantial than a redesign of the faceplate graphics.

This version was marketed first in Italian as Grillo Parlante (lit. Speaking Cricket), and then later in the United States and England as the Speak & Spell, and in France as the Dictée Magique again.

source: wikipedia speaknspell.co.uk

from Homepage:

Unfortunately, Apple has pulled the C64 Application from their store as it was discovered by some users that it was possible to enable the Basic program through the interface.

We have now fixed the issue and our application has been re-submitted for approval by Apple. We thank you all for your support and fingers crossed we hope to launch again over the next few days.

source: c64iphone.com

Commodore 64 Emulator it´s finally here.

The best-selling single personal computer of all time, with over 30 million units sold worldwide.

Play classic games as they become available via the App Store.

Key Features:

• Original Commodore 64 game graphics.
• Original SID sound.
• Auto-save, to continue exactly where you left off.
• Realistic joystick and beautifully crafted C64 keyboard.
• Portrait and Landscape play.
• Vertical and Fullscreen gaming (auto rotate for iPod users).
• + 5 Great Games for free (Dragons Den, Le Mans, Jupiter Lander, Arctic Shipwreck and Jack Attack)
• and much more…

source: c64iphone.com