CBMl ~/0Щ@թբx FL S "1 ! ʽRwl L":*" ,P(2026),1 Ģ ǩ Jx  wЄȄLqU0>M0 OST RESISTIVE STUDENTS INTO PARTICIPATION. ERY FEW PEOPLE ARE INTIMIDATED BY THE 64 BECAUSE IT (QUITE DECEPTIVELY) ALMOST SEEMS LIKE A TOY. Y MAKING LEARNING FUN THE 64 HAS ALREADY WON HALF OF THE EDUCATIONAL BATTLE THE MOMENT IT IS TURNED ON. OLLECTORS' ITEMS FOR MANY INDIVIDUALS. NLIKE MOST COMPUTERS WHICH SEEM TO BECOME OUTDATED QUICKLY, THE OMMODORE COMPUTERS SEEM TO HAVE A SENSE OF TIMELESSNESS ABOUT THEM. HERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE NEWER MULTI- MEDIA COMPUTERS HAVE SOME MAJOR ADVANTAGICH CAN AUTOMATICALLY EMULATE & RUN 64 PROGRAMS AND EVEN ACCESS THE NTERNET. ATEWAY 2000 HAS ACQUIRED THE RIGHTS TO THE MIGA AND IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING NEW MIGA COMPATIBLE HARDWARE AND OPERATING SYSTEMS. EVERAL NATIONAL DEALERS STILL SELL & SUPPWARE, HARDWARE, ACCESSORIES AND SUPPORT IS SO EASY TO LOCATE AND OBTAIN A NOTICEABLE RESURGENCE OF INTEREST IS OCCURRING. HE MAIN STAYING POWER OF THE OMMODORE AND MIGA COMPUTERS, HOWEVER, IS THAT THEY HAVE BECOME A PART OF THE LIFESTYLES OF SO MANY  ESPITE THE FACT THAT OMMODORE PROGRAMS WON'T NORMALLY RUN ON OTHER COMPUTERS THERE ARE SOME FAIRLY RECENT EMULATORS WHICH HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED WHICH ALLOW MANY OF THE OLDER OMMODORE PROGRAMS TO RUN ON SOME OF THE NEWER COMPUTERS. OWEVER, MANY PEOPLE ST ES OVER THE OLD 8-BIT OMMODORE COMPUTERS, BUT A LITTLE DIVERSITY CAN BE A GOOD THING. UST LIKE WATCHING AN OLD MOVIE, USING SOME OLDER COMPUTER PROGRAMS CAN HELP ONE APPRECIATE DIFFERENT THINGS AND GAIN DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. ANY CLASSIC OLD COMPUTER ORT OMMODORE AND MIGA HARDWARE & SOFTWARE THROUGH THE MAIL AND VIA THE NTERNET. HE INTERNET HAS GREATLY HELPED MAINTAIN AVAILABILITY, SUPPORT, AND INTEREST IN OLD COMPUTERS SUCH AS THE OMMODORE BY CREATING FORUMS AND AWARENESS OF AVAILABLE SUPPLIER INDIVIDUALS. ANY OMMODORE AND MIGA USER GROUPS STILL MEET REGULARLY AND PUBLISH MONTHLY NEWSLETTERS. EOPLE STILL ENJOY THEIR OLD GAMES, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, APPLICATIONS, AND THE CREATIVITY WHICH THESE MACHINES WERE SO WELL SUITED FOR.F ANYTHING CA ILL WANT TO USE ORIGINAL OMMODORE MACHINES AND SOFTWARE TO HAVE THE FULL FEEL AND COMPATIBILITY OF THE ORIGINAL EXPERIENCE. NTEREST IN THE OMMODORE COMPUTERS HAS RESULTED IN A LONGEVITY OF PRODUCT AVAILABILITY WHICH HAS EXCEEDED EVEN THE GREATEST EXP GAMES AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS WERE NEVER MADE ON ANY PLATFORM OTHER THAN OMMODORE AND MIGA. N THE MIDST OF THE CRAZE AND PRESSURE TO CONSTANTLY UPGRADE AND FIGHT COMPATIBILITY PROBLEMS AND SYSTEM CRASHES WITH MANY OF THE NEWER ENTIUM SYSTEMS IT CAS, USERS GROUPS AND OTHER RESOURCES. HE NTERNET IS IDEAL FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO SHARE A COMMON INTEREST SUCH AS THIS. VEN THOUGH THE 64 IS NOT THE IDEAL COMPUTER FOR SURFING THE NTERNET IT CAN BE DONE. OWEVER, MOST OF THOSE LOOKING FOR OMMODORE SUPN NOW BE SAID ABOUT THE OMMODORE AND MIGA COMPUTER SYSTEMS IT IS THIS: "UMORS OF THE DEATHS OF THE OMMODORE AND MIGA COMPUTERS HAVE BEEN GREATLY EXAGGERATED."OOD THINGS--ESPECIALLY HOBBIES-- HAVE LONG LIVES. SPECIALLY IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO STECTATIONS. HERE IS STILL SOME DEVELOPMENT OF PRODUCTS & SOFTWARE FOR OMMODORE 8-BIT SYSTEMS. REATIVE ICRO ESIGNS IS STILL MANUFACTURING NEWER CHIPS AND ACCESSORIES FOR THE ORIGINAL OMMODORE SYSTEMS. HEY EVEN STILL PUBLISH A MAGAZINE CALLED OMN BE SOMEWHAT REFRESHING TO STEP BACK FOR A WHILE TO A MORE RELAXING TIME. ANY HOME SCHOOLERS FIND THE 64 TO STILL BE THE BEST SOLUTION FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN TO LEARN WITH. OR THE PRICE & SIMPLICITY IT IS STILL HARD TO BEAT. HE SIMPLE PROGRAMMABILIPORT AND AFFILIATION ON THE NTERNET ARE PROBABLY USING NEWER COMPUTERS OR DEVICES SUCH AS EB TO MAKE SURFING THE NTERNET A LITTLE EASIER. VERY SIZEABLE PERCENTAGE OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ACCESSING THE NTERNET WITH A NEWER COMPUTER UNDOUBTEDLY STIGILL LOVE THEM. HTTP://WWW.OLDSOFTWARE.COM/ HISTORY2.HTML v\6Jsi~dsݗJu\:Juܷu|usM{Ur)|W]rMs]M{U|uw)r\)|-v_ge~dv]7&J{=sutܗes9)s'>J|Y)s6J|es)u_)yu-~^%wy)r)JMODORE ORLD. HERE ARE ALSO A COUPLE OF OMMODORE ON-DISK MAGAZINES BEING PRODUCED SUCH AS OADTAR & OMMODORE AZETTE. HERE IS EVEN A COMPANY WHICH RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THE PRODUCTION OF A NEW DEVICE CALLED EB.IT WHICH IS AN INDOWS TYPE SYSTEM WHTY, AVAILABILITY OF SOFTWARE, & ABILITY TO BE INTEGRATED WITH EXISTING TELEVISIONS AND CURRICULUM MAKE IT A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE FOR HANDS-ON INSTRUCTORS & THOSE ON A BUDGET. HE FACT THAT THE 64 IS VIEWED AS BEING A "FUN" COMPUTER OFTEN LURES EVEN THE MLL OWN OLDER COMPUTERS WHICH THEY ACQUIRED IN PREVIOUS YEARS WHO LOST INTEREST IN THEM ONLY BECAUSE SUPPORT FOR THEIR OLD COMPUTER BECAME DIFFICULT TO ACQUIRE. LARGE NUMBER OF THESE OLD COMPUTERS HAVE THE OMMODORE OR MIGA NAME ON THEM. OW THAT SOFTE NUMBER OF AND ACINTOSH SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE PRODUCTS WHICH HAD TAKEN OVER THE BUSINESS WORLD DESPITE STILL NOT BEING PARTICULARLY WELL SUITED FOR HOME USE. UCH OF THE DOWNFALL OF OMMODORE STEMMED FROM POOR MARKETING, LACK OF DOMINANCE IN THE BU FOR SOFTWARE. MONG OTHER OMMODORE 8- BIT PRODUCTS WHICH NEVER CAUGHT ON WELL WERE THE OMMODORE 16, THE -128, THE 1001 DISK DRIVE, AND SEVERAL OTHERS. 500 ERHAPS THE BIGGEST HEARTBREAK OF ALL OF OMMODORE'S EFFORTS CENTERED AROUND THE 16- ABOUT 20 OR 30 PERCENT WERE 128 MODELS. ESS THAN 5 PERCENT OF THEM WERE THE -64 MACHINES. T IS PROBABLY SAFE TO SAY THAT THE OMMODORE 64 WAS THE BEST SELLING COMPUTER MODEL EVER MADE BY A SINGLE MANUFACTURER - IF JUDGED BY NUMBER OF UNITS SOLD. OMELY POPULAR. ECAUSE SUCH A MASSIVE QUANTITY OF ITEMS HAD BEEN DEVELOPED AND PRODUCED FOR THESE MACHINES A GREAT MANY LIQUIDATIONS AND SURPLUS INVENTORIES OF OMMODORE-RELATED PRODUCTS REMAINED AVAILABLE FOR MANY MONTHS FROM MANY DISTRIBUTORS. HOSE WHOSINESS SECTOR, COMPETITION FROM OTHER GAMING SYSTEMS, POOR SUPPORT, POOR MANAGEMENT, AND GROWING COMPETITION. OMMODORE TRIED TO EXPAND INTO THE COMPATIBLE MARKET IN THE LATE 1980'S WITH THE COMPATIBLE -10, -20, OLT, & EVEN A 286 NOTEBOOK COM BIT MIGA COMPUTER WHICH HAD INITIALLY BEEN DEVELOPED BY A SEPARATE COMPANY. OMMODORE ACQUIRED OR BOUGHT OUT THE MIGA TECHNOLOGY FROM ITS ORIGINAL DEVELOPERS AND BEGAN DEVELOPING AND MARKETING MIGA COMPUTERS DURING THE MID 1980'S. HE MIGA COMPUTERS  MODORE'S DEMISE WAS LARGELY A RESULT OF POOR MARKETING AND EXTERNAL MARKET FORCES - NOT LACK OF DEVELOPMENT. 4 F COURSE, NOT ALL OF OMMODORE'S PRODUCTS WERE BIG HITS. OMMODORE MADE SEVERAL PRODUCTS WHICH WERE FANTASTIC IDEAS (IN THEIR CHOSE TO KEEP SUPPORTING THE OMMODORE MACHINES WERE FREQUENTLY ABLE TO PICK UP BRAND NEW MERCHANDISE AT TREMENDOUS PRICES AND PASS THE SAVINGS ON TO THEIR CUSTOMERS. UCH OF THIS SURPLUS NEW MERCHANDISE IS STILL AVAILABLE TODAY THROUGH THE SURVIVING RE PUTER AND A FEW OTHER MACHINES WHICH HAD ONLY MEAGER SUCCESS. OMMODORE EVEN DEVELOPED AN INCREDIBLE INTERACTIVE STAND-ALONE UNIT (BASED ON THE MIGA TECHNOLOGY) CALLED THE WHICH (ALONG WITH HILIPS ) WERE THE PREDECESSORS TO MANY OF THE - B WERE BASED ON THE OTOROLA 68000 PROCESSOR AND WERE SOMEWHAT AKIN TO THE ACINTOSH. HE EXTREME POWER, USER-FRIENDLINESS, MULTI-TASKING ABILITIES, INCREDIBLE GRAPHICS AND (STEREO) SOUND, ALONG WITH BUILT-IN SPEECH SYNTHESIS WERE WAY AHEAD OF THE COMPETIT OWN RIGHT) BUT NEVER ACTUALLY CAUGHT ON BECAUSE OF POOR TIMING OR OTHER UNPREDICTABLE FACTORS. NE OF THESE WAS THE OMMODORE LUS 4 COMPUTER. HE OMMODORE LUS 4 HAD BEEN DEVELOPED ON THE HEELS OF OMMODORE'S GREAT INITIAL SUCCESS WITH THE 64. HE SELLERS. T IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR PAST OWNERS OF OMMODORE -64 OR 128 COMPUTERS TO BEGIN TO FEEL A NOSTALGIC ATTRACTION TOWARD USING THE OMMODORE 64 AGAIN. ANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS FONDLY REMINISCE ABOUT THE INTENSE FUN THEY HAD IN PAST YEARS WHEN COMPASED INTERACTIVE GAME SYSTEMS WHICH FOLLOWED. N THE FINAL YEAR OR SO BEFORE CEASED OPERATIONS THEY HAD EVEN DEVELOPED THE FIRST 32 BIT GAME SYSTEM CALLED THE -32 WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN A BIG HIT IF OMMODORE HAD ENDURED A LITTLE LONGER. MAZINGLY, EION. ANY 64 AND 128 OWNERS IMMEDIATELY REALIZED THE POTENTIAL OF THE MIGA AND DECIDED TO ACQUIRE ONE. T APPEARED TO MANY-- FOR A WHILE-- THAT OMMODORE MAY ACTUALLY RETAIN A DOMINANT POSITION IN THE MARKET PLACE WITH THE MIGA BEING SUCH AN OBVIOUSLUS 4 WAS VERY NICE BECAUSE IT WAS SMALLER & HAD BUILT-IN SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS. ESPITE BEING A VERY BEAUTIFUL LITTLE COMPUTER WITH MANY EXCELLENT FEATURES IT NEVER REALLY BECAME POPULAR PROBABLY BECAUSE IT WASN'T VERY COMPATIBLE WITH THE LARGE BASE OFUTERS WERE SIMPLER AND IN MANY WAYS MORE FUN. ACK THEN THE PROGRAMS HAD TO RELY ON CONTENT, STRATEGY, AND PLOT BECAUSE MANY OF THE FLASHY SPECIAL EFFECTS OF THE NEWER SYSTEMS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. HESE OLDER COMPUTERS OFTEN LEFT SOME THINGS TO THE USER'VEN AFTER OMMODORE'S DECLINE STARTED IN THE LATE 1980'S THE LOYAL OMMODORE AND MIGA HOBBYISTS & DEVOTED USERS REFUSED TO GIVE IT UP. STRONG UNDERCURRENT OF SUPPORT AROSE. VEN THOUGH MOST OF THE LARGER CHAIN STORES AND DISTRIBUTORS WERE FORCED TO GILY SUPERIOR COMPUTER TO ANY OF THE HOME COMPUTERS OF THE TIME. NFORTUNATELY, THE LACK OF A DIVERSE SOFTWARE BASE CAME BACK TO HAUNT THE MIGA AS PEOPLE CHOSE TO STAY WITH INFERIOR HARDWARE AND OPERATING SYSTEMS IN ORDER TO STAY COMPATIBLE WITH THE LARG SOFTWARE WHICH HAD ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED FOR THE OMMODORE 64. ANY (BUT NOT ALL) SOFTWARE MANUFACTURERS SEEMED HESITANT TO WANT TO INVEST DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS FOR THIS COMPUTER WHEN THERE WERE SO MANY WHO ALREADY OWNED 64 COMPUTERS WHO WERE CLAMORINGS IMAGINATION - BY CREATING MENTAL IMAGES - INSTEAD OF DROWNING THE USER IN MULTIMEDIA SENSORY STIMULUS OVERLOAD AS IS OFTEN COMMON WITH NEWER COMPUTERS. HE OMMODORE COMPUTERS AND SOME OF THE OMMODORE-COMPATIBLE SOFTWARE AND ACCESSORIES HAVE BECOME CVE UP ON OMMODORE PRODUCTS A STRONG EFFORT TO RECIRCULATE AND REFURBISH OLD OMMODORE PRODUCTS HAS CONTINUED - EVEN TO THIS DAY. N FACT, IN SOME COUNTRIES, ESPECIALLY IN UROPE AND CANDINAVIA THE OMMODORE 64, 128, AND MIGA COMPUTERS ARE STILL IMMENSESIGN. HE FACT THAT THIS AMAZING COMPUTER HAD MORE MEMORY, A NICER KEYBOARD, AND WAS EASIER TO INTERFACE WITH PERIPHERALS THAN MOST COMPUTERS OF THAT ERA MADE IT SO IT WAS & STILL IS (IN MANY WAYS) AN IDEAL COMPUTER FOR EDUCATORS, HOBBYISTS, GAME PLAYERU 2 128 ROUND 1986 OR 1987 THE OMMODORE 128 WAS RELEASED AND BECAME QUITE POPULAR. HE 128 WAS BASICALLY A OMMODORE 128 COMPUTER WITH A BUILT-IN 1571 DISK DRIVE AND A DETACHABLE KEYBOARD. HE IDEA WAS TO CONSE BACK FOR MORE. HE FACT THAT THERE WAS FIERCE FREE ENTERPRISE COMPETITION-- AND THE FACT THAT THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY HAD NOT YET CONCEDED (OR CAPITULATED) TO THE DOMINANCE OF ICROSOFT AND -- LED TO UNPRECEDENTED CREATIVITY. NFORTUNATELY, HOWEVER, MAUALS WENT FOR YEARS WITH VERY LITTLE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR WORK REQUIRED. OWEVER, CERTAIN PROBLEMS WITH THE HARDWARE DID MANIFEST THEMSELVES PERIODICALLY AND SOMEWHAT PREDICTABLY. ANY OF THE REPAIRS REQUIRED FOR THESE COMPUTERS STEMMED FROM STATIC ELES, BEGINNING PROGRAMMERS AND MUSICIANS. OR THE MONEY IT WAS ALSO HARD TO BEAT AS AN AFFORDABLE HOME WORD PROCESSING SYSTEM. TS ONLY WEAKNESS WAS IN THE AREA OF LARGER BUSINESS APPLICATIONS BECAUSE OF ITS 40 COLUMN VIDEO DISPLAY, LIMITED DISK STORAGE AN RVE DESKTOP SPACE AND MAKE A NICER LOOKING COMPUTER TO COMPARE WITH THE PROFESSIONAL APPEARANCE OF THE COMPATIBLES. HIS COMPUTER HAD THE LATEST CHIP REVISIONS MADE FOR THE OMMODORE 128 AND 1571 DRIVES AND HAD MORE VIDEO MEMORY. HIS WAS PERHAPS THE NY PEOPLE BEGAN STARTING TO DEMAND UNIFORMITY AND STANDARDIZATION AT THE EXPENSE OF INNOVATION. OMMODORE HAD BEEN SO COMPETITIVE IN THE MARKETPLACE THAT , PPLE, AND TARI HAD BEEN FORCED TO LOWER THEIR PRICES AND IMPROVE THEIR FEATURES AND QUALITY. CTRICITY DISCHARGES BLOWING OUT THE 6526 CHIP-- USUALLY FROM TOUCHING THE JOYSTICK OR GAME PORT AFTER PICKING UP STATIC ELECTRICITY FROM WALKING ACROSS CARPET OR TOUCHING THE FRONT OF THE TELEVISION OR MONITOR. HIS WOULD RESULT IN SOME KEYBOARD OR J D SLOW DISK ACCESS. HE POWERFUL COMBINATION OF OMMODORE CHIPS ALLOWED SOME AMAZING CAPABILITIES. HE OMMODORE 64 UTILIZED THE OMMODORE 6510 MICROPROCESSOR CHIP WHICH WAS AN ADVANCED VERSION OF THE OMMODORE 6502 MICROPROCESSOR WHICH HAD BEEN USED IN BEST 8-BIT COMPUTER MADE BY ANY MANUFACTURER. HE FACT THAT THERE WERE NOT SO MANY CABLES AND WIRES RUNNING AROUND AND THAT IT DID NOT HOG AS MUCH DESKTOP SPACE (DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE MONITOR COULD SIT ON TOP OF IT) MADE IT VERY NICE TO USE. URING  HESE OTHER MANUFACTURERS WERE SUCCESSFUL IN DOING SO-- TO THE POINT WHERE MANY PEOPLE STARTED BEING ATTRACTED AWAY FROM OMMODORE TOWARD OTHER BRANDS. OWEVER, IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR OMMODORE BEING SUCH A HUGE FACTOR IN PUTTING DOWNWARD PRICE PRESSUREOYSTICK CONTROL MALFUNCTIONS. OWER SUPPLIES WOULD OCCASIONALLY FAIL OR DEVELOP DECEPTIVE HEAT-RELATED PROBLEMS SOMETIMES BLOWING OUT RAM CHIPS IN THE PROCESS OR CAUSING STRANGE LOOKING COLORED BLOCKS OR CHARACTERS TO APPEAR ON THE SCREEN.  