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Amiga is Dead – Unnecessary Updates

November 12th, 2021 No comments
Amiga is Dead - Unnecessary Updates

The Amiga scene has been dead for me from several years, long life to the Commodore 64.

Taken from a deadly boredom i have decided to do this useless hardware update of one of my Amiga 1200.

  • A1208 V3 8MB Expansion.
  • OS3.2 CF Card.
  • OS3.2 Kickstart.
  • New membrane for the keyboard.
  • Lightbrightning Case and Keyboard.
  • CF Trapdoor.
  • 4xIDE Buffered IDE interface.

I personally updated the A1208 memory expansion with the Clock section because i had the order wrong, old age strikes again.

This is just a small update to my post.

I added another useless thing to this update … unfortunately in this case it is useful because without the 4xIDE Buffered IDE interface
the CF<>IDE adapter inserted in the trapdoor on the right side of the amiga which uses an IDE cable longer than 10-15cm, DOESN’T WORK generating a mix of reading/writing errors from the CF.

Aware of the problem, i still wanted to try, in fact in an old Amiga 1200 i had the IDE-Fix Express with IDE-Express Adapter bought 12 years ago, then sold.

So i confirm it doesn’t work, even if they write exactly the opposite (see ebay announcements)

Gallery of the useless update:

source: amigaisdead.com amigastore.eu amigakit.amiga.store

C64 Big Game Pack: Droid Rumble +2D / Space Eggs +2D / Galaga …

September 27th, 2021 No comments

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:

  • Wargle! +1
  • 2k-Fighter +1
  • Detonation +1D
  • Torreoscura V1.1 [english/spanish]
  • Turbo Ski +1D
  • Spray Cam +D
  • Frutty Man 64 +
  • Paper Route +1D
  • Volley Bound +D
  • Pie Emporium +1D
  • Lernaia
  • Archaeologist +DJ
  • Table Soccer +D
  • Totoro64 +1D
  • Totoro64 +2DFJ
  • Shock Raid
  • C64 Engine Preview +1D
  • Unspool
  • Shock Raid +3CD
  • Panther +1DHMP
  • Roundabout Solitaire +2D
  • Shock Raid +4D
  • Syncro +2DG
  • Gates of the Ancient +2D
  • Rainfighter +2DFG
  • Sterntaler +2DGH
  • Unspool +D
  • Life +D
  • Springer &DGT
  • Your Game Preview
  • Abrakadabra +2DGJ
  • Flag Hunt &D
  • Exploding Atoms &DG
  • PushPuzzle +D
  • Lachmann +2DGT
  • Logomix +2D
  • Preacher vs. Zombie +2
  • Xplore +1D
  • Hot Dog Puzzle +1TD
  • Musery +1DG
  • Cyber-Race
  • Xplore Expanded +1D
  • Hexed Preview 2 +2
  • Uforce +1DG
  • The Duell +1DG
  • Graviton +1D
  • PushPuzzle V1.2
  • Graviton +
  • Sydney Hunter and the Sacred Tribe Multicolor +7DW
  • Keyhole
  • Galaga C64 Preview 3.1+
  • Galaga C64 Preview 3 +
  • Astroblast +3D
  • Lady Pac V1.0.5 +2
  • Roboform-X 2 +2D [seuck]
  • Space Eggs +2D [seuck]
  • Droid Rumble +2D [seuck]
  • Dawn Patrol +S
  • Iunnuh 2 – The Curse from the Past +S
  • Crappy Walls +D
  • Rolling Coin +
  • Pac-Man +1DGHM
  • Space Invaders V1.1 +
  • Space Invaders V1.1
  • Night Knight +2
  • Espace Preview +
  • Night Knight +5PD
  • Dungeon &D
  • Night Knight +5HPD
  • Spaceball +1D
  • Scarabaeus II Preview
  • 2K Ishido +D
  • The Authentic Tetris +1DF
  • Colorix +TD
  • Hard’n'Heavy +9
  • Night Knight +5HPD
  • Gianna Sisters +9H
  • Head or Tail Oneliner
  • Galaga +1D
  • Egg Catcher 4K +2
  • Tarkus +3D
  • Galaga V1.03 +
  • Zak McKracken & Maniac Mansion +1D [german] fix (Easyflash)

