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Some people find it tedious to fiddle around with the good old Commodore 64 hardware but would still like to play some of the old games.

The most common cause of a black screen on the old Commodore 64 long boards (link) is a broken Programmed Logic Array (PLA) chip located at position U17.

A year has passed since Mod of the Year 2015 was presented on these pages (link).

Primarily for nostalgic reasons, I still keep a few 5.25″ floopies in my collection.

The idea of gutting an original Commodore 64 and replacing the motherboard with a Raspberry Pi is far from new.

The semi analog SID chip (Sound Interface Device) is an electronic music synthesizer and its distinctive sounds are easily recognized by any Commodore 64 owner.

Removing the internals of an original Commodore 64 and replacing it with more modern hardware is not new.

The video signals coming from the Commodore 64 may be challenged by numerous factors including the version of VIC-II graphics chip being used and the applied display technology (e.g.

In the heart of Vienna, Austria lies the Millenium City Mall.

My six year old nephew recently told me that he was saving up money to get a Sony PlayStation 7… I have heard of a PS 4, but at my age it’s socially acceptable not to be completely up-to-date with the latest console versions… Curious as ...

During the light hours of the day, the machine looks just like any other Commodore 64 in a transparent Kickstarter case….

One year and 64 posts later… Exactly one year ago, the first blog post was uploaded here on breadbox64.com – and today the 64th (quite a coincidence in numbers there, eh?)

After waiting patiently for more than two months, I finally recieved my Commodore 64 games back from grading by the Video Game Authority (VGA).

Nothing beats the thrill of modding a mod!!

Some people just can’t be satisfied with how things were back in the good old days when Mario was called Jumpman and real computers ran on 8 bit.

Turning the Commodore 64 off and on every time it needs to be reset, may eventually cause the power switch to malfunction or even put unnecessary stress on the fragile chips.

Welcome to Bomberland, the land whose residents have a passion for explosive events!

(Well, it’s still work-in-progress but a protoype should soon be ready for testing…) During the last year or so, new Commodore 64 motherboards (link) and new Commodore 64C cases (link) have hit commercial retro market.

Sadly, amusement arcades are not that common anymore and in the US and Europe they have become few and far between!

My quest for obtaining the last Commodore 64C motherboard version in my collection (Version B-3) has come to an end!

Repairing broken Commodore 64’s is usually a matter of qualified guesswork and quite often substitution of chips is the only practical way to diagnose a fault.

This week’s issue of Micro Mart has an article by David Crookes titled: Mod Your Computers.

Back in the days, Commodore 64’s were modified to accommodate other keyboard layouts with special character sets – like Spanish, Swedish or Danish.

The newly produced Commodore 64 Reloaded motherboards use a barrel connector for powering the system.

I have wanted to do some Commodore 64 Kernal modding for quite some time and finally decided to give it a go.