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Art of Commodore 100% Final

April 23rd, 2009 No comments

Description:

  • Commodore VIC-20 Generation Two
  • Commodore VIC-20 Generation One (Pet Function key style)
  • Commodore VC-20 (Pet Function key style)
  • Commodore 64 Generation One (Pet Function key style)
  • Commodore 64 Generation Two (The classic one)
  • Commodore 64 G
  • Commodore 64 Aldi
  • Commodore 16

All Commodore’s are in perfect state and working like new.

Commodore C2N – Original PET Style

April 22nd, 2009 1 comment

Autopsy:

Description:

  • Country: USA
  • Most Common: Usa/Europe
  • Rarity: Rare
  • Year: 1977

from Wikipedia:

The Commodore 1530 (C2N) Datasette, was Commodore’s dedicated computer tape recorder.

It provided access to an inexpensive storage medium for Commodore’s 8-bit home/personal computers, notably the PET, VIC-20, and C64. A physically similar model Commodore 1531 was made for the Commodore 16 and Plus/4 series computers.

The Datasette contained built-in analog to digital converters and audio filters to convert the computer’s digital information into analog sound and vice versa (much like a modem does over a telephone line). Connection to the computer was done via a proprietary edge connector (Commodore 1530) or mini-DIN connector (Commodore 1531). The absence of recordable audio signals on this interface made the Datasette and its few clones the only cassette recorders usable with CBM’s machines, until aftermarket converters made the use of ordinary recorders possible.

source: wikipedia

Commodore VC20 Volks Computer

April 22nd, 2009 2 comments

Autopsy:

Description:

  • Country: USA
  • Most Common: Germany
  • Rarity: Rare
  • Year: 1981

from Wikipedia:

The VIC-20 (Germany: VC-20; Japan: VIC-1001) is an 8-bit home computer which was sold by Commodore Business Machines. The VIC-20 was announced in 1980,[1] roughly three years after Commodore’s first personal computer, the PET. The VIC-20 was the first microcomputer to sell one million units.

The VIC-20 was intended to be more economical than the PET computer. It was equipped with only 5 KB of RAM (of this, only 3583 Bytes was available to the user) and used the same MOS 6502 CPU as the PET. The VIC-20′s video chip, the MOS Technology VIC, was a general-purpose color video chip designed by Al Charpentier in 1977 and intended for use in inexpensive display terminals and game consoles, but Commodore couldn’t find a market for the chip. As the Apple II gained momentum with the advent of VisiCalc in 1979, Jack Tramiel wanted a product that would compete in the same segment, to be presented at the January 1980 CES. For this reason Chuck Peddle and Bill Seiler started to design a computer named TOI (The Other Intellect).

source: wikipedia

Complete Setup of my Commodore Amiga 1200

April 21st, 2009 No comments

Autopsy:

Description:

Todo:

  • Graphics glitches fix (E127R).

Motorola 68882 FPU for my Blizzard 1230 MK IV

April 21st, 2009 3 comments

Autopsy:

from Wikipedia:

The Motorola 68882 was a floating-point coprocessor chip that was utilized in some computer systems that used the 68020 or 68030 CPU.

source: wikipedia

my Amiga OS3.1 – 1024×768 24bit – 32 Colors – NEC Lcd

April 20th, 2009 No comments

My Amiga with Indivision 1200 now boots directly into 1024×768 32-colors Workbench.

SIMM 64 MB PS/2 EDO for Blizzard 1230 MK IV

April 20th, 2009 No comments

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I have upgraded the memory to 64mb, so now I’ve got an Amiga 1200 with 64mb Fast RAM and 2mb Chip RAM ;-D

Nightfall members (strange old photo)

April 15th, 2009 No comments

Photo Description:

  • On the left: The Ripper in The Eye of the mother “l’occhio della madre”
  • Center: Leo & xAD at the Boozing Party.
  • On the right: Victor / Slash / xAD at the Boozing Pary.

The Final Cartridge III

April 7th, 2009 10 comments

Autopsy:

from Wikipedia:

The Final Cartridge III was a popular extension cartridge which was created for the Commodore 64 and Commodore 128, produced by Riska B.V. Home & Personal Computers. It offered a fast loader, increasing the speeds of the disk drive, and a freezer, allowing the program execution to be stopped to be resumed later.

