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larry:commodore:1541_fixer

2009-02-21T14:07:22-06:00

BY BILL DUN Note: this information is presented without warantee or gaurantee to it's reliability or effectiveness. Nor does it imply that these methods will work or are the only ones possible. Reprinted from the Commodore Club of Rockford Newsletter - March 1993

larry:commodore:commodore_64_fixer

2009-02-21T14:07:23-06:00

by Bill Dun, Cincinnati Commodore Computer Club Note: this information is presented without warantee or gaurantee to it's reliability or effectiveness. Nor does it imply that these methods will work or are the only ones possible. Reprinted from the Commodore Club of Rockford Newsletter - March 1993

larry:commodore:commodore_8-bit_computer_family

2009-01-30T22:02:45-06:00

[Commodore 8-bit Family Banner] here is an overview of the U.S. Model Releases of the Commodore 8-bit Computers updated 12/27/2001 MOS Technology KIM-1 (1976) 1k RAM - 7 digit LED display - 23 key keypad Not truly a “Commodore” computer, the KIM-1 paved the way to Commodore computing as many of its design elements found their way into the Commodore PET

larry:commodore:commodore_disk_basics

2009-02-21T14:07:20-06:00

By Larry Anderson (foxnhare@goldrush.com) Silicon Realms BBS - (209) 754-1363 300-2400 baud Sending commands to the disk: To send a command to the disk, you have to open a command channel, send the command then close the channel. In BASIC it would look like this:

larry:commodore:commodore_loading_basics

2009-02-21T14:07:26-06:00

By Larry Anderson (larry@portcommodore.com) for the Silicon Realms BBS - (209) ---=---- (300-2400 baud) You would think that loading a program from the disk drive would be an easy method, but as you probably know by now there is alot to understand to load some programs. This tutorial will help you on loading files properly with just about any hardware you may have.

larry:commodore:commodore_troubleshooting

2009-02-21T14:07:21-06:00

Updated 02/14/1999 BY LARRY ANDERSSON, COMMODORE COLLECTOR AND ENTHUSIAST This is a simple checklist FAQ of some of the easily correctible but not always well known problems you may experience with your Commodore 8-bit computer. NOTE: This FAQ is by no means complete, much of the information covered here deals with Commodore 8-Bits that I have had experience with and reference materials on. If you have stuff to add or revisions to current information please e-mail me at:

larry:commodore:interfacing_to_commodore_8-bits

2009-01-30T21:53:11-06:00

X1541 Cable (aka XE1541, XM1541) Components: * Commodore IEC 6-pin DIN Connector * Six conductor shielded cable * DB25 Male Connector (& Hood) * Four Diodes This popular cable has two different purposes, initially it was designed for an IBM compatible PC w/parallel port to directly connect to a 1541 or other Commodore Disk Drive to read/write disk data (the most popular program to transfer commodore files is called Star Commander). Now it is also u…

larry:commodore:navigation

2009-01-16T20:48:35-06:00

* Home * Larry's Pages: * Projects * Classic Computing ---------- * Commodore * Commodore PET * Flash Attack * Computer Bulletin Boards * 1541 Fixer * Commodore 64 Fixer * Commodore Disk Basics * Commodore Loading Basics * Commodore Troubleshooting * Interfacing to Commodore 8-bits * Commodore 8-bit Computer Family * Commodore Files

larry:commodore:start

2009-02-07T22:40:59-06:00

Larry's Downloadable Commodore Helpsheets: Here are a few things I've made up, usually expanding on designs I've seen in the past: Commodore Multichart [multichart preview][Character/Byte Multichart] - This is a Commodore Multichart on steroids, it lists various byte representations in Commodore 8-bit computers, Character Symbols (using the VIC-20 character ROM for best representation w/grey borders) Character Codes of PETASCII, Screen Code, true ASCII, 6502 ML, and BASIC Tokens for most of…