Download: All Games in One Archive (4240)

source: csdb.dk

Arduino ARMSID configurator with ARDUINO UNO by Nobomi

September 23rd, 2021 No comments
Arduino ARMSID configurator with ARDUINO UNO by Nobomi

Nobomi already developer of the famous ARMSID and ARM2SID, an excellent alternative developed with STM32 of the famous Commodore 64 Sound Chip, has made a nice interface via Terminal (putty) to update and modify the ARMSID configurations without using the native program that runs on the Commodore 64.

The project is based on Arduino UNO REV3, therefore very cheap, the sources are available on GITHUB and can be purchased HERE in the KIT version.

Nobomi has also ventured a SIDPLAYER that runs under Windows and via serial sends DATA and ADDRESSES which are captured by the ARDUINO and then send to the ARMSID and consequently plays the music but don’t expect a perfect SIDPLAYER,  it works but not perfectly.

However, i did not self-build it for this reason but to modify the ARMSID configurations without using the Commodore 64, this will come in handy to check for any problems when i implement the real time switch in the SID Player “The Return of the Hybrid SID Player” between 8580 and 6581 with ARMSID or ARM2SID sound chip.

Gallery:

Categories: Hardware, News & Rumors, Today

Lightbrighting VIC-20 / A1200 Keyboard / A1200 TOP Case

September 18th, 2021 2 comments
Lightbrighting Commodore VIC-20

I have not discovered absolutely anything new, it is all explained in these video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P1OVj0IcqY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eBynrpdLdk

I’m absolutely against retrobright but i wanted to try with a yellowed Commodore VIC-20 / Amiga 1200 Keyboard and Amiga 1200 TOP Case.

Many people told me to try, but disagreeing with this technique, i never did, but later my friend Federico di Dato of Retrobitlab has tried it and actually seemed to work, i state that i did not believe it right away, the first thing i thought; it seemed like a cosmic bullshit.

Ok, i have to change my mind, it works!, below are the various phases and times of exposure to the sun (a beautiful sunny day!)

VIC-20 (front):

  • Let’s start with the first photo just exposed under the sun, then 6 hours, +7 hours, 7 hours, so a total of 3 days = 20 hours.

VIC-20 (back):

  • Let’s start with the first photo just exposed under the sun, then 2 and a half hours, 7 and a half hours so a total of 2 days = 10 hours.

Amiga 1200 Keyboard:

  • Let’s start with the first photo just exposed under the sun, then 7 and a half hours x 3 days = 22 and a half hours.

Amiga 1200 TOP Case:

  • Let’s start with the first photo just exposed under the sun, then 7 and a half hours x 3 days = 22 and a half hours.

I have not used any chemical product, there is nothing more to say.

Lightbrighting technique:

C64 Big Game Pack: Phoenix-Recovered +2 / Heli 1983 Part 2 +3D …

August 13th, 2021 No comments

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:

