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1. Ug Um 8 B IN I m Fr 2 ro 3 n pae mom k L3 k k Ge DAE k k a a 5 Can your snake escape from all of the mazes or will it be come trapped in an unmovable situation Good luck and don t get stuck SHAKES 5555 C 2011 IceOut Games Avatar Programming Charles Grey Graphics Charles Grey Flower Avatar Music Fredrik Avatar Time for a fun puzzle game which involves money The idea is quite simple you need to flip your coins round and elimi nate each set You have a set time limit to get eliminate as many coins as possible To get rid of the coins simply move your cursor over four coins hold Fire and the direction in which you wish to rotate the four coins on screen Should four coins all match together in a square they will be re moved from the board Keep on playing until you have run out of time then see what high score you can achieve C 2013 Public Domain Software Programming Alan Bond Graphics Alan Bond Music SFX Alan Bond Hands up who remembers the worm nibbly games Well Snake Bite is something quite different One way or another as a treat for worm fans here s something a little differ ent Snake Bite Using a joystick plugged into port 2 you must guide your snake around the maze eating fruit to make your snake group Then flee to the exit which will ap pear after the fruit has been eaten Try to avoid getting stuck in situations where you can t move as you won t be2. SID under full control Q Please would you introduce Named after a vicious dinosaur its yourselves to our readers I currently also have the AY3 synth sound is no less aggressive TherapSid available It is a stereo desktop synth has evolved to create roaring noises Hello Commodore Free readers I m based on the AY3 8912 chips found that will cut through your mix like Alex Smith I am UK born and currently in the Intellivision and Vectrex video razor sharp claws through a mammoth living in the south of France I spent the game consoles steak So why do you need another last 5 years working as a sound synth since they already take 90 of engineer in LA I have been very http en wikipedia org wiki General the space in your room and your passionate about music for as long asl Instrument AY 3 8910 I also havea girlfriend keeps complaining about it can remember I Began as a choir boy variety of iPhone iPad synths in the Well what sets TherapSid apart from at the tender age of 10 and have loved app store other SID based synths is its focus on music of all genres ever since I control Instead of getting confused by currently have a particular obsession Q The Commodore Free readers LCDs and damaging your eyesight for old video game music sounds will be really interested in trying to read tiny sub menu fonts this nostalgia THERAPSID So the main selling instrument features no less than 35 point of the device is the knobs and knobs
3. C 2014 Score Programming Mate Score Graphics Mate Score Shine Code7 Music Nyarla Odysseus Reflex Ozone This is the latest one file demo from a new demo group which names itself Score The demo is split into three dif ferent parts and consists of some nice presentation and ef mt PRODUCE ION 10 fects To move on to the next part press the space bar and the next part will de crunch for you NEXT TIME We ll be bringing another balanced E Tape where we ll be Thank you adding more great stuff on to it We d like to try and have a See you on the next cover tape cover tape that doesn t consist of any SEUCK games or any TND stuff the next time round Are you able to help out If the answer is yes then please submit your cover tape submission to the usual email address which is on the scroll text of the tape loader Commodore Free Magazine Page 0 Character Editor Chara cir Sat Characters Ties Double cick on a charader to edt 4 chow areta Colour Backursurid eres Backgrund 1 Coeur CBM prg Studio is a Windows IDE which allows you to type a BASIC or machine code program and convert it to a 0 0 file which you can run on an emulator or the real hardware It also includes character sprite and screen editors and a fully featured 6510 65816 debugger The following machines can be developed for e Commodore 64 and SuperCPU e Commodore 128 Commodore
4. http www ares shop de product info products id 46 Features compatible with Raspberry Pi extensions GPIO Port is placed at the I O Shield on the back Ethernet Video Out HDMI 3 bmm Audio Out 900MHZ Armv6 CPU 512MB RAM 4x USB 2 0 RTC RS232 Serial Port If you have a Pi not B Plus the price can be reduced by 25 60W PSU https www youtube com watch v znmUxs fjQ8k 16GB SD Card with AEROS Plus AROS hosted Raspbian XBMC The video shows an older beta AEROS for Pi has 20 acceleration REV n GE Retro Emulator Vision and Game REV en GE is a small PDF Retro Magazine Italian language only about any kind of games and platforms from the Acorn to the arcade machines The creator says his preferred plat forms are Amiga PC and Atari ST He also says T OE From my Facebook page A https www facebook com pages REVnGE Retro Hardware Vintage KNIT Emulator Vision and Game 337899556381162 Giochi incbreve You can download the first 16 issue in a zip archive and download the new Issue 17 Commodore Free Magazine www commodorefree com laser beam to blast away those bricks and boost your score unique 2 player simultan split screen duel mode send penalty bricks to your opponent in duel mode support for all joypads joysticks two joypads joysticks supported Facebook integration Android iOS only Amiga System requirements MorphOS 3 x NG Amig
5. A free to download Magazine dedicated to Commodore computers Issue 85 Interview with Particles BBS Sysop Create Geos App Icon Oniy the block Inaked mes cov C64 Alter Ego 15 2 1 5 5 CONTENTS Editorial Page 3 NEWS General Page 5 Amiga Page 7 Hi Vic and Plus 4 news Page 12 Commodore 64 Page 14 Commodore Free E Tape Page 18 Koberto Dillon Ready A Commodore 64 Retrospective Page 22 Creating a GEOS application Icon Page 23 Re d y Qo 000 S A Commodore 64 Interview with THERAPSID creators Page 25 eoe Transfer Your SEQ Text Files in C64 to Page 27 Evernote over RS 232 Springer Bulletin Board System a Totally Incomplete Page 29 explanation for Commodore users ish INTERVIEW WITH PARTICLES 0 Page 31 COMMODORE FREE REVIEW Alter Ego Page 33 To Princ amp ss ir TIF CC EGS CoE4SD 3 0 by DARL fhe perfect combination for your commodore VVVVVV NTATMW NOSOFT IT Commodore Free Magazine Editorial Wow It s like another year over already where did time go I would like some more writers to join Commodore Free s team of staff Currently the only staff writer is myself and this is proving difficult not to mention time consuming If EDITOR Reviews Text you feel you have the skills and would like to be a Nigel Parker permanent writer on the exclusive team of Commodore Free feel free to get in touch with me You don
6. ment in this case it s called Icon Tem plate Commodore Free Magazine www commodorefree com GEOS GRAPHIC ENVIRONMENT OPERATING SYSTEM T H a estne A state of the art word processor spell c hecker S editor manager and more graphic ness this is in the header file code at the be ginning icon width 3 icon height 21 I may write another article for creating a link file If anybody has any questions please feel free to ask me by email Traymond20 gmail com Thank you and have fun with GEO or Wheels programming Terry Raymond Now your header file is ready so you can also test all the header file code to see if the icon image looks okay If it doesn t then you did something wrong and that means you need to keep tink ering with the template border Once it all looks right you now need to assemble the header file code This is done with GeoAssembler or Concept or Concept In GEOS 8 bit code the as sembled code once assembled is now Relocatable Object Code This is in the GeoProgrammer user manual in Appen dix A Once the code is assembled you can then create small link files in this case a link file for now for the header file Use the file name that is assembled MYAPP LNK I won t go into that in this article this will be another small article but you have an idea Now run the linker and load the header file object code file then pre
7. telnet particlesbbs dyndns org 6400 telnet particlesbbs hopto org 6400 File Solution Tools Flapper asm Window Help jCeaStudle Sample 4 1 lk game Flapper Ito flapper prg cba amp 9 8 HBSDUT FFdJ El TOP END byte c 2 BOTTUM END 3 byte 08 BUTTON RELEASED s Ibyte 84 amp CLEFT_POS byte EA ESE 578 537 538 136 538 00 00 BEE 00 FEE Lda 18 SIZE LHANGE TABLE 1 Ibyte B 1 1 2 2 3 3 Particles BBS Been around since 1992 which is like an eternity in com puter time What Is It It s a BBS running Centipede on a Commodore 128D with message bases dedicated to old computer goodness Also 1000s of files for the Commodore 64 Vic 20 128 Plus 4 CP M and GEOS Over 90 file areas so far still adding more 60 online games Empire Nuke Em tons more Lots of message bases Runs PETSCII ANSI ASCII 40 columns 80 columns so con nect with whatever you want Speaking of connecting connect from the website at http www particles org if you don t have a terminal CBM prg Studio v3 1 0 CBM prg Studio v3 1 0 Arthur Jordison has released an up date to the CBM prg Studio Changes in this version include Code clippings improve ments for the VICE debugger support new manual for mix ing BASIC and machine language support for the Plus 4 screen code builder tool and BASIC 8 support for C128 projects