THE IC 20, PPLE 2, AND TARI MODELS. HE 64 HAD REVOLUTIONARY SOUND VIA THE 6581 OUND NTERFACE EVICE () CHIP AND WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST HOME COMPUTER TO BE ABLE TO EMULATE THE HUMAN VOICE WITHOUT ADDITIONAL HARDWARE. HIS CHIP PROVIDED FOR 4THE 1980'S SEVERAL LARGE OMMODORE AND MIGA TRADE SHOWS AND USER CONVENTIONS WERE HELD THROUGHOUT THE NITED TATES AND IN SOME FOREIGN COUNTRIES-- ESPECIALLY ANADA. OMMODORE ALSO USUALLY HAD LARGE DISPLAYS AT AND OTHER CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHO AND CREATING SUCH INNOVATIVE HOME CONSUMER PRODUCTS THE EVOLUTION OF AFFORDABLE QUALITY HOME COMPUTERS WOULD HAVE OCCURRED MUCH MORE SLOWLY. LARGE NUMBER OF OMMODORE GAMING ENTHUSIASTS WERE ALSO DRAWN AWAY IN THE MID TO LATE 80'S AS INTENDO AND EG 2 J{Wr]yג%ϒU|evUW]w-s䧩|)u=򒞧evݗyגJ|-v]5us\M|M{)|WvJ}ܷ5v]^Jr7|5ur'{UUtܗeu䧹sYu]Ju]i)r\us=v_7ewUUv^U򗤮v_9)u^5W_'={׺Jv])u]>Jvu\ΒWJv)J DIFFERENT VOICES AND MANY SOPHISTICATED SOUND FORMS. HE -64 HAD SUPERIOR 16 COLOR GRAPHICS WITH SPRITE CAPABILITIES DUE TO ITS 6567 IDEO NTERFACE () HIP. HE OTHER SUPPORT CHIPS IN THE OMMODORE 64 WERE EQUALLY IMPRESSIVE FOR THAT TIME PERIOD. WS. HOUSANDS OF USERS, RETAILERS, AND DEVELOPERS USUALLY CONVERGED ON THESE GATHERINGS. HIS WAS QUITE A SPECTACLE TO SEE. HE EXCITING AND INNOVATIVE NEW PRODUCTS WHICH WERE UNVEILED AT THESE SHOWS KEPT OMMODORE USERS, DEALERS, AND DISTRIBUTORS COMINGA BEGAN TO MARKET THEIR 8-BIT GAME SYSTEMS WHICH WERE SOMEWHAT SIMPLER AND EASIER TO USE (BUT IN MANY WAYS LESS VERSATILE) GAMING SYSTEMS. HE OMMODORE COMPUTERS HAD PERMEATED THE .. AND FOREIGN MARKETS VERY SUBS- TANTIALLY BY 1985. Y THE LATE 1980'S SOMEWHERE NEAR 10 MILLION OMMODORE 64 COMPATIBLE MACHINES HAD BEEN PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED WHEN SALES BEGAN TO RAPIDLY DECLINE. ROBABLY 70 OR 80 PERCENT OF THE OMMODORE 64 COMPATIBLE MACHINES MANUFACTURED WERE OMMODORE 64S AND 64C MODELS AND ONLYT THE SAME TIME THE EARLY HOME COMPUTERS WERE NON-COLOR AND NON-GRAPHIC MACHINES WITH SOUND THAT AMOUNTED TO LITTLE MORE THAN BEEPING. HE OMMODORE HOME COMPUTERS WERE FAIRLY RELIABLE CONSIDERING THEIR LOW PRICE TAG AND SOPHISTICATION. ANY INDIVIDACTUALLY HIT THE MARKET THEY HAD ALREADY DECIDED TO REDUCE THE SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE TO JUST UNDER $500. HIS WAS STILL A LOT OF MONEY BACK THEN-- KEEP IN MIND THAT $500 BACK THEN WAS ABOUT THE EQUIVALENT OF $1000 TODAY. TILL, IT WAS THE BEST DEAL ON TAND MORE SOPHISTICATED AND CREATIVE. LSO, DURING THIS SAME TIME PERIOD A GREAT NUMBER OF PUBLIC DOMAIN PROGRAMS BEGAN TO EMERGE. HERE WERE MANY PROGRAMMERS WHO HAD WRITTEN AND NOT COPYRIGHTED THEIR PROGRAMS FOR VARIOUS REASONS WHOSE PROGRAMS BEGAN TO  ANY SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, RESEARCH CENTERS AND EDUCATIONAL ENTERPRISES BEGAN USING OMMODORE COMPUTERS. SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE BUSINESSES USED OMMODORE COMPUTERS AS WELL. NIQUE MARKETING APPROACHES CONTINUED TO DEVELOP AS SMA(WHICH USUALLY PAID OFF) WAS THAT CUSTOMERS WOULD SEE THE COMPUTER SELLING AT AN INCREDIBLY LOW PRICE OF NEAR $100 AND COME TO BUY THE COMPUTER AND END UP BUYING THE 1541 DISK DRIVE, A OMMODORE PRINTER, OMMODORE MODEM, A 1702 OMMODORE MONITOR AND A BUHE HOME COMPUTER MARKET-- ESPECIALLY SINCE IT HAD A BUILT-IN MODULATOR FOR CONNECTING DIRECTLY TO A REGULAR TELEVISION SET. MAZINGLY, THE PRICE OF THE OMMODORE 64 PLUMMETED TO UNDER $300 WITHIN A MATTER OF MONTHS, AND A FEW MONTHS LATER WAS DOWN TO BE FREELY DISTRIBUTED WITHOUT ANY REGISTRATION FEE BEING REQUIRED. HIS GREATLY ADDED TO THE AVAILABILITY OF AFFORDABLE SOFTWARE. NOTHER INTERESTING PHENOMENON-- OMMODORE SER'S ROUPS-- BEGAN TO UNFOLD DURING THIS TIME. HIS PHENOMENA WAS A RESULT OF LLER COMPANIES AND PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS BEGAN DEVELOPING THE CONCEPT OF SHAREWARE OR FREEWARE. HIS NEW CONCEPT WAS BASED ON THE IDEA THAT A PROGRAMMER COULD WRITE AND COPYRIGHT A USEFUL OR FUN PROGRAM AND THEN FREELY DISTRIBUTE COPIES OF IT TO THE PUBLIC NCH OF EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE, GAMES, SUPPLIES AND ACCESSORIES TO GO ALONG WITH IT. Y THE TIME THE CUSTOMER WALKED OUT THE DOOR THE PURCHASE USUALLY RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT PROFIT TO THE RETAILER. ANY AFTER-MARKET AND 3RD PARTY MANUFACTURERS SUBSEQUENTL $200. UDDENLY CUSTOMER INTEREST IN THESE AMAZING NEW COMPUTERS BEGAN TO HEAT UP. BOUT THIS TIME MANY SIZEABLE CHAIN STORES (SOME OF WHICH HAD ALREADY BEEN CARRYING IC-20 MERCHANDISE) BEGAN TO CARRY OMMODORE 64 ITEMS. EGIONAL ELECTRONIC SUPERSTORE THE NEED AND DESIRE OF PEOPLE TO SHARE INFORMATION REGARDING THEIR COMPUTERS AND INTERESTS. SER'S GROUPS WERE POPULAR AMONG OTHER BRANDS OF COMPUTERS, BUT PROBABLY NOT TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY WERE POPULAR AMONG OMMODORE USERS. HE OMMODORE WAS SEEN B ON THE CONDITION THAT END USERS WOULD PAY A REGISTRATION FEE TO BECOME AN OFFICIAL USER OF THE PROGRAM. SUALLY A RELATIVELY SMALL FEE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SENT DIRECTLY TO THE PROGRAM'S AUTHOR. FTENTIMES THE AUTHOR WOULD PROVIDE AN UPDATED OR MORE COMPLY BEGAN TO CREATE AND MARKET OMMODORE- COMPATIBLE SOFTWARE, HARDWARE, BOOKS, AND ACCESSORIES IN AN EFFORT TO GET IN ON THE BLOSSOMING INDUSTRY. ANY OMMODORE MAGAZINES ALSO BECAME ESTABLISHED-- SOME OF WHICH EVEN INCLUDED MONTHLY DISKS WITH MANY FREE PS GOT INVOLVED AS DID A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF SMALLER COMPUTER DEALERSHIPS. VENTUALLY OMMODORE 64 AND IC-20 SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE WAS CARRIED BY SUCH NATIONAL DEPARTMENT STORES AS EARS, ONTGOMERY ARD, RED EYER, AELLES, -ART, AND MANY OTHERS. Y MANY AS THE IDEAL HOBBY COMPUTER AND MANY OF THOSE WHO HAD LOWER BUDGETS HAD BEEN ATTRACTED TO THE OMMODORE BECAUSE OF ITS PRICE. REQUENTLY THESE INDIVIDUALS (WHO OFTEN HAD MORE TIME THAN MONEY) DEVELOPED AN INCREDIBLE LOYALTY TOWARD THE OMMODORE COETE VERSION OR ACCOMPANYING MANUAL OR PROGRAM ADD-ON OR OTHER BENEFIT AS AN INCENTIVE TO PAY THE REGISTRATION FEE. HIS KEPT OVERHEAD, PRODUCTION, & MARKETING COSTS DOWN BY RELYING ON GRASS ROOTS DISTRIBUTION AND THE "HONOR SYSTEM" OF MARKETING. EVERAL ROGRAMS ON THEM. ANY OF OUR PRESENT SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE GIANTS GOT THEIR HUMBLE START DURING THIS PERIOD. ICROSOFT'S ULTIPLAN BECAME A VERY POPULAR SPREADSHEET FOR OMMODORE. THER COMPANIES SUCH AS LECTRONIC RTS, CCOLADE, CTIVISION, INEMAWARE,LSO, MANY TOY STORES SUCH AS IONEL LAY ORLD AND OYS''S BEGAN TO SELL THESE COMPUTERS. HE PRICE DROPPED BY ANOTHER $50 AND DEALERS WERE BUYING THE OMMODORE FOR JUST OVER $100. OMMODORE BECAME SO POPULAR THAT OMMODORE EVEN OFFERED SHARES OF STOCMPUTERS. T WAS AMAZING THAT MANY OF THESE OMMODORE USERS OFTEN SHOWED MORE COMMITMENT TO THE OMMODORE 64 THAN OMMODORE USINESS ACHINES DID. LARGE FACTOR IN THE SUCCESS OF THE OMMODORE 64 WAS ITS AMAZINGLY VERSATILE, FUTURISTIC & USER-FRIENDLY DSHAREWARE AND FREEWARE PROGRAMS BECAME FAIRLY FAMOUS DURING THIS TIME, BUT UNDOUBTEDLY A GREAT MANY PROGRAMMERS' DREAMS NEVER QUITE LIVED UP TO EXPECTATIONS. HE IDEA OF TRY-BEFORE- YOU-BUY SOFTWARE HAS CONTINUED TO EVOLVE UP TO THIS DAY-- BECOMING MORE  OSMI, ATTERIES NCLUDED, UBLOGIC, PYX, CCESS, NFOCOM, ASTERTRONIC, ETC. SOON BECAME HOUSEHOLD WORDS. OMMODORE SERVICE AND REPAIR CENTERS BECAME QUITE COMMON. RAINING CENTERS TAUGHT COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS & PROGRAMMING USING OMMODORE COMPUTERS.K ON THE STOCK MARKET FOR SEVERAL YEARS. S THE COMPETITION AMONG RETAILERS HEATED UP IT WAS NOT UNCOMMON TO SEE RETAILERS WILLING TO SELL THE OMMODORE 64 SYSTEMS AT COST OR EVEN AT A SLIGHT LOSS IN ORDER TO LURE PEOPLE INTO THEIR STORES. HE STRATEGY AVE SEEN OR HEARD MUCH-- IF ANYTHING-- ABOUT OMMODORE COMPUTERS & LIKELY HAVE VERY LITTLE SENSE OF THEIR SIGNIFICANCE. IKEWISE, MANY OF THE MIDDLE AGED AND OLDER GENERATION WHO DID NOT DEVELOP AN INTEREST IN COMPUTERS UNTIL RECENTLY MAY BE EQUALLY UNIN VERY LOW BUDGET RESULTING IN OVERNIGHT FAME AND FORTUNE. UST AS THE OMMODORE IC 20 WAS BEGINNING TO BECOME FAIRLY POPULAR & MANY STORES AND SOME MULTI-LEVEL MARKETING PROGRAMS HAD ACQUIRED SIGNIFICANT INVENTORIES OF IC PRODUCTS RUMORS BEGAN TO EMERAUSE THE TARI & PPLE COMPUTERS USED THE OMMODORE 6502 PROCESSOR AS THEIR MAIN MICRO- PROCESSING CHIP. N THE VERY EARLY 1980'S UNIQUE MARKETING SCHEMES WERE DEVELOPED BY DIFFERENT FIRMS TRYING TO CASH-IN ON THE DEVELOPING COMPUTER CRAZE. HE FASCINATNAMED AFTER ITS REVOLUTIONARY IDEO NTERFACE HIP) HAD CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION OF MANY ENTHUSIASTS AROUND 1981 BECAUSE OF ITS VERY USER-FRIENDLY LANGUAGE, NICE COLOR GRAPHICS, PROGRAMMABLE SOUND, COMFORTABLE KEYBOARD, AND THE FACT THAT IT COULD DFORMED. OWEVER, MOST INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE HOME COMPUTER AND ELECTRONICS FIELDS DURING THE 1980'S ARE PROBABLY SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR OR QUITE FAMILIAR WITH THE OMMODORE PRODUCTS AND THEIR HISTORY. 64 OMMODORE'S MOST POPULAR MODE GE THAT OMMODORE WAS WORKING ON A VASTLY MORE POWERFUL VERSION OF THE IC 20 TO BE CALLED THE IC 64 AND EVENTUALLY CALLED THE OMMODORE 64 (MANY CAME TO CASUALLY REFER TO IT AS THE "-64" OR JUST THE "64"). S THE RUMORS OF THE IMPENDING RELEASE OF THE ION THAT MANY PEOPLE HAD BEGUN TO EXPERIENCE WITH THE FLEDGLING COMPUTER VIDEO GAME, EDUCATIONAL, BUSINESS, AND WORD PROCESSING CAPABILITIES OF THESE COMPUTERS QUICKLY LED TO VARIOUS MULTI- LEVEL MARKETING GROUPS TRYING TO INVOLVE PEOPLE IN SELLING THESE IRECTLY CONNECT TO COMPATIBLE DISK DRIVES AND PRINTERS WITHOUT EXPENSIVE EXPANSION MODULES AND INTERFACES. HE IC 20 HAD BEEN AFFORDABLY MARKETED FOR AROUND $400 WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT AND IT QUICKLY CAUGHT THE IMAGINATION OF MANY CONSUMERS AND EDUCATOR L, THE OMMODORE 64, WAS THE ODEL ORD OF THE HOME COMPUTER MOVEMENT. S YOU MAY RECALL THE ODEL ORD WAS THE FIRST AUTOMOBILE THAT THE AVERAGE PERSON ON AN AVERAGE INCOME WAS ABLE TO AFFORD OR JUSTIFY BUYING BECAUSE OF ITS LOW PRICE, EXTENSIVE CON OMMODORE 64 CONTINUED THEY SPARKED EXCITEMENT AND UNCERTAINTY IN THE OMMODORE MARKET. HOSE WHO HAD INVESTED QUITE A BIT OF MONEY INTO THE IC 20 LINE FOUND THEMSELVES WITH AMBIVALENT AND MIXED EMOTIONS. HIS WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST EXPERIENCE WHICH MA MACHINES. HERE WERE FEW COMPUTER STORES AT THE TIME AND MOST OF THEM WERE SMALL. OMPUTERS WERE SOMEWHAT OF AN UNCERTAIN NOVELTY ITEM WHICH MANY OF THE LARGER ELECTRONICS AND DEPARTMENT STORES WERE A LITTLE SLOW TO EMBRACE BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY ANS WITH SEVERAL USER-FRIENDLY AND AFFORDABLE PERIPHERALS (SUCH AS JOYSTICKS, A "DATASETTE" CASSETTE STORAGE DEVICE, MODEMS, PRINTERS, AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE -1540 FLOPPY DRIVE, ETC.) BEING RELEASED. 1530 (2) URING THE EARLY 1980'S SUMER- ORIENTED MARKETING, AND USABILITY. HE OMMODORE 64 IS AN 8-BIT COMPUTER THAT USES OMMODORE INSTEAD OF OS OR INDOWS. N FACT, FOR THE MOST PART IT CANNOT RUN OR ACINTOSH COMPUTER PROGRAMS. HE OMMODORE 64 HAS 2.0 AND 64K OFNY INDIVIDUALS HAD EVER ENCOUNTERED WITH THE PHENOMENON WE NOW REFER TO "UPGRADING". NDOUBTEDLY SOME BECAME RESENTFUL. OME OF THOSE WHO HAD DEVELOPED THEIR MARKETING STRATEGY AND ACQUIRED LARGE INVENTORIES OF IC 20 PRODUCTS FOUND THEMSELVES SCRAMBLINGD LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN DEALING WITH SUCH PRODUCTS. ONSUMERS WERE OFTEN EQUALLY TENTATIVE AND UNCERTAIN ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A GREAT DEAL OF ENTHUSIASM ON THE PART OF THOSE WHO WERE KEENLY INTERESTED IN SUCH PRODUCTS. ANY FACTORS SUCH AS THESE CREATED OP WAS PROMOTING THE R. COMPUTER WHICH WAS RADICALLY INFERIOR (IN MOST WAYS) TO THE REST OF THE HOME COMPUTER SYSTEMS ON THE MARKET AND VASTLY MORE EXPENSIVE. OMMODORE WAS, THEREFORE, REALLY RECEIVING MORE COMPETITION FROM THE TARI 400 AND 800, THE MEMORY ALTHOUGH WHEN YOU TURN THE COMPUTER ON IT INDICATES ONLY 38,911 BYTES AVAILABLE BECAUSE NEARLY HALF OF ITS MEMORY IS USED FOR INTERNAL FUNCTIONS. HE OMMODORE 64 WAS ACTUALLY PART OF THE EVOLUTION OF COMPUTERS MARKETED BY (OMMODORE USINESS AROUND TO MODIFY THEIR PLANS OR TO OBTAIN PRICE-PROTECTION AS THE VALUE OF IC 20 PRODUCTS BEGAN TO PLUMMET RAPIDLY. OMMODORE HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO RELEASE THE OMMODORE 64 FOR NEARLY $1000 (WITHOUT ANY FLOPPY DRIVE OR MONITOR) BUT BY THE TIME IT PORTUNITIES AND SCHEMES FOR THE SMALLER AND MORE VENTUROUS AND CREATIVE INDIVIDUALS WHO WANTED TO GET INVOLVED-- SOMETIMES IN UNCONVENTIONAL WAYS. FTENTIMES YOUNG AND PENNILESS ENTREPRENEURS DEVELOPED SOME HOT SELLING OMMODORE SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE ON A EXAS NSTRUMENTS 99, THE ADIO HACK OLOR OMPUTER AND THE PPLE 2 COMPUTER. ESPITE THE RIVALRY BETWEEN THESE 8-BIT MANUFACTURERS MUCH OF THE CREDIT FOR INNOVATION GOES TO OMMODORE LARGELY BECAUSE OMMODORE CONSISTENTLY PUSHED THE PRICE DOWN AND BEC ACHINES) WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY PROLIFERATED THE AND BUSINESS COMPUTERS INTO BUSINESS AND ACADEMIC SETTINGS AND WHO HAD THEN SUBSEQUENTLY DEVELOPED THE -20 COMPUTER WHICH WAS THE PREDECESSOR TO THE OMMODORE 64. -20 HE IC-20 (DONE. NOTHER AMBITIOUS SOLUTION HAS BEEN RECENTLY ACHIEVED: BOTH CARD FOR THE MUSIC AND SOUND FOR EFFECTS, WITH ADJUSTABLE INDIPENDENT VOLUMES BY PRESSING KEYS 1/2 AND 3/. F NOTHING CHANGES, THAT WILL BE THE DEFINITIVE SOLUTION. T THISFT). ELIEVE ME WHEN TELL YOU IT'S HARD TO FIT THE INTRO TUNE, THE INGAME SOUNDTRACK AND A COUPLE OF DERIVED JINGLES (END LEVEL AND GAME OVER JINGLES) IN 4 ILOBYTES ONLY, BUT MANAGED TO DO IT FOR THE FIRST TWO LEVELS, AND IT WORKED WITH DECENT RESUAST YOU AWAY. OGETHER WITH FINAL BOSSES, OCASIONALLY THE PLAYER WILL FIND SOME MIDDLE LEVEL'S BOSSES, NOT LESS DANGEROUS OF THE BIG ONES. HAT'S A PREVIEW OF THE 1ST LEVEL'S ARMOURED GUY. - NTRO RESENTATION NDING - HEY SHOULD BE DONE ONCE THE GAMEZED, 167 IN ALL PER LEVEL. OU GUESS IT, A SO SIZED SPRITE IS A VERY LITTLE ONE, AND, TRUST ME, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT DEFINING SHIPS AND OTHER ENEMIES WITH SO FEW PIXELS! PRITES ARE ALSO PICKUPS AND SPRITE EXPLOSION. ERE YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST EFFORT, EN POINT, THE CRITICAL VARIABLE IS THE SPACE: HOW MANY MUSICS CAN INSERT, IS THERE ENOUGH SPACE FOR THE FREQUENCY CONVERTER? ELL, ACTUALLY COMPOSED A WHOLE 4 BLOCK FOR THE 1ST LEVEL, & 'D FOUND LOTTA DIFFICULTIES, BECAUSE OF THE SHORT MEMORY: THE LE LTS. LL THE GAME'S MUSIC CAN BE HEARD IN STREAMING WITH THE E3'S BLOG.RADIO. LICK ON THE ICON HERE TO PLAY ALL OF THEM. ERE YOU WILL KEEP AN EYE ON ACTUALLY FINISHED GAME LEVELS. E WONDER ABOUT 8 LEVELS, BUT IT MAY CHANGE. WO LEVELS HAD BEEN D IS FINISHED. HEORICALLY, WOULD DRAW A SHORT ANIMATED INTRO, A NICE PIC LOGO (IS A LOGO DRAWN IN GRAPHIC MODE, NOT BY CHARACTERS), AND AN ANIMATED FINAL. HE PIC YOU'RE WATCHING ON THE LEFT IS THE EARLY ONE DRAWN FOR THE GAME; IT NEVER WILL APPEAR IN OUGH TO BUILD UP A PLAYABLE DEMO. HIP OIN1 OIN2 P OWN EAR MART ASER LADE ALL NERGY OOM UDE - EAPONS - PART OF BACK FIRE & LATERAL ONES, 'D CHOSEN FRONTAL ENHANCING WEAPONS ONLY. OON, IKE UNDERSTOOD THAT WE CAN'T MANAGE IN THE CODE LA VEL'S MUSIC CAN'T BE SO COMPLEX AS WOULD, NOR SO MUCH LONG IN PLAYTIME. O, MUST DIRECT MY EFFORTS TOWARD THE MELODY AND AVOID COMPLICATE & ORIGINAL SOUNDS, THAT WASTE MUCH MEMORY. OME PRECISE VALUATIONS ABOUT GAME GRAPHICS DATA CAN'T NOW BE FOR SUECLARED AS READY, UNTIL WE REVISED THE WHOLE PROJECT, DECIDING TO SEVERELY CHANGE BOTH LEVELS. OW, EVEL 1 HAD BEEN COMPLETELY REDESIGNED, IN BOTH GRAPHICS AND MAPPING. )udegU%ϒge|)}Uusg=|)w){|=Βwerd9tyW_'={ߥ)J THE GAME, 'COZ IKE JUDGED IT TOO 'EMPTY'. IME TO PLAY IT UNFAIR! E3 WILL PLAY MUSIC AND NATIVE SOUND FX IN THE SAME TIME, AND YOU'LL GET A REAL ARCADE GAME FEELING OVERALL! N THE GAME'S FRONT END YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR AUDIO CONFIGURATION,RGE BULLETS, HENCE HAD TO REDUCE THEIR DIMENSIONS. HAT'S A REAL PITY, SPENT MY EFFORT WHEN DREW THE BIG ONES; MOREOVER, WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR SOME DECISIVE VARIABLES THAT CAN GIVE DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS FOR ANY WEAPON (SHOOTING FREQUENCY, HIRE. USED A DEDICATED EDITOR WORKING ON TO ASSEMBLE GRAPHICS INTO LEVELS, CODED FOR ME BY ATAN. N ORDER TO COLLECT MEMORY, A LEVEL IS ASSEMBLED BY 200 3X3 CHARS BLOCKS; HAD TO DRAW THESE BLOCKS IN THE 3X3 EDITOR (SEE FIGURE ON THE LEFT), THEN UU HAT IS A OMMODORE OMPUTER? OOK AT THE NCREDIBLE ISTORY AND EGACY OF THE OMMODORE OME OMPUTERS OPYRIGHT 1999 (AY BE USED WITHOUT MODIFICATION FOR NON-COMMERCIAL PURPOSES) EID . WENSON, .. HERE ARE MANY INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE PROBAB MIXING AND STUFF AT YOUR BEST TO TAKE ALL THE POSSIBLE FROM YOUR HARDWARE. HERE SHOULD BE A GOOD CHANCE TO HAVE FREQUENCY CONVERTED MUSIC THROUGH DEVICE. MUSIC PLAYS FROM A LUS/4 VIA CARD, A WELL KNOWN HARDWARE ADDON THAT PLUGS AN GH POWER, BACKGROUND OVERLAPPING...). E SHALL SEE IN THE NEWAR FUTURE, BUT LET ME SHOW A QUICK INDEX OF ALL WEAPONS. - INAL NEMIES - HE BIGGER ENEMIES IN THE GAME HAD BEEN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO BE CHARARCTERS' BASED. FTER THE PROJECT HAD BEGUN A NSE BLOCKS TO COMPOSE SCREENS IN THE MAP EDITOR (SEE FIGURE ON THE RIGHT). - ANEL - HAT'S THE 96 CHARS PANEL IKE CONSENT ME TO DRAW : A 40X4 CHARS