commodore_free_06.pdf

Commodore Free

Issue Number 6

Musician Richard Joseph

Passed away 4 th March 2007

Commodore Free

Editor

Contents

Really got into some research this issue, I decided to

do some reviews of Commodore vic 20 games, BUT

guess what, I dug out Bomber and Blue meanies

played them for 3 hours, and realised I hadn’t done

any actual reviewing!

Editor Page 2

Contents Page 2

Comments Page 3

News page 4

6502 Ramrom Page 5–9

Rest of the Bible Page 10–12

David Horrocks Page 13

Hex files part 1 Page 14

Bits and pieces Page 15

Diskimagery64 Page 16–17

New 64 Games Page 18

Commodore128.org Page 19-20

C= Preservation Project Page 21-26

Andrew Fisher

So err no vic games reviews then in this issue, sorry

about that, I did though find around 50 games I had

in a box locked in the attic of my house, and fondly

looked through the covers remembering the fun I had

playing the games many years ago before the

Commodore 64 came out. After the 64 the old vic

games just moved to the attic never to see light of

day again, well until now.

I have some concerns

I have been asked how I can justify the cost of the

disk image, and copies of the magazine, turns out

some members are copying the disk images and

printing the pdf then charging for the copies this is

disgusting, I can appreciate a small charge for cost of

the disk and even ink but no more. If you are being

charged more than a duplication cost please let me

know.

Page 27-28

Richard Joseph

Page 29-30

The END

Page 31

The whole goal of the magazine is that its all FREE!

So the disk image text and pdf are all free to

download or read online, I suggest a local library or

Commodore club should have some form of web

browser if you don’t have internet access.

If you have an article you would like to share

please feel free to send it to me

Nigelp2k@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks this issue and last go to Al Jackson who has

been mugged with the job of Disk creation, Al sort of

volunteered but didn’t realise it and now checks e

text on the disk imaged D64

I have tracked 350 individual downloads of

Commodore Free issue number 4

Remember the magazine is all by volunteers, ok 2

people myself and Al doing the disk text, it may not

be professional but it’s the best I can do, as I have

said I am no writer, I also found I am not good at

interviewing, if you feel you can do better then please

do and send in some text or a review you have

written

More surprising is no one has actually criticised the

magazine and ripped it to shreds am I doing

everything right, I expect many will now correct this

oversight.

I just read the sad news about Richard joseph

Commodore musician

Commodore Free

Readers Comments

Pablo

Jocelyn

Hi!,

My name is Pablo and I'm a collector from Argentina.

I'm really surprised about Commodore Free having

companies having problems with your magazine,

Hi,

I just discovered your magazine and i want to thank

you very much for this great piece of art. I'm a huge

fan of the commodore 64 (i programmed a lot in the

80's!) and I’m glad that i found your magazine. I was

searching for a Commodore 64 dedicated magazines

and this is the only one i found.

Thanks again!

Regards,

Jocelyn

COMMODORE FREE

I guess Commodore users are still a "respectable

force", so they still bothered about copyrights, but

why don't they take your comments as free

advertising?, I simply cannot understand they can

have complains.

Ok, just keep going on and forget about them. Great

Magazine and

excellent work.

Pablo

Jocelyn

Glad you like the magazine, why not contribute an

article about some of the items you wrote for the

Commodore, no one knows everything about the

machine and its good to look at others experiences

COMMODRE FREE

I agree with you that other users are braking

with companies who still own copyright to images,

text etc. the only thing I can say is that I have to be

more careful

As for other magazines there are a number of PDF

downloadable but most are not in English, also there

are a number of disk based magazines to run on real

machines

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Maybe I should feature an article on all commodore

magazines Disk or paper based

Yann

Hi,

Where can i get the 3 first magazines?

best regards,

Help would be very much welcome for this feature, if

you know of a magazine disk, or pdf or paper based

let me know, and how its ordered or downloaded.

