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  1. Posted

    I'm a bit sad... My second 1050 floppy drive came in today but It's DOA. It was sold as tested working with psu and manual, but while the drive turns on, the motor doesn't spin. There was supposed, also, to come with the manual but it isn't in the box. So I've filed for a return/refund with ebay.

     

    oh well... This isn't my first experience like this. 

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  4. Posted

    1 hour ago, cbmeeks said:

    Sorry, I haven't read every reply.  My apologies for any repeats.

     

    First, you are correct.  Commodore was infamous for piss-poor quality.  Well, I would say Tramiel was more low quality than many of the engineers at Commodore.  From what I understand, potting of power supplies was/is a common practice.  In fact, it was to help prevent fires.  I even asked the retro community a while back.

     

    https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/4444/why-did-commodore-fill-their-power-supplies-with-epoxy

     

    I think Bil Herd summed it up best:

     

    Having said that, it's wildly known that the PSU's of any Commodore are crap.  Especially the C64 and it is HIGHLY recommended you only use a modern solution.  Look around, there are many options these days.  I won't turn on my C64 without my modern PSU.

     

    Also, I think most people remove that crap RF shielding.  If my neighbor can't microwave his bean burrito at 2:00 AM because I'm blasting aliens on my C64, then he will have to get over it.  lol

     

    I prefer to remove the shielding and put heat sinks on most of the chips (along with recapping the board).

     

    I like to think these days all of us retro computer guys and gals can finally get along and realize all of these wonderful 8-bit computers are great.  So, no more need for flame wars.

     

    ;-)

     

    HAHAHA

     

     

    My first c64 PSU back in the day was bad. It only worked while it was cold. I had to put it between the windows during christmas season to be able to play during my days off. One of my friend took pitty on me, he was a electronics student at the time so he built me one from parts he had laying around. 

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    I received my best-electronics order today. The replacement mylar is installed and works perfectly. I did make an error in my order though. I thought I had placed an order for the Macro Assembler, but I ordered the Assembler/Editor instead. The box is a bit crushed, but that was something I was aware of since he's down to the last few of those. I don't really collect boxes so I don't really care anyway.

     

    Now I'm waiting for my U1Mb and I'll order the VBXL in a couple of weeks.

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    I've bought a second 1050 in a crappy box, but complete and tested. Now my setup is really complete. Well minus the 1010 but that isn't a priority. The drive isn't too yellowed but since I just spray painted the first one (it was beyond yellow, it had turned orange), I think I'll give it the same treatment. I use Canadian Tire bought Rust-Oleum 2X  "rustic white". The color is really close to the original and at least now it's uniform. I also did the 800XL but while reassembling the cart flaps, I over tightened two screws and ended up with two small dimple, barely visible but I know they're there, on the top. 

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    On 10/5/2019 at 11:07 AM, Sid1968 said:

    Yes the good old times... From my first Computer you probably never heard in your life before... with the age of 18 i got a "Commodore C64" in 1986. ;-)

    I used it with Oxford Pascal. And now, only a "few weeks" later... i look in the mirror and see a 51 year old man...

    Yeah the loading time with the 1541 were a pain... but 33 years to load Pascal? 🙂

     

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    Received my 800XL and my "biggus dickus" sio2sd today.

     

    the 800xl is quite dirty and yellowed but works. The mylar needs replacing but I wrote to best-electronics to get a new one. It does work but if I hit "*" or inverse a bit too hard, "caps" also register a hit. I cleaned the contact and socket but it didn't improve anything. 

     

    funny enough the plastic protector on the aluminium is still on. I don't think I'll retro-brite it, I'll go for the more expedient solution of spray painting the cream part. I've placed an order with lotharek for a vbxl and a u1mb.

  24. Posted · Edited by AMenard

    For sale:

     

    • C64 breadbin. Perfect working order. Shield removed and heatsink applied. Extra Heatsinks will be included for the 1541 if you chose to install them. Sold to Eightbit
    • 1541 Floppy drive. Flip mechanism. Works great, no problem reading or writing disk. Recently lubrificated. IEC cable included.
    • 1571 Floppy drive 
    • Zoomfloppy with the db15 parallel cable. Sold to @OLD CS1
    • Ultimate II+ cartridge. Red case, new. Comes with a short IEC cable and a USB key with software. - Sold to Eightbit
    • Commodore4ever PSU (new, used less than 5 times). Atom model with voltage/current display and a C128 adapter. sold to @davidcalgary29
    • IEC to centronic interface with doc.
    • SVideo/composite cable.

     

    All reasonnable offer will be considered.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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  25. Posted

    10 minutes ago, Alfred said:

    That C64 SimCity looks sad, but the Civilization looks good. Is the Civ an actual released game at this point ?

     

    Civ would be good to have, maybe RR Tycoon as well, I played that a lot. The problem is it always comes down to artwork. Lots of people can program the various games, but good artists that'll work for free on a 30 year old platform are pretty rare. So nothing ever gets finished, or started. I've always wanted to port Millenium from the ST but I can't draw all those screens, and I don't know anyone who can.

    Do or do not... there is no try.

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