Is this true? Does Australia really plan to "censure" the internet? Wow, sounds like China!!

Don't forget to take into consideration of the "provenance" of the rather worn box!

I remember my dad bought 10 or 15 of the 1540 drives to resell, and changed out the rom chips in them. We allocated one for our VIC-20!;) Too bad I don't have it anymore!

It didn't work that well, but I did dillute the H2O2 in water with OxyClean... I picked up 40 Volume Cream Developer from Sally Beauty Supply for $4.00. I just brushed it on and used the incandescent UV bulb. Had to reapply cream every couple hours. The results are pretty good, the yellowing has definitely been removed. It's not perfect like some of the pics at "Retr0brite", but not bad!

When I bought my C64 back in 1985, I believe I paid with quite a bit of coins, it was at a K-Mart, however. That was my paper route money!

I work at an auto repair shop, and I'll say we take in some pretty beat up bills!

OK, Got some Hydrogen Peroxide (3%), Oxy Clean, and a UV light for my C64 "restoration". Wish me luck!!

Woo Hoo! I just picked up a C64 with power supply and box off Craigslist Saturday! Good thing I had the guy bring it to my work, what a whack job!! He wanted $29, I asked if he was firm on it, he says $25, I say will you take $20? Sure. Its case is yellowed, but I'm going to try that "RETROBRITE" concoction and try and bring her back! Like I said, the guy was a whack job, he didn't like a $20 bill I gave him, it had a small tear in it. Oh, sorry let me give you a different one I just got from the ATM! This dude holds it up to the light to see if its real and then asks if I have a pen to check the bill!!! What a freak!
Anyhow, the C64 works, I did question its functionality in bartering the price, however I did rig up a little 5" tv with an audio cable and a paperclip, and got the boot up screen.
Funny thing is, the guy claimed he was from West Bloomfield, Michigan... which is a rather upper class area. I figured the C64 would have been in pretty damn good condition, and the owner... NORMAL!

So now I have my SX64, C128, and now the C64. I'd like to add a VIC20, a PET, and an Amiga for good measure;)

Oops! Sorry about that, maybe I should have read a little "deeper" on this site!;)

I've been doing research on the 'Net about restoring the plastic on old computers. I came across this forum detailing "Retrobrite". I plan to try this on a C64 I picked up on Saturday for $20.

http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?t=1480&highlight=retrobrite

I used a Coby 5.6" LCD TV. The composite input was used. I bought it off Ebay for $20.00 a couple years ago, and now we have digital tv, I decided to put it in the SX64.

Awesome! I'll try and upload pics of my SX64 innards... it's pretty hack right now, but it works! Hot glue works wonders!

Anyone have an SX64 and modified it? Looking for some good ideas. So far I took the monitor out of mine and replaced it with an LCD tv. The Floppy controller went bad, so I replaced it with a regular 1541 board (I tried swapping out chips according to Ray Carlsen's page to no avail). I'm actually looking to put a microIEC in it as well. With the LCD TV, I can also hook it up to cable and watch it too, but I need a switch to turn of the SX64 portion to eliminate a little bit of interference.

The site is semi-functional, but apparently spam-bots have infultrated the forum section and has been locked.

I remember having ram expansion for the VIC that used a "backplane" where the ram had to be plugged in a certain way for software to load properly. Being pretty young at the time, I didn't fully understand why... now I do, sort of!

Cool, I did a search and came up with the same guy! Just sent an Email to him. Anyhow, the site seems pretty dormant.

Anyone know what is going on with this site? Is it possible to find out who owns the rights to it?

Sorry to hear about Dave's passing. I never met him, but from what I've read about his passion for all things Commodore, he will surely be missed.

I use an X1541 cable to download .d64 files onto 5.25 disks, but isn't it possible to store the files on a PC and load the files onto a C64/C128 just as if its a 1541 drive?

Damn that's old school cool! 

That Men at Work song "Down Under" has a man from Brussels (?) giving a Vegemite sandwich!

Quote from: Golan Klinger on October 21, 2008, 09:15 AM

Quote from: xlar54 on October 21, 2008, 08:17 AM
Where do you find this stuff?

In this case, Craigslist. Sometimes people email me out of the blue and ask me to come pick stuff up. It's all very odd.

Oops! should have read the WHOLE thread!;)

I've been seeing Commodore equipment on Craigslist, and for reasonable prices. If there's a listing in your state/country, it's worth checking out. Sometimes you can find freebies!

I read somewhere online that an SX64 keyboard will work as well. Might not look pretty, but it sure would be different!

An El Camino might do the trick as well!