Scrolling through a local second hand site, I came across a guy who had made his own version of the SD2IEC device. The SD2IEC is a mass storage solution which uses a SD card for data storage (i.e. games and programs) and interfaces with the IEC bus. It does … Read more
…well almost… The machine still needs some new colored keycaps (hurry up Phase5!!!), a domed sticker at the bottom and a cold reset button using an Arduino Pro Mini. But I gotta have some modding goals for 2016, right? This machine has been build from … Read more
The C64 Reloaded ROMs IC holds 2 Kernals and 2 Character sets located at specific memory locations on the EPROM. Each of the ROMs can quite easily be replaced in order to have two unique character sets (i.e. English & Danish) and two different Kernals (i.e. … Read more
Going through my ‘stockpile’ of Commodore 64 bits and pieces, I realized that several 3D printed add-ons have found their way into my precious Commodore 64s. I therefore decided to grab the 3D prints that I have, shoot some photos and describe why 3D prints for the … Read more
For some reason I had a Commodore 64 breadbox case, a RaspberryPi and a Keyrah PCB filling up my spares box. I really can’t say why my spares box is so well equipped, but this is how I got on the ‘C64 RaspberryPi mod’ wave. … Read more
I recently bought a pile of broken Commodore 64’s as described in this post. I payed like 35 $ for 7 PCB’s (2 short boards and 4 long boards), 3 cases (2 C64C’s and 1 Breadbox) and 2 working keyboards. Pretty good deal I got there!! Among the … Read more
One of the best visual upgrades for the Commodore 64C has to be the new Kickstarter cases by Dallas Moore. During the campaing I got a transparent and a blue case. Later on I got two beige ones on Ebay and yesterday I got another transparent one. The purchase … Read more
I have had a C64 DTV (Direct to TV) joystick for quite a while now. It is basically a Commodore 64 joystick with 30 built-in games. The joystick itself resembles the classic Competition Pro joystick. It takes 4 AA 1.5V batteries (6V total) and is connects … Read more
I have been wanting to get a copy of the Commodore 64 Game System (C64GS) for quite some time now. However, getting one online is usually expensive (insanely expensive!!) and only very few cartidge game titles can actually be played on the system. A few weeks … Read more
I got a load of broken breadboxes that needed to be resurrected. Two of them have been fixed and the results have been added to the repair log pages. Both boards were Assy 250407 Rev. B. PCB’s that needed a good clean and some new chips to … Read more