SolidState Solid State http://solidstate.110mb.com Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:25:31 -0300 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://solidstate.110mb.com/favicon.gif SolidState http://solidstate.110mb.com SDS#54: Response http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=92 Response by Avalon for Amiga AGA, 2nd place at The Gatering 1995




]]> Default Default http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=92 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:08:58 -0300 SDS#53: Bloody Domination http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=91 Bloody Domination by Samar, for the Commodore 64. Winner of Gravity'97 Demo Compo.




]]> Default Default http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=91 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:48:55 -0300 Simons BASIC, spanish manual http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=90
Click to download the spanish version of the Simons BASIC manual, it have a pecularity, Commodore is translated as 'computadora' (computer) for some obscure reason. The quality isn't the best since it's been scanned from a copy of a copy.

Download simonsbasic.zip (7MB)


]]> Default http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=90 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:59:28 -0300 SDS#52: Emergency http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=89 Emergency by Real Masters for the ZX-Spectrum, 6th place Funtop 1998 ZX Demo compo




]]> Default http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=89 Sun, 18 May 2008 17:07:41 -0300 SDS#51: Ugly kid http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=88 Ugly kid by triebkraft & 4th Dimension, 1st place at DiHALT2007 zxdemo compo.



]]> Default http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=88 Sun, 11 May 2008 16:18:54 -0300 SDS#50: Power Up http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=87 Power Up by Extreme Entertainment for the ZX-Spectrum, 3rd place at Enlight 1997




]]> Default http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=87 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:13:18 -0300 Drean Commodore 64 (Correction) http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=86 PAL-N VIC-II present on the Argentinean license 'built' C-64s.

But, thanks to Juan Carlos Fekete and electroeject, members of Retrocomputacion.com forum, I realized that my calculations were wrong.

I assumed that the clock circuitry is working in PAL mode, which means that the crystal frecuency gets divided by 18 to get the processor clock frequency. In fact, the clock circuitry is working in NTSC mode: The crystal frequency gets divided by 14 to get the processor clock frequency.

Thus, according to the previous calculations the crystal frequency must be:

Processor Clock = 1.014 MHz

Crystal frequency = 1.014 MHz * 14 = 14.196 MHz

WRONG!

Second mistake, I didn't noticed that the colorburst carrier frequency is the crystal frequency divided by 4.

The colorburst carrier frequency for PAL-N is 3.582056MHz

3.582056MHz * 4 = 14.328224 MHz

This is confirmed by this picture by Juan Carlos Fekete of a rev.A motherboard (note the 6572R1):



Knowing the crystal frequency, we can now calculate the processor clock frequency:

Processor Clock = 14.3282 MHz / 14 = 1.02344 MHz

That's a little faster than a NTSC machine (1.02227 MHz).

 
]]> Default Default http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=86 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:04:13 -0300 SDS#49: Rush http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=85 Rush by Singular Crew, a wild demo running on a C64 + IDE64, featuring the first 25fps fullscreen animation on the C64. 5th place on Breakpoint 2008 wild compo.
]]> Default Default http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=85 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:33:02 -0300 SDS#48:Cauldron http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=84 Cauldron for the C64 by ReSourCe & The DReaMs & EXceeD. 1st place at Breakpoint 2008.





]]> Default Default http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=84 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:42:45 -0300 SDS#47: 2008 - a DTV Odyssey http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=83 2008 - a DTV Odyssey by Tristar & Red Sector for the C64 DTV, released at Oxyron Party 2008.



Part I



Part II



]]> Default Default http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=83 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:08:28 -0300 Retrocomputacion.com http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=82

Retrocomputacion.com inaugurates new frontpage with new features:

  • News items
  • User submited content such as articles and tutorials
  • A new categorized link page
  • Renewed collection section, each user can submit and edit his/her collection items.

]]> Default Default http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=82 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:02:20 -0300 SDS#46: Threeve http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=81 Threeve by Bauknecht for the Commodore Plus/4, 3rd place 8-bit demo compo, Oxyron party 2008.





]]> Default Default http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=81 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:12:55 -0300 SDS#45: Roots 2.0 http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=80 Roots 2.0 by Sanity for Amiga ECS, 2nd place on Black Box Symposium 1995




]]> Default Default http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=80 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:37:21 -0300 SDS#44: Bizarre Constructions http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=79 Bizarre Constructions a Pentagon (ZX Spectrum Clone) demo by Extreme Entertainment, ranked 5th on Enlight 1997





]]> Default http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=79 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:07:14 -0300 SDS#43: Shit4brainz! http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=78 Shit4brainz! by Progress a demo for the Pentagon (ZX Spectrum clone), winner of Enlight 1997.




]]> Default http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=78 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:16:47 -0300 SDS#42: Dogma http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=77 Dogma by Eternity Industry, for the Pentagon (ZX Spectrum clone), winner of Chaos Constructions 2000.




]]> Default http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=77 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:21:59 -0300 SDS#41: Brain Surgery http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=76 Brain Surgery by Rush! & dream makers software, released in 1996 for the ZX-Spectrum




]]> Default http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=76 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:01:31 -0300 SDS#40: Logik http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=75 Logik by Mankind, a 64K Demo for Amigas with PowerPC acelerators.


]]> Default Default http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=75 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 23:59:44 -0300 VF-1S Valkyrie: 3D model http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=74


The model started relativelly simple, as it was only required for small renders, it just had to be able to transform in all 3 modes (plane - gerwalk - battroid). But as the time passed, it grew in complexity, I remade more than 50% of the model to be able to add more details and modelled panel lines.
Along the way, I decided to drop the capacity to transform to battroid mode, the model is based on the proportions for the plane mode, and it would look skinny in battroid mode.
Then, in October 2005, I got tired of it, just a couple of details and textures away from completion...

... until a week ago :)

]]> Default Default http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=74 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:00:41 -0300 Teaser http://solidstate.110mb.com/index.php?entryid=73


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