Commodore.news

ACE128 screenshots | You can now look at recent screenshots from the ACE128 system. ACE128 is a project to make a new operating system for the Commodore C128. Some of the features will be: Input devices like mouse, joystick, light pen etc. Network support. Resizable and movable windows. Multilingual User Interface. SuperCPU optimization. File sharing between programs. Clipboard and many more.

Kick Assembler v3.18 | The last couple of months there been updates for Kick Assembler. Changes are: Big letters allowed in hexadecimal numbers. Added .dword directive. Corrected a couple of small program errors. Manual corrections. Kick Assembler is a combination of an assembler for writing 6510 machine code and a high level script language. With the assembler functionalities you can write your assembler programs, and with the script language you can write programs that generate data to use in the assembler programs.

SIDPLAY 4.1.4 - Mac OS X | SIDPLAY is a Commodore 64 music player for Mac OS X with support for HVSC. The program emulates the sound chip and other internals of the Commodore 64 home computer to play back music that was originally written for a real C64. Changes in this version: Fixed issues in Lion (Mac OS X 10.7). The SID song lengths are corrected after synchronization with the latest HVSC version. Fixed export issues.

SID Known v1.02 | Wilfred Bos released an update of SID Known. This version is compatible with the latest HVSC (#55). SID Known is a tool which you can use to identify SID tunes from SID and PRG files. The tool has two methods to identify SID music. The first method is to play the SID and generate a hash to look it up in the database. The second method will try to identify the SID tune by it's memory usage.

CSAM v3 | CSAM is a Windows application for importing images or video, and then converting it into a Commodore 64 format. The program analyses the original picture and will make a codebook (2 kbyte) and screen-data (1 kbyte). With this data you can display your image on the C64. The encoding on the PC will take some time, but the decoding on the C64 is very fast. Version 3 brings you new encoders and pre-compressors. A English manual is included with the program.

Print Shop - Plus/4 | The web page Plus/4 World found a lost program for the Commodore Plus/4. Print Shop, originally made for the Commodore C64, was converted and translated into Hungarian by Cassi many years ago. With Print Shop you can design greeting cards, note cards, banners and a whole lot more.

C64 Studio 1.3 | C64 Studio is a assembly development environment which is dependent on VICE. You can write assembly code and test this with the VICE emulator. Changes in this version: Image import / export for sprites and characters. Added: Pseudo pc macro, Project configurations with predefines, Element dependencies, Tab configuration and Undo/redo in the toolbar/menu.

C64 Yourself | Roboteralarm made a web page where you can transform images into Commodore 64 images. The web page is in Beta stage but you can drop a jpg or png image on the C64 screen and the image will be converted into a C64 image. You will need a modern web browser such as Chrome, Safari5 or FF4 that is compatible with canvas. Roboteralarm is now working on gamma boost for the color palette and PDF creation.

Sprite Pad v1.8 | Stewart Wilson from Subchrist Software released a new version of Sprite Pad. With this (Windows) program you can edit and animate your multicolor and high-resolution sprite images. Sprite Pad has also advanced editing features like: rotation, overlay and multiple color palettes. Changes in this version: Single file projects, VICE snapshot ripper, Browser window is now 8x7 (56) sprites. Import and export options with support for SEUCK/PRG files.

Regenerator v1.0 | Regenerator v1.0 is a program made by Tomaz Kac, that will disassemble a Commodore 64 machine code program on your Windows PC. You can load a .prg or .vsf (VICE snapshot) file and convert it to a 64tass assembler compatible file. An comprehensive English manual is included with the program.

JCH-editor 3.1 + NP22-25 | Dane of Booze Design released a new version of the JCH editor. This software pack consists of several players. You can use the player that will fit your needs. Some players use only little raster-time but are not that flexible. Other player have more options but use more time. A very comprehensive manual (English) is included with the music players.

MUCSU-FLI converter | Algorithm released a new program to convert images from your PC to a C64 image. You can create MUCSU-FLI images with 272x160 hires FLI per line combined with X-expanded multi-colour sprites (240x160). You should use this graphics mode if you have an C64 image that contains many colours in close proximity.

Icaros Desktop v1.3 | Version 1.3 of Icaros Desktop is now available. A few examples of this version are: Better looking desktop with new fonts, icons and backgrounds. New AmiBridge. Games: Giana's Return, Sqrzx, Joleem, Eat the Whistle, Foo Billiard and more. Emulators for: Spectrum, Commodore, Mega Drive, Game Gear, DosBox and more. Remote desktop.

Infiltrator Disassembler v1.0 | RHX released a program called Infiltrator Disassembler. With this program you can investigate the memory of the Commodore C64. You can analyse the program code with the disassembler. You can also look at sprites, bitmaps, character-sets and screens. The program can be used on a Windows computer. A very comprehensive manual (English) is included.

CBM prg Studio v1.1.0 | Arthur Jordison released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: Improved BASIC loader generator. BASIC programs in t64 format can be imported. More detailed output in the assembler. Code reformatting for assembly programs. Memory viewer improvements.

AmigaOS 4.1 for classic Amigas | You can now order AmigaOS 4.1 for your classic Amiga. To use Amiga OS 4.1 you will need a A1200, A3000 or A4000 with a Cyberstorm PPC or Blizzard PPC accelerator board. Changes in this version: Improved bootloader, Updated kernel, Support for virtual memory, ZorRAM and DKB 3128, Support for PCI sound card, Native FastATA driver support and much more. AmigaOS 4.1 for classic Amigas will be delivered with two printed manuals, CD and diskette.

