Commodore 64 CP/M Cartridge

19 Apr 2022 |   0 minutes to read

While CP/m was primarily targeted toward more business PCs, there was effort made to make it available on the Commodore 64.

Usually, this wouldn’t be possible due to the hardware of the C64.

• CPU: MOS 6510/8500 (Modified MOS 6502)
• 64 KB RAM, 20 KB ROM

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• MADE IN HONG KONG
• Assembly # 326232 Rev. B
• K 368 E81159 KALEX

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• Fab # 326229 Rev. B

SN	Date	Count	ID	Purpose
Z8400B1	88237-Italy	1	U13	Co-Processor
74LS245	H236 Indonesia	3	U7, U11, U14	Octal Bus Transceiver
74LS373N	K8249	1	U4	OCTAL TRANSPARENT LATCH WITH 3-STATE OUTPUTS
DM74LS367AN	P214*	1	U3	Hex 3-State Buffer/Bus Driver
SN74LS283N	227BJ Taiwan	1	U10	4-Bit Binary Full Adder with Fast Carry
SN74LS12N	8152	1	U6	Triple 3-input NAND Gate
SN74S04N	249A Malaysia	1	U2	Hex Inverters
74LS00PC	8240 Indonesia	1	U9	Quad 2-Input NAND Gate
74LS74AN	8148	1	U5	Dual D-Type Positive-Edge-Triggered Flip-Flops with Preset and Clear
74S74	8229 Singapore	1	U1	Dual D-Type Positive-Edge-Triggered Flip-Flop

User Manual: https://archive.org/details/Commodore_64_CPM_Operating_System_Users_Guide_1983_Commodore

Links

• https://www.pagetable.com/?p=1312
• https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/2018/07/27/running-cp-m-on-the-commodore-64/
• http://www.z80.eu/c64.html
• http://www.devili.iki.fi/Computers/Commodore/C64/CPM/
• http://www.baltissen.org/newhtm/c64_cpm.htm
• http://www.zimmers.net/cbmpics/xother3.html
• http://www.mos6502.com/commodore-tech-corner/running-cpm-on-the-c64/
• http://baltissen.org/newhtm/c64_cpm.htm