Month: January 2009

  • xum1541 – Fast USB C64 floppy adapter!

    Nate's xum1541 prototype
    Nate's xum1541 prototype

    Tired of having to use an archaic Parallel port to connect your PC to your C64 drive?
    Don’t want to buy expensive hardware like the u1541, or other memory card solutions?
    Want to backup your diskettes with your modern day computer without the hassles involved with stuff like TPC64?

    Fear ye not, my friend, a solution is in the works! Actually, currently in alpha stage.

    Not long ago I was alerted about xu1541 by Mr. Animal Style, and I was wondering, “why is it that nobody took over this idea and continued it?”. Obviously, someone was on the subject.

    Nate Lawson of the Root Labs has taken the xu1541 and improved upon it, creating the xum1541 (pronounced zoom 1541), a USB interface to connect your IEC bus disk device to your modern day computer.

    High speed, and supporting parallel cables too, this device will be running easily with the OpenCBM software, and also will support Nibtools (for copying copy protected software)

    Best part of this whole deal? The schematics will be free, of course, and it seems this will possibly cost under 40 dollars to build (not bad considering you need a hardware USB controller, based on an Atmel chip… This is not just a cable).

    Watch it in action!: (more…)

  • UP ROUGH #117: Hively Player Advanced (GBA Musicdisk)

    hivleyThe 117th release from underground Amiga legends Up Rough is a top-quality Gameboy Advance musicdisk featuring a bleeding-edge AHX/Hively player port and an astonishing array of dancing teddies.

    Code by Flubba, graphics by Spot, intromusic by Qwan, and tracks by Pink, Mortimer Twang, Geir Tjelta, Syphus and shitloads of others – lots of classic AHX favourites from over the last 14 years to enjoy on your GBA/DS/emulator.

    Download here.

    Thanks syphus!

  • DigiBooster Professional 3 (Amiga) in the works

    FT2 look-a-like for the Amiga
    FT2 look-a-like for the Amiga

    DigiBooster Pro was a quite popular tracker for the Amiga in the 90s. Stuck at version 2 something, APC & TCP, a german publisher of Amiga software, is working to deliver an update to this powerful tracker. Currently on internal Alpha #17th, and with a planned demo release in 3-4 months, we had a sneak-peak at this interesting new software.

    Looking like a FastTracker 2 sort-of-thing, the features list seems promising, juicy and, judging from the minimum requirementes, this will run in a stock A1200, which is cool. Want to try how the old version felt like? You can download the full version 1.7 and demo versions of the latest and previous releases at the Digibooster webpage.

    This is the complete list of features planned so far: (more…)

  • New Leeni Video for “Underworld”

    for fans of that videovalvontaa video.

  • USB BleepBloop Carts now shipping

    bleelI have played with the software and the regular Jose carts for a while, and this is nice and handy if you only plan to use one cart.

    Details:

    Price: $75 + 4% Paypal Fee
    Free Shipping International
    Free First-Class Mail Domestic
    $2 USB Mini-B Cable

    The main feature of this cartridge is a built-in USB programmer. With this extra circuitry an external “transferer” is not required. Using custom software reading and writing new ROMs and SAVs could never have been easier. With Windows and Linux compatibility and OSX software soon to be released, this is the most versitile back up solution for Game Boy musicians and developers to have ever been produced.

    To purchase, please visit the link below.
    https://web.archive.org/web/20130514073955/http://gameboydev.org/?page_id=3
    or from Kitsch-Bent
    http://kitsch-bent.embarqspace.com/#/us … 4532597220

    OSX support is planned within the next few weeks. You may use Parallels in the meantime. Ships with Linux and Windows versions.

    This cartridge uses custom software. It is not drag and drop.

    20 are available from Kitsch-Bent. 70 are available from GameboyDev.org (Bleepbloop). More will be available mid-February.

    I’m sorry if I haven’t responded to anyones emails. I have been sick the past few days. I will try my best to respond to everyone tomorrow.

    All pre-orders will ship Tuesday.

    USB Cartridge Programmers or “Transferers” will be available Mid-February.

    [Update]
    Free First-Class International Shipping!

    Will work with Mega Memory Cartridge.