– b5 input device update fix, changing to any keyboard layout didn’t reset “remembered” device name. – Cycle at DDFSTRT-1 was sometimes incorrectly unavailable for blitter. (b5) – In some rare situations blitter stole cycle(s) from copper. – Pre-calculated end position of scanline was incorrect in some situations causing incorrect bitplane vs other DMA cycle allocation (b5) – If RawInput…
A new development version has been released. Changes in FS-UAE 2.5.26dev: Option sound_card = toccata actually implemented now. Updated emulation core from WinUAE 3100b2. Website: http://fs-uae.net
New firmware for the Princess C64SD v3.0 is now available. Changes in this version are: Improvements for the VICE VIC emulation, and reading tapes with the VIC PAL. And there is a new XF5 option to avoid problems with VICE dumps. Website: http://www.manosoft.it
Scott Lawrence made a portable KIM computer. For this KIM-1 he used an old plastic case he picked-up on a hamfest and a display from a surplus store. The computer inside is a Arduino Uno R3 micro board and a Seeed Studio protoshield. You can follow the whole process on his blog.
A new version of the USB utilities program for the Easy Flash 3 is now available. Changes in this version: Added a TAP writing option, developed by enthusi. And it is now possible to send a PRG file to the EF3 Menu running on the c64 and autorun it. Removed an error in the copy routine and in the format…
Trooper and aNdy from the group Arkanix Labs made a compilation of Amiga Paula music for the C64 SID. The SID’s in this compilations are: SidDoingPaula-ArkanixLabs, CrackOrDie, Matkamies, FrequencyShifter, Bambam, DelicateOooz and Uridium2Loader. Download: SidDoingPaula-ArkanixLabs.d64Website: CSDb
CiderPress provides the features that Apple II enthusiasts need to manage their disk and file archives. Open them, view their contents, and copy files between them. CiderPress, introduced in March 2003, was developed and sold as shareware by faddenSoft, LLC. The program was made free, and the source code released under the BSD license, in March 2007. A “refresh” to…
The Fresno Commodore User Group and the Clark County Commodore Computer Club of Las Vegas have worked hard to make this year’s effort the best C= show on the West Coast of the United States. This year the show is dedicated to the Commodore 264 series the Plus/4, 264, 364, 16, and 116 and 50th Anniversary of BASIC! It will…
For some, it doesn’t seem to be an significant achievement, but the cartridge allow the video game industry to jump from the dedicated systems, like Pong, to all-purpose consoles. FastCompany website has published an impressive article about the invention of the game cartridge, written by Benj Edwards. According to his own website Vintage Computing and Gaming, Benj started his research…
This month on Open Apple, the hosts interview Ben Heck. They talk about his Apple I replica, his Apple IIgs laptop, and much more. Link: Open Apple
