WELCOME TO COCO 2!

CoCo2 is a tool for developing video games for the VIC-20. Think of it as a sort of SEUCK for the VIC. Why is this program called COCO 2? Because there is a COCO. The first COCO teaches computer techniques, computer programming, a basic language and problem solving. COCO 2 allows you to create your own computer games. But COCO 2 really does much more.

By the time you have played and programmed with COCO 2 you will have learned:

• Computer Graphics
• Computer Animation
• Real-Time Programming
• Computer-Human Interaction
• Logic

And you thought you were just having fun!

This manual was written to be unique and useful as the CODEWRITER SYSTEM itself.  This Is a tall order. Please believe us when we say that everyone at Dynateoh Microsoftware worldwide has worked to make CODEWRITER among the most valuable programs you can own.

This BBS program is written mostly in BASIC with just enough machine code to allow a 300/1200/2400 baud modem to transmit and receive at full speed. The main purpose for writing a BBS in BASIC is for ease of modification by the you the SYSOP. If you can do a little BASIC programming, then you should be able to make almost any changes to the BBS you may want. But if you ever do need or want any help in a making a modification, feel free to ask me about it.

I found what appears to be an earlier version of the Color 64 BBS v7.3 manual (based on the serial number) that has 13 additional pages versus the previously posted version.  I didn't scan the pages enough to discern the main differences so I'm going to leave them both posted.

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.

The C O L O R 80 program turns on the hires bit map mode described in the Programmer's Reference Manual (start page 122).  The screen starts at $E000 (57344 decimal) and the color starts at $D800 (55296 decimal). To poke into color memory, first switch out I/O.

Welcome to the world of Waveform, where tones have colors and anyone can play beautiful music; where learning about music is effortless, because you learn while playing music.  Your doorway to this amazing world is the Colortone Keyboard 'No Fault Music' System for the Commodore 64.

Welcome to the world of COMAL programming!  Many feel that COMAL is close to being an ideal programming language for microcomputers, incorporating as it does the best features of both BASIC, Logo and Pascal.

Thank you for purchasing the Comet64 Internet Modem from CommodoreServer.com.  With it, you will be able to access the Internet like never before!  We know you're anxious to get started, so we've developed this guide to be as quick and easy as possible.  If you purchased your Comet64 as a kit, you'll find a link to assembly instructions at the bottom of CommodoreServer.com.

Your purchase of the Commodore Z80 add-on microprocessor cartridge puts you in the elite group of owners of a dual processor home microcomputer.  No one but Commodore the originator of the home microcomputer - could design and manufacture an inexpensive home or personal computer that accommodates the two most common microprocessors in the microcomputer industry:

• the Commodore MOS 6510 (6502 type) microprocessor

• the Z80A microprocessor

Doubler is the answer to hundreds of phone calls to our shops asking for a tape copier capable of copying "turbo" loading programs. Due to the ever increasing variety of loadere in use normal tape copying techniques are not practical as a different copier would have to be written for each type.

Doubler was designed over the phone by Richard Austin and Angus Ager. Angus wrote the software, which has been visually improved by "Ruby" Murray, and Bob Hitchcock planned the hardware. Testing has proved that Doubler can achieve 100S success in backing up any Commodore data.

Now with C64 FORTH+ you can program your Commodore 64 with a language even more flexible than BASIC, yet almost as powerful as machine code.

C64 FORTH+ is a high level language that will enable you to run programs up to fifty times faster than those written in BASIC, without the tedious programming requirements of machine language.  You can even re-define the language to suit your own programming requirements! C64 FORTH+ is the tool for programmers who want to squeeze as much power and speed from the Commodore 64 as possible.

The Commodore 64 MACRO ASSEMBLER DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM software package allows you to program in the native 6500 series Assembly language code, directly on the Commodore 64 computer.  It provides you with a very powerful macro Assembler, editor, loaders and two machine language monitors along with other support routines. These development tools operate like and provide the same level of direct machine interface as the Assemblers on much larger computers.

Thank you BlueCursor for the manual and software

Mastercode is a substantial and complex program, providing a host of features of use to anyone interested in machine code programming on the Commodore 64, Despite its complexity Mastercode is designed with the user in mind and is far easier to use than many inferior assembler/disassemblers. All of Mastercode's many facilities are called up by means of clear menus and prompts which appear as the program runs. There are no obscure commands to enter to make full use of Mastercode and with an hour or so's practice you will be making the most of its power.

Our friend Tomse over at retro-commodore.eu was kind enough to reach out and share this Commodore 64 treasure with us.  Not only do we have the beautiful scan to share, he also made images of the two original disks that come with the package.  These are pretty rare as only a cracked version with some missing files has been spotted over at csdb.dk.  The two .d64 disk images are imbedded in the PDF file, but I'll also post them as a seperate download. 

Thanks Tomse!

Commodore BASIC v3.5 Manual 

According to Wikipedia, BASIC 3.5 was the first version to add a number of commands for graphics and sound support.  Here's a link to an extension from the June 1990 Issue of 64'er for the Commodore 64 to allow running those programs.

A while back I either got an email or read somewhere on the internet that early 1541 disk drives came with a disk of programmer's utilities.  Here is the manual for those utilities.

