I got it really cheap from some guy in a suburb of stockholm, complete with a printer and a double diskdrive. This section describes emulators implemented in software. However, dircbm is not a standalone program, it is an addin for total commander a complete file manager replacement for microsoft windows, it is released as shareware. Would you like to record wav files to tape for your own pet computer or do you like to use an audio device like the ucassette on your pet. Mac os x, mac os classic power64 is an emulator for the commodore c64. More information about this computer can be found here. Introduced to the world in 1977 the commodore pet soon became a best seller in the north american educational markets and spawned a whole host of products based on its 8bit microprocessor. Vice this is the vice emulator, that not only emulates the pet, but also most other commodore 8bit machines c64, vic20, c128, cbmii. Disk image search service for commodore 8bit files. This board was developed at commodore braunschweiggermany factory by wilfried rusniok hardware and dieter preiss software, incl cad stuff. January commodores chuck peddle shows the first pet to radio shack, hoping to have radio shack sell it. Original javascript emulation code by thomas skibo 2014, revised for interface enhancements by. So he gave it to me free of charge, along with one of several mac classics hed got lying around that he was trying to shift. It provides you with a very powerful assembler, editor and loader.
The petone of the early microcomputers, first produced in 1977stored programs on cassette tapes, using its integral cassette deck. I used a commodore pet emulator, which can be downloaded here for free. Please scroll down for more sections and remember to share this page. Its equipped with a swedish keyboard, making it a rare piece of computer history. Vice is a program that runs on a unix, msdos, win32, os2, beos, qnx 4. The commodore pet 2001 was the first full computer that commodore produced. Commodore education brochure pet, superpet, 2041 disk, vic20, printers commodore pet plus 2041 floppy disk drive. Commodore pet b700 factory this commodore pet b700 high boy factory was likely in pennsylvania in 1984.
One utility with good support for the older disk image types is dircbm, an open source project hosted on sourceforge. This page contains links to pet software projects and archives. An online emulator of the commodore pet 2001 computer. The commodore software library library is amongst the oldest pd software libraries. Commodore pet 8032sk the pet has a special place in the history of microcomputers, as it was one of the biggest sellers in the 1979 1980 period. It needed it it was the only graphics the pet had, not possessing any dedicated graphics modes.
The commodore pet 8032 in my collection is one of the later variants of the pet line. It was based on the same architecture as the moscommodore kim1 but provided a keyboard chicklet style, tape drive and monitor all housed in a spaceage case. Additional characters have been added to the fonts to support all of isolatin1, windows ansi, and macroman, as well as box drawing characters and other miscellaneous unicode characters. Download the worlds most complete commodore text font set, in truetype format. A cozy forum where c64 veterans can reminisce about their days with the breadbin. Commodore yes, as in commodore 64 is angling for a brand comeback with the. The commodore pet is a line of homepersonal computers produced starting in 1977 by commodore international. The first historical hobby and home computers the invention of apple i, apple ii, commodore pet and trs80. 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. It utilizes a cyclebased simulation engine to achieve high compatibility.
The first massmarket computer, the commodore pet, hit the market in 1977. Commodore pet execudesk rom, commodore business software for the. For those of you too young to remember, commodore was a hot. Ive owned a commodore pet 8032 for a few years now. This is a list of the cbmpet library as it is at present from the catalouge disks but there are some additional bits that are due to go onto the list at present. May this tool make life easier for commodore 64 fans, especially for those using mac and linux systems as there are tools available for windows anyway. The emulator will load any of the programs from the program library using special hotlinks. However, dircbm is not a standalone program, it is an addin for total commander a complete file manager replacement for microsoft windows, it is released. Commodore sold 4 million c128s before it was discontinued in 1989. A popular 8 bit processor that soon would be used in machines like the apple ii, the atari 800, the commodore pet and 64. Commodore pet 4032 computer steves computer collection. Versatile commodore emulator for windows, mac, dos, beos, solaris, os2, amiga, dingoo, skyos, dos and linux from the good folks at viceemu.
Commodore business machines its not how little it costs. 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. It was the professional badged version cbm commodore business machine, as that sounded more professional than pet personal electronic transactor. Works on mac os x, windows, or any operating system that supports truetype. Type graphical characters using option on mac os x, right alt on linux and windows. 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. It allows you to run your favorite c64 software on your apple macintosh with powerpc or intelcpu with rosetta at full speed with smooth graphics and great sound.