8. 1to1000 next rem upper case PETSCII chars should be changed with ASCII equiv alents 130 print 1 chr 10 print 1 CD CBM chr 10 fori 1to1000 next This code segment is not included in the program below wrote a small program on the C64 The program finds the seq files on a diskette opens them one by one executes CAT FILENAME command in Linux over RS232 and dumps this SEQ text file onto FILENAME through PETSCII ASCII conversion At the end of file the program sends CHR 4 character to notify Linux and this EOF closes the CAT com mand Program exits after repeating this procedure for all SEQ files in the diskette And NixNote synchronizes the files in that directory with Evernote servers And I can happily watch 20 year old SEQ notes appear beamed as in Palm Pilot terminology in the Evernote in my tablet connected to Internet over WiFi That s all I used the same program to transfer its own listing as well Page 27 From Ilker Ficicilar To commodorefree commodorefree com Hi Thanks for your Commodore Free efforts I really enjoy read ing C Free using my ebook reader and thanks to this cur rent lively Commodore scene atmosphere my commodore enthusiasm was resurrected through inspiring articles Therefore I ve attached a tiny article for your consideration Recently I was trying something new with my Commodore computers and I came up with this idea Transferring my text f
9. and 31 buttons to give you full Q Could you give our readers a buttons power over your sound little history about yourselves and how the company started and why Yes indeed I made TherapSID to FEATURES provide the hands on control There Compatible with all SIDS I got into electronics in the early 2000s are several good SID based synths out 3 Oscillators 4 waveforms per osc when I discovered the midibox there but they all send the user digging Multi mode Filter platform www midibox org and through LCD menus submenus The 35 Knobs became obsessed with hacking random idea of the TherapSID was to make 31 Buttons devices into midi controllers old toy these menus hands on SID PCB isolated from main PCB less pianos speak and spell etc I was noise introduced to CAD the CO2 laser cutter Q Why a physical machine and not Switched audio input for running and various other cool tools by my a soft synth or virtual machine A signals through the filter fellow hacker friends at the CrashSpace virtual machine could have virtual 100 Presets hackerspace during my recent yearsin buttons so why a physical machine 3 Lfos 4 waveforms 12 target knobs LA and that was a game changer for me 16 Step Modulator sequence upto 20 as I found myself able to produce The SID chips are very cool and are knob positions per step ina snap Also instruments of commercial quality becoming increasingly rare They have modulate Ring Mod Sync and so much son
10. for short is a computer with a phone line connection running software permitting users to connect with terminal software program running on their computer and with their modem connected to a phone line The computer would dial the bulletin board and send information over the phone line Depending on the system the user connected to you as the user were able to upload or download files post and read messages and some of the more sophisticated systems even had online gaming The systems were accessed only over a standard phone line using a modem Problems on the system would be dealt with by the SYSOP an abbreviation for system operator By the late 90s the systems had reached their peak with the Internet threatening them and offering the same features but with better graphical content and some Commodore Free Magazine www commodorefree com EE INTERVIEW WITH PARTICLES my local area we had the Circuit Board the Surf Board etc So the joke was to name it Particle Board We dropped the Board added an s and the rest is history Q What hardware and software does the Particles BBS system use The board is currently running on the following hardware configuration A Commodore 128D with 640K of RAM Centipede BBS running in 2Mhz 80 Column Mode CMD HD with the mechanical HD replaced with an AztecMonster running a Compact Flash card Swiftlink set to 38 400 baud 1750 Clone 512K RAM expansi
11. had should we say Configuration breaks Was it always called Particles BBS Well Particles was put online May 25th 1992 It ran constantly from 1992 to 2008 until my daughter was born The birth of my daughter and some hardware failures made me take it down until my life was in a better spot to support it It came back online in November 2013 It s always been called Particles though it s run on everything from a Commodore 64 to an Amiga 600 to a PC and then back to a Commodore system again The name Particles was a joke name thought up from my friend Scott Back in the day it was common to name your BBS or Bulletin Board with the word Board in it In http www particles org particlesbbs Long Before the internet and way back in the midst of time Commodore users from around the world were dialing into the BBS or bulletin board systems One such system still running today is ParticlesBBS I took some time out to talk to the SYSOP about his love of all things digital Q Hi Can you please introduce yourself to our readers Hi my name is Brian Green and I live in the US Some might know me as Ice Breaker icbrkr IceB B or something along those lines Q When and why did you become involved with Commodore computers I saw my first Commodore 64 in 1984 when I was 11 years old My sister s boyfriend brought over an original bread bin and 1541 one day and we spent it playing Spy Vs Sp
12. has done for the Windows world EI transfers ine games WwW Messages liners Information ne libraries feedback opening message 25 1 1 and alias ee I II bbs bbs lister Writer O PTI 1 your status g0 odb ye fF Q You mention the system runs on Centipede BBS Software Is this customised in any way and have you tried any other BBS software If so why have you stuck with Centipede BBS Software and when was this software released Centipede BBS is based on the original Colour 64 but rewritten to take advantage of all the upgrades to the Commodore 128 such as expanded memory networking 80 column mode etc The version of the software that I run was released into he public domain in 2000 and is completely stock Have I tried other software Sure Up until August the board ran off of C Base 3 1 However I found C Base to be a bit limited for what I wanted to do I wanted to have a BBS that supported lots of download directories to support multiple computers supported the expanded abilities of the 128 supported ANSI reliably so that anyone could connect into the board not just Commodore users Centipede fits the bill on this and much more Commodore Free Magazine www commodorefree com hardware and how long realistically do you think the system can remain up Well I haven t any plans to emulate the system though it would be infinitely easier if I did I always
13. in fact my supplier has run dry My small stash is all that I have left TherapSID just uses one chip as of now although I have been considering a stereo mod as I have had many requests You can however install any type of SID and the necessary parts for all types are provided Q Some readers coming from Other Commodore hardware may not be aware of the SID chip Could you enlighten them on why this chip is such a classic item Yes of course The SID chip is the voice of your Commodore C64 to whom you owe the music you love If you are really interested here is an Interview with Bob Yannes http archive today RZjdw Bob created the SID chip 33 years ago and later he co founded the synthesizer company Ensoniq Commodore Free Magazine www commodorefree com 77 Transfer Your SEQ Text Files in C64 to Evernote over RS 232 I added the following line to Linux s etc inittab to be able to use Linux through C64 and I executed init q command in Unix shell as root to activate this new inittab that makes Linux to listen the serial port S0 123 respawn sbin getty L ttySO 1200 dumb n the C64 I opened a RS232 port as in here http cbm ficicilar name tr commodore a method to use commodore basic programs remotely over rs232 and logged in Linux 100 OPEN 1 2 0 CHR 8 CHR 0 GET 1 A 110 print 1 chr 10 print 1 USERNAME chr 10 fori 1to1 000 next 120 print 1 PASSWORD chr 10 fori
14. is a Kickstarter project and the end result will be available in March 2016 A few examples of people being interviewed for the project are Allister Brim ble Chris Huelsbeck Anders Carlsson Mike Clarke Tim Wright Martin Galway and many more https www kickstarter com projects veemix beep a documentary history of video game sound TOSEC The Old School TOSEC has recently been updated TOSEC or The Old School Emulation Center is a group of people who work on the i preservation of games or other software for the home com puter and games consoles In this update 19 new 369 up dated Emulation Center http www tosecdev or Cassiopei update A firmware update for the Cassiopei is now available also the C128 is now fully supported You can now quickly get started without even typing anything thanks to the new boot disk functionality There is also a new release of the Cassiopei manager http jderogee tripod com www commodorefree com Useless Hardware Info Running on a Commodore 128D w 640K of RAM which is enough for anyone Ports open at 38 400 so it flies Ever seen an 8 bit transfer at 38 4K Holy crap This is done with the magic of a Swiftlink RS232 adapter Punter Multipunter Ymodem Xmodem xfers Find one you like 4GB CMD SCSI drive running off a Compact Flash card using a SCSI to CF adapter Fast For 8 bit See interview in this issue http www particles org
