Just snagged a commodore 64...

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Came with the floppy drive but no cords whatsoever. Never had one of these things, what should I get for it/ do with it?
 
Came with the floppy drive but no cords whatsoever. Never had one of these things, what should I get for it/ do with it?

You need a power supply/cable and something to connect it to a TV or old composite monitor. I've found several of the original Commodore monitors at thrift stores for about $5 each. I think it's an RF connector for a regular TV and a specific cable for their brand of monitor. I've never used one with anything else, so I'm not sure what else is available.

You'll also need a connector cable and power supply for the disk drive.

There's still a huge following for those things and a lot of homebrewed upgrade kits for them. I think they even have a NIC and web server software available for them. Nothing like serving up some web pages from a 30+ year old computer & floppy drive.


- JM
 
Lol that's actually one of the thing I wanna try with this thing, pulling up hackaday's retro page on a c64. And I see that you can build a simple flash cart for 20 bucks supposedly. Gotta look into that

I also had a customer want to trade me his c64 gear for my 3 Vic-20 games I dug up in my attic: gorf, the count, and some other one
 
I just picked up a C64 and a VIC-20 a couple weeks ago. I need to get some games and controllers, but yeah I'm stoked. Congrats on the sweet pick-up.
 
Congrats. I have two of them and about 1,000 games. Let me know if you are looking for some game in particular and I can make you a copy.
 
If you have trouble with it, ping me. I've fixed several of them over the years and sell a shitload of C64 chips all over the world.
 
Anyone willing to sell me one? What should I expect to pay?
 
Anyone willing to sell me one? What should I expect to pay?

Depending on what's included and the condition of the system, you could pay $35 for just the system or $175 for a boxed system with monitor, disk drive, games, and accessories. These prices are just based off recently completed/sold auctions on eBay. I bought my stuff from a guy looking to unload and I didn't know what anything was worth. He included these systems in a bundle with console video games. I sold the video games for more than the price of the whole bundle and decided to hold onto the C64 and VIC-20 at least until I could play them a little.
 
I have a genlock for an Amiga 1000, if anyone has a need for such a beast.
 
Ahhhh, the C-64 , how many 1000's of hours did I PEEK and POKE on that machine during my teens !

I actually wrote Lunar Lander in pure assembler language (anyone remember SuperMon 64 ?),
...and it KICKED A-- !!!!

I'll have to figure out how to get that program from my 5.25" floppy
into a PC file to run on a PC C-64 emulator.

---

I currently have four C-64's, four 1701 monitors, 5 disk drives,
10-12 original Wico Control Commander joysticks, printers, modems (300 baud !!!),
fast load cartridge, and about 600 diskettes full of games.

I adore(d) my 64 ...

;-)

Steph
 
Ah the memories. I spent a lot of time cutting my teeth on Pet, Vic 20, C64 and several flavours of Amiga. I used an Amiga 2000 with hard drives, genlock, and flicker fixer for university then I was lucky enough to spend some time owning an A4000 and A1200. The only machines I did not get my hands on were an A600, A3000, and CDTV.

The rest were all awesome at the time. Remember loading Dragon's Lair and Singe's castle linked from hard drive giving you a decent rendered version of Dragon's Lair.

Michael
 
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Congrats. I have two of them and about 1,000 games. Let me know if you are looking for some game in particular and I can make you a copy.
If you have trouble with it, ping me. I've fixed several of them over the years and sell a shitload of C64 chips all over the world.

I may have to take you guys up on your offer, after I track down a power cable and figure out which cart games are good :D
 
I always wanted to use one of those monitors for a test bench... now i have a 13" tho.
 
I always wanted to use one of those monitors for a test bench... now i have a 13" tho.

Not sure you can use it (Commodore monitor) for testing boards. It only has composite and a chroma&something else I can't remember for the other connection.

If you can find a monitor for an Amiga 500/2000 or other early machine the it should work. It has several different connection options with one being RGB. If you make an adapter to connect the boards harness to the RGB then it should work like a champ.

- JM
 
Not sure you can use it (Commodore monitor) for testing boards. It only has composite and a chroma&something else I can't remember for the other connection.

If you can find a monitor for an Amiga 500/2000 or other early machine the it should work. It has several different connection options with one being RGB. If you make an adapter to connect the boards harness to the RGB then it should work like a champ.

- JM

Commodore Model 1702 has Luma Chroma (S-Video) and Composite, but Commodore Monitor Model 1084 (any version) also has RGB capabilities. Both monitors require the proper adapter made of course. I actually had been looking everywhere for a very well made Luma/Chroma to S-Video Female so I wouldn't have to make a ghetto looking homemade adapter for my 1702 and I just found one last night...

In case anyone isinterested.... http://www.ebay.com/itm/180940684167?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

I'm still hoping to score a Model 1084s (stereo sound model) someday.
 
I've got both models and have actually been thinking of digging the 1084 out to use when troubleshooting arcade boards.

The Amigas I've got both have scan doublers, so I can use them with VGA to get a much better picture.

I actually use the 1702 with a TI-99/4a. Had to build a cable to connect to the Commodore through composite since the TI usually connected to a TV with a RF box.

- JM

Commodore Model 1702 has Luma Chroma (S-Video) and Composite, but Commodore Monitor Model 1084 (any version) also has RGB capabilities. Both monitors require the proper adapter made of course. I actually had been looking everywhere for a very well made Luma/Chroma to S-Video Female so I wouldn't have to make a ghetto looking homemade adapter for my 1702 and I just found one last night...

In case anyone isinterested.... http://www.ebay.com/itm/180940684167?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

I'm still hoping to score a Model 1084s (stereo sound model) someday.
 
I've got both models and have actually been thinking of digging the 1084 out to use when troubleshooting arcade boards.

The Amigas I've got both have scan doublers, so I can use them with VGA to get a much better picture.

I actually use the 1702 with a TI-99/4a. Had to build a cable to connect to the Commodore through composite since the TI usually connected to a TV with a RF box.

- JM

I like the Commodore monitors because they are squares and can easily be set on their sides for vertical games. However, my 1702 is missing the little front flap and that bugs me...
 
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