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For the record then on copyright

I was contacted by a number of company’s claming

an infringement of copyright, or a misrepresentation

of the company, the letters looked real and genuine

and a number threatened court action if no further

action was taken.

Yann

COMMODORE FREE

Yann Due to copyright problems I can no longer

distribut the issues, maybe you could find a user that

has downloaded one of the first 3 issues and read

his/her copy Thaks

I decided to pull all copies and text from the website,

the letters stopped, so I now ensure I try to clear all

text and pictures and logos with the relevant

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Damiano

hi,

i'm italian guy 1971 old ...

i lost the 1,2,3 number of fantastic!!!

commodore_free_issue_ pdf fromat is possible to

received in my email

than'k for your good work!

bye Damiano

COMMODORE FREE

I am not going to list the companies involved as they

may claim I am trying to start a vendetta against

them, or a hate mail list, all I want to do is create a

FREE magazine filled with relevant Commodore

related items.

I make no money from the magazine, and in fact its

costing me money to keep the magazine running, as

well as the time it takes to compile the issue.

I can t blame companies for protecting themselves

that’s how they make money, unfortunately I am not

motivated by money, I enjoy having fun and living

rather than thinking all day about money

Damiano

I am glad you like the magazine, like many of the

other questions here I am unable to distribute them

due to copyright problems,

Regards

Commodore Free magazine

Commodore Free

News and Information

Bomb Chase

Richard bayliss releases and updated Bomb

chase

http://www.redesign.sk/tnd64/games/Bomb_Chas

e_Revival.zip With updated Graphics and music

The idea of the game is to dash around collecting

bombs before they explode. A simple game but

the simple ones are usually the most addictive.

" New version of JSIDPlay available "

A new version of the 100% Java sid player is

available at www.jac64.com. It plays much more

sid tunes than previous versions since it is based

on the latest JaC64 version and use Dag Lemms

sidplay assembly routine. The full HVSC library is

available to listen to!

http://www.jac64.com/sid-music.html

PRESS PLAY ON TAPE is proud to announce

two upcoming concerts in the near future:

On Saturday april 7th we'll be playing in

Frankfurt, Germany, at the Breakpoint'07 demo

event. We have been wanting to play in Germany

for a long time so we are really looking forward to

this. If you live in Germany don't mis it! See the

Breakpoint website for more info:

http://breakpoint.untergrund.net/

Pre-orders are now open for "The

Commodore 64 Games Book 1982 - 199x".

This is the follow-up to the ZX Spectrum book

released in December 2006 by Andrew Rollings.

( http://zxgoldenyears.com )

Author Andrew Fisher will review and describe

over 200 classic (and not so great) Commodore

64 fans, revealing trivia about the machine, the

programmers and the games.

Press Play on Tape

On Saturday May 5th we'll be playing another

concert in Copenhagen at "The Rock". The last

concert in December went really well so The

Rock wanted us to come and play again :) Hope

to see YOU there! Tickets are available at

http://www.billetlugen.dk (search for "PRESS

PLAY ON TAPE") at 85 DKK + fee. At the

previous concert the doors closed during the

evening because the place was crammed, so be

prepared and buy your ticket in advance :) Keep

an eye on our event page for up-to-date info

about support band and more:

http://www.pressplayontape.com/?pid=concerts_t

herock2007

There will be a limited print run, and pre-ordering

will help guarantee the book goes to print.

http://c64goldenyears.com

More information later in this issue of

Commodore Free magazine

COMMODORE FREE

Programming section

CLASSIC GAMING EXPO

After being on hiatus for 2 years, the Classic

Gaming Expo is coming back in 2007, back to

Las Vegas and on the same weekend as the

Commodore Vegas

Expo! In the past the Fresno Commodore User

Group has had a table at CGE, but I don't think

we can handle 2 shows at the same time. :-) So

while you are at CommVEx, take a gander at the

massive CGE (and vice versa). Details are still

scarce about CGE 2007, but any updates will be

posted at http://www.cgexpo.com

The dates are July 28th and 29 th

ROC=K ON!

