Category: C64

  • C64TPC Appeared

    Oh wait.. my netbook doesnt have a seiral port. Dang.
    Oh wait.. my netbook doesnt have a seiral port. Dang.

    Since the dawn of XP, older pc to c64 transfers tools like the x1541series cables can be very tricky to get running properly. Now a new device named C64TPC is out,  and it looks really nice.

    From the website:

    The C64TPC connects your Commodore 64 to your PC through their respective serial ports. This enables the C64 to use the PC as it’s disk drive. This includes the: Hard disk, CD/DVD, Flash Memory, MMC, and any other type of storage device attached to your PC. C64TPC also allows you to save your .d64 images back to the PC.

    C64TPC consists of two components: an hardware device and the PC software. The hardware device conducts low level communication between; the C64 and the PC. Thus, the user does not need to struggle with complex settings or processes. The C64TPC software is a program with a graphical user interface, which provides a simple method of interacting with the hardware.

    C64TPC only supports C64 diskette images, .d64 files. It can both read and write these files. The user does not need to extract the individual programs from these images to use them.

    The Device is currently only $24 from ebay.

  • Blip Festival Schedule Announced

    Nullsleep till Brooklyn
    Nullsleep till Brooklyn

    And TCTD will be there day by day, live blogging the audio bacchanalia. More after the jump!
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  • MSSIAH C64 MIDI SID Software cartridge Appeared

    Those who have been in lascivious expectation of the release date of this super hyped C64 music software, wait no more: Today, the MSSIAH software is available for purchase from the MSSIAH website in exchange for 49.95 hard earned Euros.

    Pay attention, though:

    Control your C64 through MIDI
    Control your C64 through MIDI

    “Incoming orders that are preordered are prioritized. Cartridge availability for non-preorder customers is extremely limited!
    Unfortunately we need to restrict orders to
    1 Cartridge per customer! (even for preorders!)”

    So if you didn’t pre-order, you best hurry before they are sold out.

    This is a good choice for those who want to use a C64 in their MIDI rig, however, I hope they fixed the serious issues from P64, since besides a quite useless Wave Player module (plays 4-bit samples, why not 8-bit samples after code for such a thing is widely available?), this is pretty much Prophet64 with a MIDI IN plug bolted on.

  • High Voltage SID Collection – Update #49 released!

    The end all be all collection of C64 music
    The end all be all collection of C64 music

    Good news, fans of SID music! A new update of the famous High Voltage SID Collection is up!

    After this update, the collection should contain 36,081 SID files!
    This update features (all approximates):
    1059 new SIDs
    54 fixed/better rips
    2 fixes of PlaySID/Sidplay1 specific SIDs
    10 repeats/bad rips eliminated
    431 SID credit fixes
    232 SID model/clock infos
    9 tunes from /DEMOS/UNKNOWN/ identified
    40 tunes moved out of /DEMOS/ to their composers’ directories
    14 tunes moved out of /GAMES/ to their composers’ directories

    Among my favourite new tunes, you can check out:

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  • MSSIAH Midi SID Software info updated

    Plug it in.
    Plug it in.

    MSSIAH the sequencer/sampler/midi interface for the C64 is about to ship and they added their documentation to the website. Looking really cool!