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Commodore PET Universal 8032086 measurements

VCFed about 5 days ago

I'm busy with a project to, as close as possible, recreate the PCB layout from scratch for the Commodore PET Universal 8032086. About 95% completed and have been using the schematic diagrams and hi-res pics of the motherboards to re-create the PCB layout. …
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Help & Support • Older version of Tapuino project

Lemon64 about 10 days ago

I'm looking for a PCB, BOM, and build instructions in order to build a Tapuino that doesn't have SMD components on the Tapuino board. Of the information I have found, it calls for 4 buttons to control the user input. But I can't find any finished ones tha …

Value of brand new, unopened Commodore PET 2001-8N found in basement

VCFed about 17 days ago

I have been hired to clean out an old lady's home recently. Her deceased husband worked in computer and seismic engineering fields and over the years accumulated a lot of electronics. While cleaning the basement, I came across various Commodore computers o …
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New Releases • Free Release - Tristam Island by Hugo Labrannded just Updated Minimum Price to $0.00

Lemon64 about 18 days ago

https://hlabrande.itch.io/... Author:After crashing your plane at sea, you end up drifting to a small island, with not much to survive. You explore, and find out the island was inhabited, years ago. But why did the people leave? And why is th …

Hello from the northern Plains USA

VCFed about 28 days ago

Although I don't currently have any vintage electronics (other than one project), I have had some experience with 8-bit era computers. I remember when one elementary school I attended in the late '70s got its first computer - a PET 2001 with chiclet keybo …

PET 2001 keyboard issue + instability

VCFed about 1 month ago

Hello, I recently got a PET 2001 in good condition, but it has some problems. When a key on the keyboard is pressed, a bunch of garbage characters are sort of "sprayed" out, which can make typing virtually impossible. Attached is a picture of w …

Washing a PET 2001 motherboard?

VCFed about 1 month ago

Hello, I recently got my hands on a Commodore PET 2001. Cosmetically it is in excellent condition but it doesn't seem to work very reliably. Loading from disk only occasionally works and a few hours after I first turned it on the keyboard stopped working …
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Commodore pet's for sale in Columbus, Ohio

VCFed about 2 months ago

I have about a dozen pet's (cbm series 2001-32-B) for sale. I'm asking $350 each. They're rusty, dirty and Untested. Many are missing keys. I'm trying to avoid shipping them. Looking for buyers who want to come pick them up. Price is negotiable for multipl …

Commodore Pet 4016/4032

VCFed about 2 months ago

I am looking for a 'Fat40' Commodore pet. It's ok if it's dead. As long as it's in good shape and screen/keyboard are intact. I am located in CA. Thanks in advance. …
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Other 8-bit Commodore computers • New Release: Some new games products for Commodore PET by NightFallCrew

Lemon64 about 2 months ago

https://www.nightfallcrew.... ... odore-pet/Some new games products for Commodore PET from:https://milasoft64.itc... …
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Other 8-bit Commodore computers • Commodore PET network?

Lemon64 about 2 months ago

I vaguely remember someone mentioning that multiple Commodore PET computers could share a single disk drive (and printer?) Has anyone ever seen this working? What was the setup?Statistics: Posted by neglectoru — Fri Oct 13, 2023 12:16 am — Replies 5 …
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Other 8-bit Commodore computers • New Release - PETSCII Side-Scrolling Platformer by jimbo

Lemon64 about 2 months ago

https://jimbo.itch.io/pets... Media: https://youtu.be/lApSXRx2Z9... Commodore PET now has a multi-level side-scrolling platformer. Inspired by other side-scrolling platform games like Mario and Sonic. Run, jump, collec …

PETSCII Side-Scrolling Platformer - A new game for the Commodore PET inspired by Mario and Sonic!

Indie Retro News about 2 months ago

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Commodore PET won’t Boot - weird behavior

VCFed about 3 months ago

Hello everyone, I’ve recently acquired a Commodore PET, however I'm encountering a perplexing issue. I get a different output every time I turn the computer on and off. Sometimes it's just the letter "B," while other times it's a "(" …

Commodore Pet 8032 almost dead.

VCFed about 3 months ago

Hi everyone. I need some help with my latest family member. It is a european pet 8032 80 column no chirp, nothing on the monitor. has 2 addon board. First board adds up ram, standard 96k commodore expansion board plugs into cpu socket, and the second board …

Commodore PET 5.25 disk drive

VCFed about 3 months ago

Looking for a dual disk drive unit to complement my son's (15) newly acquired PET 4016. Everything on eBay is more than what we paid for the PET at VCFMW... Let me know if you have anything to offer. Thank you. …

Commodore PET repetitive character

VCFed about 3 months ago

Hey! have bought a broken Commodore pet a while ago. was greeted with a garbage screen (1. Pic). After replacing the U7 Video Ram chip the garbage screen turned into a set of repetitive characters (2.Pic) Does anvbodv have an idea what the issue could b …
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Other 8-bit Commodore computers • New Release: PETSTRIP for PET/CBM 3032 and 4032

Lemon64 about 3 months ago

Download: https://www.pouet.net/prod.... https://www.youtube.com/wat... PET entry for the Wild competition @Nordlicht 2023.This game uses a newly developed graphics-mode called PECBM11 which provides a resolution …
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New Release: PETSTRIP for PET/CBM 3032 and 4032

VCFed about 3 months ago

Download: https://www.pouet.net/prod.... Commodore PET entry for the Wild competition @Nordlicht 2023. This game uses a newly developed graphics-mode called PECBM11 which provides a resolution of 88x200 pseudo-hires pixels. …

Commodore PET voltage regulator replacement

VCFed about 4 months ago

Hey! I have a Commodore PET which's voltage regulators are faulty. As I've desoldered both of the pins of the broken regulator, I have encountered that it is additionally mounted with two "metal pins"? Unfortunately I don't know how to unmount it …

Commodore PET problem

VCFed about 4 months ago

So I have a 8032 pet that isn't quite working. As you can see from the attached images I get some interesting results. I would say 75% of the time it boots up with the chirp and starts to display the commodore basic/bytes free message but then it stops. T …

Commodore PET issue

VCFed about 4 months ago

Edit: Fixed. …

Wtd: Commodore PET IEEE488 cable

VCFed about 4 months ago

Hi Folks! Looking for a cable to connect a PET 4008 up to a 3022 printer. Anybody got one spare? Cheers, Dave …
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Commodore PET/CBM Power-off Voltage Spikes

VCFed about 4 months ago

I recently noticed that there are some serious voltage spikes when powering off my Commodore PET or my Commodore CBM 3040 disk drives. Both have similar linear power supplies. The 5v line jumps to about 17v, as shown below. This has me worried that it ca …

introduce yourself • Hello from Northern Ireland!

Stardot about 4 months ago

Hi there - from Bangor, Co. Down.Just been doing a red-out to move house and it meant I had to cull a number of old machines from my collection. So I'm reduced down to a limited core from my 80's favourites - ZX Spectrum, Commodore Vic 20, Acorn Electron …