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Hi guys
So here what is going on with the CPU's I will be shipping them to skydivingirl and she will ship them out to everyone..
There going out friday so when she gets them everyone can send there info to her..
I'm so very sorry I dropped the ball guy's..
Chris
Ok the CPU's on there way to Skydivingirl shood take 2 to 3 days to get to her..
Chris :(
I'll post here when they arrive. Please wait until I receive them before sending me a PM. :)
Thanks,
Heather
There all marked who the go to I also included a list just in case..Quote:
Originally Posted by SkydivinGirl
Chris
Excellent! Thank you. :)
Heather
Package received today. Please send me your mailing addresses via PM along with the number of chips you purchased and I'll get you quotes. I have a list with the number of chips for each person but I'd like verification from each of you. Also, am I collecting payment plus shipping for these or have they already been paid for by each individual? If they've been paid for then I'll just send shipping quotes.
Take care,
Heather
Heather, all chips where bought without final shipment. So that's all that is needed. :)
Finally the pieces will go to owners.
People, sorry for the delay. I think now all is sorted!
I was getting worried there glad you got them ok..Quote:
Originally Posted by SkydivinGirl
Thanks again
Chris
Hi all.
I have been talking with our beloved SkyDivinGirl and Rkauer for the UK group postage.
Sincere there are a few of us, it would be handy if one member gets them and then posts them on in the UK.
Now since Rkauer has been VERY kind to me and offered me a free 68010 for my A500+ I would love to spread the love about and act a mediator to send on the UK 68010's via 1st post to all those in the UK, FREE (i think there's about five)
Btw, I am just offering my help, if anyone else would prefer to be the central UK poster just step on up =)
Now, I have come into this a little late, either way we will need a list of who is expecting one in the UK, so I shall be combing the thread shortly, our dear Falling Angel (SdG) has a lot on at the moment so I am here to help.
I am now gonna go and compile a list of those in the UK.
I just want to say a huge thanks to all the help here from Chris, Rkauer, SdG and all those involved in the group by =)
bbiab =D
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Okay, just gone through the thread
I have discovered the following
AndyLandy: 3 units to UK
Geraldine: 1 to Scotland (UK)
Zetr0: 1 unit to UK
A total of 5 units... 3 of which a 68010 hungry Andy is having... maybe he has mistaken them for a cereal? lol
Oh, incase anyone want to know how I managed to wangle a free 68010... just know it involves a short dress and you tube.... (don't ask.... and be careful what you search for on the you-tubes)
So if Andy and Gerri are happy I can act as a distributing depot for the chippies (and no Gerri, they don't come to the house and strip to their thongs.... sorry...) =)
Awwwwwwwwwww:( Guess I will just have to make do with 010 then! :lol::lol::lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Zetr0
Yes Zetr0, that would be fine and quite sensible too. If you need my address just let me know if SDG didnt pass it on already.
Also thank you for doing this Zetr0, Chris, Rkauer and SDG! :bowdown: My 500+ thanks you all too :cool:
EDIT: You have a PM Zetr0
indeedy - PM replied...
although... to be honest... I am not sure I should be PM'ing people after 12am ... there might be a law or something... or at least should be LMAO!
All the chips are separated and boxed. PMs with shipping costs have been send to everyone except JLPedro since he has not contacted me. I will send him a PM asking for his shipping information.
Sorry it took so long for the shipping quotes. Last week was horrid.
Thanks!
Heather
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I missed the one for Toni Caven. Is this Ferrara? I haven't had a response from him in regards to shipping either.
Thanks!
Heather
Ok I just want to post what happened with me..
It started with my wifes med insurance they took me off said they needed more info on me so we sent it in and still not on it so no meds for me and i will not go to the doc because for me it's makes no sense just for him to tell me i'm getting worse..
But the biggest problem is I have a problem with going into hospitals and Doctors office mine is not to bad,,but the more medical stuff I see it starts walls start closing in and the need to run out of there fast..
We will see today if I have the insurance back this just sucks I was doing pretty good on the meds I just can't afford over 1000 bucks a month for them and I'm not going to put the wife in the hole over this I even have a DNR now which she not happy about..
The only thing good I have seen is cuts I have had some over 2 years old have started to heal since i'm off the meds it's mainly Plavix that causes this a scratch from my cat can turn into a sore 1/4 wide..
