A new milestone in my life as a computer geek! | Bible Geek Gone Wild

Posted on March 09, 2010 in Commodore computers

Awhile back my wife brought home several boxes of Commodore 64 “stuff” that her brother was getting rid of. All of it sat in our basement for the longest time until I came home last week and there sat the whole family playing games on ...

Tags: sat, home, geek, basement, brother

Retro Thing: HyperSID: Commodore 64 Music Synth For Your PC

Posted on March 08, 2010 in Commodore software

A companion software plug-in lets you edit and play genuine SID sounds from within your favorite computer-based recording program, integrating 8-bit sound with 21st century technology. The hardware support all versions of the SID ...

Tags: sound, music, sid, integrating, bit

Retro Thing: HyperSID: Commodore 64 Music Synth For Your PC

Posted on March 07, 2010 in Commodore software

The Commodore SID chip is perhaps the most famous sound generator of the 8-bit era. Its 3 channels of analog audio created kept Commodore owners from going slowly mad while waiting for their 1541 disk drives to load games at... ... A companion software plug-in lets you edit and play genuine SID sounds from within your favorite computer-based music recording program, integrating 8-bit sound with 21st century technology. The hardware support all versions of the SID chip ...

Tags: commodore, sound, sid, chip, bit

Processing Commodore | Happy Puppy Vintage Computers

Posted on March 05, 2010 in Commodore computers

Commodore 64 Games for Kids List Price: $12.95. Explains how to program the Commodore 64 computer for thirty educational games, including those that test the player's knowledge of music and astronomy. ...

Tags: commodore, games, computer, test, educational

SD2Iec Firmware v0.9.0 Released | nIGHTFALL Blog

Posted on March 03, 2010 in Commodore disk drive

The most prominent use of SD2IEC is emulation/replacement of a Commodore- 1541 disk drive for a C64. Hardware and the microcontroller's is available as open source (GPL). Changelog: 2009-02-28 – release 0.9.0 ...

Tags: sd, firmware, iec, microcontroller, hardware

Looking for good disc-copy software

Posted on February 27, 2010 in Commodore software

I'm transferring my floppy discs to D64's using MMC Replay. Unfortunately MMC Replay can only create D64's and not D71's from floppies. So I have to find a way to split one 1571-formatted disc into two 1541 formatted discs before using ...

Tags: disc, mmc, replay, formatted, create

Remember The 80s? Here's Your Chance to Play Commodore 64 Football ...

Posted on February 26, 2010 in Commodore 64

For all those who remember the 80s and the technology, or lack thereof, that was available to those who lived through that particularly trying decade this is.

Tags: remember, thereof, lived, decade, lack

Play 7 Classic Commodore 64 Soccer Games Online | EPL Talk

Posted on February 25, 2010 in Commodore 64

Some of you may be too young to remember the Commodore 64 computer from the 1980's, but for soccer fans such as myself who had time to kill, it was the best.

Tags: commodore, soccer, computer, remember, fans

Gadget Reviews: Playing Previous Games on a New Computer | Gadget ...

Posted on February 16, 2010 in Commodore software

Through emulation, you can play some of your favorite games from the past including games made for Commodore , Atari, and Nintendo. Emulation refers to the ability of a program or device to imitate another program or device and it tricks the software into believing that a device is really some other device. It is also possible for a computer to emulate another type of computer. For example, there are programs that enable an Apple Macintosh to emulate a PC. 1 ...

Tags: device, computer, games, program, emulate

sponsors on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Posted on February 16, 2010 in Commodore disk drive

sponsors. sponsors by 1541 . To take full advantage of Flickr, you should use a JavaScript-enabled browser and install the latest version of the Macromedia Flash Player. ... 1541's photostream ...

Tags: sponsors, flickr, latest, macromedia, player

GameSetWatch - How-To: Play Commodore 64 Games Against A Friend Online

Posted on February 15, 2010 in Commodore 64

From there, the trick to getting C64 multiplayer to work will be 'synchronizing' all your friend's actions with your own, so that together you 'load' each game at just the same instant. So you'll probably need to, ehm, be in an instant ...

