Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 14hFREEZE64 #88 has arrived safely in good old 2026. Thank you @freeze64.bsky.social, looking forward to sticking my head in it later! 021
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Here is the complete "Doctor Who - Full Circle" set for your enjoyment. I'm not how if there was much value in trying to preserve these, but it was definitely something to do... #3DViewMaster 1. Doctor Who, Romana and K9, ready for lift off 161
Reposted by Dan TootillaNdy @andyvaisey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Sean 'Odie' Connolly's fantastic OutRun PETSCII tunes running in his editor! Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8nF... @commodoreofficial.bsky.social @c64news.bsky.social #Commodore64 #Commodore #8bit #retrogames #retrogaming #PETSCII @everythingc64.itch.io @c64reposts.bsky.social #c64 #chiptuneyoutube.comPETSCII OutRun Music EMS V10.05 (Recorded from PC Version of the editor)YouTube video by Sean Connolly 0155
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Digging through some of my old stuff and found this! I loved these reels as a kid and all of the ones I owned are here. There's a Doctor Who set I remember vividly. I still have a 20 year old transparency scanner, but not sure if it can work on these. 290
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It's probably my age, but every new film or TV series I watch these days is just... 020
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 26/09/2026So excited for this, my good friend Sean is doing the music for it. It's going to be something very special indeed! 2131
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A photo of the C64C Ultimate retail box has surfaced online. I would have used the less familiar NTSC version as a base (again) as I really liked that blue/black colour scheme. For the record, Peri still had creative control over the original Ultimate's box. He just seemed to like what we did. 🙂 020
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I'm sure if they'd sculpted the original Lara Croft model, it would have been cheaper. 120
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This 1991 episode of The Simpsons perfectly captured how Donald Trump's mind works. 010
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Vacuum cleaner repair Saturday. Pulling out a half inch thick hair wrap with tweezers one f@!#ing strand at a time because this part of the assembly doesn't come apart. 🤬 130
Reposted by Dan TootillVaderGB @vadergb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026So was yours plugged into a NES, SNES, N64 or even a Famicom? A Gameboy on a circuit board setup, and cables to the shell of the Gameboy. (The picture below is for a Famicom) 172
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Updated my PCB design for a 24-pin compatible flash ROM from years ago. This can replace the ROMs in long-board C64s. Adds a bank switch and breaks out the address lines used by SIDKick Pico. These 64K PLCC chips are not so easy to find nowadays, but you can still get them. 1184
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Things I was frightened of as a child: VHS covers in the horror section Opening titles to The Hulk Duran Duran's "Wild Boys" video The aliens from "V" 60s / 70s wall art (portraits of random people) Davros The celery jar with a face that my nan had Toyah Wilcox 350
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Any sys. admins out there feeling like all you do is try to migrate services away from "unsupported platforms"? Software and hardware vendors force-obsolete good products, stakeholders freak out, new products offer nothing, and there aren't enough weekends to "upgrade" before it all starts again? 🤪static.klipy.comCat OuchALT: Cat Ouch 130
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Built these adaptors so I can install one of the later 8565 VIC-II chips in a breadbin, works fine. But oddly, the 'grey dot' bug is not there. Same chip in a short board, it is. I thought it's internal to the chip's logic, not the board? By the way, I know the chip looks fake. It isn't. 🙂 0135
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Changing text in games is childish, boring and absolutely the lowest form of hacking. That doesn't stop me doing it though. 270
Reposted by Dan TootillPonder @colinjones.uk · 08/09/2026Lettuce by BOGG sounds quite different in SID compared to the original demo. This is how it should sound. There is a listing of the BASIC that randomises the noise in the description.youtube.comThe Mighty Bogg - Lettuce (C64) As It Should BeYouTube video by Ponder's Retro Goodness 063
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Why does Sidplay read in the character ROM? 😵💫 Don't tell me there are some tunes out there that are written in PETSCII. 362
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Matt Gray released a new remake of his Central Park loading theme. He launched himself into the C64 remixing scene with a stonking version of this back in 2014 (has it really been that long?) This is done is his more recent synthwave-esque style as the cover pic suggests. Love it!mattgray1.bandcamp.comCentral Park Loading Theme From Last Ninja 2 (R5 Version), by Matt Graytrack by Matt Gray 460
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Mouser to the rescue. These TE branded ones are cheap but way better than the scrappy assortment you get from Amazon. Socket to me! 180
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Looks like I'm starting the day with an unsolicited BIOS update. 120
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Advertise your BlueSky account with a Simpsons gif 030
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 02/09/2026AI chatbot started talking sh*t, so I complained and it insisted it was working on its accuracy. I replied "Sure you are", which it identified as "Shōyu wa" and immediately switched into Japanese and told me all about soy sauce. Ready to take my job yet? 🤔 040
