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- Fri Oct 16, 2020 2:25 pm
- Forum: Hardware and Tech
- Topic: PET-style keyboard reassembly
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3564
Re: PET-style keyboard reassembly
This late response might be of use to others. I encountered the same problem in a pet-style VIC keyboard. The answer is that Commodore simply used the same key stem for the F7 key, but they shaved off the little protrusion that makes it fit the correct way. One of the keyboard's key stems has been s...
- Tue May 12, 2020 8:55 pm
- Forum: Hardware and Tech
- Topic: How ELSE does the PET-style keyboard differ?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 652
Re: How ELSE does the PET-style keyboard differ?
The product may not be gold, but the tip IS. Does treatment repair a particular keyboard issue, or should it be given before problems arise?
- Fri May 08, 2020 1:07 pm
- Forum: Hardware and Tech
- Topic: How ELSE does the PET-style keyboard differ?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 652
Re: How ELSE does the PET-style keyboard differ?
eslapion wrote: ↑Thu May 07, 2020 6:48 pmI am mystified. Did you apply gold leaf to the circuitry? Did you lubricate the key switches with truffle oil?TheAnachronaut wrote: ↑Wed May 06, 2020 3:23 pm Back in 2006, I performed a treatment on it to make the keys sensitive again. I used the expensive kind of product, not the cheap kind which fails
- Wed May 06, 2020 8:35 pm
- Forum: Hardware and Tech
- Topic: How ELSE does the PET-style keyboard differ?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 652
Re: How ELSE does the PET-style keyboard differ?
Sorry, “Eurostile.”
- Wed May 06, 2020 3:23 pm
- Forum: Hardware and Tech
- Topic: How ELSE does the PET-style keyboard differ?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 652
How ELSE does the PET-style keyboard differ?
I have a VIC with a PET keyboard and one with what I see people calling a “eurostyle” keyboard, both with 2-prong PSUs. I swapped “tops” after the older VIC lost video. With my PET-VIC hybrid machine, cartridges and tapes seem to play perfectly; all seemed well, for months. I installed a test cart a...
- Thu Apr 30, 2020 9:38 pm
- Forum: International VIC
- Topic: [ITA] Horse Racing per 2-6 giorcatori
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5594
Re: [ITA] Horse Racing per 2-6 giorcatori
Hello,
I obtained a VIC game similar to this on diskette. It’s by Crystal Microsoft (no relation) it’s called Crystal Downs.
I obtained a VIC game similar to this on diskette. It’s by Crystal Microsoft (no relation) it’s called Crystal Downs.
- Thu Apr 30, 2020 9:29 pm
- Forum: Buy, Sell, and Trade
- Topic: Wanted: Commodore Artist Cartridge
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3407
Re: Wanted: Commodore Artist Cartridge
Dear Croc, I’ve got a Commodore Artist cartridge! I’m trying to sell it now on eBay for $30.00. I have all the Commodore carts as well, but I’m looking for the early cartridges with the metal, Japanese labels (Maybe that’s what you meant by 1001]. I need MIDNIGHT DRIVE and the old POKER. I already h...
- Thu Apr 30, 2020 7:51 pm
- Forum: Hardware and Tech
- Topic: Using a TI joystick port splitter?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 504
Re: Using a TI joystick port splitter?
Thanks for the info — I stand warned! Thanks for being gurus!
- Wed Apr 29, 2020 9:16 am
- Forum: Hardware and Tech
- Topic: How to use a PAL in the US?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 346
Re: How to use a PAL in the US?
Mike, thanks again! So getting a PAL VIC men’s getting a PAL TV, if getting a PAL VIC is even necessary! I’ll look up the threads you mention.
You are a gentleman and a scholar.
Mark
You are a gentleman and a scholar.
Mark
- Wed Apr 29, 2020 9:06 am
- Forum: Hardware and Tech
- Topic: Using a TI joystick port splitter?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 504
Re: Using a TI joystick port splitter?
Thanks for such a thorough reply. Can you name any joysticks capable of shorting-out a VIC? I want to avoid them!
- Wed Apr 29, 2020 12:37 am
- Forum: Hardware and Tech
- Topic: How to use a PAL in the US?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 346
How to use a PAL in the US?
Fellow VICtims, Though I’m in the US, I can see that, I am going to need a PAL version of the VIC. You, in the US or Canada, who are running a PAL, how do you do it? How do you power it, and how do you view it? Do you use adapters? Is the Commodore monitor PAL compatible, or did you buy a PAL TV? Hm...
- Wed Apr 29, 2020 12:09 am
- Forum: Hardware and Tech
- Topic: Using a TI joystick port splitter?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 504
Re: Using a TI joystick port splitter?
I had to try it out for myself. The Texas Instruments splitter fit into the VIC nicely. Two Atari/VIC-compatible controllers fit perfectly into the female ports on the splitter! I plugged in a game (Outworld) which wouldn’t work at all. When you look at the connector on the end of a joystick cord, y...
- Tue Apr 28, 2020 11:03 pm
- Forum: Hardware and Tech
- Topic: Using a TI joystick port splitter?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 504
Using a TI joystick port splitter?
Hello, I purchased a box of assorted VIC parts and received a Texas Instruments joystick port splitter to boot. It splits one male, Atari-style joystick port to two female ports. I’m sure someone has tried to use this to attach two sticks to the VIC. Has there ever been any success? I’m just curious...
- Tue Jan 07, 2020 5:01 pm
- Forum: Announcement Board
- Topic: For new users - make a post or say hello
- Replies: 66
- Views: 24586
Re: For new users - make a post or say hello
Hello from an old English teacher whose best friend, as a child, was his VIC-20. Now VIC is my time machine. I am in my fifties and love collecting VIC 20 memorabilia, have built a period desk as the setting for my collection and want to make videos to share it with all of you! How to do it? I’m sti...
- Mon Jan 06, 2020 8:41 pm
- Forum: Hardware and Tech
- Topic: Onboard five-inch monitor
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1986
Re: Onboard five-inch monitor
Have you ever seen 5 inch LCDs that screw on to the Sony PlayStation 1? https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Psone-with-lcd-screen-Tested-Broken-screen-and-Hinge-READ-DESCRIPTION-AS-IS/392272314841?hash=item5b554081d9:g:trYAAOSwyhVcp~Ri I'd power the thing with a LiPO pack. You're making a SX-20 it seems... Gyr...