• March 6, 2025

Notes: Floppy drive information

Link to Great Resource on Floppy Drive Jumper Settings -> 5.25“ Floppy Drives [JoSchYs private Wiki] To have the 5-1/4 floppy disk drive to work with HD formatted disks, here were the jumpers that need changed. This is a Newtronics / Mitsumi Model D509V3 Floppy drive for 5.25″ disks. This drive works with the Feather…

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Commodore 64 Computer showing keyboard and label

Restoring a Commodore 64 – Part 1

Commodore 64 computers were the most popular and best selling computer – in the 1980s. Easy to setup, 8-bit processor, floppy drives, sound chips, games on cartridges, joysticks, a mouse, cassette tapes for cheap program storage, programming books, a graphical interface, modems, hard drives, etc. Before the 8088 PC took off, before Windows, and a…

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