Welcome to the sixth installment of the Basic Programming course. Today we see how to write and read a file in Basic, with the instructions Open, Close, Print # and Input #. Learn to program in Basic, on which computers? The program of [...]
Today we talk about the 1541 Diagnostic Cartridge by Jani. This interface contains a series of utilities to check your Commodore 1541 floppy disk drive (head alignment, rotation speed, etc…). We analyze both the hardware and the features of the 1541 Diagnostic [...]
In this video, with an exceptional guest, Francesco Sblendorio of Retrocampus, we see how to connect a Commodore MPS803 dot matrix printer to a modern PC with Windows 10 operating system! If you are interested in assembling the XUM1541 kit, you can consult this [...]
In this video tutorial, we see how to connect the Commodore 1541 floppy disk drive to the Windows 10 PC. From 7:13, we also see how to use the various software used to transfer files: OpenCBM and CBM Transfer (written CBMXfer). The interface [...]
In this video tutorial, we see how to connect the XUM 1541 adapter to the PC and how to install the XUM1541 drivers on Windows 10. We also see how to install the various software used to transfer files: OpenCBM and CBM Transfer (written CBMXfer). [...]
Welcome to the fifth installment of the Basic Programming course. Today we see the RND function, which generates pseudo-random numbers, the INT function, which returns the integer part of a number and also the TIMER system variable. We implement the [...]
I ordered an XUM1541 mounting kit on eBay. This interface allows you to connect the original Commodore 1541 drive (with IEC port) to the USB port of a Windows PC (also Windows 10). In this video tutorial, let's see how to build one [...]
Many of you have contacted me and asked me how to turn the Commodore back on, after so many years of inactivity, without doing damage. Let's see what to do to turn on (turn on) an old computer (a Commodore 64, a Commodore 16, a Vic20, a C128 [...]