C64 Quick Guide

Dusting the old C64, sat down in front of my Commodore 1901 monitor, turned on the machine, inserted a floppy into the 1541 and ..aaaa what was the commands again.

After 30 years it’s good to have some instructions written down, so here is a small “BASIC TUNE UP” guide of the simplest commands.

How to load from a floppy

LOAD["filename"[,device[,1]]]

Your disk drive is usually by default 8

LOAD "*",8,1 [RETURN]

Then

RUN [RETURN]

The use of “*” will load the first file on the floppy.

Listing directories

Hvis det er flere program/spill på disketten, bruk denne kommandoen for å få oversikt

LOAD "$",8 [RETURN]

Then

LIST [RETURN]

Fresh start

NEW [RETURN]
LOAD "filename",8,1 [RETURN]

or

LOAD "filename",8 [RETURN]

How to load from your tape

Rewind your tape.

LOAD [RETURN]

Then

RUN [RETURN]

The first program on your tape will load.

How to change from C128 to C64 mode

Hold the “Commodore logo” key while you turn on the computer, or you could simply type.

GO64 [RETURN]

Then

YES [RETURN]

More to go at Commodore DOS