Onslaught / Wrath Designs / Vandalism, bring you the 53th issue of the Vandalism News.
source: noname.c64.org
CBM-Command is a disk manager for the Commodore 64 / Commodore 128 / Commodore VIC20 / Commodore C16 computers. It is written like Norton Commander or Midnight Commander, but is much simpler due to the target platforms. Both the C128/C64/VIC20/C16 have their own native version of the application.
Release Notes – Version 1.7 Release Candidate – 2010-08-19
New Features:
Changes:
source: cbmcommand.codeplex.com
Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian.
Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian.
Commodore Free Magazine Issue #43
In this issue you can find:
source: commodorefree.com
from Engadget homepage:
Barry’s back, kids! The CEO of Commodore USA just informed us that, in addition to slapping Commodore stickers on various all-in-one PCs, he has acquired the rights to the Amiga name (we only hope that the process went a little smoother this time around).
The plan is to sell machines that fully support AROS — an open source variant of AmigaOS 3.1 that the kids seem to go crazy for.
We can’t wait to get a look at these bad boys, but for now it looks like we’ll have to do with the picture of an old Amiga 3000. …more
source: engadget.com
Program that detects type of your hardware in Commodore 128.
Also added recognizing CMD Hardware FD/HD/RAMLink/RAMDrive/JiffyDOS/SuperCPU and a better detection of MMU and RAM size, not works correctly in VICE.
Optimized for 80 columns mode. Thanks to Christian Johansson.
source: mirkosoft homepage
Autopsy:
This is my Commodore Amiga 3000. I used this computer for many years, example: for my BBS “Hidden Power“, coding Amiga / Snes Demos & Trainer and other fun stuff.
I decided to pull out of the box and try if still works, i must say that everything works like 15 years ago (including the Harddisk).
Description:
from Wikipedia:
Released in June 1990, The Commodore Amiga 3000 was the third major release in the Amiga computer family. It revealed a much more focused and sincere attempt to build a high-end professional multimedia computer, boasting improved processing speed, better rendering of graphics, and a revision of the increasingly haggard operating system.
Its predecessors, the Amiga 500,1000 and 2000, shared the same fundamental system architecture and consequently performed without considerable variance in processing speed despite considerable variance in purchase price. The A3000 however, was entirely reworked and rethought as a genuine high-end workstation.
The new Motorola 32-bit 68030 CPU, 68882 math co-processor, and 32-bit system memory helped increase the “integer” processing speed by a factor of 5 to 18, and the “floating point” processing speed by a factor of 7 to 200 times. The new 32-bit Zorro III expansion slots provided for faster and more powerful expansion capabilities.
source: wikipedia
from Engadget homepage:
Commodore USA announces the PC64, an Atom-powered PC in a replica Commodore case.
We have a fondness for Commodore computers (as you’ve probably noticed by now) and we are psyched that Commodore USA is still flying the flag for the once-ubiquitous brand, but as they always are in this biz, things are a little… complicated.
We were first contacted way back in March when the company shared the news that it had acquired the rights to sell PCs under the name. Then what happened? Turns out this was not exactly the case… although CEO Barry Altman assured us that they were on their way towards hammering out a deal.
And here we are, in possession of a press release saying that indeed, Commodore USA, LLC, and Commodore Licensing B.V. have finally come to an agreement, meaning that your subsequent purchases will at least come with a Commodore decal. But that ain’t all! This also paves the way for the company’s newest offering, the Commodore PC64, an Intel Atom-powered PC featuring 4GB DDR3 memory, SATA 1TB HDD, HDMI output, optical drive (either DVD/CD or optional Blu-ray), and more — all in “an exact replica” of the original beige C64 chassis. …more
source: engadget.com
Autopsy:
Today i picked up a Commodore Disk Drive 1541 II in original box, it is in perfect condition with no damage at all including the Manual,Geos Floppy,Serial cable and original Powersupply.
source: wikipedia
The Pocket 1541 is a emulator for the 1541 disk drive. Pocket 1541 uses a SD card to store your data, supported formats are: D64, M2I, PRG, D71, D81 and P00.
The firmware is based on the open source SD2IEC firmware. The device has four buttons and a LCD screen that can be used to navigate to the required files on the SD card.
A new Game by Jeffrey Daniels for Commodore VIC-20.
Program that detects type of your hardware in Commodore 128.
Also added recognizing 64HDD drives / SuperCPU / JiffyDos and a better detection of MMU and RAM size, not works correctly in VICE.
Optimized for 80 columns mode. Thanks to Christian Johansson.
source: mirkosoft homepage
SD2IEC is a hardware mass storage device using an SD/MMC card and interfacing with the IEC bus. It is based on the ATmega644 microcontroller from the Atmel AVR microcontroller family.
The most prominent use of SD2IEC is emulation/replacement of a Commodore-1541 disk drive for a C64. Hardware and the microcontroller’s firmware is available as open source (GPL).
Changelog:
2010-08-06 – release 0.10.0pre1
source: sd2iec.de gitweb forum thread c64-wiki
Snake Oil Software presents Snake on a Plane for Commodore 64. It’s inspired by a fake game cover for an Atari 2600 game based on the film Snakes on a Plane.
source: noname.c64.org
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