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.

Quote from: Andrew Sutton on December 31, 2009, 09:45 AMAnyone have an SX64 and modified it?

You can see my modded SX-64 at

http://www.dickestel.com/images/expo186.jpg

It also comes with JiffyDOS, computer reset switch, a second audio port (RCA jack) in the rear, and all of Ray Carlsen's suggested mods.


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Ah, I almost forgot my very first mod to a SX-64.  It was back in 1985, and I put one of those flat, fresnel, magnifying lens cards in front of the SX's 5-inch monitor.  Ooo, a larger image for the middle-school students to see... 

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I converted mine to a DX-64... ;-)
http://www.6502.org/users/sjgray/projects/dx64/index.html

I have 3 more SX-64's (unfortunately with missing keyboards) that I might mod. I have parts to make one more "DX". I purchased a 6" LCD TV to install but it's a little big. I couldn't find a cheap 5" screen. What did you use?
Do you know of any 5-6" LCD's with S-Video input?

I had a strange idea to make a VIC-20-SX but the VIC motherboard won't fit in the SX case.

Steve
Steve

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.

Quote from: Steve Gray on January 02, 2010, 01:28 AM
I converted mine to a DX-64... ;-)
http://www.6502.org/users/sjgray/projects/dx64/index.html

Ah, that's very nice.  I wonder if Al Jackson, president of the Clark County Commodore Computer Club (of Las Vegas) has finished converting his to a DX-64.

QuoteI had a strange idea to make a VIC-20-SX but the VIC motherboard won't fit in the SX case.

There is CBM engineer Dale Luck's SX-500 (Amiga 500 in a SX case) seen at the links on

http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/ckb/secret/exec.html

and then there is Chris B.'s homebuilt SX-1200 (Amiga 1200 with A600 keyboard fitted into a SX) which I last saw at a Sacramento Amiga Computer Club meeting years ago.  I'm still waiting for him to send me photos of it. 

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     At Friday's C64 Club meeting in Vancouver, Washington, I was shown a sweet SX-64 with the JiffyDOS and device switches hidden in the second drive opening.  It even had a hidden switch to turn off the internal monitor!
     At the end of the meeting, we opened up a boxed SX-64 (serial numbers matching box and machine) with all the original goods, styrofoam, and plastic bags inside.  It was very minty!

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Quote from: Andrew Sutton on January 02, 2010, 02:26 AM
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.

How was the video quality.  I have two Audiovox units I got for 26 and wired in.  Problem is it have some sever "horizontal line" issues.  I've tried it with both and it's the same.  It's a shame because it fits nicely, but I just can't make the leap as the CRT's picture is far superior. (I imagine it always will be).  The problem with the lines is it messes up the text.


I've not been able to find any with SVideo input too which sucks - I had to use composite.