  • Commodore Dungeon Preview &D
  • Lava Flow +1DG
  • Lost Realms of Murkasada Episode 1 +2
  • Kong +3
  • Ninja Carnage +3D [spanish]
  • Lost Realms of Murkasada Episode 1
  • Kong +
  • Ninja Carnage +3D [english]
  • Ninja Carnage +3D [german]
  • Ninja Carnage +3D [polish]
  • Ninja Carnage +3D [italian]
  • Ninja Carnage +3D [greek]
  • Ninja Carnage +3D [french]
  • Phoenix Recovered +2M
  • Phoenix-Recovered +4H
  • The Mad Scientist +2
  • Phoenix-Recovered
  • Phoenix-Recovered +2
  • Laser Invaders +3
  • Lost Realms of Murkasada Episode 1 +3 [tape]
  • The Raven +1DGMS
  • T-Rex 64 Preview 4 +2H
  • Islands +1DG
  • Minotaur Maze +1D
  • Space Battle +1D
  • Polar Pete +1D
  • Kiro +2
  • Lady Pac +
  • Dig Dug +1DGHJM
  • Droid Rumble [seuck]
  • Space Eggs [seuck]
  • Roboform-X 2 [seuck]
  • Galaga Preview +1D
  • Galaga Preview &D
  • Galaga Preview 2
  • Freeway +1D
  • TAZ +1HD
  • Taz C64 +1D
  • Rock Invaders
  • Pilot Lander
  • Lady Pac V1.0.3 +1D
  • Fast Food +1D
  • Fast Food +1HD
  • Plekthora +2D
  • Midsummer Olympics +TD
  • Thunderground +1HD
  • Thunderground +1D
  • Plekthora +3HD
  • Heli 1983 Part 2 +3D
  • Lady Pac V1.0.4 +1D
  • Space Snakes +2DG
  • Time of Silence +1DW
  • The Empire Strikes Back Preview +2
  • Phoenix Fight +1G
  • Ranatan
  • Final Defense +1DGF
  • Heat Seeker +1DG
  • Heli 1983 Part 2 V1.1 +5DF
  • Tanks 3000 +D [EasyFlash Release]
  • Head On +D
  • Cyborgrid
  • Alchemist64 &DJ
  • Cosmic Jailbreak +1DGH

Download: All Games in One Archive (4109)

source: csdb.dk

Commodore (Siemens) Bildschirmtext II Decoder Cartridge

July 31st, 2021 1 comment
Commodore (Siemens) Bildschirmtext II Decoder Cartridge

Bildschirmtext (Btx) was a German online service that existed from 1983 to 2001.

To use the service with a C64, this decoder cartridge was required, which connected to the expansion port.

The cartridge is actually a Siemens product, it’s just Commodore-branded.

The sticker says:

  • SIEMENS
  • Universal Btx Decoder
  • S30817-S721-B101-7/02 EX/W8
  • A30817-X732-B100-4-11
  • Commodore Artikel Nr. 606491

The box with the Deutsche Bundespost logo is the registration (A506 131V). At the time, only explicitly Post-approved devices and software were allowed to be used for participating in Bildschirmtext.

(This is the “Btx Decoder Modul II”, even though the cartridge doesn’t say so. There was a completely different first model.)

There are three DIN ports at the back, from left to right:

  • Modem: This connects to the proprietary Deutsche Bundespost “DBT-03” modem (1200 baud down, 75 baud up).
  • RGB: This is for connecting an analog RGB monitor.
  • FBAS: This port is identical to the C64 video port and allows using a C64 monitor.

The Post-approval for participating in Bildschirmtext required the decoder to be able to show a pixel-exact image of the service (480×240 pixels with 32 out of 4096 colors)1. Since the VIC-II in the C64 could not meet this, the decoder cartridge had its own video controller and therefore its own video ports.

The board reveals that the cartridge doesn’t only have its own video chip, it also has its own CPU, RAM and ROM – it’s a complete computer that only connects to the C64 in order to reuse the keyboard and the disk drive.

These are the major chips:

  • Motorola MC6803: a 6800-family microcontroller
  • Motorola MC68HC34: Dual-Port Memory Unit
  • 64 KB RAM (two 41464 64Kx4 DRAM)
  • 32 KB EPROM
  • D65040GF206: NEC µPD65000 series CMOS gate array

The communication with the modem, the decoding of the CEPT data stream and the interaction with the Btx service are handled by 6800 CPU and the software in the EPROM.

I am assuming the software writes the RGB values of every single scanline into the dual-port memory in real-time, which the gate array then reads to generate the video signal – like on the Atari VCS and the Sinclair ZX81. This keeps the complexity of the video hardware minimal.

The chipset and the firmware are probably very similar to the technology used in dedicated Bildschirmtext terminals.

