Category: News
Evan is working on a USB adapter for a Commodore 64 keyboard. He uses an interface based on a Olimex-32u4 that translates the C64 keyboard matrix signals to the USB signals. Evan made a couple of modifications such as the Commodore key and the wasd key combination for the arrow keys. Website: http://abzman2k.wordpress.com
A new version of the GenesisPlus emulator for MorphOS is available. Changes in this version: Filters show only valid ROM filenames (.cue .bin .smd .sms .gg). Auto detection of PAL and NTSC ROM’s (audio/video). Preview pictures in start-up window and thumbnails added to save-state manager. Website: http://members.shaw.ca/realstar/genplus/genindex.html
A new version of AROS Vision is now available. AROS is based on concepts and ideas of the Amiga and the 68000 processor. AROS supports X86, ARM, PPC and 68k. Changes in this version: Updates for: MUI royale, ROM’s, IBrowse, Simplemail, Digibooster, Audio software, Filetypes and AMOS. Website: http://www.aros-platform.de
Mini-Mag is a German diskette magazine. In this edition: Editorial, Forum, Parties, Letters, Interviews with Sven Scheafer and Cyberno, Sokuban64, PM-Writer, Chats and a riddle. Website: http://www.c64.at
[youtube cy53spgRfWc#t=83 nolink] Michael Gibs made the game Donkey Downfall for the Amiga. The game is based on an Atari 2600 game called Man Goes Down. The game is a simple platform game where the platform scrolls up and you must fall, instead of jump. The game can be played on an Amiga with 1MB Chip RAM. Download: http://aminet.net/package/game/jump/DonkeyDownfallWebsite: http://ohmygibs.free.fr
This project uses the Arduino to emulate a 6502 computer with a BASIC interpreter. Because the Arduino is not that powerful, the emulation is limited to BASIC. But you can connect a TFT display and program in BASIC with the PETSCII graphics. Website: http://hackaday.com
Manosoft released a firmware update for the Infinity Tape Sd2iec. Changes in this version: Saving of a placeholder unique for each .TAP file. Confirmation of successful initialization of the C64SD card, end-of-virtual tape indication and a card hide function. Website: http://www.manosoft.it
The Polish magazine Commodore & Amiga Fan released another games edition. In this pdf magazine the following articles: News, Franko – The Crazy Revenge, Wings, FIFA World Cup 2014, Times of Wars, The Map (2), Interview: Ryszardem Nazarewskim, Hero Time 2, Vampire Hunter 2, Mega Starforce: Return to the Great Star, Saboteur, V.I.O.S. 2011 – Special Edition, Interview: Bohdana R….
SID-Wizard is a Commodore 64 music tracker made by Hermit (Mihály Horváth). Changes in this version: Support for 3 SID chips, Independent order list-marks, Insert entire order list column, SWP – re-locatable music data / player and Tape slow-down effect support in player. Download: SID-Wizard-1.7-smallpack.zipWebsite: CSDb
EvenMore is a text viewer for AmigaOS. The features are proportional font support, multi-coloured text, file conversion plugins, and more. Recent changes: Support for AmigaWriter file format. Improvements for the WordPerfect, StarWriter5, Wordwrap, WordWorth, FinalWriter, ProWrite, RTF, Dir2Text, HTML and Pagestream plugins. And a few new Escape codes. Website: http://www.evenmore.co.uk