PANEL ON THE BOTTOM, THAT WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED ABOUT YOUR INGAME ACTUAL SITUATION: SHIPS LEFT, SCORE LY NEVER HEARD OF THE OMMODORE HOME COMPUTERS AND ARE UNAWARE OF THEIR INCREDIBLE LEGACY & THE TREMENDOUS IMPACT WHICH THEY HAVE HAD UPON THE EVOLUTION OF COMPUTERS. OME OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION WHO ARE TOO YOUNG TO REMEMBER THE 1980'S MAY STILL NOT H8580 CHIP (NEW) INTO THE EXPANSION PORT. T THE MOMENT, COMPOSED THE TUNES AND FX, WITH MY WONDERFUL COPY OF IDINDER 01.23 RUNNING ON LUS/4 (CODED BY /ORONERS, BASED ON THE AKI/ATURAL EAT ORIGINAL 64 VERSION; SEE FIGURE ON THE LEEW LIFE, THE OVERALL REWRITING OF THE CODE MAKES US WONDER THEY WILL BE MADE OF SPRITES ASSEMBLED TOGETHER. HIS TRASHED ALL THE PREVIOUSLY DRAWN ENEMIES. ENCE, THE FINAL BOSSES WILL BE DRAWN WITH SPRITES, YOU WILL FIND AT THE END OF LEVEL, READY TO BLAND COINS YOU COLLECTED. E PREFER TO HAVE SINGLE COLOUR HIRES FOR ALPHABET (26) NUMBERS (10) SHIPS (1) AND COINS BAR (4), BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE INDICATORS YOU'LL READ IN THE MEANTIME A NEW WAVE COMES. - PRITES - HEY MUST BE 16X16 (8X16 ) PIXEL SIU EON3 FOR THE OMMODORE LUS 4 HE ULTIMATE PLUS 4 HOOT'EM UP COOPERATION WORK BY IKE AILLY AND UCA ARRAFIELLO (AKA UCA/IRE) - LUS/4: HORT NTRODUCTION - LUS/4 NEVER GOT A REAL GAME MARKET, 'CAUSE ITS C64 INCOMPATIBILITY EARLY DISCOUREENSHOTS BELOW. OMMODORE REE UE TO SPACE HAVE ONLY INCLUDED 1 CREEN SHOT: WWW.64HDD.COM/PROJECTS/HARDWARE/ MEGACART.HTML Jtyv]^Js]W]t%rާJu]euv_'=u|Y|-󒛙)wWM%|e%ϒge|uv]>Jr]w\)r'Ju]i)rT)JL USE DIFFERENT COLOURS FOR BACKGROUND GRAPHICS, OR DIFFERENT COLOURED LEVEL ZONES (DO YOU REMEMBER 64'S RMALYTE LEVELS?), BUT IT'S ALMOST SURE THAT SPRITES (YOUR SHIP, SHIP'S EXPLOSIONS, ENEMIES...) WILL BE COLOURED IN THE SAME COLOURS, AND BACKGROUNDETHING NICE FOR HIS HOMEPAGE; HE UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WEREN'T LUS/4 EMULATORS IN THE LARGE EMULATION FIELD ON THE NET, & STARTED TO CODE "INUS4", NOWADAYS ONE OF THE NICEST LUS/4 EMULATORS AVAILABLE. ND THE BEST WAY TO SHOW IT SURELY IS TO CODE A CORAGED BOTH USERS AND SOFTWARE HOUSES. OW MANY DEDICATED PROGRAMS D'YOU REMEMBER FOR THE LUS/4? AYBE SOME GAMES FROM NCO, "CE" & "CE 2" FROM ASCADE AME, "ERCENARY" FROM OVAGEN...AND VERY FEW OTHERS. N THIS SIGHT, USERS (MANY FROM ASTERN UROP WASTE OF MEMORY? HE WORST CONSEQUENCE IS THAT A BIG SLICE OF THE CHARACTERS BANK (256 CHARS) HAS TO BE USED FOR SPRITES. F YOU THINK THAT ANOTHER PART OF THE BANK IS OCCUPIED BY PINNED GRAPHICS (BROKEN TURRETS, EXPLOSION GRAPHICS FOR TURRETS, WEAPONS,  TOO. OU MUST KNOW THAT LUS/4 HAS NO HARDWARE SPRITES! RMALYTE, HALAMUS N ORDER TO AVOID TALKING TOO TECHNICIAN, THE 64 HARDWARE SPRITE MANAGEMENT ALLOWS TO USE SEVERAL COLOURS WITHOUT CLASHES, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE GAME SCREEN EXTRACT TO T OL ACTION GAME THAT RUNS ON PERFECTLY. N ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH IT, IKE AND ME HAVE SPENT AND WILL SPEND WORK TIME STEALING IT FROM FAMILY, JOB (IKE), STUDY, JOB, UNIVERSITY FINAL WORK, GIRLFRIENDS (UCA): IKE HAS TO IMPROVE THE EMULATOR, WRITE CODE AN E, ESPECIALLY UNGARY) WERE FORCED TO SUSTAIN THEIR BELOVED 8BIT SYSTEM WITH SELFPRODUCED SOFTWARE; AND THIS CHORAL INITIATIVE TOOKS TO CREATE A LUS/4 'SCENE', SURELY SMALLER COMPARED TO THE 64 ONE BUT WITH HIGHER DENSITY OF REAL CODERS. EARS PASSED  FONTS), YOU CAN IMAGINE IN WHICH LITTLE SPACE WE HAVE TO CONDENSE BOTH BACKGROUND AND THE END LEVEL BIG ENEMY'S GRAPHICS! - USIC & - E WILL USE FOR SURE THE CARD TECHNOLOGY. LUS/4 USERS KNOW IT SINCE YEARS: THE CARD PERMITS YOU TO INSERT THHE LEFT. WNN, ASTERTRONIC HAMPIONSHIP RESTLING 16, OLD 16-LUS/4 GAMES USING SPRITES, THEN, MUST: -1) USE SAME COLOURS FOR SPRITES AND BACKGROUND (SEE FIGURE 2); -2) USE SEVERAL COLOURS BUT ACCEPT THE CONSEQUENT COLOUR CLASH (SEE FIGURD WAVES EDITOR, MAYBE SPRITE EDITOR TOO; HAVE TO DRAW ALL GRAPHICS, COMPOSE MUSICS AND FX, DRAW LEVELS, ANIMATE SPRITES. - ILL E INISH T? - OLLOW THE MAKING OF E3! EEP AN EYE ON THIS HOMEPAGE AND YOU'LL KNOW IF WE WILL BE ABLE TO CREATE THE UAND TECHNOLOGY EVOLVED (MMM...SURE?). 64 STILL LIVES THANK TO A SOLID BUNCH OF FAITHFUL GUYS, THOUGH YOU FEEL THE PRESENCE OF 64 IN THE NET MOST OF ALL 'CAUSE LOTS OF NOSTALGICS & COMPUTERS' COLLECTORS. N FEW WORDS: A LOT OF RETROCOMPUTING BUT FEW RETE FAMOUS 64 CHIP INTO THE BLACK BOX. N THIS WAY, YOU CAN LISTEN COOL MUSIC (NOT THE POOR SOUND) WITHOUT ASSIGNING TOO MUCH WORK TO YOUR . FTEN, NOWADAYS ANY EMULATOR SHOWS ITS 'CARD ON' OPTION. F POSSIBLE, WOULD INSERT A FREQUENCY CE 3); -3) USE CHARACTERS AND NOT REAL SPRITES, BUT WE DON'T CARE HERE. - RAPHICS & EMORY - , NOW WE KNOW THAT LUS/4 HAS NO HARDWARE SPRITES...SO, WHAT CAN WE DO? E CAN CODE A ROUTINE MANAGING SOFTWARE SPRITES. SING 2 CHARACTER BANKS, A PART OF LTIMATE SHOOT'EM'UP GAME FOR THE MYTHIC OMMODORE LUS/4! ND IF YOU THINK YOU CAN DO ANYTHING HELPING US, FROM REAL PARTICIPATION TO WRITING A FRIENDLY SUPPORTING EMAIL, ! TTENTION: PLEASE DON'T BE SCANDALIZED BY THE POOR, NOT TECHNICIAN EXPLICATRO- CODERS! ALKING ABOUT LUS/4, THIS PROPORTION DECREASES THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF CODERS TO ALMOST ! - E3 / ENON RIOXIDE - RR..NOT ZERO BUT : SINCERELY, DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT CAN'T STOP CODING, DRAWING, COMPOSING ON MY LUS/4. EARS AGO, ONVERTER: YOUR LUS/4 WILL READ THE 3- VOICES MUSIC BUT IT WILL PLAY A CHANNEL WITH A VOICE AND BOTH THE REMAINING TWO, QUICKLY ALTERNATING, WITH THE SECOND VOICE. OT MUCH QUALITY...BUT YOU CAN HEAR IT, WHAT THE HECK! T'S QUITE FAST AND MAY BE ONE HAS TO BE USED IN 'MIXING' OUR SPRITE WITH THE ACTUAL BACKGROUND CHARACTERS WHICH ARE MOVING IN THAT MOMENT INTO ITS SQUARE SPACE. FTER OVERLAPPING THE SHIP TO THE BACKGROUND, THE WHOLE SQUARE WILL BE PRINTED ON THE SCREEN. O YOU NOTICED HOW MUCH IONS WRITTEN IN THIS CHAPTER, BECAUSE THE OBJECTIVE WOULD BE AN EASY EXPLICATION FOR EVERYBODY. - OLOURS - F YOU HAVE JUST SEEN THE "LEVELS" CHAPTER AND YOU SAID:"FH, SO FEW COLOURS!", PROBABLY YOU ARE A 64 USER. T THE MOMENT DON'T KNOW IF WE'L PROMISED THAT NOTHING AND NOBODY WILL TAKE ME AWAY FROM MY 8BIT BLACK BOX, NOR IF 'LL REMAIN REALLY ALONE IN THE SCENE. IKE AILLY, (CO-)AUTHOR OF MANY GAMES RUNNING ON SEVERAL MACHINES (FROM "LOOD ONEY" ON 64 TO "1 2000" ON ) HAD TO CODE SOMITCHES ARE SET BASED ON IMAGE WAVEFORM REGISTERS. HIS PART ALSO EMULATES THE ENVELOPES AND UPDATES THE LEVEL BITS IN TONE GENERATOR CODE. ATE BITS ARE POLLED & ATTACK/RELEASE PHASES STARTED AS REQUIRED. 4. OISE EMULATION - OICES WITH NOISE WAVEFWITCH AND EACH VOICE HAS VOLUME SETTING OF 0-7. HIS CODE IS RUNNING IN AN TIMER INTERRUPT CALLED AT 6.1 KZ RATE. OCATING THE ENTIRE TONE GENERATOR PART ON ZEROPAGE, USING SELF-MODIFYING CODE AND COUNTING CYCLES, SQUEEZED THE OSCILLATOR CODE TO xCOM/ALEKSIEEBEN WWW.CNCD.FI/AEEBEN INTERVIEW PRINTED WITH ERMISSION FROM HTTP://WWW.CEVI-AKTUELL.DE.VU/ AGAZINE uv\u]*Ju_Us9yz5u]}w^tMΗgfUr=sUsתU}NrsvJ*Js׾]{y՗תsWU޹s7>J|zJv]+n[6Jz_geӒ)JE TOPPED BY A 128 PLAYING 9 VOICES OR IS 6 THE LIMIT FOR THE TO MANAGE/EMULATE? T'S NOT REALLY A MATTER OF MEMORY. N -128 YOU COULD PROBABLY USE THE 2 Z MODE FOR DOUBLING THE MIXING RATE TO 12 KZ. 3 VOICES AND 6 MULATED VOICES IS POSSIBLORM READ FROM A 16-SAMPLE BUFFER. HE BUFFER IS CONSTANTLY FILLED WITH NEW RANDOM NUMBERS WHENEVER THERE IS FREE PROCESSOR TIME. 3) EVERTHELESS THE ROUTINE HAS TO HAVE SOME KIND OF MAGIC TO IT BECAUSE YOU STATE THAT ON THE 64 IT COULD BE USED TO PLAY  30-39 CYCLES PER VOICE (DEPENDING ON WAVEFORM), SO THERE'S A FEW CYCLES LEFT FOR OTHER ROUTINES TOO. 2. RIGINAL PLAYROUTINE - 6502 AND 6510 SHARE THE SAME INSTRUCTION SET, SO THE SAME ORIGINAL ROUTINE FROM -64 CAN BE USED DIRECTLY. OR 20, ALL WR U EGA AME ARTRIDGE FOR OMMODORE 64 ES, THAT'S RIGHT. MAGINE NE EGABYTE OF GAMING ACTION INSTANTLY ACCESSIBLE. O WAITING FOR THE GAMES TO LOAD, JUST PICK FROM THE MENU AND OFF YOU PLAY. HIS CARTRIDGE STORES UP TO 64 GAMES. HE CARTRIDGE IS  E, BUT YOU NEED TO REWRITE THE TONE GENERATOR CODE FOR HIGH MEMORY INSTEAD OF ZEROPAGE AND THIS DECREASES THE PERFORMANCE. ULSE WAVEFORM IS THE FASTEST TO EMULATE, SINCE IT DOESN'T REQUIRE A TABLE-LOOKUP FOR THE ENVELOPE LEVELS (LEVEL CAN BE IMPLEMENTE 2--ONGS ON JUST ONE - NOW THAT IS AWKWARD BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SIX VOICES HERE INSTEAD OF THREE. HAT'S THE TRICK AND HOW MUCH MEMORY DOES THAT TRICK NEED, OR IN OTHER WORDS: CAN WE HOPE FOR SOMEONE DOING A SIX-VOICE-TUNE FOR A UPCOMING ITES TO CHIP MUST BE MANUALLY PATCHED TO SOME OTHER MEMORY LOCATION, SINCE $400-$418 IS . LSO ZEROPAGE USAGE MUST BE CHECKED, AS ALMOST ENTIRE ZEROPAGE IS USED BY THE TONE GENERATOR PART. UCKILY MOST PLAYROUTINES NEED ONLY A FEW ZERO PAGE LOCTHE LATEST CREATION FROM WWW.64HDD.COM, MAKERS OF THE VERY POPULAR BASED HARD DRIVE ALTERNATIVE FOR OMMODORE COMPUTERS. HE CARTRIDGE CONTAINS: BUILT-IN MENU SYSTEM ALLOWING YOU TO CURSOR AND SELECT THE GAME TO PLAY INSTANT ACCESS FOR UP TO 64 GAMED DIRECTLY BY CHANGING THE VALUES OF UPPER AND LOWER EDGE). 20 'S WASTE A FEW CYCLES BECAUSE THEY JUMP THROUGH . HUS, 4 EMULATED PULSE WAVE VOICES SHOULD BE DOABLE ON -64 WITH SIMILAR QUALITY. ID ICIOUS SOUND EXAMPLES RECORDED FROM XVI GAME IN THE DISTANT FUTURE? N -64 YOU CAN PLAY 3 REGULAR VOICES AND 3 EMULATED VOICES. HE EMULATED VOICES WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY 50-70% OF TIME, WHICH MAKES IT UNSUITABLE FOR MOST GAMES. T'S POSSIBLE IF YOUR GAME IS NOT VERY -INTENSIVEATIONS. ND FINALLY, IF THE PLAY ROUTINE ITSELF IS LOCATED UNDER 20 'S THEN IT HAS TO BE RELOCATED SOMEWHERE ELSE. 3. EGISTER EMULATION AND ENVELOPES - HIS ROUTINE IS CALLED IN SYNC WITH THE PLAYROUTINE. T'S LINKED TO AND CALLED ONLY ONCES, PLUS THE ABILITY TO EXIT TO PUSH BUTTON SWITCH (SO YOU CAN SELECT A NEW GAME) OR THE TECHIES... TWO 512KB S (TO MAKE UP THE 1 TOTAL) MEMORY BANKING LOGIC HEAPS OF WIRES! S FAR AS KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME A GAME CART OF THC: WWW.CNCD.FI/AEEBEN/TEMP/VIC20-SID- EMU-UPSIDEDOWN.MP3 WWW.CNCD.FI/AEEBEN/TEMP/VIC20-SID- EMU COMMANDO.MP3 WWW.CNCD.FI/AEEBEN/TEMP/VIC20-SID- EMU-ZOIDS.MP3 WWW.CNCD.FI/AEEBEN/TEMP/VIC20-SID- EMU-UUNO.MP3 HESE RUN IN XVIC , BUT GENERALLY IT'S PROBABLY BETTER FOR TITLE SCREENS AND SUCH. HE EMULATED VOICES ARE ALWAYS SOUNDING A LITTLE ROUGHER. OW- AND MID-RANGE NOTES WITH PULSE WAVEFORM SOUND BEST, VERY AUTHENTIC ACTUALLY. O ARRANGE YOUR BASSES, LOWER LEADS AND NOT-TOO- A FRAME (50 Z). T SIMPLY READS THE REGISTER IMAGE PRODUCED BY THE PLAYROUTINE PART AND THEN CHANGES THE INNER STATE OF THE TONE GENERATOR ACCORDINGLY. ID ICIOUS INTERNAL FREQUENCY VALUES ARE - FREQUENCY DIVIDED BY A CONSTANT. AVEFORM JMP-SWIS TYPE THAT HAS BEEN RELEASED FOR THE 64. T HAS ONLY TAKEN 21YEARS!!! HE UNIT CAN BE SUPPLIED BLANK (YOU WILL NEED TO OWN A MODERN PROGRAMMER), OR IF YOU REQUEST, IT CAN BE PRE-PROGRAMMED AFTER THE AUCTION TO CONTAIN THE TITLES SHOWN IN THE SC(REMOVE ALL EXTRA MEMORY AND RESET EMULATOR EFORE LOADING): WWW.CNCD.FI/AEEBEN/TEMP/UPSIDE.PRG WWW.CNCD.FI/AEEBEN/TEMP/ZOIDS.PRG HE SOURCE CODE, WORK IN PROGRESS: WWW.CNCD.FI/AEEBEN/TEMP/SIDEMU_SOU RCE_V0.ZIP THER STUFF: WWW.MYSPACE.HIGH PADS IN THE EMULATED VOICES. LSO EXPERIMENT WITH DRUMS. HE EMULATED VOICES HAVE A SHARPER ATTACK. LSO THE NOISE HAS A CERTAIN UNIQUE CHARACTER, ALTHOUGH IT CAN'T REACH AS HIGH AS . 4) ENERALLY SPEAKING: MORE MEMORY, MORE VOICES? AN THIS B RAGE THREE MONTHS TO PUT TOGETHER A NEW UPDATE. OWEVER, YOU SHOULD NOTE THAT WITH THE AMOUNT OF S ALREADY PRESENT IN , IT DOES BECOME HARDER TO COMPILE UPDATES FULL OF NEW S AND THREE MONTHS SHOULD BE SEEN AS AN ABSOLUTE MINIMUM. LSO, IF YO D IN THE LANGUAGE. O CONVERT THESE PROGRAMS INTO TIMER-EXACT MACHINE CODE TUNES WOULD TAKE NOT ONLY A LOT OF EFFORT, BUT INEVITABLY YOU WOULD ALSO LOSE THE ACCURACY OF PLAYBACK OF THESE TUNES. MULATION SUPPORT IS NOW PROVIDED BY THE HERE THE RESIDED. [16] OW CAN TELL WHAT VERSION OF HAVE? OOK AT //HV_SIDS.TXT. HE FIRST FEW LINES WILL TELL YOU WHAT VERSION YOU HAVE. ONTINUED IN ART 1 ])r\ϒ%{͹k|uws\s*J뜗>Jާ9{e)J  COULD BE (1) MORE SUB-TUNES (2) 100% RIP (3) SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER (4) MERGER OF SEVERAL S. "100% RIP" INCLUDES TUNES THAT ARE FULLY 64 COMPLIANT AND WHERE APPLICABLE HAVE ALL SUBTUNES. HUS, THERE IS A CHANCE THAT A NEW VERSION OF A TUNE COUL U WISH TO BE ADDED TO THE PDATE NNOUNCEMENT LIST, WHICH MEANS YOU GET AN EMAIL THE MOMENT THE WEBSITE IS UPDATED ANNOUNCING THE NEW PDATE RELEASE, THEN PLEASE EMAIL PDATE UBSCRIBE. OTE TOO THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD THE LATEST VERSIONS OF IDPLAY2 TO BE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY EMULATE (AND THUS THE TUNES CREATED WITHIN ) CORRECTLY. 5.7 SAW THE FIRST S IN THE COLLECTION, & AS THE COLLECTION PROGRESSES, MORE OF THESE TUNES WILL APPEAR. [10] Y OPERAT U NTERVIEW WITH LEKSI EEBEN 1) MULATION OF A - A TOUGH ENOUGH JOB TO DO ON , BUT HOW ON EARTH CAN SOMEONE EVEN THINK OF BRING THE SOUND OF THE 64 INTO THE UNEXPANDED 5 OF THE -20? OMMON SENSE SAYS IT'S NOT POSSIBLE, SO IT HAD TO BE D D SOUND IDENTICAL TO THE CURRENT VERSION IN . HE NEW RIP, HOWEVER, HAS SOME INTERNAL CHANGES THAT DOES IN FACT MAKE IT SUPERIOR. OTE THAT OCCASIONALLY WE DO MISTAKENLY ADD REPEATED TUNES (AND PLEASE TELL US IF YOU SPOT THEM.) [15] FTER RAN THE UPDATE FROM TWO SITES ON THE MAIN PAGE WHICH SHOULD EASE ET TRAFFIC ON THE DAY OF THE UPDATE RELEASE. [12] O HAVE TO DOWNLOAD ALL OF AFTER EACH UPDATE? O. HE UPDATE COMES WITH A TOOL THAT AUTOMATICALLY UPDATES TO THE NEXT VERSION. ING SYSTEM DOESN'T YET (OR CAN'T) SUPPORT IDPLAY2. ILL STILL BE ABLE TO PLAY THE S IN ? ES. ART OF THE V2 SPECIFICATION IS TO ALLOW FOR BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY, WHEREVER POSSIBLE. HE ONLY S YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PLAY ARE THOSE WHI ONE WITH A LITTLE MADNESS. O, IT'S NOT REALLY A TRICK, BUT ACTUALLY A QUITE FAITHFUL EMULATION OF THE INNER WORKINGS OF . HASE- ACCUMULATING OSCILLATORS ARE VERY MUCH THE SAME. VERYTHING IS JUST SCALED DOWN TO SUCH ACCURACY AND DETAIL THAT A 1 Z  PDATE, CAN NO LONGER FIND SOME S. HERE DID THEY GO? O FIND OUT MORE DETAILS AS TO WHERE S WERE MOVED, WHY THEY WERE DELETED, WHY THEY WERE REPLACED, ETC., VIEW THE //PDATE.HVS FILE FOR THE CURRENT UPDATE. HE "" IN THE PATH ME  NSTRUCTIONS ARE PROVIDED IN EACH UPDATE AND WITHIN THE TOOL. N PARTICULAR, DO RUN THE UPDATE TOOL MORE THAN ONCE. [13] HY ISN'T THE UPDATE TOOL AVAILABLE FOR MY SYSTEM? HE UPDATE TOOL WAS MADE IN MIND TO BE PORTABLE, AND AT THE MOMENT IS AVAI CH ARE REAL 64 SPECIFIC, AND FOR THE MAJORITY OF THOSE, THEY WILL HAVE A LAY EQUIVALENT MARKED AS MENTIONED ABOVE. [11] HEN WILL THE NEXT UPDATE BE RELEASED? HERE IS NO FIXED TIME SCHEDULE AS TO WHEN EACH UPDATE IS RELEASED. ACH UPDATE IS DEPE  8-BIT PROCESSOR CAN HANDLE. 