• Commodore Free Magazine, Issue 77 - Part 3

    From Stephen Walsh@39:901/280 to All on Sun Mar 2 13:15:27 2014
    1990's called
    "Etch-A-Sketch" then here's a fab demo from Style called "Etch-A-Style".
    The demo will start with an automatic drawing. You can however have a play with the Etch-A-Sketch demo, simply by pressing the RUN/STOP key, and use
    the keys, L-Shift, A, Crsr Up and Crsr Left to draw your own sketches.
    Since this is a classic demo, not a utility - you are unable to save your pictures you draw. Anyway have fun with it.

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    NEXT ISSUE:

    Sadly no contributors releases hit this issue's cover tape. We mainly
    relied on the Public Domain sector. However we have tried our best to
    bring you a good E-Cover tape. Hopefully it is a good one for all of you.

    We shall continue to bring you the E-Covertape, but if you want to
    contribute anything for the next E-Cover Tape (Issue 78 of Commodore Free), please send those programs over to either to richardbayliss.c64(a)gmail.com
    or to Nigel at nigelp2(a)yahoo.co.uk. (Note (a) is @ in email addresses).
    We will be happy to feature other formats as well as just the Commodore 64.
    So if you have anything that is for other Commodore computers i.e. VIC 20,
    C16 +4, etc. Which has not been commercially released or is your own work. Then please do mail those in to us. Maybe next issue, you'll be starring
    on the next E-Cover Tape :)



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    GENERAL NEWS
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    QLINK RECORDINGS
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    Raymond wrote:

    ...the Q-Link session from 1989 I recorded on VHS tape to
    blip.tv/file/4138357 But not if you go there they took that video down. I don't get why. So I uploaded it to you tube here:

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHo3qjpDsm4

    Robert Bernardo wrote:

    Blip.tv took down all the Commodore, Amiga, and Star Trek videos that I
    gave to BIOS to be posted there, because those videos no longer meet their
    new "Terms of Service". By that, they mean no videos of meetings, presentations, etc.. They only want entertainment programs, preferably on-going series of entertainment programs.

    Do not worry. Except for two videos that Blip.tv lost somewhere, all the
    other videos were archived and will eventually go back up at Biosjerbil's channel on Youtube.com With over a hundred to be posted, that may take some time. In the meantime, my Amiwest Show 2013 videos have been posted there lately (for Amiga computer fans).



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    PRINTABLE 1541 ULTIMATE CASE
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    Can't find a case for your 1541 ultimate, www.1541ultimate.net/conten t/index.php? You could just download the files to print out your own,
    assuming you have access to a 3D printer, with the cost of 3D printing now within the grasps of the average user, I can seem more and more of this
    (print your own) for Commodore users, especially for these types of
    short-run cases .

    www.thingiverse.com/thing:187524



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    VICE EMULATOR ONLINE
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    Richard Janicek has a website with the VICE emulator available to play
    online. this emulator uses JavaScript and should work on most modern
    browsers. Future updates will add joystick and gamepad support, as well as being able to support other Commodore computers.

    retroplay.co/c64/#{"vice":{"-soundsyn c":0,"-soundrate":22050,"-soundfragsi ze":2}}



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    C64 STUDIO UPDATED
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    C64 Studio is a machine language development environment that works with in conjunction with the VICE emulator. You can write machine language; and
    test the code in the VICE emulator. Recent changes: Added: Tile map
    editor, Ignoring warnings and modifiable constants. Improvements for PDS
    and DASM support, overlapping segments, breakpoints, and the find / replace function.

    www.georg-rottensteiner.de/en/index.html



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    C64 NEWS
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    HEAD ON AND COMET CHAT 1.5
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    News from Goog

    You may have heard elsewhere already, but I released a new online game and
    new version of Comet Chat.

    HEAD ON GAME:

    This game is similar to Tron's Light Cycles...the game isn't super fancy in terms of graphics and sound, but offers a nice 2-player head-to-head game
    that you can play online, using CommodoreServer's gaming service.

    More info:

    www.commodoreserver.com/BlogEntryView.asp?EID=D4F2A40C607B4A06BF52F402FB40
    9D16

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    COMET CHAT V1.5:

    This version of chat allows you to load different fonts from the Internet.
    At 38K speeds, it is incredibly quick. As the online disk grows with more fonts, your choices will be greater for displaying text. It also allows
    you to launch games directly from the chat app. This is nice, because as you're chatting, you'll not only see the games that people launch, but also
    be able to join them quickly.

    More info:

    www.commodoreserver.com/BlogEntryView.asp?EID=D92C94933211459F91BC83A73224
    14A7

    Enjoy, Goog



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    COMPUTER CLUB 2 C64
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    Published on September 20, 2012

    This Germany language clip; shows Frank and Jan Janssen two C64 experts
    with 25 classic C64 computers.

    Janssen is currently working on his website www.c-64.org/de/index.html
    which will document the history , and different models of this legendary 8-
    bit computer.

    Frank 's First Chief of Return magazine www.return-magazin.de the magazine
    for 8- bit computers

    COMMODORE FREE: It all looks incredibly professionally-recorded and
    incredibly interesting, however, because I can't speak German, I haven't
    much of a clue as to what is going on here!

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pymxsNdtKo



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    WOW C64 SURROUND SOUND SIDPLAYERV1.0
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    Released by: The Wizard

    Download :

    * www.mediafire.com/download/fffebhe7974484w/WOW64_V1SURROUND_SIDPLAYER.rar

    * csdb.dk/getinternalfile.php/123298/WOW64_V1SURROUND_SIDPLAYER.rar

    * csdb.dk/getinternalfile.php/123449/residfp-wow.rar



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    VIC 20 NEWS
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    VIC-20 FLASH MEMORY EXPANSION
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    Phvic is working on a flash memory expansion for the Commodore VIC-20.

    The following features are planned:

    * vic-20 can see the flash as read
    only memory

    * vic-20 can autoboot from the flash

    * a microcontroller is used to write
    to the flash, the microcontroller
    is connected to PC/Mac through
    serial

    * the memory can be flashed while the
    vic-20 is powered on

    The device is still in development. You can follow the progress on Denial Forum.

    gator3293.hostgator.com/~sleeping/ipw-web/bulletin/bb/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=6758



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    DOOM VIC 20
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    Just to prove nothing can ever be called impossible; and I have reported
    this before about Doom on the Vic. Kweepa has released a port of the
    shareware version of Doom for the Vic 20. The software needs a 35k Ram expansion and a disk drive to run. Although the screen size is small; and movement is jerky from slow screen refresh rates, you have to tip your hat
    to the guy, as this is an amazing achievement on the Vic. His Doom ports
    seem to be getting better and better.

    Features 8 shareware levels, 4 enemies, 5 weapons, 11 music tracks, 20
    sound effects, cheat codes, a map screen, corpses, secrets, pickups,
    exploding barrels, intermission and victory screens, and more! The Loading screen that looks incredible on the Vic is by Mike. Also of note is the
    doom music faithfully created by the Vic very good indeed!

    The download is available from here

    www.kwe

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