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Paul Förster :verified_blue:<p>"MEGA65: The First Ten Years"<br>by Dan Sanderson ( <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://xoxo.zone/@dddaaannn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dddaaannn</span></a></span>)</p><p><a href="https://dansanderson.com/mega65/first-ten-years/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dansanderson.com/mega65/first-</span><span class="invisible">ten-years/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://swiss.social/tags/MEGA65" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MEGA65</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C64</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/C65" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C65</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/C128" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C128</span></a></p>
Felix Palmen :freebsd: :c64:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@jameshowell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jameshowell</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://functional.cafe/@tfb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tfb</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@jbqueru" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jbqueru</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@gumnos" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gumnos</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@mms" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mms</span></a></span> Yeah, reminds me of the famous story how some guy "fixed" the <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/C128" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C128</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/CPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CPM</span></a> implementation in the <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/hotel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hotel</span></a> just before <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/CES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CES</span></a> presentation for some broken hardware requiring writing a register *twice* to work as intended ... using a stupid DISK EDITOR (and calculating the stupid sector checksums manually). Source: Bil Herd's emails telling all the C128 dev story ... 🙈</p><p>Ok, it's kind of awesome to have THAT kind of skillz, but also kind of weird 😆</p>
Venty 🇨🇭🫕<p>Wuhuu! Neue Folge von den Brotkastenfreunden! -&gt; <a href="https://sgs6bw.podcaster.de/brotkastenfreunde/brotkastenfreunde-017-interview-mit-michael-steil/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sgs6bw.podcaster.de/brotkasten</span><span class="invisible">freunde/brotkastenfreunde-017-interview-mit-michael-steil/</span></a><br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C64</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commodore64</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/c128" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>c128</span></a></p>
hkz<p>I just released the files for my <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore</span></a> <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/C128" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C128</span></a> <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/SRAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SRAM</span></a> adapter, as it seems to work well with everything I threw at it.</p><p>Have fun with it, you can order it from PCBWay or from anywhere you like:<br><a href="https://github.com/hkzlab/C128_310381r7_sram_adapter/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/hkzlab/C128_310381r</span><span class="invisible">7_sram_adapter/</span></a></p><p>I guess this can be adapter to newer boards with 4x 4464 DRAMs. As I have a motherboard for a C128DCR around, I suspect I'll get around to that too.</p>
hkz<p>My <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/C128" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C128</span></a> test machine is almost ready, the internal SD2IEC made me swear a bit (apparently it did not like flashing it's firmware from the specific SD I was using, corrupting its flash and fuses...), but now it's ok.<br>SRAM mod installed, SIDkick pico is there, a VIC-2 digitizer too, replacement RF board, 16K VRAM, plus consolidated ROM mod (a-la C128 DCR).</p>
Dirk Wouters<p>XoomFloppy als USB-Kabel </p><p>Die ZoomFloppy war mir immer viel zu groß. Daher habe ich in der Vergangenheit einige Projekte gestartet, um das Ganze auf eine wesentlich kleinere Größe zu reduzieren.<br>Warum überhaupt ein externes Gerät verwenden, wenn das Diskettenlaufwerk dire…</p><p>#1541 #1571 #1581 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/C128" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C128</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>c64</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cable</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commodore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore64</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Device" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Device</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/diy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Extension" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Extension</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opencbm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opencbm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PCB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Printer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Printer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Project" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/XoomFloppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XoomFloppy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/XUM1541" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XUM1541</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ZoonFloppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZoonFloppy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://dirkwouters.de/xoomfloppy-cable/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dirkwouters.de/xoomfloppy-cabl</span><span class="invisible">e/</span></a></p>
Dirk Wouters<p>Neue Hauptplatine für das Commodore 1541-Diskettenlaufwerk, Teil II </p><p>Hier nun der versprochene 2. Teil über eine neue Systemplatine für das Floppy-Laufwerk VC1541 von Commodore. Ein komplettes Redesign und die Zusammenführung verschiedener Projekte zu einem neuen Controller…</p><p>#1541 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/C128" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C128</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>c64</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commodore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CPLD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CPLD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Disk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DolphinDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DolphinDOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ersatz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ersatz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Erweitert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Erweitert</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Generation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Generation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GPIB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GPIB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IEEE488" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IEEE488</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Laufwerk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Laufwerk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mainboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mainboard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PCB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpeedDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpeedDOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VC1541" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VC1541</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Weiter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Weiter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Xilinx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xilinx</span></a></p><p><a href="https://dirkwouters.de/neue-hauptplatine-fuer-das-commodore-1541-diskettenlaufwerk-teil-ii/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dirkwouters.de/neue-hauptplati</span><span class="invisible">ne-fuer-das-commodore-1541-diskettenlaufwerk-teil-ii/</span></a></p>
hkz<p>A few steps closer to get this <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/C128" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C128</span></a> motherboard I repaired last year ready for use: SIDKick Pico, and CPU interposer to bring out useful address lines.</p><p>A replacement board for the RF modulator is underway, as is the SRAM replacement board I designed.</p>
Bernie<p>I'm building another Versa64Cart with various <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C64</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/C128" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C128</span></a> diagnostic cartridges, including Dead Test.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a></p>
