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C64 Mods

Commodore 64 hardware modifications.

Commodore 64 direct-to-tv mod using a Commodore 1531 datasette as a case

C64 DTV Datasette Mod

January 16, 2016November 11, 2015 by MtnBuffalo

I have had a C64 DTV (Direct to TV) joystick for quite a while now. It is basically a Commodore 64 joystick with 30 built-in games. The joystick itself resembles the classic Competition Pro joystick. It takes 4 AA 1.5V batteries (6V total) and is connects … Read more

Categories C64 Hardware, C64 Mods
Commodore 64 Games System on breadbox64.com

Commodore 64GS

January 20, 2016October 4, 2015 by MtnBuffalo

I have been wanting to get a copy of the Commodore 64 Game System (C64GS) for quite some time now. However, getting one online is usually expensive (insanely expensive!!) and only very few cartidge game titles can actually be played on the system. A few weeks … Read more

Categories C64 Games System, C64 Hardware, C64 Mods
Commodore 64 beige Kickstarter case vs. Commodore 64C standard case color

KS vs. C64C Case Color

January 16, 2016October 4, 2015 by MtnBuffalo

I just bought two beige colored Kickstarter cases from Ebay. I guess, Dallas Moore (the guy who stumbled across the original molds of the Commodore 64C case and decided to make a few batches), made a few extras that he is now selling through his … Read more

Categories C64 C, C64 Hardware, C64 Mods
Commodore 64 breadbox repaired

Breadbox Repaired!

January 16, 2016September 13, 2015 by MtnBuffalo

A new repair log has been added. This time it was a Breadbox (Assy No. 250425 Rev. A) that needed a helping hand to get going again. The screen was complety black and an excessive amount of soldering was performed before it was brought back … Read more

Categories C64 Breadbox, C64 Hardware, C64 Mods, C64 Repairs
Commodore 64 capacitor modification by exchanging the old electrolytic capacitors with new ones.

The C64 Capacitor Mod

December 20, 2017August 13, 2015 by MtnBuffalo

Despite the differences in opinion on the online forums regarding the exchange of the electrolytic capacitors, I always put in new ones when repairing a Commodore 64 board. I do not believe that exchanging them would do any harm to the board besides (hopefully!) prolonging the total life span of … Read more

Categories C64 Breadbox, C64 C, C64 Hardware, C64 Mods, C64 Repairs
Commodore 64 restore button modification to make the RESTORE key as sensitive as the rest of the keyboard

The C64 RESTORE Mod

March 2, 2021August 13, 2015 by MtnBuffalo

A friend of mine asked me to do something about the sluggish RESTORE key in one of his Breadboxes. It turns out that on the old longboards of the Commodore 64, the RESTORE key needs to be hit hard to function due to a misdimensioned … Read more

Categories C64 Breadbox, C64 Hardware, C64 Mods
Modding the Commodore 1541 Diskette drive with JiffyDOS for increased disk reading and writing speeds.

The 1541 JiffyDOS Mod

September 29, 2021August 12, 2015 by MtnBuffalo

I got this floppy disk drive cheap off a guy who bought it in the early 80’s for his business. As his company went out of business before he started to actually use the drive, it was almost like new when I got it. The only thing … Read more

Categories C64 Hardware, C64 Mods, C64 Peripherals
Commodore 64 power LED modification in order to have different LED colors in the new Kickstarter C64 cases

The C64 LED mod

January 10, 2016August 11, 2015 by MtnBuffalo

I recently recieved two cases from the Kickstarter campaign for my C64 Reloaded boards. A transparent and a blue one. The blue case will eventually get orange function keys whenever Phase 5 from the Indigogo Campaign have made the new key caps. So I wanted to mod … Read more

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