Commodore international ci, along with its subsidiary commodore business machines cbm, participated in the development of the home personal computer. Commodore pc tools tools specific to transferring software between a pc and a commodore 12 5. I grew up with 1980s home computers, and have been using, repairing and upgrading them for over 30 years. It is not an exhaustive list of and other software may have been published. View and download commodore pet 2001n instruction book online.
May 04, 2014 a look at the commodore pet 4032 computer. Commodore pet 2001 computer steves computer collection. Commodore pet cbm 8032 when i grew up, the commodore pet was one of my favourite aspirational computers. Tynemouth software llp old computers, new computers, bespoke web design and software development, computer repairs, it and media services uk saturday, 16 may 2015 commodore pet 4032 repair.
Commodore 64 ready t shirt boot screen 80s 8bit home computer videogame tee. Jun 18, 2011 a good example is the pet 4032 that i recently acquired for my commodore collection. Commodore made the worlds most successful 8bit personal computer, the c64, and its most iconic 16bit one, the commodore amiga. It retains the graphic keyboard layout of the original pet, however it has the larger display of the 8032 although it only shows 40 columns. To help prevent this, commodore sold many pet 4008 and pet 4016 models with the empty memory sockets punched out and destroyed. Commodore 4032 the commodore pet is a line of home.
But the latter was a weird, complicated, twofaced beast, dooming. This operating system from commodore is actually an improved basic, that allows to utilize the additional memory found in the 8x96 models. Send me some photos of your pet along with your name, a link and a message for pet fans and it will be assigned an official serial number and published here check out the commodore pet mini serial no. Vintage commodore pet 4032 computer w commodore printer. Commodore international other names include commodore international limited, or just simply commodore was an american home computer and electronics manufacturer founded by jack tramiel. The museum takes donations of old electronic equipment, software, and video games and also gives away free computers in the community to those that otherwise cant afford them. The commodore pet personal electronic transactor 2001 was announced at the west coast computer faire and was very warmly received by the press and public alike. This time the fault was the 12 volt supply voltage. At least enough machines that i could rotate students through the handson experience. Commodore vintage computers and mainframes for sale shop. It appears that they just made up that description, though, as the name pet was apparently chosen to capitalize on the pet rock fad going on at the time. The commodore computer museum features various hardware accessories disk drives, datasettes, controllers, monitors, printers, plotters, software floppy disks, tapes, cartridges and of course a full library of books, manuals and. On this web page you can find the latest news about the computer brand commodore. It is unique with its chicklet keyboard and built in tape drive.
In particular, there was a game that my kids played years ago where they had to get a man to run across the screen to the other side while avoiding little blocks the were falling from the top of the screen. Make offer ultra rare color pet commodore p500 computer tested. The rare 710 was part of the cbmii line c developed in the mid 1980s as a successor to the original commodore pet. The commodore pet personal electronic transactor was a homepersonal computer produced in 1977 by commodore international. Commodore computer museum c64, c128, cbm pet, vic20, amiga. The personal computer museum is located in brantford, ontario, canada and is open to the public to visit its interactive displays on the history of personal computers with thousands of artifacts. Commodore 4032 pet computer repaired with daves, rom board from tynemouth software. The museum takes donations of old electronic equipment, software, and video games and also gives away free computers in the community to those that. The system combined a mos 6502 microprocessor, commodore basic in read only memory rom, a keyboard, a computer monitor and in early models a cassette deck for data and program storage in a single allinone case development of the system began in 1976 and it was first offered for. Other improvements include more memory and a better keyboard. Weve got members with a lot of talent and expertise developing custom hardware, software and programing for the following commodore computers. Petdraw is a program that i wrote for several different commodore machines that allows the creation of petscii graphics, which of course are graphics limited to the internal character set of the machine as well as the screen color limitations. This is the ninth part of the repair and restoration of a commodore pet 4032.
Sep 11, 2014 this is the ninth part of the repair and restoration of a commodore pet 4032. Most of the games were designed for the 40column version of the pet and there seems to be a lot of incompatibilities between pets with different keyboard types as well. The pet 4032 40 column display, 32k ram is an upgraded personalhome edition pet. Get the best deals on commodore vintage computers and mainframes. Commodore also released the cbm 8032 at about the same time as the pet 4032. In 1981, commodore designed a new computer for programmers. With these you will be able to dial into old school c64128 bbs that have been converted to telnet from dialup. Like all early pets, it features a small 9 integrated monitor. Great savings free delivery collection on many items. Nov 29, 2018 commodore germany commodore advert showing a clone laptopportable pc produced only for europe and a petcbm 8096 rough translation is. This page contains a few programs for petcbm computers that i have picked up from various places on the web to use with the model 8096 that i have, this machine has an 80 column screen and 32kb of ram on board, with an additional 64kb on an internal expansion board. This is one of the most iconiclooking computer of the 70s, it reminds us of an era of frenetic innovation, harsh competition and bold design choices that shaped the computer industry as we know it today. The commodore pet is a line of homepersonal computers produced starting in 1977 by commodore international. Telengard by avalon hill for commodore 64 atari 400800 trs80 pet 2001 cassette.