Again i'm sorry I dropped the ball I really wanted to help everyone..
Chris
Ok everything is fixed getting my meds in 2 hours thank god..
Hey everyone,
Things started getting very busy for me right after I received the chips from Chris but I finally shipped all of them, except for Ferrara's, this past Monday. Ferrara contacted me about shipping so I should get his out to him soon. Please let me know when you receive your chips.
Take care,
Heather
I'll be working out of town from Monday on till probably Friday again so you won't get any feedback from me regarding any chips till after that
Great news... thanks :)
Great news Heather! :D I will open up my 500+ in readiness. Could do with a break from working on the A4K anyways :roll:
I received mine today, thanks alot for the time spent from all parts..
(where do we leave feedbacks ?)
Mate, this is a group buy, no feedback to anyone is needed. Enjoy your powah A500!:thumbsup:
Are there any more left?
Hello!Quote:
Originally Posted by SkydivinGirl
Netting in from the work laptop from outta town... I got a text this morning from Ma (who kindly cleared my mail) who said there was a small parcel with cpu chips in it sent from the USA
I guess we can safely assume it is the parcel you sent! So, I've got my chips!
Thanks very much! :D
Mine's arrived yesterday, all good and really thank's to all for this :thumbsup:.
Yaaaaaaaaay! :D Mine arrived today. My 500+ will be happy too. Many thanks to all those who helped! :cool:
Opened up the packing the 68010 was in and one of it's legs fell out :(
Don't despair! A quick solder job will attach the leg back in to place.
Let me check what pin #12 does.
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Hmm...
Pin #12 is BGACK, , which is an important/needed pin. You can resolder it easily with a minimum effort.
Use flux and a good lead solder.
I think somebody already attempted this because there was already a little blob of solder on it. I think the plastic outer casing needs to be removed a little so that the pin and solder can get a fighting chance of staying connected. Perhaps taking the plastic coating back by a few mil would provide enough space, then I can seal it up again with epoxy.
Ooh noo.... I hadn't noticed that, I just sent them out in the way they came.... I am truly sorry Gerri, if you want I can send you mine out to you on monday, I should be able to repair that one.
That is a very kind offer Zetr0, but that wouldn't be fair on you to give up a fully working one.
It's just my luck I get the only one out of the bunch with a dodgy connector. :roll: Arrrgh!! CPU connectors again! I thought I had seen the last of that fun with the A4k. :Doh:
I have to admit though, I have have never attempted to repair a chip in this way before, in fact anyway before! :lol:
If removing them I always thoroughly clean everything beforehand, so this has never happened to me.......... um, yet.
Zetr0, could you fix the 68010? I know you would do a lot better job than I ever could and as payment I could have a rummage through my miggy junk for any other bits you might need or pay you of course.
Also, if you can't fix it then no worries
Yikes, I better check my 6 then!
Thanks for the heads up ;-)
I am going to have a go at repairing this myself. But I have a question, how far back in millimetres can I remove the plastic cover before hitting anything that might damage the chip further? I was thinking of using a small dressing file to slowly remove about 3 to 4 mil of the cover around the broken leg, soldering it then use a blob of Araldite to seal it up again. If I managed to get this working again, I will be well chuffed, my first real bit of hackery! :cool:
Mine CPU arrived as well. Thanks! :-)
@Geraldine
I have experience in repairing these types of problems, A while back I repaired a D2C Wii DVDROM drive by removing some of the plastic coating on the D2C chip and then soldering onto what are essentially leg filaments - the pitch is a lot finer than a 68k moto I can say ;).
I admire your go-for-it-ness, but if you get stuck or its going all Pete tong, then please let me help you, I truly feel terrible about not checking these before sending them =(
Zetr0, dont feel bad! :( It's just my dumb luck is all. Hope everyone else's are fine :)
Anyways, if I am careful, I am sure all will be OK. Sometimes I have found, (especially where miggys are concerned :roll:) "going for it" is the only option. I have some solder with a flux core so that should do it. Its a fine solder but I dont know what rating it has, try it and and see I guess, but I will have to remove the remains of the botched attempt first. Inspecting the chip I cannot see any evidence of corrosion on either the broken pin or the other ones. Perhaps the person who originally removed it was a bit heavy handed.
