#commodore

Am I the first person ever to run a Bourne shell on a Commodore 64 I wonder. A 1MHz 6502 sucks at disk I/O, sucks at copying memory and sucks at running C code, especially when the C code has to be optimized for space not speed. But it works. I have plans for REU support which I think will make it much much faster assuming i can get away with a few tricks and the timing doesn't break anything. #fuzix #commodore #c64 #retrocomputing #8bit

In this week's episode of Why Doesn't The Bloody Thing Work we'll take a look at this thing I just threw together on a whim from parts I had lying around. Well, TBH I had planned to build it sooner or later - it's the 1581 enhanced, a floppy disk drive for Commodore 8-bit machines using the 3.5 inch floppys we all know and love. What makes it special is that it can use normal wall wart for power, it doesn't need that special Commodore PSU with a DIN plug. The drive mech is a modified PC drive, and the case is 3D printed. I'm troubleshooting the freshly soldered mainboard here. Turns there was three reasons for it's nonfunctional state. #commodore #c1581 #retrocomputing

#commodore #c1581 #retrocomputing Reason number one was that it needs a ROM chip with the right stuff on it. In my befuddeled state I burned the EPROM, put it aside and made a label for it - and then grabbed another random EPROM lying around on my desk, put on the label on that one and tried using it. No luck with that. Turns out I had tried to use this hilariously fake 27c128 (or is that what it is?) - it's blank and the wrong kind. Took me an hour or so to figure that one out. I need to clean up my messy desk, I guess.

#commodore #c1581 #retrocomputing The next reason was not on me: The drive powered up all right, but when it was connected to my C128, I would never get a blinking cursor after the READY promt on the computer. It would simply hang. The C128 checks for a bootable disk when it starts, seemed like something failed during that process. After a bit of experimenting I found that the 74LS14s from this batch was the issue. All of them causes the same error. A desoldered 74LS14 from a scrap board fixed the issue right away. The funny thing is that these 74LS14s passes the logic IC test in my MiniPro. So it seems that they are 7414s of some kind, but I guess they're not LS parts...I think Noel from Noels Retro Lab on YouTube had a similiar issue with a logic chp in one of his videos. Seriously, what's the point of faking stuff like this?

Out Run PETSCII on the #c64 incoming soon! Final testing in progress! @c64@techhub.social @EC64@oldbytes.space #Commodore64 #Commodore #petscii #retrogaming #retrogames #8bit

MCS-DOS 1.01 Brings an MS-DOS-Style Shell to the Commodore 64 #MCSDOS #Commodore64 #C64 #C64Ultimate #Oscar64 #RetroComputing #Commodore #VICEEmulator #8BitComputing

A group of developers have taken it upon themselves to continue work on Amix, which is #Unix for the #Commodore #Amiga. They already added a bunch of new features and support for old & modern Amiga hardware that the original Amix OS didn't support. https://amigaux.org/ #operatingsystem #retrocomputing

The detox phone Commodore Callback 8020 has more than 11.000 preorders!!! SailfishOS on a small screen looks fantastic, and SFOS seems to scale nicely! https://youtube.com/shorts/UyO-e18jhD4?si=8mhYo9EXdHBFezE6 #sailfishos #commodore #detox

Work in Progress: AmiHexagon https://mytube.madzel.de/w/erjkRGztjabj1ZdwnqFCFL Coming soon… #amiga #Commodore #retrogames #retro

Mal wieder am #C64 zocken? 🕹️ Heute ab 15 Uhr im Retronom! Lasst uns Floppys jonglieren 😃🎉 Bockenfelder Str 273, #Dortmund #retronomarcade #bestegäste #commodore64 #commodore #8bit #retrogames #gaming #retro #nerds #sonntag

ngl guys and gals but this device looks very dope and interesting. the new Commodore Flip Phone (Linux) https://commodore.net/callback/ #FlipPhone #Commodore #Linux

Just remembered the Z-Hop* setting in #Cura. Now my C64 keyboard dust cover should hopefully print without incident. :D

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#3DPrint #3DPrinting #3DPrinter #Sovol #C64 #C64U #Commodore #Commodore64 #Commodore64U #Commodore64Ultimate

Not a bad way to wait and pick up #Amiga gear locally :) Could be worse and waiting outside .. blech #Canada #TimHortonS #commodore

Are you The Last Ninja? #Commodore #C64 #TheLastNinja #8bit #retrocomputer #retrogaming #videogames #80s #90s #Geek Our FB post from year 2019: 🔗

A1200.net's new case production coincides nicely with Indivision's production run of the AGA MK3 flicker fixer for the #Commodore #Amiga 1200.

Root42 makes videos about retro computing (especially Commodore), repairs, mods, DOS programming etc. They have just moved to a new server, you can follow their new account at: ➡️ @root42_videos (Don't worry if it looks blank to you, that just means no one from your server follows it yet. Follow the account and its videos will start gradually showing up on your server too.) You can also follow root42's non-video account at @root42@chaos.social#FeaturedPeerTube #RetroComputing #Commodore #PeerTube

The sun was falling at just the right angle on the classics this morning 😍 #retrocomputers #atari #commodore #amiga

The upcoming Commodore Callback 8020 feature phone passes 10.000 pre-orders! https://commodore.net/store/callback-8020/ #sailfishos #Commodore #Detox

Won’t old SIDs ever get a break? #retrocomputing #commodore#synth

Commodore HDMI Converter Brings 720p Output to Classic Systems #Commodore64 #Commodore128 #VIC20 #Commodore #HDMI #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #PCBDesign