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Quarx Review: a slick Columns-style puzzle for the Commodore 64
#Commodore64 #C64 #VIC20 #CommodorePET #RetroComputing #HomebrewGames #Retrogaming #PuzzleGames #Chiptune #SID #8Bit
https://theoasisbbs.com/quarx-review-a-slick-columns-style-puzzle-for-the-commodore-64/?fsp_sid=1564

SFD-1001 Case Mystery: Doug’s $30 “Unobtanium” Surprise
#Commodore64 #SFD1001 #CommodorePET #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #RetroHardware #FloppyDisk #IEEE488 #SCSI #DataStorage #HardwareHack #RetroTech #ComputerHistory #10MinuteAmigaRetroCast
https://theoasisbbs.com/sfd-1001-case-mystery-dougs-30-unobtanium-surprise/?fsp_sid=1467

"Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" has a small collection of somewhat anachronistic appearances. There is a brief glimpse of an Apple IIe and a Commodore PET 2001 appears in the background. Rather strangely for a film set in the USA, there is a fairly important role for an Acorn BBC Micro.

http://www.starringthecomputer.com/newsitem.html?i=2026-01-25%2021:05

#computersinmovies #BBCMicro #AppleIIe #CommodorePET

There is an Apple IIe in the fire-house by the ghost containment unit.

Dr Veckman has a Commodore Pet in his office.

Dr Pinfield uses a BBC Micro to control the equipment that extracts ghosts from haunted objects.

A new version of the Mischmasch is here.
The filemager for #commodorePET #CBM8296
http://hinueber.de/demos/mischmasch80.prg

I finally know how big my #CommodorePET #CBM8032 is.

RE: https://nerdculture.de/@bodohinueber/115900080232825278

a file manger for the good old commodore pet.

#commodorePet #tool

This 8-Bit Commodore PET Was Hard to Fix https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/this-8-bit-commodore-pet-was-hard-to-fix/
#Retrocomputing #ReverseEngineering #Commodore #CommodorePET

This 8-Bit Commodore PET Was Hard to Fix

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/this-8-bit-commodore-pet-was-hard-to-fix/

<div><img alt="Ken Shirriff working on the Commodore PET" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" height="450" src="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/CommodorePET-banner.jpg?w=800" style="margin: 0 auto; margin-bottom: 15px;" width="800" /></div><p>Over on [Ken Shirriff]’s blog is <a href="https://www.righto.com/2025/04/commodore-pet-repair.html" target="_blank">a tricky Commodore PET repair: tracking down 6 1/2 bad chips</a>. WARNING: contains 8-bit assembly code.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_personal_computers#1977_and_the_emergence_of_the_%22Trinity%22" target="_blank">Trinity of 1977</a> which started the personal computer revolution were the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II_(original)" target="_blank">Apple II</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_PET" target="_blank">Commodore PET</a>, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80" target="_blank">TRS-80</a>. In this project it’s a failing Commodore PET which is being restored.</p>
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<p>In the video below the break you can see [Ken Shirriff] and [CuriousMarc] team up to crack this tough nut. Resolving the various issues required a whole heap of software and equipment. Most notably a <a href="https://www.keysight.com/us/en/product/DSOX3104T/oscilloscope-1-ghz-4-analog-channels.html" target="_blank">Keysight DSOX3104T oscilloscope</a>, a <a href="https://americanretro.shop/retr

I have summarized my work on the PET video output architecture for all three main types of PET on this page now:
http://www.6502.org/users/andre/petindex/video.html

#Commodore #Commodorepet #8bit

Perilous Swamp su Commodore PET: il classico ZX81 di Psion Software rivive in BASIC
https://www.bitchronicles.net/2025/12/perilous-swamp-su-commodore-pet-il.html

@giochi

#COMMODOREPET #COMMODORE

New video: Commodore 4040 Disk Drive Repair
We have another Commodore IEEE-488 dual disk drive. It is the predecessor of the 8050 and it is almost compatible with the 1541, the C64's disk drive. This specimen doesn't work, its drives look quite mangled. So let's fix it! But it is never that easy...

https://youtu.be/oQBwEAJBwCY

#retrocomputing #commodore #commodorePET #floppydrive

Me looking desperate in front of an opened CBM 4040 dual floppy disk drive

Commodore 4040 Disk Drive Repair

https://makertube.net/w/6gZN39ynqqmcESiA5ru6Ku

Working on the CBM 4040... The first replacement drive has been cleaned, and the bearings have been lubricated as far as I can reach them.
#commodore #cbm4040 #commodorePET #floppydrive