hacking the C64 DTV
hacking the C64 DTV
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Nice to konw there are 256 color in the vicII now and that a seemingly passionate designer bothered to make the machine "expandable".
Nice to konw there are 256 color in the vicII now and that a seemingly passionate designer bothered to make the machine "expandable".
You can't really get to the end of a machine
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As I have said elsewhere, it's a pity they couldn't have got the PAL version into the shops in time for christmas - Oh Well!
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I've just got a relative to go and buy me one from their local TJ Hughes - It cost a fiver!
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Its still £20 at Argos - I checked at the end of December as I thought they might have put it in their sale, but it appears not!Iain wrote:What's the price in Argos? It's still £20 on their website and not listed on the Irish one. Looks like I have to use the phone and run through their voice mail system.
£5 for one is pretty d
Damn good! Even for a plain joystick thats good! Buy a boxload!
I would have bought more than one at TJ Hughes, but its my girlfriends mother who has bought it and I would have felt like a bit of a plank asking her to buy a few (plus no cash has changed hands at the moment!)
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Have you tried their website Mort? It appears to be down at the moment (either that or its an incorrect url). Someone on another forum posted a link to the site and I saw it advertised...Mort wrote:I would buy a few to hack around with, if you can get anymore Lee I would have one
Tried Tj Hughes in Eastbourne and they don`t stock them
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T J Hughes are still selling this for £5.Mort wrote:Thanks Lee,
Found it on the website, but its no longer available arrghh
You can get it from them through their ebay shop too here:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/C64-Plug-Play-Joy ... dZViewItem
The version they are selling is the NTSC version.
I've also seen the NTSC version in some discount stores for about £9
The one in Argos is the PAL version.
Amazon.co.uk have dropped the price of their C64 DTV to £16.99 so that would be free delivery included. There's a 1-2 week wait though. I think they're selling the PAL version though I can't be sure as I haven't ordered one through them.
Igot one from TJ Hughes (in the end!) and...it doesn't work!
The picture is in Black and White (which is probably down to my telly) but the controls on the joystick don't work properly on certain games and some games won't start (the Hewson ones where '1 to Start Game' etc)...
Not sure if thats why they are selling them off so cheaply...
The picture is in Black and White (which is probably down to my telly) but the controls on the joystick don't work properly on certain games and some games won't start (the Hewson ones where '1 to Start Game' etc)...
Not sure if thats why they are selling them off so cheaply...
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I've got one from TJ's too but it works fine. Hack a ps2 keyboard and 2 joystick ports to it!LeeT wrote:Igot one from TJ Hughes (in the end!) and...it doesn't work!
The picture is in Black and White (which is probably down to my telly) but the controls on the joystick don't work properly on certain games and some games won't start (the Hewson ones where '1 to Start Game' etc)...
Not sure if thats why they are selling them off so cheaply...
I think they are selling them off cheaply as they know that they are ntsc and have probably had lots of people (who don't have a ntsc compatible TV) returning them because of a B&W screen.
Update:
Argos have dropped the price of their C64 DTV PAL from £19.99 to £14.99
Not much of a drop though half price (or less) would be much better.