The VIC-II chip, which was originally ceramic, was changed to plastic in later runs of the C64.

Inside the Commodore 64, the VIC-II creates the chrominance signal in a way that is impossible to convert it back to any form of RGB.

The result was the HD-64. It sits inside the C64 in place of the original RF modulator. It uses an interleaver socket to capture digital signals going to the VIC II.

More than 40 years ago, and just a year after releasing the VIC-20, Commodore released its Commodore 64 computer which pretty much changed everything. It had sound capabilities, sprite-based ...

Our intrepid computer historian uses the Commodore 64 to tweet, visit websites, and do other PC tasks invented long after the famous gaming computer launched three decades ago.

The project was inspired by work by [Copper Dragon], who whipped up a nifty RGB output board. This device worked by reading the inputs to the C64's VIC II graphics chip, which it then used to ...

Compared to the more recent VIC-II Kawari, the HD-64 outputs in higher resolution, and it also includes audio on the HDMI connection—stereo, even, if you have a dual SID mod.

After the success of Commodore’s VIC-20, a $300 PC that had a color monitor (unheard-of at that price point), Tramiel focused all of his company’s resources on the Commodore 64.

Instead, its original VIC-II chip handles composite video output for display on a TV. SideProjectsLab spent a year developing HD-64, which it describes as a complete digital output solution for ...

Earlier realizations of this mission were the Commodore PET and VIC-20, which Commodore managed to sell on the cheap by manufacturing its own chips under its subsidiary, MOS Technology.

Still, at least the upgraded Commodore 64 is quicker than a Game Boy at Bitcoin mining. As a long-time Commodore fan-boi I'm holding onto that as a win. TOPICS Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Dave James ...