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Status	Product	What it does	Compatibility	Links
DiscontinuedChecked Jul 27, 2026	DivIDE Revisedby Lotharek / Velesoft divide compactflash fat16 esxdos fatware diagnostic rom joystick lcd edge connector vintage	Adds CompactFlash storage, selectable disk firmware, an LCD, and a five-mode joystick interface to original ZX Spectrum computers. Lotharek marks this revision discontinued. The seller says its joystick functions were tested on original Sinclair and Amstrad ZX Spectrum computers and does not guarantee clones. Media needs one active FAT16 partition, and compatibility still depends on selected firmware and correctly prepared software images. Identify the installed firmware and switch settings before using a second-hand unit. Sources Lotharek DivIDE Revised page	ZX Spectrum expansion-bus hardware Bus/interface	Lotharek DivIDE Revised archive page Search eBay for DivIDE Revised
Build itChecked Jul 25, 2026	SCSI-64 Project Familyby Andre Fachat scsi hard disk csa bus expansion port iec fat16 open hardware experimental	Adds SCSI disk hardware to a Commodore 64 through a CS/A adapter, with experimental external IEC-drive variants. Only the modular C64 CS/A adapter plus CS/A SCSI card combination is reported tested and working. The simplified combined C64 board was not fully checked. VC-SCSI 1.0's component boards were tested separately but not as a complete drive, VC-SCSI 1.x remained an idea, and VC-SCSI 2.x was preliminary and untested. The published FAT12/FAT16 filesystem software is explicitly early beta and may corrupt a disk; never test it with valuable media. No current kit or assembled seller was verified. Sources SCSI-64 project family	Commodore 64 Exact model	SCSI-64 project family SCSI-64 archive Combined C64 board files

DiscontinuedChecked Jul 27, 2026

DivIDE Revisedby Lotharek / Velesoft

Adds CompactFlash storage, selectable disk firmware, an LCD, and a five-mode joystick interface to original ZX Spectrum computers.

Lotharek marks this revision discontinued. The seller says its joystick functions were tested on original Sinclair and Amstrad ZX Spectrum computers and does not guarantee clones. Media needs one active FAT16 partition, and compatibility still depends on selected firmware and correctly prepared software images. Identify the installed firmware and switch settings before using a second-hand unit.

Sources

Lotharek DivIDE Revised page

ZX Spectrum expansion-bus hardware Bus/interface

Lotharek DivIDE Revised archive page Search eBay for DivIDE Revised

Build itChecked Jul 25, 2026

SCSI-64 Project Familyby Andre Fachat

Adds SCSI disk hardware to a Commodore 64 through a CS/A adapter, with experimental external IEC-drive variants.

Only the modular C64 CS/A adapter plus CS/A SCSI card combination is reported tested and working. The simplified combined C64 board was not fully checked. VC-SCSI 1.0's component boards were tested separately but not as a complete drive, VC-SCSI 1.x remained an idea, and VC-SCSI 2.x was preliminary and untested. The published FAT12/FAT16 filesystem software is explicitly early beta and may corrupt a disk; never test it with valuable media. No current kit or assembled seller was verified.

Sources

SCSI-64 project family

Commodore 64 Exact model

SCSI-64 project family SCSI-64 archive Combined C64 board files