PhilCs blog / the latest things hes broken(fixed)

[PhilC]

Oh go on @JezC, 1 more won’t hurt surely

[JezC]

Oh go on @JezC, 1 more won’t hurt surely

It might not hurt you...but there is a clear & present danger for me if I do!

Mind you, when has that stopped me before...?

[PhilC]

These arrived in the post today.

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I’ve always wanted a C128, so I’m now able to cross that off the wanted list. I’ll probably do a little mini blog about it when time permits.

I also managed to pick up a couple of 1541s for a good price. Both are pretty clean inside, so will give them a good test soon and post about it as well.

It does mean I now need to think about selling a few of the C64s. I’ve still not got anywhere near as many C64s as @JezC has Atari STs, so we are still in the realms of collecting and not hoarding:lol:

[JezC]

It does mean I now need to think about selling a few of the C64s. I’ve still not got anywhere near as many C64s as @JezC has Atari STs, so we are still in the realms of collecting and not hoarding:lol:

Oooo...a saucer of milk for @PhilC perhaps?

Could just be jealousy

[rubber_jonnie]

These arrived in the post today.

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I’ve always wanted a C128, so I’m now able to cross that off the wanted list. I’ll probably do a little mini blog about it when time permits.

I also managed to pick up a couple of 1541s for a good price. Both are pretty clean inside, so will give them a good test soon and post about it as well.

It does mean I now need to think about selling a few of the C64s. I’ve still not got anywhere near as many C64s as @JezC has Atari STs, so we are still in the realms of collecting and not hoarding:lol:

Very nice, I would like a C128, maybe one day

[PhilC]

@JezC but of course it’s jealousy

[JezC]

@JezC but of course it’s jealousy

I'd like a C64 but just don't have the time to make good use of one...not even an emulated version at the moment.

[rubber_jonnie]

@JezC but of course it’s jealousy

I'd like a C64 but just don't have the time to make good use of one...not even an emulated version at the moment.

I have machines I don't use that often but it's never stopped me

[JezC]

I have machines I don't use that often but it's never stopped me

Well, I'm finally getting my Falcon up & running properly, then I have more repairs/upgrades on the STs (including H4/H5 builds etc.) as well as the BBCs (2x Model B + Master) so if I were to add to the collection it would probably be planning for my retirement (over 10 years away) at my current rate of progress!

[PhilC]

Finally got a decent C128 to PS/2 keyboard adaptor built and programmed. It’s a C=Key keyboard interface by Jim Brain.

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It was a bit of a pain to program as the available instructions don’t give you much info about setting fuses etc on the Atmega162 but after I sorted out the external oscillator and removed the divide by 8 clock fuses it all worked great.

I have a couple of boards left and a couple of the Matrix chips if it’s of use to anyone.