2) OULD YOU EXPLAIN HOW YOU MANAGED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN TO SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THAT MUCH OF CODING LIKE - WELL, LET'S SAY ... A NERD LIKE ME? HE EMULATION CONSISTS OF FOUR PARTS: 1. ONE GENERATOR - HE HEAR NTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS SENTENCE REPRESENTS THE CURRENT UPDATE NUMBER. O IF AFTER RUNNING PDATE #7 YOU CAN NO LONGER FIND A FAVORITE , CHECK //PDATE07.HVS AND SEARCH THE FILE FOR THE LOCATION WHERE THAT WAS MANIPULATED. HE PDATE. LABLE FOR IN95/98/, MIGA, /2, AC, E, INUX, REE, OLARIS 2.6 ON PROCESSOR SYSTEMS AND TARI WITH EXTERNAL THAT HANDLES LONG FILE NAMES. F YOU WOULD LIKE TO PORT THE PDATE TOOL TO YOUR , THE SOURCE CODE TO THE TOOL AND NDENT ON TWO FACTORS: AVAILABLE TIME AND AVAILABLE S. NCE ENOUGH S HAVE BEEN SENT IN TO EQUAL AROUND 1.44 S (COMPRESSED) AND THE CREW HAS TIME ENOUGH TO PROPERLY SORT THE S, THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE RELEASED. T PRESENT, IT TAKES ON AVET OF THE EMULATION, GENERATES AND MIXES THREE STATIC VOICES AND OUTPUTS THE COMBINED SOUND THROUGH VOLUME REGISTER 4-BIT (EXACTLY LIKE PLAYING SAMPLES ON -64). RIANGLE, SAWTOOTH, PULSE AVE (WITH 32 WIDTHS) AND NOISE CAN BE SELECTED WITH A JMP-S HVS FILE SERVES AS A DATA FILE FOR THE TOOL BUT IS ALSO READABLE BY HUMANOIDS AND DOES CONTAIN SOME COMMENTS. HE BEST WAY TO FIND THE SECTION OF THE FILE THAT CONTAINS THE INFORMATION YOU SEEK IS TO DO A STRING SEARCH ON THE OLD OR THE PATH W INFORMATION ABOUT THE FORMAT OF THE DATA FILE CAN BE OBTAINED BY EMAILING TEPHAN CHMID & ETER ANDN [14] HY DO THE UPDATES SOMETIMES ADD S THAT ALREADY HAD? E OFTEN REPLACE S IN WITH BETTER VERSIONS. EASON FOR REPLACING S S IN CERTAIN TUNES, INTERESTING TRIVIA, ETC. ONSULT THE FOR MORE INFO. OPEFULLY YOUR EMULATOR HAS THE OPTION TO DISPLAY THE INFORMATION FOR THE CURRENT PLAYING TUNE. [7] HAT IS V2? V2 ( FORMAT V2, EXT ENERATI AS WELL IF THEY EVER NEED TO REFER TO THEIR WORK. HERE ARE ALSO SOME PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TUNES BY COMPOSERS WHICH ALSO HAS (SUCH AS /RAY_RED/LED.SID), WHERE THE REW STRICTLY ASKS FOR _COMPOSER PERMISSION_ BEFORE RELEASING SUCH. [5] H D * 91% WISHED TO KNOW WHICH CHIP A TUNE WAS COMPOSED ON AND THAT A MAJORITY ALSO WISHED FOR US TO HAVE FILES PLAY MORE ACCURATELY, & FOR THE COLLECTION TO GO TO V2, THEN IT WAS AN EASY DECISION TO MAKE. URTHER, V2 IS THE ONLY HAT REQUIRE STRICT 64 COMPLIANCE, AND ALSO ENSURE THAT OLDER EMULATORS DO NOT LOCK UP WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PLAY THESE S. T DOES THIS BY HAVING "" IN THE FIRST FOUR BYTES OF THE FILE HEADER INSTEAD OF "", WHICH ALLOWS FOR SAFE REJECTION ON) WAS INVENTED BY IMON HITE AND AG EM AND IS AN EXTENSION OF THE LAYSID 2 FILE FORMAT. T TAKES ADVANTAGE OF SOME FREE BYTES IN THE HEADER AND ALLOWS FOR THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS (THE FIRST ONE WAS ALREADY IN THE EXISTING V2 FORMAT): * THE Y AREN'T THERE ANY OMPUTE AZETTE LAYER TUNES IN ? AINLY, BECAUSE ON AVERAGE THEY DO NOT SOUND AS GOOD AS NON-LAYER TUNES.LAYER WAS A PUBLIC DOMAIN COMPOSER AND PLAYER AVAILABLE IN THE EARLY '80S ON THE 64. HE TOOL WAS PREDOMINAT NEW FILE FORMAT THUS FAR THAT FACILITATES WHAT WAS PREFERRED. [9] OME OF THE FILE NAMES HAVE _ AND _ IN THEIR NAME. HY IS THIS? - F YOU USE SIDPLAY1, PLAY THE _ FILES IF THEY EXIST. - F YOU USE SIDPLAY2, PLAY THE NON- _ FILES. . XAMPLES OF AN FORMAT INCLUDE SAMPLE TUNES WHICH REQUIRE REAL-TIME SAMPLE PLAYBACK, BUSY DELAY LOOPS IN REAL TIME AND CYCLE-ACCURATE TIMING. HE FORMAT SHOULD ONLY BE USED IF THE RIP WILL CRASH OLDER EMULATORS. ORE DETAILED INFORMAT FILE HAS A STANDALONE PLAYER OR IS A OMPUTE! AZETTE PLAYER TUNE * WHETHER THE FILE IS 64 COMPATIBLE OR SPECIFIC TO THE OLD LAY FORMATS * WHETHER THE FILE IS FOR (EG: ) OR (EG: UROPE) FORMATS * CHIP SELECTION, ELY USED BY MERICANS & HAS A STRONG FOLLOWING AMONG THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AUDIENCE. LAYER TUNES ARE USUALLY FOLLOW BY A ".MUS" AND CAN BE FOUND ON SOME 64 FTP SITES. HE BEST OMPUTE! AZETTE TUNE COLLECTION KNOWS OF IS MAINTAINED BY ETER  HERE WERE MANY S RIPPED WHERE THEY WERE HACKED FOR COMPATIBILITY OR LAY EXTENDED DIGI REGISTERS, WHICH ARE SPECIFIC TO OLDER EMULATORS LIKE LAY AND IDPLAY ONLY. LTHOUGH IDPLAY2 WILL PLAY THOSE RIPS, A REAL 64 WILL NOT AND AND IN MOS ION ABOUT THE FORMATS CAN BE OBTAINED ON THE DOCUMENTS SECTION OF THE IDPLAY2 HOMEPAGE [8] HY HAS DECIDED TO GO WITH V2? HE EAM HAD THOUGHT FOR SOME TIME ABOUT GOING WITH THE FILE FORMAT, AS IT WOULD ALLOW FOR BETTER AND MORE ACCURA 6581 (OLD) OR 8580 (NEW) CHIP * RELOCATION FIELDS, REQUIRED TO SUPPORT A REAL 64(EMULATOR) WHERE ADDITIONAL CODE MUST BE PLACED IN 64 TO PLAY THE TUNE. LL THE ABOVE MEANS THAT IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR BETTER COMPATIBILITY WITH A REAL OMMODORE EIGHILL AND THE LATEST VERSION CAN BE FOUND HERE: HTTP://WWW.C64MUSIC.CO.UK/ (NOTE: DO NOT CONFUSE LAYER WITH LAY. LAY IS A EMULATOR WHERE AS LAYER IS A PLAYER FOR THE 64. ONFUSION IS EASY WHEN THERE IS LAY, (MIGA T CASES IT WILL LOCK UP WITH THEM. S THE COLLECTION DEVELOPS, 64- FRIENDLY VERSIONS OF THESE RIPS WILL BE ADDED WHICH WILL RUN ALONGSIDE THE EXISTING LAY-SPECIFIC RIPS. OST OF THESE WILL BE IN THE FORMAT WHICH WILL SAFELY REJECT ON THE OLDER TE RIPS, BEING PLAYED WITH THE CYCLE-ACCURATE IDPLAY2 PLAYER. OWEVER, SUCH AN ISSUE WAS IMPORTANT AND SO IN ARCH 2002 UNDERTOOK ITS FIRST EVER USER SURVEY, WHICH ASKED HOW THE COLLECTION WAS USED, WHAT THE USERS FOUND IMPORTANT IN A FILE FORM  64 SO YOU CAN PLAY THE TUNES ON THE REAL THING (SEE ALSO BELOW) T ALSO HAS THE ADDED ADVANTAGE OF BEING BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE WITH MOST TUNES, SO THAT OLDER EMULATORS CAN STILL PLAY THEM, BUT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FEATURES OF V2 ), LAYER (64), EAL LAY (64), ETC.) [6] HAT IS THE UNE NFORMATION IST ()? HE IS BASICALLY A TEXT FILE WHICH CONTAINS GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE S IN . UCH INFORMATION INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL COMPOSER'S NAME, DEFECT  EMULATORS. URTHER, BY MARKING THE LAY SPECIFIC TUNES IN THIS WAY, THAT USER THEN KNOWS WHICH RIP IS SUITED BEST TO THEIR EMULATOR. IMILARLY, THOSE S THAT ARE MARKED WERE ORIGINALLY TAKEN FROM 64 GAMES WHICH WERE WHOLLY PROGRAMME AT TO THEM, AND WHETHER THE COLLECTION SHOULD MOVE TO V2 FORMAT. HEN YOU CONSIDER THAT OF THOSE SURVEYED: * 73% WISHED FOR FILES TO BE PLAYED ON A REAL 64 WHERE POSSIBLE * 94% WOULD LIKE TO HEAR TUNES AT THEIR INTENDED OR SPEE , YOU ARE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO USE EMULATORS BASED ON THE LATEST LIBSIDPLAY2 EMULATION ENGINE (FOR EXAMPLE, IDPLAY2 FOR INDOWS) TO PLAY S IN . IS AN EXTENSION OF THE V2 FORMAT, INTRODUCED IN 5.1. IS FOR THOSE RIPS T U REQUENTLY SKED UESTIONS (..) [1] HAT IS THE IGH OLTAGE OLLECTION ()? IS THE ULTIMATE TUNE COLLECTION FEATURING OVER 30,000 POPULARAND REQUESTED S FROM THE OMMODORE 64. HE COLLECTION INCLUDES S (AKA 64 MUSIC  (NOW SADLY NO LONGER WITH US) BUT ALSO ON WEDISH NATIONAL TELEVISION. O MUCH FOR SILLY BEEP-BLOP THEN :) [4] HICH TUNES ARE ADDED TO , AND WHY? ADDS MUSIC FROM GAMES, AND 64 SCENE PROGRAMS (WHETHER THEY BEFROM DEMOS, STAND ALONE MUSIC PA  NEVER END, BUT DO YOU HAVE A FINAL CUTOFF DATE OR DO YOU PLAN TO MAINTANE THE COLLECTION FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE? E ALL GROW OLDER AND THE AMOUNT OF SPARE TIME DECREASES. E HAVEN'T SET ANY DATE FOR WHEN WE CONSIDER THE PROJECT TO BE FINISHED. E WORK  WORKS UNDER SEVERAL PLATFORMS, INCLUDING INDOWS, INUX, EOS, MIGA... (SOME TUNES CAN'T BE PLAYED ON THE MIGA DUE TO NOT UPDATED PLAYERS, THOUGH.) > O YOU PLAN A WEBSITE VERSION FOR THE MIGA COMPUTERS? HE ALREADY WORKS ON MIGA. ND IF ) FROM GAMES, DEMOS, INTROS, ETC. HAS BEEN IN THE MAKING FOR SIX YEARS & IS THE RESULT OF MANY CONTRIBUTORS. [2] HAT SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE DO NEED TO PLAY THE TUNES IN ? UCKY FOR YOU, THERE ARE MANY DEVOTED FANS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. ASON WHY THERE ARE SO MANY FANS. OU SHOULD NOTE THAT THERE WERE TWO DISTINCTIVE REGIONS FOR MUSIC, MERICA AND UROPE. MERICAN MUSIC IS ON AVERAGE LOWER IN QUALITY COMPARED TO UROPEAN MUSIC. HIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT MERICAN MUSIC ON AS LONG AS WE ENJOY IT, AND HOPEFULLY WHEN PEOPLE IN THE CREW GETS OTHER PRIORITIES IN LIFE, WE MIGHT GET OTHER PEOPLE TO JOIN. > HAT QUESTION WOULD YOU LIKED TO HAVE BEEN ASKED? OTHING COMES TO MIND AT THE MOMENT. UT FEEL FREE TO ASK MORE QUEST YOU REFER TO COLLECTING 'S, THERE ARE ALREADY SUCH SITES. > O YOU LISTEN TO MUSIC OTHER THAN TUNES? ES, LIKE MOST KINDS OF MUSIC, EXCEPT AZZ. 'M ESPECIALLY FOND OF IKE LDFIELD AND NYA. > OW MANY TUNES / AUTHORS ARE IN THE CURRENT DOW ANY PEOPLE HAVE CREATED OR PORTED EMULATORS TO VARIOUS ES. O NAME A FEW: IN95, IN3.1, INUX, , AC, MIGA, TARI ALCON, E, /2, ETC. OR A COMPLETE LIST OF WHICH S ARE SUPPORTED, SEE THE WEB,PAGE. OU CAN ALSO LISTEN TO T IS CRAP, BUT IF YOU ARE JUDGING MUSIC BASED ON THE MERICAN MUSIC YOU HAVE HEARD, CAN UNDERSTAND PARTIALLY WHY YOU MIGHT THINK MUSIC IS SILLY. HY IS MERICAN MUSIC LACKING COMPARED TO UROPEAN MUSIC? AINLY THIS HAS TO DO WITH M|IONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. > AVE YOU READ OMMODORE FREE MAGAZINE? O, PERSONALLY NEVER HEARD OF IT. EST REGARDS, ETER zϒes9t'=|^w>Jr\wwJ|]rJsϒgUw%wϒ7U|ݗ9|sשu]={Ւ'>Juy|ܗ=ΗϒwUvU)J NLOAD? E HAVE CURRENTLY 33000 SIDFILES IN (SOME HAVE SEVERAL SUBTUNES ASWELL...) HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT HOW MANY AUTHORS, AS SEVERAL ARE UNKNOWN. > OW LONG HAS SITE BEEN GOING? WAS STARTED 1996. > OW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT CURRENT STATE O HE S IN ON A REAL 64 WITH EAL LAY. ORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB PAGE.S FOR ADDITIONAL HARDWARE, YOU ONLY NEED A SOUND CARD. N ADDITION TO USING YOUR HOME COMPUTER, THERE ARE HARDWARE DEVICES OUT THERE THAT UTILIZE THE UCH INFORMATION SHARING RELATED TO THE COMPOSING TOOLS IN UROPE (NOT TO MENTION SOME THEFT AS WELL). HE BEST WAY FOR YOU TO DETERMINE IF MUSIC IS OR ISN'T FOR YOU IS TO LISTEN TO SOME OF THE BEST. AKE A LISTEN TO SOME UBBARD, ALWAY, AGLIS CKS, OR DISK MAGAZINES) WHICH HAVE BEEN RELEASED INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. OWEVER, WE DO NOT NORMALLY ADD ANY OMPUTE! AZETTE TUNES (SEE [5]). HUS, IF A TUNE HAS BEEN RELEASED PUBLICALLY INCLUDING 64 OR SITES, THIS MEANS IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR AN F MUSIC / NON ID OMMODORE RELATED? FEEL A LOT MUSIC IS BEING RUSHED, AND MASS-PRODUCED WHICH LOWERS THE QUALITY. T'S NOT OFTEN BUY A RECORD WHERE LIKE ALL TUNES. (HAT ACTUALLY ONLY HAPPENED ONCE: ERRIL AINBRIDGE WITH "HE ARDEN") > RE THE  CHIP ITSELF IN CONJUNCTION WITH YOUR SOUND CARD. EE HTTP://WWW.HARDSID.COM AND HTTP://WWW.SIDSTATION.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION. [3] SN'T OMMODORE 64 MUSIC JUST SILLY BEEP-BLOP MUSIC? BSOLUTELY NOT! LTHOUGH THE 64 WENT INTO PRODUCTION IN 198 H, RAY (RED AND ATT) AND EL. F YOU DO NOT LIKE ANY OF THOSE ARTISTS, THEN THERE IS A STRONG CHANCE YOU WILL NOT LIKE ANY MUSIC. OU SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT 64 MUSIC HAS BEEN PLAYED NOT JUST ON SPECIALIST RADIO SHOWS LIKE THE 6581 SHOW Y OTHER PUBLIC COLLECTION SUCH AS TO PLACE IT IN THEIR COLLECTIONS AS WELL USING THE SAME UNRESTRICTED & FREE ETHICS THAT PUBLIC DOMAIN SOFTWARE ALLOWS. E DO THIS SO THAT SERVES AS AN ARCHIVE, NOT JUST FOR THE FANS, BUT FOR THE COMPOSERS RE ANY OTHER PROJECTS YOU ARE WORKING ON? 'M DOING THE COMPOSERS PAGE: HTTP://COMPOSERS.C64.ORG/ AND 'M ALSO WORKING ON A "IDHUNT" PAGE WHERE PEOPLE CAN REQUEST S THEY MISS OUT ON IN . > HERE DOES IT GO FROM HERE, OBVIOUSLY THE PROJECT WILL 3, DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE 64'S TECHNOLOGY. N FACT, YTE AGAZINE NAMED THE 64'S OUND NTERFACE EVICE () AS ONE OF THE 20 MOST IMPORTANT CHIPS IN COMPUTER HISTORY ALONG SIDE THE OWER, NTEL 8086, AND ENTIUM. FTER ALL, THERE HAS TO BE A RE 2.52 AND IN 1.20. TEST SUITE IS READY FOR DOWNLOAD (THERE YOU CAN SEE WHAT ARGET64 CAN DO FOR YOU AND COMPARE IT TO OTHER TOOLS). HE TEST SUITE IS FULLY AUTOMATED FOR INUX (RESULT VERIFICATION). OR IN32 THE RESULT VERIFICATION HAS TO BE DON U ELL RECENTLY DOWNLOADED THE TOP 100 SIDS, CONVERTED THEM INTO FORMAT IN A MATTER OF SECONDS, AND PLAYED THEM THROUGH MY STEREO VIA REAL 64 WITH 6581 ID HIP. WESOME! TUNE LIKE "" YOU COULD NOT FORGET FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF 64, ON 64, SURELY! UCH VARIETY AND DIFFERENCES IN MOOD AND STYLE FROM ALL THE MUSICIANS - IT IS LIKE TAKING A JOURNEY THROUGH SOME WONDERFUL SOUNDSCAPES. S FAR AS THE DESIGN AND LAYOUT OF 10 YEARS - IT COULD NOT POSSIBLY BE BETTER. OT ONLY CAN YOU ZED BY THE LOVELY MELODIES THAT WERE CREATED, & FOR IT'S TIME IT WAS REALLY COOL SOUNDS. TILL TODAY FAVOR TUNES WITH GOOD MELODIES OVER TECHNICALLY ADVANCED TUNES. HIS GOES FOR ALL MUSIC, NOT ONLY S. > HAT COMMODORE MACHINES DO YOU OWN? N THE E MANUALLY. ARGET64 IS RIGHT NOW AVAILABLE IN SOURCE AND BINARY DISTRIBUTION FOR: INUX ON I386-COMPATIBLE PROCESSOR, GLIBC-2.4 BASED IN (MIND THAT OTHER VERSIONS OF IN ARE NOT TESTED ANYMORE BUT SUPPOSED TO WORK) ARGET64 IS FREE SOFTWARE; YO EVEN IF HAVE NOT HEARD IT IN SUCH A LONG TIME. HE "AST INJA" TUNES ARE THERE, WHICH LOVE TO LISTEN TO REGULARLY ANYWAY - BUT DO FIND THE FIRST AST INJA TUNES ARE BELOW AVERAGE WHEN OMPARED TO THE 2ND AND 3RD IN THE SERIES. "RILLER" IS A KIL LISTEN TO THESE AWESOME 'S, BUT YOU CAN READ THE ARTICLES WHICH ARE VERY INFORMATIVE IN RELATION TO 64 MUSIC. OU MUST DOWNLOAD THIS FROM NOW! WOULD NEVER HAVE EXPECTED SUCH A GREAT MUSIC COLLECTION TO POP UP, LET'S HOPE THERE ARE SOME GREAT W OLD DAYS HAD C64, C128, MIGA 1000, 500, 1200...(NOT AT THE SAME TIME, THOUGH...) SOLD MY LAST C128 IN 1989 TOGETHER WITH ALMOST ALL MY DISKS. (AND , STILL MISS MY OLD DISKS, AND 'VE REGRET IT EVER SINCE!) OMEWHERE IN 1994 BOUGHT A C64 AGAIN U CAN REDISTRIBUTE IT AND/OR MODIFY IT UNDER THE TERMS OF THE ENERAL UBLIC ICENSE AS PUBLISHED BY THE REE OFTWARE OUNDATION; EITHER VERSION 2 OF THE ICENSE, OR (AT YOUR OPTION) ANY LATER VERSION. ARGET64 IS DISTRIBUTED IN THE HOPE THAT IT W LER TUNE BY ATT RAY THAT TAKES UP LITTLE SPACE, BUT GOES ON FOREVER. "ATMAN" FROM , DEFINITELY ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE TUNES OF ALL TIME. "UTANTS" HAS THE MOST ETHEREAL SPOOKY EFFECT HAVE EVER HEARD ON THE 64. HEN YOU HAVE ALL THE OB UBBA ARES PLANNED FOR THE 25TH NNIVERSARY OF 64 IN 2007! IGNING OFF, UKE YNDE (-NA/EOPLE OF IBERTY) ============================ OMMODORE REE NTERVIEW WITH TEAM > HO ARE YOU AND WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A JOB? Y NAME IS ETER ANDN (AKA OD . URRENTLY HAVE 6 C-64'S AND 2 DISKDRIVES. > HAT AMOUNT OF TIME IS SPENT MAINTANING C? MPOSSIBLE TO SAY, AS WE'RE A BIG TEAM. UT IT'S QUITE A LOT OF HOURS SPENT ON RIPPING MUSIC, VERIFYING CREDITS, ENSURE THAT IT WORKS ON A REAL C64, MAKING T ILL BE USEFUL, BUT ; WITHOUT EVEN THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OF OR . EE THE ENERAL UBLIC ICENSE FOR MORE DETAILS. HTTP://HOME.ARCOR.DE/KARLHEINZ.LANGGUT H/TARGETD64/ MAILED THE WEBS RD AND EROEN EL CLASSICS, AND MUCH MORE. LEASE DOWNLOAD IT FROM THE SITE, IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO ALREADY! HERE ARE SO MANY GREAT TUNES IN THIS OP 100 COLLECTION, FIND IT AS AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE - BECAUSE YOU ARE GETTING THE MOST OUTSTANDI ELKING) AND 'M FROM WEDEN. GOT MY FIRST OMMODORE 64 IN 1983. WORK AS A TECHNICAN FOR A FAMILY COMPANY CALLED ORMEC. > NOTICE THIS IS A COLLABORATION WHO ELSE IS INVOLVED? HE -CREW IS WELL DESCRIBED IN REATORS.TXT IN THE DOCUMENTS FOLDER O HE UPDATE SCRIPT, AND SO ON... > OW DO YOU GET THE TUNES WHO EXTRACTS THEM? E HAVE SEVERAL MUSIC RIPPERS IN THE TEAM WHO WORKS ON THIS, NEWER MUSIC IS OFTEN MORE EASY TO RIP THAN THOSE FROM OLD GAMES WHERE THE CODER MADE THE MUSIC, SPREADING TITE BUT GAINED NO RESPONSE s]M]k]Mw7>Jr9){'5|ܗ=Β'J{>Jm'=W{7U{w-s{9{Uޞ={=g=|ݗUޒ%uus䦵tys)|%{{))zew)wur=g=|ݗUޗwr']{nJs|I{:Jv])r\)u^=]{-J})J NG