Replaced the first C64 with the colored keycaps.
Follow me for the other keys replacements ;-D
Gallery:
The High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC) is a freeware hobby project which organises Commodore 64 music (also known as SID music) into an archive for both musicians and fans alike.
The work on the collection is done completely in the Team and contributors’ spare time and is proudly one of the largest and most accurate computer music collections known.
This update features (all approximates):
- 920 new SIDs
- 45 fixed/better rips
- 9 repeats/bad rips eliminated
- 211 SID credit fixes
- 32 SID model/clock infos
- 3 tunes from /DEMOS/UNKNOWN/ identified
- 1 tunes from /GAMES/ identified
- 21 tunes moved out of /DEMOS/ to their composers’ directories
- 5 tunes moved out of /GAMES/ to their composers’ directories
After this update, the collection should contain 57,576 SID files!
Download:
source: www.hvsc.c64.org
Testing OSSC through the component Video of the TI-99/4A
The ODV-II although it is placed above the OSSC is not used, i could not remove it because it is attached with bioadhesive :D
Gallery:
Below are my presets in binary format of the OSSC with firmware v0.90.
- 0: Amiga RGB
- 1: Amiga Overscan RGB
- 2: Commodore 64 Svideo through ODV-II
- 3: SupaBoy RGB
- 4: TI-99 YPbPr
- 5: Apple II+ Composite through ODV-II
Download: OSSC Binary Presets (249)
The C64-Archiv is an easy to use file manager for C64-files.
Changelog Version 4.4 (06.05.2023):
- New: ARC, SDA and SFX files are supported. Please click here for more information. Many thanks to Elwix/Style
- New: The DENISE emulator is supported by default
- New: Update of parameters to HOXS64 V.1.1.2.3 and VICE 3.7
- New: Faster import of LNX files
- New: Option: Reminder to compress database
- New: Option: File check based on upper and lower case letters
- New: After changing a file name, an already existing file can be overwritten
- New: Layout and list structure improvements
- New: “New files” are now selectable in the search area and are marked red in the lists
- New: Italian language file. Many thanks to xAD/Nightfall
- New: Polish language file. Many thanks to K. Lotko
- New: Spanish language file. Many thanks to Juan from Lemon64 forum
- Fixed: Improved support for partxx.rar files
- Fixed: After marking a list entry as favorite, it was not always displayed correctly
- Fixed: Problems with LNX or Z64 files at startup
- Fixed: Packed LHA and TAR.GZ files were not always recognized
- Fixed: Starting programs in LHA files
- Fixed: Crash when unpacking a GZ file if a file has no extension
- Fixed: Several problems with P00 files
- Fixed: Error reading empty ZIP files
Download: C64-Archiv v4.4 (425)
source: purmike.de
Still in beta stage but interesting this software written by SLC that allows you to write and read C64 file formats (D64/G64) using a regular 360k Floppy Drive with the Greaseweazle interface.
To understand how this program works, you should first read the README found in the program archive.
I tried it personally and it works quite well, the only problem is the double sided management of Floppy Disks for Commodore 64, i don’t want to dwell too much on this question but in other words the Floppy Drive PCs do not allow you to turn the floppy disk to use also the other side of the Floppy Disk, the optical sensor is present only on the left side of the reader (the Floppy Drive of the Commodore 64 does not have this sensor).
There are MODs to get around this annoying problem, mods that are not exactly immediate and not for all Floppy Drive.
So let’s say it outspoken, if you want to read and write Floppy Disks for Commodore 64 what i recommend is the software OPENCBM + Hardware XUM (ZoomFloppy) or similar and a native Commodore 64 (1541/1541-II) drive. :-D … and everything is great.
Download: Disc Disk Revolution 64 v0.99B3
The Greaseweazle USB device lets you to connect an old floppy disk drive to your modern computer to read/write floppy disks from any system with Shugart standard drives (Amiga, Atari, Commodore, Amstrad, Sinclair, PC, CNC machines, musical instruments, etc).