Tags: friend, instant, game, synchronizing, actions

It is a Hot!

Posted on February 14, 2010 in Commodore software

Via emulation, you might play some of your favorite games from the past covering games devised designed for Commodore , Atari, plus Nintendo. Emulation refers to the capability of a program or device to imitate another program or else tool and it tricks the software in trusting that a device is truly any other tool. It's also possible designed for a computer to emulate another genre of pc. Designed for example, there are programs that allow an Apple Macintosh to emulate a ...

Tags: program, designed, emulation, device, tool

A Game A Day - Reinstalled: Krakout (Commodore 64)

Posted on February 12, 2010 in Commodore 64

I had Arkanoid on the Commodore 64 , and loved it. It almost looked and sounded like the arcade version, and played about as well as a Breakout can play without a paddle. But Arkanoid wasn't the only game of its kind on the ...

Tags: game, arkanoid, commodore, kind, breakout

Is it legal to download and use a software that converts the ...

Posted on February 12, 2010 in Commodore software

My friend downloaded a software from download . com CNET. It allows him to copy and paste the URL Of the youtube page, and it converts the Video into MP3. ... VB, DVD, MV, and AVI to MPEG-4 movie format for iPod, PSP, PS3, iPhone, XBox360, Zune, Apple TV, Archos, iRiver PMP, Epson Player, Creative Zen, Rubi Blue, Sony Walkman, Commodore PMX, Palm TX, Game Boy, SmartDisk, Windows Mobile Smart phone, Nokia, BlackBerry, Ketti, LG, Sony-Ericssonon, Samsung mobile phone, etc. ...

Tags: sony, mobile, phone, converts, download

the perfect tree on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Posted on February 12, 2010 in Commodore disk drive

the perfect tree. the perfect tree by 1541 . To take full advantage of Flickr, you should use a JavaScript-enabled browser and install the latest version of the Macromedia Flash Player. ... 1541's photostream ...

Tags: tree, perfect, flickr, macromedia, latest

Contra The Soldier 1.0 Contra_Game_The_Soldier.exe | Free Software...

Posted on February 11, 2010 in Commodore software

icon Contra The Soldier 1.0. Play One Soldier. You're a Lieutenant and You must to infiltrate into the enemy base and shoot down all the soldiers to avenge his brother's death. Game is very similiar to Commando 2 from commodore 64. ...

Tags: soldier, contra, brother, avenge, death

Laser cutter motors play Super Mario theme - Boing Boing

Posted on February 08, 2010 in Commodore disk drive

I've a little program for the Commodore 64 and 1541 disk drive that makes the drive play "Bicycle Built for Two", simply by messing with the RW arm servo. "1541 Music Machine" if I recall correctly. Take a look at this ...

Tags: boing, play, drive, arm, rw

C64: Text only adventures | My Year as a Writer

Posted on February 07, 2010 in Commodore 64

We'd bought the Commodore 64 machine second hand at a garage sale on a Saturday morning in Newcastle, back in the mid-eighties. Mum had something weird against joysticks which meant our Commodore 64 had to be played with the arrow keys ...

Tags: commodore, mum, eighties, mid, back

Laser cutter motors play Super Mario theme - Boing Boing

Posted on February 06, 2010 in Commodore disk drive

I've a little program for the Commodore 64 and 1541 disk drive that makes the drive "Bicycle Built for Two", simply by messing with the RW arm servo. "1541 Music Machine" if I recall correctly. Take a look at this ...

Tags: boing, play, drive, arm, rw

Commodore 64 music lives forever

Posted on February 06, 2010 in Commodore software

With regular software or other media there is the occasional archivist who will collect and catalog things. With music, everyone becomes an archivist. Music has been the most captivating element in computing. From the first song played ...

Tags: music, archivist, captivating, things, element

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