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u * NEWS *
VICE emulator
The versatile Commodore
Emulator running on various hardware
now runs on PPC version of Amiga OS
with Warpos & warpUP
Downloads available Binary for M68K
AmigaOS 3. x systems: Binary for PPC
AmigaOS 4. x systems: Binary for PPC
MorphOS systems: Binary for Intel AROS
systems: Binary for PPC AROS systems:
Binary for PPC WarpOS systems
(Experimental): Binary for PPC WarpUP
systems (Experimental): Head over to
http://www.viceteam.org/index.ht ml
or the Amiga download section
http://www.viceteam.org/amigaos. html
COMMODORE IN 3D
Dear Visitor, in this my little
Gallery, you find some selected
samples of my work, wich I did the
last few couple of years, & still do,
as I find the time. I am happy to share
them with you, & if you enjoy them, my
work is done. Sincerly, Yours Christian
Taeuber http://www.3d
taeuber.de/gallery/galleryDmain.ht ml
On the website amongst other items of
visual eye candy are pictures of C=
Computers viewable in 3d (with the
special glasses) below is a sample
C= Plus 4 Demo SHADE http://plus4.emu
camp.com/software/Shade/ Also you can
watch it online via Youtube http://you
tube.com/watch?v=1vOgXf1GnO0
Commodore FREE This is an amazing Demo
for the C= plus4 the more I see the
machine the more I am stunned by what
it can do, If you don't have a C= plus
4 I suggest you watch the youtube video
somewhere. Excellent
DTV Demo Tristar & Red Sector
Inc (TRSI) http://www.trsi.org/
Released a demo for your Hacked DTV
unit called Ghost in the machine
available from http://noname.c64.org/
csdb/release/?id=49214 Or watch on
youtube
ai http://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=4ESzkETdtuQ
Protovision News Update July
RR-NET AVAILABLE AGAIN RR-Net, the net-
work interface card for MMC64 & Retro
Replay, is again available from
Protovision Online Shop!
http://www.protovisiononline.de/catalo
g
Direct link to RR-Net:
http://www.protovisiononline.de/
catalog/productDinfo.php ?productsD
id=67
Despite the rise in German value
added tax, the selling price of 50 Euro
remains.
The new RR-Net is 100% software
compatible, but the mechanical
appearance has changed. Unlike with the
old RR-Net, the socket for the network
cable now faces to the right rather
than upwards. This update fits perfect-
ly with the MMC64 but with Retro Replay
it results in a conflict with the
buttons -it-does-fit, but isn't very
elegant. The following image shows the
collision of the LAN cable with the
buttons of RR:
http://www.protovisiononline.de/hardw/
gfx/rrDandDrrnet.jpg
SINGULAR BROWSER CUSTOM DOWNLOAD
SYSTEM BACK ONLINE Singular Browser by
Soci/Singular is a graphical web
browser for
C64/C128. If you own the network inter-
face card RR-Net or (E)TFE, you can go
online with Singular Browser on your C=
The custom download system for
Singular Browser was offline for quite
some time due to the server moving.
Since a while it can be reached again
at the usual address
http://singularcrew.hu/browser . Thus
it is again possible to download a
version fitting your hardware setup.
The disk version is still at:
http://noname.c64.org/csdb/releas
e/?id=48032
NTSC VERSION OF TURBO ACTION ROM V1
FOR RETRO REPLAY Last time we intro-
duced Turbo Action ROM V1 for Retro
Replay by SounDemoN. Previously,
SounDemoN has spiced up the good old
Action Replay ROM with an improved
Turbo Assembler that runs entirely out
of Retro Replay ROM and utilizes RR
RAM for the source, thus leaving the
entire $0801-$ffff area available for
code.
SounDemoN has now released an NTSC
version of the ROM.
Retrohackers.org Forum topic:
http://retrohackers.org/forum/viewt
opic.php?t=249
Download NTSC version:
http://soundis.infa.fi/unofficialDtar
Dv1.zip
Download PAL version:
http://www.dekadence64.org/tarDv
1.zip
C64 JOYSTICK TO PLUS/4 ADAPTER Now
available in our Online Shop: C64
Joystick to Plus/4 Adapter. This
adapter is for those who want to use
their C64 joystick on Plus/4.