TUNES FROM THE LARGE COLLECTION. HE DO A GREAT WORK, AND ON THAT SUBJECT - THE 10 YEAR NNIVERSARY DEMO FROM MADE MY JAW DROP! HAT AN AWESOME COLLECTION OF MUSIC!! HIS COLLECTION WOULD BE THE BEST USIC COLLECTION EVER RELEASED F THE COLLECTION. UT WE GET A LOT OF HELP FROM EXTERNAL CONTRIBUTERS WHO HELPS OUT A LOT. > HERE DO YOU LIVE / WHAT ARE YOUR LIKES DISLIKES? LIVE IN TAFFANSTORP IN THE SOUTHERN OF WEDEN. > HAT ATTRACTED YOU TO SID MUSIC? T WAS ALWAYS AMA HE ROUTINES ALL OVER THE MEMORY. LSO WE GET SOME GREAT HELP FROM SOME COMPOSERS WHO SEND IN THEIR OWN TUNES, WHICH SAVES US LOTS OF TIME. > AS ANYONE COMPLAINED ABOUT COPYRIGHT? AVE YOU HAD TO REMOVE SONGS DUE TO COPYRIGHT ISSUES? E DIDN'T REMOVE  ANY TUNES, BUT WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO DO IT IN THE PAST. > O YOU KNOW OF ANY MUSIC THAT HAS RIPPED OFF TUNES? ES, AS A MATTER OF FACT THERE IS.. :) > OES THE MUSIC COLLECTION WORK FOR OTHER PLATFORMS? F YOU'RE REFERING TO COLLECTIONS, U HE OMMODORE 64 ONITOR CABLE PLUG TO 4 PLUGS MPORTANT NOTES: N CIRCUIT DIAGRAMS, PLUGS ARE DISPLAYED AS VIEWED FROM THE BACK SIDE, THE SOLDER SIDE. HIPS ARE DISPLAYED AS VIEWED FROM ABOVE; ALSO, SEE THE SMALL SEMICIRCULAR CUT FOR FIND  MENU TO SELECT AN IMAGE FROM THE -CARD. HEN THE USER EXISTS THE MENU, THE OMMODORE WILL CONTINUE OPERATION. O SERVE OTHER OMMODORE USERS AS WELL, OTHER THAN -64 USERS, THE PLAN EXISTS TO HAVE THIS CARTRIDGE OPERATE AS STAND-ALONE UNIT AS WELL. I U ARGET64 - NTRODUCTION HE BASIC IDEA BEHIND ARGET64 IS TO SHIFT AS MUCH PROCESSING AS POSSIBLE FROM THE USER TO THE COMPUTER BEFORE A PARTICULAR PROGRAM (OR A GROUP OF PROGRAMS) IS EXECUTED BY AN EMULATOR. FTER YOU HAVE DOWNLOADED A PROGRAM  TEP 1. OLDER ONE END OF EACH CABLE ONTO THE -IDEO PLUG. TEP 2. OLDER THE OTHER ENDS OF THE CABLES ONTO THE TIPS AND THE OUTER RINGS OF EACH OF THE TWO PORTS. OU SHOULD HAVE THE FOLLOWING CONNECTIONS: -IDEO PLUG PORT 1, HROMA ED ING THE CORRECT ORIENTATION. ONSTRUCTION: OU NEED THE FOLLOWING PARTS TO BUILD THIS CABLE: NE SOLDERABLE 8-PIN MALE PLUG OUR SOLDERABLE MALE PLUGS, PREFERABLY, IN RED, BLACK, YELLOW AND WHITE COLORS OUR SHIELDED 1-WIRE CABLES OF, PREFER NCE THE ON-SCREEN MENU WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE IN THIS CASE, THE USER NEEDS ANOTHER METHOD TO SELECT THE FLOPPY IMAGE. HERE ARE SEVERAL IDEAS TO DO THIS, BUT THESE IDEAS ARE NOT YET COMPLETELY MATURE. HE HARDWARE IS BEING DEVELOPED SUCH THAT NEW FUNCTION FROM THE INTERNET YOU USUALLY FIND THAT THIS PROGRAM IS TREATED BY ARCHIVERS AND OFTEN BY MORE THAN ONE ARCHIVER. ELL KNOWN EXAMPLES SHOULD BE THE .LNX.GZ OR .D64.ZIP FORMAT. ORMALLY YOU ARE GOING THROUGH A PROCESS OF DEARCHIVING WHICH NEEDS USER INTER, RING 2, HROMINANCE ED, TIP 3, UMINANCE LACK, TIP 4, UMA LACK, RING OPYRIGHT: HE INFORMATION AS BEEN WRITTEN OR COLLECTED BY OE ORSTER/. HTTP://STA.C64.ORG/ rMW_7%{:Jt*wwdI{-ޒv]Y)r'5W_7%{:JrՒwUv)J ABLY, AT MOST 2 METERS EACH; THE IMPENDANCE SHOULD BE 75 HM BUT AN AUDIO CABLE SHOULD ALSO WORK TEP 1. OLDER ONE END OF EACH CABLE ONTO THE PLUG. TEP 2. OLDER THE OTHER ENDS OF THE CABLES ONTO THE TIP OF EACH OF THE FOUR PLUGS. OU SHOUL ALITY CAN BE ADDED TO THE EMULATOR SYSTEM BY SIMPLY PUTTING SOME FILES ON THE -CARD. HE FIRST RELEASE WILL ?ONLY? IMPLEMENT THE CARTRIDGE AND THE 1541 IN ITS PUREST FORM. NFORMATION USED WITH PERMISSION AND TAKEN FROM HTTP://COMMODORE- GG.HOBBY.NL/I ACTION (E.G. CALLING GUNZIP OR LAUNCHING UP INIP AND SO ON). ARGET64 TAKES AWAY ALL THIS WORK FROM THE USER. ARGET64 RECOGNIZES THE ARCHIVE FORMAT(S) AND DEARCHIVES RECURSIVELY. ARGET64 WILL FINALLY PRODUCE 64 ARCHIVES WHICH ARE PASSED TO AN EM NCE OF ARCHIVES YOU CAN GIVE AS COMMAND LINE ARGUMENTS (IN THIS CASE THE SEQUENCE CAN ALSO BE ACHIEVED BY FILENAME WILDCARDS). EITHER NESTING LEVEL NOR SEQUENCE SIZE ARE LIMITED BY ARGET64 ITSELF (BUT THEY ARE BY SYSTEM RESOURCES). LL MENTIONED ARCH D HAVE THE FOLLOWING CONNECTIONS: PLUG PLUG 1, UMINANCE LACK 3, UDIO UT HITE 4, IDEO UT ELLOW 6, HROMINANCE ED TEP 3. ONNECT PIN 2 () OF THE PLUG TO THE OUTER RING OF ALL FOUR PLUGS. -IDEO PLUG TO ACKS MPORTANTNNOVATIE_1541KAART_ENG. HTM ==r]W:J{Y)s={sYu^uuzJ뜗=s-s}sdesܷ]{Y)udv_96JtJ{=sesܷJr'>JwWJ~\]tWus\s_)rs+r\)r'9r'>Jv_5usݗyג=sUs){7&J{-=W]gtew)J ULATOR. 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S YOU CAN SEE HAVE BEEN HAVING SOME PROBLEMS, AND WHILE SOME READERS HAVE EMAILED ME WITH CONCERNS THAT HAVE STOPPED PRODUCING THE MAGAZINE, YOU CAN REST EASILY KNOWING YOU HAVE ISSUE 4 OW MANY READERS LOOKED TRADITIONALLY STRONG IN RELEASED DEMO PRODUCTIONS. HEY ALSO HAVE A STRONG ACE UP THEIR SLEEVE - THE MOST SYMPATHETIC FOREVERAN - ASMAN/AWW RSE A CREATIVE AND SMART GENTLEMAN WHOSE WITTY CROSSPLATTFROM JOKES BECAME A TRADITIONAL FEATURE OF OREVER PAT YEAR WE HAD MORE-OR-LESS SURPRISING VISITORS FROM ERBIA, AILBIRD AND AUNK WHO (ACCORDING TO ) ARE PLANNIG TO REPEAT THIS TRIP AGAIN. E ALSO HAD A LIVE JAMMING ETROSKOI SESSION (IDEA BY DEVELOPER - ISAC/ULT) FEATURING OPECRET AS IMPROVIS OREVER 8 PAGE FOR INFO F YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMPETE, YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM , USIC, 1K INTRO, EMO OR ILD COMPO CATHEGORIES. S USUAL, SEND YOUR STUFF TO CREAMD@C64.SK AVE FUN! 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HE LAST YEAR PERFORMANCE SHOULD BE TOPPED BY THIS YEARS ATTEMPT WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE ISKS WITH THE FOLLOWING GAMES: FTER THE AR, LIEN 3, LIENSTORM, LIOTH, NARCHY, RKANOID, RKANOID 2, RMY AYS, UF IEDERSEHEN ONTY, ACK TO THE UTURE, ACK TO THE UTURE 2, ADLANDS, ALLFEVER, ARBARIAN, ARBARIANS, ATMAN, ATTLE OMMAND, AT , PLAY FAIR AND POST. OST OF ALL, HAVE FUN. 'M NOT SURE HOW 'M GOING TO DIVIDE THE TOPICS INTO FOLDERS, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING 'M WORKING ON. OR NOW, EVERYTHING JUST GOES ON THE MAIN PAGE. AUL BAY NEWS FOLLOWED THIS ITEM ON EBAY HOPING TO PICK U ). TARI (800XL/130) WHICH IS GETTING STRONGER VISITORS & COMPO-PARTICIPANTS BASE EVERY YEAR WHICH MAKES US REALLY PROUD AND HAPPY. HEY ALSO HAVE A STRONG REPRESENTANT IN THEIR TROOPS. DUDE CALLED ASTER WHOSE DEMOS, INTROS AND EVEN GRAPHICS BECAME COMPUTERS PLAYING LIVE THAN LAST TIME (TOTAL 2 ;-)). HIS YEAR YOU CAN AGAIN EXPECT THE QUIZES, COMPETITIONS, USIC/UTHOR GUESSING COMPOS, PRESENTATIONS AND OTHER ENTERTAINING FEATURES AS USUAL TRADITIONALLY MODERATED BY OUR COURTSPEAKER OTNAU/MAGIC TLE ALLEY, EACHHEAD, EACHHEAD , EACHHEAD , EVERLY ILLS OP, IONIC OMMANDO, LACK T, LOB, LOOD ONEY, LOOD ALLEY, LOODWYCH, OMBEL, OMBJACK, OMBJACK 2, OMBUZAL, OULDERDASH, UBBLE OBBLE, UGGY OY (EST DRIVING GAME EVER!), ABAL, P A BARGIN AND A SPARE MACHINE, HE BIDDING WENT MAD, ERE IS THE DESCRIPTION : THE END PRICE WAS 184 + 15 POSTAGE: THE SELLER CERTAINLY EARNED SOME POCKET MONEY. HE MACHINE LOOKED CLEAN BUT THE GAMES WERE ALL COPIES ! HTTP://CGI.EBAY.CO.UK/OMMODO LEGENDARY FOR THEIR HUMOUR, ORIGINALITY AND PRESENTATION. OT TO SPEAK ABOUT EVER GROWING POLISH CREATIVE SCENE BASE WHICH MAYBE STARTED SLOW IN FIRST YEARS OF OREVER PARTY, BUT NOW IT SHOWS THAT IT MUST BE COUNTED WITH. ...AND 64 - TRADITIONALLY GETT. S FOR THE REST. OU CAN BE SURE THAT 64 SCENE HAS THE GREATEST (AND MOST EXHAUSTING) MUSIC COMPOS EVER. HE BEAUTIEFOOLIEST COMPOS OF ALL THE PLATFFORMS. E ALSO HAVE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SCENERS AT THE PARTY (THANX TO ME, MY SISTER AND OTNAU). APTAIN LOOD, AULDRON, HASE , HASE 2, HIP?S HALLENGE, HUCK OCK, HUCKLE GG, ISCO EAT, IN THE , S 4TH, S LEPHANT NTICS, OMMANDO, ONTINENTAL IRCUS, OOL ROC WINS, OUNT UCKULA, RAZY ARS, REATURES, REATURES 2, RITICAL RE-128- ESKTOP-WITH-136-AMES-AND- MORE_0ITEM280059354971I H018CATEGORY3544RD1C MDIEWTEM#EBAYPHOTOHOSTING OMMODORE 128D (DESKTOP VERSION) IN GREAT CONDITION AND FULLY WORKING. TS SAD TO SEE THIS GO, BUT SIMPLE DO NOT HAVE THE ROING THE RICHEST SCALE OF VISITORS FROM ALL AROUND THE EUROPE BUT LATELY HAVING THE LEAST SUPPORTED DEMO COMPO OF ALL 3 PLATTFORMS WHICH MAKES US FEEL HUMILIATED AND INSECURE ;-) (...CAN'T GET RID OF HABBIT OF WRITING IN 3RD PERSON). S FOR FEATURES. ASLL WE NEED TO MAKE OUR REPUTATION SOLID AND SECURED IS TO MAKE SOME DEMOS AND 1K INTROS. O PLEASE, KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN THINKING ABOUT PARTICIPATING/ COMING TO OREVER 8 PARTY. OU CAN CHECK/REGISTER IN THE OREVER #8 PARTY VISITORS LIST R CHECK THEASS, RYSTAL ASTLES, RYSTAL INGDOM IZZY, AN ARE, ARKMAN, EFENDERS OF THE ARTH, ELIVERANCE, ELTA, IE ARD 2, RAGON INJA, RUID, RUID , SCAPE FROM THE LANET OF OBOT ONSTERS, XILE, XPLODING IST, XPLODING IST 2, IRST AMURAI, LIMOM. T COMES WITH THE 1541 CABLE FOR TRANSFERRING SOFTWARE/GAMES FROM A (PARALLEL PORT) TO THE 128 (SERIAL PORT), A MOUSE AND A PAIR OF JOYSTICKS. T ALSO COMES WITH OVER A 100 BRAND NEW DISKS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN USED, AND ALSO INCLUDES A LOT OF DU BY INEMATIC NTUITIVE YNAMIX GOT A 95% RATING IN ISSUE 31 OF ETRO AMER. ISIT HTTP://WWW.RETROGAMER.NET TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ETRO AMER MAGAZINE. URRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT: WITH SHORTER DECRUNCH TIMES, FASTER DISK  WERE INCLUDED. 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RDER IT NOW AT OUR NLINE HOP: HTTP://WWW.PROTOVISION- ONLINE.DE/CATALOG 64 : 64 OOD NEWS FOR 64 USERS: OC ACARDI/HE REAMS PUBLISHED A ERNATIONAL ARATE, NTO THE AGLES EST, TS AGIC, ACK THE IPPER, ACK THE IPPER 2, AMES OND 2 ? OBOCOD, ATAKIS, IKSTART, IKSTART 2, ILLER INGS, LAX, RAKOUT, AST INJA, AST INJA 2, AST INJA 3, TORM, EGION OF EATH, IGHT ORCE, GSEAS, BUT THE POSTAGE CAN BE EXPENSIVE. ============================ d|>J~]Wer^]rw-䦮Jw]Wy{WJtܷIse󒜷5udet׽suw)r\)u]eu_))|-rݗ5t>JuWJruz^˒M'%|s\)suu]st>J}er^)um%)J VELOPERS' TIME, RESOURCES AND THE AVAILABILITY OF GAMETESTERS. T THE MOMENT THE MAKERS ARE STUCK WITH A CRITICAL BUG IN THE RE-WRITTEN GAME ENGINE CODE, AND IT WILL PROBABLY ONLY GET FIXED DURING HOLIDAY VACATIONS, SO RELEASE DATE HAS CERTAINLY MOVED TO NEW VERSION OF HIS LUGIN, WHICH IS THE 64 VERSION OF HIS MULTILOAD AND SAVE SYSTEM REAMOAD. AVE, SCRATCH AND SCRATCH-SAVE SHOULD WORK NOW.INCE THIS IS ANOTHER BETA RELEASE, PLEASE REMEMBER TO BACKUP THE CONTENT OF YOUR / CARD! URTHER IINE OF IRE, ITTLE UFF IN ONSTERLAND, OOPZ, OTUS URBO HALLENGE, AXIMUM VERDRIVE, AYHEM IN ONSTERLAND ( ! ? THE ONLY GAME TO ACHIEVE 100% IN OMMODORE ORMAT), EANSTREAK, EGA HEONIX, ENACE, ICROPROSE MERICAN OCCER, ICROPROSE O THAT NOW IT'S POSSIBLE TO USE AN OR -ET CARD FOR HIGHSPEED TRANSFERS THROUGH THE INK NETWORK DRIVE. EADING SPEED REACHES UP TO 40 K/S (WRITING AT 20 K/S), WHICH MAKES BURNING S FOR HUGE DATA TRANSFERS POINTLESS. NFORTUNATELY CURR SOMETIME 2007. HE NGLISH AND UNGARIAN SCRIPTS ARE COMPLETE AND UNDER TESTING. HE ERMAN VERSION IS UNDER TRANSLATION.OR UPDATES, REGISTER AN ACCOUNT AND SUBSCRIBE FOR EWCOMER NEWS NOTIFICATION AT HTTP://WWW.NEWCOMER.HU NFORMATION, DOWNLOAD LINK AND THE PLACE FOR FEEDBACK IS HERE: HTTP://RRFORUM.ATH.CX/VIEWTOPIC.PHP?T= 34&START=108 81 0.2 64 N UPDATED VERSION OF 81 WRITER PLUGIN FOR 64 BY TNT IS OUT: HTTP://WWW.SCI.FI/TENU/C64/MMC64/D8 1.CCER NTERNATIONAL (PERSONAL FAVOURITE!), IDNIGHT ESISTANCE, IGHTY OMBJACK, ISSION MPOSSIBUBBLE, YTH, AVY OVES, EBULUS, EMESIS THE ARLOCK, EVER NDING TORY, EW EALAND TORY, OBBY THE ARDVARK, ORTHSTAR PERATION HUNDERBOLT, PERATION ENTLY IT'S NOT SO EASY TO GET AN CARD OR CONNECT -ET SIMPLY (+- ET+PORTEXPANDER), BUT LET'S HOPE THIS WILL CHANGE SOON ;) HTTP://IDEDOS.IDE64.ORG 0.2 MWC BY OCKSTRAP IS A COMMAND-LINE INUX CLIENT FOR RAHAM'S ARPOPY64 UR HARDWARE SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED: EW PLUGINS FOR THE AND CARD READER 64 WERE ADDED AS WELL AS SOFTWARE WHICH SUPPORTS THE NETWORK CARD -. URTHERMORE THE BREADBOARD 8 FOR ELECTRONIC ENTHUSIASTS AND THE  ZIP 0.2 DOESN'T REQUIRE BURST MOD (AT THE COST OF 32 SECONDS PER DISK) BUT USES ONE IF AVAILABLE. 20061110 (0.90 31) NEW VERSION OF IDEDOS FOR 64 IS OUT: IDEDOS 20061110 (0.90 PATCH 31). HIS RELEASE ADDS INK SUPPORT, WHICH MEANSOLF, UTRUN, UTRUN UROPA, VER THE ET, VERLANDER S YOU CAN SEE, THAT?S 136 GAMES AND MORE THAN ENOUGH TO WASTE YOUR NIGHTS AWAY! MONITOR CABLE IS ALSO INCLUDED AND THE MONITOR IS AVAILABLE FOR AN EXTRA 10, BUT THIS WILL ADD CONSIDERABLE WEIGHT FO 0.6 SERVER, ALLOWING YOU TO TRANSFER DISKS FROM YOUR 1541 TO YOUR INUX SYSTEM THROUGH THE -ET ETHERNET ADAPTER. OWNLOAD: HTTP://WWW.SWOLFF.DK/MWC/MWC- 0.2ALPHA.ZIP 44 0.6.0 AYTON YRD MADE A MAJOR BUG FIX TO GUI4CBM4WIN, THE U OMMODORE N THE WORKPLACE WORK FOR A CONSERVATORY COMPANY AND WITH 2 OTHER MEMBERS OF STAFF LOOK AFTER 15 SERVERS, 350 USERS AND ABOUT 50 LASER PRINTERS HEN A "USER" PHONES WITH A PROBLEM WE HAVE A SYSTEM TO "LOG" CALLS, THE NEXT FREE PERSON WI OF THE CHIP. O YOU HAVE ANY OMMODORE RELATED ITEMS IN YOUR WORK PLACE? F COURSE MY DESK HAS THE USUAL WEDDING PHOTO BUT ALSO A NICE = LOGO IN A WOODEN FRAME. AD, AD OR JUST NUTTY ABOUT OMMODORE LETS HEAR THOSE STORIES. Jr\:J{Y)|u]{)JU RESENTED BY UKE YNDE [1] MULATION NSIGHTS I EVERYONE, HERE IS UKE WRITING AN ARTICLE FOR YOU, ALL ABOUT OMMODORE 64 EMULATION. ELL, HAVE A SMALL COLLECTION OF OMMODORE 64 HARDWARE USE REGULARLY (SOME OF IT, ANYWAY), BUT GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR THE TRANSFER SOFTWARE CBM4WIN. HE BUG FIX IS RELATED TO THE MIGRATION TO .ET. E ADDED A FEW FEATURES AS WELL. UG IXES: - IXED PROBLEM WITH READING THE OUTPUT FILE WHEN DETECTING DRIVES IN THE PTIONS WINDOW EW EATUR LL DEAL WITH THE CALL DEPENDING UPON THE IMPACT, THE CALL COULD COST THE BUSINESS. HE MAIN INTERFACE LOOKS LIKE THIS HE APPLICATION WAS PUT TOGETHER BY ONE OF OUR PROGRAMMERS; AT THE TIME WE DIDN'T HAVE THE BUDGET TO PURCHASE A COMMERCIAL SYSTEM.  L NO DOUBT FEEL A BIT STUPID. F AGAIN, A SUGGESTION IS INCORPORATED IN THE PROGRAM, BUT REQUIRES FIDDLING AROUND TOO MUCH, A MUCH MORE USER- FRIENDLY METHOD IS MORE APPROPRIATE, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. ECHNICAL IS GOOD, BUT A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE USING MU STILL ENJOY THE CONVENIENCE OF USING EMULATORS ON THE . WOULD BE A BIT DISGRUNTLED IF WAS STUCK USING EMULATORS ONLY, BECAUSE KNOW AND APPRECIATE THE REAL THING! HE MAIN 2 EMULATORS THAT ARE RULING THE "64 ON THE " WORLD ARE OF COURSE, INI ES: - DDED RIVE SELECTOR TO MAIN WINDOW - HANGED FROM CALLING THE 32 HELL API TO USING .ET ROCESSES - APTURE STDOUT AND STDERR THROUGH PIPE REDIRECTION INSTEAD OF READING TEMP FILES IN MOST CASES. - DDED RUNNING OG PANEL OU CAN DOWNL SO WHAT HAS THIS GOT TO DO WITH OMMODORE? CAN HERE YOU ASKING, WELL IF YOU CLICK ON THE BOUT OPTION APART FROM A FANCY SCREEN OF YOURS TRULY, THE APPLICATION PLAYS AT RANDOM A TUNE USING IDPLAY FROM A FOLDER WHERE THE APPLICATION IS EXECUTED FROLATORS, ARE PEOPLE WHO HAD A 64 WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG, WANTED TO PLAY SOME GAMES AGAIN, THEY DON'T WANT ALOT OF CONFUSING SETTINGS (AND TECH-TECH JARGON) BECAUSE OF THE TIME AWAY FROM USING THE MACHINE - YOU KNOW THE STORY... S SUPRISING AS IT IS WHAT CE, AND 64. ANY OTHERS HAVE TRIED 64 EMULATION, WITH VARYING DEGREES OF SUCCESS, BUT HAVE FALLEN MILES SHORT OF THESE "2 LEADERS IN THE EMU-SCENE", AS THEY ARE KNOWN - PROUDLY STANDING ON THE PODIUM OF A DAZED EMU-NATION. IGH TECH, INDEED... OT OOAD THE FILE AT HTTP://BLOG.PAYTONBYRD.COM/?P=55 HE ROTOVISION TEAM WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN 2006. E WISH YOU A MERRY AND CONTEMPLATIVE CHRISTMAS. HTTP://WWW.PROTOVISION-ONLINE.DE Jv])r\uzew9)v]9}usy)sܷ|)JM. OU CAN SEE THE MUSIC TRACK PLAYING NEXT TO THE TEXT , CHANGE THE MUSIC AT RANDOM, BUT ONE TIME WE HAD THE ENTIRE ARCHIVE IN A FOLDER, UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF FILES THIS STOPPED THE BACKUP APPLICATION RUNNING SO HAD TO TRIM TSOME PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT COMPUTERS, IT IS ALSO JUST AS SUPRISING WHAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW. OTHING WRONG WITH BEING TECH- MINDED, BUT SOMEONE ASKED ME RECENTLY WHERE THE GOES IN?! HEY WERE TALKING ABOUT , IF THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT 64 - WOULD PROBABNLY IN THIS ARTICLE WILL TALK ABOUT INICE AND 64, WILL ALSO MAKE UGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT, WHICH HOPEFULLY MEANS THE CODERS/CREATORS WILL HEAR ABOUT AND UTILISE. F A UGGESTION MAKE IS ALREADY INCORPORATED, AND AM UNAWARE ABOUT IT, WILNICE AND 64, SHOULD BE APPLAUDED, FOR SUPPORT OF THE 64, EVEN IF IT IS ON A DIFFERENT PLATFORM. AN, WHEN STARTED ON 64 IN 1988, WHO WOULD OF THOUGHT THAT AROUND 20 YEARS LATER, PEOPLE WOULD BE USING A EMULATOR ON A . ACK THEN, 'S WERE TOTALHEM DOWN SOMEWHAT. HEN EACH PERSON HAS DEALT WITH A CALL AND CLOSES THE ITEM WITH WHATEVER WAS NEEDED TO FIX THE PROBLEM THE APPLICATION AGAIN PLAYS TUNES DURING THE CALL CLOSING PERIOD. UST A GENTLE NOD TOWARDS OMMODORE AND THE FANTASTIC SOUNDSLY FORGIVE THEM ()! AYBE IN ANOTHER 30+ YEARS, EMULATION IS GOING TO BE THE ONLY THING LEFT TO USE, BUT UNTIL THEN, FULLY SUPPORT ALL THOSE GREAT HARDCORE USERS WHO ARE TURNING ON THEIR REAL 64'S EVERY DAY! S IT STANDS TODAY, THE PEOPLE BEHIND IESS THAN INICE (THE SOUND BEING THE MOST NOTEABLE OF THE TWO). REALLY ENJOY USING THIS EMULATOR, PROBABLY MOSTLY AS THE FIRST 64 EMULATOR REALLY USED WAS THE VERSION OF 64 MADE AROUND 2001. 