Category:Commodore Books

This category holds third-party books about Commodore machines, almost all of them for the Commodore 64. They are not service documentation. Apart from the hardware books listed first, few contain circuit material: Tricks & Tips for the Commodore 64 has a stereo SID filter schematic with component values, First Book of Commodore 64 an LED board schematic for the user port, and Using the 64, Your Commodore 64, Programming the Commodore 64 and Micro-Music for the Commodore 64 and BBC Computer print connector or chip pinouts. For repair figures, use Commodore 64 / 64C Service Manual, Commodore 64 Technical Manual and Parts List and the Commodore 64 Capacitor Replacement Guide.

This index groups them by what they are for. Every book has its own page giving the title as printed, the author, publisher, year, ISBN where the scan shows one, and the printed extent. The extents below are the printed page counts (front matter in roman numerals, then the numbered pages), not the length of the scan.

These six carry chip-level, board-level or repair content. They are third-party books, so they are secondary to Commodore's own service manual and technical manual.

• Commodore 1541 Troubleshooting & Repair Guide – Michael G. Peltier, Sams, 1986, 228 pp, with the VIC-1541 schematics and circuit-level repair
• Commodore 64 Troubleshooting and Repair Guide – Robert C. Brenner, Sams, 1985, 176 pp: symptom-based troubleshooting, preventive maintenance and component testing
• The Anatomy of the Commodore 64 – Data Becker / First Publishing, 1984, 134 pp plus a 149-page ROM listing: chip level, with the 6510, expansion port, user port and 6526 pin assignments, but no schematic or parts list
• The Anatomy of the 1541 Disk Drive – Data Becker / First Publishing: the 1541's DOS and internal software
• The Commodore 64 Kernal and Hardware Revealed – Nick Hampshire, Collins, 1985, 194 pp: reproduces Commodore's own schematic and board assembly drawing, and describes the serial bus and cassette hardware
• Troubleshooting and Repairing your Commodore 64 – Art Margolis, TAB Books, 1985, xii + 351 pp: 22 test point charts and a master schematic

Look-up material rather than tutorials.

• A pocket handbook for the Commodore 64 – Peter Gerrard and Danny Doyle, 95 pp
• Commodore 64 MicroGuide – Professor Peter Morse and Brian Hancock, 29 pp
• Mapping the Commodore 64 – Sheldon Leemon, xii + 268 pp
• Programming the Commodore 64 – Raeto Collin West, 611 pp

BASIC, machine code and general programming.

• Advanced Programming Techniques on the Commodore 64 – David Lawrence, ix + 174 pp
• All about the Commodore 64 Vol1 – Craig Chamberlain, 289 pp
• All about the Commodore 64 Vol2 – Craig Chamberlain, 491 pp
• Artificial Intelligence on the Commodore 64 – Keith and Steven Brain, 144 pp
• Commodore 64 Assembler Workshop – Bruce Smith, 151 pp
• Commodore 64 Assembly Language – Bruce Smith, 193 pp
• Commodore 64 Computing – Ian Sinclair, viii + 133 pp
• Commodore 64 Disk Companion – David Lawrence and Mark England, x + 150 pp
• Commodore 64 Exposed – Bruce Bayley, 198 pp
• Commodore 64 getting the most from it – Tim Onosko, xi + 303 pp
• Commodore 64 Machine Code Master – David Lawrence and Mark England, 191 pp
• Commodore 64 Software Projects – Rudolf Smit, 88 pp
• COMPUTE!'s Machine Language Routines for the Commodore 64 – COMPUTE! Publications, vii + 255 pp
• Everything you can do with your Commodore 64 – Richard G. Peddicord, xiv + 234 pp
• First Book of Commodore 64 – COMPUTE! Publications, 264 pp
• Machine Code Games Routines for the Commodore 64 – Paul Roper, vii + 175 pp
• Machine Language for Beginners – Richard Mansfield, COMPUTE! Publications, xii + 350 pp
• Mastering machine code on your Commodore 64 – Mark Greenshields, 232 pp
• Mastering the Commodore 64 – Mark Greenshields, 219 pp
• Run Works
• Second Book of Commodore 64 – COMPUTE! Publications, vi + 289 pp
• Supercharge your Commodore 64 – Barry Thomas, 151 pp
• The Advanced Commodore 64 Handbook – Peter Lupton and Frazer Robinson, 253 pp
• The Commodore 64 Disk Book – Tony Hetherington and Gordon Hamlett, iv + 82 pp
• The Commodore Disk and Printer Handbook – David Bridges and Helen Naylor, 212 pp
• The Easy Guide to Your Commodore 64 – Joseph Kascmer, xi + 130 pp
• Tricks & Tips for the Commodore 64 – Klaus Gerits, Lothar Englisch and Michael Angerhausen, 276 pp
• Using the 64 – Peter Gerrard, 328 pp
• Very Basic BASIC
• Your Commodore 64 – John Heilborn and Ran Talbott, xii + 444 pp

