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A legendary platform in its time, it’s not relegated to being an oldschool computer.

This was a major project for a long while, as I made a pilgrimage to this platform and stuck with it as my only computing resource.

• Often given the shortform “c64”.

See also:

• C-One, a re-creation with more contemporary hardware.

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• Oldschool music > Commodore SID
• Oldschool emulation > Commodore 64 emulation

• Things >

  • The HardSID is a Commodore SID hardware emulator card.

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• (date not recorded) I was simultaneously using various Linux distributions.

  • Notes were not specifically taken.

• (date not recorded) I was simultaneously using a Windows 9x or Windows XP. I do not recall.

  • Notes were not specifically taken.

• I had a bunch of stuff left with a friend, and when he moved he took it all with him. We were still in touch, but I didn’t bother to get it all back.

  • It’s a shame, because I had some original unreleased writing meant for a diskmag.

• At one point I hand-made a parallel-to-c64 conversion cable for using c64 floppy devices with a PC (I can’t remember if it was for DOS or Windows).

  • I ended up throwing it away. Maybe I shouldn’t have.

Software ∞

• https://commodoregames.com/
• ftp://utopia.hacktic.nl/pub/c64/Scene/
• ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/cbm/c64/
• http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/c64/

• sta.c64.org

  • Some cool c64 and DOS utilities.

Games ∞

• https://web.archive.org/web/20210910193403/http://arnold.c64.org/

  • ftp://arnold.c64.org/pub/games/

Demos ∞

(Oldschool demos)

• Demo Dungeon

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070308173152/http://directory.google.com:80/alpha/Top/Computers/Systems/Commodore/Commodore_64/Demoscene/

Resources ∞

• http://c64.rulez.org/
• https://www.lemon64.com/
• https://www.pouet.net/
• http://www.c64.sk/
• https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/Main_Page

• https://lawlessguy.wordpress.com/tag/commodore-64/

  • He will likely continue on https://jiml.us/ [ 1 ]

Technical ∞

• The Fridge

  • code-storage facility. The re-source for Commodore-64 and 6502 programmers

Files ∞

• http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/index.html

• utopia – c64 FTP archive

Programming ∞

• https://web.archive.org/web/20060906053617/https://www.ludd.ltu.se/~watchman/fairlight/c64/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20140723060848/http://www.paradroid.net/projects.html

• was c64 DTV hacking

Community ∞

• Toronto Pet User Group (TPUG) [ 2 ]

  • Mailing list archives

• cbm-hackers mailing list

  • (searchable archive)

• http://www.padua.org/htdocs/low/mailinglists.php

Archives:

• https://web.archive.org/web/20080402074302/http://listserv.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=COMMODOR [ 3 ]
• https://web.archive.org/web/20081006153147/http://lists.videocam.net.au/mailman/listinfo

• Yahoo! Groups has a bunch of c64-related groups. Search for them. They’re mostly DEAD, especially since it looks like AOL/Yahoo! absorbed ONElist [ 4 ] and EGroups [ 5 ] . Here are a few semi-live groups:

  • was https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/c64/info
  • was https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/classiccommodore/info
  • was https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Commodore-Diner/info
  • was https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/acug0447/info
  • was games.groups.yahoo.com/group/4EmulatorsandRoms/
    — Maybe try https://www.emugames.net/roms/ [ 6 ]
    — General, but includes c64 emulation.

Shopping ∞

(Money)

• https://ultimate64.com/
• C64 Direct-to-TV (DTV)
• Commodore Central Market
• http://www.nishtek.com/cbits/shop.html

• https://c64audio.com/

  • Purchasable remixes and such

Gone:

• was go64.demo.siteforum.com/ [ 7 ]

  • A lot of cool hardware.

• https://web.archive.org/web/20081227033224/http://www.sharewareplus.co.uk:80/

  • Boxed games and everything Commodore

Inbox ∞

• http://d81.de/

• Last Ninja shrine

  • https://web.archive.org/web/20201030102622/http://come.to/lastninja/
  • http://heechee.net/c64/ninja/ [ 8 ]

• https://remix.kwed.org/

  • The definitive guide for c64 remixes
• c64 revival band

• http://www.xentax.com/

Dead links to be reabsorbed ∞

• other links (archived)

• Driven magazine

  • (more recent site)
  • (earlier site)

• Commodore Zone magazine

  • (archive of site 1)
  • (archive of site 2)

• https://web.archive.org/web/20111229172251/http://www.c64-longplays.de.vu:80/

  • Complete video walkthroughs.

• c64 audio cd highlights

  • Had some sweet links

Alternatives/successors ∞

• Commodore 64 emulation

• https://mega65.org/

Footnotes

1. was jiml.us/blog/ [ ↩ ]
2. was http://www.icomm.ca/tpug/, http://www.icomm.ca/tpug/woc/ [ ↩ ]
3. was previously https://web.archive.org/web/20080130152030/http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu:80/archives/commodor.html[ ↩ ]
4. was http://onelist.com [ ↩ ]
5. was http://egroups.com [ ↩ ]
6. was https://emulator.games/roms/ [ ↩ ]
7. was http://go64.siteforum.com/portals/go64/index.html [ ↩ ]
8. was http://lastninja.c64.org/ [ ↩ ]