Category: Commodore PET

[youtube 3EO6lEjP7_Y nolink] Jan Derogee has made a video where he demonstrates video on the PET / CBM computers. In his demonstration he uses a CBM 3032 and the Cassiopei. The data for the animation is loaded from the Cassiopei and transformed to PETSCII. The frame rate of the video is about 12 frames/sec. Another video demonstration on the CBM…

Jan Derogee released new firmware for the Cassiopei. Changes in this version: More control over TAP files when the Cassiopei is connected to the PC. Added joystick functionality to the menu program of the VIC20, C64 and C16. Improved functionality regarding the PET-30XX series and support for the PET/CBM-8000 series. Jan is also working on support for the CBM-4000, C128…

[youtube lFU2h9fBujY nolink] Chizman made a new game for the Commodore CBM / PET computer. The game is a shooting game controlled with paddles. In 2008 Chizman made this game for the Commodore Plus/4, but this CBM / PET version is more enhanced with speech and music. The game can also be played with the keyboard on a real CBM…

Steve Gray is working on a project to build various Editor ROMs for the Commodore PET/CBM computer models. The Editor ROM is responsible for all video initialization, screen output, keyboard input, full-screen editor and IRQ handling. You can read more about this project on Steve’s web page. Website: http://www.6502.org

[youtube Oof1uryV-bo#t=32 nolink] André Fachat is working on a USB interface for the Commodore user port. The interface can be used on a PET, VIC20 and the C64. The interface is a client and a host. The parts are a MAX3421 USB interface chip and some small parts. You can follow the progress on the 6502.org web page. Website: http://www.6502.org

[youtube pqrgx88H_Wk nolink] Payton Byrd released a new version of CBM Command. The recent changes are: Side-By-Side panels or Top-And-Bottom panels (40-column), Batch diskette image creation, Selection of drive or partition number. The diskette includes a program to update your configuration files. Website: http://cbmcommand.codeplex.comSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl

Jan Derogee demonstrates in this video that the Cassiopei is also a TAP player. When loading games from tape, lot’s of things can go wrong. Fortunately, the Cassiopei saves the day. In this demonstration Jan uses the C16, but all other Commodore computers with a cassette port can use the Cassiopei for loading TAP files. The project will be presented…

CSDb (Commodore Scene Database) has a competition for making of PETSCII art. At the moment there are 6 pictures in the competition: Gary by Mermaid, Hidden Violence by TheRyk, Tapes Don’t Smile by q0w, PET8 by q0w, Snails PETSCII by JSL and Flowers PETSCII by JSL. You can enter your own PETSCII until 31 October 2013. Website: http://csdb.dk

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

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,…