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Some C64 haxxage

24 08 09 - 19:24 Alright, so on the weekend, a friend and I went through most of his C64 stuff, and I am now in possession of a C64C, 1541v2, datasette drive, two joysticks (with non-working fire buttons) and an XM1541 cable (I don't have a parallel port on anything though).

Also, I (finally) built the C64 video out cable... but I still don't have the S-Video plug on it yet. This is what it looks like so far:


And here's some photos of the whole setup - using my digital pictureframe (PowerBook G3 with a PCMCIA video capture card) for a monitor as I don't have anything else with composite / S-video in. The video capture card has a few issues syncing with the C64's video signal - but it gets there after a few tries (loading up the video settings window and closing it so the digitizer is reset). This stems from the fact that the C64 actually outputs 50.12Hz (985248/63/312) instead of 50Hz that PAL wants. Had a look at the specs of the video to VGA converter, it supports 800x600 at 60 and 75Hz and 1024x768 at 60Hz. Interesting - especially seeing as it has PAL input.

Also, I've *got* to find a way to get an external keyboard into the C64... it takes up too much room on my desk...





Game being played is BOFH: Servers Under Siege.

Todo:
Wire S-Video plug onto cable.
Build an XU-1541 cable (USB to IEC serial).
Get the fire button working on the joysticks.