• Commodore Free Magazine, Issue 53 - Part 4

    From Stephen Walsh@39:901/281 to all on Sat Sep 17 12:55:55 2011
    lightpen
    trackball
    touchpad
    paddles (for games)
    lightgun (for games)
    Suncom Icontroller
    Serial Mouse Interface (Commodore 1351 compatible)
    64HDD PC-mouse (Commodore 1351 compatible)
    Mycromys V3
    4 Player interface*

    STORAGE:
    disk drive Commodore 1001
    disk drive Commodore 1541 / compatible
    disk drive Commodore 1570
    disk drive Commodore 1571
    disk drive Commodore 1571CR
    disk drive Commodore 1581
    CMD-FD Series
    CMD-HD Series
    CMD RAMLink
    IEC-ATA V2 (not as device for installing system)
    SD2IEC
    MMC2IEC*
    µIEC/SD
    µIEC/IDE+CF

    CMD SUPPORT:
    CMD FD Series
    CMD HD series
    CMD JiffyDOS
    CMD SuperCPU128
    CMD RAMLink
    CMD RAMDrive
    CMD SmartMouse
    CMD SmartTrack
    CMD SwiftLink
    CMD Turbo232
    CMD 1750
    CMD 1750XL
    CMD SID Symphony Stereo

    REU:
    REU 1700 128kB
    REU 1750 512kB
    REU 1764 256kB
    CMD 1750 512kB
    CMD 1750XL 2MB
    GeoRAM
    NeoRAM
    BBGRAM (Battery Backed up GeoRAM)
    GeoCART

    ETHERNET / TRANSFER:

    64NIC+ (RR-Net compatible)
    RR-Net old
    RR-Net New
    Comet64
    ETH64 (Ethernet64)
    FB-NET (RR-Net compatible)
    SilverSurfer (RS-232 card)
    TFE (The Final Ethernet)
    CMD SwiftLink
    CMD Turbo232

    RTC:
    64HDD (software)
    CMD RAMLink
    CMD FD-2000
    CMD FD-4000
    CMD HD
    CMD SmartMOUSE
    CMD SmartTRACK
    SD2IEC
    µIEC/SD
    µIEC/IDE+CF
    RTC64*
    BB-Real Time Clock*
    GeoCART
    The Right Time*
    Clock Calendar Cartridge*
    Dallas Smartwatch
    Dallas RTC IC DS12C887*

    ADDITIONAL:
    Datassette
    CassAdapt
    DVD/CD drives
    EPROMMER*

    PC SOFTWARE:
    64HDD Freeware / Professional
    DriveGhost
    WarpCopy 0.6

    (*not sure if will be possible at least the test)


    Current state
    Updated: June, 15, 2011

    OS status: in development

    Current work:
    Window drawing & handling
    Keyboard handling
    Desktop validating
    BIOS upgrade

    Done:
    ACE128ICE 2.0
    Pointer handling
    Icons handling
    VDCImage utility


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    SID RECREATED
    ***************

    I was sent these two links by a reader with the title SID recreated but
    nothing more about the project! The second link to VISIAL6502.ORG has some
    very highly details pictures of the Sid chip as seen through a microscope the individual parts were then stitched together to form a picture, you need to
    see it on the website as its to large to print really Here is a small version though for the people who don’t have internet access

    http://www.swinkels.tvtom.pl/swinsid/

    http://visual6502.org/images/pages/Commodore_8580_SID.html

    The first website SWINKELS (nothing like doing things in reverse order) Is interesting here are the specifications

    Features of SwinSID X2:

    - Two AVR cores for double performance (48 MIPS)
    - Two SID chip emulation
    - Nearly full software compatibility with SID
    - 6 voices
    - 2 oscillators per voice with adjustable phase and mixing mode
    - 16 waveforms stored in flash ROM
    - Exponential ADSR volume fades without envelope bug
    - White noise generator with pitch regulation
    - FM modulation between voices
    - Hard sync modulation
    - Built-in socket for optional SID chip
    - Low pass filter with self-oscillating resonance
    - Standard 4 bit sample playback as 4th voice

    --- CrashWrite 2.0
    * Origin: --:)----- Dragon's Lair BBS -----(:-- (39:901/281)