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Talon
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Registered: May 2007
Posts: 11 |
Replacing sid/vic, version question
Aloha!
I currently have four C64 (of which one is a C64c) in my home. Yesterday, the last functional one broke (only shows a reset-y screen with no characters on it on startup).
The C64c's keyboard is broken, but I connected one of the other keyboards to it so that works. But the 6581 in it seems to be dead too!
Do you guys know if it would work stealing a 6581 from one of the older machines? I remember one of them sounding especially nice - it has a 6581 from mid 1983 in it (the so called "6581, revision 3"). The C64c has an 6581 revision 5 in it (8580R5). If it's an OK operation it will just have made the C64c sound better :)
Apart from that, have anyone of you experienced the failure I described at the top (unresponsive screen without text, looks like 38 columns or so)?
Maybe I could just as well steal a working vic chip instead, and fix that machine? Or does it seem more of a CPU thing? Crappy error description from me I suppose - maybe you can ask me some good questions about it if you care to help.
I haven't been much of a hardware guy till now, but since I now have 4 malfunctioning vintage computers it might be time to get a soldering gun and have a go :)
Best
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Devia
Registered: Oct 2004
Posts: 401 |
Ok, maybe i didn't read the ENTIRE thread... from what you say i should read through the bullshit and focus on the facts I apparently missed... Will do :) |
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ready.
Registered: Feb 2003
Posts: 441 |
@Devia: forums should have the "bullshit filter ON/OFF option" :)
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taper
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 119 |
Doc's Hardware Kiste sell good and reliable heavy-duty PSU's. You can have it tailor-made, in case you want to power several c64's, c128's and/or drives at the same time.
It's not cheap, however. But I bought one for Antidote a few years back, and it has worked very well for me.
If you don't want to build one yourself, I recommend that you visit http://www.docshardwarekiste.de/ and throw Doc a mail! |
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Frantic
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 1647 |
@Taper: I contacted this company and, unfortunately, he replied that he no longer has the time required to build these PSU's. Sigh... The quest continues! |
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taper
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 119 |
Damn... perhaps it depends on how thick bundle of $$$ you wave infront his nose though...
Until we find someone else who do provide heavy duty PSU's, I suggest people mod a C128 PSU in the meantime. It's easy enough, even I can pull it off. :) And it will save you precious hardware! The old c64 brick PSU's is like playing russian roulette, I tell you! |
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