PLS100N (PHILIPS) is pin to pin interchangeable with all original C64 PLA (for example MOS 906114-01 or Signetics N82S100). These PHILIPS PLS100N are NOS (new old stock). All PLS100N are still in their original tubes and boxes (data code 1999,that is the last production).
Greaseweazle allows versatile floppy drive control over USB. By extracting the raw flux transitions from a drive, any (eg. copy-protected) disk format can be captured and analyzed - PC, Amiga, Amstrad, PDP-11, musical instruments, industrial equipment, and more. The Greaseweazle also supports writing to floppy disks, from a range of image file formats including those commonly used for online preservation (ADF, IPF, DSK, IMG, HFE, etc).
Reads and writes 3", 3.5", 5.25", 8" disks (with suitable drive and cable). Buffered outputs, for communicating with older 5.25" and 8" disk drives. Integrated power connector for directly powering most 3.5" disk drives. Write-enable jumper can be removed for safer preservation of precious vintage disks. Supports flippy-modded 5.25" drives. Supports Disk-Change detection as used by Rob Smith's integration into the WinUAE Amiga emulator. 3 user-definable outputs (eg. 8" interface REDWC signal). 100% factory tested, and tested again by me before shipping.
The MechBoard64 is a replacement keyboard for the Commodore 64. The keyboard is based on microswitches from Gateron, lasercut aluminum brackets that are anodized in black and a black PCB. The MechBoard64 consists of 123 individual pieces and 200+ soldering points connect it all. The MechBoard64 fits perfectly in breadbox and C64C slim cases.
SMD components are already soldered in place. Through-hole components need to be attached. Does not come with keycaps.
Introducing the WiFi Retromodem, an innovative solution that seamlessly replaces the PCB in your existing external Hayes Smartmodem. With our latest Version 3.2 PCB, experience a nostalgic journey with added simulated audio featuring dial tone, DTMF dialed digits, ringing and the 1200 baud connect cadence. Based on GitHub ZiModem V3.7 sources, its supports baud rates up to 115,200. WiFi Retromodem provides a non-destructive way to allow older serial based computers to connect to a BBS on the internet via telnet.
Includes external 5V 1A power supply.
A standard USB mouse can be transformed into a 1351 for the C64 or a mouse for Amiga and Atari computer; a regular USB gamepad can be used as a joystick for your favorite games. The adapter can learn which buttons to use from the gamepad through its programming mode, allowing any USB device to be used as a joystick.
When in joystick mode, even a mouse can be used for games like Zak McKracken or Maniac Mansion that utilize a pointer. This way, even if the game doesn't natively support a mouse, you can still use it. The reverse is also possible: games and programs like Eye of the Beholder or GEOS that expect a mouse can be used with a joystick in mouse mode.
The adapter has a USB-C connector, so if you want to use a mouse or joystick with a standard USB (USB-A) connection, you'll need a converter. If you already have a converter, any will work just fine. However, if you don't have one and would like to purchase it along with the adapter, you can select the appropriate option.
There are two options: the classic one that works only on Commodore 64 and is with the THT board or the new version that works also for Amiga and Atari in a new beautiful SMD package.
A passive board that sits under the 6522 VIA in the Commodore 1541 disk drive allowing the device ID number to be changed without cutting the jumpers on the 1541 mainboard and instead routing the signals to two pairs of pin headers, which can then be used with jumpers or wired to DIP switches. The two sets of pin headers determine the device ID. They can then be opened or closed using pin header jumpers or wired to external DIP switches (may require cutting the 1541 case).
It is possible to use DIP switches without modifications to the 1541 case but it's not ideal. The fuse holder has some space between the case and holder which is just enough to sneak some 24AWG or thinner wires through. Obviously this is not the best way to do it, but it doesn't block access to any of the ports, and doesn't require any case cutting.
These are designed as a drop-in replacement for the original aging and power hungry ROMs. Unlike other designs and 28 to 24 pin EPROM adapters, these hide all the ugly stuff out of sight to provide the cleanest possible look. Power consumption is around 5mA (25mW) vs the 70mA (350mW) of the original mask ROMs. As such these run completely cool and consume a fraction of the power, ensuring they will almost certainly outlast all the originals and help lower the overall temperature of your machine.
Variants
- Commodore Character ROM
- 901225-01 - Standard drop-in replacement
- 901225-01+ - Switchable between regular C64 font and PET style font using a tiny switch on the underside of the board.
