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05-08-2006... More News from Protovision. ADVANCED SPACE BATTLE has been reviewed in the German magazines Cevi-aktuell 6/2006, GO64! 03-05/06 and Digital Talk #79. Also the British magazine Micro Mart published a review. Check them out: Cevi-aktuell http://www.cevi-aktuell.de.vu (download issue 6/2006) http://www.c64-mags.de/download.php?id=879 GO64! http://www.go64.de Digital Talk - http://www.digitaltalk.de download issue 79: http://noname.c64.org/csdb/release/?id=36767 Micro Mart - http://www.micromart.co.uk direct link: http://www.micromart.co.uk/default.aspx?contentid=0a437af8-b1f5-4ffc-a6c8-f567007946de&featureid=2675 NEW CARTRIDGE CASES AVAILABLE New C64 cartridge cases for Retro Replay, MMC64 and other standard C64 cartridges are available in the colours black, blue-transparent, clear-transparent, red-transparent and solid blue. If you order the Network Bundle with Retro Replay and RR-Net, you can now choose from these case colours. DREAMLOAD/DFI PLUGIN FOR MMC64 UPDATED Doc Bacardi/The Dreams updated DreamLoad/DFI plugin for MMC64 several times. Now 'open', 'get', 'save' and 'scratch' routines are supported. A new bankswitch routine by tnt got implemented. Keep in mind that this release is still heavily beta. Please notice the warning hints by the author: Better use a spare card or backup your files at least. Check the following links for more information: RR-Forum: http://rrforum.ath.cx Direct Link (Info Thread): http://rrforum.ath.cx/viewtopic.php?t=34&start=92 Direct Link (File Area): http://rrforum.ath.cx/viewtopic.php?t=140 You might find some ready to use DFI images at the File Area of the RR-Forum as well. Converting D64 images or PRGs to DFI with Cbmconvert used to be quite complicated. The handy DFI converting scripts make life easier in this matter. They are available in our hardware section. Many thanks to Kratznagel who wrote them! RR UTILITY ROM BY FMAN FMan released his RR utility ROM. This ROM for Retro Replay contains the copy tools "File Copier" for single files, "Single Hack'em" for whole disksides and the disk monitor "Disk Files". Download RR utility ROM at this URL: http://www.timelore.fi/files/Commodore/C64-utils/FM32KRRR.zip D64/D71 MOUNTER PLUGIN FOR MMC64 + RETRO REPLAY The D64/D71 mounter plugin for MMC64 + Retro Replay by tnt mounts D64/D71 images stored on the SD/MMC64 card as drives. Instructions are included. RR-Forum: http://rrforum.ath.cx Direct Link (Info Thread): http://rrforum.ath.cx/viewtopic.php?t=137 Download: http://www.sci.fi/~tenu/c64/d64.zip BIN PLUGIN FOR MMC64 PLUS RETRO REPLAY This plugin, also developed by tnt, will react on .BIN files in the MMC64 BIOS file browser. Erasing + flashing ROMS takes only about 13 seconds. Instructions and source code included. Get BIN plugin for MMC64 plus Retro Replay here: http://www.sci.fi/~tenu/c64/mmc64/BINPLGIN.zip IDE64: IDEDOS, USERS GUIDE, PEROM PROGRAMMER 1.4B and IDE64 WAREZ SITE UPDATED. idedos got updated a couple of time. The latest version is idedos20060728 (0.90 patch 30). Also check out the updated users guide, the new Perom programmer v1.4b and the updated IDE64 Warez site. Related links: idedos: http://idedos.ide64.org user guide: http://singularcrew.hu/idedos/IDE64_users_guide.pdf Perom programmer v1.4b: ftp://c64.rulez.org/pub/c64/IDE64/Tools/System/Perom_programmer_v1.4b.zip IDE64 Warez site: http://singularcrew.hu/ide64warez/ GUI4CBM4WIN UPDATED TO VERSION 0.4.0 A couple of weeks ago Spiro announced OpenCBM 0.4.0. http://opencbm.sf.net The updated version of Gui4cbm4win can be downloaded from here: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=122047 Check Leif's web page with further explanations, features and limitations: http://www.jammingsignal.com/gui4cbm4win NEW WELLE:ERDBALL HOMEPAGE LAUNCHED Our friends from the German electro band WELLE:ERDBALL recently launched their new homepage: http://www.welle-erdball.de Check out their new album CHAOS TOTAL, to be released on 1st September 2006. Thanks **again** go to Milo Mundt for the news. -Colin 02-06-2006... More News from Protovision. ADVANCED SPACE BATTLE, our epic space strategy game now works on IDE64. idedos V0.90 is required. Thanks