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Issue 23 September 2008

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Contents

Great news! Sub Hunter is available to pre-order, its

interesting for a supposedly dead machine that so much

software is both available and readily being developed!

NEWS

General News

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INTERVIEWS

Arthur Jordison

creator of CBM 64 .prg Generator

Last month saw an improved Html version of the

magazine, this was mainly pushed from Jason Kelk

www.commodorecomputerclub.co.uk as the webpage of

the magazine is mirrored on this website. Jason contacted

me to say the Html had rouge characters odd spaces and

would not work in all browsers. I worked with a very

patient Jason to resolve the issues finally settling on doing

the HTML coding by hand, it wasn`t very difficult and led

to a far better version of the magazine. Previously and

because of time restraints I had used an application that

converted the text into Html by just clicking a button, this

was obviously a mistake. I am however concerned that no

one contacted me before to complain they couldn`t read

the Html version in xyz browser, although it was tested in

internet explorer I didn`t have time to test it with anything

else. Jason although not fully excited about the Html

version declared that it would be ok and stripped out 2k of

extra spaces, although Jason is patient and curtious I am

sure he felt like just telling me where to get off, it does

show what a great person he is to be so controlled,

especially as he was busy on his own projects, so thanks

Jason

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TUTORIAL

Getting Started with DMC 5

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DMC 5 Commands

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In the Beginning Part 8

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REFERENCE

LLAMASOFT The Dromedary Years

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Commodore 64 .prg Generator

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Commodore Computer Club Uk

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HOW CAN I HELP COMMODORE FREE ..

Ok the best way to help would be write something about..

Commodore (yes for the observant I spelled the com-..

pany correctly this time) _grin seriously though articles..

are always welcome,..

WHAT ARTICLES DO YOU NEED ..

Well they vary, contact me if you have an idea but I am..

looking for..

Last month saw the production of a more streamlined

version, this gave a few well needed results, I managed

some spell checking, an although it may not have been

perfect I am sure it was rather better than the pre-checked

version, I actually spent 3 hours checking and reading the

publication before finalising it all into the various versions.

I am no spell checker and would appreciate someone re-

reading my work, so if you feel like volunteering speak up.

If you want you can do the work without being named,

whatever you like.

Tutorials..

(beginners and Expert),..

Experiences..

with Commodore,..

Why I love Commodore machines,.

Interviews. .

maybe you have access to a power user..

This issue see a final instalment of the music tutorial from

Richard Bayliss in the form of an in-depth look at music

production using DMC version 5. Thanks also go to Retro

gamer CD and Michael Bevan for allowing Commodore

Free the reprint rights the LLAMASOFT - The Dromedary

Years article this issue sees part 1 with the conclusion

(part 2 ) in next months issue We continue our in the

beginning series of tutorials for new users of Commodore

machines and finally we have an interview with the creator

of Commodore 64 .prg Generator

Ok I need to do some spelling and Grammar checking so

that`s me out with the fairies for the next 3 hours see you

next month

Regards

Nigel

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News

SUB HUNTER available to pre order

Digital Talk #83

Subhunter is available to pre order from

Psytronic software

Digital talk electronic magazine number 83 is available to

download from

http://www.binaryzone.org/retrostore/index.php?main_pag

e=product_info&cPath=82&products_id=430

A scientific experiment to increase the size and number of

fish in the sea has gone terribly wrong and now the

oceans have been taken over by mutant fish. You must

destroy the fish and save the swimmers who have be-

come stranded in their midst. Watch out for agent subs

that will do anything to keep this a secret.

You are the SUB HUNTER!

Here's your chance to pre-

order the fantastic new

C64 game from Richard

Bayliss & Frank Gasking -

SUB HUNTER! The game

features 25 levels of sub-

aquatic action, amazing

multi-layered parallax

scrolling, superb detailed

graphics, varied missions

including shoot 'em up lev-

els, rescue missions and

terrifying boss encounters.

http://noname.c64.org/csdb/release/?id=69160

Individual Computers AGA flicker fixer

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http://www.jschoenfeld.com/

New product: Indivision AGA

During the 80s, it was common to build computers in a

way that there picture could be output onto a domestic a

TV set. This was, in order to reduce the overall system

cost for the user. TV sets work with lower frequencies

compared to today's monitors, therefore the picture flick-

SUB HUNTER will be re-

leased on the Commodore

64 in October 2008 (exact

release date to be con-

firmed). The game will be

available for the Commo-

dore 64 on tape and will be presented with specially pro-

duced full-colour inlay artwork. For a taster of the game

you can download a 4 level preview from the Psytronik

ers. A flickerfixer converts the signal in a way that a mod-

ern VGA monitor or TFT-display can be used in place of

the TV. The name flickerfixer was mainly created because

the problem of a flickering picture is solved. Here at Indi-

vidual computers we already had a very successful prod-

uct called Indivision in 2002, indivision was connected to

the monitor output of the computer, but the product has

been sold out since 2006.

Software webpage!

** SUB HUNTER GAME CREDITS **

Programming - Richard Bayliss

Graphics + loader screen artwork - Frank Gasking

Music - Richard Bayliss and Thomas Mogensen

Inlay design by Jason Kelk and Jason Kenz Mackenzie

Tape loader - Paul Hughes

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Flickerfixers are still in high demand, one unit of our exter-

nal flickerfixer Indivision has recently been sold on an in-

ternet auction platform for more than 900 US Dollars.

That's amount is more than four times the last retail price!

This shows are products are popularity, stable and provide

value for money. We have already started the develop-

ment of a new improved flickerfixer the development work

began in November 2007, this work is now completed!

