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NEWS
Back in Time Live and C64Audio news!
Hi there, fans of all things
C64-music-related! Lots of news this
time, some of it... delayed :)
* Back in Time Live visits Stockholm
* Remix 64 Vol 3 - Syntax Era
* Reyn Ouwehand is awesome
* Forthcoming stuff
*BACK IN TIME LIVE STOCKHOLM 13 SEP 08*
The most urgent news is the
announcement of Back in Time Live
Stockholm for the 13th September 2008,
run this time by C64.com supremo
Andreas Wallstrom and SceneSat head
honcho and diskmaster to the scene
John "Ziphoid" Carehag.
Performers include: Jeroen Tel, Reyn
Ouwehand, Romeo Knight, Disco
Danceaway and Andreas Wallstrom. If
you've heard these guys, you KNOW that
they will knock your socks off. If you
haven't: well, they'll knock your
SOCKS off!
Other guests include legendary C64
composer Fred Gray, loads of remixers
and radio personalities, famed cracker
Mr. Z/Triad, and members from scene
groups such as Pretzel Logic,
Fairlight, Light, Antic, Booze Design,
F4CG, and Megastyle.
As usual, all you need to bring is
your sense of fun, the ability to
shout "Kok!", and your thirst!
The extremely well-designed website is
where you can buy tickets is
http://www.backintimelive.com. Now,
go!!
* NEW CD! REMIX 64 - SYNTAX ERA *
Samples are available at:
http://www.c64audio.com/productInfo.php
?cat=R64SE
Imagine C64 songs done to sound
exactly like tracks or artists from
the 1980s. "It's been done five years
ago!!", I hear you say!
Well, the third volume of Remix 64
returns to its roots, with a stunning
and goosepimply selection of tracks
which brilliantly evoke the feel of
particular tracks such as Two Tribes,
19, Too Shy and Broken Wings, but
don't lose the essential SID tune
beneath. Featuring remixers such as
Romeo Knight, LMan, Thomas Detert,
Makke, Binster and Tonka.
The CD also features a bonus track
with SID and the gorgeous Elisa Zoot
doing Vince Clark's classic "Only
You", as a prelude to the forthcoming
releases from Monotron.
* REMINDER: Reyn Ouwehand is AMAZING *
http://www.c64audio.com/productInfo.php
?cat=PP004
Reyn Ouwehand last year produced one
of the most amazing remix CDs my ear
has ever heard, with virtuoso
performances of some of the best and
cutest themes around: such as
Zeppelin, Hunchback II, Mutants, Great
Giana Sisters, and loads more. If
you're a fan of the old school themes
like me, check out the samples!
* Forthcoming albums 1: New Atari ST *
In the next few weeks, we'll be
releasing a new Atari ST Remix CD by
Tobias Jansson focussed almost
exclusively on the work of Jochen
Hippel: it's another labour of love,
and will be available in digital
format only (FLAC/HQ MP3).
* Album 2: 8BW Confidential 2 *
Seth "8-Bit Weapon" Sternberger has
finally finished his C64 covers/remix
album, and it will be here shortly,
both as a digital album and as a
limited edition 5.25" disk edition :)
* Album 3: BASIC *
Tonka, in his new guise as "Monotron"
is working overtime with his lovely
vocalist Elisa Zoot to bring you the
best C64 + vocal sound ever released
(and yes, that includes the awesome
Thermostatic). I've hopefully got even
bigger news in my next newsletter...
two in one year? Yes, it might just
happen!
See you hopefully at Back in Time
Live, whatever happens!
Oh, and please let me know if you
don't want to receive the occasional
newsletter like this, or if you get
two, let me know the email address NOT
to send to!
And... if you've ever had any problems
with the shop: like stuff not being
delivered, please let me know as well.
Best wishes, and thanks for supporting
us over the years: it's now 11 years
since the original planned release
date of Back in Time 1. Scary!!
