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With this console and the Backup unit Super Wildcard DX in the 90′s the Nightfall group has released several Trainer / Crack and Demo for the Snes / Famicom scene.

from Wikipedia:

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (also known as the Super NES, SNES or Super Nintendo) is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia (Oceania), and South America between 1990 and 1993.

In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the Super Famicom (スーパーファミコン?, officially adopting the abbreviated name of its predecessor, the Family Computer), or SFC for short. In South Korea, it is known as the Super Comboy (슈퍼 컴보이) and was distributed by Hyundai Electronics. Although each version is essentially the same, several forms of regional lockout prevent the different versions from being compatible with one another.

Designed by Masayuki Uemura, the designer of the original Famicom, the Super Famicom was released in Japan on Wednesday, November 21, 1990 for ¥25,000 (US$210). It was an instant success: Nintendo’s initial shipment of 300,000 units sold out within hours, and the resulting social disturbance led the Japanese government to ask video game manufacturers to schedule future console releases on weekends. The system’s release also gained the attention of the Yakuza, leading to a decision to ship the devices at night to avoid robbery.

source: wikipedia

Atari Interlace Studio is a easy image editing software for Interlaced images of Atari XE/XL. AIS runs under M$ Windows.

Supports INP, IST, MCP, MAX, HIP, CIN, PLM, APC, PZM, ILC, RIP formats for interlaced images and MIC, GR9, G10, G11 formats for non-interlaced.

Download: Atari Interlace Studio (AIS) v1.4.4 (1070)

source: madteam.atari8.info

Tomasz “Tebe” Biela has released an update of the program Graph2Font v3.9.6.0.

This project began many years ago as a simple graphics converter for Atari but over the years the features are significantly increased. The converter runs under Windows.

Download:

• Graph2Font v3.9.6.0 (Full) (1050)
• Graph2Font v3.9.6.0 (Lite) (980)

source: g2f.atari8.info

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Introduction: Super Sketch for Commodore 64 is a fun device for either child or adult. In addition, it provides the easiest possible introduction into the use of a computer. Its menu-driven command system provides an intuitive method of operation that is easy to learn for the first-time Computer user.

Art and Design: Super Sketch provides the lowest cost introduction to the world of Computer Graphics. It is a excellent new medium for the artist and a design vehicle for many graphics applications.

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

Download:

• Jars\' Revenge [tape version] +2D (1403)
• Leopard Lord (1355)
• Gwendolyn (1326)
• Miner 2049er (1401)
• Gagaryn the Interspace Exterminator +0 (1368)

source: csdb.dk

Commodore Free Magazine Issue #60

Free to download Commodore magazine dedicated to Commodore Computers.

Download:

• Commodore Free Magazine Issue #60 (D64) (871)
• Commodore Free Magazine Issue #60 (PDF) (989)
• Commodore Free Magazine Issue #60 (TXT) (938)

source: commodorefree.com

In this rainy day i have decided to commit myself to create a boot floppy disk for my Tandy Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 4P.

The right steps to create the boot disk:

Download LS-DOS or TRSDos (DMK version) floppy image from here , now you need to use the DMK2IMD program, a tool inside the package ImageDisk to convert the DMK floppy image to IMD (ImageDisk), then … burn it with ImageDisk.

Download:

• LS-Dos v6.3.1 (IMD) (1700)
• TRSDos v6.2 (IMD) (1765)

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I have found a Kaypro 4/84 in a non working state and some days ago i have decided to open it and i have realized that some components of the power supply are exploded and the video pcb was cracked.

I have not repaired the power supply because some components like the two burned transistors (Motorola W30 and V30) are not on the market, if you have more information about these components please leave me a message.

I had to fix the video pcb and i have installed a 200w Slim ATX power supply inside the Kaypro. I have made also other improvements to the computer, replaced the battery, totally exhausted and installing the KayPlus rom that offers some enhancements to this computer.

Below you can find the image of the Floppy Disk CP/M 2.2F 62k patched + Tools KayPlus in IMD format (ImageDisk) for the Kaypro 4/84.

Download: Kaypro 4/84 CP/M 2.2F 62k + Tools KayPlus (1475)

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For a correct operation of this computer i have made some repairs.

from Wikipedia:

Kaypro Corporation, commonly called Kaypro, was an American home/personal computer manufacturer of the 1980s. The company was founded by Non-Linear Systems to develop computers to compete with the then-popular Osborne 1 portable microcomputer. Kaypro produced a line of rugged, portable CP/M-based computers sold with an extensive software bundle which supplanted its competitors and quickly became one of the top selling personal computer lines of the early 1980s.

