Slorrin

What about these chips.. my old soundblaster 16 has these... are these useless for the mididbox FM?

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but how is that accomplished? Via the midi cable?

I know i must seem SO impatient, but, will SID modules and Core modules be shipping any time soon?

I can only call you "the master" because that's what you are. Thanks so much. I will check mine just to verify, but i feel happy and pleased now. enjoy life!

6581 R4! hurray! I have another sid coming from poland... nomatter the results... i'm sure at least one will be normal and 12vs.

Hi. Just out of curiosity, i haven't purchased a kit yet, but if you buy a PIC with a burnt header already, what does this mean for firmware? how is it uploaded? Via the midi port? Or is there some form of chip uploading machine that is needed... I am young, and inexperienced, but humble and willing to learn!

There is so much inaccurate information out there apparently. Everyone's got a different take on the issue. I thought it was a C64-II, then someone told me it was a C64C, then C64-II again. Regardless, it's the whitish slimiline deal. I opened it up and it's got a 6581 R4, which i haven't tested the voltage of yet. Assuming it's 12 or 9, i will just use the apropriate parts in the midibox.. if it's 9 volts, i assume you can just use the 8550 configuration which is also for 9 volts.. i assume......buuuut.. if not... much sadness.

I am, but not at the moment. I suppose, as there no is no 6581 rev E anyway, maybe it was referring to the c64 board rev E, which has the 6581 rev 4 on it (and later the 6582) I will measure the pins at home tomorrow.. then i will tell you what i find.

I read somewhere that the 6581 E in the slimline C64C was 9v, not 12v... is this so? how does this affect the midibox sid/

I hate to be a nag, but just curious what the status is on those new PCBs for the core and SID modules? I just got my SID 6581 and finished some other electronics projects (after getting a fat book from the library and learning what i had dared not learn before)... so i'm sort of anxious.. i even have a C64 power supply.

I am a total newb, i took digital electronics in highschool, and we didn't do much with grounding. Mostly we built complex AND machines.. anyhow.. i have some DIY projects, and they show on their schematics a symbol that i recognize to be "ground"... you know ,the bar with the little horizontal lines of decreasing size. But.. what does that mean? What do i connect it to? I know from my radio history that there was a wire connected to the solid ground at one stage. ANd that a grounded pin in a 3 prong plug is connected to a wire that generally leads to an underground water mane. But in a small guitar FX pedal, whare is the ground, especially since it's battery powered? I looked at the PCB inside, and all the "Grounds" are just running into the PCB. They are not connected to the metal chasis or anything. It leads me to ask... how are they "Grounded" and when i have circuits that require me to "Ground" things, with a 9V batter power supply.. how am i grounding them? clearly not with a large metal mass... there are no wires connected to the chasis directly, i must stress that. Is the ground just the negative side of the battery? i have seen circuits drawn substituting the cells with a + and gnd terminal... is that what it means? ... in this instance? i just don't want to blow any of my parts apart, and i just don't know enough.. thanks

I'm excited... now i can't wait for the PCBs to be ready... my friend and i have challenged each other to contruct the better DIY midi rig and i know a midibox sid will dominate him..

Curious, how will removal of the oscillator affect the circuit or sound overall, if at all? Will there be hoards of people coveting the old circuit?

Can we preorder these new phenomenal CORE and SID kits/boards?