15. pixel squares Usually you can take them only with the hero but on some levels there are pixels of another color these can only be col lected by the alter ego PRESS FIRE TO START Commodore Free Magazine www commodorefree com Editor Nigel Parker O 3 3 0 Q 0 D EH pa D D lt Q gO Q a l i g Spell Checking Peter Badrick S Text HTML amp Ebook Conversion Paul Davis D64 Disk Image Al Jackson ISSUU formatting Alessandro Di Nepi PDF Design Editor webhost text collector Nigel Parker Website www commodorefree com Email Address commodorefree commodorefree com Submissions Articles are always wanted for the magazine Contact us for details We can t pay you for your efforts but you are safe in the knowledge that you have passed on details that will interest ce other Commodore enthusiasts E 5 Notices All materials in this magazine are the property of Commodore Free unless otherwise stated All copyrights trademarks trade names internet domain names or other similar rights are acknowledged No part of this magazine may be reproduced without permission ee PT TLL s 2 The appearance of an advert in the magazine does not necessarily mean that the goods services advertised are associated with or endorsed by Commodore Free Magazine j Copyright Copyright 2014 C
16. t have to SPELL CHECKING commit to writing every month just submit as and when Peter Badrick Thank you in advance Bert Novilla So this issue sees an interview with an amazing hardware TXT HTML amp E BOOKS creation called THERAPSID It s a SID chip in a box but this Paul Davis has knobs to tweak the sounds It not only looks amazing with the SID chip squelching underneath it also sounds D64 DISK IMAGE amazing A Jackson PDF DESIGN We have a great interview with Particles BBS Sysop and an Nigel Parker intro to the history of a BBS as I know some younger readers will be wondering what a BBS is and why they were so important to computing and communities way back in the 80s Back then the Internet wasn t as itis now and we used BBS systems to download files email and chat Heck I miss all that modem squealing I sometimes have to phone up my fax machine to get the squeal fix WEBSITE www commodorefree com EMAIL ADDRESS commodorefree commodorefree com Terry Raymond shares with us how to create an icon for your GEOS or Wings application with a walk through tutorial for you programming types to follow Let me know your thoughts please SUBMISSIONS Articles are always wanted for the magazine Contact us for details We can t pay you for your efforts but you are safe in the knowledge that you have passed on details that will interest other Commodore enthusiasts Richard Bayliss proves there is life in the cover ta
17. 7 10 as 20 8 as 29 32 10070 rem evernote via nixnote prg as 64 64 10080 rem 540 as 10 13 as 127 8 return rem petscii to ascii table 10090 rem c ilker ficicilar 550 rem print 1 chr 10 10100 rem ilkerf AT geocities dot com 555 10110 rem version 20141021b fori 1tolen s a as asc mid s i 1 print 1 chr a next 10120 rem 560 print 1 chr 10 return 10130 rem 25 225 2 522 22 25 55 22 25 252 22 22 I don t know how to perform this procedure in Windows It October 21 2014 may be possible in DOS mode using x y z modem transfers However a simple null modem cable will not suffice Win dows requires RTS DTR etc lines End of Article CHR 4 In short the procedure is as follows Run the seqZenote program in the C64 for each diskette The PETSCII SEQ text files in dis kettes appear in the given directory in Linux as ASCII txt text files And NixNote synchronizes them with Evernote servers Notes Null modem cable schematics http cbm ficicilar name tr uncorrec ted nullmodem txt Simple RS 232C interface for C64 http cbm ficicilar name tr uncorrec ted rs232c24 txt Iker Ficicilar Commodore Free Magazine www commodorefree com Bulletin Board System a Totally Incomplete explanation for Commodore users Since early BBSes were frequently run by computer hobbyists they were typically technical in nature with user communities revolving around hardwa
18. English word game with nice presentation and some great music all created from the Demo Scene The game consists of different options which enhances the gameplay such as a timed game or highlighting correct let ters in wrong places etc The object of the game is to simply guess a five letter word which the computer has stored into memory Type in some letters to see if it will form the correct word If it doesn t then you ll get another chance at writing the missing word Fail on that another three times and the game is over If however you do get the correct word you ll move on to the next level a new word will then be randomly selected Keep on guess ing as many different words as possible and reach the high score table Can you manage this or will you fail Commodore Free Magazine www commodorefree com nh LL i e BED I a 1 m em b E a Lo 704 7 Ly 3 tt m ow C aie E 1 m Dg E e k m D pE a mung DOTE ae k DE m a ae ame i wo a B Lh YE a LI 1 1 22 k 5 k E m 1 k m m P 1 Pal a 1 EH gem HRS 0E T k 5 ES m ge k k GE TE GRE 5 k Ya ry mium Li L MAGIC E mm E T a eee 4 u k mum 1 LE TT Bar XS 13 ES k k k k ie k hk hb h h m Xm OSS b E E HE opo FE te B TAS E fe E BERI IT NR
19. Icon by Terry Raymond Then select CUT Now the entire tem plate is gone and is saved as a GeoPaint Scrap image file Only the black marked area can be used for a file icon Include the black border only Now you need to Run GeoWrite To copy the icon into a photo scrap mark the entire GREEN marked area and no more don t get into the bottom part that is outside the black border be cause this is reserved for the text info for your application Once in GeoWrite you now need to open your header file code as an exist ing file On the upper top left hand side of the screen click on the broken lines icon your cursor is on now a cross hair icon box This will select the black border Select the border now l Page 23 To create a file icon there is an easier way other than using icon editors When I was learning this Werner Weicht of Denmark a GEOS Wheels programmer created a simple icon template which is what I would like to demonstrate here for Commodore Free readers I am working with some one on a website and I might be able to have this icon for download Currently I don t have a website or even a do main However I will talk you through the process Okay So to get started we need to make sure you have the Icon Template copied to your GEOS or Wheels work disk etc Start the process by Boot the GEOS or Wheels operating system Then you need to Load an existing docu
20. VIC 20 Commodore 16 Commodore Plus 4 Commodore PET BASIC 2 machines e g PET 1 Commodore PET BASIC 4 machines e g PET 4000 9000 http www ajordison co uk C64 book Announcement Original Message http www springer com engineering computational inte From Roberto Dillon lligence and complexity book 978 981 287 340 8 To Commodore Free Subject C64 book http www amazon co uk Ready A Commodore 64 Retrospective dp 9812873406 Hello Nigel Hope this email finds you well I have some updates about the book I d like to share with you According to the latest news from Springer Ready A Com modore 64 Retrospective should be available by January 2015 While the price has not been fixed yet the one cur rently listed on Springer s website is a placeholder I m do ing everything I can to have this priced like similar books in the market and not as a high profile academic book like the placeholder price suggests the cover has been finalized and is attached here as a preview This will be the introductory text printed on the back cover How did the Commodore 64 conquer the hearts of millions and become a platform people still actively develop for even today What made it so special This book will appeal to both those who like tinkering with old technology as a hobby and nostalgic readers who simply want to enjoy a trip down memory lane It discusses in a concise but rigorous format the different areas of hom
21. a with AmigaOS 4 x Warp3D The game is free however donations are welcome http cherry darling net voxelnoid and bytes Options SIZE and TIME for sorting by size and time date Option REVERSE for reversing the output list Options FILES DIRS amp LINKS for displaying only files dirs or links Or intermix them Option 68K for only listing m680x0 68k executables AmigaOS 3 x Option PPC for only listing PowerPC PPC executables ELF headers Option ALL for showing all files and dirs in directories and subdirs Option to trail files with an initial character or at char Possibility to specify a path to display Option BARE for listing without heading summary infor mation Shows OwnerUID OwnerGID UseCount and ObjectID as reported by DOS Supports the switch for showing the Template Supports multiple formats of options switches f ex TIME time t T Supports automatic updates through AmiUpdate Written in C and developed on Amiga for Amiga and Ami gans Va pleut 3 BAC Spud ran info J 147 k18 Gass laige d 2 1 1 Giaa 2 707 KiB Gase MOS 1 2 TIE KiB Gase Morphs 1 Gast redea 22 2 iB inte ai edad ir 1 Which 2 WOKiB ara 11 ELE KiB nF 58 5 x ript 1 oa AS AGE fisted RO New Game Voxelnoid AmigaOS4 and MorphOS VoxelNoid 3D Due
