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pdf0 Homeword Manual NEW

The HomeWord Manual is an illustrated beginner’s guide to Sierra On-Line’s HomeWord word processor for the Commodore 64, teaching users how to load the program, understand the typing and icon-based menu areas, create and edit documents, save and retrieve files, format pages, and print finished work. It explains the program’s main functions—Print, Edit, File, Layout, Customize, and Disk Utility—along with keyboard shortcuts, printer setup, disk care, troubleshooting, and more advanced features such as ASCII characters. The manual is designed for inexperienced computer users, using simple instructions, diagrams, cartoons, a sample printed document, an index, and a reference card to make word processing approachable.

Thanks Miles for sharing this manual.

homeword-manual
2026-05-29 English PDF 1.21 MB 19 Download
zip1 HomeWord Plus User's Guide

HomeWord is designed to lead you through all the steps of word processing with ease. This book will help; begin by browsing through it. You can use the table of contents and index to find specific things you want to know. Each page is labeled in the top corner to help you find what you're looking for.

Note - Looking for a disk image if anyone has it and would like to share.

homeword-plus-commodore-64-edition-users-guide
2023-04-22 English PDF 11.94 MB 505 Download
zip2 HomeWord Reference Card

This is a quick reference card for the HomeWord word processing program by Sierra-Online. 

homeword-reference-card
2023-04-22 English PDF 1.18 MB 376 Download
pdf3 HomeWord Reference Card [Alt] NEW

The HomeWord Reference Card is a compact Commodore 64 quick-reference guide for Sierra On-Line’s HomeWord word processor, intended to remind users of frequently used commands without consulting the full manual. It summarizes keyboard shortcuts for editing text, including moving, copying, erasing, restoring, finding, and replacing text; file operations such as getting, saving, inserting, and including documents; and layout controls for margins, line spacing, alignment, page breaks, headings/footings, and boldface or underlined text. The final pages list cursor movement, word and page navigation, change mode, tab use, and advanced ASCII character commands, making the card a practical desk-side companion for everyday document creation and editing.

Thanks Miles for sharing this.

homeword-reference-card0
2026-05-29 English PDF 89.07 KB 17 Download
zip4 HomeWord Word Processor Help

HomeWord was a word processing program by Sierra-Online released in 1983.  I don't think this is the full manual, but it sure does help to use the program.  Thanks to one of our visitors for pointing out this could be found on archive.org.

Here's a link to the Commodore 64 HomeWord program if anyone's interested in giving it a spin.

commodore-homeword-word-processor-help
2023-02-24 English Commodore 64 28.27 KB 363 Download
zip5 Homework Helper Math Word Problems Manual

HOMEWORK HELPER MATH provides students with a tool for understanding and solving word problems.  It teaches you the "how-to" of translating English sentences into mathematical equations, and techniques for getting correct answers.  It helps you solve your own homework problems .

homework-helper-math-word-problems
2020-04-10 English PDF 3.76 MB 799 Download
pdf6 Hypersave-64 Instructions

Hypersave-64 is a powerful and versatile fast loading utility which provides maximun flexibility of operation. Eight additional Basic commands; Save, load, and verify Basic and machine code programs with full error checking. Hypersave sits at the top of free RAM, leaving you in full control. Its routines may be called at any time, just like the normal direct mode commands.

hypersave-64-instructions
2024-08-11 English PDF 3.22 MB 168 Download
pdf7 ICE BBS v1.1 Manual

This manual was written by Eric Green on a Commodore 128 using Steve Punter's WordPro-128, and printed using a Star NX-10 printer and Xetec Supergraphix interface. The daisywheel printer used in previous renditions has been discarded because of its extremely slow speed, and its problems with dealing with ASCII characters (due to its Brother typewriter heritage).

The general style of the manual is to use headings offset into the margins to denote each major topic. Areas that denote interaction with the BBS are offset to the right, with user-entered text underlined to differentiate it from things printed by the BBS.

In our opinion, WordPro-128 is the most versatile word processor for the C-128. However, it has one rather pesky problem when dealing with illustrations.* It does not contain commands for a "floating" illustration area, thus our charts and tables are rather clumsily inserted. When we can afford to purchase a computer capable of supporting a real typesetting program such as Donald Knuth’s TeX program (which he used to typeset his masterpiece The Art of Computer Programming), such as an Amiga, that technical problem shall be resolved.

ice-bbs-v1.1
2025-01-28 English PDF 19.75 MB 103 Download
zip8 Image BBS v1.0 Manual (Revised)

Image BBS v1.0 Manual (Revised)

image-bbs-v1.0-2nd-printing-revised
2020-05-22 English PDF 2.43 MB 780 Download
d64 floppy9 Image BBS v1.2a Documentation HOT

Documentation for the Commodore 64 BBS program called IMAGE.

