PET index

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  2023-07-23 Added a link to a new ROM 1 IEEE488 patch on the ROMs page.
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  2023-02-05 Added a link to commodoregames.net on the Links page.
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  2020-10-29 Added links on the keyboards page" on how to replace PET keyboards or use them on a PC, on the hardware page on how to properly add a RESET switch, and on the ROMs page a link to all Commodore ROMs and info on 2332 ROM adapters. Fixed a number of dead links.
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  2020-05-02 Updated the PET killer poke article with new research by Tech Tangent.
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  2018-12-29 Added some links on the drives and gallery pages.
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  2018-04-01 Add links to Steve's PET graphics page (on the extensions and hardware pages). Add link to more harddrive information on the drives page.
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  2017-10-15 Added bombjack to the documentation links page. Added the mult-editor ROM board to the hardware extensions. Added D9090 repair info and 6540/6550 tester info. Added the high speed graphics card extension. Added info on garbage collection and other differences in the BASIC ROMs. Added a summary of the Drive write gap discussion and a comment on the programs to read the floppy controller ROM. Added drive hardware information on the drives page. Added a link to the SuperPET history. Updated links on the Hard Drive page. Added a games section on the Links page.
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  2017-08-29 Added RS232 information to the Hardware projects, Peripheral, and Extensions pages.
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  2017-08-13 Added the 1st version ROM dump for the diagnostic cartridge and a disassembly for it. Also added link to discussion of PET prototypes to the versions page.
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  2017-07-23 Added the page for the Diagnostic clip.
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  2016-04-24 Updated 6540 ROM adapter links and added link to 30 screen lines mod.
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  2015-02-01 Added the swedish/finnish keyboard mapping and the computhink disk drive.
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  2014-08-22 Added some links.
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  2014-08-11 Add some bits here and there, mainly some repair info, as well as DOS ROM information.
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  2013-12-30 Added the ZoomFloppy and the Internet Flyer Modem to the transfer page.
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  2013-12-27 Added link to Z-RAM and PEDISK-II to the Extensions page. Also added the link to the SuperPET OS/9 project on the Hardware Projects page, and some links on the SuperPET page.

Coverage is the whole line of Commodore PET computers, ranging from the PET 2001 to the CBM 8296, as well as the SuperPET (aka MicroMainFrame 9000 in Europe). Not covered are the so-called "CBM-II" machines, the business machines CBM 610-620, 710-720 (also known as B128 and B256) and the 510-520 (also known as P500)

• The PET model index
• PET documentation
• The Disk drive model index
• Boards that make up a PET
• Pinouts of various PET connectors
• Keyboard layouts and Screen control codes
• Extensions extensions of the PET
• Programming Languages for the PET, i.e. including BASIC extensions
• Hardware Programming information
• ROM descriptions
• CRTC 6545 operation as used in the different PET models
• The infamous Killer Poke has its own page
• SuperPET add-on board(s)
• 8x96 expanded versions (including LOS-96)
• 8032-SK - a cool case for the 8032
• Hardware projects around the PET
• Software projects and archives
• PET emulators run PET programs on other hardware
• Transfer projects to transfer files from the PET to the PC and back.
• Repair information for the PET
• Links to some other docs (faq, pictures, schematics)
• Open questions I have about the PET

Many thanks to Olaf Seibert, Larry Anderson, Marko Mäkelä, Ruud Baltissen and all the others that provided this information.