22. able to get anywhere and you ll have to re load the game unless you are carrying a gun and shoot yourself with it As each level progresses you must work through and solve puzzles to try and escape from the maze C64 PD DEMO EXTRAVAGANZE Page 9 C 1990 Genesis Project Programming Raistlin G P Graphics Artline Designs Marius Skogheim Music Deek Crest Fun Fun Triangle Lars Hoff Prosonix Ole Marious Pettersen Prosonix To end this issue s cover tape we have a stunning old single file demo called Delirious 9 by G P This demo features four parts in total with some breathtaking music colourful graph ics and some classic old style demo effects and plenty of scroll text to read as well Commodore Free Magazine www commodorefree com Skull Tour C 1989 Danish Design Programming Brian Hansen Thomas Beha Graphics Brian Hansen Thomas Beha Music Drax Vibrants Skull Tour is a simple classic scroll text demo featuring really nice colour graphics and animations There s nothing really special effect wise but the demo looks pretty stunning any x how DESIGn Real Acid C 1989 Paramount Programming Scratcher Paramount i MA ooo SS Graphics Scratcher Paramount ee we rb vp Music Markus Schneider eat cditio ee To end this issue s classic demo round up comes Real Acid a very old contact demo by Scratcher Paramount It consists of some nice graphics scroll text and excellent music Scorelative
23. acter set Over time programs began using the ANSI standard but could use their native character set if it was available Skyline BBS for the Amiga 1987 was the first software to feature a script mark up language communication protocol called Skypix which was capable of giving a graphical interface feature rich graphic content changeable fonts mouse controlled actions animations and sound As the title suggests this is in no way a full history of the BBS system Bulletin Board its more a quick and dirty history guide If you haven t heard the term BBS then this document will provide you with enough information so you can see how the system worked Other readers may find some information or history they hadn t seen or heard of before old timers will class the whole document and indeed the magazine as LAME Way before the internet and back in the midst of time Commodore users would connect to Bulletin Board Systems Some were commercial and others were just people with a spare phone line and basement with some computer hardware lying around Ward Christensen apparently termed the phrase Bulletin Board in reference to the cork pin boards found in schools and colleges where people would pin on messages or items for sale onto the cork board The first public BBS was developed by Ward Christensen and Randy Suess and went online on February 16 1978 in Chicago Illinois Quite simply a bulletin board system or BBS
24. adiantx Panda Des Randall Arise MP3 plugin v6 IDE64 The Singular crew have released an updated MP3 player plugin for the IDE64 and MP3 Module The docs say MP3 player plugin for IDE64 MP3 64 Please note that 32 16 8 KHz sampling rates are not sup ported by the hardware and only silence is played Air Sea Battle C64 released While you may criticize the 1982 style graphics and lack of sound output Air Sea Battle is a simple game that has been developed for the C64 in the language of C The same au thor has also released UFO Attack and Looter So as these are programming exercises into C rather than just standard games releases I will just point you to more information And while most will pull a face that C is used rather than machine code the game does feel slicker and a lot faster than a similar game programmed in BASIC and as C is a portable language skills learnt can be easily trans ferred to other hardware Revolution V Released Lord Crass has released Revolution V R5 is a program de signed to copy disks written in the V Max format Only a C64 and 1541 compatible disk drive are required to use the copier Extra drive RAM parallel cable or speed adjust are not necessary or utilized Features Copies V Max versions 2 3 and 4 There is no support for older versions as copiers for those already exist Support for one or two disk drives Optional index alignment for copies using a stock 1571
25. ardware wise I ll continue expanding the file areas to include more systems and add more online games as I find time There s been some talk about linking all the BBSes together through some sort of network but that s in future quite a ways Q Do you plan to keep the system just running on Commodore different and most sysops have different visions for their board In the Commodore world we have boards that range from warez boards to boards running on experimental BBS software to boards running on emulators because the sysop is travelling the world and isn t able to take their Commodore equipment with them Each board is a reflection of the sysop s personality Originally boards were viewed as visiting someone s home There is no best home Q How much data is hosted by the system CMD s hard drive s operating system has a hard limit of 4GB regardless of how big your hard drive or memory card is So while the memory card is 8GB only 4GB is viewed So by the numbers its 4GB That 4GB though is currently partitioned into a little over 100 file areas that hold files for the Commodore 64 Commodore 128 Vic 20 Plus 4 GEOS CP M and more The file areas are constantly expanding IfI were to take a guess I d say we have well over 10 000 files online Total space is something around 32 million blocks I d say less than a quarter of that is used currently Commodore Free Magazine www commodorefree
26. c b z goto580 1200bps 8n1 open 585 print 1 chr 4 chr 10 110 dimi a as 255 a s d ds z b z chr 0 590 close3 return 120 gosub520 rem prepare ascii table 700 get 1 a ifa lt gt thenprinta goto700 200 open2 8 0 0 s d 0 ds 710 return 210 get 2 a a a a a a rem dir prg start and disk name 800 geta ifa lt gt thenprinta print 1 chr as asc a start 810 get 1 a ifa lt gt thenprintchr as asc a 215 get 2 a ifa lt gt thengoto215 rem skip disk name 815 remget 1 a ifa lt gt thenprintasc a as asc a 216 get 2 a a ifa goto260 820 goto800 220 get 2 a a rem number of blocks we don t need this info 5000 rem functions list here 5020 rem 520 petscii to ascii table 230 get 2 a 5030 rem 550 send s string in ascii 232 5040 rem 570 save seq file over rs232 if d 1 and asc a chr 0 34 thend 0 printds gosub570 5050 rem 700 listen input channel 234 if d 0 and asc a chr 0 34 thend 1 5070 rem 800 simple terminal 236 if d 1 and asc a chr 0 lt gt 34 thends ds a 9999 end 240 ifa lt gt thenprint goto230 10000 rem 250 get 2 a a ifa lt gt thend 0 ds goto220 10010 rem 260 close2 10020 rem seq to evernote 270 1 10030 rem 499 end 10040 rem sends 560 files in a disk 520 fori 32to63 as i i as 6541 33 i as 33 i 65 i next 10050 rem over rs232 to a linux pc 530 10060 rem for further import to as 7 7 as 13 10 as 19 10 as 1
27. com ES COMMODORE FREE REVIEW PHANTONS 2 The game is simple but frustrating you also need to avoid ing the marauding skulls The swap of characters between yourself and the phantom transforms the game into some thing more unusual than a standard platform game Some of the levels require some extensive forward planning re member you only have a limited number of swaps From a user the game s difficulty curve is just right it nicely guides you in and slowly gets more difficult with the hook to come back for more being intense You will find hours rolling by unable to pull yourself from the immersion into the game Simple but perfectly executed sound could do with a tech no or even arty styled new age SID soundtrack This would lift the game further as would a password system to start on further levels without having to start from Stage 1 each time I would have preferred more of the screen real estate taken over on the Commodore 64 version as it looks a little small on screen I do like the shadow effects on the plat forms and everything looks so cutesy 6 10 Graphics A bit small on screen Overall 3 10 7 1 0 Sounds Some clicks and blips Lovely platform 7 10 game with a great hook Gameplay Frustrating but in a nice way Page 33 Alter Ego RetroSouls is a small team based in Altay Russia Appar ently the term Team is overstated as this is actually just one person Denis Grac
28. e gam ing and personal computing where the C64 managed to in novate and push forward existing boundaries Roberto Dillon Starting from Jack Tramiel s vision of designing computers for the masses not the classes the book introduces the 6510 VIC II and SID chips that made the C64 unique It briefly discusses its BASIC programming language and then proceeds to illustrate not only many of the games that are still so fondly remembered but also the first generation of game engines that made game development more approach able among other topics that are often neglected but are necessary to provide a comprehensive overview of how far reaching the C64 influence was Written in a straightforward and accessible style readers A Commodore 64 will relive the dawn of modern technology and gain a better Ret rospective understanding of the legacy that was built bit by bit in those pioneering days by computers that had only a tiny fraction of the power modern machines have and yet were used to create the technological world we are now living in Feel free to use the cover publishing date and the above back cover text for the news section in Commodore Free if you like but simply say that list price has not been finalized yet I ll let you know when it gets defined Cheers Roberto P Roberto Dillon wi Springer about me roberto dillon Commodore Free Magazine Page 22 www commodorefree com SS r Creating a File
