#plus4

Donkey Kong for the #Commodore #Plus4 looks fantastic! https://www.indieretronews.com/2025/07/donkey-kong-for-commodore-plus4-looks.html

I just came across Retrocomb's video on how to connect to the BBS via a Plus/4. Thanks for the callout!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daoAllAv9qo

#bbs #plus4 #commodore

I have reworked RetroBBS's Weather plugin, it now uses open-meteo.com API, displays.
It now have an optional second screen displaying the temperature curve for the next 7 days.
Additionally, if the terminal supports drawing commands, the curve will be drawn on the terminal side instead of prerendered on the BBS.

Video shows the new features on an emulated Plus/4

#commodore #plus4 #bbs #retroterm #retrobbs #retrocomputing

If you have a dead 8501 CPU I can absolutely recommend the 6502 adapter by MCes. It is very compatible and uses a regular 6502A CPU (or 6502 known to be working at 1.8MHz) and fits nicely inside the C16. There is also a variant with slightly modified layout for the Plus/4.
#retrocomputing #commodore #c16 #plus4

Was made aware of this reproduction book from a couple of years ago for the Commodore Plus/4 and C16. I just grabbed the hardback book version and am anxious to check it out.

https://www.amazon.com/Commodore-Games-Book-Retro-Reproductions/dp/1837911770

#commodore #retrocomputing #plus4 #c16

@electron_greg It would be cool to adapt this for the Commodore #plus4 and produce DFLI pictures that can display 2 freely chosen colours out of a palette of 121 in every 8x2-pixel area. The TED chip also makes it easy to play digital samples.

http://plus4world.powweb.com/plus4encyclopedia/500027

Obscure trivia time! It turns out that Cristina Scabbia of Lacuna Coil fame wished for a #C64 as a child but got a #plus4 instead. If only she had known how far the homebrew scene would take the latter!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXbxb4m_k9U&t=238s

All images were recorded using a RetroTink 4K, outputting a 1080p signal image, captured with an Elgato Game Capture HD60S+ and OBS. The Commodore 16 was hooked into the HD15 input via a quality Commodore DIN to SVideo cable, using a Laser Bear Industries SVideo/CVBS to HD15 adapter.

(The HD15 input of the RT4K has slightly better image quality in its Y/C mode, than its regular SVideo input - which is still very good.)

#commodore #plus4 #8bit #retrocomputing

Here are some comparison shots. The left is always before image - using the original modulator - the right is always the after image - using a TheRetroChannel RF-OFF modulator replacement, with luma bypass.

Second two test pictures are from "Carrion's 121 colors" slide-show, by Censor Design & Exceed, released at Arok Party 2023, Hungary.

#commodore #8bit #plus4 #retrocomputing

Finally got around installing a TheRetroChannel RF-OFF modulator replacement into my Commodore 16. I ordered this a while back... The ground plane around the modulator put up a bit of a fight, but managed to do it in the end.

I'm not too comfortable with that tower of the Saruman TED 64K expansion, plus the luma bypass adapter on top of each-other, crowned by the TED chip, but it seems to work and it even fits under the keyboard in the black breadbox.

#commodore #8bit #plus4 #retrocomputing

One more Commodore 116 keyboard screw conversion - check.

It looks good, but it isn't perfect. 2 or 3 screws can't be tightened fully. Maybe the piece moved slightly. The tolerances are very tight, the screw is M1.7 in size, and the drill-bit is 1.3mm... If it wobbles by a fraction of a mm, it can already cause this problem.

They're still holding though, and with all screws in, it feels solid. It will be good enough, I think. cc: @iszell

#commodore #retrocomputing #8bit #c116 #plus4

Oh no, they're multiplying!

One of these Commodore 116 doesn't belong to me, and overall it's in a much better nick than mine. Works perfectly, and looks very unmolested - but of course someone had a go at the keyboard already, and some of the plastic pins holding it together are already broken. No surprises there.

I will do the screw-conversion on it, now that I can, and have the tools for it, and then we'll see what else.

cc: @iszell

#commodore #retrocomputing #8bit #c116 #plus4

Commodore Plus/4 Emulator YAPE 1.2.6 released http://yape.homeserver.hu/index.htm

Credit https://x.com/Commodore_lives

#Commodore #Plus4 #Commodore16 #RetroComputing

Kye - A #C64 port of Colin Garbutt's puzzle game from 1992 [UPDATE & #Commodore #Plus4] https://www.indieretronews.com/2022/12/kye-c64-port-of-colin-garbutts-puzzle.html

The biggest challenge was to recreate the SID tune within the confines of the much more humble TED. I managed to come up with a nice system that allowed me to play proper basslines that the TED cannot do natively by driving the oscillators from software.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6OBQP2vX6U

#c64 #plus4

New release by yours truly: Kye for the Commodore Plus/4, based on the #C64 port I made a few years back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWfo75cRroU
https://plus4world.powweb.com/software/Kye

#c64 #plus4

New video! I'm building a Magic Desk style multi program cartridge for the Commodore 264 line of machines.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/QFPwqtm2Fc4
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/14Hsf9wVFzBa3Pu51r6Fjo

#Commodore #C16 #C116 #Plus4 #Commodore264 #Cartridge #MultiROM #MagicDesk #C264MagicCart #OpenSource #OpenHardware #Build #DIY #EPROM #RetroComputing #VintageComputing

Ich wusste gar nicht, dass das 64'er Magazin auf #Mastodon ist. Super cool! Merci. Direkt mal folgen…

@64er

https://www.64er-magazin.de/

#Commodore #VC20 #C64 #Commodore64 #C16 #C116 #Plus4 #Datasette #CBM #64er #64erMagazin #MEGA65

Many hours later… it’s far from perfect but I’m happy I did it (some major discoloration on the backside, some of my supports were very unfortunately placed so I had to do a bit of filing but it works). Closeups are too embarrassing. I’m still a 3d printing noob. #C16 #C116 #Plus4 #Cartridge

I built a C264 Magic Cart (which is a Magic Desk style cartridge for the C16/116/Plus4 which can access up to 2MB of software from EPROMs). It’s very cool indeed!

Link here: https://github.com/msolajic/c264-magic-cart

#Commodore #C16 #C116 #Plus4 #InTheLabDoingStuff