Divina!, Dante Alighieri Divine Comedy, Dante's Avatar, Retro Printer Commodore 64 teletypewriter

Divina! Dante's Avatar

Today I want to talk to you about the Divina art installation! Dante avatar. Divine! is an artistic installation designed and created by the University of Pisa – D.I.C.I. – Laboratorio Astro, under the artistic direction of Foll.ia Lab. It is a cycle of events on the occasion of the celebrations […]

ECU for Fiat X1 / 9 with Commodore 64, user port ignition starter, Bertone X19

ECU for Fiat X1/9 with Commodore 64

Have you ever thought about building a starter unit for your car with the Commodore 64? In this experiment, I built a ECU for the Fiat X1 / 9 with the Commodore 64! The Fiat Bertone X1 / 9 of the experiment is an example of the [...]

Christmas tree controlled commanded connected Commodore 64, Amedeo and Leo, Christmas lights connected to the Commodore 64

Here is a Christmas tree controlled by the Commodore 64!

Do you know what is the mistake that everyone, absolutely everyone, makes when decorating the Christmas tree? They don't connect it to the Commodore 64! To fill this gap, I carried out this experiment: a Christmas tree controlled by the Commodore 64! Hardware to connect [...]

Commodore 64 radio controlled RC car, user port, Dodge RAM

Commodore 64 remote controlled car

In this experiment, I connected a remote controlled toy car to the Commodore 64 user port. It is a nice experiment, which you can do with your children or grandchildren. Hardware connections To connect the remote controlled car to the user port of the [...]

Electric heater connected to the Commodore 64 user port, cover

Electric heater controlled by the Commodore 64

We are now in winter and it is starting to get cold. What better occasion to make an electric heater controlled by the Commodore 64? Connecting the interface for the electric heater controlled by the Commodore 64 To connect the electric heater to the Commodore 64 I [...]

Coffee machine controlled by Commodore 64, Saeco, espresso, user port, optocoupler relay

Coffee machine controlled by the Commodore 64

Today I want to offer you a coffee ... made by the Commodore 64! Here, in fact, is the coffee machine controlled by the Commodore 64! 35 years after Andrea De Prisco's Commocoffee 64 project, here is another version of the project. There are, […]

Commodore 64 user port, connections, pinout, pinout, interfaces, cable, connector

How to control the Commodore 64 User Port

I have always found it interesting to consider the computer not only as an independent entity, but also able to control other equipment. It is possible to control the Commodore 64 User Port for this purpose: that is, to integrate the computer with the surrounding environment. I had […]