Commodore Computers

On this page, I have collected some links to resources on Commodore (CBM) machines.

Manuals, Datasheets, disk images, and the like

• CBM archive at zimmers.net, formerly at funet.fi. There is also a CP/M section.
• Ray Carlsen's repair articles.
• C64 Preservation Project.
• DOS1 commented disassembly.
• The Fridge of Steven Judd
• 6502.org
• 8 Bit database software contains information about VIC-20.
• Project 64'er
• Emu-Ecke (German)
• CBM-Hardware (German)
• Constructing 64
• Commodore 8-Bit Server (Marko Mäkelä)
• Fairlight C64 and Console section
• Frank Kontros has more interesting links and infos.
• White Flame (a.k.a. David Holtz)
• Ruud Baltissen's site

Books

• Scanned books by me.
• Project 64.
• iDOC=.
• C64 Programmer's Reference Guide (PRG).
• CBM-Manuals (in English and in German)
• 1540/1541 Floppy Drive Technical Service Manual or here (with more schematics) and here.
• Document archive not only about Commodore and/or MOS.

Magazines

• Go-64
• Commodore Hacking is an electronic publication with much information for CBM machines. There are other sites, for example, here.
• Tim Schürmann's C64 archive contains some interesting articles.

Emulators and Transfer Software

Emulators

• VICE is a versatile emulator for most machines of CBM's 8 bit line. The VICE Knowledge Base which I maintain contains some help for running VICE.
• CCS64
• Frodo
• YAPE emulates 264 based machines (Plus/4, C16, C116).
• Personal C64 is an older emulator which is not actively developped anymore.
• C64S is an older emulator which is not actively developped anymore.
• Emulator FAQ

Transfer Software

• Star Commander is a DOS-based program for transferring CBM disk to the PC.
• cbm4win is "my" project for accessing CBM drives from Windows. It is a port of cbm4linux to Windows.
• cbm4linux for accessing CBM drives from Linux
• 1581copy lets you access your 1581 3,5" drive in a PC disk drive.
• Markus Brenner has written some tools for manipulating CBM tapes.
• 64HDD makes a PC act like a CBM hard disk.
• 1541emu is a similiar, but less powerfull tool.
• VC1541 is an even older, similar project.
• Commodore Service Manuals and other stuff.

Mailing lists, newsgroups

• A list can be found here.

Hardware Projects

• VIC-20 projects and a mirror.
• Connect a 1.44 MB disk drive to a C64.
• C64 tower project
• 1541 Serial Interface Project
• FPGA-64 - a realtime C64 emulator in a single FPGA.
• VIC 20 on an FPGA

Programming Languages

• cc65 is a C compiler for 6502 based machines.
• Pascal mit dem C64/Pascal mit dem C128 (in German) by Prof. Florian Matthes.

Programs

• GoDot immage processing System by Arndt Dettke
• Covert Bit Ops is a small group making C64 productions (mainly games & music) and related free utilities on recreation basis (also here).

Forums

• Forum-64 (in German)
• C64-Online (in German)

Misc

• 8-bit-nirvana contains some information (not only) on CBM machines.
• Commodore Knowledge Base run by Cameron Kaiser.
• Secret Weapons of Commodore contains much information, but also rumours on published and non-published Commodore hardware.
• Some information of an ex Commodore-employee in Germany
• Commodore Billboard
• Commodore.ca
• c64.org
• c64.com