This video is kindly sponsored by PCBWay, https://www.PCBWay.com and we’re making an Epyx FastLoad Cartridge for the Commodore 64 8 bit microcomputer! We do a full build of the project from PCBWay, including EPROM programming with my Minipro.
We discover that the EPROMs I was sold by AliExpress are fake chips, having been skimmed and remarked by the seller, so we find a way around that issue. Finally we perform a Speed Test between an SD2IEC with and without the Epyx Fastload cartridge and see if it makes a difference!
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Table of Contents
00:00, Why we’re building the Epyx FastLoad Cartridge.
00:23, Mark Fixes Stuff Intro Titles.
00:29, PCBWay Sponsor Segment
00:43, Soldering Iron Settings and PCB Cleaning with Isopropanol Alcohol.
01:11, Fitting the DIP/DIL Chip sockets.
02:44, Capilliary action in Soldering.
03:37, How soldering flux works.
03:59, Passive Components.
04:31, Tantalum Capacitor Installation Polarity.
03:02, Eye Protection Warning for clipping leads.
05:43, Adding a reset swich to the Commodore 64.
06:04, Warning about getting BlueTack hot during soldering and solution.
06:50, Post Soldering PCB Flux Cleaning.
07:29, Installing the 74LS07 Hex Buffer chip.
07:57, Programming an EPROM with the Minipro USB Programmer.
08:51, Discovering the EPROM has been faked or re-marked.
08:31, Searching for the solution to the mystery remarked EPROMs.
09:44, Finding the real information on the remarked chips from AliExpress.
10:08, Programming the EPROM with the correct information.
12:05, Installing the programmed EPROM in the EPYX FastLoad Cartridge.
12:41, The finished EPYX FastLoad ready for speed testing with an SD2IEC.
13:36, SD2IEC loading speed test without the EPYX FastLoad cart.
14:42, SD2IEC loading speed test withthe EPYX FastLoad cart installed.
13:38, Covering the quartz UV erasure window and community question.
16:04, Viewer thanks, end card and more videos!
PCBWay Project Link (Not Affliate): https://www.pcbway.com/project/shareproject/C64_EPYX_FASTLOAD_CARTRIDGE_1.html, PCBWay give 10% of sales to the project designer.
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