ImageBBS v1.2a docs
2016-11-24 English PDF 230.5 KB 922 Download
pdf10 Image BBS v3.0 Sysop Guide

This manual covers the setup. configuration and maintenance of a Image BBS v3.0 system.

image-bbs-v3.0-sysop-guide
2025-11-16 English PDF 1.03 MB 35 Download
pdf11 Infiltrator Disassembler v1.0 Reference Manual

Infiltrator Disassembler v1.0 Manual by Gerald Hinder.

Quote from the Introduction:

Once upon a time everyone was eager to find sprites, bitmaps, music or code somewhere in the RAM. Yea, we used the “Action Replay” and other cheat technology to get what we wanted. Infiltrator comes with those basic functionalities including some hopefully nice updates.

The disassembler uses forward interpretation with all the implied problems of this method. The basic concept is to process the complete memory, that´s why you can import PRG files as well as VICE snapshot files. Using VICE snapshots will naturally result in a lot of false interpretations. The included set of tools and methods may help you to master them.

infiltrator-reference-manual
2024-08-08 English PDF 952.68 KB 188 Download
zip12 INQUIRE PAC - Database Manual

INQUIRE PAC is designed to be user friendly for both the computer novice as well as the seasoned expert. It allows for the manipulation of up to 200 individual records with up to 15 distinct fields of information ranging from 1 character up to 250 characters.

inquire-pac-database-manual
2020-06-07 English PDF 1.51 MB 700 Download
pdf13 Insta Speed (BASIC Compiler) Manual

INSTA-SPEED is a BASIC compiler for the CBM 64. The programs originate in the United Kingdom and are improved and upgraded versions of DTL BASIC COMPILER, developed for Commodore business computers.

The function of a compiler is to convert a program from its source form (ie. the form in which it is written) into a more efficient form that can run much faster than the original.

INSTA-SPEED has been specially optimized for the CBM 64 and it not only makes every BASIC program a lot faster but will also make each program significantly smaller, except for programs with only a few lines.

INSTA-SPEED is 100% compatible with CBM 64 BASIC. This means that any existing 8ASIC program can be compiled without any alteration, to produce a program that peforms exactly the same, and yet is much faster and requires less memory and disk space.

INSTA-SPEED is designed so that it can be people with no programming knowledge to existing programs. Yet for more experienced range of facilities is provided to enable potential of the CBM 64 to be realized.

insta-speed-manual
2023-11-19 English Commodore 64 2.85 MB 382 Download
zip14 Instant Editor & Assembler Manual

Congratulations! you have just purchased the fastest, most versatile EDITOR ASSEMBLER on the market. lEA is capable of assembling up to 17k source fiIes in less then 4 seconds. Fourteen commands are added to the BASIC editor to create source files that can be assembled by lEA. Useful commands Include FIND. DELETE, RENUMBER, AUTO,UNNEW. APPEND, BLOCK SAVE, HEX TO DECIMAL, and DECIMAL TO HEX to name a few.

iea-instant-editor-assembler
2020-05-22 English Commodore 64 20.14 MB 776 Download
pdf15 Isepic v1.0 Manual

ISEPIC (SAY "ice-pick") is an extraordinary hardware and software combination that is capable of copying virtually all memory-resident software regardless of the original protection scheme or storage medium. Rather than duplicating disks or cassette tapes, ISEPIC copies the program to disk as it runs in the Commodore's memory, thus creating a "snapshot" image of the entire RAM, I/O, and CPU status. This snapshot is
completely unprotected and subject to modification by the user. From this image, ISEPIC can create a compact, auto-booting file which will often load ten times faster and eliminate many of the problems created
by various protection schemes. Because of this unprotected format, it is possible to store many programs on a single disk as well as transfer them to a hard drive or a device other than a 1541.

isepic-v1.0-manual
2025-01-04 English PDF 2.82 MB 118 Download
pdf16 Jasword 1.1 Documentation

I recently discovered the Jasword word processor and it has quickly become my #1 text editing tool for the Commodore 64. Here's the lightly edited documentation, printed and converted to a seven page PDF. 

