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Commodore_Kevin Mar 7

In the world of modern tech, got the GPU module for my Framework 16 laptop today

Commodore_Kevin Feb 4

Jan Beta Feb 2

My #C64Ultimate is estimated to arrive in March! To be honest, I am more excited about that than I have any right to be (given the fact that I own at least a dozen real C64s in good condition at this point). 😅

Commodore_Kevin Feb 3

The Little Sixteen V4 is pretty much done. Just have to throw in a SID, and get a reset switch added.

Saw that JiffyDOS is available for TED machines, and was wondering is it worth getting, and are there any issues I should look out for?

Commodore_Kevin Feb 3

Have finally finished putting the Little Sixteen V4 together, ans success, boots first time (haven't put a SID in yet)

Commodore_Kevin Jan 29

The Final part that was needed to be soldered onto the Little Sixteen V4 has arrived. Soldered it on, and did the smoke test and check voltages. Nothing went pop, and all ICs getting the 5 volts (some 5.17, but mostly 5.18). Now waiting on Mouser to ship the logic and RAM to properly test the board to see if I get a screen or not.

Commodore_Kevin Jan 25

Was working on my Little Sixteen V4 yesterday. Now only missing the bridge rectifier at CR 100 before I can start testing voltages, and adding IC's. The missing part should arrive tomorrow hopefully

Commodore_Kevin Jan 20

After a small hiccup (2 of the 3 cooling fans cables were just too short), have finally finished putting the Checkmate PC back together and finally back it its setup.

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Commodore_Kevin Jan 18

@markkrueg RAM, GPU, and SSD prices have gone to hell. Originally built this PC with 32 GB, but luckily had gone up to 64GB before those prices started going to hell (You can say I have a Checkmate 64, or "C64 if you will, lol). Personally went with the 1080 since the case design limits me to blower type GPU's, and not big on graphics in the first place, the 1080 was perfect for my needs. now that it's been 5 years, thought I would go with a small update to the Titan XP.

Sadly Noctua does not make 50MM fans, or else I would have use them when I put the PC together in the first place. I bought their low profile CPU cooler (which is what's next to the motherboard), and so far I have not had any issues with it, and it's been a really good CPU cooler.

Commodore_Kevin Jan 18

Since my PC build is just about 5 years old, have decided to give it a tune up. So have stripped it down so I can remove the dust. The plan is replace the fans (since I have noticed they started making some bad noises sometimes), replace the thermal paste with a thermal pad, and swap my GTX 1080 for a Titan XP. Currently waiting on Amazon to deliver the thermal pad the the additional power cable for my Titan XP.

Commodore_Kevin Jan 18

Was starting to put some stuff away for the night when I had the thought to go through my spare parts, and lo and behold, found some of the capacitors and a trim resistor I needed. So added them to the board, in addition to the cartridge port shield and some jumpers. Since the board is designed with features that require certain addition parts, I filled in the through holes for the parts that I don't need fir my particular build, so I don't get confused thinking I forgot about them