Commodore 128 Alive!

     Toni Westbrook has been busy updating the C64 program, Shredz64, and building the accompanying adapter, PSX64.  With Shredz64 and PSX64, you can connect a Guitar Hero guitar controller to the C64 and play the SID music that comes with the software (with the PSX64 adapter alone, you can connect a Playstation controller to the Commodore, Amiga, Atari).
     For Shredz64, new songs in NTSC and PAL have been added to the original line-up of SID tunes, the new tunes being Bombo, Stairway Intro, and Still Alive.
     For the PSX64 adapter, Toni is producing them again.  Send him an e-mail, and he will build one for you.  Also, new firmware for the PSX64 makes the device more efficient and bug-free.
     Go to http://www.toniwestbrook.com or to http://www.synthdreams.com to read more about these items, to place an order, and/or to e-mail Toni.

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group
          http://videocam.net.au/fcug
          The Other Group of Amigoids
          http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
          Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
          http://www.sccaners.org[/pre][/size][/font]

Quote from: me on September 03, 2010, 04:44 AMAlso, new firmware for the PSX64 makes the device more efficient and bug-free.

Toni has given me details on the firmware update.  He wrote --

The 3 major fixes/improvements made with the new firmware are:

1. Better response when using a normal (non-guitar) controller.
2. Better handling of the analog stick when in analog mode on a normal controller.
3. Some boards didn't allow all the back buttons (L1,L2,R1,R2) to be used as macros with a normal controller. This fixed that.

There were no changes made for when the psx64 is in guitar mode...

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group
          http://videocam.net.au/fcug (http://videocam.net.au/fcug)
          The Other Group of Amigoids
          http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/ (http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/)
          Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
          http://www.sccaners.org (http://www.sccaners.org)

Just received mine a couple of weeks back, and picked up guitar and pad controllers at Goodwill. I can't wait to rock out during our first snowstorm!