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The Commodore 64 EasyFlash Cartridge
0With some money I had left in my PayPal account, I decided to buy one of the EasyFlash programmable cartridges for the Commodore 64 from Sinchai.de
EasyFlash is a cartridge for the C64 expansion port. In contrast to traditional cartridges, this one can be programmed directly from the C64
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You can easily create various classic computer game cartridges, program collections or even a diagnostic cartridge to track down issues with your hardware with it. All what you need to do this is a C64, an EasyFlash, the software available here and an image of the cartridge (*.crt). As these CRT files may be quite large, a large disk drive like the FD-2000 or an sd2iec may be useful. For smaller drives EasySplit can be used to compress and split large cartridge images.
EasyFlash is not a freezer cartridge like the Final Cartridge III or the Retro Replay. And it’s no replacement for a 1541 disk drive like the sd2iec.
Your Commodore 64 memories
141 month ago
Did you have a Commodore 64 when it was released 30 years ago? Do you still have it? Do you still use it?
It would be great to hear your memories of this brilliant 8 bit computer. Please leave a comment below, and I will compile them all together at the end of this week. If you wish, you can also email me at andy@retrocomputers.eu
I look forward to hearing your stories!
One of the best ICs ever!
06 months ago
The Commodore SID audio chip.
The MOS Technology 6581/8580 SID (Sound Interface Device) is the built-in Programmable Sound Generator chip of Commodore’s CBM-II, Commodore 64, Commodore 128 and Commodore MAX Machine home computers. It was one of the first sound chips of its kind to be included in a home computer prior to the digital sound revolution.
You will notice that the photo of the SID chip below is not on a Commodore PCB. More info about that will be posted later this weekend 
From the date code on the SID in the picture above, you can tell it was manufactured in 1992, week 25. So this would be one of the last SID chips to be made.
You can read some more about the SID chip on this wikipedia page.
SD2IEC – Commodore to SD Card adapter
09 months ago
SD2IEC is a hardware mass storage device using an SD/MMC card and interfacing with the IEC bus. It is based on the ATmega644 microcontroller from the Atmel AVR microcontroller family. The most prominent use of SD2IEC
is emulation/replacement of a Commodore-1541 disk drive for a C64.
My board was made by a guy called ‘Charlie’. Its a brilliant little device!
Its very easy to use. You can copy either PRG files or D64 disk images. I’ve not found 1 D64 file that hasn’t worked. Ive tested it on my C64 and my C128 which has JiffyDOS installed. Its so much quicker on the C128 in JiffyDOS mode.
There is more info about the device at C64-Wiki.
Commodore Amiga, Atari ST or PC?
312 months ago
Time for another poll! This time, lets see the most popular computer from the 1990′s. What machines did you use? I voted for the PC.
What’s the best 8 bit computer?
151 year ago
This is a question that always gets the classic computer enthusiasts talking – what’s your best/favorite 8 bit computer? Is it because it has the best graphics, best sound, best choice of hardware, best selection of games etc?
Please leave a comment below explaining your choice!
Let the 8 bit war commence. I’ve left a ‘other’ category as i’ve bound to miss out someones favourite system.
