Using an Arduino Pro Mini to do warm and cold resets of a Commodore 64 C. The number of resets is shown on an I2C LCD dsiplay. Read more on breadbox64.com including the source code for the project.

Reset Display Mod

Nothing beats the thrill of modding a mod!! The Switchless Reset Mod (link), in which an Arduino Pro Mini is used to do Warm or Cold Resets (Soft and Hard Resets), needed a little upgrade… Instead of just resetting the C64, I wanted to keep track … Read more

Switchless Reset Mod. Arduino Pro Mini used for doing warm and cold resets withour the need to drill a hole in the cabinet. Read the review and retrieve the Arduino code on breadbox64.com

Switchless Reset Mod

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. Because of this, people have been installing reset switches for years using a momentary … Read more

Commodore 64 Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket mod. C64 Assy 250469 board modified with ZIF sockets for easy IC chip testing. Read more on Breadbox64.com

The ZIF Socket Mod

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. At least that is the approach I’m using when trying to resurrect broken machines. The challenge with this method is … Read more

Breadbox64.com on Micro Mart by David Crookes.

Micro Mart Magazine

This week’s issue of Micro Mart has an article by David Crookes titled: Mod Your Computers. The article is about how and why people are modding their computers and especially the old ones like the Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum and the Commodore 64. And guess what, … Read more

Commodore 64 with a Danish Keyboard layout. Stickers put on top of keyboards with the special characters. More on breadbox64.com

C64 Keyboard Layouts

Back in the days, Commodore 64’s were modified to accommodate other keyboard layouts with special character sets – like Spanish, Swedish or Danish. I have an Assy 250407 Rev. B breadbox (link) that was originally used at a Danish high school, so the character set has been changed to … Read more