My early experiences with Commodore computers « The Reinvigorated ...

Posted on March 10, 2010 in Commodore disk drive

Armed with my C64, 1541 disk drive , 1702 monitor and the printer, whatever it was, I was able to get more done, more quickly, than with the VIC-20. I wrote a multi-user[1] adventure game called The Causes of Chaos, which I sold via a ...

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Commodore 128 - Pete Brown's 10rem.net

Posted on March 09, 2010 in Commodore disk drive

For example, while most of us know that the C64 had a MOS 6510 CPU, did you know that the 1541 disk drive was a full computer in itself, with a MOS 6502 processor and built-in disk operating system? That would be like having a Core 2 on ...

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External Disk Drive

Posted on March 08, 2010 in Commodore disk drive

Mini 80GB 2.5" External Mobile Hard Disk Drive USB 2.0. Price: $42.99 ... Hitachi Neso 320GB External Hard Disk Drive 2.5 USB HDD. Price: $44.77 ... Commodore 1541 external disk drive . Price: $47.78 ...

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Retro Thing: HyperSID: Commodore 64 Music Synth For Your PC

Posted on March 07, 2010 in Commodore software

The Commodore SID chip is perhaps the most famous sound generator of the 8-bit era. Its 3 channels of analog audio created kept Commodore owners from going slowly mad while waiting for their 1541 disk drives to load games at... ... A companion software plug-in lets you edit and play genuine SID sounds from within your favorite computer-based music recording program, integrating 8-bit sound with 21st century technology. The hardware support all versions of the SID chip ...

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Make Windows 7 Look Like A Commodore 64 | Windows 7 News

Posted on March 06, 2010 in Commodore disk drive

Well eventually they managed to shrink them a bit for the home consumer and one of the most popular models was of course the Commodore 64. It was one of the first PC's to boot without a floppy disk and came with a generous 64 kilobytes of memory. ... It also has desktop icons for your User folder (a miniature C-64 screen); your My Computer link (a C-64 computer), and Recycle Bin (that 1541 floppy drive -the green LED illuminates when the Recycle Bin contains something). ...

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The return of the 5.25″ floppy drive « System Folder

Posted on March 05, 2010 in Commodore disk drive

Putting aside the cassettes I used with the Commodore VIC-20 and 64 before buying the Commodore 1541 5.25″ disk drive , I have basically kept every bit of information I've saved on floppy disks since 1986. I still have more than 60 5.25″ ...

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Make Windows 7 Look Like a Commodore 64 | Checking Together

Posted on March 04, 2010 in Commodore disk drive

The machine had a generous 64 kilobytes of memory, and you loaded programs into it from a tape drive –eventually to be superseded by a painfully slow floppy disk drive (the legendary 1541 ). This Commodore 64 theme pack re-creates the ...

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SD2Iec Firmware v0.9.0 Released | nIGHTFALL Blog

Posted on March 03, 2010 in Commodore disk drive

The most prominent use of SD2IEC is emulation/replacement of a Commodore- 1541 disk drive for a C64. Hardware and the microcontroller's is available as open source (GPL). Changelog: 2009-02-28 – release 0.9.0 ...

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Help picking Soundcard/DAC - Overclock.net - Overclocking.net

Posted on March 01, 2010 in Commodore disk drive

Old 35 Minutes Ago. CrazyNikel. Commodore 64. CrazyNikel's Avatar. intel ati. Join Date: Feb 2007. Location: Racoon City. Posts: 1541 . Rep: 92 CrazyNikel is acknowledged by some. Unique Rep: 77. Trader Rating: 4. Default Help picking Soundcard/DAC ..... 2x2GB OCZ Value RAM, Graphics Card i3 530. Hard Drive Samsung HD502HJ, Sound Card ZERO DAC, Power Supply OCZ ModXStream 500, Case Silverstone GD04B. CPU cooling. Scythe Big Shuriken, OS Windows 7, Monitor Dell 2209WA ...

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What's different about the TeamCity... :: JetBrains Developer ...

