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…
The Floppydays podcast of last August is about the Commodore PET. In this episode: Better World Books, VCF Midwest, 2013 Chicago TI International World Faire, World Longest Yard Sale, Historically Brewed book, Commodore PET history, Commodore a company on the edge, VICE, CBUG, TPUG, World of Commodore, Terry Stewart, Port Commodore, Edward Shockley’s Pets, CBM Pet File Archive and the…
Luigi Di Fraia has now added TAP dumping to his USBhost-64 device. He can now transfer the data from the cassette in TAP format to his USB drive. In the video you can see that he is using a DC2N, but you can use a normal Datassette. Luigi is also experimenting with slow motion video on the C64 with the…
A new edition of Amikit is available. There are changes or updates for the following programs: IconLib 46.4.326 (Peter Keunecke), OpenURL 7.13 (Open Source Team), playOGG 130312 (Lorence Lombardo) and YAM 2.8p1 (YAM Open Source Team). Website: http://amikit.amiga.skSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl
Bomberland has been released for the Commodore 64 by Samar Productions. Written by Michal Okowicki with music by Owen Crowley, this game has gorgeous high resolution graphics, challenging boss battles, tons of different enemies, password saves, game-changing power-ups, multiple play modes and an awesome SID soundtrack. Full review: http://www.rgcd.co.uk Purchase on cart or downloadable image for emulation here.
The web page ComputerClub 2 had an interview with Petro Tyschtschenko (German language). The ComputerClub 2 is a continuance of the German TV program, that was on the air from 1983 until 2003. In the interview Peter tells about his work with Commodore, Escom and Amiga Technologies. Website: http://www.computerclub-2.de/interview-mit-petro-tyschtschenko-von-amiga-technologies/Source: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl
News about the new operating system for the Commodore 128. All the old program code is rewritten and they have switched from a separate 8 bit and 16 bit version to only one version. The Ace will support Commodore 128 with or without the SuperCPU. The team is also working on support for the Commodore IEEE-488 devices and USB support…
TOSEC has been updated. TOSEC, or The Old School Emulation Center, is a group of people dedicated to the preservation of games and other programs for home computer and console systems. In this update: 21 new, 104 updated and 4 removed. Website: http://www.tosecdev.orgSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl
FastView is a MUI program which allows you to show your pictures by selecting files or drawer with right mouse button or by drag and drop. Recent changes: Added a “Copy to” function and a possibility to select multiples files to rescale in one pass. New effects: Black and white, Blur, Contrast, Gamma correction, Noisify, Pixelize, Color replace, Saturation, Sharpen…
Yes it’s that time again, RGCD are organizing another cartridge development competition. Currently of writing there are 14 games in the competition: The Blob, Phase Out, Bellringer III, Devil Ronin, Cybernox, Rocket Smash, Magic Duel, Kobo64, Powerglove, Cosmic Ark, S-Blox, MonsterBuster, Invert and Linus vs Simon. The closing date for final entries is 30th of November 2013. Website: http://www.rgcd.co.uk
