azog | July 31, 2012
Since I do not (currently?) have Internet access directly on my Falcon, and a floppy disk simply doesn’t cut it any more, the benefits of a CD-ROM should be patently obvious. There are at least two different methods to attach a CD-ROM to the Falcon, using either IDE or SCSI. The IDE solution is undoubtedly [...]
azog | July 30, 2012
It seems like I’m bouncing from project to project lately. Actually, this particular post is something that was done some time ago, wrote up, and put into limbo while I was waiting for other odds and ends to come together. I was trying to find a SCSI CD-ROM for the Falcon, and while I prowled [...]
azog | July 20, 2012
While I still have my Commodore 64 disassembled after replacing the PLA, I figured I’d do two quick hacks. First, is a standard reset switch. You can find docs on this in many places, but the best solution is to use pin 1 and pin 3 of the user port. Seems there were already two [...]
azog | July 19, 2012
I recently acquired a dead Commodore 64. Apparently the most common component to fail is the PLA (within context; power supplies are also susceptible), so this was my first plan of attack. I acquired a new (not NOS) PLA from Arcade Components for a reasonable price and super fast shipping. The C64 was not socketed [...]
azog | July 3, 2012
This is a holy shit moment. On the Contiki floppy is a program called WarpCopy06. I was curious, so I loaded it on my SX-64, and it asked for some IP configuration. I don’t know how well you can see the image, but it appears to use FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF as the MAC address, otherwise known as [...]