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Data Transfer Between Two Commodore 64s

July 24, 2019 - by Jeff - Leave a Comment

In a previous article, I introduced a hardware and software technique that allows for active data transfer from one Commodore 64 to another via a custom User Port cable connecting …

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C64 Transfer Cable
Commodore / Vintage Computers

Behind the Scenes – C64 Cross Assembling

June 20, 2019 - by Jeff - Leave a Comment

I promised, both on this website and at VCFEast XII that I would release the details of the hardware and software involved in the “cross compiling” of Assembly language software …

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PAL Assembler Cross Compile Environment
Commodore / Vintage Computers

Cross Assembling on a Commodore 64

April 2, 2017 - by Jeff - 2 Comments.

These days, the term “cross assembling” means that you use one computing environment to develop applications for different computing environment, like using Windows to make games for a Nintendo, or …

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Commodore MPS-803 printer
Commodore / Podcasts / You Don't Know Flack

Blog Response to the YDKF Podcast Episode 157

January 20, 2015 - by Jeff - Leave a Comment

I just got done listening to Rob “Flack” O’Hara’s latest “You Don’t Know Flack” (YDKF) episode #157 called, “Printer Extravaganza.” I thought I would try something different and post a …

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Elite for the Commodore 64
Commodore / Retrochallenges

Updated Jan 20, 2015: My RetroChallenge Entry for January 2015

December 30, 2014January 20, 2015 - by Jeff - Leave a Comment

Twice a year, I enter the contest known as RetroChallenge. It is an informal challenge for all participants to do something with retro computers for one month. The next “Winter …

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Commodore / Vintage Computers

Summer Challenge 2014 Retrochallenge – GEOS

June 28, 2014December 29, 2022 - by Jeff - Leave a Comment

Ignore the last post about the “Summer Challenge” Retrochallenge (http://www.retrochallenge.net/). While I was looking for the equipment I needed to effectively finish the Donkey Kong game for the VIC-20 (I …

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Commodore / Nostalgia

Christmas Demos – VIC-20 Style

December 25, 2013December 25, 2013 - by Jeff - Leave a Comment

This Christmas day, I had a chance to look back and reflect on some of my earlier days as a computer programmer, working on simple, yet festive graphic demos on …

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Commodore / HAM Radio

The Two Hour QSO

July 20, 2013 - by Jeff - 1 Comment

As an amateur radio operator (HAM radio) I rarely talk for any great length of time during a QSO (meaning, talking with a “single person contact” or in a lengthy …

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Commodore

Archiving Dozens of Floppies

December 15, 2012December 24, 2012 - by Jeff - Leave a Comment

A little over a year ago, I bought a useful hardware adapter which makes the transfer of Commodore 8-bit floppy disks seem like an elementary task. In the past, I …

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Commodore / Vintage Computers

The Commodore VIC-20

February 22, 2008March 28, 2013 - by Jeff - Leave a Comment

The world’s first color computer marketed for the masses! 16 Colors – 4 Channel Sound – 5K Memory Ahhhhh! Color and Sound! This went through my mind as I first …

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