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Issue 16 February 2008
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Commodore Free Magazine
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it r
t ts
I re-did the logo and while I am no artist I think it
almost looks quite good (ish) I would love the whole
thing designed using a real Commodore 64 and
maybe if I get the time I will give it a go maybe as a
low resolution blocky image. You will see the change
as the reflected Commodore Free is graded and
moved up slightly. Looks more natural looking as my
old art teacher would have said, I expect if he saw
this he would be on the floor dying in fits of laughter, I
didn’t last long in art and dropped the subject as
quickly as possible when I was at school.
NEWS
News stories about Commodore
Page 3
MESSIAH
Page 23
INTERVIEWS
Al Anger
(Commodore Modder)
Page 5
Ray Carlson
Page 7
(Repair engineer still
supporting Commodore)
Maurice Randel continues to upset people and he
remains quiet about what is happening and so
manages to upset everyone by his lack of
communication. Can the rights to produce CMD
products be removed from him?
Simon Ullyat
Page 15
Cronosoft (new games)
PRESS PLAY ON TAPE
Page 28
Commodore tribute band
playing Commodore SID
Tune4s on real instruments
Remember the Poster competition ends at the end of
this month and so I cant accept any more entries
after the last day in February, I presume by the time
you read this text the competition has already ended,
thanks to all who entered, I had a hard job deciding a
winner and it may not be to everyone’s liking, but I
think its interesting reading; so unless a flood of other
entries come in before the end of February, I have
already picked a winner and you can read the
comments next issue.
TUTORIALS
THE END
Page 10
The start of a new beginners
Guide for the Commodore 64
In the beginning
Page 11
Part 1 beginners guide
to the commodre 64
Again I am suffering from exams and struggling to fit
all the time in, but I managed another issue. Hope its
to your liking, keep the readers comments coming in
they seem to have dried up, I don’t mind just a simple
Hi great issue keep up the work or even hi I read
every issue I think you should give it up as a bad job
because the issues are rubbish.
1541 Idiots guide
Page 17
How to make a 1541 cable
What it is and how to use it
PARTY
Commodore nights
Page 21
Ok you can stop reading this rubbish and get onto
the main magazine speak to you next month.
INFORMATION
CMD where did
Regards
Nigel
Commodore Free
Page 22
it all go wrong
HOW CAN I HELP COMMODORE FREE
Ok the best way to help would be “write something
about Commodore” (yes for the observant I spelled
the company correctly this time) _grin seriously
though articles are always welcome,
WHAT ARTICLES DO YOU NEED
Well they vary contact me if you have an idea but I
am looking for
Tutorials – (beginners and Expert)
Experiences with Commodore
Why I love Commodore machines
Interviews – maybe you have access to a power user
Thanks Nigel
www.commodorefree
commodorefree@commodorefree.com
Issue 16 February 2008 page - 2 -
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News
Cottonwood BBS
In an effort to consolidate my various websites onto
my own server, the
C64/128 BBS List is now located at
http://cottonwood.servebbs.com/cbm-
bbs-list.txt ... I'll still keep it posted at the old address
for a
while, but eventually it'll only be available at the new
address.
Major update to the C64
PAL/NTSC core
FPGA64 for the C-One is now available in V0.23 -
Peter has re-written large parts of the VIC-II code
with the result that DMA-delay now works perfectly!
Also, VIC-tricks like displaying 9 sprites in the same
row are working correctly, and Mark McDougall has
contributed a joystick emulation to the keyboard
interface, so the numeric keypad can be used as
joystick. As always, the new version of the core can
be found on the download page of this website.
Thanks, Peter and Mark! Final core bounty: We
really want the board to leave beta state now. The
final thing to test is the 65816 processor, therefore
we have a bounty of 500,- EUR for the first person
who is making a VIC-20 or C64 core using the 65816
processor on the CPU/RAM card. The bounty is good
until march 20th of this year! All necessary technical
information has been published in may 2007 in the
cone_cores Yahoo group. Read message number 89
for all the details. That Yahoo group is a very good
place for finding technical answers. If you want to
claim that bounty, joining this group will increase your
chances!
Additionally, the Cottonwood BBS Informational
Website is now at
http://cottonwood.servebbs.com
, and my personal
website is at
http://cottonwood.servebbs.com/wiskow
. Simple
HTML pages with a note
providing the new addresses have been posted at
the old addresses.
Amiga Forever runs on
Eee pc and Onlaptop per Child
Hardware
I thought you might be interested in seeing the Amiga
OS running on the OLPC and the Eee.
As we are putting the finishing touches to Amiga
Forever 2008, we just previewed the Amiga
emulation and OS running unmodified from Amiga
Forever on both the OLPC XO and an Asus Eee PC:
SCACOM Aktuell issue 4
The new (German) issue 4 is available via
www.scacom.de.vu.
