NotesJohn, my co-founder at Set Side B, has released a dump of NEARLY the complete Commodore 64 magazine-on-disk items from the legendary LOADSTAR zine:FeedEmbedUnfurl
NotesOld Commodore 64 BBS graphics are not easy to find. A lot of it was probably never saved, and there’s not really any obvious place for it online either. So I was thrilled to get a whole bunch disk images from Sixx: more than 1,000 PETSCII graphics and animations! I’ve gone through it, removed duplicates, identified artists, etc, and captured it as images and videos. I’m not done yet, but I’m presenting it as is. FeedEmbedUnfurl
Notes Aside from the technical curiosity, it would seem that Hilligoss Bakery is actually well-appreciated in its local Brownsburg community for the quality of its pastries and not simply the oddity of using a "microcomputer" originally released in 1982— though to Hilligoss' credit, the shop actually opened back in 1974, which would make the Commodore 64s a year-eight acquirement at the earliest. We can only suppose that further upgrades haven't been needed since.FeedUnfurl
NotesSIDKick is a versatile sound device for C64s and C128s: it serves as a drop-in replacement for the SID 6581/8580 sound chips, and at the same time provides Sound Expander-emulation (Yamaha OPL-based FM sound), a MIDI interface and can control LED stripes. It is based on a Teensy 4.1 and makes no compromises with regard to quality: the emulation is based on reSID and fmOPL. It also comes with a few extras.Unfurl
NotesWith interviews of Commodore engineers and with its insightful look at C64 games, music, and software, from Summer Games to International Karate to Simons' BASIC, Too Much Fun will appeal to those who used a Commodore 64, those interested in the history of computing and video games and computational literacy, or just those who wish their technological devices would last longer.Unfurl
NotesIn a recent post I talked about how I was able to quickly create a sideways scrolling arcade game with the help of Amazon Q Developer. I was talking to a few folk online who had got in touch to know more, and the subject turned to whether Amazon Q Developer could write a different kind of game, one that would run on the first computer I ever owned, the Commodore 64. Well there was only one way to find out, so I spent around an hour experimenting and this post is what I learned. Buckle up for some retro computing fun!Unfurl
NotesWhy load your 8bit things via the convenience of Cassette, Disk or Cartridge when you can load things via YouTube video? Because it’s horribly slow that’s why! But it is rather cool! And if like me you’ve got a million electronic bits and bobs lying around the house, you may have enough electronic purchase left-overs to start making your own Jelly-Load interface right now! 😀FeedEmbedUnfurl
NotesSomething I’ve wanted to do for several years is to create a cross-platform 5.25” floppy, one that could be used on two different incompatible computer systems.Unfurl
NotesSam is a very small Text-To-Speech (TTS) program written in C, that runs on most popular platforms. It is an adaption to C of the speech software SAM (Software Automatic Mouth) for the Commodore C64 published in the year 1982 by Don't Ask Software (now SoftVoice, Inc.). It includes a Text-To-Phoneme converter called reciter and a Phoneme-To-Speech routine for the final output. It is so small that it will work also on embedded computers. On my computer it takes less than 39KB (much smaller on embedded devices as the executable-overhead is not necessary) of disk space and is a fully stand alone program. Unfurl
NotesThe whole issue of VIC-II color-emulation is so mis-guiding and irritating, because every c64-emulator uses different palettes and these have been created by using cheap frame-grabbers/digitizers with strange color-behaviour or by moving around some rgb-sliders until it looks quite right. Many people have forgotten how the colors on a real C64 look, because they use emulators for a long time.Unfurl
NotestapDancer converts archives of vintage games and other software into audio waveforms that your classic 1980's-era computer(s) can understand and plays them back, allowing you to once again use these programs on your cherished system(s) using your mobile Android device, and a tape-interface cable or CD-to-cassette adaptor (depending on the computer.) Unfurl
NotesDo you have a 1541 Ultimate or a SD2IEC, uIEC/SD, etc? Want to extract your GameBase 64 collection to an SD card, with an optimized folder structure and file names, quick and easy? GameBase 64 Reorganizer SD is what you need.FeedEmbedUnfurl
NotesCBM-FileBrowser is a program launcher for Commodore machines. Even if it was originally intended for devices with sd2iec firmware, it works also with any CBM drive (without sd2iec functions of course).Unfurl
NotesAt this point, we are ready to announce that we feel we have a very good chance of bringing Habitat online, in its original form, for play online with Commodore 64 emulators as the client.Unfurl
NotesThis was someone else's Amiga MOD, which in turn was a cover of Rob Hubbard's C64 chiptune Goldrunner. I remixed it by replacing all the samples and reworking a bunch of the patterns, as a learning exerciseEmbedUnfurl
NotesMy parents bought my Uncle Kenny’s Commodore 64 for me back in 1985. If I remember correctly the sound chip had blown out, so the first thing we they did was have it fixed. Sixteen years later, I still own (and use) that same Commodore computer. I’ve owned dozens of other Commodore computers ov...FeedEmbedUnfurl
Notes"The "Professional-1541-DOS" from Mikrotronic System is an add-on for the 1541 and a C64 or a C128 in C64 mode, which is supposed to speedup all read- and write-operations of the drive. The Professional-DOS is an expansion for an already installed speeder with a parallel cable, like SpeedDOS, SpeedDOS Plus, Floppy Flash User System and Floppy Flash Toolkit System."Unfurl
