Comments on: MIDIbox SID — serious c64 sound

By: JASON

JASON — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:31:46 +0000

Why? No, why would you be so worried about a commodore 64? They are a dime a dozen everywhere I look. I have played around with many synths in studio and on the road. This setup outperforms and sounds better than the original equipment. This is like having a roland 303/606/808 all combined. I picked up 5 of these C64′s for $5-$10 each, some work and some don’t, but the SID’s are all ok. I’m only using 1 of the cases so the others I’m going to ram a new computer in there, stack em up and make web servers outta em. Theres no waste but the really slow and old computing, which gets recycled. Oh, a synth you cannot buy for a few bucks (try $1000 on the low end) and what you can buy does not and will never sound as good as the chopped C64 sids.

By: Mike Beard

Mike Beard — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 20:32:31 +0000

jordan: try the link just under the article or http://www.ucapps.de

By: jordan

jordan — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 07:23:59 +0000

does anybody know of a working url for this project? i tried a few and they dont work.

By: amok

amok — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 20:48:04 +0000

I’ve owned a Sidstation and built 3 of these units. Oliver’s design is _far_ superior to the SidStation in regards to features and OS.

By: Mike Beard

Mike Beard — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 00:58:38 +0000

I’m gonna try this. I wanted a SIDstation before but couldn’t afford it. This looks like the next best thing.

By: jason striegel

jason striegel — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 13:50:04 +0000

“First it was the Mint Box hack, now the Calculator hack”

you missed the autonomous glider post.

i think it’s plain and simple what it all boils down to. we are just having more fun here. :)

happy hacking!

By: awn007

awn007 — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 11:04:43 +0000

why ruin a bunch of old c64′s to make something he could have bought for a few bucks anyway.. it’s a shame to ruin them, can’t exactally go to the store and get one anymore, it’s like seeing a ’68 camero used to make a microwave oven.

By: Yoderman94

Yoderman94 — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 05:09:36 +0000

Has anyone noticed that some of the hacks shown here are starting to make it to /. First it was the Mint Box hack, now the Calculator hack, I just find it interesting, wonder if this will be there tomorrow?

By: Drakonite

Drakonite — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 22:00:12 +0000

That picture of the junked C64s almost made me cry :(

By: Greg

Greg — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 18:02:33 +0000

I used mine to light a cigar… right before I threw the flaming wreckage out the window. I shall never miss the days of having to spend hours typing out the code before I can play a game.

By: Kroc Camen

Kroc Camen — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 12:39:57 +0000

There is just nothing they can’t get a Commodore64 to do nowadays. They’ve been on the Internet, played Wolfenstein and Doom, setup as web servers and now this!