jasdoc
2025-02-22 Commodore 64 6.52 MB 131 Download
pdf17 Jenny II - The Genealogist Manual

Jenny II - The Genealogist - Your Computerized Genealogy Tracking System for the Commodore 64 Computer.

jenny-ii-the-genealogist-manual-1
2024-11-26 English PDF 3.34 MB 133 Download
zip18 JiffyDOS 6.01 & DOS 5.1 Cheat Sheet

This is a super handy, one page cheat sheet for JiffyDOS 6.01 and DOS 5.1 by Stephen Lark (slark).  You can find the original source along with a lot of other great documents at Stephen's webiste slark.me/c64.

c64-jiffydos-6.01-dos-5.1-commands
2023-06-24 English PDF 45.63 KB 510 Download
zip19 JiffyMON/64 v2.0 Machine Language Monitor User's Guide

JiffyMON/64 is a unique and powerful machine language monitor for Commodore 64 and 128 (in 64 mode) computers equipped with the JiffyDOS speed-enhancement ROMs. Like other machine language monitors, JiffyMON lets you inspect and modify individual bytes in your computer's memory; assemble, disassemble, and execute 6510 assembler code programs; and also provides a number of features which assist in debugging and writing assembly language programs.

This fully re-typed and improved manual came from the excellent slark.me/c64 website.  Please visit them and check out the other fine reference material

jiffymon-machine-language-monitor-users-guide
2023-02-10 English Commodore 64 92.47 KB 526 Download
pdf20 Keystone Software - Label Maker v2.1 Manual

You will actually be making labels in just a few minutes, but first you must make a back up copy of the program and format a data disk.

label-maker-v2.1-keystone-software
2025-01-10 English PDF 2.02 MB 125 Download
zip21 Kick Assembler v5.15 Manual

Welcome to Kick Assembler, an advanced MOS 65xx assembler combined with a Java Script like script language.

kick-assembler-v5.15-manual
2020-05-26 English PDF 766.98 KB 831 Download
pdf22 Kick Assembler v5.25 Manual

Welcome to Kick Assembler, an advanced MOS 65xx assembler combined with a Java Script like script language.

The assembler has all the features you would expect of a modern assembler like macros, illegal and DTV op-codes and commands for unrolling loops. It also has features like pseudo commands, import of SID files, import of standard graphic formats and support for 3rd party Java plugins. The script language makes it easy to generate data for your programs. This could be data such as sine waves, coordinates for a vector object, or graphic converters. Writing small data generating programs directly in you assembler source code is much handier than writing them in external languages like Java or C++.The script language and the assembler is integrated. Unlike other solutions, where scripts are prepassed, the script code and the assembler directives works together giving a more complete solution.

kick-assembler-v5.25-manual
2025-09-10 English PDF 754.01 KB 86 Download
zip23 Kipper API Technical Reference
The KIPPER application programming interface (or API) is a set of functions that allow C64 programs to communicate over an IP network without being tied to a specific hardware device. kipper-api-technical-reference
2019-10-05 English PDF 174.04 KB 730 Download
pdf24 Koala Painter Owner's Manual

KoalaPainter — the computer drawing tool - allows you to:

  • Draw freehand using several different brushes and colors.
  • Design geometric shapes of all sizes.
  • Copy images from one part of the screen to another.
  • “Un-do" any of your work to begin again.
  • Take advantage of special kaleidoscopic features which “mirror” images in your drawing.
  • Magnify your drawing for close-up work.
  • Save your designs for future enjoyment.

KoalaPainter is easy to use - simply load the program and you can create your own designs immediately. Whatever your skill level, from beginner to serious artist, hours of fun and creativity await you.

koala-painter-owners-manual
2025-01-10 English Commodore 64 1.29 MB 134 Download
pdf25 Kracker Jax Instructions

Kracker Jax on the Commodore 64 isn’t a single program so much as a whole line of commercial “pro” disk-copy and hacking utilities sold under the Kracker Jax Protection Busters label. Across its various disks—like the original Kracker Jax sets, Elite volumes, Hacker’s Utility Kit, Bull’s Eye, and later successors such as Renegade and Maverick—it provided fast file/track copiers, low-level GCR nibblers, sector and GCR editors, density and error scanners, and large libraries of game-specific parameter files to back up many copy-protected titles.

kracker-jax-instructions
2025-11-30 English PDF 1.08 MB 28 Download
zip26 Kracker Jax: The Hacker's Utility Kit Manual