29. enn Rune Gallefoss Features Sequencer tracker and a sound editor Load Save and Dump menu DOS commands vibrato pulse filter ar peggio and tempo Changes in this version Improvements for the filter cut off routine and the play routine had a problem with the gate timeout setting http csdb dk getinternalfile php 133177 Sid Duzz It v2 1 7 shape zip Audiotap and Wav to PRG Two applications released by Fabbo that allow you to con vert to and from TAP files using standard cables and a PC Audiotap 2 1 audiotap exe an application to read and write Commodore tapes http csdb dk getinternalfile php 133124 audiotap 2 1 win32 zip WAV PRG 1 http csdb dk getinternalfile php 133121 wavprg 4 1 win32 zip WAV PRG is a program for converting Commodore 64 tapes to PC and back It is designed so it doesn t require any cus tom built cables transfers between PC and tape are done by means of a tape player recorder connected to the PC s sound card by a standard audio cable Commodore Free Magazine A NU C4 74I Plus Edition 29310 www commodorefree com also some great power ups There s also a few puzzle games to blow your brain away If you are bored with playing games then feast your eyes on this month s PD Demo Extravaganza which features some stunning demos past and present from the demo scene these up to change the weapon type Some power ups will be st
30. full Commodore 16 and plus 4 264 family TED music support full Commodore 64 SID chip support both 6581 and 8580 http tedplay co support of PRG PSID RSID and C8M music formats deplex com Commodore Free Magazine l Page 12 www commodorefree com _ ONE COP DRE DRUG LORD NO MERCY WIL A C64 Game by Achim Volkers f Trevor storey ra fl Multiple stages to mmm through BIER DAD TOTS EDN DTP HU SE ADE E UTI DUTCH HI DAVE swale E ame al www psytronik net www rgcd co uk NOW AVAILABLE ON C64 TAPE DISH DIGITAL DOWMLOAD 711 1 11 10 11 1 Screen pictures shown fram Commodore dd version of games WEG amp TS 1 1 RAUS KONING DIRE MY CARL MESON o COMA ANF LY RENDIR Y CESUTRCINIR So O10 DDT J SIR R E The ANE Ponaes Te in CAL MS Ree 44 os Pig So EXT ae J A A Ghislain De Blois Production Featuring 10 Dungeon Levels which have been designed by hand with numerous rooms secret passages riddles and traps to traverse and overcome 10 races and 12 classes to choose from to create B players tor your party You will meet other heroes to help and guide you during your quest Over 100 unique graphical portraits that depict the various monsters that you ll encounter as you travel throughout the Dungeon Over 135 types of equipment to represent weapons armor gems jewelry potions scrolls and
31. hev This game was first released on the Spectrum by this developer and then ported over to the C64 Other than that I know very little history about the game however what I do know is that there s a mobile ver sion from the same developer for Android and Windows mo bile phones or tablets Alter Ego is an addictive puzzle platform game and is a first release from this developer on the C64 It s exciting to see what else this developer will release especially with an ini tial release of such quality To play the game you need a joy stick plugged into port 2 No instructions are supplied the game is simple to pick up The game looks like a standard old school 8 bit collect items platformer However looks can be deceiving and the clever part to this game is that you also control a phantom version of yourself on the opposite side of the screen When the hero moves the alter ego moves too but in a mirrored fashion In some levels the movements are mirrored hori zontally in others they are mirrored vertically You can switch at anytime between the hero and his alter ego by pressing the Fire button You are limited on the number of swaps on each level and this number of swaps is shown on the bottom right of the screen There are evil skulls around and you don t want to touch them or its life over and do not fall into the water or outside of the level or you ll also lose a life To complete a level you need to collect all the
32. http www ajordison co uk index html C64Studio v3 8 C64 Studio is a machine language development environ ment that works with VICE You can write machine language and then testing in the VICE emulator New Features Fix Comments with non ASCII characters could break macro insertion Fix Several DASM pseudo ops have been added and or fixed Fix Adding new item could overwrite existing file Fix lerror warn and message pseudo op now properly evaluate expressions as text Fix Dependencies can now be compiled without opening the file Fix Running external commands with spaces in path now finally really works ouch Fix Import of paletted images now works didn t show up in the preview dialogue Add Symbols tokens of dependencies and included files are now also updated after successful compile Add warn pseudo op Add binary not operator Add Methods CHARVERT COLORVERT CHARCOLORVERT COLORCHARVERT CHARSET to media and mediasrc for character screen projects Add Tab Context menu to close or close all but this http www georg rottensteiner de en index html Commodore Free Magazine www commodorefree com Amiga News Petro Tyschtschenko s Video from Saku 2014 Over One Hour of Amiga Memories Finnish Amiga User s Group hosted the traditional Saku 2014 retro and vintage computer event in Tampere Finland on September 20th 2014 International guests of honour were former Commodore Amiga president Pet
33. ic character mainly Waveform for all voices Q How many staff do you have and because of their flaws which could not Pedal Glide enable disable glide with is this a full time project be fully emulated in software Also the the sustain pedal physical machine is something you can Compatible with our free app for iPad I design and program the machines feel and physically twist and turn pending app store approval Mac Pc myself but my father works with meat knobs in real time amp Linux the assembly line I m grateful to say Fully midi automated it s currently a full time project Q Can the device record the knob Future proof Firmware updates via twiddling over midi and therefore Sysex Q Of course you make other items play it back during recording as well as THERAPSID Can you sessions quickly explain what services you do provide Commodore Free Magazine Page 25 www commodorefree com Q How many have you sold and what sort of feedback from people have you had How would our user order one and what are the delivery times I hadn t intended to make more than 100 units but am getting close to that goal The feedback has been very positive and constructive It s really fun to be able to release new firmware updates based on the user s feedback It is available online twisted electrons com therapSid hand built to order with a 20 day lead time Q Do you have any other comments you would like to add Thanks N
34. igel for sharing this info with your readers Have fun See it here being Tweeked http www youtube com watch v f3 3pWlIvdg4 http twisted electrons com therapsid Q You sell the device without the SID chip What are the cost differences and how difficult is the device to open and install the SID chip TherapSid currently retails for 399 Euro with SID while limited supply lasts and 333 Euros without worldwide shipping included Q Can you tell our readers about other devices you supply or are in the pipe line The 3 is a fun little device that is a cheaper alternative to the SID You can hear some demos on my website twisted electrons com ay3 I m also currently working on an 8 bit chip tune y drum machine groove box and a desktop FM synth Q You list the device compatible with All SIDS Would you personally consider one SID chip superior to another and if so why This is a matter of taste but my personal preference is for the older 6581 I really like the sound of the filter especially for basses It has tube like distortion to it However I know many people prefer the later 6582 for its cleaner sound higher filter resonance Unfortunately not as the TherapSID has no midi out as of now Q So with the SID chips so rare do you find it difficult to obtain SID chips for the device and does it just use one SID or can multiple SID chips be installed It is indeed difficult to find SID chips