While exceptionally loyal to its original consumer base, Kaypro was slow to adapt to the changing computer market and the advent of IBM PC compatible technology. It faded from the mainstream before the end of the decade and was eventually forced into filing for bankruptcy in 1992.

Kaypro’s first computer, the Kaypro II had a 2.5 MHz Zilog Z80 microprocessor, 64 KB of RAM, dual, single-sided, 191 kB 5¼ inch floppy disk drives, and an 80 column green monochrome 9″ CRT.

Early in the Kaypro’s life, there was a legal dispute with the owner of the Bigboard computer who charged that the Kaypro II main circuit board was an unlicensed copy or clone.

The outer case was constructed of painted aluminum. The computer featured a large detachable keyboard that covered the screen and disk drives when stowed. The Kaypro ran off regular AC mains power and was not equipped with a battery.

The Kaypro IV and later the Kaypro 4 had two double-sided disks. The Kaypro 4 was released in 1984, usually referred to as Kaypro 4 ’84, as opposed to the Kaypro IV released one year earlier and referred to as Kaypro IV ’83.

The Kaypro 10 followed the Kaypro II, and featured a 10 megabyte hard drive and a single 5¼” floppy drive.

source: wikipedia

Some new games (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups: Falcon soft, TRIAD, Really Proud Lamers, Genesis Project and Dinasours.

Download:

• Nu, pagadi ! (1412)
• Crack of Doom +D (1374)
• Nu, pagadi! (Just wait!) + &TD (1381)
• Castlepanik Preview (1372)
• Block Soccer +1 (1413)

source: csdb.dk

This is the official demo party results from Revision 2012 (Top 3 Entries only). See also the official result.txt for more informations.

C64 4K Intro:

• False Dimension by Pers’ Wastaiset Produktiot.
• Zenfeuter by K2.

Mixed Graphics:

• Eye of the Storm by Arsenic, Oxyron.
• Hawk Hard Corporated by Resource.
• Hide and Seek by Chorus, Resource, Singular.

Mixed Music:

• Six Hours by Fairlight.
• Burning Chips by Panda Design.
• Jazzed Tobacco by Genesis Project, Jolt.

Mixed Demo:

• Krawall Deluxe by Tristar & Red Sector Incorporated.
• Flashbang by Genesis Project.
• Mega Intro Deluxe by Desire.

Download: Revision 2012 Party stuff (865)

source: noname.c64.org revision-party.de

Jack Tramiel (founder of Commodore International) is passed away.

Jack Tramiel (Polish: Jacek Trzmiel, Trzmiel means a bumblebee) (13 December 1928-8 April 2012) is an American businessman, best known for founding Commodore International – manufacturer of the Commodore PET, Commodore 64, Commodore 128, Commodore Amiga, and other Commodore models of home computers.

source: wikipedia google groups osnews.com

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 (Windoze) (996)

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Some new games (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups: Laxity, Hokuto Force, John64 and Alpha Flight.

Download:

• Fortune Hunter +4D (1379)
• Supernatural Preview V3 +2 (1377)
• Dynamite Dan +5P (1357)
• Eat It (1276)
• Epyx Games Collection [EasyFlash, ntsc/pal] (D64/D81/CRT) (1537)

source: csdb.dk

CBM prg Studio Version 2.1.0 Beta released. There are a lot of new features in this version. I’d really appreciate it if you report any bugs you find or have any suggestions/comments.

CBM prg Studio allows you to type a BASIC or Machine Code program in using a nice Windows environment and convert it to a ‘.prg’ file which you can run on an emulator, or even a real C64 or VIC20 if you’re feeling brave and have the right kit.

CBM prg Studio is the result of merging C64PrgGen and VIC20PrgGen. Adding new features and fixing bugs in two apps which were 95% similar was a bit of a nightmare so merging them made sense.

It was also a good opportunity for a face lift and to add some new features, such as:

• Programs are project based, meaning all related source files, sprite files etc. are kept in one place and multiple source files can be linked more easily.
• Tabbed MDI.
• Syntax highlighting.

What CBM prg Studio isn’t is a front-end for tok64, cbmcnvrt, bastext or any other tokeniser / detokeniser / assembler. It’s all been written completely from scratch.

Bugs fixed in v2.1.0:

• Occasional crash on exit.
• User specified project build order not being used/saved.
• Video ram location wrong in screen editor for VIC20 and C64 projects.
• Help file steals the focus and won’t let you use prg studio until it’s closed.
• D64 image name padded with the wrong character.
• Auto formatting assembly programs.
• Some errors being reported on the wrong or negative line numbers.
• Regions and TODOs getting confused with macros/instructions.

Download: CBM prg Studio v2.1.0 (847)

source: ajordison.co.uk