A new episode of BoingsWorld (German language) is now available. You can listen to the following articles: Markus Tillmann (Amiga32.de), Hyperion, A1222, AmigaOS 4.1 FE, HC508 – A500, KA37, Laser Amiga mouse, The Amiga Story, Acryl case ACA500 and the Amiga Game Award 2016. Listen: BoingsWorldEpisode084.mp3 Website: http://boingsworld.de
This video from iz8dwf shows part of the electronic troubleshooting and repair of a 1979 Commodore PET 3032, serial n. 1320067. Various defects found after all these years: defective ROMs, defective PIA 6520 and a defective MC3446 IEEE488 driver (found because it was running too hot). Two DRAM chips failed after about 2 hours of use. Some marginal IC sockets replaced…
Victor Lancing made a video about repairing a Commodore 64. The fault was a bad RAM chip. You can watch how he finds the bad chip, removes it, and puts in a new chip. Check out the video below. [youtube 1evDWDmH7yw nolink] Youtube: Victor Lancing
New release (v4.8) Performance tuning – the assembler now runs a little faster Error message for setting negative memory positions (*=-$1000) ByteDump: printing 32 bytes pr row for directives that output many bytes Labelscoping for the if directive. (sta if.myLable+1; if: .if (condition) {myLabel: lda #0}) Bugfix: Corrected error appearing when a list is added to itself. Thanks to Alex…
iz8dwf over on YouTube explains easy repair of a keyboard and joystick fault on a C64C (serial n. HB5 384826E). CIA (aka MOS 6526) at position U1 is usually the culprit in these cases. A little look at the schematic explaining what are the principal functions of both 6526’s in a C64 (there’s much more than that, but you get an…
Latest downloads over at The New Dimension are as follows: The Hunter by Igor Errazkin Super ACE 1942 by Igor Errazkin Main Ninja by Igor Errazkin Antarta by Igor ‘Errazking’ Errazkin SEUCK COMPO 2016/17 Koalapaint Picture Music Linker V1.0 Thunderload Multi-Load Companion Website: tnd64.unikat.sk
Frank Gasking runs the awesome website GTW64, which is a C64 focused project attempting to find all incomplete and lost C64 games, and archive them for all you lovely Retro Gamers to enjoy! Todays updates are as follows.. American Dream Squire Soda Shop Equinox The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy The Liquidator C64GS cartridge titles Last Ninja 4 Legend Of Kyril…
The 8-Bit Guy takes a look at a Commodore 128 that he bought on craigslist in terrible shape. He then completely restores it to ‘as new’ condition! Check out the video below. [youtube wLp6bzG9exk nolink] YouTube Channel: The 8-Bit Guy
MSXdev’17 just got its second contestant, Slime Center by the group N.I. and based on our quick glance at the game, the competition just got harder! It consists of an action game where you have to help the hero to find it is way out from the place where you are trapped. Several items can help you achieve the goal…
Open Apple brings excellent content for any retro computer enthusiast, doesn’t matter the brand. If you want to know a bit more what is going on in the Apple II world, make sure to listen every month! Mike and Quinn sit down with each other and catch up on all the news they’ve been neglecting lately. They discuss the disappointing…
