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  1. Posted

    efrog wrote:

     

    > This is a thread for Ray's Saver...

     

    :)

     

    > It seems with the less amount of parts used in Ray's version, the plastic case and normal looking connector he may have chosen a larger profit margin...

     

    Ray prefers uncomplicated designs. His philosophy is KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid). As for why he chose a specific part over another part, ask Ray by sending him an e-mail.

     

    Truly,

    Robert Bernardo

    Fresno Commodore User Group

    http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

  3. Posted

    efrog wrote:

     

    > ...it seems Heather has less profit or Ray should look for a cheaper parts supplier.

     

    I'm not sure if your comparison is correct, but Ray typically gets his parts from Digikey and Jameco. Since Ray lives far from any city, everything has to be snail-mailed to him, i.e., there is no easy shopping at a local electronics parts house as would a person do in the Silicon Valley. Also, Ray would rather spend more on high quality parts than spend less on low quality parts.

    If you have suggestions on where to purchase quality electronics parts, just send an e-mail to Ray.

     

    Truly,

    Robert Bernardo

    Fresno Commodore User Group

    http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

  4. Posted · Edited by RobertB

    My photos of the June 20 Back in Time Live 2015 concert have been posted. Go to




    Pictured are the famous Commodore musicians, Ben Daglish, and the band, Press Play on Tape. Not pictured are the other acts, the Fastloaders band and pianist Julie Dunn.


    Truly,

    Robert Bernardo

    Fresno Commodore User Group



    P.S. Though I shot video of the event, the official BIT Live 2015 video can be bought at



  5. Posted

    rockman_x_2002 wrote:

     

    > ...it seems it has some issues. For one, the ejection mechanism doesn't quite work, as I had to manually fish a couple of disks out of the drive. Also, I'm getting read errors from the drive.

    > They're partial read errors it seems. For example, when I instruct the drive to read the directory (using the 1541 Ultimate II's Action Replay cart functions), it will read part of the directory,

    > then fail, give a few clicks to try to reset, and then give up with a read error. I assume these are issues that can likely be fixed...

     

    If you can, try to clean the heads on the mechanical disk drive. If that doesn't solve the read errors, then you may have an alignment problem in the drive.

     

    Truly,

    Robert Bernardo

    Fresno Commodore User Group

    http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

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  6. Posted

    Shepda wrote:

     

    > Been working on my Amiga 500 housed in a Bodega Bay case for a while now. I've installed a Super Denise to give it full ECS, a new Kick ROM 3.1, and a few other goodies.

     

    Sweet! I don't have my Bodega Bay set up right now, because I am still waiting to get an ever-elusive internal accelerator for the A500. The A500 has been upgraded to ECS and OS 3.1, too, and the BB has a CD-ROM drive and SCSI board with hard drive. Are you planning on installing other boards in the BB?

     

    > I have a few case mods left for the Bodega Bay, the leg on the right side is held in place with rivets. I'm going to drill them out and replace with bolts to make it sturdier, and make up a pair of cables to

    > bring the joystick ports to the side of the case.

     

    Good ideas!

     

    Truly,

    Robert Bernardo

    Fresno Commodore User Group

    http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

  8. Posted

    e5frog wrote:

     

    > If the difference is just $5 for a fully assembled unit I'd say either Heather is too cheap or Ray is too expensive.

     

    You have it reversed. Ray provides the cheaper, fully assembled, deluxe unit (not counting his other, fully assembled versions).

     

    > Where does Ray post

     

    At times Ray posts on comp.sys.cbm

     

    Truly,

    Robert Bernardo

    Fresno Commodore User Group

    http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

  9. Posted

    On Wed, July 22, 2015 5:27 am, I wrote:

    > John's C128 VGA adapter webpage has been updated with the latest photos - http://www.bit-c128.com . Contact John at the e-mail link there.

    John's website has been updated with ordering information, including the convenience of Paypal. For those who prefer, you can order his C128 VGA adapter through Amazon at

    http://www.amazon.com/dp/B013HI3MRE

    Truly,
    Robert Bernardo
    Fresno Commodore User Group
    http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

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  11. Posted

    motrucker wrote:

     

    > CHecking the prices, it looks like they are almost the same for like models, ie the Super Saver of Ray Carlsen & the Sav64 from SkydivinGirl. they both cost about

    > $55.00:

     

    To be exact, Ray's deluxe Computer Saver is $50, and the Sav64 is $55. Of course, there are Ray's other versions of the Computer Savers (less expensive but also fully assembled).