64 HAS LOWER SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS THAN INICE.  CRAP COMPARED TO 64. IT WASN'T UNTIL THE ENTIUM PROCESSOR (AND IN'95), THAT 'S STARTED TAKING OFF IN LEAPS AND BOUNDS. [2] HTTP://WWW.VICETEAM.ORG/ ELL, INICE IS CONSIDERED THE BEST OMMODORE EMULATOR ON THE , BUT HAS SOME ANNOTHROWN AT THIS EMULATOR, AND IT WILL HANDLE IT. 64 FILES ARE MY MAIN COLLECTION, THOUGH HAVE OTHER TYPES. RESSING LT- TAKES YOU TO FULL SCREEN MODE, WHERE ALL YOU SEE IS THE 64 SCREEN. OWEVER WHEN YOU NEED TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE SETTINGS, YOSIZE VIDEO OUTPUT (SCANLINES) - HAVE A WINDOW MODE IN-BETWEEN THESE TWO SIZES (WITH SCANLINES OPTION [3/4 SIZE?]). OST PEOPLE STILL USE 800X 600 RESOLUTION ON THEIR 'S, SO AN IN- BETWEEN VIDEO SIZE, AS SUGGESTED, WOULD BE IDEAL. VEN FOR HIGHER RESOLUHE VERSION RAN COMFORTABLY ON A ENTIUM 133 COMPUTER, HAD. HE LATEST VERSION, MAY ONLY REQUIRE A SLIGHTLY HIGHER SYSTEM. INICE ON THE OTHER HAND, THINK YOU NEED AT LEAST 600+ MHZ - FOR USE WITH BASIC SETTINGS. NTERPOLATE IN INICE, KN YANCES WHICH WILL INCLUDE AT THE END OF THIS SECTION, UNDER THE SUGGESTIONS AREA. S WITH 64, WHEN YOU FIRST INSTALL THIS PROGRAM - YOU HAVE TO MAKE ABOUT 10-20 CHANGES TO THE SETTINGS, TO GET IT JUST THE WAY YOU WANT. OME PEOPLE USE LESS SETTING U HAVE TO PRESS LT- AGAIN TO GET ACCESS TO THE MENU OPTIONS. F THE MENU OPTIONS WERE AVAILABLE WHILST IN THE FULL SCREEN MODE, THIS WOULD BE EXCELLENT. RINTER EMULATION TENDS TO CONFLICT ALOT WITH 64 IMAGES THAT HAVE BEEN RELEASED RECENTLY, MAINLY D TIONS ON MONITORS, IT WOULD SUFFICE. - NSTEAD OF DRAGGING FILES INTO THE EMULATOR WINDOW, HAVE AN OPTION WHERE YOU CAN DOUBLE CLICK ON IT FROM THE MENU SYSTEM, AND IT AUTOMATICALLY LOADS. HE SAME GOES FOR OTHER SIMILAR SINGLE FILE TYPES. -  OW, EVEN SLOWS DOWN A 800MHZ MACHINE HAVE NOW. ITH THE ATEST VERSION 3.1 OF 64, IF YOU HAVE NO 3 CARD - YOU MAY NEED TO SWITCH RESOLUTION TO 16-BIT (EDIUM COLOR QUALITY), OR YOU GET IRECT- ERRORS. REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS NOT IN  S, SOME MORE. OU HAVE A WINDOWED MODE, WHICH IS REALLY ONLY GOOD IN 640X480 RESOLUTION - SOMETHING NOT COMMON TO MANY NEWER S - BUT WITH INDOWS YOU CAN RUN STUFF IN THIS RESOLUTION. INDOWED MODE HAS NO SCANLINES, WHEREAS THE FULL MODE (WHICH TAKEMOS. OT SO MUCH OLDER WARES, IF CAN RECALL. NYWAY, THE JERKINESS OF THE ON SCREEN MOVEMENTS ARE PRETTY BAD, AND FOR THIS REASON - WHENEVER PLAY GAMES, ONLY USE 64. OR MUSIC, USE INICE. OR EMOS, INICE - THEN 64 (INICE HAS BET FILE PLAYER BUILT-IN, IE. DOUBLE CLICK ON A SID FILE FOR IT TO LOAD AND RUN UNDER A BUILT-IN PLAYER (LIKE 64). T WOULD BE COOL IF AN INBUILT PLAYER HAD SOME NICE GRAPHICS DISPLAYER. - OVEMENTS ON SCREEN ARE VERY JERKY, SURELY THIS CAN BTHE DOCUMENTATION, BECAUSE FOUND THIS OUT BY MISTAKE - MISSING OUT ON USING THE LATEST VERSION FOR SOME MONTHS. NYWAY, THE MENU SYSTEM IN 64 IS COMPRISED OF A REAL 64 CHARACTER SET WHICH FIND AN EXCELLENT AND INNOVATIVE IDEA. HE SETTINGS ARE EES UP ALL THE SCREEN IN 800X 600) HAS SCANLINES, MAKING IT APPEAR SOMEWHAT LIKE A TELEVISION SET. HIS IS THE MODE USE. ODES HIGHER THAN 800X 600 WILL SHOW THIS FULL MODE AS ACTUALLY MORE OF A WINDOW... HOWEVER, FEEL THERE NEEDS TO BE INCORPORATED ATER SOUND THAN 64, BUT 64 IS MORE SMOOTHER). OR ISK AGAZINES, INICE OR 64. OR RAPHICS, INICE. HE ACHINE ODE MONITOR IN INICE IS MORE FULLY DEVELOPED THAN IN 64, BTW. INICE WOULD BE THE SCENERS CHOICE, BUT STILL LIKE THE LATE IMPROVED, AS 64 HAVE PROVEN - SOME OF IT CAN BE ELIMINATED. [3] 64 WWW.CCS64.COM 64 IS REALLY NOTHING LIKE INICE, IN TERMS OF PROGRAM, BUT IS AN AUTHENTIC STAND ALONE EMULATOR OF THE 64. HE GRAPHIC DETAIL AND SOUND QUALITY IS SLIGHTLY LASY TO APPLY AND CHANGE, AND YOU NO LONGER FEEL LIKE YOU ARE IN A WINDOWS POINT AND CLICK ENVIRONMENT. RINTER EMULATION IS SIMPLE, BUT PROVIDES LIMITED COMPATIBILITY IN WHAT HAVE USED IT FOR. RIVE EMULATION AND GENERAL HANDLING HAS GREATLY IMPRO 3/4 SIZE MODE. HE EMULATION IS EXCELLENT, BUT PREFER LISTENING TO ON REAL C64 - THE EMULATION THOUGH PROVIDES A DIFFERENT TEMPO AND FEEL TO THE MUSIC, WHICH IS ALSO QUITE NICE. OMPATIBILITY IS VERY HIGH, WITH JUST ABOUT ANYTHING 64 CAN BE EST VERSION OF 64. UGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE INICE: - ULL CCESS TO THE MENU SYSTEM IN LT- FULL SCREEN MODE, IE. ALL THE MISCELLANEOUS OPTIONS IN DROP DOWN MENUS. - NSTEAD OF ONLY A SMALL (TOO SMALL!) WINDOW VIDEO OUTPUT (NO SCANLINES) AND FULL ELSE ABOUT IT, NICE STUFF! [4] ELL THERE YOU HAVE IT. IND OF LIKE AN LIEN REDATOR SHOWDOWN, WELL NOT REALLY. OME FEATURES OF ONE EMULATOR (INICE) ARE BETTER THAN A FEATURE IN ANOTHER EMULATOR (64), AND VICE VERSA. NYWAY, THU ONTINUED FROM PART 1 [17] HY SHOULD GET WHEN CAN JUST LOAD UP THE GAME/DEMO & HEAR THE USIC ON A REAL 64? IRST OFF REMEMBERTHAT ISN'T JUST FOR EMULATOR USERS. N FACT, THE TUNES IN ARE STILL IN RAW 64 CODE ONLY VED SINCE, SAY - THE 2001+ VERSIONS, AS IT RUNS MORE PROGRAMS THAN EARLIER VERSIONS. ALWAYS ENJOY 64 FOR GAMES, AS IT HANDLES ON SCREEN MOVEMENTS WITH A LESS JERKY FEELING. T HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH A MONITOR VERSUS SET REFRESH RATE, YOU CA64 DISKS YOU WOULD NEED TO STORE THE WHOLE ON. [18] HY DO SOME TUNES SOUND DIFFERENT COMPARED TO HOW REMEMBER THEM ON THE 64? EMULATORS ARE VERY GOOD, BUT NOT PERFECT. LTHOUGH EMULATION IS NOT PERFECT, THE ACTUAL RIP OF THE TUNINK IT BETTER HAVING 2 DECENT 64 EMULATORS TO CHOOSE FROM, RATHER THAN ONE. F DARE TO GIVE THEM A PERCENTAGE RATING, WOULD GIVE INICE ABOUT 90%, AND 64 ABOUT 88%. HERE IS NOT THAT MUCH BETWEEN THEM, FROM A NOVICE USERS POINT OF VIEW AYBE TH PREPENDED BY SOME HEADER INFORMATION. HERE NOW EXISTS A REALLY USEFUL TOOL CALLED 64, WHICH TAKES A .SID FROM AND TURNS IT INTO A NABLE 64 .PRG FILE, WHICH YOU CAN LOAD AND RUN ON THE REAL THING TO PLAY THE TUNE. HE ONLY ONES YOU CAN'T A N READ ABOUT THAT IN THE DOCUMENTATION. F 64 WAS THE ONLY EMULATOR EVER FOR THE 64, WOULD NOT FEEL DISAPPOINTED ABOUT IT. WERE ACTUALLY A CRACKING GROUP IN THE EARLY 1980'S, THOUGH ONLY EVER HEARD OF THEM THROUGH THIS EMULATOR. HEIR CR E MAY BE CORRUPT. N ADDITION TO RIPPERS CORRUPTING TUNES, CRACKERS WOULD OFTEN MAKE MISTAKES AND MUCK UP THE TUNES' SPEED (MOST INFAMOUSLY, KATE OR IE AND RILLER.) NOTHER COMMON PROBLEM IS THAT SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT BE AWARE OF IS THAT ORTH MERICA  E TECHNICAL SIDE POINTS TOWARDS A DIFFERENT PICTURE. LOOK FORWARD TO BUYING THE NEW 64 KEYBOARD COMING OUT NEXT YEAR ANYWAY! UST JOKING, WE CAN ONLY HOPE THAT SOME ECCENTRIC BILLIONAIRE LOVES THE MELLOW BEEPS LIKE WE DO... ATCH YOU LATER! IGNING  RE THOSE WITH _ IN THE FILENAME (SEE [9] ABOVE FOR MORE INFORMATION) BUT GRADUALLY THERE'LL BE REAL 64 VERSIONS OF THOSE S, TOO. E APPRECIATE THAT THERE'S STILL MANY 64 DIEHARDS OUT THERE (IN FACT, SEVERAL OF THE REW STILL COMPOSE MUSIC OACKS SEEMED NICE, GLAD TO SEE A MEMBER OF THE GROUP MADE THIS EMULATOR AS SOME UNIVERSITY PROJECT, FORGET THE DETAILS EXACTLY. UGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE 64 - OME INTERLACE GRAPHICS LOOK A BIT BAD, NEEDS A FINER TOUCH. - EMULATION IS STILL PRETT() AND UROPE () HAD DIFFERENCES IN THEIR S THAT INFLUENCE THE SPEED OF TUNES THAT USED RASTER TIMING. OWEVER, WHERE POSSIBLE IN TUNES ARE NOW FLAGGED AS BEING OR SO YOU CAN NOW HEAR THEM AS THE COMPOSER INTENDED. OU MUS.OFF, UKE YNDE (-NA/EOPLE OF IBERTY) ]wes䧹s)˒=tyrw>J|wy6Jnd{9]uݗϒwe흗MϒI{*y6Jr:Jl>v-u^]f>^%|)|y{r){7&Jtsy]{=ݓdYu])˒Uv]7>J{7=|䧩v]Ju]euv\]W[-t)rt)JN THE REAL THING TOO.) HENCE OUR WISH THAT ALL S CAN BE MADE INTO A 64 RUNNABLE FORM. 64 USERS ENJOY BECAUSE IT IS THE LARGEST COLLECTION ON ARTH. T IS UNLIKELY THAT YOU HAVE ALL OF THE PROGRAMS FROM WHERE THE S IN ORIGINATED. LY POOR, THOUGH BETTER THAN EARLIER VERSIONS, MAYBE SOME COLLABORATION WITH / CODERS IS NEEDED? ECENT EMULATION COULD MAKE 64 THE 64 EMULATOR OF CHOICE. - ACHINE CODE MONITOR, NEEDS TO UNDERGO FINAL DEVELOPMENT. - AN'T FAULT MUCH T USE IDPLAY2 TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS FEATURE, OTHERWISE IN OLDER EMULATORS YOU CAN FORCE THE CLOCK SPEED TO OR TO HEAR IT AS YOU REMEMBER IT. F YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE FOUND A CORRUPT TUNE, IT WOULD BE BEST IF YOU LOAD UP THE OLD TUNE ON A 64/128 AND COMPARE IT TO THE VERSION. F YOU THEN NOTICE A PROBLEM WITH THE VERSION, BY ALL MEANS, LET US KNOW. E STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO NOT COMPARE THE TUNE TO A TUNE PLAYED IN A 64 EMULATOR, AS OFTEN IT'S NOT ACCURATE. OUUS, WITH , YOU CAN SELECT ANY LEVEL TUNE AT ANY TIME. EMULATORS ARE GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME, AND WITH LIBSIDPLAY2'S CYCLE EXACT TIMING, MOVING ONWARD TOO. ND FOR PEOPLE WHO NO LONGER OWN A 64, EMULATORS ARE A DREAM. MAGINE HOW MANY , RIP FROM THE _ORIGINAL_ RELEASE OF THE GAME. HE INITIAL WAVE OF GAME CRACKS BACK IN THE LATE 1980S OFTEN MISSED OUT TUNES, MUCKED UP TUNES ETC AND ARE NEVER TREATED AS A 100% RELIABLE SOURCE FOR THE CORRECT GAME TUNES, JUST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE. LWN COMPOSERS AND COMPOSERS FROM POST-1992 ARE IN THE "" DIRECTORY. NOWING THIS INFORMATION SHOULD HELP REDUCE YOUR SEARCH TIME. OR DEMOS, YOU MIGHT WISH TO PAY A VISIT TO TEPHAN CHMID'S EXCELLENT EMO UNGEON SITE - IT HAS LOTS OF DEMOS, BUT MIGHT ALSO WANT TO CHECK OUT THE WHICH DOCUMENTS ANY KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THE S FOUND IN IF THE GAME OR DEMO ALSO PLAYED THE TUNE THE SAME WAY. [19] OW DO RIP TUNES FROM GAMES/DEMOS? HTTP://WWW.GEOCITIES.COM/ILICON RTUNATELY, MANY INTRO CODERS AND PROGRAMMERS FAILED TO PROPERLY GIVE CREDIT TO THE MUSIC THEY USED IN THEIR WORK. , THANKFULLY, IS VERY ACCURATE IN THE CREDITS IT GIVES. E HAVE WORKED FOR YEARS CONTACTING THE ORIGINAL COMPOSERS OF TUNES TO HELP VESO, YOU WILL FIND THAT THE RELEASE DATE GIVEN IN A CRACK CAN BE INACCURATE, ALONG WITH THE CREDITS, AS THE CRACKER WOULD OFTEN OVERWRITE THE CORRECT CREDITS WITH WHO CRACKED THE GAME ETC. [20] HY ISN'T TUNE IN ? F COURSE, NOT EVERY EVER MA ALSO WHICH TUNES WERE USED IN EACH ONE. ERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. [22] HY DO SOME OF THE TUNES IN NOT PLAY? ORE THAN LIKELY, A SILENT TUNE IS A -ONLY TUNE OR THE TUNE ISN'T FULLY 64 COMPLIANT. UR GOAL IS TO EVENTUALLY REPLACE ALL THESE T ALLEY/AKES/5147/SIDPLAY/ HIS GIVES A BASIC GUIDE TO THE FUNDAMENTALS OF RIPPING, ALTHOUGH PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU SHOULD NOT USE THE LAY EXTENDED DIGI REGISTERS ANYMORE. LL RIPS SHOULD BE 64 COMPLIANT. NCE YOU'VE RIPPED THE 64 DATA (AND WHEREVE RIFY CREDITS IN . DON'T THINK YOU ARE GOING TO LIKE WHAT AM LEADING UP TO. 64 MUSICIANS HAVE LONG BEEN IGNORED ON THE 64. ANY PEOPLE WILL SAY, "O YOU HAVE THE MUSIC TO OMMANDO?" NOT KNOWING WHO MADE THE MUSIC. HE TIME HAS COME THAT Y DE ON THE 64 IS IN . E FEEL THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE MOST REQUESTED TUNES ARE IN . HIS DOES NOT MEAN WE FEEL THAT ALMOST _ALL_ 64 TUNES ARE IN . HE CREW IS ALWAYS BUSY RIPPING NEW S AND ALWAYS RECEIVING MORE S. HE BEST TH UNES WITH VERSIONS THAT WILL WORK IN THE REAL 64 ENVIRONMENT MODE OF IDPLAY2. URTHER, SOME TUNES USE VALUES WHICH THE ORIGINAL IDPLAY'S LIBSIDPLAY LIBRARY DOES NOT LIKE. [23] HY ARE THERE SOME INCORRECT OR UGLY-LOOKING CREDITS IN ? LOWR POSSIBLE, TESTED YOUR RIPPED DATA ON A REAL 64) YOU SHOULD USE THE DIT TOOL TO CONVERT YOUR RIP TO V2 FORMAT FOR . LEASE USE THE DIT LINK AT HTTP://LALA.C64.ORG/ FOR MORE INFORMATION. OWEVER, DO NOT SET ANY OF THE V2 FIELOU TOO SHOULD LEARN THESE COMPOSERS' NAMES. ASICALLY, WHAT AM TELLING YOU IS THAT THERE IS A CHANCE THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES AND DIG THROUGH SEARCHING FOR YOUR OLD FAVORITE TUNES. EFORE YOU DO THIS, THOUGH, YOU SHOULD CHECK OUING YOU CAN DO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A CERTAIN TUNE IN IS TO CHECK OUT THE UNT WEB PAGE WHICH CAN BE REACHED FROM THE MAIN WEB SITE. LSO, THE IPPED UNES PAGE IS A GOOD SOURCE TO CHECK IF A TUNE HAS BEEN RIPPED AND DUE FOR A LY BUT SURELY WE ARE TAKING CARE OF THIS. ITH EACH UPDATE, WE MAKE AT LEAST 200 CREDIT FIXES. O PLEASE BE PATIENT AND IF YOU NOTICE ANY INCORRECT CREDITS, EMAIL US AND WE'LL TRY TO FIX THEM FOR THE NEXT UPDATE. OTE ALSO THAT ANY DOCUMENTED PROOF YOU DS UNLESS YOU ARE ABSOLUTELYSURE YOU ARE CORRECT. ONSULT THE DOCUMENTATION WITH DIT FOR MORE INFORMATION. OU SHOULD THEN USE IDPLAY2 TO TEST YOUR RIP TO MAKE SURE IT WORKS CORRECTLY. NE OTHER IMPORTANT THING TO BEAR IN MIND - IF AT ALL POSSIBLET THE SEARCH ENGINE AT THE WEB SITE. ITH JUST A FRAGMENT OF INFORMATION, YOU CAN PERHAPS FIND THE TUNE. LSO, NOTE THAT THE PROFESSIONAL COMPOSERS (I.E., ONES WHO RECEIVED MONEY FOR THEIR WORK) ARE AT THE ROOT OF . OME OF THE LESSER KNO PDATE. OU MAY ALSO WANT TO CONSIDER INCENT OOIS' "IDBACE 32" WHICH HELPS YOU LOCATE INFORMATION IN BOTH AND THAT YOU REQUIRE. [21] CAN'T FIND TUNE IN WHICH WAS USED IN AN OLD INTRO/DEMO. AN YOU TELL ME WHERE IT IS? NFOHAVE OF THE CREDIT FIX WILL HELP. OME PEOPLE MAY NOT REALISE THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT THAT HAS GONE INTO SINCE THEY HAVE NO IDEA OF THE COLLECTION'S HISTORY. HE CHART BELOW PROUDLY SHOWS THE AMOUNT OF PROGRESS HAS MADE SINCE ITS EXISTENCE. N E TUNE. HOSE OF YOU WHO ARE USED TO TRACKER PROGRAMS LIKE AST RACKER ON THE MIGHT LIKE TO CHECK OUT YBERRACKER SEE HTTP://NONAME.C64.ORG/TRACKER/ IT'S A -LIKE ENVIRONMENT FOR MAKING 64 TUNES. ND NOW THERE'S A NATIVE APPLICATION WHICH ARIOUS... ELSE GO TO STEP #3 (3) F THE ARTIST WAS A FAMOUS DEMO COMPOSER IN 1992 OR EARLIER, ABOVE ARIOUS...ELSE GO TO STEP #4 (4) ELOW ARIOUS OTE: ULE (2) ABOVE HAS SLIGHTLY CHANGED. HIS IS IN ORDER THAT AN ARTIST WHO MAY HAVE PRODUCED ONLSIDER THIS A GOOD THING. ;) [29] O HOW DO MAKE MY OWN TUNES? N MOST CASES, YOU