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-==== TOOLS ====+==== Operating Systems ====
   * **[[https://github.com/ReadyOS-C64/ReadyOs/releases|ReadyOS]]** - What if a Commodore 64 could feel ready, not just nostalgic? ReadyOS treats waiting as the enemy. It is a keyboard-first, full-screen terminal-style environment built around instant app switching, suspend/resume, shared clipboard and history, and deeper links between apps.   * **[[https://github.com/ReadyOS-C64/ReadyOs/releases|ReadyOS]]** - What if a Commodore 64 could feel ready, not just nostalgic? ReadyOS treats waiting as the enemy. It is a keyboard-first, full-screen terminal-style environment built around instant app switching, suspend/resume, shared clipboard and history, and deeper links between apps.
   * **[[https://github.com/corra/command64-os|Command64 OS]]** - MS-DOS style operating system for the C64 with a REU size of 1MB minimum   * **[[https://github.com/corra/command64-os|Command64 OS]]** - MS-DOS style operating system for the C64 with a REU size of 1MB minimum
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-== MUSIC == + 
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 +==== Music ==== 
   * **[[https://csdb.dk/release/?id=262561|SID-Wizard 1.97]]** - SID tracker for Commodore 64/128 as well as for Windows, MacOS, and Linux. Create music for up to 4 SID chips (real, or virtual). Includes a large instrument library, example tracks, MIDI, and a piano roll view.   * **[[https://csdb.dk/release/?id=262561|SID-Wizard 1.97]]** - SID tracker for Commodore 64/128 as well as for Windows, MacOS, and Linux. Create music for up to 4 SID chips (real, or virtual). Includes a large instrument library, example tracks, MIDI, and a piano roll view.
  
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-==== GAMES ==== +==== Games ==== 
-  <!-- Nothing here yet --+<wrap lo>Games specifically created to make use of the features of an Ultimate device.</wrap> 
-  * + 
 +  * //<wrap hi>No known games at the time of this writing</wrap>// 
  
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-==== DEMOS ====+==== Demos ====
   * **[[http://csdb.dk/release/?id=262181|Infinite Matter]]**   * **[[http://csdb.dk/release/?id=262181|Infinite Matter]]**
   * **[[http://csdb.dk/release/?id=235349|Ultiverzum]]**   * **[[http://csdb.dk/release/?id=235349|Ultiverzum]]**
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-==== FIRMWARE ====+==== Firmware ==== 
 +<wrap lo>Firmware is a type of software program embedded into hardware devices to help them function smoothly and effectively. Firmware is installed directly onto a piece of hardware during manufacturing. It is used to run user programs on the device and can be thought of as the software that enables hardware to run.</wrap>
  
 ===Official firmware=== ===Official firmware===
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 ===== OTHER OS ===== ===== OTHER OS =====
-Software that is specifically made to run on a computer other than the C64 or C128. +<wrap lo>Software that is specifically made to run on a computer other than the C64 or C128. 
-The software below is designed for use WITH but not ON an Ultimate device. +The software below is designed for use WITH but not ON an Ultimate device.</wrap> 
  
-==== Remote control applications ====+==== Remote Control ====
  
 Remote control applications that enable viewing, playing, copying, and otherwise interacting with a system from another computer. Remote control applications that enable viewing, playing, copying, and otherwise interacting with a system from another computer.
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     * <wrap hi>! Version 0.1 Alpha !</wrap>     * <wrap hi>! Version 0.1 Alpha !</wrap>
  
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 +==== Music ====
 +  * **[[https://github.com/sandlbn/Phosphor|Phosphor]]** - A SID music player for USBSID-Pico hardware, software-emulated SID, and for Commodore Ultimate 64 network playback. Includes a library panel for finding music online off the [[https://www.hvsc.c64.org/|HVSC]] website.
 +  * **[[https://github.com/nesfrk81/Ultimate64WebMusicPlayer|Ultimate 64 Web Music Player]]** {{ :image:u64webmusicplayer.jpg?direct&100|}} - Use any device with a web browser to play your favorite SID songs at home. Designed to be used with your mobile phone to have an easy way to control the music that is coming out of your C64 or C64U.
 +  * **[[https://aminet.net/package/mus/play/u64SidPlayer|Ultimate64 SID Player (Amiga)]]** - Ultimate64 SID Player is a full-featured C64 SID music player for AmigaOS that connects to Ultimate64 and Ultimate-II devices over the network. It provides playlist management, multi-subsong navigation, and integrates with the HVSC song length database for accurate playback timing.
  
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-==== A Future Category ====+==== Graphics ==== 
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 +  * **[[https://www.albertpixels.com/|ALBERT]]** - Win/Mac/Linux application to create C64 graphics, it can send its images to your Ultimate device, save them as .PRG and other formats. ALBERT allows its users to create Commodore 64 images that extend into the left and right borders of the visible screen, with sprites to display the extra pixels, using an uncomplicated drawing workflow, without requiring the assistance of a coder. 
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 ===== While you are in the Ultimate menu ===== ===== While you are in the Ultimate menu =====
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 ==== USEFUL TIPS: ==== ==== USEFUL TIPS: ====
-<wrap lo>**//It is assumed that you will already have opened the Ultimate menu.//**+<wrap lo>It is assumed that you will already have opened the Ultimate menu.
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   * Hit  ''F1'', select //'power and reset'// -> //'Power OFF'// to shut down the C64 with the keyboard instead of holding down the power button for 4 seconds.   * Hit  ''F1'', select //'power and reset'// -> //'Power OFF'// to shut down the C64 with the keyboard instead of holding down the power button for 4 seconds.
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