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The video RCA should be connected shield to pin 2, inner to pin 4. The audio RCA should be connected shield to pin 2, inner to pin 3. Went to Radio Shack for the DIN connector and some solderless RCA ends (although I did solder the ends), worked like a charm -- thanks!! The 1902 monitor has a 3rd s...

is there a cross-compiler I can use in Linux that will create a .prg file that can then be loaded into a VIC-20 emulator? I swear by the cross-assembler in the cc65.org project. I currently use it on both Vista64 and Linux. On Linux, I don't even bother to compile the source, I just run the include...

I will never again buy a "designer computer"; Commodore Amiga was my last one. But an attempt to answer your question: OS / software integration. Any OEM with a tightly integrated OS will pass as a superior product any day over commodity hardware with a hermit crab OS -- and there is a cos...

Thanks for all the replies ... I will get and put a volt meter on it. If the reading is nominal, I suppose I need to then de-solder them from the board, and get replacement chips ... :roll: .....and how does this fit into Vic-20 hardware section? :oops: Let's see, I have this close friend, VIC, that...

I have a lot going on (83yr old mother-in-law is hospitalized, her house got broken into, wife car repairs, replaced our washing machine, configuring new bladecenter at work, etc.) :( ... so I had very little time to work on this. That said, I optimized my time in waiting rooms and train rides, and ...

Send me a PM and I will mail you a new floppy disk.

There's only a few socketed chips, and all are tightly seated; I suspect the RAM is soldered to the "mobo". :oops: Interesting, if I power it up cold, it instantly displays and reports anywhere from 11 - 8099 bytes free. But after, if I quickly shut it off-and-on, it takes the expected 2-s...

There is this later "C" model that mainly shows 11 - 211 bytes free. Very occasionally, it will report 38911 (or something very close to that). I have not tried POKE-ing the expected normal BASIC values, to override the startup ramtas routine, but everything else is functioning fine. Anyon...

MRaider:

Personally, I'd move the screen out of view and fully populate it with the desired text, and then start twiddling 36865 to scroll it vertically into view

Dude, what are you smoking? That's what's being done here.

Couldn't help myself, I batted cleanup in my heyday!

Just got my Commodore XE1541 + XM1541 Adapter PC and hooked it up using Red Hat Fedora 10 and OpenCBM. The verdict ... works great!! I can read/write to my 1581 drive (and no doubt it will work with my 1541 & 1571 drives, too). I will need to write about these nice & pleasant experiences mor...

FYI, I have made some head-way into this little project. I got Mike's raster timing stuff tweaked by some other code, and it now works with PAL mode (tested under VICE), too. Nifty tricks! I anticipate three APIs will come out of this project: full-buffered, fast-buffered, and a lite version for une...

I have one of those X?1541 adapters from Ebay stuck on the printer port. This hooks to a real 1541. I have the "older" cable type from 2006, and it worked fine only using StarCommander under DOS. I just ordered that newer one, as mentioned, for less than $20 shipped -- which has a simple ...

I was watching that item myself, and want it just for the box & manuals. And the "spare" VIC may still prove to be useful.

Interesting about the Commodore 1084 pinout... it may apply. I am not looking to plug it into the 9-pin RGB connector, but into the RCA composite ports: red-yellow-white split cable end. I would rather just buy a pre-made one, but I fear none exist. I also read something about modding the VIC to us ...

Sorry for "necromancing" this thread ... it was the only search result with "1902" in it. I just got a nice new 1902 monitor from ebay today, and it works great with my C64c and Plus/4, and soon to arrive C128. But, I cannot hook it up to my original VIC 20 (older design, two pro...