-Support for super hires modes

-Highgfx support up to 1024x768 pixels

-All screenmodes can be displayed at 60Hz or more

-no adjustments necessary

-Two options have been added for the retro-gaming enthu-

siasts that allow a step-by-step approximation of the dis-

play from an old TV set: Vertical synchronisation allows

reducing the output frequency down to 49.9Hz, which will

eliminate tearing-effects. In addition to that, a scanline-

emulation can be switched on, This will emulate the dark

lines in-between the scanlines of a TV screen.

The first flickerfixers for the Amiga were first available over

17 years ago, since that time all flickerfixers - including

ours - have been using the same basic principles: The pic-

ture frequency was doubled, This is not enough for most

modern VGA monitors and TFT-displays, because the pic-

Development and production of this extremely complex

product is very expensive. Our trade partners, who have

been serving the Amiga-market for many years, have

made considerable financial contributions to the produc-

tion. To account for this, Indivision AGA is exclusively

available only from these resellers until January 1st, 2009:

(alphabetical order)

AmigaKit (England)

GGS-Data (Sweden)

Software Hut (USA)

Vesalia (Germany)

Production has already started, and the flickerfixer will

presumably be shipped to our trade partners during the

first week of September. The suggested retail price is 129-

EUR including 19% VAT. This version currently only sup-

ports the Amiga 1200 range of computers, although we

are already working on a version that will work for other

Amiga systems with the AGA chipset.

ture of a computer with a PAL standard was only dis-

played at slightly less than 50Hz. Most monitors require

60Hz or even more these days.

VICE VERSION 2 Released

http://www.viceteam.org/#vice

With Indivision AGA, we're striking a new path. As the

product name suggests, this is a flickerfixer very closely

tied to the Amiga AGA chipset. This could only be realized

by placing the flickerfixer inside of the computer. The

product is mounted over the Video-Chip "Lisa". The VGA

display is then connected directly to the flickerfixer, further

connections are not necessary.

Listing all features of the flickerfixer would go beyond the

scope of this news item. You can find the complete techni-

cal data in a PDF-overview on the website.

The most outstanding features are:

-24 Bit colour resolution in all screenmodes

Changes in VICE 2.0

General

VICE development has moved to public services:

http://sf.net/projects/vice-emu You can read the latest de-

velopment in the Subversion repository, file bug reports,

and similar things. Check it out!

- New Openserver 5.x, Openserver 6.x and Unixware ports.

- New AROS64 port.

- New QNX 4.x port.

- New HPUX (HPPA and IA64) ports.

- New SkyOS port.

- New Atari Mint port.

- New Solaris Express aka OpenSolaris aka Solaris 11 port.

C64/C128 changes

- Improved $01 behaviour with regards to unused bit fall-off.

- New experimental NEOS and Amiga mouse support.

- Added a working RTC to the emulation of the IDE64 cartridge.

- New more precise PAL emulation, works only with dou-

ble size and double scan.

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- Added support for the Action Replay 4 and StarDos cartridges.

- Improved REU compatibility

- Fixed CPU timing bug introduced in 1.22 (demo "Borderless").

- Fixed bugs in the CIA emulation (demo "So-phisticated",

W. Lorenz testsuite).

- Fixed various bugs in VIC-II emulation: Sprite x-position-

ing, Latch X/Y, video mode changes, DEN bit handling, ras-

ter IRQ, NTSC sprites and sprites in full/debugging border

mode (list of fixed demos/games too long to mention here).

- RESTORE key is handled differently now, fixing an NMI

bug because the NMI was asserted too long before.

VIC20 changes

- Added unconnected c-bus floating byte support.

- New more precise PAL emulation, works only with dou-

ble size and double scan.

PET changes

- Added support for toggling CB2 sound output line.

PLUS4 changes

- New more precise PAL emulation, works only with dou-

ble size and double scan.

Drive changes

- Fixed block allocation and interleave.

- Added the ability to paste text into the VICE window by

right-clicking on the VICE window.

- Keyboard shortcuts are definable in the configuration file

win_shortscuts.vsc

- After a CPU jam user can select to resume emulation

without reset.

- Fixed volume slider behaviour when switching full screen mode.

- Key repeat is eliminated OS-wise. This way, the RE-

STORE key is not used with auto repeat.

Unix changes

- Broken DGA1/DGA2 code removed

- XRandR fullscreen implemented for all (but CRTC/VDC)

videochips.

- XRandR/Fullscreen can now toggle the Statusbar/Menu

- Fixed unix mouse for single sized display.

- Fixed mouse grab and xaw menu popup.

- After a CPU jam user can select to resume emulation

without reset.

BeOS changes

- Fixed to also run on Haiku.

- Lots of fixes to the dailogs.

- Fixed the joystick system.

- Added warning dialog when the monitor is accessed

without having an open console window.

- Added the ability to copy and paste text from and to the

VICE window.

MS-Windows changes

- Fixed the reverse logic of the -confirmexit/+confirmexit

and -singlecpu/+singlecpu command-line options.

- Added the ability to copy and paste text from and to the

VICE window.

AmigaOS changes

- Fixed the reverse logic of the -confirmexit/+confirmexit

command-line options.

- Added the ability to copy and paste text from and to the

VICE window.

- After a CPU jam user can select to resume emulation

without reset.

OS/2 changes

- After a CPU jam user can select to resume emulation

without reset.

Miscellaneous changes

- Added support for more 3rd party basic extenders to petcat.

- Extended BMP saving to support 24bit.

- Fixed the joystick code of all emulators to handle state

changes on both joysticks at the same time.

- New monitor commands and features.

- New memmap feature which allows tracking of memory

accesses, activated by the configure option enable memmap.

- Fixed bug in ffmpeg/FFV1 driver. Should be really loss-

less now.

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