I am pleased to announce that if all goes to plan!

We should have a programming section in the

magazine, I have asked the writer to produce an

Introduction to programming.

PRESS PLAY ON TAPE

So what’s new with that there are loads of these,

Yes dear reader and if you are a programming

virgin you will realise they all start slow then

seem to gather pace till it’s a rush to the end and

somewhere mid section you seem lost!

Cottonwood BBS

I've been hard at work on adding "goodies" to my

BBS, which is now running on Color 64 software.

I have added multi-upload capability, 40/80

column selection for message entry, a "one-liner"

feature, and best of all, some online games! I've

added Horserace (a "classic" Color 64 game),

Master's Empire (a very good upgrade to the

classic Empire game), and Stock Market (another

great game).

The Commodore Free programming guide will

walk the user through the basics of Coding a

game in BASIC using Commodore graphics then

move to using sprites, and sounds, the adding

music then finally to producing the whole game in

machine code.

Master's Empire and Stock Market are both

multi-player games. Everyone gets to take turns

while they're signed onto the BBS, and over a

period

of weeks, the game progresses until one person

reaches the pre-set goal and is proclaimed the

winner.

I will announce more after I have the full ok from

the writer taking up the challenge.

Many readers have requested that there be a

programming section and I hope this fills the gap,

If you have any programming experience or

advice please share it with other readers.

I'll be on the lookout for more Color 64 mods to

improve my setup... I'm always looking to

improve... :-)

Again I would like anyone whatever background

to submit an article on something Commodore

related, Thanks to all readers who contributed to

this issue.

Check out what's new on Cottonwood BBS today

by calling (951) 242-3593.

Take care...

-Andrew

Commodore Free

The 6502-RAMROM as drive expander

A short overview of the 6502 microprocessor based

hardware extension, that was designed by Nicolas

Welte . It contains a dedicated test report with my

personal experiences and some application

examples.

board was no big problem. Although I have to state

that, for a beginner, it may be too hard. Please look

onto Nicolas' construction page and carefully decide,

if you feel able to solder the board. If not, you should

order the ready-built extension board

Originally the 6502-RAMROM

[6502-RamRom inserted into 1541 drive, side view,

was conceived by Nicolas Welte and Paul Förster for

the Commodore PET series computers as a RAM

and ROM expansion and diagnostic board, leading to

it's first name: PETRAM. Based upon many

discussions with Nicolas in the design phase, he (we

?) decided to make use of a Flash-ROM chip instead

of just EPROMs. And other 6502 microprocessor

based Commodore computers like the VIC20 or the

1541 disk drive should be taken into account.

[6502-RamRom top view,

The processor adaptor board can be configured for

different systems by simply replacing one little GAL

16V8 programmable logic chip. To keep the

hardware simple, the C64 computer or other non

pure 6502 micro's are not supported.

6502-RAMROM prototype test report from Womo,

2003-02-07 HardwareSome weeks after Nicolas

received his professionally manufactured printed

circuit boards (PCBs) of the 6502-RAMROM I

ordered two of them

[6502-RamRom bottom view

[Delivered 6502-RamRom and Flash-Adaptor PCBs,

[Soldered optional SMD-RAM,

along with some of the needed components. Since I

don't own a PET computer nor a VIC20, I ordered

only two GALs for the Commodore 15x1 drive

replacement configuration. Since I can call myself an

experienced electronic craftsman, soldering the

At this time, the Flash update software wasn't

available for disk drive in-circuit updates, so I had to

use my IBM-PC based c't-Flasher for burning some

contents into the ROMs. I tested several speeder

ROMs, flashed different versions into the four ROM

banks and switched them forth and back. Everything

worked fine, cool.

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