to Kajtár Zsolt (Soci) for the patch. New orderers receive the new version. If you purchased ASB earlier and want the patch, please write to order@protovision-online.de for more information. Also of note, ASB has been reviewed in the latest Game Over(view), issue #29. Get it here: http://noname.c64.org/csdb/release/?id=33871 Watch out for other reviews as well! DEMOS ERROR23 AND ROHRSCHACH AVAILABLE AS MMC64 COMPATIBLE VERSION. The first two multiload demos running from MMC64 are out! ERROR23 by Resource and The Dreams which has been released at Breakpoint 2006 can now be watched using the MMC64. Download it from here: http://noname.c64.org/csdb/release/?id=32411 (select the dfi file). The winner demo of Maximum Overdose 7 called ROHRSCHACH by TRSi has been fixed to work with the MMC64. It can be obtained here: http://noname.c64.org/csdb/release/?id=33948 DLOAD FOR MMC64. DLoad 2 is a modification for MMC64 users, so that you can start games with more than one file. RR-Forum: http://rrforum.ath.cx Direct Link (Info Thread): http://rrforum.ath.cx/viewtopic.php?t=34&start=36 Direct Link (File Area): http://rrforum.ath.cx/viewtopic.php?t=81 GURUTERM BETA1 FOR RR-NET. Guruterm is a c/g (Petscii) Telnet terminal for C64 and C128 with RR-Net. Features are sparse at the moment, but it has got what you need to start surfing the boards directly from your C64/128. RR-Forum: http://rrforum.ath.cx Direct link (File Area): http://rrforum.ath.cx/viewtopic.php?t=83 OPENCBM RELEASED. OpenCBM version 0.4.0 is out, as a new major release of cbm4linux and cbm4win. OpenCBM is a multiplatform, multitasking OS capable transfer solution dedicated to the Commodore home computer line IEC bus peripherals. In most application scenarios this would be namely the Commodore disk drives: 1540, 1541, 1541C, 1541-II, 1571, 1581 and with limitations the 1571cr (C128Dcr builtin 1571). Download from: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=122047 Homepage: http://cbm4win.sf.net Manual: http://opencbm.trikaliotis.net Project: http://sf.net/projects/cbm4win Discuss: news://comp.emulators.cbm You may purchase the required XM1541 Transfer Cable in our Online Shop at http://www.protovision-online.de/catalog Thanks go to Milo Mundt for the news. -Colin 23-04-2006... Protovision Update - C64 ADVANCED SPACE BATTLE NOW AVAILABLE... For those who like long, epic space strategy matches will surely enjoy ADVANCED SPACE BATTLE by More.Gore Software & Protovision. In a galaxy of 36 worlds, you compete either alone against the CPU controlled enemy Deep Jones, or together with up to three more players. ASB also has been reviewed by the British magazine Micro Mart. You can find the review at: http://www.micromart.co.uk/default.aspx?contentid=0a437af8-b1f5-4ffc-a6c8-f567007946de&featureid=2662 TANKS 3000 REVIEWS... TANKS 3000 has been reviewed in the following magazines: Micro Mart, Lotek64 #17, GO64! 02/06, Game Over(view) #28 and Cevi-aktuell 04/2006. So grab the mags and have a look. IDEDOS AND USER'S GUIDE UPDATED... Good news for all IDE64 users: The new idedos20060416 (0.90 patch 23) has been released, the user's guide was updated as well. You can get the latest versions here: idedos: http://idedos.ide64.org User's guide: http://www.ide64.org Thanks to Milo Mundt for the news. -Colin 27-02-2006... HD-DOS+ Notes.. Maurice Randall writes: For anyone interested, I've posted some preliminary notes on the new HD-DOS+ for the CMD-HD. You can find them at: http://cmdrkey.com/cbm/support/cmdhd.html I've been putting in a lot of time on this development when I get home at night. It's finally going to happen..... -Maurice 26-02-2006... SuperCPU coding competition... RETRO:BYTES is hosting a SuperCPU coding competition for the remainder of 2006. For people who are interested, please see the temporary web page at http://www.supercpu.de/compo/ or email compo@supercpu.de with your questions. With this, we hope to have some more software ready for the 10th anniversary of the SuperCPU ;-) Shaun Bebbington Some news from PROTOVISION: TANKS 3000 AVAILABLE The new 2-4 player game by Markus "Courage" Spiering/Protovision is now ready for delivery! Compete against each other with up to four players in 10 