Final Cartridge III Manual here

Thanks to Krille McKrill for his donation.

source: wikipedia rr.c64.org

Original Floppy Drive Chinon for Commodore A2088XT

April 4th, 2009 No comments

Phase5 Blizzard 1230 MK I 32Mb *updated*

April 4th, 2009 No comments

Autopsy:

Description:

  • Country: Germany
  • Most Common: Usa/Europe
  • Rarity: Unrare
  • Year: 1993

from Amiga Resource:

  • 68EC030 @ 40 MHz, QFP.
  • Optional FPU, PLCC and PGA sockets – can be clocked synchronously or asynchronously with the 68030 up to 50 MHz.
  • Two 72 pin SIMM sockets accept 64 MB RAM.
  • Supports 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 MB SIMMS.
  • Hardware maprom – no need for MMU.
  • Optional Fast SCSI 2 controller (FAS216) with DB25 external connector, supported by NetBSD and OpenBSD.
  • Battery backed up clock.

source: amiga.resource.cx

Phase5 Blizzard 1230 MK IV 64Mb

April 4th, 2009 No comments

Autopsy:

Description:

  • Country: Germany
  • Most Common: Usa/Europe
  • Rarity: Unrare
  • Year: 1995

from Amiga Resource:

  • 68030 @ 50 MHz PG.
  • Optional 68882 @ 50 MHz PGA.
  • One 72 pin SIMM socket accepts up to 128 MB, 60-70 ns RAM.
  • Maprom selectable by jumper.
  • Automatic RAM size detection.
  • 7 MB/s asynchronous, 10 MB/s synchronous transfer speed.
  • Additional 72 pin SIMM socket accepts up to 128 MB RAM.
  • External DB25 female SCSI connector.
  • Supported by Linux, NetBSD and OpenBSD.
  • Can be disabled with a simple keystroke.
  • Battery backed up clock.

source: amiga.resource.cx

IDE-Fix Express with IDE-Express Adapter

April 1st, 2009 No comments

Autopsy:

The IDE-fix adapter doubles the internal IDE port of your A1200. At the same time it’s an adapter from the rather uncommon 2.5 inch standard to the less expensive 3.5 inch standard connections. The first of the two IDE outputs is available as 3.5 inch and 2.5 inch connector, to you can use existing cables.

The IDE-fix adapter is buffered and terminated. That means that your Amiga is shielded from noise that is caused by long cables, so it continues working reliably without crashing.

IDE-fix 97 Key features:

  • use cheap Atapi CD-Rom drives.
  • use removable IDE/Atapi devices (Syquest, IDE-ZIP, LS120).
  • supports TD64-commands – harddisk capacities larger than 4 GBytes possible!
  • IDE harddisk autopark.
  • Atapi CD-changers (NEC, Sanyo, Torisan) are perfectly supported (CD-change can be done either by a program, or by a separate icon for each inserted CD).
  • Cache CD filesystem included!
  • CD32 emulator included!

source: vesalia.de

Indivision AGA 1200 (Flickerfixer for Amiga 1200)

April 1st, 2009 No comments

Autopsy:

During the 80s, it was common use to build computers in a way that they can output their picture on a TV set. This was done in order to reduce the overall system cost for the user. TV sets work with lower frequencies compared to today’s monitors, therefore the picture flickers. A flickerfixer (aka de-interlacer) converts the signal in a way that a modern VGA monitor or TFT-display can be used. The name flickerfixer was mainly created because the problem of a flickering picture is solved. Individual Computers already had a very successful product called Indivision in 2002. It was connected to the monitor output of the computer, but it has been sold out since 2006. Indivision AGA‘s most notable features are:

  • 24 Bit colour resolution in all screenmodes.
  • support for super hires modes.
  • Highgfx support up to 1024×768 pixels.
  • all screenmodes can be displayed at 60 Hz or more.
  • no adjustments necessary.

source: vesalia.de forum

My daughter Zoe play with a Yellow Floppy Disk

March 30th, 2009 No comments

Zoe with a Floppy 5" 1/4