File-Survey 2.7 by Reudiger Khoel (Willcox, 1998) is one of the best .SEQ (and also .PRG and Binary) file viewers I've run across.  Not only does this view files with the option to print, it also supports viewing (and printing) in 40 or 80 columns.  On top of that, it supports most RAM expansions and can use up to the max of 16MB.

This disk image is mainly German, but there is an English version of File-Survey along with an English translation of the docs.  I also need to give credit for this find to Baracuda because it was on a disk image he sent over.

SCREEN DUMP, ETC sets up F1 through F8 to give the following capabilities:

• F1 - HELP KEY (lnformation and ESCAPE KEY FROM OTHER ROUTINES)
• F2 - SCREEN DUMP TO PRINTER (True dot by dot dump | Screen can be LO-RES or HI-RES, and can even Include custom characters and spritesl - NO restrictions)
• F3 - BASIC MEMORY ALLOCATION (Displays and allows changes to Start/End of BASIC RAM. VarIables, Arrays, and Strings)
• F4 - SCREEN DUMP TO DISK (12 capabilities, PLUS sprite data blocks and custom character sets used for screen are also saved)
• F5 - SCREEN MEMORY ALLOCATION (Displays and allows changes to locations of screens, sprite memory blocks. and character set)
• F6 - SCREEN LOAD FROM DISK (Reverse of F4 - locations can be changed)
• F7 - HEXADECIMAL TO DECIMAL OR DECIMAL TO HEXADECIMAL CONVERSION
• F8 - USER DEFINED (Transfers Control to user supplied machine language program)

ALL of the above functions may be performed at anytime. even during execution of a BASIC or machine language program. After the function key has completed Its task, the interrupted program will continue as if nothing happened! Compatible with most BASIC and machine language programs. F2 requires a 7 or 8 dot per byte DOT ADDRESSABLE printer such as Commodore, Epson, Gemini, etc.

Thanks Anthony for sending over the scan of this manual.  If anyone has the program that goes with this and wants to share, please contact us. 

Commodore 1541 Drive Diagnostic Disk v2.0 - Thanks Bruce Thomas for sending over this disk of drive testing utilities by Commodore that has some unique programs that aren't on the usual test/demo disk that comes with the 1541 floppy drive.  In fact, there are a few test programs that aren't even for the 1541 drive, but instead for testing the C64.

S.A.M. Again is a release of The Software Automated Mouth for the Commodore 64 by Baracuda of THE STOCK International.  This version of S.A.M. includes these 8 programs:

• S.A.M.- Loads S.A.M speech synthesis program, KNOBS, the S.A.M. wedge, and leaves the computer ready to accept phonetic input.
• RECITER- Leaves the computer ready for regular English text-to-speech input.
• SAYIT- BASIC program that allows you to input strings of phonetic or English and hear them spoken immediately.
• DEMO- BASIC program that demonstrates some of S.A.M.'s features.
• SPEECHES- BASIC program that features some familiar texts spoken aloud.
• GUESSNUM- A talking game in which the player guesses a secret number between 1 and 100.
• RECEPTION - A program that tries to solve your psychological problems.
• SPEAKPOKER - Play poker with a talking dealer.

In addition to the program, there are two scans of the manual in the archive, one for the Commodore 64 and the other for Apple II's.

Wordle v1.3 by Spiro Harvey (original by Josh Wardle), released in 2022 - I know I'm a little late to the craze, but I'm glad to find that someone has released this for the Commodore 64.  The object of the game is to guess the word in 6 tries.  Each try will give you a hint by coloring the letters brown or yellow.  If the letter is yellow, then it is in the answer and in the correct position.  If the letter is brown, it is in the answer but in the wrong position.

For other Commodore versions and source code, visit this Github page.

The Tool or The Tool-64 by Tri Micro (also distributed by Handic) is a BASIC extension for the Commodore 64 that has many handy instructions. Most deal with the screen and cursor manipulation, but also some utilitarian features such as program renumbering and string manipulation.

I want to thank Matt C. for this bit copy which he made with nibtools and a modded 1541.  Although there are a couple other postings of this tool on the site, none are of a clean full version of the original floppy.

If you are interested in additional information (manual and cartridge image) along with applications and demos that are related to The Tool, check here.

The Home Manager by Melody Hall is a collection of three application programs for the Commodore 64.  The first program is a simple but straight forward word processor.  The second is a database of sorts, that can be used like index cards, and the third is a combination calculator and notepad that stays resident in memory while you're programming or running another program that doesn't stomp on the same memory area.  There are instructions for the programs on the disk which you can load into the word processor - press F2 to get to the load menu, and load the file called "instruct".

