Category: Commodore 16

[youtube Y2PIxOuk3IU nolink]The inventor of the Cassiopei likes M&M’s, but doesn’t like them all mixed up. So he has build a Commodore 64 controlled machine to sort this out… really, he sorts them. The project will be presented on the next Commodore meeting, 19 October in Maarssen (the Netherlands). Website: http://jderogee.tripod.com

[youtube iPv55uviIeE nolink] The Cassiopei is a versatile device. It can load .TAP files, .PRG files but it can also load .PRG files directly from your PC’s hard disk. And 50 times faster then normal. So now you can cross-develop CBM software. Program on a PC and test it on the real hardware. In the video about the Cassiopei you…

Luigi Di Fraia is working on the third generation of his DC2N. DC2N stands for Dumping C2N and it’s a preservation device that lets its users make a digital back-up of real PET, VIC20, C16/+4, and C64 tapes directly to a flash-card. You can now see the DC2N in a new casing including the colour display. Website: http://www.luigidifraia.comSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl

[youtube Vtb_G8iajXE nolink] In this Youtube video, Jan Derogee demonstrates the possibilities of the Cassiopei. This device can be used to load programs via the datassette port 50 times faster then the standard tape speed, it has a I2C interface, 2 analogue inputs, a PWM audio output for playing back .WAV files (8KHz, mono, 4/8Bit) and a simple speech synthesizer….

Bil Herd worked for Commodore as a hardware designer. He worked on the C16, 116, Plus4 and later on the C128 and the C64 LCD. Bil is searching through his personal archive and is scanning drawings from Commodore designs. You can now look at the CPM cartridge for the VIC20, original TED drawings and a 80 column cartridge for the…

In this German language d64 magazine for the Commodore C116, C16 and the Plus/4 the following articles: Forum, Market, Agenda, Scene, Tips & Tricks, The Way of the Exploding Fist, Knight & Demons, Luna Rescue, Computer jokes, Hardware: Keyboard, Guides: Mimi, Mayhem, Jäger de Verlorenen Möhre, Scapeghost, Games creator and other systems. Download: club_info_131.zip Website: http://plus4world.powweb.comSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl

More information about the new project of Jan Derogee (inventor of the 1541-III) has been found. The project is called Cassiopei (which stands for Cassette IO peripheral expansion interface). It is a USB device that can also operate stand alone. USB is required for uploading the files to flash memory and for the configuration. It can play back .TAP files,…

Kabuto Factory released a game for the Commodore C16 and Plus/4. The game is written in Basic and is compatible with NTSC and PAL. The game is a logical game based on EORoid games. In the game you must help Bakelor, Lord of the War and King of the Single Knights to defeat the hostile armies. Download: knights_and_demons.prgWebsite: http://plus4world.powweb.comSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl

New rare Italian finds over at Plus/4 World are as follows; Dots Eater, Bomber, Bolt Knight, Impariamo A Conoscere Le Ossa / Calcolo Dell’Ora Nel Mondo, Wacky Painter, Tennis, C.S.P. Microgame, Data Comp, Magic Brush, Pixin, Supertoto (C.S.P.) and Labirinth. Source: http://plus4world.powweb.com

Issue 72 Free to download magazine dedicated to Commodore computers. Available as PDF, ePUB, MOBI, HTML, TXT, SEQ and D64 disk image. Contents: * Editorial* NEWS  – C64 – LEGO  – Bars and Pipes v0.9.98 – OS4  – D1X-Rebirth v0.57.3 – Amiga AGA  – View3K – VIC-20  – High Voltage SID Collection #59  – Making a D64 File of a…