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Has anyone used one of the Commodore 8" 8060 series or the 8280 series of disk drives? I hate to admit this, but I didn't even know Commodore made 8" disk drives until I stumbled upon a drive list for the Pet/CBM series. Fascinated, I tried to do some research, but haven't found much so I...

If you happen to see my other post, I've been reading about the early days of the computer market during the 1970s. The books I've read mention punch cards, paper tape, and audio tapes. I was wondering which of the three was the most reliable loading programs? My first computer was a...

I've been reading books on the early days of the computer market and many stated the MITS Altair 4k board did not work reliably. Unfortunately, none of them have detailed what that meant. I was wondering if anyone here could explain if there was an issue with MITS 4k board, what it would do (or...

Looking for the Commodore SX-64 Test/Demo Disk. Thanks!

Yep, looking for a Commodore SX-64 User's Guide Thanks!

Those of you who used CP/M and then used MS-DOS, I wondered what your opinion on this was? From the books I've read and the interviews I've seen with Tim, I do not think that he copied any CP/M code into QDos. However, Gary Kildall threatened IBM with a lawsuit because QDOS was so close CP/M...

I never used CP/M back in the day, but have read a lot about it and its creator Gary Kildall. It seemed like a nice OS for the time, but if I understand CP/M correctly, it did not have a standard disk format? As in each OEM could use their own format for storing the OS and data. For those of you...

I'm looking for a Commodore 128D Keyboard. Thanks!