1 Reply by ChipCzuk

(16 replies, posted in Other Vintage Computers & Consoles)

Hi Bigfoot

I have a nice, working ZX Spectrum 128k +2 with original UK PSU for sale if you do decide to go hardware. PM me if you're interested.

Cheers

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2 Topic by ChipCzuk

(0 replies, posted in Trading Post)

Hi all,

I was toying with the idea of setting up an online shop for chipmusic instruments in the UK and still am toying but I need to raise a bit of cash so I thought I'd let you know that I've put a few items on eBay in case anyone is interested.

My current pride and joy (I tell myself it's OK as I have the bits to make another..) a dual 6581 Commodore 64 Breadbin;

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231386781967? … 1555.l2649

Two workehorse gameboys (one with a beautiful, crystal clear biverted white screen);

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231386786589? … 1555.l2649
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231386787667? … 1555.l2649

I offer a 30 day warranty on all my mods.

Thanks

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3 Reply by ChipCzuk

(3 replies, posted in Trading Post)

What sort of customisations would you be looking at?

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4 Reply by ChipCzuk

(6 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Would it be possible to get a picture of the prosound jack, the standard jack board and the volume control section of the pcb showing what is soldered to where?

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5 Reply by ChipCzuk

(24 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Hi

You could install a software midi keyboard to test it.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/vmpk/
That one is highly rated, this would let you test it without needing a hardware controller.

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6 Reply by ChipCzuk

(6 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

This should work:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqRsLGa8w0w
But I'd test it on something other than your gameboy first.

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7 Reply by ChipCzuk

(3 replies, posted in Collaborations)

Brace yourself, mate smile

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8 Reply by ChipCzuk

(6 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

What is the name of the sound chipset on the laptop, you can check this in device manager?

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9 Reply by ChipCzuk

(22 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

I think 12ianma means the polarising film on the actual glass screen of the gameboy itself. There is a reflective foil that you will have peeled off the back of the glass and I believe there is some sort of polarisation layer glued between the back of the screen and this reflective foil.maybe this polarising film is still on the back of the glass screen. Try taking the edge of a sharp blade and seeing if anything like a grey coloured film comes off the back of the glass screen. Do this in the top corner where there would be no pixels on the screen if it were working, just in case.

Maybe try this one last thing if you haven't thrown it against a wall already!

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10 Reply by ChipCzuk

(22 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Try unseating the ribbon cable from the back board again and checking that no traces have come loose or bent back on the end of the ribbon cable. This has happened to me before and I've fixed it by cutting a straight edge on it again with a decent pair of scissors.

Also, I'm assuming you removed the original protective film from the back of the glass on the game boy screen (another stupid one I know). This is also the bit where ribbon cable damage is most likely to happen. If you have damaged the cable it should be fairly easy to spot by gently pulling the screen outwards again. The horizontal cables are soldered to the board behind the screen and the vertical cables are attached to the front of the screen at the bottom.

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11 Reply by ChipCzuk

(22 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Did you place polarising film between the backlight and the screen?

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12 Reply by ChipCzuk

(28 replies, posted in General Discussion)

As practise, I would recommend programming the bass-line of Money by Pink Floyd and the the riff from Black Dog by Led Zeppelin. They both have interesting timings. The Floyd track would be a good place to start as it's simple and in in 7/8 then move onto the Zep track which is a bit more complex, I don't even think Led Zeppelin know what time signature that riff is in but it's a good exercise in programming non-4/4/ based timing.

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13 Reply by ChipCzuk

(10 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Hi Ape,

That's a good point, I hadn't considered it from that angle. I think my first gameboy back lights were through a guy in the UK (fretwanger if I'm not mistaken) and they got to me nice and quickly and were top quality lights.

Anyway, this is drifting off topic as I do not intend to sell components, just the finished product and maybe take orders for custom builds.

Alex.

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14 Reply by ChipCzuk

(10 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Hi Evil Scientist,

Thanks for the input. I too love modding things myself, so much so that I have more modified stuff than I can use which is one reason I was thinking of setting up a shop to sell some of it on. I agree completely with you about not re-selling other peoples components. I was thinking more along the lines of complete chipmusic instruments with warranties and support for those folks that don't mod or are reluctant to try taking a soldering iron to their precious hardware. I know it's ambitious but I was thinking of making some instrument of the sort of quality lukhash used to put out, like c64's with a mix of keyboard key colours to represent the keys on a piano and maybe even built in SD drives etc.

Thanks again,

Alex.

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15 Reply by ChipCzuk

(14 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Can we see a picture of it working?

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16 Topic by ChipCzuk

(10 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Hi to all you cm.o users,

I've been hanging around this site for a while and have picked up many useful tips from a number of users with regards to customising and modifying old hardware to be used in the production of music. I have built up quite a collection of modified gameboys and commodore computers including, mostly, commodore 64's, vic-20's and commodore 16's. I have been adding second SID chips, audio out ports, reset switches and pots to the commodore 64's,
reset switches and audio outs to the vic-20's and audio out's to the 16's and also various back-lights, audio outs and other mods like keyboard ports and slowdowns to the gameboys. I have so far been selling some of these on eBay and sometimes I get a little pocket money from them but sometimes I barely, or just don't, get what the components are worth. I noticed that akira's modded c64c sold for just 70 quid on ebay ( http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/14967 … -software/ ), which I think was way under-valued, and I was thinking about starting a web shop based in Manchester in the UK.

Ideally I would like to stock this shop with high quality, warrantied 'instruments' and offer repairs for people at reasonable rates. I have also come across a great deal of games, mostly for the gameboy, whilst buying machines on eBay and was also thinking of having a section of the site to sell these, and any other peripherals I've obtained (joysticks and so on). All items for sale would be tested, repaired if necessary and working. I'd even be up for selling other peoples stuff if the site became trusted, to ensure that they received an honest and fair price.

So, I was wondering if this would be of any interest to any of you folks on the forum and what your thoughts would be. I use components from many of you (Thursday, Nonfinite, Kitsch) and I still would but I think that there may well be room for something like this in the UK. I would also be happy to ship to Europe or even further afield if my products were requires overseas.

Please let me know if you think this would be worthwhile, if I'd be stepping on anyone's toes or even if there is anything else the community would like of such an enterprise.

Thanks in advance for any input.

Alex.

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