Texas Instruments TI-99/4A Repair.
Defect:
Replaced parts:
Gallery of the repair:
First of all i have to thank Ralf Schmitz for this gift. (Grazie Ralf).
The Commodore 1084S-D2, which was originally developed for the Commodore CDTV is a very good colour monitor also for the Commodore 64.
With its many ports it can be used for connecting anything you want (S-Video / RGB / Composite)
The Commodore 1084S-D2 has a good, sharp picture with luscious colours and a also a nice Stereo Sound. All the important settings can be changed over regulators at the front or the back.
For testing i have used the U64 by Gideon with the RGB output.
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A new version of the firmware for the AVGCART (SD multicart for 8bit Atari) by tmp is released.
Changelog (v0019):
Download:
source: atariage.com
Leedex Video 100 is a 12 inch Monitor in Black & White, produced in the early 80′s was sold at a competitive price.
The monitor is 40 years old and not show any problem as you can seen from the photos.
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I took advantage of the cleaning of one of my Drean Commodore 64C to try the Cute 32 (CBM Universal Tape Emulator) also with this version of the C64, i have nothing else to say except that it works perfectly.
The output video is in black and white because the DREAN is made in Argentina and uses the PAL-N standard.
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Hoxs64 written by David Horrocks is a Commodore 64 emulator for Microsoft Windows (DirectX 11+)
The emulator substantially reproduces this legacy machine in minute detail.
Changelog (v1.0.23.1 -> v1.1.0.1):
Download:
source: hoxs64.net
Exhausted and Old but always better than ever the Commodore 64 looks down the newcomer with immense scorn; the Sinclair ZX Spectrum NEXT (Accelerated Version).
Three years have passed since the campaign on Kickstarter was opened and although i’m a Commodore man i have decided to take this bad misstep.
Many things have changed in three years and in that period i did not have money problems to spend for these fucking lame things, now and probably in the future is no longer possible.
I don’t just like collecting but also owning, whether it is a beautiful or ugly, new or old, if attracts me for some obscure reason, it must be mine.
Tests and updates that have been made:
I leave you with some photos of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum NEXT.
If you are interested in more information and photos go to the official support page.
Last minute:
After upgrading the Firmware and OS of the Spectrum Next from GIT (NextZXOS v2.06I / Firmware 1.29C / System/Next 1.3.2) the things are much better now.
Also an update of the piSend, the SID/XM/MOD… Audio Format Player has been released.
Player absolutely necessary and that could not miss going to make up for the bad audio of the AY/YM.
Gallery:
source: specnext.com
What can I do with this?
With the new Ultimate 64 firmware (>=1.1c) there is an option to receive video frames & audio over a network connection at 50fps.
You can use this tool to capture those frames into an image, audio or video file.
Changelog v1.23 (07/05/2020):
Download: U64 Streamer v1.23 (628)
source: u64streamer
Cute 32 – CBM Universal Tape Emulator by Manosoft
Has been passed a while since Manosoft (known for the C64SD, Princess and Princess Ultra) announced the arrival of the CUTE 32,
but now this jewel Made in Italy is finally available.
The group Manosoft consists of two people; Hawui1 (Andrea) takes care of the software part and Manosoft (Damiano) takes care of the hardware part.
The CUTE 32 is a CBM Universal Tape Emulator which means that it works with most Commodore machines.
The heart of CUTE 32 is enclosed in a FABULOUS small-scale reproduction of a Commodore Datassette 1530 (C2N).
The finishing and the quality of the material used for the external box is something of spectacular both to the touch and aesthetically.
The ease of use is Manosoft style, which is all very intuitive; WIFI connection, File Management and options on the CUTE 32 Display and finally with the Windows application.
The main features are many and i try to summarize them very briefly, at the bottom of the page i leave you the official Link of the WEB page
where you can find the complete list of technical characteristics.
Main Technical Features:
What is supplied with the CUTE 32:
I thanks Manosoft, it was really a pleasure and an honor to try the CUTE 32.
I tried the CUTE 32 with a U64 (Ultimate 64) and a Commodore PET and everything works perfectly.
