Been watching the VIC-II #Kawari update vid. Shame it explicitly states the Kawari doesn't work on the 250469 revision C64C, as that's my primary #C64 😭

Never mind though, I was planning to shove it in the breadbin I have anyway, which is a 250407. So as soon as the next batch becomes available (and assuming I don't miss it... I'm prone to that sort of thing), I will be grabbing one myself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3n1i377yJw

VIC-II Kawari Update #8 - Some updates

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For those of you who like these sorts of pics, here is my main #C64C (NTSC) machine's innards.

#c64 #retrocomputing

I've done absolutely zero fixes or mods to this machine (other than possibly putting an ARMSID in there, I'd have to check...) - it even came with an untouched warranty sticker when I got it in 2020 😮

Oh, tell a lie: the keyboard had a crack in the PCB I had to fix. Main board though has worked flawlessly since day one... and I hope it will continue to do so.

I am thinking of putting one of the modulator replacements I'm building in here though. We shall see.

Btw, that VICII Kawari now has an emulator - a fork of VICE that you can use Kawari specific code on (as well as normal C64 stuff, I guess):

https://github.com/randyrossi/vicii-kawari-vice

GitHub - randyrossi/vicii-kawari-vice: A fork of the VICE emulator with VIC-II Kawari Extensions added - For development purposes

A fork of the VICE emulator with VIC-II Kawari Extensions added - For development purposes - GitHub - randyrossi/vicii-kawari-vice: A fork of the VICE emulator with VIC-II Kawari Extensions added -...

GitHub

Quick update: I got a build error on that emulator, it might be my config or a missed file perhaps. I'll try and track down the issue later in the week, and if it is a missing file or similar, I'll let Randy Rossi know.

But in the meantime, if you build it and get an issue with 'vte_draw_box_drawing_bitmaps', let me know, so I can confirm it's not a local issue.

@retrotechtive I’ve 3 C64s. 2 stock of the breadbin/C varieties. And one spares board from a colleague that I managed to repair. I’ve put that one in a pixel wizard case and plan on heavily mod’ing it.