Gallery:

source: pagetable.com

High Voltage SID (HVSC) Collection Update #75

July 13th, 2021 No comments

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):

  • 729 new SIDs
  • 31 fixed/better rips
  • 11 repeats/bad rips eliminated
  • 314 SID credit fixes
  • 23 SID model/clock infos
  • 6 tunes from /DEMOS/UNKNOWN/ identified
  • 3 tunes from /GAMES/ identified
  • 28 tunes moved out of /DEMOS/ to their composers’ directories
  • 5 tunes moved out of /GAMES/ to their composers’ directories

The collection should contain 54,387 SID files!

Download:

source: www.hvsc.c64.org

C64 Big Game Pack: Wheel of Fortune SE 3.2 / Alien Invasion +4HF …

June 13th, 2021 1 comment

Some new games or tools (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups.

Titles:

  • Mimizuku Saga 10
  • Helsing’s Hunt Preview 2 +2
  • Moonspire 2 Preview +3
  • The Unexpected +1D
  • Swoop +
  • Rogue4k V7 +3D
  • C64 RPG Preview 2 +D
  • Tetrabits Preview
  • Terminal Fighter Preview V3 +4
  • Cross Horde Preview +2D
  • Ghost Mountain
  • Para Lander DX +2D
  • Para Lander DX
  • Mario’s Cement Factory V1.3.1 +1HD
  • UP
  • Heli 1983 +3
  • Space Dock +1D
  • Jericho II &DG
  • Xenium +3
  • Tank Shootout &DG
  • Para Lander DX +3D
  • Space Swarm 64 V3.2 +2 [seuck]
  • Birdie Bird V3.2 +2 [seuck]
  • Dragon Soul V1.4 +2 [seuck]
  • 1-Bit Dungeon V1.2 +2 [seuck]
  • Puzzle Mania +1D
  • Killer Olives +3DG
  • Risk
  • Heli1983 +5DF
  • Survival Messenger Adventure
  • Rocket Roger +5HDG
  • Jump Out +2PH
  • Jump Out +
  • Synthia in the Cyber Crypt +2D [seuck]
  • Mountaineer Mack +1D
  • Space Panic
  • Space Panic +3D
  • Cross Horde V1.0 +2D
  • Laser Invaders +
  • Buccaneer’s Cache
  • Candy Conquer +1JH
  • Small Grid +
  • Lost Tomb +3D
  • Edufun! Mathfun! Frenzy & Flip Flop +D
  • Tetris V1.4
  • Destiny Hunter Preview +3D
  • Dreamland
  • T-Rex Runner 64 Preview V3 +2D
  • Space Portal +2
  • Murdlok + [german]
  • Burger Mayhem Preview +1D
  • Murdlok + [english]
  • Minesweep V1.1
  • Freecell V2.1
  • Ricochet +D
  • Watrfall &D
  • Citro Drag &DT
  • Ascension +1D
  • Revenge of the Mutant Camels 2021 +2H
  • Destiny Hunter +3D
  • Alien Invasion +4HF
  • Balloon Pop +1D
  • Worron +3 [final version]
  • Hexed Preview
  • Tubes’n'Balls
  • Tubes’n'Balls +2F
  • Hibernated 1: This Place is Death – Director’s Cut (R6)
  • Wrecking Ball Preview +3
  • Witch Rescue Service Preview 2 +
  • Rogue64 Preview +3D
  • Nixy – The Glade Sprite +2
  • Gyro Run
  • Santa Claus Preview
  • Snow Wars +2
  • Gyro Run +3D
  • Ninja Carnage
  • Wheel of Fortune HF Special Edition V3.2
  • Ninja Carnage +3D
  • Ninja Carnage +1D
  • Brush Strokes +4D
  • Writhen +D
  • Babylon’s Ark &D
  • Bounce +5D
  • Blox Trot +D
  • Snow Wars +2
  • Dogfight in Space +1DG
  • Midway Command &D
  • Chute Shootout &D
  • Drixella’s Dilemma &D
  • Delta War &D
  • Gantry &D
  • Ghoul Dogs +3DG
  • Eremit Preview &D
  • Same64 Preview +JD
  • Worron + [final version]
  • Spanky Doodle Dandy
  • Spanky Doodle Dandy Preview
  • Choplifter +1DGHJM

Download: All Games in One Archive (4344)

source: csdb.dk

C64 Big Game Pack: Altered Beast +8DHI / Space Invaders +2 …

April 4th, 2021 1 comment

Some new games or tools (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups.

