Replaced the first C64 with the colored keycaps.
Follow me for the other keys replacements ;-D
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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):
After this update, the collection should contain 57,576 SID files!
Download:
source: www.hvsc.c64.org
First of all, i thank my friend Gerben for giving me the monitor.
This is a Black and White monitor but for some reason a thin transparent film has been applied to the front of the cinescope to simulate the tonality of an amber cathode ray tube, furthermore the APF logo placed on the front of the monitor to the right of the power light is masked.
The TVM-10 APF Monitor is approximately 43 years old and was used with the Computer APF Imagination Machine I/II.
The Monitor had several functioning problems, below is the description of the work that has been done.
Only one geometry problem remains; the image on the top left side of the CRT tends to bend slightly for about 1cm and the left side of the image is slighty rounded, problem surely attributable to some polyester capacitor or resistance that has lost the capacity/value of the time.
Needless to say i checked almost all the polyester capacitors and resistors in the horizontal section and didn’t find nothing scandalous.
The photo gallery contains all the photos i made during the repair, i take this opportunity to thank a user of the plcforum who gave me tips on how to proceed with the repair.
Gallery of the repair:
A new version of the firmware for the Kung Fu Flash Cartridge by Kim Jørgensen is released.
Changelog:
Download:
A new version of the firmware for the Kung Fu Flash Cartridge by Kim Jørgensen is released.
Changelog:
The following controls can be used in the reader:
or Joy: Page up/down
or Fire left: Go to first page
or Fire: Exit text file reader
The reader supports text files up to ~64kB. Larger files will be truncated
Note that only generic C64/C128 cartridges are supported as ROM/BIN files. Other cartridge types must be loaded as a CRT file.
Download:
Hi everyone,
I wanted to try this nice SID Player by Edu Arana with a very nice design.
Edu Arana used Bakisha opensource code for the SID (only Psid) player, the code also has my own little implementation for the Vu-Meter with three LEDs (thanks Edu for the note printed on the PCB).
I know the Bakisha SID Player fairly well, below you will find several Links of my blog where there are some experiments and implementations i did years ago.
I’m not going to dwell too much on the loyalty of this SID Player, which as i said i know well, all in all it works but we are far away light years from perfection, at least as i understand it, in fact i started another project that you all probably know: The Return of the Hybrid SID Player which in addition to an ‘almost’ perfect CPU emulation including Illegal Opcodes and uses the “Original” or “Clone” SIDs for playing music tracks and other nice and useful features.
The ‘plus’ version of the Edu SID Player differs from the previous one for the implementation of the bluetooth module which however is not supplied.
As you can see from the photos and video i have installed the BlueTooth module and the Battery to make it totally portable, the battery recharge is via USB like a mobile phone.
UPDATE:
I wrote this update because some things i wrote bothered someone.
With the phrase “I’m not going to dwell … it works well but …” i just wanted to say that the emulation of the SID, let’s talk about EMULATION, is not perfect, i’m a purist of SID songs, so for me a SID music plays perfectly only and only using the original chip, however for the price this player is sold it is perfect and also very nice!
Anyway you are always welcome to break my balls, i will always answer you.
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Video:
Link:
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:
Download: All Games in One Archive (2237)
source: csdb.dk
Finally a useful object that works very well and i have tried many.
This mini vacuum cleaner (4hapa) that uses a BRUSHLESS motor (be careful when choosing which model to buy) besides the “vacuum cleaner” mode it also has the “blower” mode and i assure you that it BLOWS and quite a lot (two selectable speeds).
So finally i can finally say goodbye to compressed air spray!!!
The package includes over 4 spare filters (washable), various adapters, the USB battery charger (5v to 9v) and a bag.
The only negative note; Yes! it makes some noise! i’ll get a reason.
Video:
source: aliexpress.com
Observing these two displays at first glance there are no big differences are noticed.
Wrong! the Display where you reads V2.0 (updated version of the previous one), also works perfectly if inserted very close to the PCB of a Switching Power Supply, the other one instead at Random resets and displaying 888 just move it 10 CM away from the Switching Power Supply PCB and it works perfectly.
I wanted to share this news because i’m not the only one with this bizarre problem.
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A new version of the firmware for the Ultimate-64 (U64/U64E) / U2 / U2+ / U2+L by Gideon is released.
This release has again some significant changes for the firmware upgrade. Please read the manual before installing 3.10i.
