My Modern PC with a 5.25 Floppy Drive (Epson SD-600).

This Floppy Drive model works perfectly with the programs: Omniflop / winImage / raWrite.

Download: Diskette Configuration Guide (1484)

Some new cracked and trained games from your favorites groups World Funeral Productions, Laxity, Excess and Avatar.

Download:

• Starfights +D (1445)
• QGame +PD [pal/ntsc] (1358)
• Scramble 2010 Preview v2 + (1443)
• The Feeling of Power 95% (1330)

source: noname.c64.org/csdb

Here you can find the photos that show how is easy to install the interface Ultimate 1Mb module by Candle’o’Sin.

About the latest fix (RD4 & RD5) i have chose to put the resistors in the ribbon cable.

source: spiflash.org

This is the 6th edition of the New Years Disc for Atari. In this issue you can find a lots of interesting things to begin a new year with our beloved Atari.

In this issue you can find:

Disc one:

• Fireworks (animation) by Miker
• Hopp 20012 (game) by PP’s
• New Year Monkey (animation) by Miker
• New Year’s Bunny (intro) by Sikor & Miker
• Merry Xmas 1 (animation) by Charlie Chaplin
• 2012 Intro (PAL recommended) by Heaven

Disc two:

• Merry Xmas 2 (animation) by Charlie Chaplin
• New Year 2K12 (intro)  by Sikor, Innuendo & Miker
• Scrolling Street (intro) by PP’s
• Endtro (intro) by Blowjobb
• new year intro 2012 (intro) by Agenda

Disc three:

• Moon Cresta (gamepreview for VBXE) by Rybags
• Happy Bars (intro) by MaPa & PG

Download: New Years Disc 6th edition (2012) (1007)

source: atarionline.pl

This is a EasyFlash compilation of several games found in the arcades and that were previously released by Nostalgia.

Includes the following games:

• Ghosts’n'Goblins +5 HI
• Slap Fight +7 HI
• Bionic Commando +7 HI
• Congo Bongo +5
• Tiger Mission +12 HI
• Operation Wolf USA +6 HI

A special “Backup and Restore” tool is included so you can save your high scores to disk and back to EF.

Download: Arcades Compilation #1 by Nostalgia (1655)

source: noname.c64.org/csdb

We are happy to share some new stuff for Commodore 64.

In these days some new cracked and trained games are released for C64 from your favorites groups.

Download:

• Cascade 100% +Hi [pal/ntsc] (1585)
• Drone Processor Preview (1391)
• Sudoku +D [pal/ntsc] (1385)
• Provi Stars Quiz 2 +ED [eng+ger] [pal/ntsc] (1324)
• Provi Stars Quiz +ED [eng+ger] [pal/ntsc] (1329)
• Rubikon +D [pal/ntsc] (1391)
• Magic Square +SD [pal/ntsc] (1408)
• Mystic Cave-Quest +2 (1378)

source: noname.c64.org/csdb

Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian.

A new version of ZoomFloppy v2.0 (OpenCBM) for Mac is released. More informations and Download (via macports) on lallafa site.

source: lallafa.de

CBM prg Studio Version 2.0.0 Beta released. There are a lot of new features in this version, which is why it has been released as a beta. I’d really appreciate it if you report any bugs you find or have any suggestions/comments.

Note that because it is a beta version it can be ran from its own directory, there’s no need to uninstall your current version of CBM prg Studio.

CBM prg Studio allows you to type a BASIC or Machine Codeprogram 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.

Download: CBM prg Studio v2.0.0 Beta (922)

source: ajordison.co.uk

A new version of the firmware for the interface 1541 Ultimate is released. This version runs on both version of the Ultimate 1541 cartridge.

Version 2.4 includes the fixes that TLR made to the firmware, and adds the following features:

• CRT load (just by selecting the file, not on boot time)
• EasyFlash support (reading only, writing is not needed IMHO)
• Flashing and running custom FPGAs (Ultimate-II only), especially for those who want to do FPGA development without JTAG cable. FPGA bitfile will be flashed into the spare area of the Flash memory device, and the FPGA is booted from there. So there is no risk of bricking your device. (Flashing needs to be done for every boot still, optimizations will follow.)

For the rest, a lot of work has been done ‘under the hood’; especially in preparation of a native command interface to control the Ultimate from I/O space. But since this is not yet ready, it’s not included (=not enabled) in the 2.4 firmware.

Download:

• 1541 Ultimate-II V2.4 (1095)
• 1541 Ultimate-I (Plus) V2.4 (1116)

source: 1541ultimate.net

The cartridge EasyFlash III by Skoe is available on Retro-Donald shop. Like the previous version the VHDL code is open source.

This version introduces several new features, like:

• Kernal emulation (no need hardware changes).
• If you choose to use the Kernal emulation the RAM will be available.
• You can choose 8 Kernal’s.
• You can choose 7 EasyFlash’s.
• USB connector for firmware updates.
• Emulation of FinalCartridge III, ActionReplay…

source: retro-donald.de skoe.de

Some new cracked and trained games from your favorites groups TRIAD and Dinasours.

Download:

• Mr. Speedy and His Adventures + (1362)
• Rainbow Challenge (1390)
• Tunnel Escape +2 (1332)
• Attack of the Tomato + (1365)
• Magdom II + (1334)
• Elliot +2 (1368)

source: noname.c64.org/csdb

Autopsy:

After 8 long months of waiting i finally received the Ultimate 1Mb module by Candle’o'Sin.

The Ultimate 1Mb module is a expansion for Atari XE/XL.

This module allows a easy installation regardless of machine type one chooses and is not intrusive to original hardware. The Ultimate 1Mb was designed to fit in any XL/XE computer, including 1200XL and XEGS – there are no versions as such, the only diffrence might be with lenght of ribbon cables it connects to motherboard

Features:

• To be as much solderless as possible (only RW, PHI2, HALT and RESET lines need soldering)
• Fully flashable SpartaDOS-X with up to 320kbytes for its purposes
• RTC module for SDX with battery backup and NVRAM
• Fully flashable 4 OS ROM slots
• Hardware WRITE PROTECT for whole Flash array
• Configurable memory expansion with 4 modes of operation (disabled, 320k RAMBO, 578k COMPY SHOP, 1088k RAMBO)
• Customizable BASIC and MISSLE COMMAND slots (also flashable)
• System select/Memory exp mode select from integrated BIOS

source: spiflash.org atariage.com

After many years, i’ve finally re-found in a box one of my USRobotics Courier HST Modem v34 upgraded to 33.6Kbps.

I used this modem for my BBS ‘Hidden Power’, before this version of USRobotics i had the first  model that was much bigger and slower.

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.com richardlagendijk.nl