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Post by mrbombermillzy on Dec 7, 2016 22:09:29 GMT
Thats probably how its going to end up for the time being, or something along those lines. Will pull out some breadbins from storage this weekend and concoct something, or not, depending on what I have lying around. No Commodores will be harmed in the making of this project!  |
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Post by mrbombermillzy on Dec 10, 2016 15:13:57 GMT
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Post by mrbombermillzy on Dec 12, 2016 20:38:39 GMT
Almost there... The end of the Flat 128 keyboard loom pins are spaced like the din plug and I happened to have a 25 pin din male to male connector in a bag on the floor. Could it be that easy??!  No! That would be to easy! lol The cable I have here is a pin swap. I believe I need a 'straight through' wired cable. Oh well, when I get time, its back down to fishing around in the boxes of plentiful cables. |
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Post by mrbombermillzy on Dec 12, 2016 22:05:11 GMT
Ok, so Ive rummaged about in my cable collection and I dont seem to have any more 25 to 25 pin leads. Bah! Will have to actually buy something. On top of that, a search on ebay only comes up with the confusingly titled 25 pin straight cables (which technically, I believe are crossed! How is pin 1 to 1, pin 2 to 2, etc STRAIGHT? lol). The only thing I can find suitable is a gender changer, but the keyboard loom is not long enough for just that. Wish I didnt have to sell those 3 128DCR's a few months back!  |
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Post by mrbombermillzy on Dec 20, 2016 14:14:51 GMT
Got one of these coming soon.  Its a 12/5v PSU that is small enough to fit in the 128DCR case and it has AMPLE power (incase you cant see the detail, its rated: 12v@5A and 5v@10A!) That should be enough to power the DCR and ANY addons (I could probably run a vaccuum cleaner from the 128!). Ive also ordered a 25 pin DB gender changer for the keyboard. That should be here not long afterwards. If that doesnt work, then I have to resort to a rather more messy pin to pin connection as suggested by Pyrofer. |
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Post by robertb on Dec 20, 2016 19:47:59 GMT
From where did you get the new 12/5V power supply? Is it small enough to fit the original PSU space in the C128DCR? Merry Christmas, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm |
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Post by mrbombermillzy on Dec 20, 2016 21:01:53 GMT
Its from ebay. The dimensions are 170x90x45mm so theres enough room for the 9vAC supply too.
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Post by mrbombermillzy on Jan 30, 2017 19:19:55 GMT
Just an update... the gender changer which I ordered on the 17th of December has JUST arrived! Not that Ive had much of a chance to mess around on the 128, but still. Ive just looked and its just a straight through, although it looked like a swapover in the listing.....Sigh! After all that then, still no good. So Ive just ordered a bunch of Arduino wires. Should have done this in the first place! Hopefully, I wont get any 'I told you so!' from Pyrofer!  |
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