The commodore pet 2001, demonstrated at the winter consumer electronics show in 1977 and released later that year, was the first computer to feature an extended graphical character set. Pet welcome to the commodore pet emulator section of the emulation database. C64 emulator links everything c64 commodore 64 forum. Software for the interface is available for the pc running dos, windows or linux. Troubleshooting common problems with the commodore pet. My first programming languages were fortran, learned in my mathematics degree, and basic, which was the language built into the rom read only memory of the commodore pet. This was the commodore pet 2001, which came to market in october 1977. 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. Rs232 for commodore pet and dialing a bbs over wifi. It is unique with its chicklet keyboard and built in tape drive. The commodore pet was apples chief rival at the time. The commodore pet personal electronic transactor is a line of homepersonal computers produced starting in 1977 by commodore international.
This was the first commercial all in one personal computer which you could simply plugin and begin using. This page contains a few programs for pet cbm 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. Ive been able to download and run many different programs for it, like wordpro you see above. Other models in its line during the 1980s were the vic20 and the commodore pet, an allinone system that beat the original mac to market with a machine that stuffed both computer and monitor in. Commodore pet android phone with its pet android phone, commodore is bringing back the 1980s. Superpet allows you to type the equivalent unicode characters using a similar mapping.
Zx spectrum, commodore, amstrad, atari, nintendo, sega, microsoft, parlophone, decca, ocean, electronic arts are among the many names we hold in stock. A topseller in the canadian and united states educational markets, it was commodores first fullfeatured computer, and formed the. The pet chassis flipped up like a cars hood to expose the circuitry and. The education experience commodore product line 2040, 4040, 2031, floppy drives, superpet, pet 4016, pet 8032, vic 20, 2022 printer commodore spftware encyclopedia commodore peripherals. Commodore international founder jack tramiel was considered one of the pioneers in the history of computer science and contributed to the spread of the first domestic computers, such as the commodore pet and the commodore 64. What software can i use to perform structural equation modeling with mac os x yosemite apple laptop. All of these parts except for the transformer and capacitor are on the pet motherboard. The commodore pet 2001 was one of the first three personal. Commodore high speed graphik card for cbm 40008000 series introduction. Virtualc64 is a userfriendly commodore 64 emulator.
Commodore pet education software brochure commodore. January commodore first shows a prototype pet computer at the winter consumer electronics show. The commodore pet was commodores first fully featured computer for the home computer market. What software can i use to perform structural equation. Although cycleaccurate emulation consumes more computing time than, e. Commodore pet games and software retro games and films ltd. Commodore pet tape wav files retro computer verzamelaar. Preface the commodore pet assembler development system software package allows you to program in the native 6500 series assembly language code, directly on the commodore pet computer. Like all early pets, it features a small 9 integrated monitor. It was the 8032, and came with the 8050 double disk drive. Htm in the html folder for instructions and manuals. Commodore pet 2001 factory this is the commodore pet factory, likely in palo alto california in 1978. A history of commodores 8bit computers low end mac. As you can see, the d64 format is well supported, the older cbm pet image file types seem to be less so.
Many of these characters have been made available for the first time in unicode. There was a time that the commodore pet was the standard computer at north american schools. Learn all about steve wozniak, the apple computer co. Commodore, the name that helped usher in the pc revolution, is back. The commodore pet personal electronic transactor was a homepersonal computer produced in 1977 by commodore international. In vice almost all pet computers are emulated superpet 6809 mode is not supported, together with the different ieee488 disk drives. This is a pretty bad photo of my awesome commodore pet 200 computer.
This is the first commodore pet model ever produced. The commodore high speed graphik hsg card is a board that installs inside any commodore petcbm 4000 or 8000 series computer. This is the first commodore computer, the pet, or the personal electronic transactor. Would you like to record wav files to tape for your own pet computer or do you like to use an audio device like the ucassette. The smartphone has a few standout features and is even equipped with an emulator for c64 and amiga games, one of the most popular first computer games. Versatile commodore emulator for windows, mac, dos, beos, solaris, os2. As you can see, the d64 format is well supported, the older cbmpet image file types seem to be less so.
Docs for using the assembler are on the disk in a sequential file. Cbm assembler 64 v080282 has to be one of the earliest made assembler packages for the commodore 64. Ive long wanted to connect it to a standard rs232 device and use it as a terminal. It had an 80 column display and a full 32k of ram to run programs on its rom based basic. Search no longer, i have some tap files and wav files for you to. Commodore basic, also known as pet basic or cbmbasic, is the dialect of the basic programming language used in commodore internationals 8bit home computer line, stretching from the pet of 1977 to the c128 of 1985 the core is based on 6502 microsoft basic, and as such it shares many characteristics with other 6502 basics of the time, such as applesoft. Commodore pet 2001 computer steves computer collection. This machine was a major remodelling of the range, and was targeted more at the business user rather than the home market, which was a shift in strategy from the 20000 m,achines.
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