Had a bunch more stuff show up. The complete commodore 64 that I had origionally planned to pillage for parts, the 3 power supplies and the LCD screens.
Decided I dont really need to pull the c64 appart now, I have enough power sockets and switches off the rfacemotherboards I bought so I will keep that complete as a momento for now.
Slight prpoblem with the crystalfontz order, I had ordered a red 20x4, a green 20x4 and a green 20x2. They sent me a 20x4 instead of the 20x2, which is the one I had intended to use for the minimal control surface so not really sure what to do. The shipping cost involved in sending it back to replace it will be huge so I have to think about if I want to do the minimal control surface with the 20x4. Im not really sure what the software implications will be as far as the 4 button interface so will have to do a bit more research.
Also got stuck into some de-soldering and managed to get the power socket and switch off one of the motherboards. It was my first experience of de-soldering and the 20 year old solder did not want to give up its bounty. Finally managed to get the solder all sucked out and the parts off, Im sure it will be alot easier next time.
Tried to get some of the parts for the optimised power supply today. Headed down to Jaycar with a parts list and didnt have much luck. The bins are really poorly labelled and organised and the staff arent much use. Ended up comming home and finding the parts on the Jaycar site. Its worth the $5 shipping to not have to deal with the useless staff there.
Got more pics to upload, will do that tommorow, off out to Sonic Tonics 3rd birthday tonight !
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