Retro Commodore Q&A - Recent questions

What is the list of capacitors needed for A600 Rev B

Thu, 20 Jun 2019 16:03:58 +0000

What is the list of capacitors needed for A600 Rev B

Remove epoxy from C= bricks

Thu, 17 Jan 2019 20:48:09 +0000

How do you remove the epoxy brick from the C64 psu that came with the C64c models?

What is the color of the A2000 keyboard

Thu, 20 Sep 2018 21:19:40 +0000

What is the color of the keyboard frame for the Amiga 2000?

Nibling using ZoomFloppy (XUM1541 / XU1541) on 1571 drive fails

Thu, 29 Mar 2018 15:45:15 +0000

When I try to nibble using ZoomFloppy XUM1541/XU1541 my 1571 drive fails.

C:\Dump>nibread test.nib

nibread - Commodore 1541/1571 disk image nibbler
(C) Peter Rittwage and the rest of the C64 Preservation Project team
http://c64preservation.com
Revision 2014 - Built Apr 18 2017 09:40:05

Drive Version: 73,CBM DOS V3.0 1571,00,00
Drive type: 1571
Bumping...
Initializing
Sending 1571 SRQ support code...
Uploading floppy-side code ($0459 bytes, $300-$759)...done.
Starting custom drive code...USB error in xum1541_wait_status: libusb0-dll:err [_usb_reap_async] reaping request failed, win error: A device attached to the system is not functioning.

USB error in xum1541_ioctl cmd: libusb0-dll:err [_usb_reap_async] reaping request failed, win error: A device attached to the system is not functioning.

How is the Subway USB controller connected?

Sat, 14 May 2016 09:30:19 +0000

The Subway USB controller can damage the Amiga and/or itself - best case only the cable, if it's connected wrong.

What is the list of capacitors needed for A1200 2B

Sat, 14 May 2016 08:19:10 +0000

What is the list of capacitors needed for A1200 2B board?

How do I disable or change ID of a Commodore drive

Mon, 07 Dec 2015 16:15:23 +0000

I want to disable or change ID of the Commodore 1541 / 1570 / 1571 or 1581 drive.

how is this possible using software?

How do I connect the USB-Seriel cable to the GOTEK drive

Sun, 15 Nov 2015 10:43:48 +0000

There are 4 wires on the USB cable, how are these connected to the GOTEK drive?

What is the list of capacitors needed for A600 1.5

Sun, 26 Jul 2015 11:19:53 +0000

What is the list of capacitors needed for A600 Rev 1.5

What is the list of capacitors needed for A1200 1D4

Sun, 26 Jul 2015 10:56:29 +0000

What is the list of capacitors needed for A1200 rev 1D4 board?

Will an Amiga 1200 psu work in a C128 computer?

Sun, 12 Jul 2015 19:25:31 +0000

Will an Amiga 1200 psu work in a C128 computer? or the other way around?

How to change default quit key in whdload

Wed, 15 Apr 2015 11:40:44 +0000

How do I change the default quit key in WHDLoad?

How do I load a program from tape?

Mon, 13 Apr 2015 18:21:46 +0000

I have original tapes and something called turbo tapes how do I start these?

How do I install OS 1.3 on an Amiga 500 HD

Mon, 30 Mar 2015 07:34:25 +0000

How do I install workbench / os 1.x on an Amiga 500 harddrive?

What is a GOTEK drive

Wed, 25 Mar 2015 08:19:05 +0000

What is a GOTEK drive and how can it benefit me?

Is Kipper2k's A600 ram expansion compatible with an angled CF adapter?

Mon, 09 Mar 2015 08:32:56 +0000

The regular angled IDE to Compact Flash adapters seem not to be compatible with Kipper2k's RAM expansions in the Amiga 600, is this true?

What can I use to dump Commodore 16 / plus4 tapes?

Wed, 04 Mar 2015 22:30:36 +0000

I have a Commodore 64, can I use this to dump, record, save my Commodore 16 / plus/4 tapes to a more modern media?

What can I do to fix my Amiga - I'm no technician

Wed, 04 Mar 2015 21:49:20 +0000

I don't know much about electronics, what can I do to fix my Amiga ?

My Amiga doesn't start up and shows X color

Wed, 04 Mar 2015 21:06:22 +0000

My Amiga doesn't boot, and it shows X color.

And doesn't show the disk loading screen.

What is the list of capacitors needed for CD32

Mon, 02 Mar 2015 16:59:07 +0000

What are the different capacitors needed for replacing existing capacitors in the Amiga CD32?

Which games does not work with the GOTEK drive fw v1.05

Tue, 24 Feb 2015 18:39:59 +0000

With FlashFloppy being much better and free, the Cortex firmware is now absolete, and this list should be no long required. Thank you Hervé Messinger for starting all of this and giving us a free firmware, a shame greedy people managed to destroy it.

A list of games that doesn't work with the GOTEK drive with the firmware 1.05 is wanted.

The full TOSEC name is needed.

List starts beneath here

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B.C. Kid (1992)(Ubi Soft)(Disk 1 of 2)[cr FLT].adf
B.C. Kid (1992)(Ubi Soft)(Disk 2 of 2)[cr FLT].adf
Cannon Fodder (1993)(Virgin)(Disk 1 of 3)[cr FLT].adf
Cannon Fodder (1993)(Virgin)(Disk 2 of 3)[cr FLT].adf
Cannon Fodder (1993)(Virgin)(Disk 3 of 3)[cr FLT].adf
Cardiaxx (1991)(Electronic Zoo)[cr IP].adf
Cardiaxx (1991)(Electronic Zoo)[cr IP][t +9 ATX].adf
Cardiaxx (1993)(Team 17)[cr TRSI][budget].adf
Cardiaxx (1993)(Team 17)[cr TRSI][t +13 DLT][budget].adf
Goal! (1993)(Virgin)(M5)(Disk 1 of 2)[cr SR]
Goal! (1993)(Virgin)(M5)(Disk 2 of 2)
Silkworm (1989)(Virgin)[cr Trilogy][t +4 Trilogy].adf