arenas. With countless options, awesome music, amazing graphics and an atmospheric intro TANKS 3000 is exactly the right game for parties and cosy game evenings with friends. The game comes complete with box and printed manual and from now on it is available in our Online Shop at http://www.protovision-online.de/catalog The first 25 orders will include a keyring pendant in the form of a bullet: http://www.protovision-online.de/games/tanks3000/patrone.jpg The coin is not included ;-) Stefan "Big User" Gutsch created a great banner: http://www.protovision-online.de/about/banner-tanks3000.gif Please support us with promoting the game by placing the banner with a link to http://www.protovision-online.de on your homepage. Thanks a lot! MMC64 AND MP3@64 ON STOCK After some delivery difficulties we got a small number of MMC64s on stock. Furthermore the MP3@64 is available from now on. With this expansion for the MMC64 the C64 plays back MP3 files in CD quality! The MP3 module uses a DSP for MP3 decoding and a separate DA converter with 20 bits resolution for best audio quality. MP3@64 can now be obtained from our Online Shop. 8 BIT BABY DELIVERABLE The 8 BIT BABY is an experimenting board for hobbyists who want to develop hardware on their own. For further information check here: http://www.protovision-online.de/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=97&language=en NEW IDEDOS RELEASED A new version of idedos, idedos20060225, was released. As usual, it can be downloaded from http://singularcrew.hu/idedos PRICELIST UPDATED Last but not least there is a new pricelist (02/06). It can be accessed at http://www.protovision-online.de/pricelist.htm -Colin 18-02-2006... JiffyDOS for the VIC-20 now available. Maurice writes that "JiffyDOS for the VIC-20 is available now" at store.cmdrkey.com. It's available in both the NTSC and PAL versions. Coming real soon will be JiffyDOS for the Plus/4 and C-16, You can find out more info about "JiffyDOS" for various Hardware Here -Colin 05-02-2006... Some assorted C64 News Updates from Protovision... MMC64 MMC64, the MMC and SDcard interface for the C64, will be available again shortly. Stock will be limited, so ensure you get one and pre-order now! http://www.protovision-online.de/catalog An updated BIOS for the MMC64, V1.01, is available. A couple of new plugins were released for the MMC64: D64 reader and writer, WAV plugin, RAW plugin and TXT plugin.I guess your working/studying? hard An alternative BIOS is available as well. For details, check our hardware section. TANKS 3000 Big User designed the cover for our upcoming 2-4 player game TANKS 3000. TANKS 3000 will ship soon, with a little surprise for the first 30 people who place orders. The preview of TANKS 3000 is now available as an NTSC fixed version here: http://www.protovision-online.de/games/tanks3000/tanks3000preview.zip Of course the full game will work PAL/NTSC as well. TANKS 3000 was reviewed in Retro Bytes Lite issue one. You can find more information on the Retro Bytes magazine at http://www.retro-bytes.co.uk INTERVIEW WITH MORE.GORE More.Gore the coder of ADVANCED SPACE BATTLE, was interviewed by the Game Over(view). You can read the detailed interview in issue 23, its available here: http://noname.c64.org/csdb/release/?id=23309 INTERVIEW WITH COURAGE Another interview was made with Courage/Protovision. This time it is in German language and you can find it in CEVI-aktuell 07/05. Be sure also to check out the interview with Oliver Lindau (formerly member of Bonespark) which is in the same issue. You can get the mag at http://www.c64-mags.de The IDE64... idedos 0.90 was released a few days ago, introducing the new Commodore filesystem (CFS) 0.11. Since the release another idedos20060204 was released with a couple of bugfixes. The users's guide also got updated as well. Both are available here: http://singularcrew.hu/idedos Arcane fixed a bunch of old games for IDE64. You can get them at http://singularcrew.hu/ide64warez and http://noname.c64.org/csdb/scener/?id=6496 d64list by fenek: With d64list you can browse through the directory of D64 images fast. Furthermore it allows you to load and run prg files from these images. http://noname.c64.org/csdb/release/?id=27082 