There is now a deluxe keyboard available for the Mini PET. The keyboard coms as a kit with switches and keys. You can alter the picture of the keys if you want to.
The Mini PET is a fully functional 6502 based computer, compatible with a Commodore PET 2001N-32 (3032/4032) computer. There is now more information available for all the options.
The Mini PET is a fully functional 6502 based computer, compatible with a Commodore PET 2001N-32 (3032/4032), but in a much smaller form factor and with much less power consumption.
Tynemouth Software has written a blog about making a device to connect a Commodore PET/CBM keyboard to USB. With this device the PET/CBM keyboard can be tested or used on a modern PC.
Chuck Hutchins developed a device a to add sound and a serial port to his Commodore PET 2001. With this device you play games with sound, listen to the Datassette loading and communicate with a modem.
On December 15, 2019 Chuck Peddle passed away at the age of 82. Chuck was an American electrical engineer best known as the main designer of the MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor, as well as the KIM-1.
Mike is working on a new project for the Commodore PET computers. The ROMulator is a replacement board for 64 kB RAM (x16), ROM and a debug interface. The heart of the ROMulator is a Lattice ICE40 UltraPlus FPGA.
Chuck Hutchins has made a video about the datassette in a Commodore PET 2001. He shows that the datassette is a normal audio recorder that Commodore adapted for the PET 2001.
You can now build your own Commodore PET Mini. You can use a 3D printer to print the PET and install a Raspberry Pi and a small screen inside. The creator of this mini PET is Lorenzo Herrera.
Tynemouth Software has written a blog about the development of a SD card disk drive for the Commodore PET series of computers. The SD2PET is now available for pre-order.
Rob Clarke has made a video about the Commodore PET 4010 Voice Response Unit. This device was developed for the Commodore PET/CBM computer by the Votrax corporation.
The guy old made a video of a rare hardware expansion for the Commodore PET/CBM computer. The HAL PCG-6500 is a graphics board with aprogrammable character set generator and a sound device.
Glen Kleinschmidt has built a clone of a CBM PET-2001. The specifications are: 32 KiB RAM, BASIC#2, WDC65C02N (CPU), WDC65C21N (PIA) and a WDC65C22N (VIA).
Chuck Hutchins made a video about repairing a PET 8032 Business keyboard. He cleaned the contacts, checked the resistances and repaired a broken circuit trace.
Tynemouth Software has developed a replacement keyboard for the Commodore PET computers. The replacement keyboards are available for the "graphics" keyboard and the "chicklet" keyboard. The keyboard is now also available with a black circuit board.
Tynemouth Software has developed a replacement keyboard for the Commodore PET computers. The replacement keyboards are available for the "graphics" keyboard and the "chicklet" keyboard.
Iz8dwf made a video of the development of his Commodore PET RAM/ROM replacement board. The specifications are: 2 x ROM (24Kbytes) and 2 x 4K ($F000 - $FFFF).
Iz8dwf made a video of the repair of a Commodore C64 and a Commodore PET 2001. The C64 had a faulty PLA and a bad RAM chip. The PET 2001 needed a new RAM and ROM chip.
Tynemouth Software has repaired two Commodore PET computers. The one PET had a couple of bad IC sockets and the other PET had damaged tracks on the circuit board and a bad capacitor.