64er Magazin goes Internet! Spannender Vortag und volles Haus auf dem #vcfe in München.

Commodore 64 Assembly, part 7 - subroutines and branching

https://michal.sapka.pl/2025/commodore-64-assembly-part-7-subroutines-and-branching/

Commodore 64 Assembly, part 6 - substracting numbers and other math

https://michal.sapka.pl/2025/commodore-64-assembly-part-6-substracting-number-and-other-math/

I am very close to actually drawing stuff on the screen.

I love the sound of old speech synthesizers…

https://dectalk.nu

Reminds me of the great speech synthesis developed by Electronic Speech Systems…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESS_Technology

… for Commodore 64 games like Impossible Mission, Beach Head II and Ghostbusters…

https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/E/Electronic_Speech_Systems/Impossible_Mission.sid&subtune=9

#Introduction

Hi everyone. I just moved to this server from Astrodon because I feel it is a better fit for my diversity of interests. These include: amateur #Astronomy, #HamRadio, #Photography, #Cycling, #Hiking, #Nature, #Scotch, #RetroComputing, #RetroProgramming, playing electric #Guitar and following #F1.

I live in #Canada with my wife and dog, and we have three wonderful adult children (me and the wife that is, not me and the dog!).

I also run a #Commodore BBS:
bbs.deepskies.com:6400

#RetroComputing Meetup @cbase
Freitag, 02.05. ab 19 Uhr
in der c-base, Rungestraße 20, 10179 Berlin

Offener #VintageComputing Stammtisch

Bei einem Getränk reden wir über Themen von #Zuse bis #Amiga, egal ob #Atari, #Commodore, #Apple oder #PDP8-#PDP11 - Hauptsache alte Rechner

My first real computer, following some of the early game consoles. Well, I had a Commodore 128 to be exact, but I spent about 90% of my time playing games in C64 mode.

𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙚 64: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙨' 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮

https://spectrum.ieee.org/commodore-64

This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Linux kernel 6.15 RC3 released with last minute fix for GCC-15, and a few other bug fixes:
https://ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-6-15-rc3-released/

Linux kernel 6.13 reaches EOL, upgrade to 6.14 is recommended:
https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-6-13-reaches-end-of-life-its-time-to-upgrade-to-linux-kernel-6-14

COSMIC Alpha 7 released with pinned workspaces, option to reorder workspaces, high contrast mode, global shortcuts (turned off by default), new settings for XWayland fractional scaling and more:
https://ostechnix.com/cosmic-desktop-environment-alpha-7-released/

Fedora 43 will drop X11 support for GNOME:
https://debugpointnews.com/fedora-x11-package-remove/

OpenMandriva Lx 6.0 released with Linux kernel 6.14, KDE Plasma 6.3, new Server Edition, community spins with GNOME 48.1, LXQt 2.2, Xfce 4.20 and COSMIC Alpha, updated packages:
https://9to5linux.com/openmandriva-lx-6-0-released-with-linux-6-14-kde-plasma-6-3-and-server-edition

Kubuntu 25.04 released with Linux kernel 6.14, KDE Plasma 6.3.4, Wayland session as default, Qt 6.8.3, KDE Frameworks 6.12.0, updated packages:
https://news.itsfoss.com/kubuntu-25-04/

Commodore OS Vision 3.0 released, inspired by the system of old Commodore computers, with retro games, a new implementation of the BASIC programming language with 3D graphics support, Commodore OS Central as a content and support hub with plans to develop it into a game launcher:
https://betanews.com/2025/04/26/never-mind-windows-11-commodore-os-vision-3-0-is-the-retro-inspired-os-you-didnt-know-you-needed-download-it-now/
(Yeah, let's go back to the good old days, when the digital world was a free place! (At least from what I've heard, I was born in the early 2000s.))

Ubuntu 24.04 is now available for OrangePi RV2:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/ubuntu-24-04-orangepi-rv2-images
(Orange meets orange. How epic is that lol)

Wine 10.6 released with new lexer in the Command Processor, PBKDF2 algorithm in Bcrypt, improved support for image metadata in WindowsCodecs, various bug fixes and performance improvements:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/4/wine-10-6-brings-enhancements-and-bug-fixes/

(FOSS news in comment)

New video! I'm building the Open Source Arcade Stick in the DE-9 version (Commodore, Atari etc) with adjustable auto fire and lit fire buttons.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/1HzP0J1iCzU
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/jgfwx7jofMpVmychGogFrV

Absolutely stunning!

Credit https://x.com/Underwulde123

If you know Deluxe Paint ("DPaint") for the Amiga (and MS-DOS), you know that it's one of the best pixel editors ever.

@PyDPainter is a free, faithful DPaint resurrection, and the latest release includes a macOS beta version…

https://github.com/mriale/PyDPainter/releases/tag/v2.1.0

Commodore 64 Assembly, part 4: how does the machine execute machine code?

https://michal.sapka.pl/2025/commodore-64-assembly-part-4-how-does-the-machine-execute-machine-code/

Summarising what I got up to over the long weekend. A little delve into the state of modern development for a few 8-bit retro machines.

#RetroDev Delve 1:

gemini://s73.girv.in/glog/2025/2025-04-22-retrodev-delve-1.gmi

https://s73.girv.in/glog/2025/2025-04-22-retrodev-delve-1.html

BackBit used to sell the BackSID, but not anymore. Any story behind that?
#commodore #c64

Lupus Reditus / MYSTIC & TRSI [Amiga Demo | Revision 2025]

Download: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=103978

YouTube: https://youtu.be/CH1JWOhvk5c

Auf #rbbradioeins läuft seit ca. 2 Stunden Musik der 90er und damals habe ich die Musik gehasst, weil ich noch musikalisch in den 1980ern war und die neue Musik als Schund betrachtete. Der Eindruck hat sich heute geändert. Es ist immer noch viel Schund dabei, aber auch zahlreiche musikalische Klassiker, die ich immer wieder gerne höre. In den 90ern habe ich ein wenig Musik mit dem #commodore #amiga gemacht. Hätte ich das mal mehr forciert ... ;-)

Part 3 of my Assembly fun (with guest appearance of emacs' hex mode):

https://michal.sapka.pl/2025/commodore-64-assembly-part-3-mnemonics-opcodes-pseudos-control-commands-and-tables/

Messing around in TRSE. Got a "level map" loading from a compressed file and poked to the VIC-20 screen. Ship it!

Pixel exact emulation of the Commodore 128, Commodore 64, Spectrum 48/128K, VIC-20 and Atari 2600 https://www.z64k.com/

#Commodore #C64 #Commodore64 #VIC-20 #Commodore128