If you are reading this and were the one to source this nice scan, please let me know so I can give you credit for sharing this rare information.

The set of programs in this package is one in a series of twenty-seven sets in the Commodore Public Domain Series. This series of prepackaged software is designed to introduce you to the many practical, educational, and fun applications your home computer offers.  The programs in this series show you things like how to make a mortgage table, convert decimal numbers into hexadecimal, follow a flow chart, and play word games on your computer.

Welcome to The Original Boston Computer Diet.  If you haven't already done so, go now to the other manual included in your package and read the opening chapters entitled "Welcome" and "Getting Started." You will be directed back to this manual at the appropriate time.

Even if you are a computer expert-or an old pro at dieting! - TheOriginal Boston Computer Diet will be a brand new experience for you.  This is the first time an expert system of this sophistication has been widely available to help people modify their lifestyle and improve their health.

Paul Norman's Computerized Publishing Co. creates regular or custom print characters and text combined with graphics or fonts for newsletters, banners, letterheads, cards, labels, or as part of a screen display.

The COMvoice speech synthesizer for the VIC-20 and CBM-64 provides the user with the ability to add spoken English prompts and responses to BASIC programs. The two main features of COMvoice are the phoneme based unlimited vocabulary and the new BASIC command created by COMvoice which makes programming speech as easy as using a PRINT statement.

The integrated assembler / linker package for Wheels 64 and Wheels 128.Operates in both 40 and 80 column modes on the 128.

Welcome· to the world of telecomputing with CONNECT 64, the intelligent termlnal program that lets you use your Commodore 64 to communicate with other computers automatically over telephone lines.

This manual describes Copy II 64/128, which includes both a powerful disk utility package and a sophisticated Bit Copy program.  The disk utilities allow you to prepare diskettes for use(format), erase files from a disk (delete) and load files faster than ever before.  The Bit Copy program can make backups of valuable software that has been copy protected.  You can also use it as a general purpose disk copy program to make backups of your important programs and data files.

Copy II 64/128 v3.1 Manual

Copy II 64/128 v4.0 Manual

Copy II 64/128 v4.0 Manual

Copy-Q 3.0 is a hiqh-speed diskette backup program the Commodore 64 computer that backs up your copy-protected software.  Copy-Q 3.0 is designed for ease of use, speed, and reliability.  Copy-Q 3.0 will make backup copies of almost any diskette-based program for the Commodore 64.

CREATE A CALENDAR is an amazingly easy, yet powerful tool used to create daily, weekly,monthly, and annual calendars.  With CREATE A CALENDAR, you can create a calendar to fit your every need.  Design calendars at home to keep track of doctors appointments, birthdays, anniversaries, and social engagements.  Create calendars for school to keep track of sports events, homework assignments, after school events and holidays.  Generate calendars at work to keep track of business meetings, seminars, and vacations.

Welcome to this revised expanded manual for the excellent music tracker SID-Wizard2 for Commodore 64. I will try to go into detail of most aspects of the tracker and I will also try to explain the functions of the wonderful SID chip as we go along. The reason why I expanded the work of Mihaly's manual is that there is some stuff left out that SID gurus know but beginners don't.

This guide covers SID Wizard versions up to 1.6 and is still helpful with 1.7 & 1.8, but version 1.8 has many changes compared to 1.6.

Congratulations!  You have just purchased the most complete home and personal electronic spreadsheet· program available for your Commodore 64 computer.  This program lets you join the hundreds of thousands of people who have found electronic spreadsheets to be the most versatile and useful program they own.

Creative Calc Quick Reference Summary

Congratulations!  You have just purchased the most complete home and personal electronic filing program available for your Commodore 64 computer.  By using this program you will be able to handle all sorts of information in ways that were not possible manually.

Home Inventory is a single program designed to run on the Commodore 64 computer, and comprises a complete system for tracking your home inventory with a computer.  The program is available on either tape or disk.  The tape version requires the Commodore Datassette recorder, while the disk version requires the VIC-1541 floppy disk unit.

Decision Maker is extremely flexible, and allows you to come to conclusions and make decisions in a way that you may find difficult to do without a computer.  It encourages the use of both emotion and logic, and strengthens your skills in formulating the alternatives and factors involved in a decision in a reasonable and manageable way.

Cut & Paste Command Summary

Home users generally do not use their word processing programs every day.  Cut & Paste was designed to make remembering whatyou can do next and how to do it as simple as looking at the top and bottom lines on the screen.

DarkStar '88 is the NEW MultiModular BBS from Dark.Star Systems Software that will Astound YOU with its Never Ending Opportunities for Expansion and Expression.  This Magic is accomplished through the Mysterious Use of External, User-Definable, System Access Modules, that can be Loaded from ANY of 255 Disk Drives.  Certain Modules, like the Message Base, Feature Multiple Sub Bases, with Independantly Assigned Access Levels.Beyond this, the Possibility of ANY Further Expansion becomes Reality, through the ReGeneration Process of Module Cloning.

In order to save time and space, this manual has been made in a very summarized format, and may tend to be vague in places.  But we believe that everything you need to know will be included here. If you feel unsure about anything, or would like to know how to get full potential from this BBS,  then send a SASE to us, and we will try to help you out.