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The Timex Sinclair 1000 (TS1000) was the first computer produced by Timex Sinclair, a joint-venture between Timex Corporation and Sinclair Research. It was launched in July 1982.

The TS1000 was a slightly-modified Sinclair ZX81 with an NTSC RF modulator instead of a UK PAL (Units sold in Portugal have a PAL RF modulator) device and the onboard RAM doubled to 2K. The TS1000′s casing had slightly more internal shielding but remained the same as Sinclair’s, including the membrane keyboard. It had black-and-white graphics and no sound. It was followed by an improved version, the Timex Sinclair 1500.

Like the Sinclair ZX81, the TS1000 used a form of BASIC as its primary interface and programming language. To make the membrane keyboard less cumbersome for program entry, the TS1000 used a shortcut system of one-letter “keywords” for most commands (e.g. pressing “P” while the cursor was in “keyword mode” would generate the keyword “PRINT”). Some keywords required a short sequence of keystrokes (e.g. SHIFT-ENTER S would generate the keyword “LPRINT”). The TS1000 clued the user in on what to expect by changing the cursor to reflect the current input mode.

The TS1000 sold for $99.95 in the US when it debuted, making it the cheapest home computer to date at the time of its launch (its advertising angle was “the first computer under $100″.) This pricing initiated a price war with Commodore International, who quickly reduced the price of its VIC-20 to match and later announced a trade-in program offering $100 for any competing computer toward the purchase of a Commodore 64. Since the TS1000 was selling for $49 by this time, many customers bought them for the sole purpose of trading it in to Commodore.

source: wikipedia

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):

• 906 new SIDs
• 185 fixed/better rips
• 2 repeats/bad rips eliminated
• 971 SID credit fixes
• 111 SID model/clock infos
• 13 tunes from /DEMOS/UNKNOWN/ identified
• 14 tunes from /GAMES/ identified
• 33 tunes moved out of /DEMOS/ to their composers’ directories
• 14 tunes moved out of /GAMES/ to their composers’ directories

Download:

• HVSC Update #58 (1286)
• Complete HVSC #58 (1377)

source: www.hvsc.c64.org

Some new games (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups: Dinasours, Iceout, The Mojon Twins, Underground Domain Inc, Really Proud Lamers, Excess, Nostalgia, Antarctica and Laxity.

Download:

• Candle Burner +2 [pal/ntsc/drean] (895)
• Master of Camouflage + (916)
• Sir Ababol +4FD [pal/ntsc] (910)
• Santa Claus + (909)
• Scoop! (907)
• Sir Ababol +4F [pal/ntsc] (901)
• A Popples Christmas Adventure (875)
• Sir Ababol (905)
• Tau Ceti USA [pal/ntsc] (909)
• Candle Burner (880)
• Candle Burner [pal/ntsc] (886)
• Sven-Goran Penalty Trainer Preview (905)
• Pirates! 101% +10DR [pal/ntsc] (1003)
• Crazy Car +HD (943)
• Frantic Fisherman + (894)
• All Games in One Archive (2337)

source: csdb.dk

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The Einstein was released in the United Kingdom in the summer of 1984, and 5,000 were exported back to Taipei later that year. A Tatung monitor (monochrome or colour) and dot matrix printer were also available as options, plus external disc drives and an 80 column display card. It was also capable of emulating the Spectrum 48k with the “Speculator” addon.

More expensive than most of its rivals, and lacking an obvious niche market other than technically-advanced home programmers, the Einstein was commercially unsuccessful. A later, revised version, called the Tatung Einstein 256 suffered a similar fate.

The machine was physically large, with an option for one or two built-in three-inch floppy disk drives manufactured by Hitachi. At the time, most home computers used ordinary tape recorders for storage. Another unusual feature of the Einstein was that on start-up the computer entered a simple machine code monitor, called MOS (Machine Operating System). A variety of software could then be loaded from disk, including a CP/M-compatible operating system called Xtal DOS (pronounced ‘Crystal DOS’, created by Crystal Computers in Torquay), and a BASIC interpreter (Xtal BASIC). Thanks to the reliability of the machine, and ample memory, the machine proved useful by many software houses to use for programming, and then porting the code to the machines they were made for, Spectrum 48k, Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64, this later stopped when the PC and Atari ST would emerge as the development systems of choice.

source: wikipedia

Some new games (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups: Onslaught, TRIAD, Antarctica and Laxity.

Download:

• Otherworld +4F 101% [ntsc/pal] (860)
• Exodus Preview (867)
• Epsilon Preview (879)
• Fuzzball Preview V2 + (878)
• Oracle III +5FD [pal/ntsc] (888)
• Drag Race +D +Pic (861)
• Canabalt +3M [pal] (858)
• All Games in One Archive (2314)

source: csdb.dk

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TRS-80 was Tandy Corporation’s desktop microcomputer model line, sold through Tandy’s Radio Shack stores in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and one of the earliest mass-produced personal computers. The first units, ordered unseen, were delivered in November 1977, and rolled out to the stores the third week of December.

The line won popularity with hobbyists, home users, and small-businesses. Tandy Corporation’s leading position in what Byte Magazine called the “1977 Trinity” (Apple, Commodore and Tandy) had much to do with Tandy’s retailing the computer through more than 3,000 of its Radio Shack storefronts. Notable features of the original TRS-80 included its full-stroke QWERTY keyboard, small size, its floating point BASIC programming language, an included monitor, and a starting price of $600.