Online Shop:
http://www.protovision
online.de/catalog
Direct link to C64 Joystick to Plus/4
Adapter: http://www.protovision
online.de/catalog/productDinfo.php
?productsDid=111
ULTIMATE NEWCOMER NEWS
It is time to give you all news on our
progress with the project. We are glad
to inform all of you uberpatient
fellows about the following:The 12th
beta build of Ultimate Newcomer was
deemed fit to be a Release Candidate &
was assigned that status. Both main
language versions & the most relevant
H/W versions have been in testing for 6
weeks now. Release is only a matter of
months away, depending on play- & H/W
compatibility test results, & things
that might need further changes or
fixing. We are committed to release a
BUG FREE game as a fitting end to the
16 years of development of this
project.
On Monday, 2 July, one of our play-
testers, Leon\SGR\CHR, made the first
successful playthrough of the RC
version, in "Solo mode".
- Only a single, harmless logic flaw
was discovered during this particular
playthrough. H/W compatibility & tech
features took final shape as well.
Almost every planned feature was
successfully implemented:
- 1541 version: 11 disk sides,
improved fastloader, data layout
optimized for less disk swapping, the
formerly separate Boot & Save disk
sides are on the same disk side now
- 1581 version: three 3.5" DD floppy
disks, loading & depacking a complete
area is 4-5 seconds - CMD FD-2000
version: two 3.5" HD floppy disks, disk
swapping is only necessary for Loading
& Saving - CMD FD-4000 version on a
single 3.5" ED floppy disk- IDE64
version: the game can work entirely
from HDD or CF card, or it can work
from a CD or DVD & Load/Save game
positions to HDD or CF card -An English
& a Hungarian language version of all
versions listed above; German language
version is delayed, but hopefully it
will continue in the near future -PAL/
NTSC auto-detection & support - 6581/
8580 SID chip auto- detection & support
-C128 Auto-boot support with all floppy
diskversions; works both with the
internal drives of C128D & C128DCr &
externally attached 1541/1571/1581/CMD
FD floppy drives -C128 directly
supported: depacking is accelerated by
switching the CPU to 2MHz mode while
the VIC is drawing the screen borders,
providing about 30% extra speed over
the C64 - SuperCPU directly supported:
practically INSTANT de-packing, when
coupled with the IDE64 version, almost
a magnitude faster disk I/O The server
for newcomer.hu is currently offline.
It is currently moving to a new
location & hopefully back online soon.
The last news item is about a friend,
a former project participant &
colleague.
- Hereby we publicly express our
wishes of ENDURING LOVE AND A LIFETIME
OF HAPPINESS to Andras Lay, the coder
for the original & the Enhanced New-
comer, on the occasion of his wedding
in early July! POLL: 4 PLAYER GAMES
COLLECTION? Since 1997 Protovision has
been developing games for the C64. Up
until today, a lot of games were
released as a single offer, including
many games with Protovision 4 Player
Interface support. For quite a while we
have been considering whether it is
worth compiling a 4 player games
collection to give new life into the
titles with a box & cover. The
following games are going to be in that
box: Bomb Mania, Team Patrol, Quadris,
Quadtron, Snacks 4 Snakes, Hockey Mania
& Tanks 3000. It will be a nice party
game collection, won't it? However, we
are not sure if there is enough
interest in the older titles to make a
collection like this worth releasing.
That is why we would like to start a
little poll to see if there is general
interest in such a partybox.
The poll is taking place in the
Protovision section at Lemon64 Forum at
http://www.lemon64.com/forum
Lemon64 thread: http://www.lemon64.com/
forum/viewtopic.php?t=24066
Your opinion is wanted! Thank you.
HARDWARE SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED Our
hardware section has been updated
again. We have added utilities & other
software & links concerning upgrades &
add-ons that we stock such as MMC64,
RR-Net and Retro Replay. For instance,
there is now a list of software that
will work directly from the MMC64,
including Copycat by Fairlight, a new
demo released at the recent Big Floppy
People Party last weekend. Enjoy!
PRICELIST UPDATED
There is also a new pricelist (07/07)
available, including the new C64
Joystick to Plus/4 Adapter. As usual,
you can find the pricelist here:
http://www.protovisiononline.com/
pricelist.htm
http://www.protovision-online.de