35. iles in Commodore to Evernote in re al time The following article deals with this idea Best regards Iker Ficicilar http cbm ficicilar name tr Title Transfer Your SEQ Text Files in C64 to Evernote over RS 232 Author lker Ficicilar Ilker Ficicilar in ASCII Date October 21 2014 Tags Document Management Commodore 64 Evernote Linux Serial Communication Transfer Your SEQ Text Files in C64 to Evernote over RS232 This method helps transferring PETSCII text from a running Commodore platform to Evernote over an RS 232 connec tion Evernote is a nice multi platform application to organ ize notes that I use actively It is also compatible with Linux under the Wine emulator In addition there is an Evernote compatible NixNote program and Evernote apps for An droid iPad etc I do use Evernote to keep my notes and tips on Commodore as well And I ve just found a practical way to transfer old notes in sequential files kept in Commodore diskettes That is to say Evernote has an Import Folders option First we select a directory for this I used home ilker cbm Then I connected C64 and Linux using a null modem ca ble with 3 wires RX TX and GND Commodore Free Magazine 10 rem seqZenote 570 s cat gt ds txt gosub550 20 rem sequential file to evernote 575 open3 8 3 ds 4 sr 30 rem 580 100 open1 2 0 chr 8 chr 16 get 1 a rem rs232 get 3 b ifst lt gt 64thenprint 1 chr as as
36. is BeOS Mac etc yapeSDL 0 32 5 tar gz direction controllers D PAD or POV buttons can now too be used as joystick fullscreen mode made ALT TAB friendly occasional crashes on some machines with small border mode on assembler bug in 64 bit build ironed out thanks to Luca for pointing it out minor fixes Club Info 135 This is a German language disk based magazine for the Commo dore C116 C16 and the Plus 4 the following articles are includ ed Tips and Tricks Computer Spaf Hardware Termine Szene Ghost Town Notepad 4 SD2IEC SID Player Floodit Indoor Soccer Whack C16 Note Game Shack Saboteur C16 Total Eclipse SVS Calc 2 0 and other systems http plus4world powweb com software Club Info 135 TedPlay V1 2 3 released GUI playlists TedPlay is a Commodore plus4 c16 music player for volume setting Windows Unix written in C using WTL and SDL The pro channel mute Mik ERG ae gram supports the following formats PRG PSID RSID and C8M 7 adjustable speed a new versatile 8 bit computer music file format Changes in adjustable replay author Unknown this version Individual channel selection for SID tunes im sample rate e provements for the play list view and the elapsed time adjustable replay Reze Unknown gem buffer length E eT a wala Features system wide 23 x l Player hotkey to skip be 00 00 18 virtual machine with full 8501 CPU emulation tween tracks
37. joy it after waiting for so long for the issue to arrive and thanks for all your emails Best regards Nigel Editor Commodore Free www commodorefree com Commodore C64 Back to the Future Connect to TV and Play 2 MByte FLASH MA wer 16 MByte SDRAM CT b X wA S Video out Stereo Audio out PS 2 keyboard and mouse Micro SD card 2 Joystick ports Forever Online Order www arcaderetrogaming com More Information www mcc home com EC General NEWS Retro Game Calendar 2015 The Sunteam have created some great calendars for retro computer fans The website has calendars you can print out and use in an old CD case as the calendar s desk holder Each calendar has a graphic showing how to cut out and use the CD case to display the calendar in its retro glory The fol lowing retro calendars are available ZX 81 ZX Spectrum Commodore 64 Sega Master System PC Engine Sega Mega Drive and Commodore Amiga http www sunteam co uk calendars html TherapSid The TherapSid uses a Commodore 64 SID chip to produce music Features Compatible with all SIDs 3 Oscillator 4 waveforms per oscil lator Multimode Filter turn 35 knobs press 31 buttons 100 institutions 16 Steps Modulator and the system has an app for the iPad http twisted electrons com therapsid See interview later in this issue BEEP documentary Beep is a documentary film and book of video game music and sound This project
38. l EditionThe 3D break out game with that extra twist This non stop action arcade game will challenge your reflex es and nerves Or play the unique duel mode and challenge your friends VoxelNoid takes the classic break out theme to a new level by integrating an amazing 3D voxel appearance into the game play Use your bat to deflect the ball and destroy all the voxel bricks Destroyed bricks break into lots of voxel debris which charge your laser beam when collected by your ball Use the laser to blast away even those harder bricks that would withstand a hit by your ball And punish your oppo nent in duel mode by sending penalty bricks to his playfield whenever you blast away 2 of your own bricks fast paced gameplay 30 different maps to discover unique 3D voxel graphics old school chip tunes and sounds local and online high scores lots of achievements to unlock easy normal hard difficulty levels lots of extras enlarge bat slow down ball multi ball etc ShowFiles sf 0 960 released 28 September 2014 22 25 35 amoskodare New version of ShowFiles sf now released for AmigaOS 4 ShowFiles sf is a DIR command written in C It displays a sorted and text formatted list of files drawers dirs and soft hard links on disk or other storage medium It displays additional information such as size date possible comment executable header type 68k or PPC program protection bits etc etc I
39. latform are provided Commodore Free Magazine www thetuturewassbit co uk Not just a place to buy SD2lIEC s or a C64p The future really was 8 bit Commodore Free Magazine l Page 11 VIC and COMMODORE PLUS 4 NEWS The Real Commodore Vic 20 Prototype The website says You ll note in the photo that the Vic 20 prototype is styled similar ly to the original Commodore PET from 1977 complete with funky calculator style keyboard Naturally upon its actual retail release the Vic 20 would receive its own larger case the iconic breadbox design and a full stroke keyboard both of which would also be found in the best selling Commodore 64 just a few years later and similarly found on all PET computers after the original models Head to the link for more information http armchairarcade com perspectives 2014 10 29 the real commodore vic 20 prototype YAPE Commodore plus 4 emulator Updates Head on over to the official page for the download Link http yape homeserver hu YAPE 1 0 6 While 1 0 5 has become the Windows Vista of YAPE this new release hopefully becomes its Windows 7 in develop ment for 10 years its available in Windows as well as multi plat form editions YAPE 1 0 6 101 49 fps File Machine Screen Tape Settings Help COMMODORE BASIC Ui 5 68H6TI BYTES FREE NEW Yape PAL NTSC Native Win32 and x64 XP Vista Win7 Win8 versions yape1 0 6 zip Yape open source SDL version Linux Solar
40. like the feel of real hardware Q How long will this stay up or can remain up As long as people are interested I ll keep it online As it stands right now we re fairly busy as far as boards go in 2014 and more new people are calling all the time As for as long as it can stay up I think it s fairly safe to say I m in good shape hardware wise I have 3 Commodore 128Ds a couple of C128s 3 Commodore hard drives and lots of parts I haven t had a Commodore system die on me yet and I don t imagine that it will happen any time soon Q Do you have any final comments Thanks for the interview and I hope people will give it a try If anyone has any questions you can reach me via the BBS or on Facebook at Q What does the system cost you to run and do you manage to recoup any of that outlay via the system Just the price of electricity and a lot of time keeping it updated and backed up I don t recoup anything monetarily unless you re readers are offering to send me cash Q Why do you run the system Probably for the same reason why I collect old hardware and hang out on classic computer forums I enjoy letting other people experience my little part of the world and I also enjoy meeting other people who are interested in the same hobbies as me Q What enhancements do you plan for the system I might customize Centipede some but for the most part I m pretty maxxed out on what I can add to the system h
41. load html direct download link http www aros platform de downloads Aros Vision zi New Wazp3D Driver 6 Full Documentation FAQ and grabs at http thellier free fr Wazp3D htm Wazp3D is a library intended to be compatible with the fa mE mous Warp3D library AmigaOS 68020 40 or OS4 PPCor Unlike QuarkTex you can run multiple Warp3D applications AROS or MorphOS concurrently Built in debugger Demo program http aminet net dev src Cow3D lha to use with Wazp3D MOST IMPORTANT FEATURES Compatible with the famous Warp3D library for AmigaOS StormMesa compatibility The 97 functions from the latest Warp3D library v5 are presents Sources included so Wazp3D has been ported to AROS Software only slow no need to have 3D hardware Works in UAE so it can serve to test your 3D software in side UAE Wazp3D can lie and pretend to have a perfect hardware driver so the 3D softwares will not fail due to a lacking feature Full Documentation FAQ and grabs at http thellier free fr Wazp3D htm Unlike QuarkTex you can run multiple Warp3D applica tions concurrently Built in debugger Inside WinUAE amp AROS can also render in hardware Demo program http aminet net package dev src StarShip to use with Wazp3D StormMesa libraries needed http www os4depot net functionzsh ics wazp3d lha ARES II available now The Ares II is available now and is more or less a Raspberry Pi on steroids
