Commodore Pet 8032

Commodore Business Machines introduced its first true PC in 1977. The Commodore PET (Personal Electronic Transactor) 2001 was announced at the West Coast Computer Faire and was very warmly received by the press and public alike. Commodore went on to improve the PET line over the course of several years.

The Commodore PET 8032 in my collection is one of the later variants of the PET line. It had an 80 column display and a full 32k of RAM to run programs on its ROM based basic.

The PET chassis flipped up like a cars hood to expose the circuitry and power supply beneath the keyboard and monitor.

Here is a closeup of the PETs monochrome screen which is as fresh and bright as the day it was manufactured.

(Submitted April 12, 2008 10:26:47 by Craig Johnson)

I have a CBM 8032 computer (something I picked up in mid-2003); I decided to add it to my website at the following URL: http://ledmuseum.candlepower.us/fourteen/cbm8032.h tm

(Submitted January 31, 2008 21:11:10 by (a href=mailto:james.m.alexanderATcogecoDOTcom)james(/a))

I'm trying to get my system working again. To be precise I need to get my hands on a working drive at a reasonable price. If anyone knows where to find say a 4040, 8050, 8250, SFD1001 or 2031lp can you please let me know. I'm in canada so need one with the 120v power supply thanks

(Submitted September 25, 2007 19:50:33 by LUKASZ )

If anyone want to buy CBM 8032 + dual floppy disc 8050 and printer CBM 8028 then send me email please :D - Everything is working very well. (sekado@wp.pl)

(Submitted September 17, 2007 13:07:42 by Harve)

I still have a similar one sitting around. It's the Pet 2001 32n, which had the large Keyboard of the 8032, but the smaller 40 col. Monitor. I've been programming for a living now since 1983 and this was my first computer. $1,200 with the External Tape drive and the optional memory that brought it up to 32K. Not much memory by today's standards, but it made you write very efficient code.

(Submitted September 4, 2007 15:41:25 by Paul)

I used many of these when I taught computer literary and programming (BASIC and COMAL). COMAL was the official language of Scandanavian countries and thanks to Len Linsay of Wisconsin I was able to turn my 8032 into an 8096 by adding a COMAL rom board. I used a dual floppy (5 1/4) for storage and created a report card and attendance software package for a high school in St. Louis. This plus a Centronics 800 printer did all the work.

(Submitted August 10, 2007 06:10:15 by Stuart)

I've got a Pet 8032 with a 1530 tape drive, I'm desperately after any software to go with this machine, as it would be nice to see it actually running !!

If anyone can help let me know

(Submitted July 15, 2007 08:52:32 by richard payne)

Commodore Pet 4032, VGC (need minor repairs).

Offer £295 including shipping (USA shipping cost £65, cheaper for UK). Mains:- 240Vac (will not work on 110Vac, but it can be modified).

Keyboard:- Some key is functional....the PCB need chemical cleaning to remove surface oxides

PSU:- Functional, suspects dry joint at the connector,simple soldering / cleaning fix it

Monitor:- Functional, screen very good condition, almost has no burn at all. I seen many screen suffered burn (ie word/excel processing), but not this one. Mortherboard:- all parts orginal, no replacement, no modification. System:- Functional, boot up successfully, Basic version 4.0. For given age....the ROM and RAM still intacts. Speaker:- Functional, hear bleeping sound as it power up!. Chassis:- Very good condition, no marks, gave it nice clean up and it look great!. Reason for sale:- Relocation force sale.

Contact me for picture and query

(Submitted June 16, 2007 11:46:10 by Martin Cregg)

Can anyone help me to get my Pet 4016 working. Boots up fine: normal info about Basic etc. Blinking cursor. The keyboard does not work. I've taken apart and cleaned the contacts - nothing. I have tried shorting the pins of the keyboard connector on the motherboard but still nothing.

Thanks,

Martin

(Submitted June 8, 2007 23:47:37 by Simon)

I have a Commodore Pet 8032-SK is anyone interested? Make some serious offers and I would consider selling it. Si

(Submitted June 6, 2007 16:56:56 by Howard Schwarzman)

Available: Commodore 8032, Commodore dual disk drive & floppies w/floppie cases, Commodore 8023P (wide)printer with numerous ink-ribbon cartriges, inker with several color inks, Word-Pro software & dongle, an original manuals. All located in Baltimore, MD. 410 358-7775

(Submitted January 4, 2007 20:21:21 by Joti)

WOW 31.7KB!