WelcometoTheHacker’sUtilityKit.Thisprogramrepresentsthefinestsetof diskexaminationandmanipulationtoolseverassembledintoonepackage.Weare confidentyouwillfindittobeoneofthemostusfuldisksinyourlibrary.
Eachandeverymoduleincludedinthispackagehasbeenputthroughit’spaces inrealuse.Wefeelyou'llfindthemnotonlyextremelypowerful,butalsouser friendly.ManyextrashavebeenputintoTheHacker'sUtilityKit.Pleasebe
suretoreadeachsegmentofthismanualbeforeusinganyofthetools.This willinsurethatyouobtainfulluseofeachandeveryfeature.

kracker-jax-the-hackers-utility-kit-manual
2023-04-14 English PDF 8.16 MB 417 Download
pdf27 Kwik-Load Manual

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.

kwik-load-manual
2024-02-27 English PDF 862.3 KB 345 Download
zip28 Kyan Pascal Manual HOT

The following manual is intended as a reference for both STANDARD Kyan Pascal and ADVANCED Kyan Pascal. Those chapters which apply only to STANDARD Kyan Pascal are marked (STANDARD); those chapters which apply only to ADVANCED Kyan Pascal are marked (ADVANCED). You will find that most chapters apply to both versions.

Thanks BlueCursor for the upload.

kyan-pascal-manual
2020-06-09 English PDF 32.08 MB 1,645 Download
pdf29 Laser BASIC Manual

Laser BASIC is an easy to use and versatile utility which lets you make full use of the Commodore 64's outstanding graphics capabilities without using machine code. Although it was originally designed with video games in mind, it can be used in any application which requires high quality graphics.

Here's a Link to the Language and Compiler.

laser-basic-manual-c64
2024-12-31 English PDF 4.34 MB 186 Download
zip30 Laser Genius Assembler Manual HOT

Laser Genius is a complete machine code development system for the Commodore 64.

laser-genius-assembler
2020-05-31 English PDF 19.14 MB 2,016 Download
zip31 Leo's 'Lectric Paintbrush Manual

With Chalk Board's PowerPad and Leo's'Lectric Paintbrush, drawing is exciting. You don't need paints, water or crayons.  You don't need scissors or glue. All you need is your imagination.  Your finger becomes an electric paint brush.  Drawing right on PowerPad, you see the design on your TV screen.  You can use Leo's 'Lectric Paintbrush to play with your design and change it. You can save the design on your diskette or cassette.  Then you can look at it later or make more changes.

chalk-board-leos-lectric-paintbrush-users-guide-v2.2
2020-02-19 English PDF 10.78 MB 794 Download
zip32 Lode Runner Manual HOT

Lode Runner Manual

lode-runner
2019-07-02 English PDF 687.89 KB 904 Download
zip33 LogicMaster Users Guide

With PowerPad and LogicMaster, the entire family can enjoy many hours of fun and excitement.  Each game you play sharpens your powers of observation, as well as improves your problem solving abilities. Your goal is to solve LogicMaster's "secret code" by placing properly-colored shapes in their correct positions.  You can play by yourself or with a friend. You can design each game so that it is as complex or as simple as you like.

chalk-board-logicmaster-users-guide
2020-02-19 English PDF 590.77 KB 720 Download
zip34 Logotron Planner 1295 Instructions

Logotron Planner 1295 is a spreadsheet program from the Logotron Business series of low cost, high quality software.

logotron-planner-1295-instructions
2021-08-16 English PDF 3.31 MB 666 Download
pdf35 Machine Language Development System

Welcome to the world of Micol Sysems Assembly Language Programming on the VIC 20 or Commodore 64. With this package you have the ability to create the fastest and most versatile software your computer is able to execute.

You will be amazed at the speed differences between programs you will write with this package and BASIC programs which perform the same function. A forty fold speed increase or better should be the norm. Hundreds of times, although unusual, can be achieved.

