Category: Commodore PET
This video from iz8dwf shows part of the electronic troubleshooting and repair of a 1979 Commodore PET 3032, serial n. 1320067. Various defects found after all these years: defective ROMs, defective PIA 6520 and a defective MC3446 IEEE488 driver (found because it was running too hot). Two DRAM chips failed after about 2 hours of use. Some marginal IC sockets replaced…
CBM prg Studio has reached version 3.9.0, bringing a ton of new features and bugfixes. CBM prg Studio is a free Windows IDE for development in BASIC and Assembler for the 8-bit family of Commodore computers. Changelog: TARGET directive. Logical operators with ‘ifdef’. Complex expressions for constants. Command window. Import SEQ files. CBM prg Studio can be downloaded directly from its…
Issue 94 of ‘Commodore Free’, the magazine dedicated to Commodore computers is now available for download. The magazine is available in the following formats; PDF, ePUB, MOBI, HTML, TXT, SEQ and D64 disk image. Website: http://www.commodorefree.com
The CGRS MICROTECH PEDISK II was an early floppy disk system for the Commodore PET/CBM computer. The PEDISK did not use the IEEE bus like the Commodore disk drives, but instead used a standard floppy disk controller chip connected to the inside of the PET/CBM machine. It could support both 5.25″ and 8″ standard floppy mechanisms as configured from the…
Systems like the VIC20 or the Commodore 64 have cartridge slots, so can run diagnostic software from there. The PET does not, so this is Tynemouth Software’s new 6502 diagnostics board, a board which fits in place of the 6502 CPU in systems such as the Commodore PET to run diagnostics checks on a non-functional PET. Source: http://blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk
Space Chase has finally left the beta status and released to the public. It is the only game for the CBM II series of computers (CBM B500, B128, B256, 610, 620, 710, 720) that, according to the developer, is fully programmed in Assembler, uses the full PETSCII resolution of 160 x 50 and even uses the SID sound chip in…
Via A2Central.com: Javier Rivera has opened a store to offer fashion-conscious Apple II enthusiasts an array of Apple II-themed t-shirts (and coffee mugs). Check them out at the Apple II FAQ Store”. They even have one with the //c LCD display. Also, I’ve recently discovered RabbitEngineering’s Etsy shop, where they sell tons of 3-D printed retro system figurines. Each one…
Commodore Free 93 is out. The free digital magazine for Commodore line of computers brings news, articles and reviews for the Amiga, C64, Plus/4 and VIC-20. This issue contents: Mastering tapes Part 1: General considerations By Pixel JAM IT Commodore 64 Game review Growing Pains Part Tres – The Envelope Addressor” (TEA) v1 and v4.2” by Lenard R. Roach Commodore…
Scene World #26 is released now! Commodore related Reviews and Interviews. Improved and more detailed NTSC News! Interview with the inventor of SMS Friedhelm Hillebrand, former Rainbow Arts Coder Hans Ippisch and a lot more! And also a lot of charset graphics done by our editor Scorpion. Download it from our homepage or read it online into your web browser!…
Due to massive delays and the new issue of Scene World Magazine being out very soon, we couldn’t pack the transcription in , but decided to release our interview with former Commodore UK employee David John Pleasance nevertheless! David Pleasance is a former employee of Commodore UK who had too many titles and his career at Commodore to list them…
