15 Feb
2006
15 Feb
'06
4:12 p.m.
Anybody have any c64s or 128s kicking around?
I have some folks that are interested in SID chips, the computers need not be
working, I want 'em to scrap, and don't need the other parts to be good
either, nor the power supplies, cases, keyboards, etc. -- just the
boards.
I'm not looking to go beyond "yard sale prices", either.
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15 Feb
15 Feb
4:34 p.m.
At 03:12 PM 2/15/2006, Roy J. Tellason wrote:
I have some folks that are interested in SID chips,
the computers need not be
working, I want 'em to scrap,
What are these folks actually do with them?
Has anyone ever determined why SID chips were so sensitive and
tried to determine a preventative?
- John
5:02 p.m.
John Foust wrote:
At 03:12 PM 2/15/2006, Roy J. Tellason wrote:
I know that the catweasel has a space for plugging in a SID chip. it
has nothing to do with floppy emulation, but I guess it didn't take up
much room and many of the catweasel users are commodore fans.
I have some folks that are interested in SID
chips, the computers need not be
working, I want 'em to scrap,
What are these folks actually do with them?
Has anyone ever determined why SID chips were so sensitive and
tried to determine a preventative? 
5:32 p.m.
John Foust wrote:
Synthesizers and emulators. Catweasel has a socket for one so that you
can emulate a C64 but with real C64 SID sound and read the diskettes
natively on your PC 5.25" drive. As for synths, retro sound is (still)
popular, so there are cards that take four SIDs and give you 12 voices
controllable by MIDI (including sysex stuff like filters).
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I have some
folks that are interested in SID chips, the computers need not be
working, I want 'em to scrap,
What are these folks actually do with them?
6:54 p.m.
On Wednesday 15 February 2006 04:34 pm, John Foust wrote:
At 03:12 PM 2/15/2006, Roy J. Tellason wrote:
It's my understanding that the folks interested in these are using them in
audio synthesizer type applications. I haven't really gotten into it in much
detail with them, just sent a bunch of the ones I had off and got a request
for a whole bunch more.
I have some folks that are interested in SID
chips, the computers need
not be working, I want 'em to scrap,
What are these folks actually do with them? Has anyone ever determined why SID chips were so
sensitive and
tried to determine a preventative?
Sensitive how?
--
Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
-
Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
7:24 p.m.
At 05:54 PM 2/15/2006, Roy J. Tellason wrote:
SID and CIA chips used to die left and right back in the day, no?
CIAs are understandable because they dealt with I/O connectors,
but I thought SID chips died often, too.
- John
It's my understanding that the folks interested in
these are using them in
audio synthesizer type applications.
"Emulation" has a new shade of meaning in this context, doesn't it?
Incorporating old chips into new designs in order to perfectly
reproduce unique functionality like the quirks of the SID audio.
Has anyone
ever determined why SID chips were so sensitive and
tried to determine a preventative?
Sensitive how?
11:19 p.m.
On Wednesday 15 February 2006 07:24 pm, John Foust wrote:
At 05:54 PM 2/15/2006, Roy J. Tellason wrote:
SID and CIA chips used to die left and right back in the day, no?
CIAs are understandable because they dealt with I/O connectors,
but I thought SID chips died often, too.
Not that often in my experience. But yeah those CIA chips...
We used to buy a square of that black foam that radio shack sold, which being
way too springy was next to useless for sticking chips into, and with an
empty DB9 shell stuff a sliver of it into the joystick connectors on a c64 or
128. It didn't bother the joysticks any, though it would tend to upset game
paddles or some other peripherals (which most folks didn't use anyhow).
Saved a lot of repeat stuff, that little trick...
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Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
-
Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
It's my understanding that the folks
interested in these are using them in
audio synthesizer type applications.
"Emulation" has a new shade of meaning in this context, doesn't it?
Incorporating old chips into new designs in order to perfectly
reproduce unique functionality like the quirks of the SID audio.
Has
anyone ever determined why SID chips were so sensitive and
tried to determine a preventative?
Sensitive how? 
4:56 p.m.
Anybody have any c64s or 128s kicking around?
I have some folks that are interested in SID chips, the computers need not be
working, I want 'em to scrap, and don't need the other parts to be good
either, nor the power supplies, cases, keyboards, etc. -- just the
boards.
Most C= people don't like the idea of scrapping a working system just to
get a part or two...
Cheers,
Bryan
6:55 p.m.
On Wednesday 15 February 2006 04:56 pm, Bryan Pope wrote:
That's why I said they need not work. :-)
I used to fix a *lot* of those, and when we closed up the shop I ended up
with a pile of the "difficult cases" that ended up being scrapped out. Now
they're all gone and I'd like to get my hands on some more, only nobody
seems to have any that I've found so far.
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Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
-
Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
Anybody have
any c64s or 128s kicking around?
I have some folks that are interested in SID chips, the computers need
not be working, I want 'em to scrap, and don't need the other parts to
be good either, nor the power supplies, cases, keyboards, etc. --
just the boards.
Most C= people don't like the idea of scrapping a working system just to
get a part or two...
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