Building a Commodore 64 in 2023 – Construction and testing

I’m a geek, you’re a geek, we’re all geeks.

And sometimes geeks decide to build computers from the 80s.

Today’s article is showing the step-by-step progress of building the Commodore 64.

2023/08/012023/09/05 by wereallgeeks Categories: 100% Geek, C64Mainboard, Commodore 64, Computers and technology, Geekyness, Projects, RetrocomputingTags: 100% Geek, 250466, BYO, BYOC64, C64, C64C, commodore, Commodore 64, Commodore 64C, computer, connectors, DIY, Electronic, electronics, engineering, thec64 2 Comments

Using a 2532 EPROM for the C64 character ROM (2332 masked ROM)

I’m a geek, you’re a geek, we’re all geeks.

And geeks likes to make things themselves.

So when a geek is building a commodore 64 from scratch, instead of sourcing new-old-stock parts, they like to build it geek-style

Today’s article will look at how to drop in replace the Commodore 64 character ROM with a 2532 EPROM.

2023/04/182023/08/10 by wereallgeeks Categories: 100% Geek, C64ROM, Commodore 64, Computers and technology, Geekyness, Projects, RetrocomputingTags: 250466, C64, commodore, Commodore 64, drop-in replacement, EPROM, Geek, programming, Retrocomputing, T48, TL866 4 Comments