- 1541 Kernal/Hi-ROM
- 901229-05 - Standard drop-in replacement
- 901229-05 with licensed JIFFYDOS - switchable, really needs a JiffyDOS kernal in the 64 also
Not suitable for the C64 shortboard rev. 250469 or the 1541-II.
Old'aVista is a search engine focused on personal websites that used to be hosted on services like Geocities, Angelfire, AOL, Xoom and so on. In no way it should compete with any of the famous search engines as it's focused on finding historic personal websites. The data was acquired by scraping pages from the Internet Archive. I basically used a node application I built with some starting links and I saved all the links I found in a queue and the text from the pages in the index. Old'aVista's design is based on the 1999 version of the defunct Altavista search engine. The name of the website itself is a wordplay on Altavista. My original idea as to get old search engines and make them functional again, but I decided to make this website its own thing while maintaining the nostalgia factor.
This is a community-run resource to help you fix access to the internet and the Windows Update service on earlier versions of Windows. Since Windows XP was discontinued in 2014, followed by Windows 7 in 2020, Microsoft has closed services they depend on, such as Windows Update. There are also design flaws with these earlier versions of Windows Update, which make them difficult to get working on new installations.
Legacy Update can install all relevant updates necessary to fix access to the Windows Update service on unsupported versions of Windows. These versions of Windows may display the error “Windows could not search for new updates: Windows Update encountered an unknown error” with error code 80072EFE, or may simply never finish checking for updates. Legacy Update identifies the updates your system lacks, and installs them automatically, restoring the Windows Update service to full functionality.
Windows Update provides many optional and recommended updates, in addition to drivers for your system, but Windows XP and 2000 can only install critical security updates through the built-in Automatic Updates feature. Legacy Update revives the original Windows Update website - the only way to see and install every update available for your system. Legacy Update also restores access to Windows Ultimate Extras on Windows Vista Ultimate.
Legacy Update also restores connectivity to some websites in Internet Explorer, and other programs that use the Windows built-in networking functionality. This includes Windows Product Activation on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, allowing you to activate these versions of Windows online in seconds (a legitimate product key is still required).
Just want to appreciate the nostalgia of the classic Windows Update website? Legacy Update can also be installed on Windows 10 and 11. This works even on versions of these OSes that have removed Internet Explorer. Legacy Update won’t modify your Windows 10 or 11 installation.
SvarDOS is an open-source project that is meant to integrate the best out of the currently available DOS tools, drivers and games. DOS development has been abandoned by commercial players a long time ago, mostly during early nineties. Nowadays it survives solely through the efforts of hobbyists and retro-enthusiasts, but this is a highly sparse and unorganized ecosystem. SvarDOS aims to collect available DOS software and make it easy to find and install applications using a network-enabled package manager (like apt-get, but for DOS and able to run on a 8086 PC).
Once installed, SvarDOS is a minimalistic DOS system that offers only a DOS kernel, a command interpreter and the most basic tools for system administration. It is then up to the user to install additional packages. Care is taken so SvarDOS remains 8086-compatible, at least in its most basic (core) configuration.
SvarDOS is published under the terms of the MIT license. This applies only to SvarDOS-specific files, though - the auxilliary packages supplied with SvarDOS may be subject to different licenses (GPL, BSD, Public Domain, Freeware...)
SvarDOS is a rolling release, meaning that it does not adhere to the concept of "versions". Once the system is installed, its packages can be kept up-to-date using the SvarDOS online update tools (pkg & pkgnet).
Read-only Github repo: https://github.com/SvarDOS/core
An ESP8266 based RS232 <-> WiFi modem with Hayes AT style commands and LED indicators. It makes the appropriate noises.
This project grew out of a desire to get an old Ampro LB+/Z80 hooked up to the Internet. Right from the start, I knew I wanted a row of LED indicators at the front of the modem so that it would be reminiscent of an old Hayes Smartmodem. (I briefly considered finding an old Smartmodem on eBay, but soon remembered that the case had in fact been made of metal; they don't build 'em like that anymore.) Since the modem was going to be hooked up to the Little Board's serial port, I needed an actual RS-232 level serial port, with either a DB-25 or DE-9 connector. And finally, since I wanted the Hayes style LEDs, I thought it would be handy to have the Hayes AT commands too, at least as close as I could manage.
This is the sort of project that you can build yourself, for fun. Even the right kinds of project boxes are linked in the bill of materials, along with the Kicad schematics and greyprints for the panels.
