Builds

Send me some photos of your PET along with your name, a link and a message for PET fans and it will be assigned an official serial number and published here.

Check out the Commodore PET Mini Serial No.0001 by Vince Weaver, Chuck Peddle itself got it on his hands and there's a photo proving it!

Serial No.0014

Build by Jan Palsbom
Date march 15th, 2021

I finally finished my build of your excellent PET mini project! It has been a lot of fun and a nice little learning experience. The 3D prints, electronic parts and stickers were all ordered online and assembled as they slowly arrived from all parts of the world!

Serial No.0013+1

Build by Richard Morley
Date july 13th, 2020

(The Commodore PET) was the first computer I ever laid my hands on. I clearly remember that moment, some 40 odd years ago. My father took me to an engineering show at the local collage. A lot of local companies were there. [...] Sitting on a table was a Commodore PET! I couldn't tell you the model, but I remember it did have a cassette drive. [...] There was a fella making this machine do, what seamed to me, to be amazing things. [...] I waited for what seamed to be hours to have a go on this amazing machine. [...] It was at this point that reality hit me and I realized I did not have a clue how to operate any kind of computer. I hit a few keys in what the PET would have seen as a random order. The best response I got from it was "syntax error" lol. I got bored quite quick, but never really lost my fascination of computers.

Serial No.0013

Build by Tony Landi 🇬🇧
Date july 13th, 2020

Tony is a fellow retrocomputing geek that shares his love for iconic ancient computers in his Youtube channel "Operation 8-Bit". He has documented his entire build of the Commodore PET Mini in this video. All the proceedings from their channel and the classic computer restoration work they do are donated to charities, which is an extra reason to follow them on the networks.

Serial No.0012

Build by Jonathan Dean 🇬🇧
Date may 24th, 2020

The PET was the first microcomputer I ever used (back at school in the early 80’s) and it was responsible for hooking me into the subject and industry. I always thought the distinctive shape of the PET looked really cool (especially the older ones) and I always wanted to own one. I looked into buying a second hand one, but the time was never right and so I never did (at least not so far). So I was overjoyed to find your mini PET page and especially since it had coincided with me getting myself a 3d printer.

Serial No.0011

Build by Cristiano - Dr. Slump - Rosadini 🇮🇹
Date february 29th, 2020

I have a CBM PET 4032 currently under repair but I think when it is ready I will put it next to its brother to make it look beautiful.

Serial No.0010

Build by Matthias "Ba" Prögel 🇩🇪
Date february 28th, 2020

Matthias has built a second Commodore PET Mini and contributed an HDMI mod and this gorgeous keyboard-based gamepad.

Serial No.0009

Build by Matthias "Ba" Prögel 🇩🇪
Date january 17th, 2020

My PET mini has got a 3,5" IPS HDMI display (it is way faster than LCD-screens with GPIO-connection) and built-in stereo speakers. You can change the volume from outside, I made different changes to the 3D-models for that (bigger cut out and different hooks for the screen and changes for speakers, amplifier, on/off-switch and power-connector). It was so much fun building this tiny little PET, and it looks like my Original CBM 4032 from 1980 (which is still working, but missing it's front sticker). Another one is in the making to improve more of the 3D-printed parts (cutouts for the HDMI-connector in the housing). I painted it in RAL9001, which is a creme-white color (as you mentioned to do). Next thing is constructing and printing a "CBM-styled"-controller for the games with cherry MX switches. I'm hoping that somebody can create a good model of the floppy-drive! That would be awesome!

Serial No.0008

Build by Massimo 'Max' Sernesi 🇮🇹
Date december 17th, 2019

I send you the photos of the last minipet I made. I have build 3 in total, this one will be put on the market probably via eBay, then I end the production. This one have audio capabilities also. It’s a fun project and a joy to build, but it need patience and some skill for a good result. In the two last models I have put two tiny screws to keep closed the monitor.