AmiBridge - Icaros desktop | Paolo Besser has been working on AmiBridge scripts for Icaros. AmiBridge is used to run AmigaOS 68K applications inside AROS. In a video you can see a demonstration of the improved version of Amibridge. And there is also a hint, that there will be a new version of Icaros in the near future.

SID Known v1.0 | Wilfred Bos released a new command line tool which you can use to identify SID tunes from SID and PRG files. The tool has two methods to identify SID music. The first method is to play the SID and generate a hash to look it up in the database. The second method will try to identify the SID tune by it's memory usage. SID Known can be used on a Windows computer but a multi-core CPU is recommended.

CBM prg Studio v1.0.0 | Arthur Jordison released version 1.0.0 of his CBM prg Studio. The program CBM prg Studio allows you to type-in a BASIC or machine code program using a Windows environment. In this version many new features and a faster edit control.

OWB 3.32 | Jörg Strohmayer released an update of OWB. OWB (Origyn Web Browser) is an web browser for AmigaOS 4.x. In this version: Updates for libcurl and curl-ca-bundle.crt. Fast Mobile Scrolling. NETRC for HTTP authentication. COOKIENAME and COOKIEDOMAIN tool-types. Visit the web page for all the details.

Audiotap v1.5 | Fabrizio Gennari released a new version of Audiotap, a program which creates TAP files from audio and plays TAP files to audio. New in this version: New pulse detection algorithm. Support for triangular, sine and the usual square waves. Experimental support for C16 semi-wave files. DMP files (DC2N) can be read.

64Copy v4.44 | 64COPY is een DOS en C64 emulator bestand manager gemaakt door Peter Schepers. Het programma kan worden gebruikt voor het omzetten van emulator bestanden. Deze versie brengt vele verbeteringen voor de disassembler en de GCR conversie. Er is ook een ROM/EPROM conversie toegevoegd voor het branden van EPROM's.

NetSurf v2.7 | NetSurf is a small but fast web browser for Amiga (OS4), RISC OS and Linux. NetSurf supports HTML and CSS: A few examples of the changes in version 2.7 are: Improved bitmap caching and file-type handling. Better clipboard handling, icon usage, downloading and stability. Added history content menus to back and forward buttons. You can view all details in the ChangeLog file.

CharPad v1.8 | Subchrist Software released a new version of CharPad. With CharPad you can design tiles for Commodore C64 games or demos on a Windows computer. New in v1.8: Per-Tile-Cell colouring mode. Tile area clear, cut, copy, paste. Extended collision materials. Tile size change without data loss. Tile Safe Swap. Tile tidying

Modo - Computer Music Player | If you have a Andriod Phone you can now download a 8/16 bit music music player. Modo can play files from: Amiga (.mod .xm .it .s3 .med), C64 (SID Player, HVSC), Nintendo SNES / NES / Gameboy, Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) / Master System, Amstrad CPC / ZX Spectrum / Atari Pokey. A few examples of the features are: Sleep timer, Volume boost, Shuffle, Search and Fast forward.

C64 Studio 0.9c | C64 Studio is a assembly development environment which is dependent on VICE. You can write assembly code and test this with the VICE emulator. You can also step through your assembly code with debugging using the VICE remote monitor. You can watch variables and jump to symbols.

DirMaster v2.2/Style | DirMaster is a Windows-based GUI tool useful for the management of emulator formats such as: .d64, .d81, .t64, etc. as well as archival formats such as .arc, .sda, .lnx, etc. New in this version: .lbr unpack support. Print Sleeve function. Installs and uses the C64 Elite Mono TrueType font. The emulator integration has been improved and numerous other user interface tweaks and bug fixes.

CBM prg Studio v0.3 | Arthur Jordison released version 0.3 (beta) of his CBM prg Studio. The program CBM prg Studio allows you to type-in a BASIC or machine code program using a Windows environment. The program you make can be converted to a .prg file which you can use with an emulator or real C64 or VIC20. In this version: Programs are now project based. Tabbed MDI. Syntax highlighting.

PortablE | Christopher Handley released a new version of PortablE. PortablE is a recreation of the AmigaE programming language with many improvements. The program is available for Amiga OS3, OS4, AROS, MorphOS and Windows.

CBM-Command v2.0 | Payton Byrd released a new version of his CBM-Command program. The CBM-Command program can be used to organize your Commodore diskettes. The changes in this version are: Added double-buffering when displaying the directory (C64). Changed the algorithm for displaying the directory in a panel. This greatly speeds up the scrolling of long directories, especially on the C128. This program is available for all 8-bit Commodore computers and disk drives.

UberCassette | Ian Gledhil is working on a program to make archiving of cassettes easy. His program will read (mono) WAV files and convert them into .tap files. These .tap files can be used in Commodore 8-bit emulators like CCS64 and VICE. The program will work on a Windows, Linux or Amiga computer. At the moment it is still under development and the program can only be used with the command line, but a GUI is planned for the future.

Advanced AHI HD-Recorder V1.20 | Advanced AHI Recorder is a program made by Thomas Wenzel and can be used to record audio to a hard-disk and works with any AHI compatible recording device. In this version: Added FLAC for 68K. FLAC compression level to 5 for 68k / 8 for PPC. Limited Gain- and Volume sliders to max. 32 steps and added a few keyboard short-cuts.

Web Analytics Made Easy - StatCounter