Category Archives: Commodore 64

Commodore 64 SID tester

Quickly finding out if all three voices on the SID chip actually work is surprisingly difficult. I’ve spent a long time searching the net for a sensible solution with little luck.  I’ve found some, but none I’m completely happy with. The one’s I’ve  tried seen to blank the screen and not show what’s going on […]

Commodore 64 6569 to 8565 PAL

This conversion should also work for the NTSC 6567 to 8562.   The 6569/6567 and 8565/8562 are almost pin for pin compatible. The only difference being the 6569 has 12v on pin 13 and the 8565 has 5v on pin 13. ASSY No. 250407 To get rid of the 12v supply to pin 13, remove […]

Commodore 64 Game disks 38 to 42

I have a large collection of Commodore 64 software which has been in my loft since the 80’s. I assumed all the disks would be corrupt due to their age and temperature changes. Nevertheless I decided to buy a disk drive from eBay and try to back them up. To my surprise most the them […]

Commodore 64 Game disks 31 to 37

I have a large collection of Commodore 64 software which has been in my loft since the 80’s. I assumed all the disks would be corrupt due to their age and temperature changes. Nevertheless I decided to buy a disk drive from eBay and try to back them up. To my surprise most the them […]

Commodore 64 Game Disks 21 to 30

I have a large collection of Commodore 64 software which has been in my loft since the 80’s. I assumed all the disks would be corrupt due to their age and temperature changes. Nevertheless I decided to buy a disk drive from eBay and try to back them up. To my surprise most the them […]

Commodore 64 Game Disks 11 to 20

I have a large collection of Commodore 64 software which has been in my loft since the 80’s. I assumed all the disks would be corrupt due to their age and temperature changes. Nevertheless I decided to buy a disk drive from eBay and try to back them up. To my surprise most the them […]

Commodore 64 Game Disks 1 to 10

I have a large collection of Commodore 64 software which has been in my loft since the 80’s. I assumed all the disks would be corrupt due to their age and temperature changes. Nevertheless I decided to buy a disk drive from eBay and try to back them up. To my surprise most the them […]