Few things in life come for free, and assembly language programming is no exception. While assembly language programs execute far faster than BASIC programs, they are usually more difficult to write. This package will be a great aid in minimizing this difficulty. The monitor, for example, is indispensable for assembly language debugging and offers features found only on much more expensive computers. You will find your investment well worth the money.

machine-language-development-system
2025-01-10 English PDF 5.84 MB 162 Download
zip36 Machine Lightning Manual HOT

Machine Lightning Manual - The COMMODORE 64 is widely recognised as having the most powerful sound and graphics hardware available on any home computer, and as a result of this there is a rich selection of video games available for it, the mosst successful of which are written in machine code.  The author of such a game has a major problem too overcome - he has to have some way of designing the graphics to be used in the game, and he has to have a set of debugged machine-code routines to place the graphics on the screen.  Machine Lightning is designed to overcome these problems.

machine-lightning
2019-08-31 English PDF 3.59 MB 1,295 Download
zip37 Macrofire Editor / Assembler Manual for the Commodore 64 HOT

Instructions can be dull, tedious and uninformative at times, with obscure technical language obfuscating the exposition (what?). In this book we will use explanations and examples that are easy to understand, and straight to the point. We will try to avoid the complications of programming terms, but if it becomes necessary to discuss something of a technical nature, we will attemptto simplify and explain everything each step of the way.

macrofire-editor-assembler
2021-04-03 English PDF 2.55 MB 977 Download
pdf38 Magic Disk Kit Manual

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.

magic-disk-kit-manual
2024-04-04 English PDF 1.59 MB 283 Download
pdf39 Mastertype's Filer Manual

Turn your Commodore 64 into a personal command center with MasterType’s Filer, the colorful home file and list manager that makes getting organized actually fun. Create and update preset files for your hobbies, record collections, paper routes, or sports stats, then add serious grown-up stuff like names and addresses, birthdays, credit cards, household inventory, and health or insurance records—all neatly stored instead of stuffed in a shoebox. Let your C64 sort your lists alphabetically, then print them out as tidy labels or clear tables whenever you need them, with friendly on-screen prompts, functional use of color, and sound to guide the whole family.

mastertypes-filer-manual
2025-12-01 English PDF 15.39 MB 22 Download
zip40 MECC Expeditions Manual

Expeditions presents three historic journeys for children who love adventure!  Youngsters can travel back in time and relive the hardships and successes of three different groups of Americans. Each expedition directs attention to the history of the development of the North American continent.

expeditions
2020-03-04 English PDF 1.56 MB 793 Download
pdf41 Mega-Disk Manual

Megadisk contains a fast loading system for the 1541 disk drive, and a collection of routines which will transfer many fast loading tape programs to disk.

mega-disk-manual
2024-08-04 English PDF 607.66 KB 155 Download
pdf42 Megadisk II Manual

Megadisk II by Dosoft is a collection of routines and utilities for transfering programs and fastloaders from tape to disk.

megadisk-ii-manual
2024-08-04 English PDF 915.66 KB 164 Download
pdf43 Megadisk III Manual

Megadisk III by Dosoft is a collection of routines and utilities for transfering programs and fastloaders from tape to disk.

megadisk-iii-manual
2024-08-04 English PDF 882.6 KB 168 Download
pdf44 Megadisk IV Manual

Megadisk IV by Dosoft (1986) is a collection of routines which will transfer the major turbo load tape loading systems to disk. The software method used has a number of advantages, including economy of disk  space, preservation of loading screens, and the facility to handle many multistage loaders which cannot be transferred by any other method.

megadisk-iv-manual
2024-08-04 English PDF 1.02 MB 165 Download
d64 floppy45 MegaPatch 3 English Manual HOT

This is a manual for the MegaPatch 3 upgrade to the GEOS operating system.

MegaPatch3 English manual
2015-10-30 English PDF 58.86 KB 1,510 Download
d64 floppy46 MegaPatch 3 Manual HOT

This is the manual for MegaPatch3 and TopDesk 4.1 - These are upgrades to GEOS version 2.0.

MegaPatch 3 Manual
2015-05-04 English PDF 58.49 KB 1,206 Download
pdf47 Megatape v2.0 Manual

Megatape v2.0 (Dosoft), derived from our famous MEGADISK series of tape to disk transfer utilities, is a program, or rather a large collection of routines, which will backup a wide variety of commercially recorded games and utilities from tape to tape.

megatape-v2.0-manual
2024-08-13 English PDF 2.34 MB 154 Download
pdf48 Megautility Disk v4.0 Manual

Megautility Disk v4.0 by Dosoft is a collection of tape transfer and turbo loader routines / programs.

megautility-disk-v4.0-manual
2024-08-06 English PDF 2.48 MB 162 Download
zip49 Merlin 64 Manual HOT

Merlin 64 by Glen Bredon is a Macro Assembler for the Commodore 64.

merlin-64-manual
2020-05-21 English PDF 16.15 MB 1,272 Download