Cya :)
Chris Abbott
C64Audio.com
English SCACOM issue 3
The English version of SCACOM magazine
is available to download from
www.scacom.de.vu
XeO3 Test Demo
Demo version of XeO3 has been released
and available from the link below
http://www.xeo3.org/prg/xeo3_test_demo.
zip
New Version: of D64Lister
The most important changes since
18.01.07 are:
* Tried to make it compatible to Vista
* Added more than 144 Files mode
* Added PrologicDos Support
* Added 40 Tracks Autodetect Mode
* Added Window Resize in Extended
OpenDialog
* Added Additional Special locations
in Extended OpenDialog InitialDir
* Changed Extended OpenDialog Special
Dir handling on Show
* Changed Custom Header generation
(update your settings)
* Changed BAMViewer activation and
Image Reload handling
* Changed Keyboard Zoom in C64Screen
and PhotAlbumViewer to MainKeyboard,
too
* Some codereview and optimizations
* Use UPX 3.03 for Exe compressing
http://www.hardworks.de/d64lister/
From: Jim
Subject: uIEC update (pricing info)
I apologize for the delay, but I know
people wanted pricing, and I was busy
writing code. However, since I am
hoping to sell units at the C4 EXPO
coming up this weekend, I had put
pricing off for too long.
Thus, here goes: uIEC will be offered
in 2 flavors:
The base uIEC offering will include a
CompactFlash slot and an IDE drive
header. It also includes an expansion
port (as yet unused for anything, but
it's configured to match the pinout of
parallel driver speeders like
Professional DOS/RapiDOS Pro.) and a
future option for external drive RAM.
It includes an onboard IEC connector.
The uIEC/CF is a slimmed-down version
of the above unit that offers only the
CF connector and drive LEDs. No IDE,
expansion port, or external RAM. It
is primarily targeted for those who
want to mount the uIEC in their
C64/DTV/C128/VIC/Plus-4/etc.
Both support all CBM IEC based
computers (including the VIC-20 with
it's higher drive access speeds),
include JiffyDOS support, support
D64s, P00/R00/S00/U00 files, will
operate with both FAT16 and FAT32
filesystems, handle mulitple FAT
partitions, support subdirectories, &
new features appears every week or so.
Labor to solder for the first batch of
units is nontrivial, but I wanted to
offer an attractive price. Thus, here's
the price list:
uIEC : $75.00
uIEC/CF: $50.00
US Shipping is +4.60, please check for
overseas pricing.
I expect the prices to hold steady
over time(production board run will
bring the board cost down for the next
run, but I'll switch to an outsourced
builder to solder up the units, no way
am I soldering hundreds of these
little CF connectors)
I'd appreciate getting an idea of
interest. I hope to have units for
officially offer for sale at the
C4EXPO this weekend (all depends on my
soldering skills). If you've
previously requested one, please
remind me via email. I'll make sure
all previous requestors get at least
one unit. Mainly, I just want to
unload all of the current boards and
recoup my investment before I start
running a new batch.
If you're looking for a lower cost
option, I'm not sure I can help, but I
am planning to run a batch of sd2iec
boards in the near future (same
firmware, but uses MMC/SD cards, not
CF cards). They might have a slightly
lower cost.
As for other news, with the source
code commit tonight, uIEC/sd2iec now
supports Relative files. It will
support .REL files (first byte is
record length) or R00 files (record
length is in header, as implemented by
VICE and PC64, among others). Support
should be considered beta at this
point. D64 REL file support will
follow shortly.
Jim
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys
.cbm/browse_thread/thread/fd747bd45d83e
690?hl=en
The Story of Commodore: A Company on
the Edge (Paperback) by Brian Bagnall
It seems this book is now going to be
revised with new interviews and
released later in the year
Product details
Paperback: 548 pages
Publisher: Variant Press; 2Rev Ed
edition (30 Sep 2007)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0973864931
ISBN-13: 978-0973864939
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Story-Commodore
-CompanyEdge/dp/0973864931/ref=sr_1_1?i
e=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214897454&sr=8-1
Commodore Computer Club
There is a UK user group currently
being set up at
www.commodorecomputerclub.co.uk
The aim is to have regular meetings to
discuss current activities and within
the Commodore world, & have workshops
(GEOS, Coding etc...) also maybe hold
an annual coding competition.
International members are welcome. The
first meeting is scheduled for 26 July
2008, and is being hosted by Commodore
Free's editor Nigel Parker. Formal
membership is expected to start August
2008
Commodore BBS listing website
I have launched a new site that
includes a commodore BBS listing. The
listing is user generated and edited.