It’s a special issue about the C264 Series of
computers that Commodore made (C16, C116 and
plus4). To download:
www.scacom.de.vu
in the menu on the Left click on SCACOM
Click on SCACAOM Aktuell (PDF Magazin) and
download the latest issue 4.
Hope you enjoy reading
Amiga Forever 2008 Running on One Laptop per
Child Hardware
http://www.amigaforever.com/news-
events/20080105oapc/
Amiga Forever 2008 Running on Asus Eee PC
http://www.amigaforever.com/news-
events/20080115eee/
SCACOM Team
I'd be happy to provide more details and answer any
questions you may have. You are free to use the
texts and photographs from the above two pages.
MossyCon 4
MossyCon 4 is on track as the first
North American C=/Amiga event of 2008. Here are
the details -- Date: Sunday, March 16 Set-up time: 10
am Official show time: 11 am to 3 pm
Unofficial show time: 3 pm to ? Location: Fultano's
Pizza 620 Olney Ave. (just off of Highway 101/5th
St.) Astoria, Oregon 97103 Phone: 503 325-2855
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http://216.151.27.205:8080/apache2-
default/index.php
>
Admission: Chip in for pizza, sodas, beer, coffee, etc.
Thank you.
Regards,
Takeo
http://www.amigaforever.com
Computerworld
Computerworld has posted an interview with Amiga
v.p. of technology, Adam Chowaniec. He talks a
bit about the Commodore and a lot about Amiga.
Go to
Raffle prizes: new-in-box GEOS 64 2.0, DTV stamps,
and more Presentations (tentative): JiffyDOSsed
VIC-20 with CMD FD drives and hard drive, Lt.
Kernal hard drive for the C64, Behr-Bonz VIC-20
Multicart, Beginner's walkthrough of the C64 User's
Manual, Commodore/Amiga videos, Prophet 64 in a
modded SX-64 On exhibit: Dave Haynie-autographed
Amiga 4000, CommodoreOne, modded SX-64s
<
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?co
mmand=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9052598
>
Artillery Duel Network 1.0 Released
Here it is! The first non-beta release of the first
multiplayer game for RR-Net, ETH64, and FB-Net.
For nearby accomodations, go to
http://www.hotels.com
and input Astoria, OR
http://home.ica.net/~leifb/commodore/duel/
For more MossyCon 4 information, contact the
chancellor of the Anything Commodore User Group
(ACUG), David Mohr, at lordronin(at)vcsweb.com
Fab!
Robert Bernardo
Download it here:
http://noname.c64.org/csdb/release/?id=45526
Issue 16 February 2008 page - 3 -
Commodore Free Magazine
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NEWS Continued………….
Jack Tramiel - Commodore History – Interview Steve
Wozniak - Tries to Sell Apple to Commodore
Prophet Cartridge discontinued!
LOADSTAR 248
Yes the cartridge is discontinued but read more
about why this is good news later in the magazine
also online at
www.prophet64.com
It has been a long time in coming, but LOADSTAR
Issue 248 shipped on Valentines Day, with emails
shipping on Sunday, Feb 17. We do apologize about
the long hiatus, but we are finally back in the swing.
During the year, disks -- both 5.25 and 3.5 DD/DS
have become hard to come by and expensive.
Fortunately, we now have enough 5.25 disks to finish
our run of 256 issues! And the cost of 3.5 disks is not
too much. So, if you want to get in on the last 8
issues (249-256), email is the way to go. We email
D81 and D64 versions. The subscription price on
these last 8 issues is $24 for all eight.
SCACOM Aktuell English
A version 1 of the English edition of SCACOM
magazine is available to download
www.scacom.de.vu
Guinnes book of records Gamers
edition
Thanks to all LOADSTARites for your Loyal Support
Dave
www.eloadstar.com
http://gamers.guinnessworldrecords.com/default.aspx
Read more about whats included
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/02/14/guinness_
world_records_video_game_edition/
Contents
LOADSTAR by the Dozen
.
Get your back issues in a convenient Windows-ready
format.
The Commodore 64 Book.
by Andrew Fisher A new
published perspective on
our favorite computer.
F U N W A R E
Shamrocks Solitaire.
by Maurice Jones A
completely different and addicting way to play cards.
CCCC Expo
CCCC is pleased to announce beginning on June 28,
2008, and continuing thru the 29th, we are hosting an
expo for all Commodore enthusiasts. The event is
taking place within
greater Cincinnati, Ohio,
at the Drawbridge Inn
of Ft Mitchell KY.
Shisen-Sho.
by Ron & Kate Slaminko It's tile
matching with a twist,
and a little help from the C64.
Alfredo's Pitfall
by Ricky Derocher The little guy is
back, with
music and more.
A huge room will be available for demos and
dealers. More details will be coming soon.
Elevator Music
by Fender Tucker
A puzzling piece
of cyber-enigma, wrapped in a fog of binary pasta.
