SID-Wizard is a Commodore 64 music tracker made by Hermit (Mihaly Horvath). Changes in this version: Idle-graphic for improved reading of value boundaries. Blinking playback positions. Extended relocation range. And many bug fixes. The program including source code and manual can be downloaded from the Commodore Scene Database web page. Website: CSDbSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl
On the first article, I went through the installation and first steps using the uIEC/SD. Now that we have everything setup, we can try some new commands. First of all, to illustrate its use, let’s suppose we have a diskette (called SD Card) with the following structure: [sourcecode language=”CPP”] MYDISK.D64 UTILS <DIR> GAMES <DIR> [/sourcecode] If you have a file…
Searching my favorite BBS for alternatives for the drive 1541, I’ve found a very interesting product. It is called µIEC/SD, and it is available at Retro Innovations (http://store.go4retro.com/products/uIEC_SD.html). Funny the fact this guy called the store “Retro”, because the device he’s selling is very advanced compared to the other hardware available in our 80’s. The hardware is a small electronic…
After I’ve published the previous post, I was talking to TCD on #awesome BBS chat, and he suggested me use something else to position the cursor: 50000 PRINT LEFT$(“{home}{25 x down}”,y) SPC(x); And to call the function, I could use: X=10:Y=10:GOSUB 50000;PRINT “THE STUFF” My first answer was: “Well, that’s cool but I think my POKEs are faster!“. He then…
After watching “The Search for Spock”, I remembered the text-based game Star Trek(c), first made in 1972 I believe (too bad Encyclopedia Britannica I have doesn’t mention it) by Mike Mayfield. Although I know there are C64 versions of the game, I decided to work on my own version, tweaking the way I want. First of all, I had to find…
I’m very excited! Today, I received my Commodore 64C fully equipped with a 1702 monitor and a 1541 disk drive! I’ll be posting my findings and experiences about this amazing computer that everybody is talking about! Yes, the monitor and the disk drive is still the older models, but who cares! They work perfectly and actually look nice besides my VIC-2o: …







