Commodore C16 Repair

30 sounds nice..Games, platformers and shooters..And yeah, I'll be exploiting it

Thank you..

PM me your paypal..Ta muchly good sir..

 

I think I have Killzone 2 and Resistance 1 & 2 so I’ll pop them in. I don’t have any platformers like Rayman unless you mean games like Uncharted.

 

I have the Uncharted trilogy on the PS4, but yes stuff like that is my thing, Arcady racers. BUT those titles you mentioned are more than enough, thank you..

As always, no rush, as and when it can go..As a fellow pain sufferer, I appreciate you don't need the hassle. So take it easy, please.

Meant to ask, did you fire up the Expert cartridge? I only ask as being a machine code monitor, I know it would be right up your street. I never did use it when I got that one you now have. I was more thrilled with all the old averts

Will understand if its a not yet, I did sort of overload you in a good way

And that's my last real itch scratched, I still would like to find an 400Mini at a sane price, but as its just to look at, it can wait. The PS3 was my real goal. So thank you..

 

I can get it packed up over the weekend and collected on Monday Paul, it’s just sat in the cupboard.

 

I have had a crack at it but it needs me to sit down and read all the docs properly. The programming it before using it is a bit different, compared to my Action Replay 6.

 

Sent you a message Paul

 

Yep, all done..Again, thank you.

The Expert was my first cart monitor for the C64, and yes, it's more clunky than the AR6. I sort of got used to it but got an AR as soon as they came out. It's just that you rarely see them sold and I got it at a very good price. The adverts in the box are just mega fun..

 

Yeah it’s safely tucked away in my Commodore draw.

 

Nice PS3 deal guys. And now Paul can stop scratching that itch lol

(until the A400 gets a price reduction)

 

Here is the memory upgrade all the way from Hungary..

 

Pictures of the upgrade process...

 

PS3 here 2mozz according to RM text....Nice...

There's no stopping the mod master called Richie..Is there any software that uses the extra?

 

End result : ))

 

The extra memory make it a Plus 4 as far as games go. So some of the more complex titles like Elite and Mercenary need 64KB

 

aha, so not just a machine with spare mem, a transformer

 

Yeah now I can access all these homebrew games for the system and demos. I picked up a 1531 cassette drive off feeBay for £12 a week ago. It was faulty so sold as seen. It was reported as totally dead, so opened it up and lo and behold the 5v wire to the motor was separated from the terminal. Once soldered it worked but the belt was very slack and couldn’t turn a cassette tape. New belt fitted and now works fine.
So now have C16 and 1531. I would like to get a 1551 disk drive at some point as well and I need to get a C16/+4 Joystick as well but that will happen when it happens I guess.

 

You have been very lucky with the dead machines, not stunned, the belt was duff. Over time, the rubber goes brittle, usually the first time you use it, it snaps. A loose 5V wire, handy..

Might see if anyone does replacement on off buttons for the PS3, seems that some PS3 need to go into safe mode before they can be exploited, for that, the on / off must be directly pressed and held.

Will have a look around, not planning on modding the PS3 and WiiU straight away. Going to have some fun first and then do the deed.

 

The button does work Paul it is just a bit temperamental. It worked fine when I was restoring it on Sunday.

 

I quite enjoy fixing stuff so I’m not too phased by stuff not working on arrival. Doing the research and diagnostic work is very satisfying when you have a working system at the end.
That being said CBM machines are a bit more tricky due to the custom chips that were until recently only available from other machines. This C16 has the TED and the 8510 CPU, it seems really hard to get a 8510 these days where TEDs are a bit easier to find.
The Atari’s have a similar problem with custom chips but they seem a bit more robust. Commodores silicon seems more flaky.

 

Yeah, Commodore, always known for cheapest, often batch failed use of chips. I heard the stories of buying batches where the percentage of failures was too high, so Commodore brought them cheap and used what seemed to work. Even if its an urban myth, the fact is Commodore gear has always had a high failure rate.

 

Sounds like the C16 is coming along nicely Richie, you are doing some great work on it.
This may have overtaken the Dragon as my favourite machine of yours now lol

 

Careful Ritchie, he's being predatory now Bolt the doors at night

 

Lock up yet women and ram chips lol

Ended up I played C16 games for a good hour last night on the emulator. Still prefer it to the C64!

 

A quick thank you to Ritchie, the beast has landed. Never realised how big the PS3 was, its foooooohuge.

Not plugged in yet, we had a family celebration over something, and I had a couple too many glasses of fall over wine. Slightly hungover, feels horrible. Will fire up the machine in a little bit. Horses for courses I think, there's more variation on the C64 but as I know nish about the C16, I trust your word.

Ah lovely cuppa almost sugar free tea just arrived....Now the day has started..

 

64 is my preferred machine of the 3 but the 264 series are good little machines. Right kit at the wrong time, I guess.