Titles:

  • Virus64 +2DG
  • Turbo Poker &DG
  • Umbrellas +1DG
  • Planet Raider +2DGJ
  • Wizard’s Demons +3DGH
  • Litterbug +3D
  • Koło Fortuny +4MT
  • Bee Zone +2D
  • Rascals +1DGJ
  • Direct Hit +1D
  • Ted Bear’s Rainy Day Games +D
  • Super Bart Simpson +2
  • Space Trek +2DG
  • Dragon Hort Preview 2 +4
  • Snake &DF
  • Below the Root [1581]
  • Target-X +2
  • Jungeljakt [norwegian]
  • Boray Gammon V2.31
  • Berries +2D
  • Termites! +1DGH
  • Cats & Mice +2D
  • BB Barrage &DG
  • Apple Willy +1DG
  • Wild Snake Boa +5DH
  • Snackman Sales Version &D
  • Flykten &D [swedish]
  • PiXi
  • Country Cab +1DG
  • Wasteland Enhanced IDE64 fix
  • Runestones &DG
  • Lincoln Green +2DG
  • Checker Command +1DG
  • Coins +3DG
  • Every Conversation I’ve Had With “Non Gamer” Girls at Parties
  • Ice Guys +12
  • Statyettens förbannelse [swedish]
  • Alternate Reality – The Dungeon +MDF
  • Invest and Win +TGD
  • The Caverns of Tundor +1DGH
  • Drakögats makt [swedish]
  • Mono (Reset64 Edition) +4D
  • Face Invaders +2DGH
  • Altered Beast +8DHI
  • Death-Quest Kullen [swedish]
  • F1 +2TJD
  • Crillion Junior +GJ
  • Splish Splash +3H
  • Psion Attack 2021 +1D
  • Spider Fighter +3
  • Spider Fighter
  • Exterminator 64
  • Spider Fighter +3
  • Pancakes &D
  • Space Firehawk +2
  • Space Firehawk +5H
  • Chomper +1DG
  • HELI 1983 Preview +3
  • Ray Fish [seuck]
  • Meteor Math +1DG
  • Gypsy Juggler +1D
  • Krptar +3DF
  • Pubjumper Mario +5DG
  • Sammy Seal +2DG
  • Ray Fish +2 [seuck]
  • Det fruktansvärda äventyret [swedish]
  • Trap 64 [swedish]
  • Megamania 64 +5DF
  • Döds-stjärna [swedish]
  • Ship of the Line +DG
  • Arcade Baseball +1D
  • Mr.Business [swedish]
  • Mario’s Brewery V2 +2DG
  • Star Trek: Last Hope +1D
  • Bloop +1D
  • Super Nova V2 +3D
  • Pinhead +1DG
  • Traverse +3DG
  • Grid Run +2DG
  • Pac Invaders &D
  • Daedaloff [255 bytes]
  • Rock Paper Scissors [256 bytes]
  • Towers of Hanoi [255 bytes]
  • Charfall
  • Mastermind [254 bytes]
  • Star Trek Voyager Basic
  • Dark Catacombs +1D
  • Leilei Relay +2D
  • Leilei Relay
  • Bunny Chase +2D
  • Frogman V2 +2DGH
  • Space Condors +
  • Bomb Squad +
  • Dabbelklick +FT
  • Katics 4k V1.1 +3
  • Worms Borders 93%
  • Borderline Pac-Man 92%
  • Pickaxe Pete Preview +1D
  • Borderline Pacman Preview 92% +
  • Space Invaders +2
  • Mini-Zork II +SM
  • Dot Gobbler V2 +1DGH
  • Rogue4k V1.1 +1D
  • Crazy Blaster V1.3 +7HD
  • Worms Borders 93% +
  • Borderline Pac-Man 92% +
  • Space Jump +3DGH
  • Pickaxe Pete +3HD
  • Rubber Bandit Ball +2D
  • Hip Hop +3DG
  • Lil’ Red Hatchback +1D
  • Rogue4k V1.1 +3D
  • Big Time Bugger +2D
  • Rogue4k V2 +3D
  • Ski +1D
  • Sack Race +1D
  • Ram Rod +D
  • Bullshit
  • Battleships
  • Package Delivery (Cheater’s Edition)
  • Kiteee
  • Gardening vs. Global Warming
  • Defuse
  • Panic in the Bank
  • Package Delivery
  • Loopy
  • Breakdance
  • Ski
  • Bloop V1.1
  • Squeeze &D
  • Boxnightmare
  • Gardening vs. Global Warming +1D
  • Schnip &D
  • Centered
  • Eggs
  • Colour Screen Invaders +2 [seuck]
  • Green Screen Invaders +2 [seuck]
  • Snake Pit +1DG
  • Tack Truck &DG
  • Katics 4k
  • Loopy +1D
  • Floaty Balloon
  • Para Lander Mini
  • Rocket Away

