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- Reply-To: ppieroni@ppse.win-uk.net (Chip Pieroni)
- From: ppieroni@ppse.win-uk.net (Chip Pieroni)
- Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 01:59:55 GMT
- Subject: C64 in a PC case..
-
- Hi !
-
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- I'm just done installing my C64E and 4 FSD-2 disk drives
- into a BT M5000 PC case. The case is very big, and has room for 4
- drives, with space for a PSU and half size C64 motherboard left
- over.
-
- I first removed the FSDs' from their cases and screwed them
- into the chassis of the case. I then wired them in Parallel with
- my PC PSU and daisy chained them with a few serial bus wires. Next
- up I installed the motherboard in the slot for the PC motherboard,
- and I screwed it firmly down. It could probably be run from the PC
- PSU, but I wimped out and stuck in the C64 PSU (Loads of room
- without the HDs'.), running it in paralell with the PC PSU.
-
- Next was the hard bit, connecting the keyboard ! I decided
- to use my standard C64 keyboard, and lengthen the wires a little.
- I managed to double (*2.7 more like.) the length of the wires and
- connect them through a blank PC slot. I noticed that any more than
- that in the length department and you have problems, perhaps uping
- the voltage on the keyboard or replacing the keyboard chip would
- help ?
-
- Due to a handy desk config, that fitted nicely. I wired
- the C64 power switch to the PC's (4 pole, as 2 are used up for
- mains power !!) The joysticks I brought out to the front, where the
- BT security card reader would have been. To neaten everything up I
- cut the square part from an old ST case and installed that as a
- joystick plate, and the colours matched quite well.
-
- The user port was connected to a edge connector mounted in
- a spare PC slot (Which I have not tested yet !), and the cartridge
- port was the same (I used an old SCSI bus plate, as the connectors
- are about the same size, remove the SCSI and insert the C64 Cart.
- port.) The serial bus was brought of from the last Disk Drive and
- placed on a female connector where the PC keyboard would go, as to
- connect a printer.
-
- The tape interface I simply hard wired, with the lead
- going out the case and sitting on top.The video leads were
- connected up with an old CGA plate (Using the phono plugs as
- composite video and sound connectors.) that connected to my C64
- Monitor.
-
- The draw backs are the keyboard connector length and the
- fact that nearly all data connections have to have a ferrite core
- wired on. However, it sure looks cool and saves a LOT of space !
-
-
- Cheers !!
-
- Chip Pieroni..
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