Posted on February 27, 2010 in Commodore disk drive

1541 posts since. Mar 6, 2008. Currently Being Moderated. Feb 8, 2010 10:53 PM in response to: Daniel Simon · Re: What's different about the TeamCity build-time environment? Issues with VB6 under NAnt. Have you tried to run agent via agent. bat file rather than via the service? ... Re: What's different about the TeamCity build-time environment? Issues with VB6 under NAnt. Not sure whether it helps or not, but windows services also cannot access network mapped drives . ...

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External Disk Drive

Posted on February 26, 2010 in Commodore disk drive

Commodore 1541 external disk drive . Price: $40.61 ... Hitachi Neso 320GB External Hard Disk Drive 2.5 USB HDD. Price: $44.92 ... MicroSolutions Backpack External 5.25 Floppy Disk Drive . Price: $44.99 ...

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More Commodore 1541 Drive Problems!!

Posted on February 25, 2010 in Commodore disk drive

Ugh! I so I lug home another 1541 , and it still doesn't work! It has some different symptoms, though. Before I start, here's what I've done to both: cleaned the tape heads and dusted them out. So the first one tries to read a disk , ...

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ASCII by Jason Scott / 5.25″ May Be Alive

Posted on February 22, 2010 in Commodore disk drive

You connect it inside your computer, and hook it both to a USB port and to a 5.25″ drive . After doing so, you use the included software to read between the various formats of various floppies. I should remark that all three of these solutions don't just allow the reading of IBM/DOS 5.25 ... The FC5205, for example, claims you can read: Apple DOS 3.2 (13-sector), Apple DOS 3.3 (16-sector), Apple ProDOS, Atari 810, Commodore 1541 , MS-DOS, North Star MDS-A-D, and TI-99/4A . ...

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Commodore 1541 floppy drive, original box

Posted on February 21, 2010 in Commodore disk drive

I have a 1541 in it's origional box. Definetally used, nothing specail, but maybe useful to someone out there. Shoot me an offer or would be interested in trades for: Atari 8 bit TRS-80 1,2,3,4,16,etc VIC20 Amiga 1000 C64 keyboard ...

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Media Recognition - Floppy Disks part 2

Posted on February 20, 2010 in Commodore disk drive

The first Commodore 5.25” disk drive was the Commodore 1540, though more common was the Commodore 1541 , a single sided 170KB GCR drive . Several subsequent versions were manufactured which were double sided and could read and write both ...

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You always remember your first

Posted on February 19, 2010 in Commodore disk drive

The two-tone brown 1541 disk drive (if I ran my hand over the vents in the back just right, it would make a whistling sound), Sakata monitor and computer itself. I hauled them all down from the attic and packaged them up. ...

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More Commodore 1541 Drive Problems!!

Posted on February 15, 2010 in Commodore disk drive

Ugh! I so I lug home another 1541 , and it still doesn't work! It has some different symptoms, though. Before I start, here's what I've done to both: the tape heads and dusted them out. So the first one tries to read a disk , ...

Tags: cleaned, start, tape, heads, disk

Gallery: Laptop with a Floppy Disk Drive-Commodore 64 Laptop Mod

Posted on February 14, 2010 in Commodore disk drive

The laptop that comes with a floppy disc drive is an awesome Commodore 64 Laptop Mod. Designer : Ben Heck Features: An original Commodore 64 Motherboard; Gamecube power supply; SD card were used with a device called the 1541 -III DTV, ...

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FS: Amiga 1000, C64 (Morenci, MI) - Amiga.org

Posted on February 13, 2010 in Commodore disk drive

My best guess is that it was used for an external hard drive (AdIDE?). I'm asking $70 + shipping. 2. Commodore 64 package. Computer is in excellent shape; 1541 disk drive is in excellent shape, too; Accessories. Original box for the 64 ...

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Psytronik Software: Retrovision 2010

Posted on February 11, 2010 in Commodore disk drive

along with my new addition to the Specadore family, the 1541 MK II Microdrive (okay, it's a 1541 drive sprayed black complete with Speccy stripes to match the Specadore!) I also took my PC with me in order to demonstrate the full PC version of Armalyte for the first ... Despite not quite selling a million the Psytronik compilation features four cracking Psytronik games, will fill four disk -sides (or two tapes) and will be released in March 2010 - you heard it here folks! ...

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