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Re: Commodore 128T going back under the knife - PICS
« Reply #29 from previous page: May 28, 2009, 03:18:53 AM »
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the best project I have ever seen, really excellent!


Thanks!! That's a hell of a compliment :-D
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Re: Commodore 128T going back under the knife - PICS
« Reply #30 on: May 28, 2009, 03:19:21 AM »
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What tower are you using?

I am almost certain this is it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ATX-AT-9-BAY-FULL-TOWER-ATX-SERVER-PC-CASE-NEW-COMPUTER_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ80166QQihZ022QQitemZ350105353314QQsalenotsupported

This is a standard ATX case that I obviously have to do crazy heavy modifications to.
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Re: Commodore 128T going back under the knife - PICS
« Reply #31 on: May 28, 2009, 04:37:46 AM »
All that just to play Bruce Lee?!  :D  I kid you of course.  Turned out really nice Red.
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Re: Commodore 128T going back under the knife - PICS
« Reply #32 on: May 28, 2009, 12:42:56 PM »
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All that just to play Bruce Lee?!  :D  I kid you of course.  Turned out really nice Red.


Yup! That and some Tower Toppler and Potty Pidgeon ;-)

But seriously, thanks. Have you seen this system (before towering) playing Metal Dust on youtube, a SuperCPU specific game?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie79hicxteg
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Re: Commodore 128T going back under the knife - PICS
« Reply #33 on: May 28, 2009, 06:30:58 PM »
Now I rember the good old times :-D
Must... dig... out... A500!!!

I have a C128, but no super cpu and no such games.. I mostly used it for a little programing
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Re: Commodore 128T going back under the knife - PICS
« Reply #34 on: May 28, 2009, 09:41:13 PM »
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Now I rember the good old times :-D
Must... dig... out... A500!!!

I have a C128, but no super cpu and no such games.. I mostly used it for a little programing


I am still an Amiga classic fan myself (obviously), but I have found I far enjoy using Commodore 8 bit computers. I guess it really comes down to nostalgia to a point. That said, the Commodore 8bit platform is probably healthier than the Amiga (classic) platform. If you have the room, you may want to set up that 128 to play with some of the goodies out there.
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Re: Commodore 128T going back under the knife - PICS
« Reply #35 on: June 02, 2009, 01:14:13 AM »
I decided to take advantage of the gallery feature.

http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=2993
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Re: Commodore 128T going back under the knife - PICS
« Reply #36 on: June 03, 2009, 12:23:43 AM »
WOW RED That IS ONE NICE 128T Love the MOD I am sooooooooo JEALOUS mate.. GRATS
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Re: Commodore 128T going back under the knife - PICS
« Reply #37 on: June 03, 2009, 02:48:09 AM »
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WOW RED That IS ONE NICE 128T Love the MOD I am sooooooooo JEALOUS mate.. GRATS


Thanks dude! I would suggest not to get jealous, join the club! Make your own! :-D
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Re: Commodore 128T going back under the knife - PICS
« Reply #38 on: June 04, 2009, 09:53:00 PM »
This project is looking great! We still use a fairly standard C-128 (J-DOSed w.71 & 81 drives, a 1Mb REU with a CMD 2+1 cart.expander) a lot. Might have to roll up my sleeves too. Somwhere in this mess I have an old Schnedler (sp?) 4 MHz accelerator that might help.
Funny you mention Potty Pigeon - one of my favorites! with Coil Cop and Wiz Ball....
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Re: Commodore 128T going back under the knife - PICS
« Reply #39 on: June 05, 2009, 12:26:22 AM »
hmmmm i would love to make one up. Any ideas where to get the Jif-dos also i wish someone would make an accelator for the C128 or c64, i have never seen one on Ebay...
Case would be easy i have heaps of Mid and Full tower cases at work.
RED what would you recommend as add ons i should look into from a clean- normal C128
Also which would you MOD the C128 or C128D?
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Re: Commodore 128T going back under the knife - PICS
« Reply #40 on: June 05, 2009, 01:55:41 AM »
@Retro_71

Brain Innovations will be selling legal JiffyDOS soon and possibly more. Individual Computers / Red's Retro will be selling the Cameleon (64 only) soon, one of the features is an accelerator.

I did my mod with a C128D motherboard as it is closer to the dimensions of an old school full AT motherboard and already has a built in 1571 controller. Even still it was too big and the case required modification. Get the biggest tower case you can find, especially in depth. Ton of work, the number of hours you will put in will be massive if you take this route. It was a must for me as I had to have 128 mode. If you go with just a C64 the task will be much easier, but no 128 mode.

Addons? Depends on what you want to accomplish. If doing a tower at minimum you will want a uIEC. The uIEC is astounding and dirt cheap. I will also be adding a 64nic+ (stand alone ethernet adapter) to the 128T, I have already pre-ordered one.

Any other questions, let me know. As you can probably tell, I love this project and love talking about it :-D
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Re: Commodore 128T going back under the knife - PICS
« Reply #41 on: June 05, 2009, 06:01:10 AM »
Thanks Mate,
As soon as i can breath (and the wife is not looking over my shoulder) after my Software Hut purchases i will be talking you advice in the mean time i have 2 extra long case i will see if i can mod.
Thanks for all your help.
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Re: Commodore 128T going back under the knife - PICS
« Reply #42 on: June 06, 2009, 12:23:42 PM »
Hi Jim,

Congratulations on your project - that's one really nice 8-bit system you've there! (Looks awesome in the tower too. :-) Looking forward to see it all running, especially with the NIC/uIEC goodies installed. Well done!


Cheers Valentin

PS: You had to modify a FULL TOWER CASE to make it fit, is this right..? D*mn that's a big mainboard :-D
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Re: Commodore 128T going back under the knife - PICS
« Reply #43 on: June 06, 2009, 08:05:24 PM »
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Hi Jim,

Congratulations on your project - that's one really nice 8-bit system you've there! (Looks awesome in the tower too. :-) Looking forward to see it all running, especially with the NIC/uIEC goodies installed. Well done!


Cheers Valentin

PS: You had to modify a FULL TOWER CASE to make it fit, is this right..? D*mn that's a big mainboard :-D


Thanks!

Yes, I had to seriously modify the case!

http://redsretro.com/128t-may09/128Tmay09l.JPG

Yikes!!! ;-)
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Re: Commodore 128T going back under the knife - PICS
« Reply #44 on: June 06, 2009, 09:21:44 PM »
Jim,
  Did I look right at this, and not see it? How did you handle RAM expansion - through the accelerator?
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