Greaseweazle allows versatile floppy drive control over USB. By extracting the raw flux transitions from a drive, any disk format can be captured and analysed – PC, Amiga, Amstrad, PDP-11, musical instruments, industrial equipment, and more.
The Greaseweazle also supports writing to floppy disks, from a range of image file formats including those commonly used for online preservation (ADF, IPF, DSK, IMG, HFE, …).
Gallery:
Greaseweazle GITHub Repository: https://github.com/keirf/greaseweazle
GreaseweazleGUI: https://desertsagesolutions.com/greaseweazlegui/
FluxMyFluffyFloppy: https://github.com/FrankieTheFluff/FluxMyFluffyFloppy
You can buy the Greaseweazle V4 from amigastore.eu
NEW TAG: C64 BIG GAME PACK
Some new games or tools (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups.
Titles:
- Seawolf II +
- Blockie +1D
- Commodore Connection +3D
- Word Slide! &D
- Ster Weg (tel mee 4) [dutch]
- Op Naar De Top (tel mee 3) [dutch]
- Kegel Baan (tel mee 5) [dutch]
- Koppie Koppie (tel mee 2) [dutch]
- Kikker Sprong (tel mee 1) [dutch]
- Stunt Car Racer (SuperCPU)
- Commodore-Connection +1D
- Accuse 64 Preview &D
- Le Mans 2023 +4HP
- Turbo Charge +10DFHIR
- Seawolf II +1F
- Attacker +1G [HF]
- Super Sound System +D
- Blocback +
- The Quest +DIW [HF]
- Zelya – Slava Ukraini +4H
- Le Mans 2023 +2
- Dagon’s Awakening (Community Edition)
- Tritopia V1.1
- Memory Lane R2
- Tritopia V1.1 +D
- Nautilus +5DG
- Souls of Darkon +DW [HF]
- Mr Tester &D
- Nautilus +5DG [dutch]
- La Venganza Del Toro Preview +T
- Autoduel Enhanced
- Memory Lane R2.1
- Memory Lane R2.1 (C128)
- GP Cars
- Time and Magik +DIW [HF]
- GP Cars +2
- Duotris +2FDT
- GP Cars +4
- Ogre Enhanced (IDE64 Release)
- Cracky +3
- Cracky +2D
- Rambler
- Roguelike 10
- Rambler +3
- Greyfell +7DW +Map [HF]
- Grid Commander Preview
- Cracky +4HD
- Transylvania +DIW [HF]
- Krisp +3
- Sulphur Eye +TS [3dck]
- XBomber Rebuild Final +2D
- Hopprenn [norwegian]
- XShoot Rebuild Final +2D
- For Speed We Need 3
- Lost Realms of Murkasada Episode 2 +2
- The Institute +DIW [HF]
- Ron Preview
- Mots Magiques +1D [retail]
- Robocop +8DFHIR [bugfix] (EasyFlash)
- Missile Command +2HD
- Conway’s Game of Life Preview 2 +D
- Tritopia [french]
- Kiki +2HDT
- For Speed We Need 3 +5D
- Miner 2049er +5DGHJM 16in1
- The King +4T 100% [bugfix]
- Shisen Sho
- Shisen Sho +4
- Cacorm +4HDG
- Mad Monkey +4HDT
- Space Station 23 +3D
- Alter Ego (IDE64 Release)
- Boulder Dash Junior VIII +2H
- Lost Realms of Murkasada Episode 2
- Shisen Sho 100%
- Snake vs Bomb 2 – Canyon Chaos
- Snake vs Bomb 2 – Canyon Chaos +3D
- Serpland +4TD
- 8MIDAS
- Critical Mass +DFIW [HF]
- 8MIDAS +2
- 8MIDAS +
- Dino Nest Preview
- Dino Nest Preview 2
- GP Cars +4H (EasyFlash)
- NewsStand +3
- Adventure 1
- Zombie Evasion Through the Darkness
- Hide & Seek VCC $20 +2
- Karlsquell Zahlenraten Deluxe – Black Edition [german]
- Irrweg Meister
- Black on Black – The Card Game
- Black-man +3
- Hide & Seek VCC $20
- Electro World +4HDG
- Black on Black – The Card Game +
- Space Station 23 V2 +4D
- UDLRB Game +
- Irrweg Meister +1D
- The Castles of Doctor Creep (EasyFlash)
- Moon Cresta +6DHM [HF]
- Irrweg Meister +1D
- Dare Devil Denis +4DGHM
- Gruds In Space +DFW
- News Stand +4D (EasyFlash)
Download: All Games in One Archive (2260)
source: csdb.dk
What is DiagROM?