The default serial configuration is 9600bps, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit.
He makes replacement parts for classic computers. SIMMs (parity and not), adapters, boot ROMs, stuff like that.
We at Bitbinders have been developing professional hardware and software solutions since 1982. Our founder had a very long love affair with Commodore computers (and a shorter fling with Atari's!) He founded BitBinders decades ago and mostly did programming to enhance his main career as an engineer and later as an manufacturing executive. There were many developments but perhaps two of the more interesting included some pretty fancy linear programming for foundries and early-90's machine vision for controlling welders. Non-main career commercial successes included "RadBench", a Visual Basic add-on licensed and published by the Crescent Division of Progress Software. His "second career" is now focused on BitBinders retro-computing products, grown from a true passion for retro-computing.
The really interesting thing is that they sell replicas of the Commodore 1581 3.5" floppy drive that are 100% compatible. They sell a couple of variants (one and two drive units) and are engineered with future upgrades and repairs in mind. They're pretty expensive but they're re-implementations using modern components. They also sell replacement power supplies for Commodore computers.
VSI OpenVMS wiki is the world's biggest encyclopedia entirely dedicated to the OpenVMS operating system. The purpose of the project is to consolidate and organize information about this operating system and create an easily searcheable reference base to answer any questions about it. Ultimately, this encyclopedia should contain basic information on common features of OpenVMS and operations frequently performed by programmers and system managers using this system as well as links to the current documentation. The wiki model used to create this encyclopedia allows any registered user to write an article or suggest changes to an existing article, thus maximizing the number of contributions and maintaining the integrity and neutrality of the data.
OpenVMS is an operating system created in 1977 by the Digital Equipment Corporation and still widely used by large companies in the military, healthcare, banking, telecommunications and other industries. It is primarily known for its security and unrivaled clustering capabilities. It currently supports VAX, Alpha, and Itanium architectures and is working on a port to x86.
The online store of somebody in England who makes small, specific purpose devices for electronics hobbyists. If you need something odd, chances are he's made such a thing already.
Ever wanted to be an old-school game programmer? Learn how classic game hardware worked. Write code and see it run instantly. An IDE and full emulator, running natively in a web browser. Supports a large number of platforms, from game consoles to microcomputers to arcade game mainboards. Supports C development for sure, I don't know about any other languages. Has a full devkit, too - a disassembler, memory explorer, logic probe, scanline I/O checker, even an asset editor.
Github: https://github.com/sehugg/8bitworkshop
Has real instructions for compiling and running it, not just Docker webshit.
Running on an 8MHz Mac Plus.
Web client, telnet, actual dialup (1-312-654-0090).
DOSBox-X is a cross-platform DOS emulator based on the DOSBox project (www.dosbox.com).
Like DOSBox, it emulates a PC, necessary for running many MS-DOS games and applications that simply cannot be run on modern PCs and operating systems. However, while the main focus of DOSBox is for running DOS games, DOSBox-X goes much further than this. Started as a fork of the DOSBox project, it retains compatibility with the wide base of DOS games and DOS gaming DOSBox was designed for. But it is also a platform for running DOS applications, including emulating the environments to run Windows 3.x, 9x and ME and software written for those versions of Windows. By adding official support for Windows 95, 98, ME emulation and acceleration, we hope that those old Windows games and applications could be enjoyed or used once more. Moreover, DOSBox-X adds support for DOS/V and NEC PC-98 emulations so that you can play DOS/V and PC-98 games with it.
A dongle that plugs into a Centronic 50 SCSI port. You plug a microSD card into it and it shows up as a SCSI drive. Some models have a wifi interface on board, too.
On 1976 at the HomeBrew Computer Club (HBCC), there was a lot of whining about Bill Gates charging $150 for his Basic interpreter. Dennis Allison responded by printing a "Build Your Own [tiny] Basic" article, so I asked if anybody would buy it if it cost only $5. There seemed to be some affirmation, so I wrote my interpreter. Others jumped on the same article, and I wasn't the first done, but I wanted to be paid for my efforts. As far as I know, nobody at HBCC bought it, but I sent a freebie to Byte magazine and they printed a 1-inch announcement. The next month my mailbox was full of orders, every one with $5. I didn't get rich off it, but it did pay a lot of my expenses at grad school.
This is an archive of as many versions of TinyBasic, the documentation, the user and experimenter kits as Tom Pittman could find.