Category: Computers
[youtube uI4o9XAFLt0 nolink] The Memwa Project is a hardware project from Staring Lizard. The hardware that he developed is a replacement for the Commodore 64. The MCU is an STM32F407, the display controller is an SSD1963, the memory is a H27UBG8T2BTRBC and the display is a 7″ TFT 4-WRT. The whole C64 is emulated and for the sound a real…
Commodore Format Power Pack 63 has been released! Commodore Format Archive is an appreciation website of the 1990s Commodore Format magazine for the Commodore 64. The magazine was famous for its covertapes, and their releases are a fun tribute to them and a cool way of releasing new C64 games! This time round, their virtual tape includes 4 games. X-Force,…
Alf Yngve has released three new games over at TND, all are free downloads, so what you waiting for? Go grab them now! Wacky Waste Darkland Rabid Robots Website: http://tnd64.unikat.sk
On this is the third post, Wiebo de Wit talks about how to get a collection of C64 software and music onto your UII as fast as possible, and in a way that will make you enjoy using your UII. Link: DevDef Blog
Thanks to Marty Goldberg and his post on the Facebook group, Vintage Gaming (& Computing), we were given the heads-up on John Feagan’s photo and commentary on some early Commodore Vic-20 history. Here’s John’s commentary: “History of the Vic-20 development has been rewritten by the non-participants–but I have the pictures. Here is the real deal developed at the Commodore Advanced…
To celebrate Halloween we have made a little demo for you all to enjoy. If your superstitious don’t read the end of the scroller. Happy Halloween ;) Download: Hallows’ Eve 1911.zipWatch on YouTubeLink: CSDbLink: Pouet
[youtube 2L9wNzFxEh8 nolink] Petro Tyschtschenko is known for his work in the European market for Commodore International, and later as CEO at Amiga Technologies. Last September, he gave a speech at the Finnish Amiga Users Group’s Saku 2014, and the full video was recently uploaded to YouTube. Link: YouTube (in English) Source: Retrocomputaria Plus
The epic battle to end all battles has arrived and the argument that made 80’s school playgrounds buzz will be settled once and for all. Which was better – The Spectrum or the C64? This video was recorded live at Play Expo 2014, with John Gibson and Ste Pickford on the Spectrum side, and Andy Walker and Jeff Minter fighting…
ZEsarUX is an open source Sinclair emulator for Unix-like OSes (Linux, Raspbian, Mac OSX, etc). It emulates 16k, 48k, Inves Spectrum+, Spectrum 128k (English and Spanish), Spectrum +2 (English, Spanish and French), Spectrum +2A (English and Spanish), Microdigital TK90X (Portuguese and Spanish), TK95, ZX80, ZX81. Release notes for version 1.3: Added experimental support for raspberry (raspbian) Added Framebuffer Device video…
This is the second post published by Wiebo de Wit on his blog – DevDef. This time he explains all about the most common file formats, file management and settings related to these files. Link: DevDef Blog