42. miscellaneous magical items 60 magic spells that you can cast 3 game fonts to choose from A 16 page printed instruction manual is also included ULTIMATE GUEST CATWZOND pas SOrTUARE Trevor Storey and Geers Rottenstemer Present JH rarer pid rp mme 2 nly c 4 o GAME FEAT URES Massive Map To Explore Stunning Animation Searchable Objects Atmospheric Soundtracks Detailed Background Graphics Magic Effects Separate Animated Intro End Sequences Spawn Pemts Spirit Stone Puzzi AS Poster Map Compamon CD UNCEASH THE BEAST FROM YOUR ceu ow Available For C64 On Tape Disk Cartridge Digital Download Fe PS TRON 7 SO v 0 6 A www psytronik net www rgced co uk Gt Commodore Free Magazine Commodore 64 News Reformation C64 Remixes RE FORMATION Reformation will be a definitive set of Matt Gray C64 games soundtrack remakes produced by the acclaimed C64 musi cian himself VENIET TA international karate Interesting this title I haven t really reported about mu sic releases but this one is different It s a Christmas themed affair with various favourites you have to select Not only are the musical renditions of these holiday favour ites well executed the application displays the words to sing along in time with the music Something similar has been attempted before but to my knowledge not on this scale did you get the
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44. on One of Jim Brain s 3 1 cartridge expanders 1581 drive for quick backups BBS Server 1 4a for modem emulator running on Windows Q Of course some will pull their faces at the mention of the Windows PC Realistically could the system still be run on Commodore hardware without the PC If so why use the PC what does it add to the system setup I m sure there s other ways of doing it but I use a Windows computer to run BBS Server 1 4a BBS Server is a modem emulator and routes all telnet traffic to and from the BBS automatically Also the same box runs a web interface so you can connect via an HTTP 5 enabled web browser Besides those two tasks the Windows box doesn t do anything else for the BBS BBS SYSOP Brian Green some days you were able to download some days you weren t because of the line quality Q When did you set up your first system and how long did it run What hardware and software did you run My first BBS board which is surprisingly still backed up on disk here was Arctic Games and put online in 1990 on a Commodore 64 running Ivory BBS software Arctic Games was a sort of combination of the names of the two sysops who ran it myself and my friend Scott Gamesmaster It ran for maybe a couple of months since we were only able to run it during evening hours at his house as he only had a single phone line Q How long has Particles BBS been running and was that constantly or have you
45. or an IHS equipped 1541 F3 Indexed Write Off Can fix illegal GCR on copies to improve compatibility with F Fix Illegal GCR No drives 1700 1750 RAM expansion support Third party REUs should also work as long as they are 256kB or larger Be sure to load the REU version of the copier GeoRAM SuperRAM is not supported Commodore Free Magazine 1 Page 15 www commodorefree com ULTLHATE OFUS V0 8 BY LFT U SD hvsc3B HUSICI ibusters sid TATA ABHHUHNUSEDPAHHLUHNUSEDBABOZUNUSEPAHH3F3 UNUSED Conver from a TAP fle ho sound C to a WAY fle invested wavefom Advanced options Create a TAP file Use loader FE Plugin deectony I0 Change Digi Fle C Advanced options ignored if ongin is a TAP fils Ireeerted waveform Senciivaly 0 100 rip frequency Use clock C64 PAL Hz only if ogn 5 Sound cand Deina l Teori C Clean TAP C 4 PRG pg Folder PRG POQ C _ Change ok Include broken and incomplete fles Include all slweJoadng blocks Fi help anced Page 16 Ultimate Opus V0 2 http csdb dk getinternalfile php 133229 u opus 0 2 prg This program requires a 1541 Ultimate II with the Ultimate Command Interface enabled The program is being devel oped by Lft and is used for managing files on SD cards or the USB connection SID Duzz It V2 1 7 This is a music tracker system for the Commodore 64 writ ten by Geir Tjelta and Gl
46. pe with some more programs and applications to load up I never received anything from Pet Vic C16 or Amiga users please NOTICES feel free to submit works you own the copyright to for All materials in this magazine are the property of inclusion on this feature Commodore Free unless otherwise stated All copyrights trademarks trade names Internet domain names or other similar rights are acknowledged No part of this magazine may be reproduced without permission One reader asked me if I would print an article he wrote about transferring files from the C64 into Ever note It even has an old style BASIC listing to type in although you will need a soldering iron to make the cable so I hope you enjoy The appearance of an advert in the magazine does not his efforts necessarily mean that the goods services advertised are associated with or endorsed by Commodore Free Magazine More news from around the Internet and from users emailing in and that s the issue finished If all goes to plan you are reading it before the new year Either way I wish COPYRIGHT you a happy and prosperous New Year and hope you all Copyright c 2014 remain fit and well Commodore Free Magazine All Rights Reserved Some readers were a little concerned about the slow issue releases yes I had some health issues but it was mainly due to workload Sadly I don t have enough time in the day to do my work job and write the issue Anyway I hope you do en
47. pun there Dust layer coding tutorials These are published tutorials on dustlayer com The tutorials sometime come with example code which can be download ed using or you clone the code from my github reposi tory The appropriate link is provided with each tutorial Welcome to Duzt fc actraiser Ouzsfimyer v8 3 8 2817 B B2 ou ec 18 7 2 Gee duct heip Tor 7 3 fap les D3cTove wod C54 Want vvaLdustuwer com Tor D546 sutoriais Digital Excess Tools Digital Excess have released a number of tools recently Roll Over Level Editor Polonase Level Editor V1 1 Addgar Level Editor V2 0 Pond L Detonators Level Editor BILLING NET PETUNT JOSH Level Editor UK Thomas Fonmcaina Digital Excess Z und Space ug Tine du du TIT 8 Bip p i Pr e Fl hhh TTT Pic2spr V1 2E Released by Seanser at the time of writing has hit version 1 2E This program can take a a picture png jpg bmp and turn it into sprite data The to be converted picture doesn t need to be exactly 24x21 pixels in size however if the picture is too large it will be resized automatically Commodore Free Magazine www commodorefree com Attitude Issue 15 Attitude is a disk magazine released by Triad now up to issue 15 In this issue Editorial News Tutorials Irq loader compile Loader usage Review framemeister Causeries Attitude story Attitude online Interviews BHF Hoaxers R
48. ract with the BBS While there are a LOT of ways to hook your Commodore up to the Internet for someone who is new the easiest way is to visit Alwyz page at Alwyz offers the Strikelink userport to PC adapter and Striketerm to connect to BBSes as well as a how to page Q Would you consider yourself to be the best BBS Best BBS No Actually I don t think there is such a thing Every BBS is menu Q If you could have a custom piece of hardware or software made for the BBS what would it be and why There is a custom piece of software I wanted written for the BBS so I m in the process of writing it I m re writing the Legend of the Red Dragon as a door online game for the BBS Legend of the Red Dragon LORD was huge in the PC world back in the day and is still played by thousands today I m probably about 8096 done with the basics and would like to say I ll have it done soon but I know I m pretty lazy Its probably going to be a rainy day project that I finish next year sometime Q Do you think in Commodore realm there is still a market for a new piece of BBS software Sure As the time of this interview there s over 30 active Commodore BBSes and I think because of Commodore s push into the world of telecommunications back in the day that more Commodore users are BBS savvy than many other classic machines A well written piece of software could bring more people back into the fray like Synchronet
49. re and software discussions Although mostly monitored by the SYSOP for shareware rather than commercial software some BBS systems were well known for having warez or commercial software that had the protection removed you would more commonly know this as pirated software BBS systems also had their own language or slang with new users being called LAMERS Some systems could also route email through the Internet to other BBS systems using Fidonet via something called nodes so a user could communicate with another user from the other side of the world Although this doesn t sound like a bid deal by today s standards I think the postal services became rather concerned about the potential demise of common snail mail letters placed into the postal system Of course BBS systems could send and receive email to other users on the same BBS Lamers were classed as anyone who came on the board but wasn t part of the Scene so a none cracker phreaker supplier sysops etc or only leeched that is downloaded warez or other software but didn t contribute in any other way they were considered a lamer Also you could just generally be annoying and be called a lamer Standard BBSes which were more like home town gathering spots didn t have terms such as that for their users You may like to view this series http www youtube com watch vzm RHYw9 fU amp list PLgE 9Sxs2IBVg kY 1ZMjOtIFxsJ vOkv BBS The Documenta
