Tag: c64

Custom CD-ROM Drive Built Inside a Commodore 1541 Case

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Wolfgang from RETRO is the New Black has taken on a unique challenge: building a CD-ROM drive for the Commodore 64 inside a 1541...

A First Look at DolphinDos 2.5: Internal RAM & New Diskcopy Features

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Frank Eggen is back with another fascinating dive into Commodore 64 hardware, this time showcasing DolphinDOS 2.5 with an upgraded disk drive featuring 512KB...

Commodore-6309: Testing a Hitachi 6309 CPU in a C64

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The Commodore-6309 project explores the possibility of replacing the MOS 6510 CPU in a Commodore 64 with a Hitachi 6309. This experimental mod aims...

CommodoreSam Reviews the Reprduction TurboMaster V3 from Corei64: Part 1

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CommodoreSam’s latest video takes a close look at Corei64.com’s TurboMaster V3, a modern reproduction of the original TurboMaster CPU by Schnedler Systems. A Look Back...

Backbit Impawsible: Fixing SuperCPU Video Frame Errors in Episode 10

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Episode ten of Lupe Darksnout’s Backbit Impawsible series takes a deep dive into the technical challenges of working with the SuperCPU. This time, the...
ugBASIC

ugBASIC v1.17.1 Released

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Version 1.17.1 of ugBASIC and UGBASIC-IDE has just been released. In addition to containing strong optimizations and corrections for all targets, preliminary support for...

Repairing a 250469 Rev B Commodore 64 – RAM, ROM, and CPU Troubleshooting

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Jan Beta recently tackled the repair of a 250469 Revision B Commodore 64 short board, an interesting late-production model from 1991. This board was...
USBSID-Pico v1

USBSID-Pico v0.4.0-BETA Released

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Lou D, better known as Loud, has unleashed version 0.4.0-BETA of the USBSID-Pico firmware, and let’s just say he didn’t hold back—either in features...