DiagROM is a diagnostic tool for the amiga computers.
And it is to be used on defective machines, trying to help no-boot situations etc.
You simply replace the Kickstart roms in the Amiga with the DiagROM. and when poweron. your Amiga will start a diagnostic software. It will try to dump info on the serialport (and actual menus etc aswell) while also trying on the screen.
Changelog:
- Well decided to release 1.3 far too many people are still using 1.2.1 so this is now the releaseversion.
- Read the text “FuturePlans.txt” for more info.
- three might be updates. as V1.3 please check the date. but it will be bugfixes only.
- Now default also produces a CD32 image to be burned on 27C800 Proms.
- Fixed issue with ghostfastmem found on AA3000+ boards (detectes fastmem that isn’t there)
- Fixed Addresserrorissue while playing testmodule on 68000 machines.
- Fixed issue with Autoconfig printing forever (actually 65535 times) if there was no cards detected.
- On RGB test. added white bars at every colorchange to make it more easy to count out what color is shown.
- RTC test: added a adjustfunction telling how many frames between everytime RTC changes (second) to help adjusting RTC.
- Added function to constantly monitor one memaddress. This is for dev of new hardware and not to diagnose issues.
- Fixed addresserror crash on audiotest using 68000/010 CPU
- Changed memorytestroutines to the new updated.
- Fixed autoconfig so it would not end in a endless loop if no autoconfigcards was detected.
- Fixed autoconfig with outside checking from github to handle boards with an illegal configuration better.
- Simple Audio waveformtest now supports volumechanges and also HOPEFULLY oddbyte-bug in Sinuswaves are fixed
- Some minor undocumented bugfixes.
- Now the new memtestroutine actually seems to work “x” is just hardcoded testareas, but the manual option “7” now lets you
- select what area to test and the depth of check (how many longwords between all tests 1 being every byte checked) (higher=faster test)
- AGAIN Long pause.. ERASED the memtestroutine I was working on redid it TOTALLY!. available as “x” in memtest menu!
- New Memtestroutine now should handle when colliding with workareas.
- Manualtest routine now swapped to the new testroutine. you can now enter selected area to scan AND change blocksize.
- higher blocksize=more accurate addresstest check.
- also if you enter wrong order of area to scan it will be handled. 0 byte scanarea will cancel.
- New experimental memtestroutine in the works. right now only doing a test of HARDCODED 16MB fastmem on A4k/3k
- Should be much faster, ASWELL as it should handle address-error issues! TEST IT HARD PLEASE!
- Also contains bug in Zorro handling asking boards to be shut down, issued via Github! (thanx!!)
- Noticed that CSPPC did not work on DiagROM. This as it seems the board needs time to startup (HEY P5.. handle it with RST??)
- so doing some waiting and resetmagic if a CSPPC is detected. not it starts OFTEN! (not always, if not. do a reset and it will start)
- Fixed bug so if no chipmem available at boot, it doesnt try to do a addresserrortest of that area anyway.