50. ro Ty schtschenko from Germany and Cloanto Amiga Forever s Michael Battilana from Italy Over 200 people attended the successful event Petro and Michael were interviewed in front of the audience by Finnish Amiga Users Group s Janne Sir n and the video is now on YouTube https www vyoutube com watch v 2L9w rON6 GUgwnM4JA New Amiga org Design Mugs and Mouse Mat Available The new official Amiga org mugs are now in stock and avail able from AmigaKit com now and other authorised A EON Technology resellers very soon The mugs are available in two designs the blue mug and the special edition white mug with the anniversary notation http amigakit leamancomputing com New Amiga org Mouse Mat Available The new official Amiga org mouse mat is now in stock and available from AmigaKit com now and other authorised A EON Technology resellers very soon Commodore Amiga a Visual Compendium After the successful C64 Kickstarter now the Amiga is about to receive it s own book It was successfully funded within 12 hours A book that celebrates the beauty of the Commodore Amiga Full of pixel art iconic box art and contributions from indus try legends https www kickstarter com proiects al commpendium AROS Vision 2 8 1 uploaded New Themeing works Transparent menu No error when AREXX is started Playlists for Web Radio added Conditions for download http www aros platform de html dis down
51. rong others are weak Can you fight bravely put an end to the war and return back to the real reality oe n ea LI E Y a F TEES SCORE TIME 343115 Page 18 COMMODORE FREE TAPE 16 November 2014 by Richard TND The Commodore Free cover tape is back This month it is probably the BIGGEST and the BEST cover tape so far There s loads of great programs in store for you There s the prize version of the SEUCK game Double or Nothing which consists of a loading picture new front end extra music and Double or Nothing Redux Yeah yeah I know this game was released on Issue 80 5 E Cover tape but now you get the ULTIMATE edition of the game featuring plenty of enhancements This is the game that Won the SEUCK Compo 2014 and features a brand new front end a loading screen in game music and power ups This enhances game play even more and the game will get even tougher The world is at war against invaders Your mind begins to drift You find yourself in two realities You are going mad Which reality is the real one Are you trying to save planet Earth by fighting against an army of robots or fighting a swarm of aliens Using a joystick in port 2 help control your protagonist through both worlds fighting against the enemies The fur ther you progress the two realities will come together Dur ing play you will come across some power up objects Pick 5x5 This is a fun
52. ry its listed as being in 8 parts say easier navigation With the aid of web browsers and point and click the days of old fashioned typing and the traditional BBS were doomed Because a modem was used to connect to a BBS and the user had to dial a phone number you would more likely to dial a local number and so local communities would emerge with people wanting to meet up and chat face to face Some meetings would be arranged by the systems SYSOP in local pizza places or coffee shops for example The BBS also gave way to something called ASCII art where coloured characters would be arranged to form a crude picture With the onward march of progress the humble modem started to reach faster and faster speeds leading to larger faster file transfers Much of the BBS software was customised by the SYSOP to tailor it to their needs and add features and tweaks Popular commercial BBS programs were programs like Blue Board Ivory BBS Color64 and CNet 64 In the early 1990s a small number of BBSes were also running on the Commodore Amiga with popular BBS software for the Amiga like ABBS Amiexpress C Net StormforceBBS Infinity and Tempest Commodore BBSes supported PETSCII PETSCII was also supported by the nationwide online service Quantum Link Due to character set customisation dissimilar systems such as a Commodore 64 user calling into a DOS BBS would just see plain ASCII rather than the machine s native char
53. ss the icon to start the linking process Hopefully you won t get any errors but if you do look it s best to first look for simple typos etc but it should be okay Now you should see your icon assem bled so at this point you can see if you re happy with how you edited your app file icon This may take a few tries it did when I first tried it The icon size for the code is OCP CURR CPR ES CUPP 9 ERE CUO 8 EERE 9 2 9 6 9 9 I LEES NENNNNE E SEEN eet VUE URN HR a ng E Hmm NEN NE TER NNE NEN M YN 1 1 9 1 9 11 1 1 1 ENT 2 1 1 1 1 0 9 _ 5 8 1 8 MN MN NB ENI oan N MMR NBS NIN EE mm hm BA mm Hl hl Bl Bl SES 8 8 1 8 8 S P EN BEER Sets as a m Platt ng EN t EFER a 3 9 8 8 1 5 1 1 8 1 8 ETAT niE enw LER 8 _ 1 _ NIN E E mw REN RR egi gd E T 8M ET E E TEUER GEI Set UE EN EE eee nenne eee l Page 24 Now PUT your icon in the header file code here 1 mW LM teet vr m PH j MI I Il Il TINI i ENT sS run E 4 From within GeoWrite go to the TOP MENU and then select EDIT 4 BOF e cop CC ia eamm p 2s S X A 8 STG nS ns 2 oO Then select PASTE and PICTURE The image is then placed in the header Commodore Free Magazine INTERVIEW WITH THE CREATORS OF THE THERAPSID
54. t supports a number of different options switches after in stallation in the Shell please type sf HELP or sf help for listing all options switches Or look in the doc file in the archive Download os4depot net index php function showfile amp file util http ity shell showfiles lha Features Abbreviated as SF or just sf fast and easy to type in the Shell Dirs drawers are displayed in blue colour pen 3 Hard Softlinks are displayed underscored underlined Shows where any Hard Softlinks points to Possible comments are displayed in italic Displays the primitive file type of files Fetches and identifies executable headers 68k PPC ELF EXE among others Displays the Amiga file protection bits of files Shows free disk space and sizes in KiB 1024 kB 1000 Commodore Free Magazine www commodorefree com There is ample parking at the rear Fee 2 00 This is to cover some of the rental costs Hope to see you there BYO gear anything Commodore goes AUG Where We Meet http www aug org au where htm The Amiga User Group meetings are held on the 3rd Sunday of every month of the year abyss highest experience For more information on HivelyTracker and AHX visit http amigascne org abyss ahx and http www hivelytracker co uk Melbourne Commodore Club Meeting COMMODORE FREE Yep its outdated but I left the text here for reference It is however ad
55. vertising yet another club so if you are in the area why not check them out Original Message Subject Melbourne Commodore Club meeting tomorrow From Kevin T Date Sat September 20 2014 4 00 am CommodoreClub Melbourne meeting tomorrow Sun 21st Sep The Group meets at the Wadham House Craft and Hobby Centre 52 Wadham Parade Mount Waverley It s the dou ble story pale grey weatherboard building The meeting starts at about 2pm and lasts until about 6pm AHX plug in for Hollywood released Airsoft Softwair is proud to present an AHX plugin for Holly wood Once this plugin is installed Hollywood will au tomagically be able to play these stylish AHX Abyss Highest eXperience and HivelyTracker modules The plugin is based on HVL2WAV by Xeron IRIS source code is also included Additionally there is a demo applet which demonstrates the playback of an AHX module This applet can also be run us ing the freely available Hollywood Player so people who don t own the full version of Hollywood can check it out as well You can download the plugin from the official Hollywood portal http www hollywood mal com Thanks to Holly wood 5 s cross platform plug in system versions for AmigaOS3 Classic AmigaOS3 FPU AmigaOS4 MorphOS WarpOS AROS Intel Linux PowerPC Linux Intel Mac OS PowerPC Mac OS Intel Windows and Google s An droid p
56. y Pitstop and other games Unfortunately at 11 I was broke In 1988 I started saving my newspaper route money and picked up a shiny new Commodore 64C from a Best Department Store The reasonI got into the C64 was a no brainer at the time Most of my friends had Commodores they were cheap mine cost 129 new and for a few bucks you could copy all the games you wanted to onto floppy disks It sure beat the 20 40 for an Atari Nintendo cartridge Q How when where or why was your first experience of a Bulletin Board System I called my first BBS in 1989 a Colour 64 board on a lowly Vicmodem It was terribly outdated even in 1989 300 baud manual dial you had to dial it on your phone then disconnect the handset cord and plug it into your modem and it dropped carrier constantly on a bad line We didn t have clean lines back in the day so Commodore Free Magazine www commodorefree com Q Although the BBS were back in the day a dial up only system what would our readers need to connect to Particles as you offer a host of connection options bringing the BBS more up to date Well it depends on how youre trying to connect If you want to see what it s all about you can connect via the website s web interface The best way though is connecting via a real Commodore 64 or 128 To do this you ll need to have your Commodore connected to the Internet somehow and have a piece of software terminal software to inte
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