Each listing has screenshots and
connection info. Please stop by and
list your BBS or come and find the
address or your favorite BBS. My hope
is that this will help make the
commodore BBS scene more active.
Please stop by at:
http://imageoutpost.hobby-site.com
1541U Firmware V1.1
Written by Gideon
Friday, 18 July 2008 19:46
Upgrade your firmware now to V1.1!
In order to upgrade your 1541 Ultimate
or 1541 Ultimate Plus to version 1.1,
download the following zip file:
1541 Ultimate V1.1 Firmware Download
(PAL ONLY)
Installation instructions:
1) Unzip the zip file into the ROOT of
an SD-card, of which you have made
sure that the 1541 Ultimate can read
it.
2) Place the SD-card in the 1541U, &
make sure the 1541U is correctly
inserted in a C64/C128 expansion slot.
3) Turn on the C-64 & watch screen.
Until the NTSC version has been
officially released, NTSC users can
put their NTSC cartridge binaries in
the "update1" directory on the SD
card. Just make sure that the files
you put there have the same size & are
in binary format. Just renaming a .crt
file to .bin doesn't work; it needs to
be correctly converted. As long as the
filenames are the same as they were
when you unzipped the firmware package,
you can't go wrong. Faulty cartridge
images won't brick your 1541 ultimate.
What has been fixed?
The opcode $4b has been fixed in the
6502 emulation; which enables the
Krill loader and maybe some others.
The AR loader bug has been fixed! It
turned out to be a bug in the AR
emulation itself, rather than in the
drive emulation!
Current drive of the IEC pins has been
increased from 8 mA to 16 mA. This
might help with 1541-II issues.
REU emulation has been greatly
improved, thanks to the help of Womo!!
Some minors, like the jump of the blue
bar into the scroller..
CD:/ of the software IEC mode
What has been added?
Retro Replay! (after a lot of
requests from users!)
Super Snapshot V5 emulation, with 32K
RAM (for our American and Canadian
friends!)
Swap option for reset/freeze buttons
Hide option for files that start with
'.'
Enjoy, and please let me know if you
encounter any problems flashing the
new firmware.
WINGS
The WiNGs website is still up. It's
been moved to a new server, & has a
new address. This is obviously not an
ideal address. If anyone wants to pay
for a better domain, I'd gladly point
it at the new server! :)
http://nacu.ca/sites/wings/
For some stupid reason DynDNS will not
allow me to use wings.webhop.org
anymore, even though no one else is
using it. The status of WiNGs is bit
problematic. For one, Jolz (the chief
architect, developer, etc.) hasn't
been in the scene for a few years.
Which leaves the project basically at
a standstill. I never worked on the
OS itself. If I may go out on a
tangent, I think the only low level
thing I ever did was upgrade the
digi.drv to support stereo output on
the DigiMax. But even that was
admittedly a hack job. The ideal
would be to write, in assembly, a
proper multi channel mixer, with an
abstracted system for output. This
would allow for multiple applications
to produce sound simultaneously, and
then the output would be routed to
whatever de-vice the user happens to
have on his system.The GUI remains
largely incomplete. And I don't have
the time or, more importantly, the
technical expertise, to write what
needs to be written.
Unfortunately. :(
The other important problem is the
lack of availability of the hardware
required to run WiNGs as it is. The
SuperCPU is, for all intents and
purposes, no longer available. This
makes it pretty darn hard to convince
people to try WiNGs. The first thing
they ask when they find out it needs
a SuperCPU is, "Where can I get one of
those?" And the answer is, "nowhere."
So, that brings their potential
exploration of WiNGs to a grinding
halt. Even the IDE64, which, in my
opinion was the ideal way to use WiNGs,
is for all intents and purposes not
available. I know they have been
working for 2 or 3 years on a new
version. But meanwhile, real people,
with actual C64s sitting on their desks
are waiting around, and there are no
IDE64s available for them to buy. This
is not the IDE64 team's fault, from
what I understand one of the main chips
the V3 used is no longer available.
Otherwise, I'm sure they would have
continued to produce and sell the
Version 3 model at the same time as
working on the Version 4 model.
Greg.