David Witmer Cincinnati Commodore Computer Club
PresidentWebpage
http://www.geocities.com/c64-128-amig
Misfortune
by Bad Bytes
A classy game from Down
Under that will certainly silence those who call
LOADSTAR "lame!"
M U S I C W A R E
Corky's Classy Classics
by Henry "Corky" Cochran
Three songs you will love to hear.
Commodore Videos
Thanks to Robert Bernardo's video work and 1.5
solid days of editing and converting by
www.commodore.ca, we
now have a substantial amount of video content
posted from the Computer History Museum's: Impact
of the Commodore 64.
Graphics and Music
by Dave Moorman A step by
step tutorial for putting bitmap graphics and SID
Songs in your programs – with DotBASIC Plus!
M O R E F U N W A R E
Knight's Journey
by Ricky Derocher
As a Knight
Errant, you must carefully pick your way through this
adventure.
Note that many of these files are large and we only
have a limited amount of bandwidth. As such I
recommend that you RIGHT CLICK ON THE
APPROPRIATE LINK AND SELECT "SAVE
TARGET AS" to download the files to your computer
rather than having them run through yourbrowser
Corsair
by Jon Mattson
Make your fortune trading on
the frontiers of civilization.
http://www.commodore.ca/gallery/video/video.htm
MOOD
by Perff of No Name
DOOM on the C64
never looked or played better.
C O D E R W A R E
DotBASIC Plus
by Dave Moorman An Object
Oriented BASIC Extension that can keep on
extending for years to come!
Bil Herd - Commodore C128, Plus/4, Early Days
Bil Herd - Everyone Worked for Jack Tramiel
Bill Lowe - Father of the IBM PC
Jack Tramiel - Atari Deal, Amiga Chips, Irving Gould
Jack Tramiel - MOS Technology was Critical
Jack Tramiel - Commodore History His Own Words
Issue 16 February 2008 page - 4 -
Commodore Free Magazine
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Interview with Al Anger
Hardware modder
http://alanger.net/
Hello Nigel. Thanks for the interview. To use this, I
require it be included as is, with no changes of any
kind to your questions or my answers. If you can not
abide by this requirement, do not use it.
Thanks for your understanding.
A - As little as possible. Right now it's running a small
PC repair shop.
Q - Can you tell our reader about your website?
Q - Please introduce yourself to our reader
A - It has a blue background, and lots of pictures.
A - Hi, I'm Al.
Q - Can you tell us about your computing history
what was your first machine etc
Q - Can you tell our reader about your collection of
machines (commodore and none commodore)
A - I don't collect any more. I've given away or sold
most of what I don't use. I don't need to have stuff,
just to have stuff.
A - IBM Card Punch. Followed by the IBM Card
Sorter. And then the IBM403 Accounting Machine.
This was in 1967. In my Jr. & Sr. years of high
school, I took the regular classes, math, history, etc.
in the morning. In the afternoons I road a school bus,
by myself (plus the driver, of course), fifty some miles
to Buffalo NY. There I took the local community
collage classes in Data Processing, as it was called
then.
Q - What is the term "modding" and how does this
relate to Commodore machines
A - Mod is short for modifying. It relates to C= as to
modifying anything else.
Q - Why did you decide to Modify Commodore
Machines?
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/026.html
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/sorter.html
A - Because I had lots of them, and they are
relatively cheap. If you brake it, no big loss,
financially.
I've included pictures of a panel similar to one that
plugged into the 403. The banana tip jumpers were
how the machine was programmed. They told the
machine where to print the various bits of
information. More here:
Q - Are any of the modded machines available for
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/
history/407.html
These machines were from
the fifties to early sixties, but
were still used for teaching in
the late sixties.
I was not the type to ware the
thin black tie, so after high
school I moved to Miami FL.
and worked at restoring old
wooden boats. I played with
computers on the side during
the seventies. Mostly building
computer kits.
sale
In the eighties, I took classes at Miami Dade
Community Collage. Mostly programming classes,
just for fun, not for credit. In eighty two, I bought a Vic
20. That began a life long love affaire with
Commodore Which runs through today.
A - No. I tested the waters with a sale on eBay, and
didn't receive near what it was worth.
Q - Can you tell our reader about Ray Allen's
128DCR, how was the project started and why.
In the mid eighties, I was asked by a friend to
manage a computer store; Computer Warehouse.
We sold everything from the Adam to Zenith laptops.
A - I had taken a few years off from modding. I
wanted to do something again and made some
remark on IRC or mailing list, I forget now. He had
the courage to follow up on it.
In the nineties, I managed one hundred and fifty
desktops for an import/export broker. They had eight
offices from Tennessee to Florida.
Q - Can you tell our reader what you do for a living?
Q - Ray Allen's 128DCR project looks brilliant do you
have plans for any more maybe to sell off or was this
purely a 1 off?
A - Thanks for the kind words. It is a one off. No one
wants to pay what it's worth. even at say, $20/hour; it
took hundreds of hours.
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