- Fixed scrollbug leaving traces of lowest pixelrow.
- Added function in Autoconfig mode that lists a summary of detected boards.
- Added About text.
- Added support for handling 2 different workmem areas: Chipmem and Fastmem, showing info about it in systeminfo screen.
- Systeminfo screen if detecting a 060 will show PCR registerbits.
- If A3000/A4000 motherboard memory or CPU slot memory is found scanning of A1200 CPU Slot memory is disabled, This will hopefully stop
- machine to crash with a 3640 installed and maprom enabled.
- Found a interesting behaviour on Amiga 4000. If you have no chipmem, and write something to any chipmemaddress and then
- read anything from any chipmemadress (not even same as you wrote to) THAT value will be read! so on an A4000 with no chip.
- the memorydetectroutine would say that it finds a shadowram. also the UDS/LDS test said “ok” even it it impossible could be.
- so fixed that by doing a write to chipmem with $ffffffff so it will read that if you do not have any chipmem. making the tests more true.
- A1k Version have not been working for a while due to spaceissues. removed more or less all “not important” tests tomake it fit into the
- very limited 64k bootrom. so it should work again.
- Fixed bugs when using a 68000 CPU (010 aswell?) that crashed IRQ/CIA tests and also Extended chipmemtest. (Addresserror etc)
- Also fixed more information in crashscreen.
- During Startup, UDS/LDS test was done by writing $ff to diferent places, this could be wrong as no memory can also
- show up as $ff changed value to $aa to be more “random” if memory is not present.
- At startup, chipmem is filled with its memoryaddress, while doing this you see a checkered-pattern on screen.
- After that, it verifies that the address contains that data, while doing this you see a distorded colorpattern on screen.
- if fail, it will show what memaddress it fails at, memaddress as binary and also what it actually contained (should be its same address)
- So no more telling ram is ok when thee was shorted/missing addresslines. Now check actually checks ALL memory and not only beginning.
- Doing Addresserrorchecks on Chipmem AND workarea.. if left mousebutton pressed at poweron.
- fastmem is chosen ar priority ram, if no fastmem found, chipmem will be used but screen turned off.
- if addresserror found in chipmem, chipmem will be discarded. will be handled different later
- New initcode in start. at memfail bits read will be written as green is correct, red if failed.
- Also during error, a dividertext will be printed every 512k block
Download: DiagoROM v1.3 Stable (342)
source: diagrom.com
I also wanted to try the ODV-II converter to be able to use the OSSC also with CVBS and S-VIDEO inputs (OSSC does not natively support this type of video inputs).
I have chosed this product and not others for three reasons:
- The cost.
- Video quality, absolute perfection wasn’t important.
- Signal output converted to YPbPr.
The result went above expectations, works well, the output of the ODV-II is in component (YPbPr) so the SCART-RGB and VGA inputs remain free on the OSSC, furthermore the ODV-II has a third YPbPr input.
The ODV-II also has the possibility of selecting some Video filters via a small button, filters which i find absolutely embarrassing in fact i have configured it in pass-through mode and another small button to select the video inputs.
Below are the photos of some tests with the Commodore 64 where i have used the S-Video output and also the photos of the PCB because i didn’t find them on the net, i also attach the datasheets of the integrated circuits that are used.
Gallery:
Download:
ODV-II PDF Datasheet (267)
Commodore 64 (ASSY 250466) Repair
Defect:
- Black Screen and then Black Screen :-D
Replaced parts:
- 1 x Power Switch
- 1 x PLA 906114 (U17)
Commodore 64 (ASSY 250407) Repair
Defect:
- Garbled Screen and then No Sound.
Replaced parts:
- 2 x MOS 7708 [74LS257] (U13/U25)
- 1 x MOS 7709 [74LS258] (U14)
- 1 x MOS 6581 (U18)
Commodore 64C (ASSY 250469 REV-A) Repair
Defect:
Replaced parts:
The High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC) is a freeware hobby project which organises Commodore 64 music (also known as SID music) into an archive for both musicians and fans alike.