(Submitted October 27, 2006 11:19:07 by Scotty)

Hier ist ein 8032 zu ersteigern! http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&item=330043748216

(Submitted October 20, 2006 21:06:17 by Lance L. Spencer)

Wanted, Commodore PET, decent condition.

Willing to pay up to $150 +S/H depending on condition. email lances@cecomet.net or call (716) 673-8228

Collector looking for the first computer I ever used.

(Submitted October 20, 2006 21:06:06 by Lance L. Spencer)

Wanted, Commodore PET, decent condition.

Willing to pay up to $150 +S/H depending on condition. email lances@cecomet.net or call (716) 673-8228

Collector looking for the first computer I ever used.

(Submitted June 14, 2006 19:29:23 by Mike Grunwell)

This brings back some memories. My high school had a computer lab back in the mid 80's full of these. I remember learning a little Basic and playing a couple of very cool games. One game was a mystery/puzzle game you solved by typing commands like open door and reading the response. The other game was both graphical and command based. You would summon forms of weather to blast away your opponents building. I can't beleive there are still some working models out there.

(Submitted April 22, 2006 11:12:57 by Pothalamus)

I am looking for a Commodore 3032 in extremely good condition, is anyone selling or know anyone that might want to sell their 3032?

(Submitted March 7, 2006 00:03:19 by Rautela)

I urgently need Commodore 8032 with dual Floppy drive CMB 8050 for my instrumentation system. Any Hope, Any Where?

(Submitted January 2, 2006 03:57:34 by R K Agnihotri)

hi, i am desperate to buy a cbm 8050 floppy drive or full commodore computer set 8032. can anyone sell it to me or tell me where it can be found? Price will not be bar.

(Submitted January 2, 2006 03:44:09 by rajkumar)

how to place an order pl include this in your site

(Submitted December 6, 2005 14:49:46 by (a href=mailto:)Olivier Biot(/a))

Holy Cow!

That was my very first computer, back in 1986! Mine was flashed in 1979, and it had the tape recorder and a very heavy dot matrix printer. It eventually died back in 1988 when the screen only showed a horizontal line...

Cheers!

Olivier

(Submitted October 20, 2005 11:19:20 by James Gunnari)

what I found out about this was realy cool.

(Submitted October 12, 2005 17:28:44 by Tony Linux)

Was looking for info on this model for a while, then found the model number in an old file on my system. Wondered if anyone knew of a good place to pick up a not working one. (always loved the case on these and thought it would be interesting to give new life to one by puting modern computer inside)

(Submitted September 13, 2005 05:19:18 by Trap)

My working 8032 is on eBay (ends Sunday 18th September 13:36HRS) at the moment. Had it 15+ years and wife has issued it's marching orders (don't they always)!

(Submitted August 28, 2005 19:56:04 by Craig Johnson)

I bought a CBM 8032 computer from Ebay in the summer of 2003 for $151.00, and it still works like the day it left the factory. It was one of the first things I put on the cart when I moved in October 2004.

I later purchased some 5.25 IEEE-488 disk drives for it, but have yet to find the necessary cable to connect them to the CBM 8032.

(Submitted May 17, 2005 15:44:49 by Ron)

I also have an 8032 with the added memory kit that converted it into the 8096. After all these years, I must part with it (wife's orders). Is anyone interested in an 8096 with an 8023P printer plus the dual disk drive. There is software (Silicon Office, and others)to go with the plug-in ROMs. THe 8096 and printer are in their original shipping boxes from Commodore.

Let me know if anyone is interested.

Ron W

(Submitted April 2, 2005 07:54:32 by Ron)

Like someone else here, I still have an 8096 business pet I used for years, with a ZRam board (cp/m) and 3 0r 4 8050 dual drives packed away. I had a break-in once in the office.. they left the pet but took the drive. So much different to- day... There was a place on Yonge St. (west side) (Below Lawrence if I recall correctly), I managed to find some used drives there at the time.. probably gone now... but it's worth a shot

(Submitted April 1, 2005 11:52:40 by Robert Chambers)

I have one sitting on my workbench with the tape player/recorder too. Both work great. I was considering upgrading mine to current hardware.

(Submitted March 30, 2005 18:23:48 by Noel Burger)

Just posted a Commodor 8032-sk (and 8050) on eBay. Was looking for info about it and came across this site. No reserve if anyone's interested in it. Reagrds, Noel.