Reposted by Dan TootillKaptajnen @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026#SuperMario Bros. Has been ported to #Sega #MasterSystem by "LackofTrack" You can play it either with #NES graphics or the new All-Star look and choose between PSG or FM music. What an incredible feat! Grab it before #Nintendo does shorturl.at/kjLAP #homebrew #gamedev #Mario #retrogaming #gaming 4327141
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Another C64C with Staphylococcus than silicon. Why do I do this to myself? 5312
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Daughter is playing a free Android game with intrusive ads, but the ads are all for business banking and global logistics management services. She is 10 years old. Google knows this. 🤪 350
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 28/08/2026At the same time as the 1530, I acquired this lovely board. Has faults, but looks like new. I suspect it's either a faulty VIC-II or the LS258 at U14. Not ruling out the old PLA or its associated logic U15 / U27 though. 331
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Just when you think you've seen it all, someone ports the original Laserdisc version of Dragon's Lair back to the C64! 😮 csdb.dk/release/?id=... 2257
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Remember this monstrosity I bought from eBay for the challenge of saving it? I finally sourced a SuperPLA for it, and it's now running beautifully. Welcome back soldier, no C64 left behind. 🫡 1263
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Commodore 64 Demo: Censor Design - Wonderland XIII (2016) Recorded with new SIDKick Pico firmware v0.30B, released earlier today. 2247
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Frenetic has released a new firmware for the SIDKick Pico: github.com/frntc/SIDKic... I have been testing this for a few days, and it's a significant upgrade. SKP has levelled up!github.comRelease SIDKick pico v0.30b · frntc/SIDKick-picoThis is the beta of SKpico firmware 0.30 (there are quite a few changes; it may turn out that one or two of them need a little more polishing ;-)) Here’s the list of main updates: new emulation fe... 042
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Accidentally booted into Windows, now I'm stuck here for a fucking hour. 580
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I would have gone nuts for this 35 years ago.youtube.comGOLDEN AXE | Official Trailer (2026) 4KYouTube video by JoBlo Movie Network 140
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Just repaired and composite-modded *another* ZX Spectrum 16K Issue 1 board. Exactly the same fault as the previous one, had to replace TR4 plus one dead RAM IC. But this one also had horrible blown out colours and a horrible yellow tinge that no amount of tweaking VR1 / VR2 will shift. 😵💫 1110
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Old timey telephone switchboard console sat in the lobby of the hotel we stayed at in Greece. Ahoy hoy? 📞👴 1110
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 15/08/2026These transparent iMac colours for gaming devices are due a renaissance. 190
Reposted by Dan TootillOfficial Commodore® @commodoreofficial.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Iconic. Indestructible. Arcade accurate. And now a Commodore. The legendary TAC-2 joystick is officially back and in production. Pre-Order your Commodore TAC-2 today: commodore.net/store/tac-2/ 167223
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Home network woes... Laptop can't talk to printer Laptop can talk to Pi (as I have a VNC session on it) Pi *can* talk to printer 🤪 Nothing complicated here, just a flat network with a single subnet provider by a bog standard BT Hub. It this level of awfulness to be expected? 100
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Oh great, I removed the cockroach mod from this Issue One Speccy and now it's buggered off. #AISlop #Sorry 070
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Calling all C64 fans. You can get the latest issue of FREEZE64 right now, free download. No sign-up required, who says you don't ever get anything for nothing? 285
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Looking at a broken ZX Spectrum Issue 1 for a friend, recapped it at his request (kit he sent was all axial caps so had to get creative) but it hasn't helped. I'm fairly confident that not all the RAM is actually bad. Bad ULA perhaps? 342
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Unearthed from the depths of my garage. Unlike my original Zzap! Issues, I kept these reasonably nice. I must have given the PowerPack tapes to RCM though, they probably had 20-odd copies already. 😄 291
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Radio 2 news this morning airing Reform UK's "two-tier policing" claims as their second-from-top item. No sign of this 'story' on their main web page though, so is it fair to assume it's a demographic thing? How are they allowed to use my own money to constantly tell me what Nigel Farage thinks? 😡 0113
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 29/07/2026That pose, it's like he's channelling Kilroy. It might be wishful thinking, but honestly, all that's coming across is diminishing political capital. 100
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 29/07/2026On a recent hunt for CPUs (I need them!), I acquired this ceramic 6510. It's gone in my 'museum piece' C64, works great. 1112
Dan Tootill @dantootill.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I've been saying this for years, but any FPGA core will only be as accurate as the developer makes it. Porting MAME code goes against the whole MiSTer ethos, regardless of whether AI is used or not. But we are also in danger of letting perfect be the enemy of the good by opposing 'lazy' devs. 284