As a small guide you will need -
1. Fine pitch silver bearing solder 0.022
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2. Flux (paste or liquid)
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Method
After you have removed some of the the plastic casing, you will be presented with a wire filament as to where the leg of the chip should be.
from here you should place flux and a gentle blob of solder - don't leave the iron on the filament for more than 2 seconds or you could damage the IC.
now you have prepared a surface for your substitute leg to adhere too.
With a small set of tweezers, grapple the substitute leg and cover the leg in flux. from here mate the two parts together and then add heat from the soldering iron. remember to keep your touch time down and complete the weld within two seconds. if its not bonding come off the heat - re-apply flux and re-position the components and try again.
Notes
It is important to note that for this type of welding, there is not enough flux in the core of your solder - hence the need to buy some flux too =)
Its ironic I have had to do this to a 74F139N recently - earlier this morning in fact =)
Good luck with this Geraldine, if there is any way I can help, then please just let me know how.
Hi Zetr0, snapped up that solder and flux, better to be safe than sorry with the right kit and thanks for the advice. 2 Seconds with the iron? Check! :thumbsup:
Well I cant believe it, I done it, I fixed it and it works! :blink:
Took ages to remove the plastic coating and quite a few attempts to secure the leg. Quality wise :oops:, Zetr0, Cosmos and others will laugh, but please remember that this was my very first attempt ever to fix a problem like this. Still to finally seal up the join with Araldite, but I am happy! :cool:
Going to replace the battery next with one of Jvdbossc's battery kits and finally wire in my new switch for the ROM switcher. That will be the 500+ finished...........at least for now :roll:
Anyways here are some crappy pics
WOW!
I am truly overwhelmed with joy!
In fact I have a huge beaming smile from ear to ear, this the best bit of news all week!
This type of soldering is pretty arty and very difficult, I am very proud and humbled by your effort!
the force is strong in this one!
:bowdown::bowdown:
Thanks Zetr0, coming from you that means a lot! :)
:thumbsup:
Thanks LTAC
I still cant believe I managed it! :lol:
Beginners luck maybe?
That's really good news! Awesome stuff, Geraldine. :thumbsup:
Me and a soldering iron is usually a disaster waiting to happen! :lol:
Thanks Andy, but I wouldn't say that about yourself, you did a pretty good job of saving your 3000 from battery death. Yes nice clean job that was :)Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyLandy
Great work Geraldine :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
Very good job there I hope I do as well putting together my Comet64 since
I got it as a kit and I have not done this kind of work in a very long time..
Chris :coffee:
Thanks Steve, were is is a will there is a way :)
And Chris, your going to put a modem into a C64? :o
Now that is cool! :cool:
Yeah it has rj45 and RS-232 9 pin inputsQuote:
Originally Posted by Geraldine
found it here.
https://www.commodoreserver.com/
Chris :coffee:
I am always amazed at what people can do with C64s. Watching this parody video of a possible 8 bit Starcraft makes me wish it was real http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B16eAS1dwA&feature
@All
Ferrara PM'd me today to let me know he has his chip so I think everyone now has them. :)
@Geraldine
I'm so sorry about the broken pin. :( ChrisUnionNJ had all the chips packaged up and labeled for the individual users when he sent them to me. Like Zetr0, I simply divvied them up into individual boxes to ship without actually looking at them. :(
I'm really impressed with your repair job though! It's always fun when you do something new for the first time and it all works out. :thumbsup: Great job!
Please let me know if anyone is missing their shipment.
Heather
Yeah I have no clue how that happened all the CPU's had there pinsQuote:
Originally Posted by SkydivinGirl
when I packaged them the only thing I noticed was some of them were
unsoldered pull's other then that they just slipped right into the the
tube I cut down for them..
Chris :coffee:
Oh well. It looks like it all turned out fine so :thumbsup::thumbsup: from me. :)
Heather
Sigh, time to close this awesome thread made by all you awesome Amibay buyers!:bowdown:
Special thanks to Heather & Chris for their invaluable help to make everyone happy in the end. Many thanks to you!:thumbsup:
NO FEEDBACK ON THIS THREAD, PLEASE: Nobody bought something from me here, I was just an idealizer of a group buy.
Now this thread have my seal of approval. :)
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