IDE64 CRT plugin by Soci: The IDE64 CRT plugin tries to load cartridge (.CRT) images, patch and then execute them. ftp://c64.rulez.org/pub/c64/IDE64/Tools/Plugins/CRT_plugin.zip IDE64 browser by tnt: tnt's fine MMC64 browser, now for IDE64. http://www.sci.fi/~tenu/c64/IDE64.zip Singular viewer 0.5c by Soci: Fixes a problem with the new idedos. ftp://c64.rulez.org/pub/c64/IDE64/Tools/Plugins/SGR_viewer_0.5c.zip HARDWARE SECTION UPDATED The hardware section has been updated. Next to the new software for the MMC64, three 4 player games were added: "Phong", "Tour De France" and "AmazingMaze". Also added were The Final Replay ROM (V0.6 out now!) for Retro Replay and the excellent WarpCopy64 for RR-Net. PRICELIST UPDATED There is also a new pricelist (01/06) available. You can find it here: http://www.protovision-online.de/pricelist.htm http://www.protovision-online.de 03-02-2006.. Two very cool posts by Maurice and the new JiffyDOS for the VIC-20... Maurice writes: Update: A new revision of the JiffyDOS manual is finished. This is the first revision since 1994 and will be included with the VIC-20 version of JiffyDOS. It has the info for the VIC-20, 64, and 128 versions. I still have quite a few of the previous versions left, so JiffyDOS 64 and 128 will be shipped with the older manual. The only change to the new manual was to include the VIC-20 info. The VIC-20 installation instructions are finished. As far as I know, the coding is finished. I haven't been able to break it in my own testing here. 3 VIC-20 JiffyDOS packages are being sent out today for others to help test. If no bugs are found, then it's a done deal. I will be patching the PAL version of the VIC-20 rom to include the Swedish keyboard and character set, so there will be 3 versions of JiffyDOS for the VIC-20: NTSC - North America PAL - Europe and other PAL countries PAL - Swedish and Finnish How long has it been since any commercial product has been released for the VIC-20? -Maurice PAL update: The initial testing on the PAL version of the VIC-20 JiffyDOS is very good. It is now as bug-free as the NTSC version. Up to now, I've only been testing the PAL version on the VICE emulator (thanks to the Vice Team for this ability), but the real testing will have to be done by someone in a PAL country on a real VIC-20. Looks like the PAL version will be released sooner than I thought. The only delay following the NTSC release will be with the testing time done in another country. I could use one or two volunteers. The requirements would be the following: * a real VIC-20 * a familiarity with JiffyDOS on a 64 * skilled enough to replace a chip in your VIC-20 * access to an eprom programmer in case the first JiffyDOS needs to be modified (code sent through email) * various different disk drives with or without JiffyDOS * a collection of VIC-20 software and cartridges for testing What do you get out of this? You will get JiffyDOS for your disk drives if you need them. There is no money involved, but you will get the satisfaction in knowing that you helped to get this project launched for any interested VIC-20 user in a PAL country. -Maurice I was a little late in posting this here, but very interesting indeed :-) -Colin 23-01-2006... Some ramblings.. Well, it sure has been quiet with "my interests" in the Commodore World IE what this Site is here for, Power Users :) I have been distracted with Linux/KDE testing and Bug hunting ;) and also neglected my Amateur Radio Hobby which has been taking a lot of my time lately.. Interested in my Radio stuff? well click Here It is also not very Wave friendly... lots of Pics :-( I digress... I have just read that Maurice Randall is developing (well almost finished) a new JiffyDOS for the VIC-20 how cool is that! When there is an official announcement I will post the info here for those of you who perhaps do not lurk in the NG's or Homestead. The best thing for me last year or so?? well was hooking my Commodore to my Linux Box using a "Null-Modem cable this allows me to use my Commodore128 and The Wave on my T1 (DSL) connection. what else was cool, well finally the release of METALDUST a very cool game indeed.. Lets hope for an exciting 2006 ;-) -Colin |
