My A500 "project" pics, details, build log?

[djos]

what about sending me a floppy disc? xD
how exactly does the program work?

Thanks for the email btw

Bring a disc around to my place sat arvo and I'll copy it for you if you like?

It plays a bunch of test tones to test all the Sid features, was handy when I had a dead Sid.

[djos]

I dont suppose anyone has a schematic for the  250407 C64 motherboard?

These might be helpful:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/71121999/c64/Troubleshooting_and_Repairing_your_Commodore_64.pdf

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/71121999/c64/Commodore_64_Troubleshooting_and_Repair_Guide.pdf

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/71121999/c64/Commodore_1541_Troubleshooting_and_Repair_Guide.pdf

:cool:

[djos]

Cool, good luck.

I might re-cap mine one of these days but for now it works perfectly so i'll leave it.

[djos]

Hmm, good point - might buy one of those cap packs from eBay then - might do my 500's while I'm at it too.

[djos]

Lol, get a 1541u2, they do pretty good dual Sid emulation and transform your c64 into a real beast (REU up to 16mb, all save carts, jiffy dos rom support, tap support, g64 support etc)

[djos]

Btw, I found a Seller on fleabay with a nice pack of replacement BreadBin c64 Caps and Voltage regulators for $10aud delivered so I grabbed a set.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/170858848148?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_500wt_1130

[djos]

so, I have two bad SIDs...

That sucks, you can usually pickup replacements on ebay tho.

[djos]

Btw, ive been given the below contact in France who supplies a500 Capacitor replacement kits.

http://leblogdecosmos.blogspot.fr/p/a-vendre.html

I've send him an email requesting 2 kits for my a500's.

[djos]

Here's SIDBench

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/71121999/c64/sidbench1.d64

This page might be useful during your testing:
http://ploguechipsounds.blogspot.com.au/2010/05/one-page-basic-sid-benchmark.html

as for games, check usenet for the Blast Collection (almost 2,000 games in that collection).

[djos]

Thousands!!

[djos]

Yeah it does help to know what you are listening too.

I found the CBM6581 sounds most like mine (aside from the slight pitch difference) and I use a set of monitor headphones to do the comparison as they remove a lot of external noise.

[djos]

Dont forget the 4700uF, 16volt capacitor, and 5volt regulator in the power supply itself.

Unless you have a power supply that you can't open...

How hard is it to take the PSU apart and replace those parts?

[djos]

Mines the black triangular one, I think you have one, are they easy to re-cap etc?

[djos]

Your 3 black triangular ones look like mine.

[djos]

Looks somewhat Triangular to me. :p

[djos]

Ah the Epson smd-400 drive, that's a nice one and the mounting plate it uses let's you install HxC RevC's and other normal form-factor 3.5" devices! :cool:

weird mod, the Rev5 I sold didnt have that iirc. :huh: