My God, it's full of bits!
I was testing a lot of C64 test harnesses. It was a bit annoying that the diagnostic cartridge spends most of it’s time running various RAM checks which are not of relevant in my case. It would be great if the RAM checks could be skipped.
I drove 260 km today in order to pick up this beautiful baby: It’s a C128D, a Commodore 1901 monitor, a competition pro and some manuals and software. The Commodore …
I bought another two power supplies PSU 251053-11 on eBay. One for EUR 13.99 + 8.89. The second for EUR 16.60 + 13.00. The first one has already arrived. And …
I had reworked the design of TMO2018 a couple months ago to run with a OKX-T/3-D12N-C. My results are on Github. I ordered the boards again from PCBWay: The board …
In the past months I bought some more power supplies on eBay and Willhaben: One is a 902503-06, which I bought from someone on Willhaben. Unfortunately I didn’t note how …
The second C64 I bought on eBay has arrived a couple days ago. Unfortunately it is not in the best condition. Many electrolytic capacitors have started to leak. It is …
Solder, solder, solder. Meanwhile all parts for the power supplies arrived. And also the PCBs from PCBWay. They are really beautiful boards, as far as I can tell. I built …
Today I got a pack of fifteen 5.25 floppy disks, which I bought on eBay from an Englishman (ginger_colin). The floppy disks were quite cheap – about 15 EUR incl. …
Things are moving forward. I was able to repair three critical things: Amiga 500: Corroded Kickstart Socket The Amiga almost never started when it was cold. Today I took out …
Amiga 500 Yesterday I dug out my old Amiga 500 from the attic. Unfortunately the power supply cable left some ugly marks on the case. But inside it looks quite …