WILL NEED ACCESS TO EITHER A REAL 64 OR A 64 EMULATOR SUCH AS 64 OR . DEALLY IT IS PREFERRED THAT YOU ACTUALLY COMPOSE ON THE REAL THING, AS YOU KNOW THXPLANATION OF THE KEY: DELETED TUNES WERE EITHER DAMAGED OR REPEATED; FIXED TUNES THAT REPLACED INFERIOR RIPS; NEW IS FOR NEW S ADDED; CREDITS ARE FIXES OR ADDITIONS TO CURRENT CREDITS. HE CHART SHOWS SEVERAL THINGS. OT ONLY DOES AVERAGE, LAY, LAYER ETC. F YOU ARE A PUBLIC DOMAIN LIBRARY AND WISH TO INCLUDE ON A - THEN PLEASE EMAIL TEPHAN CHMID & ETER ANDN FOR PERMISSION -THAT'S ALL WE ASK. S LONG AS YOU ARE MAKING NO PROFIT ON THE , WE WILL BE MORE THAN WILLIN Y ONE GAME TUNE FOR A MAGAZINE COVERMOUNT PRIOR TO 1992 DOES NOT MAKE IT ABOVE . LSO, AS OF 3.1, THE / DIRECTORY CHANGED STRUCTURE. N ORDER TO MAKE IT MANAGEABLE CHUNKS, / NOW HAS FOUR SUBDIRS, -, -, - AND -, SO YOU C E EMULATION IS GOING TO BE 100% :-). OU WILL ALSO NEED A MUSIC EDITOR PROGRAM, WHICH WILL ENABLE YOU TO EASILY ALTER THE SEQUENCES WITH THE NOTES IN, THE VOICES THAT THE 64 WILL USE, AND ALSO WHICH WILL LET YOU COMPILE YOUR TUNES TO DISK SO THAT THEY OVER 400 NEW S PER PDATE BUT THE COLLECTION ALSO AVERAGES OVER 400 CREDIT FIXES PER PDATE. LSO, NOTE HOW THE NUMBER OF REPEATS ADDED AND THE NUMBEROF FIXED RIPS HAVE BEEN KEPT EXTREMELY LOW. HIS SHOWS THE AMOUNT OF QUALITY IN THE COLLECTION. V G TO SUPPORT YOU. NE FINAL THING. OU MAY ALSO SEE 64 COMPILATION S (SUCH AS THE 64 LASSIX ) WHICH CONTAIN TO HAVE "OVER 10,000 TUNES". HEY HAVE COPIED ONTO THOSE S WITHOUT PERMISSION AND ARE MAKING PROFIT FROM IT, WHICH IS NOT ONLY AN LOOK IN THOSE TO FIND THE COMPOSERS YOU SEEK. [26] O YOU OFFER ON ? ES WE DO :) LEASE CONTACT THE BELOW FOR FURTHER ON INFORMATION: -------------------------------------- ASON ACENZIE INARY ONE EBSITE: HTTP://WWW. CAN BE LOADED AND RUN BY OTHER USERS. FTP://FTP.FUNET.FI/PUB/CBM/C64/ AUDIO/EDITORS/ IS A GOOD PLACE TO START TO DOWNLOAD A OMMODORE 64 MUSIC EDITOR. WOULD ADVISE YOU TO TRY OUT A FEW AND SEE WHICH ONE YOU PREFER. VER THE YEARS MANY PEOPLE ENTUALLY WE HOPE THAT THE NUMBER OF CREDIT FIXES PER PDATE WILL DROP BELOW 200. [24] AN JUST DOWNLOAD THE INDIVIDUAL TUNES WANT? ES. IS AVAILABLE UNZIPPED AT A FEW WEB AND FTP SITES. LISTING OF THESE SITES CAN BE FOUND AT THE IR AGAINST THE ETHIC, BUT ALSO MEANS THAT THE COMPOSERS' WORKS ARE BEING ABUSED. [27] HEN WILL BE COMPLETED? N ALL LIKELIHOOD, NEVER. AR TOO MANY TUNES WERE MADE ON THE 64 TO REASONABLY EXPECT THAT EVERY WILL BE COLLECTED. N ADDITIOBZPD.FREESERVE.CO.UK/ -------------------------------------- MRE LAJOS R. EBSITE: HTTP://LALA.C64.ORG -------------------------------------- IONIC RASSHOPPER MAIL: BG_MFC@USA.NET -------------------------------------- TEFAN CHEFFELS EBSITE: HTTHAVE RECOMMENDED 'S DITOR, USIC SSEMBLER, DITOR, UTURE OMPOSER, OICETRACKER, IDUZZIT, OUNDMONITOR AND MANY OTHERS, BUT DO TAKE THE TIME TO READ ALL THE DOCUMENTATION WITH THEM. HEY WILL HELP YOU A LOT IN CREATING THE RIGHT SOUND FOR YOURRORS AGE. [25] OW IS IT DETERMINED WHICH COMPOSERS GO UNDER THE / DIR? HE CURRENT RULE IS: (1) F THE ARTIST HAS NO TUNES MADE IN 1992 OR EARLIER, GO TO STEP #4 (2) F THE ARTIST HAS GAME TUNES (3 MUST BE MADE IN 1992 OR EARLIER), ABOVE N, PEOPLE ARE STILL COMPOSING MUSIC ON THE 64 TO THIS DAY (SOME OF THE TEAM THEMSELVES ARE AMONG THEM). ONSIDER A LIVING COLLECTION. [28] FIND MYSELF LISTENING TO MUSIC ALL THE TIME. M NORMAL? O, YOU ARE A -AHOLIC. UT WE CONP://DE.GEOCITIES.COM/SOKRATEKK.RM -------------------------------------- N ADDITION, THE REW HAVE ENSURED THAT ANY PROGRAMS DISTRIBUTED ON A HAVE HAD WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE PROGRAMMERS CONCERNED TO INCLUDE THEIR WORK, SUCH AS IDPLAYU INTAGE OMPUTER ESTIVAL EWS PDATE OW! UST RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE & HAD THE ORGANIZER TALK ABOUT THIS AT THE #C64FRIENDS CHAT. HUCK EDDLE, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN OMMODORE USINESS ACHINES, IS GOING TO APPEAR AT THE INTAGE OMPU U BAY AVOURITE ELLERS BAY THE ONLINE AUCTION, FOR ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN HIDING UNDER A STONE. BAY IS AN ONLINE AUCTION WEBSITE, EACH COUNTRY USUALLY HAS ITS OWN SECTION FOR EXAMPLE THE NITED INGDOM IS ACCESSED VIA WWW.EBAY.CO.UK BUT THE MAIN WEBWORKED FREELANCE AND SO KEPT THE OWNERSHIP TO THEIR PIECES. OU SHOULD ENDEAVOUR TO CONTACT THE ORIGINAL 64 COMPOSER TO ENSURE NOT JUST PERMISSION BUT ALSO THAT THE COMPOSER GETS DUE AUTHORSHIP CREDIT (AND PAYMENT OF COURSE) ON THE RECORD. EEL FREE ALERD AND AVE AYNIE WILL ATTEND, IN ADDITION TO HUCK EDDLE. E ALSO EXPECT OB USSELL TO ATTEND BUT THAT'S NOT YET OFFICIAL. LSO, WE ARE NOW STRONGLY LEANING TOWARD MAKING AST 4.0 INTO A TWO-DAY SHOW (UNE 9-10) INSTEAD OF ONLY UNE 10. EEP YOWILL DO THE JOB VERY NICELY FOR YOU. ASSE RNI'S OATRACKER USES THE WELL KNOWN RE EMULATION ENGINE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A FRIENDLY AND SIMPLE TO USE INTERFACE SO THAT WITHIN MINUTES YOU CAN BE MASTERING THE CHIP AND PRODUCING YOUR TUNES. ND FO TER ESTIVAL AST 4.0! 'VE GOT TO GO! EE BELOW, OBERT ERNARDO RESNO OMMODORE SER ROUP HTTP://VIDEOCAM.NET.AU/FCUG HE THER ROUP OF MIGOIDS HTTP://WWW.CALWEB.COM/%7ERABEL1/ -----RIGINAL ESSAGE----- ROM: "VAN OBLENTZ" ATE: HU, 4 AN 200SO TO CONTACT HRIS BBOTT WITH REGARD TO THIS IF YOU ARE UNSURE HOW TO PROCEED. ------------------------ NFORMATION PRINTED FROM THE S WITH THE AGREEMENT OF ETER FROM e󒞧-{Ms\~dsM|)|U{zJvUw]w\)u]ש|󒳥)J[UR EYE ON WWW.MIDATLANTICRETRO.ORG ND WWW.VINTAGE.ORG FOR DETAILS. - VAN 9*]=>JvUZJrJu]i)u^)|uw=s7seޒv]'ev]^U|ާ=vݗyג]u^J|ܗUuwsϒz^w>J|Mw57Uusur\Jl6JjU5)J R ARD CARD OWNERS, YOU CAN ALSO USE THE REAL 64 CHIP ON YOUR ARD TO ENSURE YOUR SOUND IS AS CLOSE TO THE REAL THING AS POSSIBLE. HE BEAUTY ALSO IS THAT YOU CAN SAVE YOUR TUNES (WHEN FINISHED) TO 64 .PRG FORMAT, OR FORMAT TOO. OR MORE 7 00:13:00 -0500 UBJECT: HUCK EDDLE @ AST ELLO OMMODORE FRIENDS... UST WANTED TO LET YOU THREE KNOW THAT HUCK EDDLE CONFIRMED HIS AST 4.0 ATTENDANCE TODAY. HE EVENT WILL BE ATURDAY, UNE 9, AT OUR COMPUTER MUSEUM [HTTP://WWW.INFOAGE.SITE IS WWW.EBAY.COM (MERICA) O BUY AND SELL ON EBAY YOU NEED TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT, FOR THAT YOU SUPPLY YOUR ADDRESS AND NEED A SELLER HANDLE OR NAME AND A PASSWORD TO LOGON. HEN BUYING IS LITTLE MORE THAN SEARCHING FOR THE ITEM YOU REQUIRE FOR EXAMNTS ARE ELECTRONIC USING A SYSTEM CALLED PAY PAL, YOU GIVE PAY PAL A CREDIT CARDS OR BANK DETAILS AND THEY PERFORM THE TRANSACTION FOR YOU AN IN- BETWEEN FOR THE BANKS. NCE A TRANS- ACTION IS MADE BAY ASK YOU TO LEAVE FEEDBACK SO YOU MAY FOR EXAMPLE SA INFORMATION, PLEASE CONSULT THE FOLLOWING WEBPAGE: HTTP://WWW.STUDENT.OULU.FI/LOORNI/ ND OF COURSE, ONCE YOU HAVE A SAVED COMPILED TUNE, IT SHOULD BE PRETTY EASY TO CONVERT TO A FILE TO SEND OFF TO THE REW (HINT). [30] HAT IF WANT TOORG] HERE IN EW ERSEY. E MAY ADD UNDAY, UNE 10 AS WELL, BUT THE OMMODORE PANEL (30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ET) WILL BE ATURDAY STARTING AT 10:30. UR LOCATION IS ABOUT ONE HOUR SOUTH OF EWARK IBERTY AIRPORT AND ABOUT 90 MINUTES NORTHEAST OF HI PLE IF YOU WERE LOOKING FOR A 1581 DISK DRIVE YOU COULD SIMPLY GOTO THE MAIN SITE AND TYPE IN THE SEARCH STRING ?COMMODORE 1581? HIT RETURN AND SIFT THROUGH THE RESULTS. OU NEED TO LOOK ON THE SITE FOR FULLER OPTIONS OF SEARCHING AND SYNTAX. OST PAYMEY "EXCELLENT SERVICE GOODS AS DESCRIBED ARRIVED QUICKLY" & LEAVE POSITIVE FEEDBACK, AS A RESULT THE SELLER GAINS A SCORE RANKING FOR EACH POSITIVE FEEDBACK RATING, THUS YOU CAN SEE HOW GOOD A SELLER IS BY THE NUMBER OF POSITIVES AND A PERCENTAGE FOR HAPP RELEASE A COVER OF A TUNE COMMERCIALLY? OU SHOULD IMPORTANTLY PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THAT OFTEN THE 64 COMPOSER WILL OWN AUTHORSHIP RIGHTS TO THEIR TUNES, AND NOT THE SOFTWARE COMPANY. HIS IS PARTICULARLY THE CASE AS OFTEN KNOWN GAME COMPOSERS LADELPHIA AIRPORT. E'LL ANNOUNCE A SHOW HOTEL WHEN THE DATE GETS CLOSER. [SNIP] - VAN OBLENTZ [HTTP://WWW.VINTAGE.ORG] - LET ME KNOW IF ANY OF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN EXHIBITING/SPEAKING AT OUR SHOW. N UPDATE ... WE RECENTLY CONFIRMED THAT IL  NON-STANDARD DATA ON THE DISK. ECAUSE IT CAN'T RECOGNISE THE CODE IT IS UNABLE TO DECODE INTO THE FORM NEEDED FOR SERIAL TRANSFER. ITH PARALLEL TRANSFER THE DATA IS READ FROM THE DISK AND TRANSFERRED DIRECTLY TO THE HOST COMPUTER WITHOUT THE NEED TO Y CUSTOMERS. K SO ONE OF MY FAVOURITE SELLERS IS "THE OMMODORE TORE" YOU CAN ACCESS THE STORE DIRECTLY VIA THIS LINK: HTTP://STORES.EBAY.CO.UK/ HE-OMMODORE-TORE HE SELLER HAS NEGATIVE FEEDBACK WHATSOEVER, IS VERY FRIENDLY AND ALWAYS R -128 - & DOESN'T FILL THAT EMPTY SOCKET, EITHER. UST OPEN THE 128, REMOVE THE SHIELD AND THE LID THAT COVERS THE METAL BOX ON THE MOTHERBOARD, AND PULL THE SOCKETED 8563 CHIP. LUG OUR BOARD IN ITS PLACE & PLUG THE 8563 INTO OUR BOARD. EPLACEND TOOK A GOOD LOOK. T DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO DISCOVER ONE DIFFERENCE. HE STANDARD -128 HAS JUST 16 OF VIDEO , WHILE THE NEWER 128 HAS A FULL 64. HAT'S 400% MORE! E KNEW THAT THERE WERE TREMENDOUS ADVANTAGES TO THE EXTRA . IKE BEING ABDECODE IT. HIS IS ACHIEVED BECAUSE THE URST IBBLER YSTEM IS ACTUALLY HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE PACKAGE. HE HARDWARE CONSISTS OF A PARALLEL CABLE THAT PLUGS INTO THE COMPUTERS USER PORT. HE OTHER END OF THE CABLE PLUGS INTO THE CHIP SOCKET INSIDE Y PACKS AND DESPATCHES GOODS QUICKLY AND COMPETENTLY. O WHAT DOES THIS SELLER SELL AND WHY A WRITE UP OF JUST ONE SELLER? ELL THE ELLER SPECIALISES IN HARD TO FIND COMMODORE ITEMS, MOST ARE AND OR NEVER OPENED. OR EXAMPLE EVER OPENED DISK GAMES A THE COVERS AND YOU'RE DONE. HAT'S IT. O SOLDERING, NO HASSLES. OW YOUR MACHINE CAN HAVE THE SAME 64 OF VIDEO AS THE NEWER 128 MACHINES. ND YOU'LL BE READY FOR WHATEVER THE FUTURE HOLDS. LUG N 64 IDEO PGRADE, DESIGNED BY HIP EVEL ES LE TO SCROLL THROUGH VIDEO MEMORY, OF THE POTENTIAL FOR GREATLY ENHANCED COLOUR RESOLUTION. ND, SINCE OMMODORE HAS SEEN FIT TO MAKE IT A STANDARD FEATURE ON ALL THE NEW 128'S, WE KNEW IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE NEW SOFTWARE STARTED TAKING ADV OUR DISK DRIVE. HE SOFTWARE IS A POWERFUL IBBLER CONTROL PROGRAM WITH VARIOUS PARAMETER SETTINGS TO MAXIMISE RESULTS. OW MUCH POWER DO YOU WANT? OW ABOUT: > NLY PACKAGE TO COPY UP TO 41 TRACKS! > ILL COPY A WHOLE DISK IN UNDER 2 MINS! > ULL A ND NEVER MAILED OUT MAGAZINES. ERE IS A SMALL SELECTION OF ITEMS DESCRIPTIONS FOR YOU TO VIEW: 64 IAGNOSTIC ARTRIDGE FOR THE 64 & 64 ROFESSIONAL IAGNOSTICS BY OMMODORE! ERE IS A GREAT WAY TO ALL THREE OMMODORE 64 IAGNOSTIC IN ONEIGNS UPPLIED WITH FITTING INSTRUCTIONS & TEST SOFTWARE ON DISK. EW & HRINKWRAPPED EEP CAN URST IBBLER! OWERFUL OFTWARE - NNOVATIVE ARDWARE! HE URST IBBLER SYSTEM IS PROBABLY THE MOST POWERFUL DISK COPIER AVAILABLE FOR THE OMMODORE COMPUTANTAGE OF THE FULL 64. HAT TIME ARRIVED. ROGRAMS LIKE AVERICK, ASRAC 128, 8, THE 8 OOLKIT, PECTRUM 128 AND EWS AKER HAVE ALL BEEN CODED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FULL 64 OF VIDEO FOUND ON THE 128'S. O IF YOU HAVE A REGULAR -1ND HALF TRACKS COPIED - NO PROBLEM! > RANSFERS RAW ODE VIA CABLE! > ITTED IN MINUTES USUALLY NO SOLDERING! > AKE A PERFECT COPY EVERY TIME! ITTING INVOLVES LIFTING THE 6522 CHIP INSIDE THE DRIVE, INSERTING IT INTO THE SOCKET ON THE CABL PACKAGE. HE OMMODORE IS FITTED WITH A SOCKET, SO YOU CAN QUICKLY AND EASILY SWITCH BETWEEN THE THREE DIFFERENT DIAGNOSTIC PACKAGES FOR YOUR 64. LUS YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN CARTRIDGES - USE ANY 8K ON THE . F YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WE WILL BER. T GAINS ITS POWER BY USING PARALLEL DATA TRANSFER. ITH STANDARD NIBBLERS THE DATA IS READ FROM THE DISK AND DECODED INTO A STANDARD FORMAT BEFORE BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE HOST COMPUTER BY THE SERIAL BUS. HIS IS ALL WELL UNTIL IT COMES ACROSS SOME28 WITH ONLY 16 OF VIDEO , YOU'VE GOT A BIG PROBLEM. ND WE'VE GOT THE SOLUTION. OU COULD UPGRADE ON YOUR OWN - BUT IF THOUGHTS OF SPLATTERED SOLDER AND HEAT-DAMAGED MOTHERBOARDS BOTHER YOU, RELAX. E'VE DEVELOPED A MODULE THAT PLUGS RIGHT IN TO YOUE AND PLUGGING THE WHOLE ASSEMBLY BACK INTO THE SOCKET, THE OTHER END JUST PLUGS INTO THE USER PORT AND HAS A THROUGH CONNECTOR FOR YOUR OTHER HARDWARE. EEP CAN URST IBBLER - EW ABLE & SOFTWARE... OFTWARE ERSION V1.9. OR THE OMMODORE 64/128 & E PLEASED TO ANSWER THEM, THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO GET YOUR HANDS ON THESE PROFESSIONAL DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS FOR THE OMMODORE 64. 128 OR 128 WNERS HO EED XTRA HEN OMMODORE FIRST RELEASED THE 128 WE GOT ONE, OPENED IT UP, A OMMODORE DISK DRIVE. HIS EXTRA CREATES A "VIRTUAL WORKSPACE" THAT GIVES AVERICK ENOUGH ELBOW ROOM TO WORK SOME SPECIAL MAGIC. ITH ARD INSTALLED, AVERICK IS ABLE TO BACK UP PROGRAMS THAT CAN?T BE BACKED UP BY SOFTWARE ALONE. URRENT AVERITIONS WE WILL BE PLEASED TO ANSWER THEM, THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL CARTRIDGE BACKUP SYSTEM AND EVEN ALLOWS YOU TO REPAIR DEFECTIVE/CORRUPT CARTRIDGES. ARTRIDGE ACKER 64 NCLUDES - ARDWARE, SOFTWARE ON DISK, INSTRUCTIONS MANUAL & SETTINGS MANUAL.... EW &128 AND THE 1541, 1570 & 1571 DISK DRIVES.. HE ARD HE SSENTIAL AVERICK CCESSORY FOR YOUR 1541! EMEMBER THE 1970'S. HAT'S THE DECADE THAT BROUGHT US THE FIRST AFFORD- ABLE HOME COMPUTERS? HE 1980'S WAS THE DECADE THAT SAW THE DEVELOPMENT ILL MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE A PRO BEFORE YOU EVEN BEGIN. NYBODY WHO HAS TRIED TO BACKUP SOME OF TODAY'S SOFTWARE KNOWS THAT IT'S NOT AS EASY AS IT USED TO BE. HE GOOD OLD DAYS OF ?RACK 23? ERRORS ARE GONE FOREVER. ELCOME TO THE ARD. HE ARD DESCK MODULES ALREADY CONTAIN ADVANCED ARD PARAMETERS. S FUTURE COPY PROTECTION SCHEMES BECOME MORE RADICAL, ARD WILL BE AN INDISPENSABLE PART OF THE AVERICK ARSENAL - AND YOU CAN BET THAT OUR FUTURE PARAMETERS WILL REFLECT THAT. ARAMETERS AREK HRINK-WRAPPED O EXTERNAL BOARDS, OR CARTRIDGES ARE REQUIRED. }J~]WJz]|U֒e꒟7{7%]|v]]󒜷yΒ)u]שsܗ=|ݗϒ-{ܷ5]tW|9)s\)r\)u]gr'>Juy{U|uUs'Ysd|=ݒgU򒛗ZJ~]WJr\ϒyW^|)J OF STUNNING SOFTWARE THAT FINALLY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE AVAILABLE HARDWARE. HAT DO YOU THINK THE 1990'S WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR? OR OUR PART, WE'RE GOING TO REMEMBER IT AS A DECADE OF KILLER COPY PROTECTION. O KIDDING. UR PROGRAMMING STAFF HAS JUST  IGNED BY HIP EVEL ESIGNS NCLUDES - ARDWARE, TEST SOFTWARE ON DISK & INSTRUCTIONS.... EW & HRINK-WRAPPED EQUIRES AVERICK V5 OR LATER, FOR THE OMMODORE 1541 OR 1541 DISK DRIVE. ARTRIDGE ACKER 64 EATURE ACKED TILITY OFTWARE! HE ARTRIDGE N'T THE ONLY REASON FOR OWNING A ARD. HE ADVANCED USERS AMOUNG YOU WILL BE INTERESTED IN THE FACT THAT THE AVERICK SPORTS A STATE OF THE ART TRACK EDITOR THAT REACHES ITS FULL POTENTIAL ONLY WITH THE USE OF THE ARD. ITH THE ARD INSTALL U 1 HE 906114 (LOGIC ARRAY) CHIP (SOMETIMES LABELLED WITH THE NUMBER 82100 OR 100) WOULD SOMETIMES FAIL SPONTANEOUSLY CAUSING THE COMPUTER TO NO LONGER HAVE A PICTURE. HE 6581 SOUND CHIP WOULD SOMETIMES GO OUTBEEN FLOODED BY THE CLEVER & CRAFTY SOPHISTICATION OF SOME OF THE NEW BREED OF COPY PROTECTION SCHEMES. E?VE BEEN WRITING PARAMETERS FOR YEARS NOW, AND YET WITH ALL THAT EXPERIENCE BEHIND US WE?RE SEEING THINGS THAT EVEN OUR FAMOUS AVERICK ARCHIVAL UTI ACKER V2 FROM THE PUBLISHERS OF THE ROGRAM ROTECTION ANUALS. ARTRIDGE ACKER V2 ALLOWS YOU TO QUICKLY AND EASILY TRANSFER CARTRIDGE BASED PROGRAMS TO DISK AT THE PRESS OF A BUTTON. HOST OF SOFTWARE UTILITIES ALLOW YOU TO COMPLETE FLEXIBILITYED YOU CAN READ, EDIT AND WRITE WHOLE TRACKS AT A TIME. LUS A DUAL ARD POWERED NIBBLER! HIS AND OTHER ARD SUPPORT UTILITIES FOUND IN AVERICK ALLOW THE EXPERIENCED USER TO ACTUALLY CREATE CUSTOM COPIERS - A HACKER'S DREAM COME TRUE! ET -- USUALLY DUE TO A MONITOR BEING CONNECTED IMPROPERLY. N RARE OCCASIONS THE 6510 MICROPROCESSOR, THE 6567 (VIDEO CHIP), THE 901227 ERNAL , THE 901225 HARACTER , OR THE 901226 WOULD FAIL. HE OMMODORE DISK DRIVES WOULD PERIODLITY SYSTEM CAN?T HANDLE. T LEAST, NOT WITHOUT A LITTLE HELP... HE ARD WAS DESIGNED FROM THE BEGINNING AS AN INTEGRATED COMPONENT IN THE AVERICK ARSENAL. T'S A CHIP MOUNTED ON A CUSTOM BOARD THAT, IN ALMOST ALL CASES, PLUGS RIGHT INTO YOUR, YOU CAN SAVE AS AN DUMP, A KERNEL VERSION, VERSION & MANY MORE OPTIONS.... SETTINGS MANUAL GIVES YOU PAGES OF DIP SWITCH SETTINGS AND A COMPREHENSIVE MANUAL COVERS ALL THE SOFTWARE FUNCTIONS. POWERFUL SYSTEM FOR F YOU HAVE ANY QUESFOR ALL ITS CAPABILITIES, THE ARD ITSELF IS SIMPLE TO INSTALL: JUST OPEN YOUR DRIVE, PLUG IN THE ARD, AND CLOSE THE DRIVE. HAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT. HERE'S NO SOLDERING, NO WIRE CUTTING, AND NO HASSLES. ONE AND OUR ILLUSTRATED INSTRUCTIONS WICALLY NEED ALIGNMENT AND CLEANING AND AN OCCASIONAL CHIP REPLACEMENT OR BRIDGE RECTIFIER OR SUCH. EYBOARDS WOULD LIKEWISE NEED TO BE CLEANED INFREQUENTLY. ECAUSE OF THE INTERDEPENDENCY OF EACH OF THE INTERNAL COMPONENTS OF THE OMMODORE COMPUTERS IT DORE 64 QUITE WELL. OWEVER, TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE INCREASED DISK SPEED AND STORAGE CAPABILITIES OF THE 128 THE 1571 OR 1581 DISK DRIVE WAS REQUIRED. LSO, TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE 80-COLUMN MODE AN MONITOR WAS REQUIRED. HEREFORE OMMODORE MADE S COMPUTER (UTILIZING THE OMMODORE 8502 MICROPROCESSOR) WHICH HAD THREE DIFFERENT MODES OF OPERATION AND TWO DIFFERENT DISPLAY OPTIONS. NE OF THE REASONS THE 128 WAS QUITE SUCCESSFUL WAS THAT IT HAD THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING ABLE TO USE VIRTUALLY ALL OMMO IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. 