My C64 Project

[morcar]

So I bought a cheap C64C and i know why it was so cheap.

the keyboard is so yellow/brown that it looks like if the council ran over it with there double yellow line paint.

That photo really dont show just how bad it really is.

When I went to look inside it was just as bad.

Once i cleaned it up as much as i could i suddenly found out the cassette deck wouldnt work at all. It would turn the tape but nothing else. Also when i took the door off the deck i found out they had used butter for the hinges.

Anyway I went looking about on eBay and found they had black keyboards for the C64 which i assume was for another commodore computer. If these work I am very tempted in getting one and spraying the case black as well.

Kind of making a Last Ninja Edition of the C64c. I also want to fit the sd2iec inside the system once i get the paint job done.

I also want to fit a SwinSID as well to really make the sound better.

Its only just begun but i have some good idea's for such a wreck of a computer.

 

[Paradroid90]

Good Stuff m8

if it is a keyboard from a C64 breadbin it is inter-changeable with the C64c

Is the keyboard like this one on my resprayed c64c ??

 

[moijk]

I also want to fit a SwinSID as well to really make the sound better.

Is there something wrong with your 8580?

 

[Merlin]

He's probably not fitted the Sidfix to the 8580.

You add a pull-up resistor (330 Ohm IIRC) to pins 14 and 26 of the SID and it restores the original sounds that they filtered out with the later SIDS.

A lot of games and demos used white noise and other sounds in the 6581 SID and Commodore didn't realise that when they cleaned up the sound on the 8580.

 

[Mohican]

Variations ...

 

[morcar]

Good Stuff m8

if it is a keyboard from a C64 breadbin it is inter-changeable with the C64c

Is the keyboard like this one on my resprayed c64c ??

yeah they are the keyboards i saw.

I wanted to fit the SwinSID into the C64 as its a great way to enhance the sound and of course there is no soldering which although i can do, but i am not the best at doing it.

 

[ChrisUnionNJ]

If your using a breadbin keyboard on a C64c the cable will be tight
it's a bit longer on a C64c at least that's how it worked on
one I did for a friend..

 

[morcar]

cheers on the advice chris

Seeing how Paradroid90's C64 is I think I might see if i can change the red LED to a white LED or something as the LED is rather dark when you use a dark colour. Also I dont know yet if I will keep the badge as it might stick out like a sore thumb.

 

[moijk]

Variations ...

That black with brown keys looks rad!

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I wanted to fit the SwinSID into the C64 as its a great way to enhance the sound and of course there is no soldering which although i can do, but i am not the best at doing it.

But why replace the real deal with an emulator? How do you enhance that?