motrucker
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I had a first generation 64C back in the 80's and the down direction went out on joystick port #2. It turns out that one of my 6526's was bad, so I bought one from my local C= dealer and popped open the 64C to find out that ONE of the chips was socketed and the other was not. Take a wild guess which one had gone bad...
I use a couple of Sega Genesis gamepad on my C-64, but I have modified the gamepads so they can't hurt the computer. There is some info here:
That may be helpful
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I have a 32" VIZIO LCD that has worked well for me. 2011 I think, one of the last models that still had S-Video. It also has VGA port for my DC and component plus 2 HDMI and composite (separate channel from S-Video, some cheap TV shares composite and S-Video and doesn't play nice)
It also remembers 4:3 and 16:9 setting on each of the input so I have 4:3 always on composite and S-Video plus VGA while leaving 16:9 for RF in and HDMI from my BD player.
Haven't seen any LCD TV with S-Video or VGA lately and many don't even have composite either, leaving just HDMI, component, and RF (digital only), I wouldn't be surprised if component goes away in the next few years since those big cheese behind BD standard has mandated no more component on BD players and DVD player are becoming scare.
I have a 32" AOC LED monitor that I originally bought for my PC. I have since tried it with my older computers and game machines, with mixed results. I have gone back to a Commodore 1080 CRT monitor for the C-64, but I use the AOC for most other machines, including the C-128 (with an added card).
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Ahhh... fond memories of "disassembling" a Commodore 64 brick power supply. With a sledge hammer.
Ray Carlsen is also making power suppies for many of the Commodore computers. They aren't cheap, but are extremely well designed and made. You can find them on his site:
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thanks for that unfortunately my vixen switchable ram cart has no screws
and i need to open it as something has broken fee inside and is rattling around so i dont want to risk plugging it into the vic.this is the unit and cart in question http://www.nightfallcrew.com/18/05/2010/vixen-switchable-16k-ram-for-commodore-vic-20/(photos of the open cart included)
I a couple of Vic 20 cartridges, one with a screw and one without, so obviously these things are all created equal. The one with the screw was dead easy to open up, the one without a screw was like a chinese puzzle trying to open it up. I'm glad Commodore had a better idea for the C-64 cartridges.
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John Carlsen's C128 80-column Video Digital-to-Analog Converter was released at CommVEx v11 2015 last weekend. Along with Jason Wright who released his CGA-to-RGB adapter, John's device was shown to the crowd and to the videocamera. Expect their videotaped talk to be posted soon! John's C128 VGA adapter was sold at a CommVEx price of $40 US, discounted from its on-line price of $50. It works in conjunction with the Gonbes GBS-8220 video converter which is not included in the price but is available from eBay with prices as low as $18.59 currently.John's C128 VGA adapter webpage has been updated with the latest photos -Contact John at the e-mail link there.Leaving Las Vegas today,Robert BernardoFresno Commodore User GroupWhen will these adapters be available on line. I''ve been following the development on another forum, and am very interested in at least one of these boards.
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Ray Carlsen's new C64/128/VIC-20/Plus4 power supplies...
in Commodore 8-bit Computers
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Ray's power supplies are an extremely important addition to the C-64 hardware these days. No one wants to use those old black bricks that we got with the C-64 here in the US. Jim Brain and Bil Herd are working pne a new PSU for the C-64, but that project isn't finished yet, so Ray Carlsen's PSU are important.
http://personalpages.tds.net/~rcarlsen/custom%20ps.html