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Tag Archives: Cartridges
Commodore 64 Cartridge Dumper command-line client 2.1.3 released
Version 2.1.3 of the Commodore 64 Cartridge Dumper command-line client is now available within my Software page. Binaries are available for Windows, macOS (Intel), Linux x86_64 and armv7l. This is the first publicly available release of the client. Bear in … Continue reading
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Tagged Cartridges, Commodore 64, dumping, preservation, retrocomputing
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Tracking down crashes related to the Action Replay bank switching hardware
A few days back Flavioweb and I were having a chat and he mentioned that Jazzcat reported a crash for one of his releases. Here’s the actual comment on the crash: Crashes with Action Replay 6 ROM after leaving intro … Continue reading
Posted in Retrocomputing, Technical
Tagged Action Replay, Cartridges, Commodore 64, Emulation, Fastloader, software
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C64 Cartridge Dumper: teaser update
Those who follow my GitHub repo for the C64 Cartridge Dumper have certainly noted that there’s been quite some activity going on recently. I will be preparing a post with all details next week, hopefully. For the time being, I … Continue reading
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Tagged Cartridges, Commodore 64, dumping, preservation, retrocomputing
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C64 Cartridge Dumper update
A few days back Diestro left a comment for one of my blog posts and we had an email exchange afterwards. Among other interesting things, he made me notice that Ocean’s “Space Gun” cartridge is really just a 128 KiB … Continue reading
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Tagged Cartridges, Commodore 64, dumping, preservation
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C64 Cartridge Dumper: hardware version 2 testing
Today I finally managed to assemble one of the new C64 Cartridge Dumper devices I had re-designed a while back to use a Pro-Micro. I had the PCB manufactured weeks ago, but due to job-related commitments I never got around … Continue reading
Posted in Retrocomputing, Reverse Engineering, Technical
Tagged Cartridges, Commodore 64, dumping, preservation
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Commodore 64 cartridges: theory of operation and Ocean bank switching described
As I mentioned before, I am rearranging my notes on Commodore 64 cartridges, especially on bank switching circuitry used by exotic cartridges (i.e. neither Normal nor Ultimax ones). I plan to provide some schematic diagram to include in my book, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cartridges, Commodore 64, dumping, preservation
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C64 Cartridge Dumper: Hardware version 2
As genuine “blue pill” boards have become difficult to source, I decided to re-design my C64 Cartridge Dumper to use a Pro-Micro instead. Here’s a preview of the testing circuit with which I am able to dump EPROMs successfully, using … Continue reading
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Tagged Cartridges, Commodore 64, dumping, retrocomputing
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More development for the C64 Cartridge Dumper
Yesterday I was checking the cartridge dumps I was sent by Matt for “Double Dragon” and “Space Gun”. As things don’t add up with the dumps, I decided to try and get either cartridge on eBay.Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to … Continue reading
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Tagged Cartridges, Commodore 64, dumping, retrocomputing
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Ocean’s Navy Seals Cartridge: Schematics
I am glad to share the schematics for Navy Seal’s Cartridge, which I have put together using the work available at c64-wiki.de as a baseline. Essentially this is a very similar configuration as Terminator 2’s but with two footprints that … Continue reading
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Tagged Cartridges, Commodore 64, preservation, retrocomputing
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An Ultimax cartridge dumped too
I finally found an Ultimax cartridge to test my C64 Cartridge Dumper with, so here’s a test I did with it: Stay tuned for more!
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Tagged Cartridges, Commodore 64, preservation, retrocomputing
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Luigi Di Fraia's e-Footsteps 