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The MMCReplay is the newest cartridge from Individual Computers for your C64. It combines the well-known Retro Replay cartridge with a RRNet ethernet adapter and a MMC 64 cartridge on a single board that fits into a single case. Sounds awesome? It is! Mine arrived during this week and today I had the time to . . . → Read More: My MMCReplay arrived A new release of dtv2ser is available now. Just head over to my dtv2ser Homepage and grab your copy! New Features are: New dtv2ser+usb schematic+board with a neat USB Stick like device for dtv2ser Booloader support for AVR to update the firmware directly via serial Added ‘boot’ dtvtrans command Finally I got all parts for the dtv2ser+usb boards including the missing USB connector. Actually a type A female connector was placed on the layout but it is less common. By mounting a type A male connector on the lower side of the PCB upside down I was able to replace the female connector with . . . → Read More: More dtv2ser+usb PCBs and a new KeyboardTwister It took quite a while until I had the first prototypes of dtv2ser+usb here on my desk… Now they are here: I got nine boards from PCB-Pool and they really look great: Fortunately, I already ordered all essential parts for one board and started with soldering right now… Currently, the dtv2ser device provides a RS232 interface and you need an external usb2serial converter to connect it to a modern host computer. So why not directly include the usb2serial conversion on the dtv2ser board. I found the FT232R chip that fullfills that task and is not too expensive (and also Reichelt my local parts . . . → Read More: dtv2ser+usb Prototype The DTV supports a PS/2 keyboard for an emulation of the original Commodore 64 keyboard. The PS/2 key mapping is hard-coded to a US keyboard layout. If you use a national (here: german) keyboard you have to translate the mapping manually.. Either by remembering the correct mapping or by painting new key caps… Shadowolf on . . . → Read More: KeyboardTwister for my DTV As already announced in my last post: Finally, the first public release 0.1 of dtv2ser is online! Go check it out on my new dtv2ser homepage! Macs don’t have Parallel Ports. That’s no problem for using nowaday devices but its a real disadvantage if you like to hack hardware and need to access ports or like to work on toggle-bits level with any kind of homebrew hardware. I had a look at the cool DTV transfer tool called dtvtrans written . . . → Read More: dtvtrans + mac -> dtv2ser |
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