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Oscilloscopes are super handy tools to have around the workshop. With an oscilloscope you can test electronics and devices to see if they are functioning correctly, and make repairs. In this article and video, we’re going to do a basics 101 oscilloscope tutorial and learn how they work! Watch The Oscilloscope Tutorial Video Let’s start […]
If you’re into retro-computing and have a Commodore 8-bit computer, such as the Commodore 64 or Commodore 128, you’re going to love this project! We’re going to do a Pi1541 build. The Commodore line of 8-bit computers used a disk drive called the Commodore 1541 (later the 1571 and 1581). This venerable drive is a […]
I’ve built a lot of arcades and packed them with Raspberry Pi goodness over the years, but today’s project is going to be quite a bit different! We’re going to pack a Raspberry Pi running Retropie into a Commodore 64. A Raspberry Pi Commodore 64 is something that has been on my list of To-Dos […]
I recently purchased an SD2IEC from from The Future was 8-bit. While the device is awesome, I felt the documentation was less than stellar. And that led me to put together this resource to help others who are first experimenting running SD Cards on the Commodore series of computers. I consider it the unofficial SD2IEC […]
When I was much younger, and even for a quite a few years after they became obsolete, I was obsessed with the Commodore 64 and Commodore 128. I’ve owned pretty much every computer Commodore ever made, except for some of the exotics and for some reason I never cared for the Commodore SX-64. Back in […]
When I was a kid my very first computer was a Commodore VIC-20. About a year later my parents bought us a Commodore 64 and 1541 disk drive. These computers were a big part of my childhood memories. I played video games on these, and wrote my very first Basic programs. In fact, I even […]