http://c64tapes.org/dokuwiki/ 2008-09-08T16:59:41+02:00 http://c64tapes.org/dokuwiki/ http://c64tapes.org/dokuwiki/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2008-05-18T21:47:28+02:00 Luigi Di Fraia http://c64tapes.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=requirements_new_tapclean&rev=1211140048&do=diff * Support for Vic20 and C16 tapes/loaders. * ROM loader SEQ support. * Pre pilot pattern for CHR loader and others. * Automatic fix of CBM blocks if 1 of the blocks is ok. * Option to split dumps of compilation tapes into separate files for separate cleaning. * New faster and improved scanning mechanism. * Better way of handling reports when doing batch scans. * Unify loader names/id across tapclean, site and docs. * Option for detecting and informing the user of mis-alignment o… text/html 2008-05-16T23:49:43+02:00 Luigi Di Fraia http://c64tapes.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=analyzing_loaders&rev=1210974583&do=diff (by Luigi Di Fraia) Preface This document is about C64 tape loaders. I do not pretend to be rigorous since I'm more interested in showing how things work, rather than leaving a philosophic or historical note. My view point is not optimal, since I'm “informed about facts”, therefore you may find omissions here and there. Anyway I accept critics and corrections. I think a short introduction about the original C64 I/O hardware is needed to deeply understand the meaning of data in Tap file f… text/html 2008-05-16T20:44:48+02:00 Luigi Di Fraia http://c64tapes.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=tapclean&rev=1210963488&do=diff TAPClean is a Commodore tape preservation / restoration tool. It can check, repair, and remaster Commodore 64 TAPs. Overview [Screenshot of the TAPClean Front End for Linux] The TAPClean utility is designed to check tape images for known patterns/loaders. On recognition of supported loaders, the tool can be made to optimise the image, which generally sets known pulse lengths to their optimal values, unifies pauses and for loaders that contain checksums it will report if the data within the fi… text/html 2008-05-16T20:37:06+02:00 Luigi Di Fraia http://c64tapes.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=dc2n&rev=1210963026&do=diff [Image of the DC2N - Source: The DC2N Project Homepage] The DC2N (Digital C2N) is a digital datasette, intended to be a compact replacement for the C2N wp>datasette unit used by the Commodore 64. It acts as a stand-alone unit that lets the users dump real C64-tapes directly to a flash-card without the interference of the operating system or filesystem of the host computer, and can also be used to save TAP-files back to real tapes using a datasette. text/html 2008-05-16T20:23:47+02:00 Luigi Di Fraia http://c64tapes.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=tape_transfer_faq&rev=1210962227&do=diff (based on a wp>FAQ by Fabrizio Gennari) You have got a huge collection of Commodore64 tapes and you want to use them on your PC? Or you want to play the game you just downloaded from the Internet on your real C64? Here are the answers to some questions about transfers from PC to tape and back. text/html 2008-04-09T20:53:25+02:00 Bjoern-Are Ysteboe http://c64tapes.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=publishers:virgin_games_ltd&rev=1207767205&do=diff [Virgin Games logo] Also known as * Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd. * Virgin Mastertronic Ltd. * Virgin Games, Ltd. * Avalon Interactive Releases * aaargh (1989) Generated list of releases External links * wp>Virgin Interactive - Virgin Games Ltd's entry (as Virgin Interactive) on Wikipedia. * <http://www.mobygames.com/company/avalon-interactive> - Avalon Interactive's entry on MobyGames * <http://www.mobygames.com/company/avalon-interactive/logos> - Vari…