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ISSUE №027
Lost Retro Tapes
PLATFORM HUB · COMMODORE 64
COMMODORE 64
Every review, restoration, repair and build log filed under Commodore 64 — sorted, sliced and ready to dig through.
ON THE SHELF
3
REVIEWS
SECTION 01 · REVIEWS
LATEST COMMODORE 64 REVIEWS
6
1983
BUGABOO THE FLEA
8
1983
ANT ATTACK
8
1986
GREEN BERET
SECTION 02 · ON THE BENCH
HARDWARE FEATURES.
PROJECTSPECCY
SIMPLE 8-BIT IDE INTERFACE FOR SPECTRUM +3E
This is a copy of the recreation that used to be hosted at http://projectspeccy.com/projects/ with permission from Steve Smith A l...
PROJECTSPECCY
SINCLAIR SPECTRUM COMPOSITE MOD PCB
Explore three composite video mod options for the Spectrum, from simple capacitor solutions to transistor-based designs. Includes PCB detail...
PROJECTSPECCY
TZXDUINO COMPACT
Revisiting the Sinclair Spectrum after 15 years brought back waves of nostalgia. The TZXDuino Compact bridges old and new by playing digital...
SECTION 03 · SERVICE MANUAL
REPAIR GUIDES.
Step-by-step teardowns, fault-finding flowcharts and how-tos from the workbench.
  1. 01
    GUIDES
    NEW BUILD C64 - BUILD LIST
  2. 02
    GUIDES
    NEW BUILD C64 - THE MANUAL
    To recreate the manual I had to pop to eBay to find a reference one. Good quality manuals were hard to find, the one I ended up with had a lot of work to do in...
  3. 03
    GUIDES
    BUILDING A NEW COMMODORE 64 FROM ALL NEW PARTS
    Work in Progress of building a brand new C64 with all new parts including manuals, and box
  4. 04
    GUIDES
    NEW BUILD ZX80 – THE MANUAL
    I needed to reproduce the manual and required a decent quality version to do so. Fortunately, the machine I purchased for taking measurements came with an excel...