bodsch<p>Mein <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retro</span></a> Ausgabegerät hat aufgegeben! 😭😭😭<br>Der alte Samsung bot alles an analogen Anschlüssen, die man so bräuchte:<br>Antenne, SCART, VGA, S-Video und Composite<br>Und womit kann ich jetzt meine <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amiga</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C64</span></a> und den <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/C128" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C128</span></a> anschließen?!</p><p>Wie klemmt ihr denn eure <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Retrosch%C3%A4tze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retroschätze</span></a> an einen Monitor an? Gibt es da "Adapter" die ihr empfehlen könnt?<br>Oder gibt es jemanden, der mir den ollen Samsung repariert?</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/HILFE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HILFE</span></a></p>
wolfram<p>Awwww! 🥰</p><p>Ein Artikel über den <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Commodore</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/C128" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>C128</span></a>!<br />Ich muss meinen auch mal wieder ausgraben...</p><p><a href="https://www.heise.de/news/40-Jahre-C128-Commodores-letzter-8-Bit-Versuch-10228980.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">heise.de/news/40-Jahre-C128-Co</span><span class="invisible">mmodores-letzter-8-Bit-Versuch-10228980.html</span></a></p>
MasterEmit<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@popio" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>popio</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@catsalad" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>catsalad</span></a></span> Ohh. I have had GEOS-128 foe my Commodore and later RagTime for my Classic II. RagTime was really great and I still don't understand why the concept hasn't caught on.</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/geos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geos</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/geos128" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geos128</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ragtime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ragtime</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commodore</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/c128" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>c128</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/classicII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classicII</span></a></p>
Everything C64 :verified:<p>Parallaxian - A cancelled <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C64</span></a> / <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/C128" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C128</span></a> game, gets an early build leak(?) via Quantum <a href="https://www.indieretronews.com/2024/12/parallaxian-cancelled-c64c128-game-gets.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">indieretronews.com/2024/12/par</span><span class="invisible">allaxian-cancelled-c64c128-game-gets.html</span></a></p>
mazzoo<p>*alle vergeben*</p><p>braucht das wer? <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@stiefkind" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stiefkind</span></a></span> kennst Du da mglws. jemanden?</p><p>5 Buecher:<br>- Commodore 64&amp;128 Maschinensprache fuer Einsteiger<br>- Commodore Amiga 500 Power-Pack<br>- Hardware-Basteleien zum C64/C128<br>- Das Musikbuch zum Commodore 64<br>- C64 intern</p><p><a href="https://fulda.social/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C64</span></a> <a href="https://fulda.social/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amiga</span></a> <a href="https://fulda.social/tags/Amiga500" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amiga500</span></a> <a href="https://fulda.social/tags/C128" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C128</span></a> <a href="https://fulda.social/tags/SID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SID</span></a> <a href="https://fulda.social/tags/SIDchip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SIDchip</span></a> <a href="https://fulda.social/tags/sid6581" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sid6581</span></a> <a href="https://fulda.social/tags/mos6581" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mos6581</span></a> #6581 <a href="https://fulda.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://fulda.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://fulda.social/tags/fedigive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fedigive</span></a></p>
Jan Beta<p>New video! Building and testing the new DesTestMAX test cartridge for the Commodore 64/128.</p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/uuIKRRgv2K0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/uuIKRRgv2K0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>PeerTube: <a href="https://makertube.net/w/iZwXqj71ihRMNsbi4ia8oe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makertube.net/w/iZwXqj71ihRMNs</span><span class="invisible">bi4ia8oe</span></a></p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C64</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/C128" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C128</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputing</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DesTestMAX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DesTestMAX</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/TestCartridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TestCartridge</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/RAMTest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAMTest</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Troubleshooting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Troubleshooting</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Repair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Repair</span></a></p>
Walker Boh🛡<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsd.network/@rubenerd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rubenerd</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NetBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetBSD</span></a> - ✅ built some router/firewalls with it back in the day</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/C128" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C128</span></a> - ✅ sadly never had one, but still have my C64 from 1982 (working)</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Kyoani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kyoani</span></a> - ✅ one of the most amazing anime studios</p><p>Nice!</p>
Ruben Schade :runbsd:🇦🇺🇸🇬<p>One thing I *love* about Masto/Fedi/etc is how even stuff I'd have considered niche has people from all over the world replying.</p><p><a href="https://bsd.network/tags/NetBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetBSD</span></a>? <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/C128" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C128</span></a>? <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/Kyoani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kyoani</span></a>? The Atari 1040 STE?</p><p>"Yes, I love that too! I can recommend XYZ for it!" It's awesome.</p><p>(And another reason why the Australia government social media ban for kids is such a corrosive, terrible idea, but you knew that already).</p>
Ari [APz] Sovijärvi<p>Years ago I got a C128 that worked, but had a dead video RAM. I've only seen it work with a loaner PSU and I was thinking about bringing it back to life as it's otherwise in very decent shape.</p><p>What's the go-to, safe reproduction PSU these days for it?</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commodore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/c128" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>c128</span></a></p>
hkz<p>I've decided to put the other <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/C128" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C128</span></a> motherboard I resurrected inside the case, and keep this one (that originally came with it) out for experiments.<br>Given the oxidation issues (between all the dead ICs...) I trust it far less than the other, and I suspect I would end up opening the case more times than I'd like.</p><p>I went a bit overboard sticking heatsinks on it, but better safe than sorry, given that it doesn't have the shields.</p><p>I also decided to turn it into a faux C128D, by replacing the keyboard connector with a DB25 and populating the header for the internal IEC bus.</p><p>If only I had the skills to design a case for this thing...</p>
hkz<p>Nice writeup here (<a href="https://www.rift.dk/upgrading-and-consolidating-commodore-128-roms/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rift.dk/upgrading-and-consolid</span><span class="invisible">ating-commodore-128-roms/</span></a>) on how to replace four ROMs in your <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/C128" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C128</span></a> with just (bigger, 32KB) two, consolidating the content. <br>Took the occasion to update the BASIC and install <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/JiffyDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JiffyDOS</span></a></p>