Serial No.0007

Build by Massimo 'Max' Sernesi 🇮🇹
Date december 10th, 2019

I enjoyed a lot building this little PET, I have a regular working one, and his little brother is so cute. So cute that I had to build another one for a friend … Hardest part is the display cable: building it with pins, connectors and thin cables is easy but boring work. I have decided to keep the 3D print raw appearance, but I didn't like the all black keyboard, so I painted it like a real 8032 PET, a good result, I think. I've also used a common barrel connector so I can use an old no-USB power supply.

Max has contributed ideas to create printable keycaps for an astounding looking mini keyboard and a serial plaque that makes his PET Mini unique!

Serial No.0006

Build by Shon Burton 🇺🇸
Date september 25th, 2019

The hardest parts of the build were getting the screen holder to print nicely, finding good screws, and placing the front PET label 😂. I plan to connect this first pet to a 20TB drive array and use it as a home file server and interactive display.

Fun fact: Shon's PET Mini has now a storage capacity more than 670 million times bigger than the original Commodore PET!

Serial No.0005

Build by Luca H. 🇮🇹
Date august 18th, 2019

It was fun to make the Mini PET as a small project. The 3D-printing files were great to print out and the finished model looks pretty neat. Because I already had the PiTFT Plus 2.8 display at home, I used that one. I had to mirror the Monitor frame so I could attach the display to the frame. It was real fun to do and I can definitely recommend this project. Thanks a lot for these great instructions!

Serial No.0004

Build by Matt Kasdorf 🇨🇦
Date june 16th, 2019

I came upon the CommodorePETmini.com website through a posting to the Calgary Commodore Users Group forum. My build turned out to be more difficult as I substituted the recommended display for a cheaper 2.8" SPI display. I ended up using an older version of RetroPie, and a RPi3B. My kids and I decided keep the 3D printed appearance, but I'm going to paint the inside black to help retain the light leakage. I too tried Combian64, and was unsuccessful getting it to work with my TFT display. I'm currently modifying it and hope to release a version, which I'm calling "CommPi", with a bunch of PET 2001/4032 software pre-installed.

Serial No.0003

Build by Brian Roy
Date june 2nd, 2019

I had lots of fun making this Mini Commodore Pet, and it didn’t seem too difficult either. I own an original Pet 2001n with 32k ram, and from a distance, the smaller version looks like a Mini-Me. I installed Retropie on the mini pet along with Vice, but I would love to get Combian 64 working on it with the TFT display. Maybe someday. I collect a lot of old computers, there’s so much nostalgia with these beautiful machines. The Pet is one of my favorites when it comes to looks. Thank you for making this project possible. It’s an excellent design!

Serial No.0002

Build by Javier Couñago 🇪🇸
Date may 21st, 2019

My name is Javier Couñago, author of the web portal Commodore Spain. When I met your project I fell in love with the Mini Pet. He already had his older brother, but his mini version is simply lovely so I decided to do it and take him to the annual Explora Commodore event in Barcelona on 11/05/2019. There I showed it to the friends and followers of Commodore. They all said the same thing. It's awesome! Now my Pet 4032 will no longer feel so alone ;-)

Serial No.0001

Build by Vince Weaver 🇺🇸
Date april 5th, 2019

Thanks to Vince, this little buddy has been showcased in an exhibition held on april this year at the University of Maine, where Chuck Peddle itself, the designer of the authentic Commodore PET and the 6502 microprocessor, and a visionary computer pioneer who shaped the modern era of computing gave a speech and found time to take a photo holding this Commodore PET Mini. Thanks Mr.Peddle for giving us great computers!

Serial No.0000

Build by Lorenzo Herrera 🇪🇸
Date january 31st, 2019

This is the first prototype print of the Commodore PET Mini, I used it to debug lots of errors on the 3D models, but after some retouching it ended working fine. It's now proudly standing in my desk.