The pre-release price was $500 and a $50 deposit was required, with a money back guarantee at time of delivery. One major drawback of the original system was the massive RF interference it caused in surrounding electronics. Stricter FCC regulations on interference led to the Model I’s replacement by the Model III.

Radio Shack announced the TRS-80 (Tandy Radio Shack) at a New York City press conference on August 3, 1977. It cost $399, or $599 with a 12″ monitor and a Radio Shack tape recorder as datacassette storage. Before this, the most expensive product Radio Shack sold was a $500 stereo.

The company hoped that the new computer would help Radio Shack move into higher-priced products, and improve its “schlocky” image among customers. Small businesses were the primary target market, followed by education, then consumers and hobbyists. Despite its hobbyist customer base, Radio Shack saw hobbyists as “not the mainstream of the business”. Although the press conference did not receive much media attention due to a terrorist bombing elsewhere in the city that day, “six sacks of mail” arrived at company headquarters asking about the computer, and over 15,000 people called Tandy to purchase a TRS-80, paralyzing its switchboard.

Unlike competitor Commodore—which had announced its PET several months earlier but had not yet shipped any—Radio Shack began shipping computers by September. Still forecasting 3,000 sales a year, the company sold over 10,000 TRS-80s Model Is in its first one and a half months of sales, and over 200,000 during the product’s lifetime.

source: wikipedia

Some new games (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups: Antarctica, Mayday!, Hokuto Force, Lifeless Incorporated and Laxity.

Download:

• Rockfall (Steinschlag) +3EHD (889)
• Death Zone +4E [pal] (914)
• SpaceChem Nano +PD (927)
• Back to the Future +3PDF+Solution [pal/ntsc] (942)
• Wizard of Im +H (909)
• Bomberland Preview +2 [pal/ntsc] (900)
• All Games in One Archive (2260)

source: csdb.dk

Freshness has released a new tool for Commodore 64 to listen music files in .MOD format.

This Mod Player required the interface 1541 Ultimate II with the firmware updated to the version v2.5+

Download: Ultimate Audio MOD Player (894)

source: noname.c64.org

For the Christmas Time Manosoft offers a discount of 20% on all products (C64SD, C64 Pla, Easyflash).

The prices on the Manosoft site have already been updated and include the discount.

source: manosoft.it

Commodore Free Magazine Issue #65

Free to download Commodore magazine dedicated to Commodore Computers.

Download:

• Commodore Free Magazine Issue #65 (D64) (910)
• Commodore Free Magazine Issue #65 (PDF) (1447)
• Commodore Free Magazine Issue #65 (TXT) (1221)

source: commodorefree.com

Some new games (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups: Samar Productions, TRIAD, S.E.U.C.K. Trainers United, Avatar and Laxity.

Download:

• Bomberland Preview (950)
• Wonderland V2 +4 (870)
• Strike Team Alpha +2 (923)
• N.E.I.L. Android +9GHD (915)
• Match Buster +3CHFD 101% [pal/ntsc] (903)
• All Games in One Archive (2222)

source: csdb.dk

Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian.

I have received this computer Commodore CBM 8296-D 1 year ago. The computer has never worked, it only displays a black screen without any sound beep at the startup boot.

The repair it was very simple, i have replaced the PLA IC 324745-01 (UE5) and 324744-01 (UE6) with two EPROM 27C512 70ns (suitably programmed). The Universal PLA adapter was kindly donated by Manosoft.

Download:

• PLA Rom 8296(D) (907)
• EDIT Rom 324243-02b (895)

Some new games (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups: Genesis Project, S.E.U.C.K. Trainers United, Onslaught, Laxity  and Dinasours.

Download:

• Sheep Toss +2H (877)
• Strike Team Delta +2 (895)
• Strike Team Delta (892)
• Assembloids +D (907)
• Match Buster +D (892)
• Super Bread Box + (16kB Cart. version) (870)
• Wonderland +8D (16KB Cartridge Version) (915)
• Amazon Tales 75% + (16kB Cart. version) (871)
• Monkey Eat Milkey (16kB Cart. version) (894)
• Monkey Eat Milkey (16KB Cartridge version) +F [pal/ntsc] (1001)
• Super Bread Box + (16kB Cartridge Version) [pal] (888)
• Super Bread Box +2 100% (16kB Cartridge Version) (897)
• Rent A Cop (16kb cartridge version) +4H [pal/ntsc] (894)
• All Games in One Archive (2276)

source: csdb.dk

The second RGCD C64 Cartridge Development Competition concluded at midnight on the 30th of November with 10 brand new games (and 3 re-releases) for the C64!

List of the games released:

• Assembloids (16KB Cartridge Version) by Onslaught, RGCD.
• Match Buster (16KB Cartridge Version) by S.E.S.
• Amazon Tales 75% (16KB Cartridge Version) by The New Dimension.
• Get ‘Em DX (16KB Cartridge Version) by Endurion, RGCD.
• Monkey Eat Milkey (16KB Cartridge Version) by Software of Sweden.
• Super Bread Box (16KB Cartridge Version) by Paulko64.
• SpaceChem Nano (16KB Cartridge Version) by P1X3L.net.
• Little Sara Sister 2 (16KB Cartridge Version) by Hokuto Force, Ice Team.
• Wonderland (16KB Cartridge Version) by Endurion, RGCD.
• Escape from the Laundry (16KB Cartridge Version) by The Mad Scientist.
• Rent A Cop (16kb cartridge version) by Achim.
• Spike C64 Dislike by David Eriksson.
• On the Farm III by The New Dimension

Download: RGCD C64 16KB Cartridge 2012 (924)

source: rgcd.co.uk csdb.dk