The Shareware PLUS Commodore 64 & 128 Blog

Commodore 64 UltraCart 128 Cartridge We have been busy restocking the great products by DDI, both UltraCart 128 and Black Magic Cartridges are now back in stock. £60 plus postage. Please email sales@sharewareplus.com for more information. Available from Stock. Updated 1st January 2024

The SD2IEC market is flooded with budget, poor quality SD2IEC Interfaces, often just the pcb with no protection and those which are cased are clumsy and difficult to use on a day by day basis. In partnership with the designers & manufacturers of the uCassette and Tapuino v2, we have now received our first delivery of SD2IEC Interfaces. Features - Retro design, Attend SD card socket, Adjustable device number by dip switch (8,9,10,11), User port power supply, Actual firmware, upgradeable via sd card, LEDs (Blue, Red) on Commodore logo, 4 buttons: User port reset, SD2IEC reset and disk change buttons, Atmega 1284p microcontroller. The package includes: SD2IEC Drive & 60cm Data cable, User Guide. 100% tested and working. This is compatible with the VIC 20. Take a look at the picture, these plug into the Commodore's User Port and sit neatly at the side of your 64. Some extra pictures showing the controls and cable. In stock. £59 Plus Postage. Update...

New Blue OVP 64 (Over Voltage Protector) for the Commodore 64 & Cases! The cases for the OVP 64 are now in production. Already own an OVP 64? Do not worry they are also available as a DIY upgrade.

We have been busy with other Commodore 64 projects recently but now we are back to the remake of the Datel 32k Smart Cart, all we have to do is install the 20 year old 40LF220 lithium battery, the ram and see if they work. Updated 1st January 2024

Cases are available from Retro Innovations in the USA and Game Dude Computers in Australia or direct from us. There are 30 in the picture but we think there may be a couple more somewhere! Colours are - 1. Pastel Pink 2. Lime Green 3. Cherry Red 4. Light Grey 5. Powder Blue 6. Purple 7. Yellow 8. Black 9. Red 10. Blue 11. White 12. Orange 13. Green 14. Mid Blue 15. Cream 16. Dark Grey 17. Brown 18. Clear 19. Clear Blue 20, Clear Green 21. Clear Red 22. Clear Pink 23. Clear NEON Pink 24. Clear NEON Green 25. Clear NEON Yellow 26. Clear NEON Orange 27. NEON Yellow 28. NEON Red 29. NEON Pink 30. NEON Green New Clear Purple Updated 1st January 2024 Cases are £5 each (for quantity pricing please contact us) plus postage, to order email sales@sharewareplus.com

We have been asked many times if the SID2SID kit included a 3.5mm jack socket, so an iphone or headphones could be used, so we have now updated the kit to include one as standard. Plus we had our designer create a great new box. Available from stock. £12 plus postage. Updated 1st January 2024

The first 25 are now ready. Selling quickly, all the details over on the dubCRT Facebook page. Updated 1st January 2024

Commodore 1541, 1541C, 1541-II, 1571, 1581 Disk Drives & Commodore 128D Track & Sector Displays - now available! A few years ago we picked up this project from the talented Gero after he moved on to new projects, now after a delay of three years these kits are now available. We have just finished the final testing (test setup shown) with our components and they work perfectly. We will only be releasing a few of each kit -  Commodore 1541,  Commodore 1541C,  Commodore 1541-II,  Commodore 1571,  Commodore 1581  & Commodore 128D Computer. This will be a work in progress, we plan an external version later this year! If you would like a kit simply email us at sales@sharewareplus.com and we will quote you. Updated 1st January 2024