This page is divided into the following sections:
The Commodore Languages List
lists all programming language implementations for Commodore 8-bit computers
known to the author (over 220), both commercial and free.
The Cross-Development Tools List
contains many utilities which allow development of
6502
code on another
system besides a target Commodore machine.
A similar list for Apple II computers
(another 6502-based machine) was put together by Larry W. Virden, and
a list of free compilers
for many machines was compiled by David Sharnoff and Steven Robenalt.
More information on programming Commodores is available in the
comp.sys.cbm FAQ
(alternate site),
especially in
V3.1 part 9.
Other people have put handy information for C64 programmers on the Web, such as
Marko Mäkelä,
Rick Kephart,
Christian Janoff,
and
Bacchus of FairLight.
Western Design Center,
manufacturer of the W65C02S and W65C816S CPUs has a page on the web.
I have compiled partial indices and brief histories of some popular
(but now defunct) Commodore-oriented magazines:
These old magazines are treasure chests of valuable articles, tips and
programs that are indispensible to Commodore owners even today.
If you have issues that aren't included in the lists (and there are many),
please jot down a few of the main articles and
mail them to me.
If there is enough interest, I'll
implement a WWW search engine to scan issues for key words and display the
issue numbers. I've also put a more complete, machine readable (comma
separated values) list into a downloadable archive.
Someone else
prettied up the COMPUTE! and COMPUTE! Gazette indicies with pictures and
links, and someone else put up another
Commodore magazine site
with interviews with several magazine personalities.
In addition,
Craig Bruce,
has made available
an index to C= Hacking.
Some free e-zines relating to 8-bit Commodores are available on-line:
If you're looking to buy or sell Commodore magazines, try the
Retromags site.
Here's a
USENET thread
from 1994-1995 where people reminisce about some of the current and defunct
Commodore magazines.
Are you looking for a way to transfer files between your C64 and a PC?
If you are running
Linux
and have a 1581 disk drive, use
cbmfs,
an installable read-only filesystem module for Linux.
Download it from my
software page.
With a 1541 drive, you can read and write MS-DOS disks if you install a
jumper in your 1541 and use the
1541-dos
package.
With a 1571 drive and a C128, just use Craig Bruce's
Little Red Reader,
documented in
C= Hacking
magazine, issues
four
and
five.
Other methods are mentioned in the
comp.emulators.cbm FAQ.
Look at
my software page for fvcbm, a
DOS/*NIX program for listing Commodore archive directories.
My Cross-Development Tools List contains
pointers to information on
Commodore emulation programs and hardware.
Software is available for download from
PK's ftp page
or
Christian Janoff's Commodore FTP Search page.
I've summarized posts from some threads in late 1995 in the newsgroups
comp.sys.cbm and
comp.emulators.cbm
where people listed their
top 10 (more or less) favourite C64 games.
Hekan Svensson
has posted his own personal
top 10 list including game descriptions,
so has
Scott Amore,
plus, there is an
on-line poll page.
For more Commodore links and information, see
Marko Mäkelä's
and
Jim Brain's
Commodore 64 web sites.
Some non-Commodore
6502-based
machines can be fun to read about as well.
For starters, try the
Atari Forever site,
and the
Apple II Information Resource site.
Other home computers which utilized the 6502 include the
Acorn Electron,
Acorn Atom,
Oric and
Oric Atmos.
Some game consoles that use the 6502 (or derivatives) include the
Atari 2600,
5200,
7800
and
Lynx,
NES,
and
Super NES,
Here's a great page about the
great 8-bit systems of
the past.
For more links on all kinds of Commodore topics, see Gaelyne Gasson's
Commodore Support site.
back to Dan's personal home page
dan@coneharvesters.com
Last updated 2023-05-31
Dan's 8-bit Commodore Info
(Bach's Invention No. 13 by B. Travis, from prs.net's
classical music MIDI archive).