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Mod of the Year 2018. Breadbox64.com

Mod of the Year 2018

March 12, 2019January 24, 2019 by MtnBuffalo

A little more than a year has passed since I presented Mod of the Year 2017 (link). That machine was a tribute to my all time favorite Commodore 64 game Montezuma’s Revenge (link). Since then, I’ve spend a quite some time on creating a brand … Read more

Categories C64 C, C64 Hardware, C64 Mods, C64 Reloaded
C64 Reloaded MK2 SD2IEC CN4b mod. Adding a SD2IEC. Breadbox64.com.

C64R-MK2 SD2IEC Mod

January 23, 2019January 20, 2019 by MtnBuffalo

This is a short tutorial on how to mod the C64 Reloaded MK2 (link) motherboard with an SD2IEC unit. The C64R-MK2 comes with jumper pinouts for adding an SD2IEC unit. The pinout is called CN4b and is located near the cassette port. No connectors are … Read more

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Commodore 64. Mod of the year 2016. Breadbox64.com

Mod of the Year 2016

November 11, 2020December 7, 2016 by MtnBuffalo

A year has passed since Mod of the Year 2015 was presented on these pages (link). That mod was based on a very discolored breadbox case which was spray-painted. It also had heaps of holes to accommodate potentiometers and plugs for the audio signals. As this years mod, Mod … Read more

Categories C64 C, C64 Hardware, C64 Mods
SD2IEC device from 16×8 Digital Retrovation. Internal installation in a Commodore 64C case / Kickstarter case. More images on breadbox64.com

SD2IEC Mini Device

April 4, 2019November 10, 2016 by MtnBuffalo

Primarily for nostalgic reasons, I still keep a few 5.25″ floopies in my collection. However, there are so many other ways to handle Commodore 64 programs and games than having to fiddle around with old diskettes. One of these devices is the SD2IEC which I have described … Read more

Categories C64 C, C64 Hardware, C64 Mods, C64 Peripherals
Breadbox64.com on Micro Mart by David Crookes.

Micro Mart Magazine

July 5, 2016May 1, 2016 by MtnBuffalo

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

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EasyFlash post including Commando, Maniac Mansion and Ghost 'n Goblins games

EasyFlash Games

September 19, 2019March 12, 2016 by MtnBuffalo

The EasyFlash is a cartridge for the Commodore 64 expansion port and it can be programmed directly from the machine (link). It has an 1 MB Flash memory to which data can be ‘burned’ onto using the C64 as no EPROM programmer is needed. This gives … Read more

Categories C64 Breadbox, C64 C, C64 Games, C64 Hardware, C64 Peripherals, Software
SD2IEC u1541 drive for emulating the Commodore 1541 diskette drive in order to read .d64 and .prg files

SD2IEC μ1541 Drive

April 20, 2020January 4, 2016 by MtnBuffalo

Scrolling through a local second hand site, I came across a guy who had made his own version of the SD2IEC device. The SD2IEC is a mass storage solution which uses a SD card for data storage (i.e. games and programs) and interfaces with the IEC bus. It does … Read more

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Commodore 64 mod of the year 2015 with a paint mod, sid2sid stereo mod, sd2iec mod, potentiometer mod, JiffyDOS mod, capacitor mod, voltage regulators mod, heatsink mod, PLA mod, RESTORE key mod and power led mod

Mod of the Year 2015

November 11, 2020December 14, 2015 by MtnBuffalo

…well almost… The machine still needs some new colored keycaps (hurry up Phase5!!!), a domed sticker at the bottom and a cold reset button using an Arduino Pro Mini. But I gotta have some modding goals for 2016, right? This machine has been build from … Read more

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