(Submitted February 25, 2005 16:15:29 by carl moser)

Got four Pets in the Garage. They all worked when they were relevent, and worked when I packed them away. This week I unpacked them and everyone of those Pets will not boot up.

I understand that contacts might be the problem. Anyone else find this a problem too?

(Submitted February 19, 2005 17:11:15 by Richard)

I bought a Commodore computer in 1980. It consists of an 8032 computer with 80 character screen, 2040 dual floppy drive and an NEC Spinwriter 5530 printer. I also have a 8023 tractor printer which I never used. I used the computer with Visicalc and Wordpro programs until last year. I have other programs and manuals to go with it. I would like to sell the set as a package. When I stopped using it, it still worked fine. Make an offer for the lot.

(Submitted February 9, 2005 07:11:37 by harjee)

hi, i am desperate to buy a cbm 8050 floppy drive. can anyone sell it to me or tell me where it can be found.

(Submitted February 5, 2005 09:58:32 by Chris)

I also have an 8032 plus the external double 5.25 disk drives for it. Additionally I have two commodore 3032 PETs, one of which has an external speaker and a Computhink disk drive. I have plenty of software as these machines were my first computers. Additionally (icing on the cake) I have an original tractor feed printer. Now looking to offload - any interest out there?

(Submitted January 19, 2005 11:12:05 by Mauricio Munuera)

Oh, my God... I LOVE this computer... There are lots os PC's that I wish: Commodore PET(any model), Prologica CP-500 (It's a computer from Brazil, and I live in Brazil, but it's very hard to find...) and the Prologica Sistema700 (It's brazilian, too), Apple Lisa, Apple Macintosh... If you have anyone to sell, I'm interested in buy it, but not forget: I live in Brazil, and the ship coasts ar very expensive... and maybe... I can't buy them... but send-me an e-mail to we can talk... I have one IBM PC (8087) I love to make COBOL, Clipper, Pascal, Basic, etc. programs...

Well... send me one e-mail...

Mauricio Munuera

(Submitted November 28, 2004 09:06:47 by Kevin Lawton)

That looks like an absolutely mint 8032 you've got there. I spent time working with these in the early 1980's, alongside the cheaper model - the 4016 (40 column screen & 16 Kb memory). Excellent, solid workhorses for word processing and spreadsheet work - far better IMHO than the Tandy TRS-80 range of the same time. If anyone in the UK has an unwanted one which need a good home . . . . Cheers, Kevin.

(Submitted November 8, 2004 09:48:22 by Francesco)

Hello !! Io sono italiano, sono appassionato sono nato il 27/05/1974 e da quando avevo 8 anni ho acquistato il mio primo computer un Commodore Vic 20, da allora ho imparato i primi rudimenti di informatica ed ho cominciato a collezionare computer ma il miei preferiti sono il VIC2O, il PET (possiedo un 8032), il mitico CBM64.

Ciao !!! Pace e Prosperita !

(Submitted October 29, 2004 17:19:47 by Barry Bogart)

A spinoff was the SuperPET or SP-9000. It had an additional board with a Moto 6809 processor and 64k extra, and a serial port for comms. A software spinoff from Waterloo University (called Watcom) which developed languages like Waterloo Basic, Watfor, Watbol... also developed a set for this computer. It was widely used in universities to teach programming. The Toronto Pet User's Group put together another board with an MMU so it could run OS-9 - a Unix work-alike (which is still around). Yep, a real multi-tasking OS in 96k with no hard drive necessary. Got two in my garage! (The CoCo had a 6809 and made OS-9 widespread a little later on).

Description
Manufacturer	Commodore Business Machines
Model	8032
Date Announced	1980
Date Canceled	Unknown
Number Produced	Tens of Thousands
Country of Origin	United States
Price	Approximately $1,500
Current Value	$25-$150

Specifications
Processor	MOS 6502
Speed	1 MHz
RAM	32K
ROM	Unknown
Storage	External tape drive, 5.25" floppy drives
Expansion	None
Bus	N/A
Video	80x24 text
I/O	Parallel, Serial, IEEE-488
OS Options	N/A

Notes	The CBM 8032 was an upgrade to the PET line of machines. It added memory a better keyboard (over the first Commodore Pet 2001 model) and an 80 column screen

Related Items in Collection	Commodore Pet 2001
Related Items Wanted	Manuals, external drives, software