About
Commodore is something magic. I can't put my finger on it, but there is something with Commodore that just pulls me in. Some kind of mysterious gravity...
Born in 1975 I grew up with the Commodore 64 and the Amiga 500/1200. I got my first C64 breadbin in 1985 and the Amiga 500 in 1990. To me Commodore was both the incredible machines they actually were at that time, but also a significant part of an obscure new culture; the scene.
Now, 40 year later I'm still fascinated by this. Both the machines and the scene. Why? I really don't know... it's the Commodore gravity pulling us all in.... Maybe they were right? "Are you keeping up with the Commodore? Because the Commodore is keeping up with you!"
My main interests in Commodore 64/Amiga are assembly programming under the nickname "Pushead" in the demo scene and hardware refurbishment. Please take a look at some of my contributions at csdb.dk.
In addition to assembly programming I like to refurbish old Commodore 64/128/Amiga. It's quite amazing that these machines actually still work after almost 40 years. But... quite a lot of these machines now needs quite a lot of "love" to continue their lives; old MOS chips fails, electrolytic capacitors dry out, voltage regulators are marginal and corrosion is knocking on the door.
So, as a hobby I refurbish these old machines. With the hope that these can live on for quite some more years.
Some words about my academic background in regards of hardware refurbishment. I spent three years in high school studying electronics (as a fun fact I learned the basic techniques in soldering when I was 15). After that I spent two more years studying electronics and telecommunications in vocational school before doing my five years Master of Science degree at university (NTNU) studying electronics and multimedia signal processing.
In my professional career I work as head of technology development in a company who probably makes the best EV charger in the world (linkedin profile).
Want to purchase?
This is not a traditional webshop. All refurbished items are listet on the Norwegian electronic marketplace "Finn".
The easiest way to get in touch with me if you want to purchase a refurbished Commodore machine or peripheral from me is via Finn - or just send me an e-mail (se address below).
10 % of the sales goes directly to The Norwegian Childhood Cancer Society (by Vipps to #02099).
Disclaimer
Commodore machines and peripherals are around 40 years old. So I can't give any gurantee that these will always work even if they are refurbished. But I test everything as good as I can during the refurbishment and before shipping anything - and I take great care in packaging the items before shipping.
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Banner picture credits: Trude K. Harstad