The work on the collection is done completely in the Team and contributors’ spare time and is proudly one of the largest and most accurate computer music collections known.
This update features (all approximates):
- 890 new SIDs
- 26 fixed/better rips
- 0 repeats/bad rips eliminated
- 217 SID credit fixes
- 25 SID model/clock infos
- 4 tunes from /DEMOS/UNKNOWN/ identified
- 0 tunes from /GAMES/ identified
- 26 tunes moved out of /DEMOS/ to their composers’ directories
- 5 tunes moved out of /GAMES/ to their composers’ directories
After this update, the collection should contain 56,665 SID files!
Download:
source: www.hvsc.c64.org
NEW TAG: C64 BIG GAME PACK
Some new games or tools (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups.
Titles:
- Graphics Basic (Complete)
- Epyx Toolkit Basic (Complete)
- Snake! 64 Preview +D
- Halls of Corruption Preview +D
- CERT-SE CTF 2022
- Superchase Remix +2D
- NineGaps Preview
- Push Puzzler V1.0
- Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders [spanish]
- New Lands &D
- Submarine Warfare +2FT
- Lolo Turtle Preview 3 +2T
- Submarine Warfare +2T
- Pool of Radiance (bugfix)
- Werewolf Rampage +1D
- Batrace Preview +2D
- Flappy Fairy +1HD
- Pieces II +3P
- Pieces II
- The Exorcist +6DG
- Dig Dug +6DH 101% Special Enhanced [HF]
- Lolo Turtle Preview 4 +2T
- Dexmac Snake Preview
- Wladcy Ciemnosci (IDE64)
- Eye of the Beholder V1.00
- Midnight Express +TD
- Hunchy on Mars +2TJ
- Precision
- Snake V3
- Precision +1H
- Asylum +DFIW [HF]
- Save the Christmas
- Save the Christmas 1.1
- Asteroids +1DG [HF]
- Slug vs Lettuce +2HD
- Improved Ultimate Tron II – 4 Player Adapter
- Slug vs Lettuce +1H
- Flappy Alb Preview &D
- Santa’s Workout II +4HDP
- Santa’s Workout II +1P
- Hearts’n'Bones +2DJ
- Impetus +2HD 100%
- Space Planters +H
- Soko64 +D
- Seawolfe +2D
- PETSCII Invaders +1T
- Superchase +2D
- Verbix +
- The Sweet Shoppe +D
- Duck Hunt
- Keepers of the Krypt +2DG [HF]
- Pong 2022 +T [english+german]
- Jump-A-Pin +D
- Duck Hunt +2
- Pazzle +1D
- Scout the Stray Preview +4D
- Kye +1D
- Quasimodo’s Christmas Caper Preview +1D
- Kye +
- Scout the Stray Preview +1D
- Bouldercraft Preview 2 +1D
- Cross Verbix V1.0 +2D [HF]
- Harold +2D
- Cross Verbix V1.0
- Tritopia
- The King +4T 100%
- Santa’s Fall +1D
- Into the Electric Castle Preview +1D
- Tritopia +D
- Harold +1D
- Duck Hunt +2HD
- Decimal Dungeon +D
- The Daring Rescue of Pacuvia the Sheep +DS
- Scout the Stray +1D
- Scout the Stray +4D
- Terrestrial +2D Trainer Loader
- Pik n Mix +6D
- Tritopia V1.0.1
- Bass Inference +1F
- Zoid +3D
- Snow Force +9DGP (EasyFlash)
- Match-Wits +D
- Monster Panic +3HD
- Pingo 101% +2
- Wolves +1J
- Dwarf Miner +1D
- The Bard’s Tale III – Thief of Fate (EasyFlash)
Download: All Games in One Archive (2955)
source: csdb.dk
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