1525 HE IC 1525 PRINTER AND A HIGHER QUALITY MODEL 1526 HAD REPLACED THE EARLY IC 1520 PRINTER. HE IC 1540 DISK DRIVE WAS REPLACED BY THE MODEL 1541 DRIVE. OMMODORE ALSO CONTINUED TO WORK BEHIND THE SCENES TO DEVEW REPLACEMENT UNIT FOR LESS THAN THE AVERAGE MINIMUM REPAIR FEE FOR MOST & PPLE SYSTEMS. S USED OMMODORE COMPUTERS BECAME WIDELY AVAILABLE AT AMAZINGLY LOW PRICES DURING THE LATE 1980'S AND THROUGHOUT THE 1990'S MANY OF THE OMMODORE REPAIR CENTIS NOT UNUSUAL FOR OMMODORE COMPUTERS TO HAVE SIMILAR SYMPTOMS WHILE ACTUALLY HAVING DIFFERENT UNDERLYING PROBLEMS. VEN WHEN EXPERIENCING OCCASIONAL HARDWARE PROBLEMS THE OMMODORE USERS RARELY FELT LIKE THEY WERE AT THE MERCY OF THE SERVICE WOLVES DU DORE 64 SOFTWARE (WHILE IN THE OMMODORE 64 40-COLUMN MODE), PERIPHERALS, AND ACCESSORIES AND YET ALSO HAD A (RARELY USED) MODE AND A FAIRLY POPULAR OMMODORE 128 MODE WHICH ALLOWED AN 80-COLUMN DISPLAY, AS WELL AS THE 128K OF MEMORY, 7.0, A NU ELOP NEW COMPUTER MODELS. OMMODORE UNVEILED THE OMMODORE -64 PORTABLE COMPUTER AROUND 1984 WHICH WAS INCREDIBLY NICE & AFFORDABLE FOR ITS TIME PERIOD. HE -64 COMPUTER HAD A DETACHABLE KEYBOARD AND A 5" COLOR MONITOR AND A FLOPPY DRIVE BUILT-IN. T ERS HAD DIFFICULTY STAYING IN BUSINESS. ESPITE THIS, THERE ARE STILL A FEW LOCAL AND SEVERAL NATIONAL PLACES WHO DO OMMODORE REPAIR WORK, SELL PARTS & MANUALS, AND HAVE DIAGNOSTIC SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE TOOLS AND INFORMATION AVAILABLE. OMMODORE HAD TO E TO THE MANY OPTIONS WHICH THEY HAD. FTENTIMES THERE WERE SIMPLE AND EASY TO IMPLEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR OMMODORE MALFUNCTIONS. USES (WHICH WERE USUALLY EASY TO REPLACE) WOULD GET BLOWN OUT IN THE COMPUTER, DRIVE, OR POWER SUPPLIES PERIODICALLY, BUT THE MERIC KEYPAD, AND A FASTER HIGHER CAPACITY DISK DRIVE-- THE 1571 FLOPPY DRIVE. HEREFORE, THE OMMODORE 128 OVERCAME MANY OF THE WEAKNESSES AND DRAWBACKS WHICH THE OMMODORE 64 HAD WITH REGARDS TO BUSINESS APPLICATIONS. LL OF THE OMMODORE DISK DRIVES A NEEDED TO BE PLUGGED INTO AN OUTLET, BUT FOR ITS TIME IT WAS AMAZING. T IS STILL CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE NICEST COLLECTOR'S ITEMS AVAILABLE. HE -64 DID NOT BECOME AS POPULAR AS THE OMMODORE 64 DID, BUT THE FACT THAT IT HAD ALMOST TOTAL COMP CONSTANTLY WORK TO DEVELOP PERIPHERALS TO GO ALONG WITH THE BLOSSOMING MARKET DURING THE 1980'S. ECAUSE OMMODORE WAS MARKETED SO WIDELY IN SO MANY LARGE NATIONAL DEPARTMENT STORES AND IN SO MANY FOREIGN COUNTRIES THERE BEGAN TO BE A BIG DEMAND FOR THEY WERE ALL USUALLY AVAILABLE AT ADIO HACK STORES. EW CABLES OR EXTERNAL CLEANING OF CONTACTS WAS SOMETIMES ALL THAT WAS REQUIRED. OME SEEMINGLY COMPLEX PROBLEMS (ESPECIALLY WITH THE OMMODORE 128 AND MIGA) STEMMED FROM THE FACT THAT VARIOUS CHIPS ST THIS TIME WERE 5 1/4" FLOPPY DRIVES. OWEVER, OMMODORE EVENTUALLY ALSO RELEASED A 3.5" DISK DRIVE-- THE ODEL 1581 WHICH HAD SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER STORAGE CAPACITY (800K). HE OMMODORE 128 COULD USE THE MONITORS AND DISK DRIVES DESIGNED FOR THE OMMOATIBILITY WITH THE DESKTOP OMMODORE SYSTEMS MADE IT QUITE POPULAR-- ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO NEEDED TO TRAVEL AND/OR GO TO OMMODORE SER ROUP MEETINGS. 128 + 1571 HEN IN ABOUT 1985 OMMODORE RELEASED THE BEAUTIFUL OMMODORE 128SE ACCESSORIES AND PERIPHERALS. URING THE MID TO LATE 1980'S INDIVIDUALS WALKING INTO MOST MAJOR DEPARTMENT STORES WHICH SOLD COMPUTER PRODUCTS WOULD TYPICALLY HAVE SEEN SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE FOR , PPLE, OMMODORE, & OFTENTIMES TARI SIDE-BY-SIDE OROMETIMES BECAME LOOSE IN THEIR SOCKETS AND COULD BE EASILY PUSHED IN TIGHTER OR REMOVED AND RESEATED. HE GOOD NEWS WAS (AND STILL IS) THAT (EVEN IN A WORST-CASE SCENARIO) THE OMMODORE COMPUTERS AND PERIPHERALS COULD USUALLY BE TOTALLY REPLACED WITH A N!PARTIES, & OTHER SOCIAL EVENTS HAVE BEEN ENRICHED BY THE CREATIVE FUN INVOLVED. Y BEING ADDICTED TO SOMETHING AS ENJOYABLE & OF SUCH A POSITIVE NATURE AS THIS MANY HAVE BEEN LURED AWAY FROM (OR SPENT LESS TIME AND MONEY ON) HARMFUL ADDICTIONS SUCH AS DR OFTWARE AND TELEPHONE MODEMS SUCH AS THE MODEL 1600, THE 1650, THE 1660, THE 1670, & THE 1680 MODEM. F IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR PIONEERING EFFORTS OF INDIVIDUALS LIKE THIS WE MAY NOT HAVE HAD THE GREAT CAPABILITIES WHICH WE HAVE NOW WITH COMPUTERS AND THE N  PUBLIC DOMAIN AND SHAREWARE PROGRAMS WERE AVAILABLE. NFORTUNATELY, NOT MANY GAMES OR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE 128'S ADVANCED MODES BECAUSE SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS CHOSE TO WRITE PROGRAMS FOR THE LARGER BASE OF USERS WHO OWNED OMMODORE 6 RERS) BRAND NAME- - EXCEPT THAT THE OMMODORE VERSION ALMOST ALWAYS HAD SPECIAL OMMODORE FEATURES AND/OR INTERFACING. OMMODORE COMPATIBLE FLOPPY DRIVES MADE BY OTHER MANUFACTURERS ALSO EMERGED, BUT THEY WERE INDEPENDENTLY DEVELOPED (FOR THE MOST PART) EVERAL MONITORS WHICH HAD BOTH AN MODE AND A COMPOSITE (AUDIO/VIDEO OR AUDIO/CHROMA/LUMA) MODE. THER MANUFACTURERS SUCH AS HILIPS (AGNAVOX), HOMPSON, EKNIKA, MDEK AND A FEW OTHERS ALSO MADE MONITORS WHICH COULD SUPPORT BOTH THE 40 AND 80-COLU TERNET. 64 ROUND 1986 OR 1987 OMMODORE RELEASED THE OMMODORE 64C COMPUTER WHICH WAS ESSENTIALLY FUNCTIONALLY IDENTICAL TO THE ORIGINAL OMMODORE 64 EXCEPT IT WAS MORE SLEEKLY DESIGNED AND MORE ATTRACTIVE. OMMODORE ALSO RELEASED THE 1541C 4 MACHINES- - KNOWING THAT THEIR PROGRAMS WOULD AUTOMATICALLY WORK IN THE 128'S -64 MODE. HERE WERE, HOWEVER, NUMEROUS BUSINESS, WORD PROCESSING, AND DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAMS AND SOME TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMS WRITTEN TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OMMODORE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE OMMODORE 64 AND 128 DRIVES WERE "INTELLIGENT PERIPHERALS" POSSESSING CHIPS THAT OMMODORE HAD DECIDED NOT TO LICENSE OR SUPPLY TO ITS COMPETITORS.ARD DRIVES WERE NOT COMMON (OR AFFORDABLE) BACK THEN, SO VIRTUALLY ALL OMMODORE MN MODE OF THE OMMODORE 128. OST OF THESE SAME MONITOR MANUFACTURERS (AND OTHERS SUCH AS AKATA AND ) HAD ALSO PREVIOUSLY MADE MODELS FOR THE OMMODORE 64 AND WANTED TO CONTINUE PROFITING FROM THE OMMODORE CONSUMERS. N FACT HILIPS (AGNAVOX) ACTU AND THE 1541- FLOPPY DRIVES TO GO ALONG WITH THIS NICER LOOKING OMMODORE 64C. HE OMMODORE 1541- FLOPPY DRIVE ANY PEOPLE'S LIVES HAVE BEEN GREATLY BLESSED BY THE ADVENT OF THE OMMODORE COMPUTERS. ANY HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUALS & SHUT-INS HAVE HAD  128 MODE. ANY OF THESE FEATURES AND PROGRAMS BECAME USEFUL AS BUSINESSES, WRITERS, PROGRAMMERS AND MODEM AND (ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD SERVICES) BEGAN TO SEE THE ADVANTAGES OF USING THE OMMODORE 128 FOR SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL APPLICATIONS. E OWE PROGRAMS HAD TO BE RUN OFF OF FLOPPY DISKS, DATASETTE CASSETTE TAPES, OR CARTRIDGES. HE OMMODORE DRIVE WAS FAIRLY SLOW IN LOADING PROGRAMS SO MANY DIFFERENT UTILITIES, CARTRIDGES, & HARDWARE MODIFICATIONS BECAME AVAILABLE ON THE MARKET FOR SPEEDING UP ALLY MADE MANY OF THE OMMODORE BRAND MONITORS FOR THE 128. N FACT, IT WAS NOT UNCOMMON FOR OMMODORE TO SUBCONTRACT WITH OTHER MANUFACTURERS TO PRODUCE PERIPHERALS WITH THE OMMODORE NAME ON THEM. OST OF OMMODORE'S PRINTERS, FLOPPY DRIVES, AND MONIT GREAT OPPORTUNITIES OPEN UP TO THEM FROM THESE COMPUTERS. ANY SLOW LEARNERS AND CHILDREN WHO MAY NOT HAVE TAKEN AN INTEREST IN LEARNING FOUND THAT LEARNING CAN BE FUN BECAUSE OF THE OMMODORE COMPUTERS. ANY FAMILY GATHERINGS, BIRTHDAYS, HRISTMASSES, QUITE A DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO MANY OF THESE EARLY DEVELOPERS AND COMPUTER USERS WHO BEGAN TO DEVELOP AND UTILIZE THE FLEDGLING COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY. ORTUNATELY, OMMODORE AND OTHER MANUFACTURERS PROVIDED A GOOD SELECTION OF S  DISK ACCESS. Y THE MID AND LATE 1980'S A STAGGERING SELECTION OF SOFTWARE WAS AVAILABLE FOR THE OMMODORE 64 AND 128. ITERALLY THOUSANDS-- IF NOT TENS OF THOUSANDS-- OF DIFFERENT COMMERCIAL TITLES HAD BEEN MARKETED AND AN EQUAL OR GREATER QUANTITY OF ORS WERE ACTUALLY MADE BY OTHER MANUFACTURERS TO OMMODORE'S SPECIFICATIONS. OST OF THESE OMMODORE BRANDED PRINTERS AND MONITORS WERE ESSENTIALLY IDENTICAL TO EXISTING OR SUBSEQUENT MODELS MADE AND DISTRIBUTED WITH THE (ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTU"ED) MOUSE ORIENTED OPERATING SYSTEM. N FACT, CAME WITH EOWRITE AND EOPAINT-- MUCH LIKE ACWRITE AND ACAINT. OMMODORE OWNERS WERE THRILLED THAT THEY COULD HAVE A COMPUTER WHICH COULD PERFORM NEARLY LIKE THE ACINTOSH-- FOR JUST A SMALL PERCENTA!T IS NOT WISE TO KILL THE GOOSE THAT LAYS THE GOLDEN EGGS. OME OF THESE HACKERS PROBABLY FELT THAT THEY WERE JUST HAVING HARM- LESS FUN & FELT SOMEWHAT CHALLENGED BY THE PROSPECT OF TRYING TO OUTSMART THE COPY PROTECTION SCHEMES. S INTEREST IN THE OM! INDUCED BY UNNECESSARILY HIGH PRICES. ORTUNATELY, MOST PEOPLE REALIZED THAT THE PROGRAMS WERE SUCH A GOOD VALUE FOR THE MONEY THAT IT WASN'T TOO BIG OF A PROBLEM. EVERAL SOFTWARE MANUFACTURERS DEVELOPED SOPHISTICATED SOFTWARE PROTECTION SCHEMES TO MA! & AS CONTROL DEVICES. HEY ARE STILL SOME OF THE BEST COMPUTERS TO LEARN COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS ON. HE FACT THAT THESE OMMODORE COMPUTERS HAVE SO MANY BUILT-IN FUNCTIONS & CAPABILITIES STILL MAKES THEM FUN COMPUTERS TO EXPERIMENT WITH. ECAUSE YOU CAN !UGS AND ALCOHOL. ANY LIFELONG AND JOB-RELATED SKILLS SUCH AS TYPING, PROGRAMMING, AND WORD PROCESSING WERE ACQUIRED VIA THESE COMPUTERS. ANY COMPUTER RETAILERS, DEPARTMENT STORES, MANUFACTURERS, & PROGRAMMERS HAVE PROFITED FINANCIALLY FROM THE OMMOD! MODORE COMPUTERS BEGAN TO DECLINE OMMODORE USINESS ACHINES AND MANY OTHER VENDORS OF OMMODORE COMPATIBLE PRODUCTS LOWERED THEIR PRICES ON BOTH HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAINTAIN INTEREST IN THEIR PRODUCTS. OMMODORE ALSO BEGAN BUNDLING S! KE IT DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO DUPLICATE OMMODORE SOFTWARE. OWEVER, THESE SCHEMES SEEMED PRIMARILY TO HURT THE HONEST USERS MORE THAN THE DISHONEST PEOPLE SOME OF WHOM BECAME EXTREMELY ADEPT AT DEFEATING THE PROTECTION SCHEMES. ANY SOFTWARE MANUFACTURE! STILL OBTAIN MANY HUNDREDS OF THE ORIGINAL PROGRAMS FOR THESE COMPUTERS THEY ARE STILL VIABLE CHOICES-- ESPECIALLY FOR HOBBYISTS AND HOME EDUCATORS. HE FACT THAT THE OMMODORE 64 CAN CONNECT DIRECTLY INTO A NORMAL TELEVISION MAKES IT A GOOD CHOICE STILL! ORE COMPUTERS. ANY OTHER BUSINESSES, RESEARCHERS, STUDENTS, AND OTHER VENTURES HAVE ALSO BENEFITTED EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY. NDOUBTEDLY THE SOCIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL SPIN-OFFS FROM THESE COMPUTERS HAVE HAD A RIPPLE EFFECT WHICH HAS DIRECTLY IMPROV! OFTWARE WITH HARDWARE AND MAKING PACKAGE DEALS AS DID OTHER PRODUCERS. 64 UST WHEN MANY INDIVIDUALS FELT THAT THE OMMODORE 64 MAY BEGIN TO LOSE GROUND TO THE NEWER & ACINTOSH MODELS OF THE MID 1980'S A COMPANY NAMED ERKELEY OFTWORKS CREAT!RS FINALLY DECIDED TO ELIMINATE THE SOFTWARE PROTECTION OR TO USE OFF-DISK PROTECTION SCHEMES SO THAT THE LEGITIMATE USERS WOULDN'T BE HURT AND INCONVENIENCED. VENTUALLY MANY OF THE SOFTWARE MANUFACTURERS BEGAN TO REALIZE THAT THE BEST WAY TO DISCOURAGE! FOR THOSE ON A BUDGET. HE FACT THAT USERS OF THE OMMODORE COMPUTERS DID NOT NEED TO CONSTANTLY RECONFIGURE, RE-INSTALL, & UNINSTALL SOFTWARE OR WORRY ABOUT VIRUSES AND SYSTEM CRASHES (AS IS COMMON WITH OUR MORE MODERN INDOWS COMPUTERS) ALLOWED USERS!ED THE LIVES AND STRENGTHENED THE ECONOMY OF OUR ENTIRE NATION AND OTHER NATIONS.HE ABILITY OF PEOPLE TO HAVE WHOLESOME AND AFFORDABLE RECREATION AND A DIVERSION FROM EVERYDAY STRESSES AND PRESSURES UNDOUBTEDLY HAS HELPED THE MENTAL HEALTH AND OUTLOOK O!ED A NEW OPERATING SYSTEM FOR THE OMMODORE 64 CALLED WHICH BECAME IMMENSELY POPULAR AND HELPED TO REJUVENATE INTEREST IN THE OMMODORE LINE. (RAPHIC NVIRONMENT PERATING YSTEM) WAS LARGELY A TAKEOFF OF THE POPULAR EARLY ACINTOSH (ICON BAS! SOFTWARE PIRACY WAS TO MAKE THEIR SOFTWARE MORE AFFORDABLE. NDOUBTEDLY, HOWEVER, THE DISHONESTY AND GREED OF SOME INDIVIDUALS CONTRIBUTED SOMEWHAT TO THE GRADUAL DECLINE OF THE OMMODORE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY. OME OF THESE INDIVIDUALS NEVER LEARNED THAT I! TO SPEND THE MAJORITY OF THEIR TIME ACTUALLY USING THE COMPUTER RATHER THAN SPENDING SO MUCH TIME FIGHTING IT. URING THE MID TO LATE 1980'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SOFTWARE PIRACY BEGAN TO HURT THE OMMODORE SOFTWARE MARKET. UCH OF THIS PIRACY WAS LIKELY!F MANY INDIVIDUALS ALSO. ANY OF THOSE WHO HAVE GONE ON TO MAKE HUGE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY BEGAN WITH THE OMMODORE HOME COMPUTERS. ANY OMMODORE -64, 128, AND MIGA COMPUTERS ARE STILL USED IN SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, PRODUCTION STUDIOS,"GE OF THE PRICE OF A ACINTOSH - WHILE STILL HAVING COLOR GRAPHICS AND SOUND WHICH SURPASSED THE CAPABILITIES OF THE ACINTOSH. HE FACT THAT ERKELEY WAS ABLE TO SQUEEZE SO MUCH POWER OUT OF THE 64'S LIMITED MEMORY AND DISK CAPACITY WAS A TRIBUTE TO THE HIGHLY EFFICIENT PROGRAMMING WHICH ERKELEY IMPLEMENTED. ERTAINLY ICROSOFT COULD TAKE A FEW LESSONS ABOUT EFFICIENT PROGRAMMING FROM THOSE WHO WROTE . FULL LINE OF -BASED PROGRAMS ENSUED. 3 )w\5W^=tyrU)J