Background:
If you would take some time to check the commit history of the repository at GitHub, you may find over 500 commits since the last released version, 3.10a. This is a lotttt more than it usually takes to release a next firmware version. The version is still 3.10, so there are not many functional changes. Yet, files have been touched, updated, or just made compatible with the new Ultimate-II+L hardware. It was more difficult than expected to get the Lattice FPGA to work correctly and keep compatibility with the existing hardware platforms.
On top of the new introduction of the Ultimate-II+L, there is still a need to support the “good old” 1541 Ultimate-II (or simply: U2). There have always been issues with the Microblaze processor and the compiler from Xilinx. Every version of the Xilinx compiler had different bugs that caused the Microblaze based firmware to be broken in one way or another.
Since the U2+L runs well on the Risc-V, it was decided to upgrade the CPU inside of the U2 and ditch the Microblaze forever. Unfortunately, the CPU that was chosen to run inside of the U2+L did not fit in the same space as the Microblaze clone, so I decided to write my own Risc-V compatible CPU. This is the CPU that will be used from now on in the 1541 Ultimate-II.
General Fixes:
U64 core fixes:
Modem fixes:
Cartridge Support:
Additions:
Download:
source: ultimate64.com github.com facebook
A new version of the firmware for the Ultimate-64 (U64/U64E) / U2 / U2+ / U2+L by Gideon is released.
This release has again some significant changes for the firmware upgrade. Please read the manual before installing 3.10i.
Background:
If you would take some time to check the commit history of the repository at GitHub, you may find over 500 commits since the last released version, 3.10a. This is a lotttt more than it usually takes to release a next firmware version. The version is still 3.10, so there are not many functional changes. Yet, files have been touched, updated, or just made compatible with the new Ultimate-II+L hardware. It was more difficult than expected to get the Lattice FPGA to work correctly and keep compatibility with the existing hardware platforms.
On top of the new introduction of the Ultimate-II+L, there is still a need to support the “good old” 1541 Ultimate-II (or simply: U2). There have always been issues with the Microblaze processor and the compiler from Xilinx. Every version of the Xilinx compiler had different bugs that caused the Microblaze based firmware to be broken in one way or another.
Since the U2+L runs well on the Risc-V, it was decided to upgrade the CPU inside of the U2 and ditch the Microblaze forever. Unfortunately, the CPU that was chosen to run inside of the U2+L did not fit in the same space as the Microblaze clone, so I decided to write my own Risc-V compatible CPU. This is the CPU that will be used from now on in the 1541 Ultimate-II.
General Fixes:
U64 core fixes:
Modem fixes:
Cartridge Support:
Additions:
Download:
* Temporarily revoked due to one report of bricked unit.
source: ultimate64.com github.com facebook
This is the official demo party results & Downloads from X-2023. See also the CSDB X2023 section for more informations.
C64 Demo:
C64 4K Intro:
C64 Music:
C64 Graphics:
Mixed Graphics:
Productions released outside compos:
Flappy Trappy + by Genesis Project/Triad (Crack)
Flying Saucers Extended +3D by Excess (Crack)
Hans Kloss +5DTF [jewel] by Demonix/Excess (Crack)
Limbo Rolling Boulder Preview by Excess (Crack)
Limbo Rotten Branch Preview by Excess (Crack)
No Bounds Diskcover (Disk Cover)
No-Skip Mix (2022 Edition) by Mayday! (Music Collection)
Retro Debugger V0.64.64 (Other Platform Tool)
rremix (Other Platform Tool)
Download: X-2023 Full Party Stuff (735)
source: csdb.dk
I have also bought a LED spectrum analyzer, very nice and impressive but certainly not suitable for professional use, but who cares!
The technical features are many and not very intuitive to be changed with just two buttons on the back.
However, I’ll summarize them very briefly:
Below are some photos of the inside.
The reset button is very curious can cannot be reached from the outside (missing the hole) and also a Micro USB connector unusable from the outside of the case.
I attach the datasheets of the integrated circuits that are used and the manual in English language that was sent to me via email, the one available by scanning the QR Code of the product is only Chinese :-D
Gallery:
Download:
source: aliexpress.com
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.
Download: OSSC Binary Presets (260)
The C64-Archiv is an easy to use file manager for C64-files.
Changelog Version 4.4 (06.05.2023):
Download: C64-Archiv v4.4 (462)
source: purmike.de
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