The VIC-II and the SID.

• COMPUTE!'s First Book of Commodore 64 Sound and Graphics – COMPUTE! Publications, v + 275 pp
• Machine code graphics and sound for the Commodore 64 – Mark England and David Lawrence, 216 pp
• Micro-Music for the Commodore 64 and BBC Computer – Gary Herman, 214 pp
• Sprites & Sound on the 64 – Peter Gerrard, 255 pp
• The Commodore 64 Music Book – James Vogel and Nevin B. Scrimshaw, 125 pp

Spreadsheets, databases, communications and practical programs.

• Business Applications for the Commodore 64 – James Hall, vii + 199 pp
• Data file handler for the Commodore 64 – Blaine D. Standage, John L. Darling and Kenneth D. Standage, vii + 271 pp
• Football Pools With The Commodore 64 – Frank George, 159 pp
• GEOS Inside and Out – Abacus, 293 pp
• GEOS Tricks & Tips – M. Kerkloh and R. Tornsdorf, Abacus, 265 pp
• Simulation techniques on the Commodore 64 – John Cochrane, ix + 165 pp
• Telecomputing on the Commodore 64 – COMPUTE! Publications, v + 225 pp
• The Micro Enquirer
• The Power Of: Calc Result – Robert E. Williams, 192 pp
• The Working Commodore 64 – David Lawrence, 176 pp

Programs to key in.

• Brain Teasers for the Commodore 64 – Genevieve Ludinski, B.Sc.(Hons) A.M.B.C.S., 143 pp
• Commodore 64 Adventures – Mike Grace, ii + 215 pp
• Commodore 64 and 128 Collection – COMPUTE! Publications, 287 pp
• First Book of Commodore 64 Games – COMPUTE! Publications, v + 217 pp
• Games for your Commodore 64 – Kieron Brennan, 126 pp
• Second Book of Commodore 64 Games – COMPUTE! Publications, v + 274 pp
• Sixty Programs for the Commodore 64 – Robert Erskine and Humphrey Walwyn, with Paul Stanley and Michael Bews, 373 pp
• The Commodore 64 Games Book – Owen Bishop with Audrey Bishop, 131 pp

Written for schools, for teaching, or for young readers.

• A childs guide to the Commodore 64 – John Dewhirst, 95 pp
• DIY Robotics and Sensors
• Microchild: Learning through LOGO – Serafim Gascoigne, Macmillan, 1984, ix + 113 pp
• Logo and more for the Commodore 64 – Richard Lambert, illustrated by Anita Jones, 117 pp
• Mathematics on the Commodore 64 – Czes Kosniowski, 155 pp
• Programming for education on the Commodore 64 – John Scriven and Patrick Hall, ix + 144 pp

• Category:Commodore Documentation – everything Commodore, including the manufacturer documentation
• Category:Commodore Technical Manuals – Commodore's own service and technical manuals
• Commodore 64 · Commodore 64C · Commodore VIC-20 · Commodore PET 2001