Download: All Games in One Archive (4577)

source: csdb.dk

Commodore 64 Communications Modem (Compunet)

February 27th, 2021 No comments
Commodore 64 Communications Modem (Compunet)

This is a Modem for Commodore 64 to allow the connection to the Compunet services.

Compunet was a United Kingdom based interactive service provider, catering primarily for the Commodore 64 but later for the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST. It was also known by its users as CNet.

Compunet hosted a wide range of content, and users were permitted to create their own sections within which they could upload their own graphics, articles and software. A custom editor existed in which the “frames” that made up the pages could be created either offline or when connected to the service.

The editor’s cache allowed users to quickly download a set of pages, then disconnect from the service in order to read them, thus saving on telephone costs.

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Commodore Modem 1670 (Boxed & Wrapped)

February 27th, 2021 No comments
Commodore Modem 1670 (Boxed & Wrapped)

I don’t feel like unwrapping the Modem box so i will only take a pictures of the outside.

The 1670 was Commodores first “Hayes Compatible” modem. Hayes compatibility meant that the modem understood a series of control commands that had become the standard modem “language” (a language still used today).

Commodore marketed the 1670 at Commodore 128 users, even going so far as to claim that the Commodore 64 was too slow to use the 1670 at 1200 baud.

This was false, however; the Commodore 64 could use the 1670 without problems. The original 1670 also had an annoying feature of answering your phone on the first ring automatically whenever it was plugged in.

Later, a newer version of the modem was released with a dip switch allowing you to turn this “feature” off. This later version was called the “New 1670″ or the “1670CR”, and except for the extra dip switch in back, was identical to the old 1670 modem.

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Commodore VICModem 1600 (Boxed)

February 27th, 2021 No comments
Commodore VICModem 1600 (Boxed)

The VICMODEM it’s been the first modem to cost under 100$ and the first to sold over a million units, contributing to the diffusion of online services and BBSes outside laboratories, universities, big Companies and military agencies.

Much of the credit for the project goes to Michael Tomczyk, who also created the Commodore Information Network to decrease the workload of the customer service department of the company. In 1982 the section with the most traffic on Compuserve was the Commodore network.

The modem connects to the user port of the Commodore VIC 20/64/128; on one side there’s a switch to choose if the computer answers the call (A) or originates it (O).

On the back there’s the plug for the cable that usually is connected to the phone handset – the modem couldn’t directly dial the number, so you had to dial it on the phone and then connect the modem in place of the handset.

You can read the full article by Giacomo Vernoni here

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TheC64/TheVIC20 Firmware Update v1.5.2

February 19th, 2021 No comments

Firmware upgrades for THEC64 Mini/Max & TheVIC20 provide new features and/or correct any technical issues.

We always recommend that you use the latest version of the firmware.

