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- From: cdminter@icaen.uiowa.edu (Corey D Minter)
- Subject: Re: Hardware Hacks???????
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- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.230612.3726@news.uiowa.edu>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 23:06:12 GMT
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- agb001@acad.drake.edu writes:
-
- >Just a quick question...
- >
- >I was wondering if there are any people that know of any nice Hardware hacks.
- >For instance, I once saw an SX-64 with a built in modem and "Burst" mode.
- >Unfortunately, those things had taxed the power supply too much and it
- >didn't like staying up for tooo long (otherwise I would have tried to have
- >bought it). But I was just curious what is out there. I have some things I
- >have gotten from a local BBS here which describes how to put 8K in the 1541
- >and another on how to expand a Lt.Kernal hard drive to 85 Megs. But what
- >others are out there...
-
- Maybe this doesn't count, but I am itching to install my stereo sid cartridge
- internally in my 64c. The problem is I want to beable to use my RAM expansion
- of 1mb and the stereo sid at the same time. I just don't know if I want to
- mess with what works. If I do It I will make two RCA plug outputs and a
- headphone jack output to make it easier to connect it to stereo equipment.
- I also made a sound digitizer, using a serial output 8bit digitizer. This
- required a lot of software control, that could have been done with more
- sophisticated hardware or else a normal parallel output a/d (but it was cheap,
- and that was my only need at the time). I have made (incomplete) plans to use a
- microprocessor compatible a/d (meaning it can easily be treated as say a memory
- location and assert it's output on the data bus. That way I could install it
- also inside the case and not hog the modem port.
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