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Issue 14 November 2007
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Free to download magazine dedicated to Commodore Computers
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Commodore Free Magazine
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Editor
Contents
November, bonfire night and remembrance Sunday;
For me they both go hand in hand, this is because I
think of all the services in remembrance Sunday not
just people who have fought in wars. In an ideal
world we wouldn’t have a war and would be able to
talk out our problems over the table.
It seems odd that a lot of wars are started by differing
faiths and religions, the armed forces are there to
ensure all our safety and give there lives to ensure
we are safe.
Editor and Contents
Page 2
NEWS
General news
Page 3
Midi news
Page4
Competition
Commdore poseter
Page 5
TUTORIALS
Beginners guide to the 64
So to are the Fire service, police doctors nurses, they
all to some degree risk there lives for ours. Recently
3 firemen were while they tried to rescue and put out
a fire in the UK. I thought of these as well as
everyone else for the 2 minutes silence. It isn’t much
but I wear a poppy and give 2 minutes of my time to
remember the services skill commitment and
dedication to our safety.
Page 6
INTERVIEWS
Lord Ronin
Page 9
Steffan Egger
Page 12
Fotios
Page 16
Mark Mc Dougall
Page 18
Andrew Bourhill
Page 20
Jozef Lasziop
Page 24
Thanks
INFORMATION
Commodore 64 Hardware
Another packed issue and the First Commodore Free
competition see page 5 For details of how to enter .
Page 15
Dtv Modding
Page 22
PROGRAMMING
Hex files
Page 26
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
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News
A Recent email from Robert Bernardo
Steve Wozniak of Apple fame
Hello, FCUG members,
I thought our table at this year's Nov. 3-4 Vintage
Computer Festival 10.0 would be the capper for the
year 2007!I was wrong!
Gigantic surprise! Former CEO of Commodore
Business Machines, Jack Tramiel, will be making a
rare public appearance! Yesterday I received a
message on the answering machine from Karen
Tucker, CMO/VP of Public Programs for the
Computer History Museum in Mountain View (San
Jose area), and California.
William C. Lowe, father of the IBM PC
Adam Chowaniec, former vice-president of
technology for Amiga at Commodore Business
Machines
John Markoff, moderator of the panel discussion and
New York Times reporter and author of the computer
history book, "What the Dormouse"
Others to speak/appear --
Here is part of what she said:
Leonard Tramiel, former vice-president of software
development and v.p. of advanced technology at
Atari Corporation
... I thought you might be happy to know that the
museum is going to have a celebration of the impact
of the Commodore 64 on December 10. It's kind of a
25th anniversary celebration, and Jack Tramiel will
speak as well as Steve Wozniak and William C.
Lowe, the father of the IBM PC, and Adam Chulaniak
(sp?) who was the Amiga guy at Commodore, and
we're still settling on the moderator. But I thought
that if you are still part of the Fresno Commodore
User Group... that you guys might want to make the
trip down to Mountain View for this event on
December 10.
Jeri Ellsworth, engineer behind the CommodoreOne
and the C64 DTV
Media recording - photography (no flash),
videography, and audio-taping permitted. Possible
webcast from Liquid Computing of Canada
(Chowaniec's current company), which is sponsoring
the event.
Here are Karen's answers to some questions --
On Oct 27, 4:45 pm, Joe C. wrote:
> +Do members get preferential/guaranteed seating?
The exact title of that night's program is "The
Impact of the Commodore 64: A 25-Year
Celebration".
Here are the specifics:
Members receive preference but there is no
guaranteed seating.
> +Will tickets be made available before the day of
the event?
Location: Computer History Museum, 1401 N.
Shoreline Blvd, (exit from the 101 Freeway)
Mountain View, California 94043 Phone: 650 810-
1010
There will be a link on the CHM website for signing
up, and an email announcement will be sent to the
CHM mailing list.
Time and format of the event: Monday, Dec. 10
6 pm - 7 pm -- Museum member's reception with the
guests. Beer, wine, and hors' doeuvres served.
7 pm - 8:30 or 9 pm -- First words/speech by Jack
Tramiel, panel discussion, question-and-answer
session Afterwards, informal chit-chat and possible
autographs
> +Is Karen the point person for media pass
requests?
The point person for media is Bob Stetson at
stetson(at)computerhistory.org
I met with Dale Luck, Amiga software engineer, on
Nov. 4 at the Vintage Computer Festival 10.0.. After
congratulating him and teasing him a bit on his recent
marriage, I mentioned that Jack Tramiel would
be speaking at the Computer History Museum on
Dec. 10. Surprised, he remarked that he didn't know
anything about it. I described the event to him and
the times. I mentioned that Adam Chowaniec would
be there, and he said that knew Adam. Dale was
interested in going to the event and would tell other
Amiga engineers, too.
Admission -- for the reception, free to museum
members ($65 membership) for the event, free
general admission ($10 donation requested)
Seating capacity -- 400
Webpage -- Karen remarks that they are "stupidly
slow" at updating the events' page at
http://www.computerhistory.org/events/
but assures that the event "is really going to
happen... definitely".
Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
The Other Group of Amigoids
http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
Guests on the panel discussion --
Jack Tramiel (pronounced /tra mel/, Karen tells),
former CEO of Commodore Business Machines
Issue 14 November 2007 page - 3 -
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News
Just a quick message to let you know that there's a
new C64 MIDI program called MyMIDI which
includes support for the FB-MIDI interface.
A .d64 image is available for download from the
following URL.
S/SH+S : Sustain
R/SH+R : Release
+/- : Select arpeggio speed
MIDI key functions:
(This depends on your midi keyboard ofcourse)
Keys : Play note on C64
Pitch Bend Wheel: Bend frequency on C64
Modulation Wheel: Set filter cutoff
Volume Slider : Set pulse
http://noname.c64.org/csdb/release/?id=56275
MyMIDI requires a C64 with MIDI interface and a
MIDI keyboard.
MIDI keyboard notes are displayed on the screen
and played by the SID chip.
Modulation Wheel & Volume Slider:
There are 128 possible controllers on a MIDI device.
These are numbered from 0 to 127.
Some of these controller numbers are assigned to
particular hardware controls on a MIDI device. For
example, controller 1 is the Modulation Wheel.
Other controller numbers are free to be arbitrarily
interpreted by a MIDI device.
In this program Pulse control is assigned to 7, and
filter cuttof is assigned to 1.
Many thanks to 6R6 coding this program.
Regards
Fotios
http://www.c64net.com/fotios/
User defined interface:
You can customize the registers in case you
have a interface not on the list.
Control register : Register for talking with your
interface
Status register : Register tells me if a byte is ready.
Tx data : This is the send byte register.
Rx data : This is the receive byte register.
Reset midi : Used with control register - Resets
your interface
Enable midi : Used with control register - Set
count division and enable midi.
Enable midi Irq : Used with control register - Set
count division, enable midi and set irq line.
my-midi 0.2:
By GRG/SHAPE October 2007
Fetching data is done through the irq interrupt.
That means this program doesnt work with interfaces
connected to a nmi line.
Features:
Midi-keyboard data output to your screen.
And also data input to music player.
Known Bugs
If the midi keyboard sends too much data,
the screen output routine will not be able to keep up
with
the data received. It will just print what currently is in
buffer.
C64 Key functions:
1 : Single voice play along
2 : Three voice play along (first 3 keys at a time)
3 : Concate (First in first out)
4 : 1 voice Arpeggio (127 keys with 10 fingers)
F : Toggle filter on/off
B/SH+B : Set band
X : Set resonance
H : Hardrestart type ( 1 = hardest )
W/SH+W : Waveform
A/SH+A : Attack
D/SH+D : Decay
If the 1Voice arpeggio program hangs on a note -
Press H to reset player.
My Setup:
C64 (6581 sid chip)
FB-Midi Card rev.1a in C64 cartridge port. ( my midi
interface )
M-Audio Keystation 49e ( midi keyboard )
Commodore Free
Commodore Free now has a Message board
Commodore Free magazine message board. 22:34
A forum for the readers to share ideas or experiences. It can be found at
http://commodorefree.proboards104.com/index.cgi
Although not 8 bit friendly sorry
Issue 14 November 2007 page - 4 -
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Commodore Poster Competition
What do I have to do to win one of
these superb posters?
Imagine I have made a Time capsule and It will be
buried deep in the ground for our ancestors to find.
The capsule will contain news papers magazines and
videos that are current to the present day.
Win one of these superb posters kindly Donated to
Commodore Free magazine by
www.vintagecomputers.net
http://www.vintagecomputer.net/poster_detail.cfm
The poster will be delivered to the winners house
Free of charge below are some details about the
poster taken directly from the Website
What Commodore items should be buried with the
Capsule, also what other everyday household items
could be included? The size of the capsule will be as
large as a house at this time it’s a fictitious exercise,
and everyone’s house size is different.
History of Commodore Computers Poster
Poster Dimensions 24" x 36"
I have for sale "The History of Commodore
Computers" poster which is the culmination of three
years of work and research. The Commodore
systems have been professionally photographed
specifically for this poster and the photos appear
nowhere else.
The best entry to the competition will win the poster 2
runners up will have there text printed in the
magazine, so feel free to include a picture of yourself
Send the article and pictures to me via email plain
text emails would be preferred but I can take most
formats of text if you are in any doubt feel free to
check via email
This poster is ideal for any vintage computer fan,
Commodore Computer collector, classic or vintage
memorabilia display. This is a limited edition poster
and will not be re-printed!
commodorefree@commodorefree.com
Poster includes hi-resolution images of rare and
hard-to-find systems including the KIM 1, PET 2001,
PET 4016, PET 8032, VIC-20, C-64, C-64C, SX-64,
C-128, C-128D, B-128, CBM 256-80, P-500, Plus/4,
C-16, C-116, VC-20, Amiga 500, and selected
diskette drives.
Many thanks to
www.vintagecomputers.net
for the
poster donation, the quality of the posters are superb
I look forward to the submissions of text; articles can
be as long as you like but less than 2 pages would be
preferred
$19.99
USA Ship $3.00
$19.99
Canada Ship $5.99
$19.99
International Ship $7.99
The closing date will be the end of February 2008, so
you have plenty of time to get pen to paper,
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