Commodore vic 20 the 4016 and its bigger sibling the 4032 are basically identical to the later 2000 series except for some internal changes to how the video is accessed to speed up the graphics display this. Commodore pet software the following is a list of commodore pet software in the centre for computing history collection. Commodore also introduced the 8000 series, which featured 80 characters per row instead of 40 and was geared more toward business use. A good example is the pet 4032 that i recently acquired for my commodore collection the outside of the case was in decent shape. Commodore computer museum c64, c128, cbm pet, vic20. Gecko serial pet driver the csa gecko board has a driver that patches up a pet fat40 rom such that it uses an uart rs232 interface as editor rom and not the usual screen area anymore. Despite the limited graphics and sound capabilities, there are no shortage of games for the pet. The commodore pet 8032 in my collection is one of the later variants of the pet line. To recap from way back in part 1, this early 1980s commodore pet 403232n computer has not been a commodore pet for probably 20 years.
Commodore pet 4032 vintage computer powers on working by commodore. Cbm 8000, cbm 2001b, cbm 8016, pet 20018k, cbm 8032. Commodore apparently had legal issues with the pet abbreviation, and had to change it to something else. The commodore pet personal electronic transactor is a line of homepersonal computers produced starting in 1977 by commodore international. Properly cleaning a commodore pet 4032n keyboard commodore. The pet 4032 was released three years after the original pet 2001. Commodore pet 4032 vintage computer restoration project before and after photos. Once the most popular home computer around, commodore s c64 was an amazing followup.
Commodore pet software at the centre for computing history. Commodore 4032 the commodore pet is a line of homepersonal. With our talented commodore computer club members, we can help make it happen for you and your organization. It had already been around for about 3 years by the time i got into computers in 1980, and technologically was way beyond anything else i had came across. Pet 2001, 4032 and cbm 8032 commodore 16 commodore plus4.
Petdraw for the commodore 64, plus4, c16, pet 8032 and 4032. January commodore first shows a prototype pet computer at the winter consumer electronics show. Commodore computer club and users group serving vancouver, washington and the pdx portland, oregon metropolitan area commodore pet 1977. There is news about the first generation cbm pet the vic20, c64 and c128. Ken ustons puzzle panic ecp epyx commodore c64 computer video game c64. Commodore went on to improve the pet line over the course of several years. Although it has the same cpu running at the same speed, improved circuitry allows the 4032 to run substantially faster.
I also describe this machine in a youtube video now in hd. May 16, 2015 tynemouth software llp old computers, new computers, bespoke web design and software development, computer repairs, it and media services uk saturday, 16 may 2015 commodore pet 4032 repair only 16k reported. Mar 30, 2017 commodore pet cbm 8032 when i grew up, the commodore pet was one of my favourite aspirational computers. This encouraged those who wanted more memory to upgrade to the 4032 instead of doing it themselves.
Nov 28, 2018 in 1982 the 8 bit world was rocked by the commodore 64, or c64 home computer. Versatile commodore emulator for windows, mac, dos, beos, solaris, os2, amiga, dingoo, skyos, dos and linux from the good folks at viceemu. January commodore s chuck peddle shows the first pet to radio shack, hoping to have radio shack sell it. This is the first commodore computer, the pet, or the personal electronic transactor. Commodore pet mini build your own commodore pet quite possibly the prettiest retro computer ever. You can see a good example of this by looking at brandons cbm 8032 which. Tynemouth software llp old computers, new computers, bespoke web design and software development, computer repairs, it and media services uk saturday, 16 may 2015 commodore pet 4032 repair only 16k reported. Commodore pet 4032 vintage computer restoration project. It contains a 6509 processor, which allows for access of up to 1mb of ram in a unique banking method. Iz8dwf has made a video of the repair of a commodore pet 4032 computer. Reverse engineered schematic diagrams of commodore pet computers includes 3008 2001n, 4032, and 8032 from ruud baltissen univ this is the universal system board used in the 400012 and later 8032 computers. As a data processing teacher at a local high school, the commodore pet 4016 4032 is remembered as the first computer that provided a lab setting. Commodore educator 64 aka pet 64 or old computer hardware art,fashion,design,technology etc from the atomic space age techniques and strategies for gaming commodore educator 64.
A topseller in the canadian and united states educational markets, it was commodore s first fullfeatured computer, and formed the basis for their entire 8bit product line. There are some classic computers that just look like a computer should. Commodore pet games anyone know where i can get some commodore pet games. Yes, if retrostyle has a winner, it would have to be the 3032 variant of the commodore pet.
An example of such a machine 4016 is below to the left. Commodore pet 4032 vintage computer powers on working. A topseller in the canadian and united states educational markets, it was the first personal computer sold to the public and formed the basis for their entire 8bit product line, including the commodore 64. The european versions of the updated pet were the called the cbm 4016 and 4032. You can see a good example of this by looking at brandons cbm 8032 which he recently cleaned up. And also news about the c16, c116, plus4, c64 dtv, cone and the amiga. Running a retro computer club im always receiving vintage hardware and sometimes its super dirty. Ultra rare color pet commodore p500 computer tested, working. There is news about the first generation cbmpet the vic20, c64 and c128. More about magazines, competitions, music, emulators and events. This is the first commodore pet model ever produced.
Used vintage commodore pet 4032 computer w commodore printer 2022 ca. To recap from way back in part 1, this early 1980s commodore pet 4032 32n computer has not been a commodore pet for probably 20 years. It is almost identical, except for having a 12 screen instead of the 9 screen, displaying 80 characters per line of text. Make offer trains spinnaker software commodore 64 c64. Contact me if you want to arrange a repair or upgrade, available on many home computers of the 1980s and 1990s. It is similar, but displays 80 characters per line of text, a vast improvement over the 40 characters of previous pets. I remember that the internal cassette drive was always a problem when moving from one machine to another. Next computer last modified 20120 commodore pet 4032 specifications. Free delivery and returns on ebay plus items for plus members.
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