Category Archives: SX-64

Two brothers in the third floor

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Januari 2013 – Commodore SX-64 party @ Starbucks…

The Commodore SX-64 was announced in January 1983 and released a year later and sadly enough discontinued in 1986. So January would be a perfect opportunity to celebrate however we can schedule parties al year long… or even untill 2016, … Continue reading

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EasyFlash3

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Look what the cat dragged in today! EasyFlash 3, designed by SKOE.DE and supplied by Jim Brain/Go4Retro. Check out this EasyFlash3 presentation by Jim Brain, himself. I also have the predecessor of this cartridge but this version introduces a new … Continue reading

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The ultimate machine, the ultimate waste of time… my C64!

While using my Squeezebox Duet controller as an audio player and started listening to Radio 6581 i stumbled upon “Ode to my C64″ from Makke / Hammerfist. This song really emphasizes the impact this little machine has on my life. … Continue reading

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#DiskDumpingDecember

Using my ragtop combined with a 64NIC+ cartridge and a 1541-II drive I started the #DiskDumpingDecember. Up till now I have managed to dump ~1500 disk sides to .D64 format. But now what? This doesn’t fit properly..

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JiffyDOS & uIEC cheat sheet

Reading several website and PDF files on JiffyDOS and uIEC i made the conclusion that a cheat sheet for the combined solutions may come handy. Command Summary Standard DOS 5.1 Wedge Commands @ Read the disk drive error channel @C:newfile=file … Continue reading

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SX64 lives again!

Today i went down to the Dutch Commodore Users Group and took the defective SX64 and a little box stuffed with ICs with me. I met up with Erwin (E-man) and we took the bit and pieces of the SX64 … Continue reading

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Got a present from an old friend

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At the LDA $01 party a good old friend donated me an Executive 64 a.k.a. SX-64 (Commodore SX-64 TV Ad 1984). It needs some repair as the screen doesn’t give any basic image but that should be not hard to … Continue reading

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