     

    Truly,

    Robert Bernardo

    Fresno Commodore User Group

    http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

  13. Posted · Edited by RobertB

    Though probably not at your price point, the SD2IEC device that interests me is the C64SD v3.0 Princess FLC from Manosoft.

     

    http://www.manosoft.it/

     

    It's interesting that it has tap file support, which no other SD2IEC device has, to the best of my knowledge. I missed out on the C64SD v2.0 Infinity (which also had tap file support). Now I just have to wait until the v3.0 is in stock. :)

    And I've had a number of SD drives -- an early version of the uEC/SD (and the uIEC/CF), the SD2IEC from NKCElectronics.com, a couple of SD2IEC's from England, even the 1541-III, the MMC2IEC, and PETdisk.

     

    And they all read/write with the Commodore,

    Robert Bernardo

    Fresno Commodore User Group

    http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

  14. Posted · Edited by RobertB

    Ray Carlsen was quoted:

     

    > Photos of the construction of those savers are on my site --http://personalpages...SAVER/EXTERNAL/

     

    In April, Ray updated the photos of the 3 versions of his Computer Savers. Those photos can now be found at

     

    http://personalpages.tds.net/~rcarlsen/cbm/c64/SAVER/3%20Saver%20versions.jpg

     

    Truly,

    Robert Bernardo

    Fresno Commodore User Group

    http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

  16. Posted

    SpiceWare wrote:

     

    > One thing that may not be obvious is while you're playing [Alien Invaders] you can use the + and - keys to adjust the speed of the game.

     

    Oh, thanks for the hint. I'll try it with the SuperCPU 128, too, and see if there is any speed-up.

    It's rare to have a graphical game in C128 80-column mode, and yours is one of the few.

     

    Truly,

    Robert Bernardo

    Fresno Commodore User Group

    http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

  19. Posted

    On 13 Jun 2015, I wrote:

     

    > ...Ray likes building custom power supplies. It breaks up the monotony of building the same, regular Commodore/Amiga power supply over and over again.

     

    I'm reminded of a story Ray told me about how he custom-built a power supply for a user who wanted to power an Amiga 500 and a C64 from just one power supply box. He built it with one cable for the A500 which supplied the 5 and 12 volts, and on the other side of the box, he had a C64 cable which supplied the 5 VDC and 9VAC. Very custom!

     

    Truly,

    Robert Bernardo

    Fresno Commodore User Group

    http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

  21. Posted

    Ray Carlsen has updated the photos of his Commodore universal power supplies:


    The plastic-cased version --






    The metal-cased North American version --




    The metal-cased European/Australian version --




    The older photos of some of the other p.s.'s are still there:


    The 3-output, metal-cased version --




    The size comparison among the plastic and metal-cased versions --




    The bare-bones p.s. --




    Then there are new photos of the other p.s.'s he offers --


    The 1581/1541-II p.s. --




    The C16/RAMLink v2/FD-2000/FD-4000 p.s. ==




    Truly,

    Robert Bernardo

    Fresno Commodore User Group


  24. Posted · Edited by RobertB

    danny_galaga wrote:

     

    > If I ever decide to overclock my C64 I'll bear it in mind :grin:

     

    I'm glad that Ray Carlsen has well-controlled the ripple/noise on his Commodore universal power supply. He sent me an e-mail message last year with oscilloscope images of his power supply under load when compared to a different, aftermarket p.s. under load. His p.s. had a very smooth, clean output while the other p.s. had a very spiky, noisy output (which ranged from a too low 4.9 volts up to a too high 5.3 volts at times). So, whatever power-hungry device I use -- whether it is the classic Super Snapshot, a Commodore 17xx ram expander, the Turbomaster CPU 4 MHz. accelerator, or the CMD SuperCPU 20 MHz. accelerator -- I can feel assured that my Commodore computer is getting plenty of clean power when I use Ray's p.s..

     

    Truly,

    Robert Bernardo

    Fresno Commodore User Group

    http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

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  25. Posted

    7800fan wrote:

     

    > ...CBM probably thought users would be fine with paltry 16k ram but decided for some unknown reason 64k was worthwhile upgrade when they tweaked the 128 to have built in disk drive

    > and make it all in one box.

     

    Well, the plastic C128D was an all-in-one box, but it still had the 16K of video RAM. The metal C128DCR was the all-in-one box that had the 64K of video RAM.

     

    Truly,

    Robert Bernardo

    Fresno Commodore User Group

    http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

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