• Commodore Free Magazine, Issue 85 - Part 3

    From Stephen Walsh@39:901/280 to All on Sat Jan 3 11:42:23 2015
    There is also a new
    release of the Cassiopei manager.

    jderogee.tripod.com/


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    CBM PRG STUDIO V3.1.0
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    Arthur Jordison has released an update to the CBM prg Studio.

    Changes in this version include: Code clippings, improvements for the VICE debugger support, new manual for mixing BASIC and machine language, support
    for the Plus / 4 screen code builder tool, and BASIC 8 support for C128 projects.

    www.ajordison.co.uk/index.html


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    C64STUDIO V3.8
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    C64 Studio is a machine language development environment 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: !error, !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

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




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    C64 NEWS
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    REFORMATION C64 REMIXES
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    Reformation will be a definitive set of Matt Gray C64 games soundtrack
    remakes, produced by the acclaimed C64 musician himself.

    www.kickstarter.com/projects/1289191009/reformation-c64-track-remakes-by-m att-gray-last-ni


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    INTERNATIONAL KARAOKE+
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    csdb.dk/getinternalfile.php/133459/International_Karaoke+_Digital_Excess.zip

    Interesting, this title - I haven't really reported about "music" 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 favourites 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 pun there?)


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    DUST LAYER CODING TUTORIALS
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    These are published tutorials on dustlayer.com. The tutorials sometime
    come with example code which can be downloaded using DUST or you clone the
    code from my github repository. The appropriate link is provided with each tutorial.

    dustlayer.com/tutorials/


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    DIGITAL EXCESS TOOLS
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    Digital Excess have released a number of tools recently:

    * Roll Over Level Editor
    * Polonäse Level Editor V1.1
    * Addgar Level Editor V2.0
    * Detonators Level Editor
    * JOSH Level Editor

    csdb.dk/group/?id=413


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    PIC2SPR V1.2E
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    Released by: Seanser (at the time of writing has hit version 1.2E). This program can take 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.

    csdb.dk/getinternalfile.php/133197/PIC2SPR12e.7z


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    HVSID PLAYER PLUGIN V4B
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    csdb.dk/release/download.php?id=165170

    20 September 2014, 23:00:00

    Released by: Singular

    Type: IDE64 Release


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    ATTITUDE ISSUE 15
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    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 /Radiantx /Panda Des / Randall/Arise


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    MP3 PLUGIN V6 [IDE64]
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    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 supported by the
    hardware, and only silence is played.

    csdb.dk/getinternalfile.php/132461/MP3_plugin_v0.6.zip


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    AIR SEA BATTLE RELEASED
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    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 author 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 transferred to
    other hardware.

    www.melon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=244#p2255


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    REVOLUTION V RELEASED
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    Lord Crass has released Revolution V

    R5 is a program designed 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 or an IHS-equipped 1541.

    * Can fix illegal GCR on copies to improve compatibility with 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.

    csdb.dk/getinternalfile.php/133080/Revolution-V.d64


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    ULTIMATE OPUS V0.2
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    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 developed by Lft and is used for managing files on SD cards or the USB connection.


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    SID DUZZ' IT V2.1.7
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    This is a music tracker system for the Commodore 64 written by Geir Tjelta
    and Glenn Rune Gallefoss.

    Features: Sequencer, tracker and a sound editor. Load, Save, and Dump
    menu, DOS commands, vibrato, pulse, filter, arpeggio, 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.

    csdb.dk/getinternalfile.php/133177/Sid_Duzz_It_v2.1.7-shape.zip


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    AUDIOTAP AND WAV-PRG
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    Two applications released by Fabbo that allow you to convert to and from
    TAP files using standard cables and a PC.

    AUDIOTAP 2.1

    csdb.dk/getinternalfile.php/133124/audiotap-2.1-win32.zip

    audiotap.exe, an application to read and write Commodore tapes.

    WAV-PRG 4.1

    csdb.dk/getinternalfile.php/133121/wa

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