TapPlay / TAP file playback for sd2iec hardware.
Changelog:
2009-08-21 – release 0.1.0
source: sd2iec.de gitweb forum thread twitter.com
After this update, the collection should contain 36,939 SID files!
Thanks to all the people who have helped to make HVSC the collection that it is today, without your help it would be a much tougher task.
This update features (all approximates):
source: hvsc.c64.org
ACID 64 Player Pro is the sequal of Acid 64 Player and is a cycle based Commodore 64 music player designed for playing SID tunes on sound cards/devices that have a real SID chip (6581/6582/8580) on board like the HardSID cards and HardSID 4U USB device.
ACID 64 emulates the MOS 6510 micro processor, the 6526 CIA chip and partially the 6569 VIC chip to run the code of a SID tune and it controls the SID chip on the device for playing the Commodore 64 music.
What’s new in version v3.0.2:
Fixes
Improvements
screenshot:
source: acid64.com
Sound fix diagram here. (pdf)
from Cristian Secară Homepage:
The first release (the +3) has a fatal hardware mistake: the 128K sound output is completely distorted.
source: secarica.ro ay8912 Demos
Autopsy:
The original Plus2 (in the grey case) was released in 1987 to get away from the old Spectrums now that Amstrad had taken over. It was very different from previous Spectrums and had a proper typewriter keyboard, built-in casette recorder and 2 joystick ports.
For some unknown reason Amstrad later released a +2A in a black case which is actually a Plus3 with a casette recorder instead of a disk drive.
from Wikipedia:
The ZX Spectrum +2 was Amstrad’s first Spectrum, coming shortly after their purchase of the Spectrum range and “Sinclair” brand in 1986. The machine featured an all-new grey case featuring a spring-loaded keyboard, dual joystick ports, and a built-in cassette recorder dubbed the “Datacorder” (like the Amstrad CPC 464), but was in most respects identical to the ZX Spectrum 128. The main menu screen lacked the Spectrum 128′s “Tape Test” option, and the ROM was altered to account for a new 1986 Amstrad copyright message.
These changes resulted in minor incompatibility problems with software that accessed ROM routines at certain addresses. Production costs had been reduced and the retail price dropped to £139–£149.
The new keyboard did not include the BASIC keyword markings that were found on earlier Spectrums, except for the keywords LOAD, CODE and RUN which were useful for loading software. This was not a major issue however, as the +2 boasted a menu system, almost identical to the ZX Spectrum 128, where one could switch between 48k BASIC programming with the keywords, and 128k BASIC programming in which all words (keywords and otherwise) must be typed out in full (although the keywords are still stored internally as one character each).
Despite these changes, the layout remained identical to that of the 128.
source: wikipedia
Autopsy:
On the last Photo you see two Divide Interfaces. On the left, the PCB Green color, is the Original from DivIde Homepage , On the right, the PCB Red color, is a “clone” from Ebay.
Both working good, but the Divide “clone” has stopped to work after two weeks, chip ram 62256 is broken. Some components of Divide “clone” are differents from the Original Divide interface. like: some values of resistors.
Here it’s the correct picture of solder side on DivIDE 57c. (thanks to Valesoft)
from Divide homepage:
divIDE is an ATA (IDE) interface which takes your ZX Spectrum computing to a whole new level. As the time takes its toll on ageing media such as audio tapes or diskettes, many ZX Spectrum enthusiasts simply stick to emulation for better reliability and comfort.
With divIDE you can put your software collection to a hard disk, CD-ROM or even CompactFlash card and experience your favourite games, demos and utilities the way the were meant to be run – and even better. Using existing firmwares, many users find their Speccy box again a live platform – time for you to make the switch?
Features:
Jörg Heyltjes has released a new game for the Commodore 64.
The game is a clone of the arcade classic Scramble from Konami (Stern)
source: noname.c64.org
Some new Games for VIC-20
Hoxs64 is a Commodore 64 emulator for Microsoft Windows 2K/XP/Vista.
The emulator substantially reproduces this legacy machine in minute detail.
Changelog:
13 August 2009 v1.0.5.27
Unless something is majorly broken, the next release will include the long awaited debugger. Work on the debugger is now in progress.
source: hoxs64.net
Autopsy:
from Wikipedia:
The Amstrad CPC is a series of 8 bit home computers produced by Amstrad during the 1980s and early 1990s. “CPC” stands for ‘Colour Personal Computer’, although it was possible to purchase a CPC with a green screen (GT64/65) as well as with the standard colour screen (CTM640/644).
The Amstrad CPC’s main competitors were the Commodore 64 and the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, though the CPC was bundled with a monitor unlike the Commodore and the Spectrum. The Amstrad CPC 464 sold approximately over 2 million units.
The first machine, the CPC 464, introduced in 1984, was designed as a direct competitor to the Commodore 64 system. Packaged as a “complete system” the CPC 464 came with its own monitor and built-in cassette tape deck. The CPC 664, with its own built-in floppy disk drive, arrived early in 1985, to be replaced itself later that same year by the CPC 6128.
The original CPC range was successful, especially in Europe, with three million units sold. Following this, Amstrad launched the Amstrad PCW word-processor range, which sold eight million units. Variations and clones of the CPC range were also released in Germany and Spain. The Plus range failed to find a market amongst the higher spec 16-bit Atari ST and Commodore Amiga systems.
source: wikipedia
Autopsy:
One of the most common faults on the old “rubber key” spectrums are groups of non working keys. This problem is almost always caused by a worn keyboard membrane.
Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian.
Autopsy:
Click here for my collections of Commodore Floppy Drive and here the clones.
from Wikipedia:
The Commodore 1541 (aka CBM 1541, and originally called VIC-1541), made by Commodore International, was the best-known floppy disk drive for the Commodore 64 home computer.
The 1541 was a single-sided 170 kilobyte drive for 5¼” disks. The 1541 followed the previous Commodore 1540 (meant for the VIC-20). The disk drive used Group Code Recording (GCR) and contained a MOS 6502 microprocessor, doubling as a disk controller and on-board disk operating system processor. The number of sectors per track varied from 17 to 21 (an early implementation of Zone Bit Recording).
The drive’s built-in disk operating system was CBM DOS 2.6. There were two versions of the 1541 mechanics. Early models used a drive mechanism made by Alps Electric, distinguishable by its push-down drive door. Later models utilized a drive mechanism manufactured by Newtronics (Mitsumi), which used a lever release.
All but the very earliest 1541s can use either the Alps or Newtronics mechanism. Visually, the first models, of the VIC-1541 denomination, had an off-white color like the VIC-20 and VIC-1540. Then, to match the look of the C64, CBM changed the drive’s color to brown-beige and the name to Commodore 1541.
source: wikipedia
Unboxing:
The divIDE interface with new M’/R’GAL chip support also 16kB allram mode similas as MB02+ interface.
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