I want to thank Matt C. for sending over this program which he imaged using a parallel modded 1541 and nibtools, so in the archive are .g64, .nib and .d64 versions.  I created the .d64 from the .g64 and loaded all the programs, so I don't think there was any copy protection, but it's always nice to have a bit image.

Baracuda sent over this disk full of handy utilities to do conversions on Doodle, PrintShop and Koala images.  The programs all seem to have been written by Brian Conrad in 1985 and were distributed by the Blue Mountain Commodore User's Group of Walla Walla, Washington.  Here's what you'll find on the disk:

• PrintShop Flip - Create reversed PrintShop screens
• Koala Flip - Create reversed Koala screens
• Doodle / PrintShop - Convert Doodle screens to PrintShop format
• PrintShop / Doodle - Convert PrintShop screens to Doodle format
• PrintShop / Koala - Convert PrintShop screens to Koala format
• Doodle / Koala - Convert Doodle screens to Koala format
• Koala Kruncher - Creates compact Koala files which can be loaded and displayed from BASIC

Thanks Baracuda for sharing these utilities.

Michael “Nuke” Newkirk reached out to me this week to let me know he has something special to share with all you Color 64 sysops out there - a revised and reformatted manual for the Color 64 v8.0 BBS!  I'm sure you'll appreciate the time and effort that went into this project, thanks Mike for keeping the Commodore 64 BBS dream alive. 

Here is an excerpt from the foreword of this revised manual.  I highly encourage taking a few minutes to read it, because if you were ever a sysop, you will completely relate:

"This document is a capture of the last Color 64 v8.0 txt that is widely available on the internet. I wanted to reformat it and make it an easier table-driven reference as much as possible for my own personal use, and the idea grew to make this something more with distribution to the interested communities in mind. I tried to keep to the author’s original personality and content, but invoked many grammatic changes and some technical that I felt would better serve the new generation of SYSOPs coming in."

Thanks Mike (Nuke)!

Manual updated 4/8/2024 - Some minor tweaks and corrections - See page 160 for editor's notes on CMD HD usage.

Read ye well seeker, this ancient grimoire of lore and Knowledge o! days afore...Study these runes and learn ye these ciphers-and mayhap ye shall solve the riddle o! the Faery Tale Adventure...

Welcome to the FUN GRAPHICS MACHINE v.6. This new version of the FGH has been in the making for several years and is a l!!s!.l.Q.I. update over earlier versions of FGH. It includes many new features to make it
faster, smoother, friendlier, and more powerful. FGH has been well tested by some very ruthless and fearless beta testers.

This one program will let you use your COMMODORE 64 to do things that those with Amigas, Apples and IBM's can't do as quickly or easily. Show off your C641 Labels (any size!) should be a snap after you do a
couple, and the higher powered systems are unlikely to do any better. Host computer systems are rendered pretty equal by their printers, just as a good sound system is no better than the speakers.

Welcome to one of the unique range of Robtek products that you have just bought. You are in possession of a highly sophisticated product that will help you to get a better performance and a longer life from your disk drive. To be able to enjoy the full benefits from this product it is important that you read the instructions carefully. Robteks Magic Disk Kit is simple to use and easy to correct. It is an economical method that not
only cleans and checks your drive but solves most of your problems.

Congratulations on your purchase of one of the most long-awaited computers in the history of computing! The MEGA65 is community designed, and based on the never-released Commodore® 651 computer; a computer designed in 1989 and intended for public release in 1990. Decades have passed, and we have endeavoured to invoke memories of an earlier time when computers were simple and friendly. They were not only simple to operate and understand, but friendly and approachable for new users.

This printer is an attractive, efficient, and versatile printer. The wide variation of character sets and its sufficient function capability allows you to print text and graphic in a wide range of different print styles. The printer is designed to operate through software control, supplied from the any general purpose micro-computer, personal computer, office computer, etc. that has provision of printing data out-put that should
conform with this specification.

Thanks Anthony for providing this manual.

C Power by Brian Hilchie - This is the manual for the C Power programming language by Pro-Line Software (4th Printing, October, 1985).

Thanks Anthony for providing this manual.

