Category: Computers
After a break Thomas Lövskog is working on the GCart again. He redesigned the circuit board and expanded the RAM memory to 64-512 MByte. The Xilinx FPGA will handle the WiFi and memory instead of a PIC32. A new addition is a optional Commodore IEC serial port for the emulation of the disk drive. The user interface is moved to…
The most recent BitJam podcast is a Psygnosis edition. In this BitJam the following music: Menace, Blood Money, Shadow of the Beast, Anarchy, Awesome, Shadow of the Beast 2, The Killing Game Show, Leander, Lemmings, Agony, Aquaventura, Bill’s Tomato Game, The Carl Lewis Challenge, Ork, Shadow of the Beast 3, Globdule, Lemmings 2, Theatre of Death, Benefactor, Microcosm, Puggsy, G2…
Sauraen and Oikanys are working on the MIDIbox aSIDity project. This project will be the most powerful SID-based synthesizer in the world. The system will have 8 Commodore 64 SID sound chips (4 x 6581 and 4 x 8580) 160 modulators and many control options. At the moment they have completed the feedback system, build with an LM1973 (digital volume…
XRoar is an emulator for the Dragon and Tandy computers with the 6809 CPU. XRoar can use virtual diskettes, cassettes or cartridges. There are 3 video modes, joystick support and a audio output available. Changes in this version: Improved CPU timing and optimization of the CPU emulation. Emulation of the Dragon 32 with 64K is now possible. And improvements for…
Todays releases over at CSDb are as follows: Crimson Twilight Preview V1, Crimson Twilight Preview +J [pal/ntsc], Magic Wood (Zauberwald) +1E [english/german] [pal], TapeTool 1.0.0.2 and Trash Course +3H 101% Source: http://csdb.dk
Berry de Jager is working on a new project. Berry is building a modern version of the Commodore C64. He first tested a Raspberry Pi with VICE but was not satisfied with the performance. He decided to use a mini ITX PC with an Atom N2800, 4GB RAM, 64GB SSD, WiFi, Bluetooth, laptop power supply and a Keyrah USB /…
The German television program Computer:club 2 made a special episode about the Commodore C64. The Computerclub television program started in 1983 with the presenters Wolfgang Back and Wolfgang Rudolph. Episode 91 is about the Commodore C64, and shows all the versions from the Silver label until the C65. The guests in this show are Frank Erstling (Editor of the Return…
Atari++ is an AmigaOS 4 emulator for the Atari 8-bit computers and the Atari 5200 game console. The emulator has cycle exact emulation with sound and support for diskette interfaces and joysticks. Changes in this version: Improved pokey emulation and smarter audio output. Synchronisation between emulated clock and the system clock. No more problems with the keypad stick emulation. Website:…
Mike Berry (The Kernal) made a very beautiful video about the Commodore C64. In this tribute video you can see many games, demo’s, cracking groups and a couple of legendary people. The music in the video is made by Terra Cresta, Jess D. Skov-Nielsen and Martin Galway. YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08qsP8GgaBQSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl
On the web page Flashtro.com you can see many cracker intro’s with your browser. The original intros from the Amiga, Atari-ST, Dreamcast, PC, Playstation etc. are converted to Flash. The most recent flashtro’s are: Illusion – Shadow of the Beast III, Megabyte INC – Leader Board, Paranoimia – S.D.I, Tarkus Team – Animotion V2.0, The Kent Team & BAmiga Sector…
