Commodore

C compilers for C64/128
I have several questions regarding C compilers for these computers: * I recently downloaded Power C for the C64/128 and tried using the 128 version on the WinVice emulator. However, when I entered the editor and tried to type in the command to exit, it didn't register the Return key. How do I type in a comman... 30 Dec 2007 02:40

"Comic Bakery" Music in XBOX 360 Ad!
Hey all, My wife and I went to see The Golden Compass last night, and one of the commercials before the movie and previews was for the XBOX 360. The music in the ad was very clearly the famous theme from Comic Bakery by Martin Galway. In fact, it was the original SID version - not even a remix! My wife di... 29 Dec 2007 20:06

1541 Ultimate Plus with 32MB REU!
I knew about it for some days now, but Gideon now announced it officially: The 1541 Ultimate will also be available with a 32MB SDRAM chip that is used to emulate a Commodore REU with 16MB RAM! The features of the cartridge are very impressive: - 512kB SRAM - 4MB Flash Rom - 32MB SDRAM (only on the Ultimate P... 8 Jan 2008 18:31

Floppy 5.25 - restoration or forensic analysis?
In article <1198834456.895973(a)angel.amnet.net.au>, Simon Scott <scotty_nospam(a)amnet.net.au> wrote: On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:16:43 -0800, christianlott1 wrote: dunric is back! thats what I thought, but he denies it. Most people deny being dunric, but what does that prove? -- Etienne von Wet... 31 Dec 2007 16:29

Plus 4 power socket replacement
I seem to remember someone saying that the round 64 style power socket could be used as a straight replacement for the square +4 socket. Is that right? ... 15 Jan 2008 23:15

Vindicators cartridge... addendum
Riccardo Rubini wrote: You had a certain number of 8Kb banks, in this case eight, and then bank switching was made via software to move between each of them. May be something like that here: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310010820667 Regards Peter -- * Try http://www.z80.eu... 27 Dec 2007 18:04

Vindicators cartridge layout and ROM
Riccardo Rubini wrote: Hello Peter. You didn't tell specifically what you were trying to convert, but the method I just gave you still works. You would have to dump the memory for each chunk of interest and save it to a binary file. Yes. The first post was an example. But now it should be more clear. I... 27 Dec 2007 16:54

Lost Robot 2 game found...
found and recovered http://tinyurl.com/2ku4w5 Background info: This game was done in 1993 by Sen Forstmann - it was coded in ASSEMBLER with the Action-Replay machine-code-monitor. Until now, there is only the 1st level playable; the grafix for the 2nd is included. ... 27 Dec 2007 16:19

QBB's
For info John Pulliam is still alive and well. He was the creater of "Quick Brown Boxes" for CBM 64and 128's. He hoever is no longer into any computer related field. I still use every day 3 of us his Big Boxes (256K) and one small box (64K). I use to write a column "Q & A" of QBB'S for MUTTM. for quite a few ... 27 Dec 2007 22:02

1581 pc formatting on C=s
I do not use Commodore emulators. I have an IMATION super disk drive connected to a WINDOWS XP, capable of reading and writing data to 720 KB disks, but it won't format those disks. I tried using a stand alone 1581 MS DOS formatting program on the BIG BLUE READER system disk. It is version 1.1 Copyrighted 1988 b... 29 Dec 2007 13:26