Disky Business by Jeff Holbrook is a pretty simple set of utility functions for dealing with basic floppy disk tasks on a Commodore 64 with a 1541 floppy drive.  A couple features I like about this program are that it works with drives other than just device #8 and that it has the ability to move a file on the disk into the first position for using load "*",8,1.  The program has many other abilities which you can see in the screenshots.

Decision Maker by Triptych (1984) is a complete learning and applications course based upon the theory of Decision Analysis and Decision Trees. Your purchase consists of three elements:

1) The Text Book which you are now reading. Please bear in mind that you will be using it continuously ih conjunction with the computer, and therefore it has been designed to stand upright in the box lid so
that you can refer to it more easily.

2) The Teaching Program, which will be used to give you a full undérstanding of the concepts of Decision Analysis.

3) The Applications Program, which you will be able to use to solve your own decision analysis problems.

You will find that the Teaching Program is not a simple tutorial on how to use the Applications Program. Once you gain an understanding of the material, you will be able to use decision analysis to solve problems with or without your computer.

If you think that you already have a sound grasp of the principles of decision analysis, then you may wish to try out the Applications Program immediately. If so, simply turn the book around, and find Chapter 12.
There you will discover the detailed instructions for solving your own decision problems.

** Thank you M.M. for the program and manual.

This is a picture add-on for the Compute's Gazette SID Collection v1.46.  I believe when using Compute!'s Sidplayer by Craig Chamberlain and Harry Bratt, you can have a picture included with each song.

Thank you B4r4cud4 for pointing out this new update.

The aim of the Compute's Gazette Sid Collection is to try and preserve as many of those Sidplayer music files in one location as possible.

The current collection (as of March 2024) contains 16441 MUS files, 4357 STR files and 5556 WDS files.

Thanks B4r4cud4 for pointing out this update.

Turbo MIRV (Multiple Information Recovery Vehicle) by Cosmi is designed to exist concurrently with other programs in the Commodore 64 computer. Turbo MIRV is a combination of six desktop tools which include a Notepad, Calculator, Clock functions, Calendar, Rolodex and Autodialer .

Thanks Anthony for providing another rare manual.

Microlog SWL Radio Interface Cartridge for the Commodore 'C-64'

Welcome to the world of digital communications. Your new "SHORT-WAVE-LISTENER" will turn your computer into a complete listening post for those undecipherable coded signals you've heard.

Thanks to Anthony for providing the manual.

SuperKey is a utility program for the Commodore 64 computer that allows you to redefine up to 96 keys on your keyboard. You can redefine some or all of the keys, and add, change or delete any of the definitions
at any time. The keys that you can redefine are the graphics characters that are accessed by pressing and holding either the SHIFT or Commodore keys prior to pressing one of the graphics keys. Throughout the remainder of this manual the SHIFT and Commodore keys will be abbreviated SH and C=, respectively.

Thanks to Anthony for providing this documentation.  Although it's a scan of a photo copy, so far it's the only manual I've ever seen for this software and it's much appreciated.

Note - If anyone has this utility, I would love to add it to the site.

RTC Master 128 Docs - Our friendly neighborhood sleuth,  Colt45, did some digging and uncovered some documentation that was hidden in a .PRG file.  Turns out it was just a .SEQ file that had been renamed. 

If you're curious about RTC Master 128, you can grab it HERE.

Thanks Colt45 for all your help!

P.S. - It is suspected that this program was used with the online service GEnie, can anyone confirm?

KWIK-LOAD! is a software utility program for the Commodore 64 or Executive 64 computer. It speeds up the way the disk drive reads information on a 5 1/4" floppy diskette. It will work with one or two Commodore 1541 disk drives. KWIK-COPY, a second program on the diskette, uses simple screen menus to guide you through otherwise complicated procedures. With KWIK-LOAD! and KWIK-COPY you can:

• Load programs and data more than 300% faster;
• Copy diskettes more than 300% faster;
• Test your disk drive for proper operating speed;
• Edit information on a diskette directly by track and sector;
• Display and write diskette directory information in alphabetical order; and
• Perform DOS (Disk Operating System) operations: format and validate disks, scratch and rename files.

Thanks to Anthony for providing this manual.  It's a bit rough because it's a scan of a photocopy, but I haven't seen it anywhere else on the net, so it's much appreciated.

Cave of the Word Wizard User's Manual - Thank you Don for donating this!

You have wandered into a mysterious cave, and the entrance has been sealed behind you. Suddenly the Word Wizard appears and informs you that in order to leave his cave you must find four magic crystals which
have the power needed to open the cave entrance. You have only a flashlight to help you find your way, and your batteries are running low.