Tag: Commodore
In the last update, we discovered that the empty socket at highlighted item #2 was intended to hold the character ROM chip. In this update, I’m going to cover tracking down the contents of that ROM chip, the equipment we’ll need to replace the missing chip, and the basics of EPROM burning. Along the way, I’ll cover a couple more…
Ok, I admit it: I lost a bit of focus the last few days. I should have been buckling down and describing the circuit board more, and well, working on getting the machine up and running. Instead I have been using my non-work, non-family time to… … program. In my defense, writing is hard work. “Programming is hard, too!”, you…
WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. The following installers have been added up to 2018-04-10. 2018-04-10 fixed: Dynamo (Code Masters) access fault fixed, ext. mem size increased to 512k, interrupts fixed, 68000 quitkey support, 3 blitter waits added (v2), built-in cheat can be enabled by pressing C (Info) 2018-04-09 improved: Elvira – Mistress…
You know those jokes that begin “You might be a redneck if you”? Here’s a Jack Tramiel version: “You might be in Commodore marketing if your boss told you to sell more CPUs, so you had the engineers cram 2-3 in every computer.” Thanks folks, I’ll be here all week… Despite some confusing early names, the Commodore B-series is not, in…
You Say Tomato, I say C128-40! Before I dive into the innards of my CBM 710D and we go spelunking for missing chips, I want to introduce the other computers in the B series. There were actually three main variants of this line of computers: The high-profile version with the integrated monitor. The video chip in the high profile machines…
Ah, Retro Challenge… The most optimistic challenge ever created: get a bunch of people to complete a project about old computers, in one month. Let’s set aside the question of how likely it is that your average retro tinkerer actually completes any of the 20+ “projects” they inevitably have going. (Hint: they’re called “tinkers”, not “gods of the retroverse” for a…
Retro Games Limited has announced that they will be releasing firmware version 1.0.6 for TheC64 Mini on the 5th April 2018. Version 1.0.6 is set to feature the following changes: – Maps additional functions to joystick buttons for some games – Makes minor changes to descriptions for some games – Fixes an occasional scenario where an additional USB joystick is…
Double Sided Games have announced that they will be porting across L’abbaye des morts (loosely translated to mean Abbey of the Dead) to the Commodore 64 and have released a sneak peak of a couple of screens. It was also unveiled that the general coding, graphics and sound will be worked on by Saul Cross and Wanax. Already available on other…
The Commodore 64 is one of the most popular personal computers of all time and has provided millions of ageing adults with great gaming memories of their youth back in the 1980s and early 90s. Retro Games Limited attempts to re-kindle those memories for us by releasing their first mass consumer product, TheC64 Mini. TheC64 Mini is an emulator of…
Cogitare Computing has announced the imminent release of a new platform game for the Commodore 64, titled Counterweight Kate. Developer Alexander Martinelle announced yesterday that the game would be available from Itch.Io in April 2018. In Counterweight Kate, you play the role of Kate who wakes up one night to find that her toys have come alive and it is…
