Resurrection128, Diagnostic Cartridge for the Commodore 128 There appeared to be more demand than I expected for a dedicated diagnostic cartridge for the Commodore C128. The C128 can of course also handle the C64 deadtest cartridges, but then by far not everything is tested on the machine. It turned out…
Premium composite cable for the Commodore 64 / Atari 8 bit family This composite cable has the following properties: length of +/- 1.50 meters. Scart plug. 5 pin DIN plug. Mono audio divided over 2 channels. Thick, very flexible cable. Double shielded OFC cable. (OFC: oxygen-free copper, for less loss,…
The C64 2364 Eprom Adapter: What exactly is that 2364 Eprom adapter for the Commodore 64? Some of the Commodore 64 custom (2364) chips have a different pinout than the regular (27cxxx) Eprom. This adapter makes that 28 pin 27Cxxx Eprom suitable for a 24 pin 2364 Socket, a nice…
Repair of a beautiful Retro Breadbin Commodore 64 When I had enough money and time too little, a good chunk of my spare time was scouring thrift stores for retro gems. This was often accompanied by jubilation and occasionally with a downer because it was incomplete, did not work or even in…
Now available Warp Speed Cartridge for the Commodore 64 The Warp Speed Cartridge is a C64/C128 speedloader cartridge combat made by the Alien Technology Group. The Warp Speed cartridge has a DOS wedge with fast fast I/O routines for the 1541/71/81, along with a menu system with various tools such…
The Open C64 Kernal Cartridge : What exactly is the Open C64 Kernal Cartridge? This interface allows you to use a number of different Kernals on your commodore 64. This is useful for eg testing purposes and or having diversity in operating systems at hand. The biggest advantage is that…
IRQHack64 Cartridge Now Available! I accidentally came across this cartridge a while ago, it is a cartridge based on an Arduino Pro Mini that makes a kind of ‘on the fly’ cartridge from *.PRG files. The functionality of the IRQHack64 exceeds that of the TapeCart_SD , but the latter has…
TapeCart Micro SD version of the interface now limited available ! A while ago I ordered 5 PCB’s as a test to be able to test with a Micro SD card adapter to the standard version. That test has now been completed and the outcome was so successful that I…
If you are a little familiar with the hardware of the Commodore 64 you know that the PLA chip in the Commodore 64 is perhaps the most failing chip of the entire Commodore 64 today. You will find references to these chips under the following references 906114-01, 251064-01 and the…
A while ago I came across an article on a website about the TapeCart . An interface that you connect to the cassette port of your Commodore 64 and which offers you a read/write capacity of no less than 2 MB 🙂 Writing to the Tapecart is done via the…