Copyright (c) 2001 by Todd S. Elliott - Updated 7/3/2001 Welcome to my website which catalogs my classic Commodore computer collection. Note: I do not collect Amigas; just purely Commodore 8-bit stuff. Many of my stuff is pretty common, although I do have some rarities.
Commodore 64 series
I have five Commodore 64's, some in working order. One of them is a late model c64c and the remaining four have old-style casing and electrical components. Check them all out at once.
I have four SX-64's. They are truly impressive beasts, possessing a tiny monitor, an integrated c64 motherboard and a 1541 motherboard+mech, a detachable keyboard, all in a compact 26lb. package. A picture can explain this better. Three of them work in my collection and I hope to fix the fourth one. Check out the towering SX-64's here.
I have nine stand-alone disk drives to go with my collection. Specifically, I have three 1541's and a rare prototype 1541-II unit. (I got this prototype when Commodore liquidated its assets sometime in 1994.) I own two SFD-1001's and two 1571's and a rare CMD FD-4000 3.5" compatible disk drive. Check out my collection of disk drives. One 1541 has a 8/9 device select switch and all 1541's work and are not out of alignment. The 1541-II unit has not been tested. The two SFD-1001's do work and I have a Quicksilver 128 interface should I need to use IEEE peripherals with my Commodores. Both 1571's work and one of them have JiffyDOS and both are slightly out of alignment. (Time to break out the repair manuals!) The CMD FD-4000 is in heavy service and is in my home c128t setup.
As for input devices, I have plenty of options to choose from! I have two Koala tablets and an Inkwell Lightpen Model 170C. I have a 1350 mouse and as well as two 1351's. I have a Winner mouse (untested) and a Pointmaster joystick (untested). I have the infamous SlikStik, the IconTroller and a CMD GamePad to complement my gaming experience on my Commodore. Lastly, I use the CMD SmartMouse in my home c128t setup. Check out some of my input devices.
In addition to my Quicksilver 128, I have an embarassment of riches in Commodore peripherals which makes my Commodore computing experience so enjoyable. I own a Commodore 1750 REU, a 1750 Clone by SSI, a 1750XL by CMD to satisfy my voracious appetite for RAM expansion. I have an Action Replay v6 and a SuperSnapshot v5.22 for my cracking needs in order to handle even most sophisticated copy protection schemes. I also have the CMD EX2+1 cartridge expander so that I can put anything on my expansion port and even crack cartridges and do ROM dumps. I have two Fastload cartridges, one with a reset switch, for a good measure. It's ML monitor is very simple.
I have three printer interfaces, a Xetec Super Grafix, Jr., a MW-350 serial interface and the geoCable II parallel interface for all of my Commodore printing needs. I do have a Okimate 10 color printer, but I just use a Panasonic KXP-5400 for my PostScript II printing needs. I have a Swiftlink for my Commodore telecommunication activities. I used to use a Compudyne 14.4 KBps external modem, but I changed this to the USR Robotics 56KBps external modem. Check out some of my devices I use to interface my Commodore with.
Admittedly, all of this Commodore stuff is made easier to use by means of documentation, manuals, magazines, books, etc. I won't list exactly what I have, but suffice it to say that I have nearly every manual for all Commodore hardware out there. I also have a complete run of Compute!'s Gazette, RUN Magazine and Commodore World. I do have a good sized collection of Transactor's, Commodore Magazine, Commodore Power/Play, Compute!, Ahoy and an occasional esoteric issue. Take a gander at my Commodore Library. I have a good collection of Commodore oriented books covering a wide range of subjects from music to video to hardcore programming and hacking. Check out my Commodore Book collection, now online!
But a Commodore is just a computer with some ROM, RAM, some dedicated and sophisticated analog circuitry. It is made special by countless programmers who have developed thousands of software offerings for it. My collection is by no means modest and I do have a quite big collection of original software along with manuals and disks. I'm compiling a list and I will post it to this site soon.
Commodore 128 Series
This is the cadillac of all Commodores and power users nowadays just use Commodore 128's in their hobbyist setups. I have two c128 setups, one at my office at my work and one at my home. Both setups feature c128d's and I have two more c128d's and as well as an European c128d. All five c128d's do work, except for one which has a weak 80 column chip and a weak power supply. I hope to fix that one soon. I have four c128d keyboards. One c128d has a gaping hole where a 1581 used to be stored internally and has KeyDOS ROM. Not to be outdone, I have two functioning c128's, both with JiffyDOS and possessing 64Kb VDC RAM. I also have a non-functioning c128 with a badly messed-up keyboard.
I will now go into a little detail about my c128d setups. One c128d setup at work has a CMD RAMLink attached along with a Super SnapShot v5.22 perched atop the CMD EX2+1 cartridge port expander. A 1750 Clone by SSI is installed in the RAM port of the RAMLink. I use a Tandy RGBI monitor for my exclusive 80 column output and a 1702 monitor for composite 40 column output. I use the CMD GamePad for my gaming activities and a 1351 Mouse for productivity (mostly GEOS) applications. As a joke, I installed a Pentium 100 chip to the side of the c128d, referring to it as "Intel Outside".
My home c128t setup is pretty extensive. It is a modified c128d computer with the internal 1571 mechanism removed in lieu for the CMD FD-4000. I also installed a CMD HD 2GB hard disk drive internally, hence the name, c128t, referring to the Commodore 128 Tower computer. The case and keyboard is painted black. Attached to it is a CMD SuperCPU 128 with 16Mb of SuperRAM. Also attached is a CMD RAMLink with 12Mb of RAM and having a Swiftlink along with a CMD 1750XL REU. The monitor is a 1084 and a 1571 disk drive equipped with JiffyDOS is available. (I rarely turn it on, but it can be made available.) I use a SmartMouse with it and have a stable of software+printed materials ready for use at my home setup. Check out my overall c128t setup at home.
Commodore 65
I own this rara avis en terris. The serial number for it is just #000008. :) It has the piggybacked expansion ram and has BASIC v10. The true highlight of my Commodore collection.
Commodore PET/CBM
Sorry, but no Commodore PET/CBM stuff here. Maybe that will change in the future with some acquisitions in the classic computer auction scene.
Commodore VIC-20
Sorry, but no VIC-20 stuff here. Maybe that will change in the future with some acquisitions in the classic computer auction scene.
Legalese for this website.
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