Recent content by wilykat

I am getting Amiga 600 soon to replace 500 I used to have. It'd be mostly to play older games so no AGA required games. I am going to get CF adapter to use one of the extra 4GB CF card I still have, kickstart upgrade if it's not the latest 2.0 version, and trapdoor RAM to get 2MB (supposedly...

My impression is the 64-pin chip used in C64C almost never fails. Plus it's a pain in the butt to desolder and remove 64 pin chips that have smaller than standard 0.1" pin spacing. If the replacement clone is made available, I'd get one just in case. Older PLA used for most of C64's life are...

Hmmm thanks. Guess I won't watch eBay for RAM upgrade. The one I have is 8MB and if I got another, I'd be able to add only 2MB. Not really worth based on past eBay listing.

There are few upgrade options for A500 and my A500 has an 8MB SupraRAM sidecar. It does have pass through connector for other devices like hard drive. I am wondering if it'd be possible to get another RAM sidecar and add to it? Or is there a limit to max RAM on A500 via that expansion port...

Withdrawn, postage was quite a bit more than I thought :/

http://hackaday.com/2016/06/05/how-an-amiga-graphics-business-ran-in-the-1990s/ Seriously beefed up machine and it gets some attention. Bet people who are HaD regulars who hadn't been involved with Amiga before are now hitting eBay for Amiga computers.

declaring interest pending postage cost

Same. I'm away for a few days and I completely miss out on this :( And no waiting list or presale so I need to jump when the next one is up.

Maybe it'd be better to put that board aside as spare part board and get another C64C? That chip usually don't fail and when it goes, it's not going to be easy to remove it. A replacement C64C should be working fine. And if not, you got plenty of spare chips from your C64C to salvage from.

I also need to watch for this. I never had the chance to get it last time and I do want one.

Would have to be my SuperPET 9000 that I got a few years ago.

On NTSC console and TV, my copy of ET shows green background like all grass. Blue grass is wrong and I don't know if that's because the cart and console isn't matched or if that's how PAL version worked. PAL 2600 cart are rare around here and I don't want to buy one off eBay to see how it...

What about using battery packs for RC cars? They are usually 7.2v single pack.

There are 2 different versions of power jacks used. In USA they generally work with SMS and Genesis (MD) power supply. From what I understand, some of the European GG takes MD2 (Genesis 2 for us in USA) with different plug size and different polarity. Screwy tactic SEGA used. Anyway if you...

To throw confusion, many people were just starting to build their own PC to save cost vs expensive brand names. I still have a build your own 386 book somewhere. So there could be hundreds more generic cases that may not even have case badges and may have anything from XT up to early Pentium...