Version 1.5.2 – Changes and additions:

  • [THEC64 Full size European] Fixes missing Bluestar carousel cover image which was broken in release v1.5.1 under some circumstances
  • [All models] Adds C64 joystick port selection; see notes below
  • Adds C64 only Classic mode added to THEC64 Mini
  • Adds disk swapping added to THEC64 Mini
  • [All models] Adds Commodore REU support with 512K, 2MB or 16MB as filename flags or CJM parameters; see notes below
  • New games for THEC64 Mini: Hessian (C64) and PET Snake (C64)
  • New games for THEC64 full size: Hessian (C64), PET Snake (C64), City Crusher(VIC20) and Mine Sweep (VIC20)
  • New games for THEVIC20: Hessian (C64), PET Snake (C64), City Crusher(VIC20) and Mine Sweep (VIC20)

Notes:

To enable REU support you can use either a filename flag or a CJM file parameter. Note that REU support does not work with VIC20 software.

To select using a filename flag, use one of the following:

  • R5 = 512K REU enabled
  • R2 = 2MB REU enabled
  • RM = 16MB REU enabled

For example:

myreudisk_R5.d64

See the user manual for further details on the use of filename flags.

To select with a CJM file, use one of the following parameters:

  • reu512 = 512K REU enabled
  • reu2048 = 2MB REU enabled
  • reu16384 = 16MB REU enabled

For example:

X:64,reu16384

See the user manual for further details on creating CJM files.

To switch the joystick in use between joystick port 1 or port 2 when running a C64 program, press and hold the joystick ☰ button, and then pressing joystick Ⓐ for port 1 or joystick Ⓑ for port 2. This will override the J1 filename flag or CJM primary port setting, if either are supplied.

Changes from previous versions:

  • v1.4.2 – Fixes an issue with THEC64 Full size: Under some circumstances C64 games may not recognise joystick port 2 when VIC 20 is the default machine
  • v1.4.2 – Adds Datasette controls for tape files in THEC64 Classic mode Media Access menu
  • v1.4.2 – Adds soft and hard reset hot-keys to THEC64 and THEVIC20 Classic mode
  • v1.4.2 – Adds freeze button support to THEC64 and THEVIC20 Classic mode
  • v1.4.2 – Adds C64 games Barnsley Badger, Soulless, Galencia and Planet of Death, plus VIC20 games Blue Star, The Keep, and Gridrunner to THEC64 North American model
  • v1.4.2 – Adds C64 games Barnsley Badger and Soulless, plus VIC20 games Blue Star and The Keep to the European THEC64 and THEVIC20 “Special Edition THEC64” models
  • v1.4.2 – Adds C64 games Barnsley Badger and Soulless to all THEC64 Mini models
  • v1.4.2 – Fixes Tank Battle on THEVIC20 to support two joysticks

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source: retrogames.biz

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Modem and Software for C64 by Total Telecommunications

February 6th, 2021 No comments
Modem and Software for C64 by Total Telecommunications

Modem and Software for Commodore 64 by Total Telecommunications.

Full-duplex 300 Baud CCITT V21 Modem with Auto Dial, Auto Answer complete with software and manual for Commodore 64.

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Siel Midi Interface for Commodore 64 & Sinclair ZX Spectrum

February 6th, 2021 8 comments
Siel Midi Interface for Commodore 64 & Sinclair ZX Spectrum

The Siel Midi interface allows the connection of one or more electronic synthesizers to a C64 or a Spectrum.

The interface communicates with the instruments through a standard communication protocol developed expressly for the interconnection of electronic instruments and called MIDI (Musical Instruments Digital Interface).

Produced by the Italian SIEL, manufacturer of popular electronic keyboards in the 80s, this MIDI interface is equipped with appropriate software application that also allows you to compose music, archive the compositions and listen to them again, save and program instrument timbres and other things.

The device is supplied with a special connector enabling immediate connection to the Commodore 64 and Sinclair ZX Spectrum.

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Download: Siel Midi-CMK49 C64 Software (1003)

source: MCmicrocomputer #39 (March 1985)