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The Easter Egg in the “Schrott-Tornado” at the Deutsches Museum

2022-12-26 by Michael Steil

The Deutsches Museum in Munich (Germany) has a new art installation as part of the reopened Electronics exhibition: The “Schrott-Tornado”, a tornado-shaped sculpture made from scrap electronics. There is (at least) one item in it that is most definitely not trash. read more

Categories Archeology, Hardware, Puzzle, Teardown 4 Comments

Dissecting a Dummy Promo MiniDisc

2022-11-18 by Michael Steil

Many pre-recorded MiniDiscs are rare and expensive. An extra rare special case is the dummy promo copy of Michael Jackson’s “Dangerous”, which we will dissect in this article. read more

Categories Archeology, Teardown 8 Comments

Building the Tynemouth Mini PET

2020-07-05 by Michael Steil

Tynemouth Mini PET at FTW8b.com

Categories 6502, Commodore, Hardware, PET, Teardown 2 Comments

Commodore "Video Supergame 64" Bundle

2019-05-28 by Michael Steil

The “Video Supergame 64” is a Commodore 64 bundled with a joystick and three games on a cartridge, sold mainly in Germany in 1988/1989. Here are some pictures. read more

Categories C64, Commodore, Teardown 6 Comments

Commodore “Magic Voice” Cartridge for C64

2019-05-26 by Michael Steil

“Magic Voice” is an expansion cartridge for the Commodore 64 that can speak 235 predefined words. Here are some pictures. read more

Categories C64, Commodore, Teardown 2 Comments

Tynemouth Minstrel ZX80 Clone Kit

2024-10-082019-05-23 by Michael Steil

I have previously shown an unassembled Sinclair ZX81 Kit that could be bought in the early 80s. Today, it is possible to buy a clone of the ZX80 from Tynemouth Software. Here are some pictures. read more

Categories Hardware, Teardown 4 Comments

C64 CP/M Cartridge

2019-05-18 by Michael Steil

The cartridge that makes a C64 a “dual processor” computer: Commodore’s CP/M cartridge for C64 contains a Z80 CPU and comes with version 2.2 of the CP/M operating system. Here are some pictures. read more

Categories C64, Commodore, Teardown 16 Comments

Sinclair ZX81 Kit

2019-05-16 by Michael Steil

Here are hi-res photos of an unassembled Sinclair ZX81 kit, with German assembly instructions. read more

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Blue Chip BCD/5.25 Disk Drive

2019-05-15 by Michael Steil

After previously dissecting the firmware of alternate C64 disk drives, let’s now look at the hardware of one: This is the Blue Chip BCD/5.25. read more

Categories Commodore, Floppy Disks, Teardown 6 Comments

The Commodore IEEE-488 Cartridge for C64

2019-05-13 by Michael Steil

Commodore 64 disk drives were usually connected through the slow serial bus. This article shows some hi-res photos of the Commodore “IEEE-488 cartridge”, which made the faster PET drives available for the C64. read more

Categories C64, Commodore, Commodore Peripheral Bus, Floppy Disks, PET, Teardown 6 Comments

Boxed MOS 6502 CPU

2019-05-11 by Michael Steil

Back in 1975, you could order a boxed 6502 CPU directly from MOS in Norristown, PA. Here are some high-res photos of such a box and its contents. read more

Categories 6502, Archeology, Teardown 5 Comments

Commodore MAX Machine

2019-05-10 by Michael Steil

Here are some hi-res pictures of the Commodore MAX machine (aka Ultimax or VC-10), a stripped-down game console variant of the Commodore 64 that was briefly available in 1982. read more

Categories C64, Commodore, Teardown 7 Comments

The Commodore 8250 Dual Drive Floppy Disk

2019-05-05 by Michael Steil

The Commodore 8250 was the high-end 5.25″ disk system for the Commodore PET, with two drives that could each fit 1 MB (4133 blocks free) on a standard disk. Here are some high-res pictures. read more

Categories Commodore, Floppy Disks, Teardown 6 Comments

Prototype Commodore 232 and 264 Computers

2019-05-02 by Michael Steil

Here are some hi-res photos of the Commodore 232 and Commodore 264 prototypes. The C-232 and C-264 were two1 of the planned models of the TED series, but neither shipped. The C-264 became the Plus/4, with productivity software preinstalled in ROM, and the low-lost C-232 was replaced by the even lower-cost C16 and C116 models. read more

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Third Party Disk Drives for the C64: The "Technica"

2019-05-01 by Michael Steil

I have previously analyzed the ROM images of some third party disk drives for the Commodore 64: The result was that most of them were just using the original binaries with some obfuscation, and some with some added features. This time, let’s look at another drive, the “Technica”, which is a little special in this regard. read more

Categories Archeology, Commodore, Floppy Disks, Literature, Teardown 2 Comments

High-Res Pictures of a MOS KIM-1

2010-06-28 by Michael Steil

The MOS KIM-1 is a quite rare collector’€™s item today. So if you hold one in your hands, you better take some high resolution pictures of the board. Here they are: read more

Categories 6502, Archeology, Teardown 6 Comments

Pictures of Apple Lisa 2 Boards

2009-09-01 by Michael Steil

The Apple Lisa is a quite rare collector’s item today. So if you hold one in your hands, you better take some high resolution pictures of the boards. Here they are: read more

Categories Archeology, Teardown 5 Comments
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