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Re: I'm a hoarder! C64 crustyness inside!
« Reply #14 from previous page: September 04, 2013, 11:38:40 AM »
 

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Re: I'm a hoarder! C64 crustyness inside!
« Reply #15 on: September 04, 2013, 09:53:40 PM »
yeah, well, silly me....

I had +5v, +12v and the unregulated +9v....

What I didn't have was the +5v from the external supply itself?!?

The switch was bad, only switching the 9v AC.... :(

And the final C64 is this breadbin, which can probably be fixed too....

"The Barnyard" and "The Little Mermaid" look too far gone to me.... (or maybe it was just the baryard, I forget now...)

 

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Re: I'm a hoarder! C64 crustyness inside!
« Reply #16 on: September 11, 2013, 09:15:44 PM »


Top three on the left work, top one on the right works too ;)

The bottom on the left has "dead" written on a piece of tape stuck to the case, but while trying to get the top right board working, I realised what was wrong with it..

The kernal rom AND clock generator chips are both dead.... so that board is also now working, but I won't put it in that case, as its been stepped on...

One of the board has been deemed spare parts only... unfortunately, it was also the newest board out of the lot, which also means most of the ICs aren't compatible with the older boards... :(
 

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Re: I'm a hoarder! C64 crustyness inside!
« Reply #17 on: September 14, 2013, 09:12:49 AM »
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Huh; looks from what I can find on Dolphin DOS like you need some kind of parallel cable and a modification board for the 1541 to get a speed-up; did you get such a drive with these, by any chance?

SNAP!



And some 1571 goodness, if it works...

But none of the slim 1541's came with a power supply... and in this lot (from the same person) there is a single C64 power supply... an Amiga 500 power supply... a Commodore 128 manual.... and a Commodore 16...

hmmm...
 

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Re: I'm a hoarder! C64 crustyness inside!
« Reply #18 on: September 14, 2013, 09:57:20 AM »
mmm... dolphin dos...



this drive had a heap of seed shells in it... and the dolphin dos cable has been chewed on.... I think either by a bird, or mice.... I also think the corrosion and residue is from some creatures pee... :?



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Re: I'm a hoarder! C64 crustyness inside!
« Reply #19 on: September 14, 2013, 09:35:49 PM »
If I was to clean the chassis, which I might, I'd strip everything out of it, and use a wire brush (wire wheel on a drill actually) then probably paint it, just because...

Of course, that would only be if the drive actually worked :P

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Re: I'm a hoarder! C64 crustyness inside!
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Re: I'm a hoarder! C64 crustyness inside!
« Reply #21 on: September 22, 2013, 08:51:57 PM »
The Dolphin Dos drive ended up being rather unreliable, so I might put the DD board in another drive and see how it goes ;)

 

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Re: I'm a hoarder! C64 crustyness inside!
« Reply #22 on: November 30, 2014, 10:47:58 AM »
mmm...

 

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Re: I'm a hoarder! C64 crustyness inside!
« Reply #23 on: December 01, 2014, 07:20:40 AM »
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Yes you have the bug. Look out life!

I paid $45 for the SX-64, so I'm happy ;)

I don't intend to keep all the C64's either... currently putting together a package for a friend... :hammer: I've just been saving them!
 

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Re: I'm a hoarder! C64 crustyness inside!
« Reply #24 on: December 01, 2014, 07:28:03 AM »
Actually, it was $45 and included a Hanimex 677CIP tv game, from the late 70s'... So whatever I sell that for ($5-$10) is the amount less I paid for the SX-64 ;)