Gallery:
Video:
source: manosoft.it
Commodore Magic Voice Speech Module:
“Magic Voice” is an expansion cartridge for the Commodore 64 that can speak 235 predefined words.
Magic Voice does not combine words from phonemes, but contains 235 prerecorded words in a 16 KB ROM. It was meant to be used with tape, disk or cartridge based software that made use of the extension, but few titles were released.
Without any extra software, the speech features are accessible through added BASIC commands.
Commodore Expander FM Sound Module:
The Commodore Sound Expander or SFX Sound Expander is a sound synthesizer cartridge with 9 voices for the Commodore 64.
It was developed by Richard Watts. The synthesizer chip is a Yamaha YM3526 OPL, which can upgraded by a YM3812 OPL2 chip, which is also used by AdLib- and Soundblaster sound cards in PCs.
This cartridge was produced by Music Sales Limited in the UK and marketed as “Commodore SFX series” by Commodore world-wide.
Gallery:
source: pagetable.com – c64-wiki.com
The SIEL Sound Buggy system is a music module expansion (synthesizer) released around 1985 in Italy for Commodore 64.
VOICE Buggy interface transforms the Commodore 64 into an entry-level arranger for family: just plug the interface to the CMB64 then turn on your old retro beast and load the included software by tape or drive.
SYNTHESIS unit based on a M112B1 (SGS Thompson) organ tone generator already found on other synth like SIEL DK-70 able to generate only digital square waves.
DRUM up to 28 preset drum patterns styles are available like Rock, Samba, March, Swing, Tango, Beguine, Disco, Funky and more. Drum section is an indipendent circuits and generates 4 percussions instruments: kick, snare, hihat and rimshot.
SEQUENCER simples 2 tracks sequencer with arpeggiator that can be hooked to Midi interface system with special interface and master keyboard including SIEL CM K49.
MEMORY:
Songs can be saved to disk or magnetic tapes.
Gallery:
Download:
source: polynominal.com
This Amiga 4000 is completely devastated on both sides of the PCB by the leaked acid of the battery and kept in a humid room for at least 20 years.
There are still a couple of things to keep, but i will do it later if necessary.
First of all, a premise: All the repairs i do are for hobby purpose ONLY. It is NOT a job, and i fix stuff for a selected people group that i consider needs my help. All other people please ask somewhere else to get your items repaired back.
A guy contacted me asking help for a repair and after an exchange of messages i agreed to repair his Amiga 4000 which at boot only displayed a Black screen.
I immediately noticed a fairly important damage caused by battery and caps acid leakage.
After cleaned everything and replaced capacitors on motherboard / 3640 and PSU (the fault persisted, of course).
Next, i used the Chucky DIAGROM: the DIAGROM is useful to understand what might be that doesn’t work, and the output via RS232 is also very useful if nothing is displayed on the screen.
Unfortunately the DIAGROM worked partially because the mouse was completely dead and therefore i have used the output via Serial but this is also worked partially because evidently also the serial is dead but in some precarious moments i have tried to run the Sound test and no sound was reproduced.
Moral: Partially working Serial port + Mouse not working + Audio not working = Paula.
Replaced the PAULA (U400) everything started to work correctly apart the FASTRAM with 4 x 4MB SIMM modules each the system sees only 2 in the U852/U853 positions for a total of 8MB.
The problem was a short circuit probably caused by the acid leaking from the battery, i had to clean the PCB for the tenth time and the problem was fixed.
No more other to say, except that i am happy i succeeded to repaired this Amiga 4000 for a person that needed my help.
Gallery of the repair:
Video:
NEW TAG: C64 BIG GAME PACK
Some new games or tools (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups.
Titles:
Download: All Games in One Archive (5008)
source: csdb.dk
This is the official demo party results from Revision 2020. See also the CSDB Revision 2020 section for more informations.
C64 4K Intro:
Mixed:
Mixed Graphics:
Mixed Music:
Mixed Demo:
Download: Revision 2020 Party stuff (718)
source: 2020.revision-party.net
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