Notes"The Professional-DOS Floppy-Speeder from Mikrotronic for the Commodore home computers C64, C128 and C128D and it's peripherals C1541, C1541-C and C1571 was one of the Super-Floppy-Speeders. This class of speeder systems were mostly equipped with hardware modification boards and a parallel cable of course. Well known products are Dolphin-DOS from Dolphin-Software, Prologic-DOS (Classic) from Jann Datentechnik, Turbo-Trans from Roßmöller and Professional-DOS from Mikrotronic."Unfurl
Notes"An image of the original game is available for download as a C64 tape-image file. I found this image, pirated, out there on the Internet. The people who did it rather sneakily removed my name, and that of the publisher, from the cracked version that's in circulation, so I've restored them in this version of the image; but if you want the cracked version, you can have it - my feeling is that if it weren't for these people stealing my game, I wouldn't have a running version of it myself. So they can have some credit. "Unfurl
Notes"The MSSIAH is a MIDI cartridge for the Commodore 64.<br />
It contains a suite of music applications that starts instantly as you insert the cartridge and start up the computer.<br />
With these applications you can play the C64's audio circuit (SID) via MIDI or stand-alone with the internal sequencers."Unfurl
Notes"In early June, 2006 Prophet64 made the bold move of releasing its SID music software on C64 cartridges. This completed the transition of the C64 from a computer system dependant on floppy and/or tape drives, to an independent piece of pro audio studio equipment. Could the union of Prophet64 with the C64 as a musical instrument be further improved upon? I thought so. The following pages explain what I have done."Unfurl
Notes"After Simon's basic I went to university and studied computing and economics. From there I joined SCO (Santa Cruz Operation) and worked on their Unix kernel which was something I always wanted to do. I then joined a startup which unfortunately didn't make it but had a lot of fun (implementing an open source J2EE app server). I've since worked for a number of other companies including Sun and I now work for the leading virtualization company."Unfurl
Notes"What if you can't find a Commodore video cable? If you're handy with a soldering iron, you can make your own cable with parts from Radio Shack. You'll need a 5-pin DIN plug, two male RCA plugs, and two lengths of speaker wire. Shielded cable like RGU-58 would be better, but isn't totally necessary.
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Notes"The following cables and adaptors are discussed on these pages. For a detailed guide on selecting among X1541-series cables, read the cable selection guide on the X1541-series interfaces page."Unfurl
Notes"This is an interface which lets you connect your C64 to ANY standard Tape Player instead of the custom made C1531 device, which can be hard to get today. Also it means you can connect your C64 to any PC with a sound card and let the PC act as a Tape Player with a perfectly clear sound - so there are no Load errors possible."Unfurl
Notes"jsc64 is a Commodore 64 emulator written in JavaScript by Tim de Koning. It's a port of the FC64, the Commodore 64 emulator written in Actionscript by Darron Schall and Claus WahlersThis emulator is meant as a 'proof of concept' and uses the HTML5 Canvas-element to render the Commodore 64 screen layout. This means it will work on all modern browsers, being the lastest version of Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari. Rendering on Internet Explorer should be possible with some minor fixes in the 'Renderer class', but I'm afraid performance will be appalling.his emula"Unfurl
Notes"GoatTracker is a cross-platform tracker written by Lasse Öörni, producing SID chiptune music for the Commodore 64, and released with source code under the GPL. It is notable for being possibly the only SID chiptune-composer NOT native to the C64, as many alternative composers (including JCH, and CyberTracker) only execute on the C64 or inside C64 emulators. Many SID tunes are available in various formats on the Internet, especially through the High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC). GoatTracker is capable of directly exporting to the .sid (PSID/RSID) file format in addition to standard C64 PRG files."Unfurl
Notes"iPhone developer Manomio has been secretly working on a major App Store project for the past year that has just been completed, but may never see the light of day in its current form.What Manomio has done is to create a fully licensed Commodore 64 emulator for the iPhone that can play classic games and even run Commodore 64 BASIC.Did I mention it was legally licensed?"Unfurl
Notes"The ultimate cartridge for your trusty Commodore 64! MMC REPLAY, as the name already tells, unites the features of the Retro Replay freezer cartridge with those of the MMC64 cardreader. But MMC REPLAY is much more than those two merged together, there are plenty of new features to be found"Unfurl
LOADSTAR COMPLEAT | Extra Future
nurpax - Dirty tricks 6502 programmers use
Nine Explained
Building a Frankenstein 64 - Celso Martinho
BBS PETSCII, 1986-1993 (WIP) | text-mode.org
Indiana bakery still using Commodore 64s originally released in 1982 as cash registers — Hilligoss Bakery in Brownsburg sticks to the BASICs | Tom's Hardware
Programming the C64 with Visual Studio Code - Retro Game Coders
The History of the Commodore 64 in Twelve Objects
Community | Back to the future: Writing 6502 assembler with Amazon Q Developer
Introducing Jelly-Load! – TFW8b.com
Insentricity :: A Multi-Format Cross-Platform Floppy for 5.25" Floppy Day ::
All you ever wanted to know about the colors of the commodore 64
Build your own 9600 Baud C64 WiFi Modem For $10 | 1200baud
Slack client for Commodore 64
GameBase 64 Reorganizer SD | Obliterator918's Commodore 64 Project Haven
Goldrunner '97 by lmorchard on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free
robohara.com » The Commodore 64 Moves In
Mike Taylor - The Causes of Chaos
