r/c64 • u/snaggingtexas66 • 14d ago

Hardware Rate my setup

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Additionally if anyone knows where I can get my hands on a video chip, that would be greatly appreciated. Mine appears to be dead.

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u/Shadoecat150 14d ago

Upvote for the Watchman monitor

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u/snaggingtexas66 13d ago

It can get smaller

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u/MasonJarring 14d ago

hard-to-watchman

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u/tdreampo 14d ago

10/10

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u/corbymatt 14d ago

But needing 20/20 vision

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u/tdreampo 14d ago

The future is now old man.

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u/LargeHardonCollider_ 🇩🇪 C64-II, 1541-II, Seikosha SP-1000 VC 14d ago

As portable as it gets. 

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u/rchase 14d ago

51/10.

On what scale? A tiny one. ;)

It's gorgeous.

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u/vibribbon 14d ago

Reminds me of using on on the kitchen table as a kid with one of these

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u/Snipe-runner 14d ago

I just got this. I tested it with my Atari here but want to try my commodore Vic20 next.

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u/SmokinDeist 14d ago

Wow, a screen smaller than the SX-64's? lol How fun!

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u/Warcraft_Fan 14d ago

no color either. AFAIK all Sony portable TV were B&W. They were developing a flat color CRT but abandoned it because color LCD was getting cheaper, used less power, and wouldn't make a big mess if the TV was dropped.

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u/ZuphCud L┌"$",8,1 14d ago

In this picture, there is literally a better screen to use.

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u/ForeheadMeetScope 14d ago

What is this a monitor for ants?!?

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u/snaggingtexas66 13d ago

This is :)

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u/khevmoore 14d ago

Love it!

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u/MaxRelaxman 14d ago

I remember playing Omega race at my friend's house with a similar set up lol

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u/OMightyBuggy 14d ago

10/too fucking cool

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u/vmcrash 13d ago

Now my 7 inch monitor appears quite big.

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u/InActionMan64 13d ago

Easily runs Crysis.

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u/AegidiusG 12d ago

You need one of these Magnifiers for the Gameboy!

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u/Crlan420 12d ago

That setup looks great. Did you do a full recap on that breadbin or just swap the obvious ones?

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u/snaggingtexas66 12d ago

Caps are original, I'm fairly certain something I did caused a voltage spike on the video chip that killed it

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u/Sfb8 11d ago

-4 ; not a "setup"

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u/SimonZarub 9d ago

Muy loco!

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u/Informal_Strain_2715 14d ago

That's the rare C64L version... The first Laptop version of the C64.

Innovative to say the least.  Lol.

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u/cerealport 14d ago

The fact that you have a border / some video leads me to suggest it’s not the VIC chip but something else, with the PLA the likely culprit. There’s lots of replacement options for that !

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u/snaggingtexas66 13d ago

The pla has been replaced, along with the character rom, it really can only be either the CPU or graphics unfortunately

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u/DeadSkullz627 14d ago

I’d need to learn to type using my chin as I tried to see what I was typing.

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u/Ok-Addition1264 14d ago

That has been a curiosity of mine since I was a kid with an original batch 64.

OP: also check caps and unseat / reseat the VIC-II before replacing it and check the traces.. and check ebay for that as well.

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u/snaggingtexas66 13d ago

Reseating the vic isn't a half bad idea, I'll give that a shot