C64 Hardware – Page 12 – breadbox64.com

Modding the Commodore 1541 Diskette drive with JiffyDOS for increased disk reading and writing speeds.

The 1541 JiffyDOS Mod

September 29, 2021August 12, 2015 by MtnBuffalo

I got this floppy disk drive cheap off a guy who bought it in the early 80’s for his business. As his company went out of business before he started to actually use the drive, it was almost like new when I got it. The only thing … Read more

Commodore 64 power LED modification in order to have different LED colors in the new Kickstarter C64 cases

The C64 LED mod

January 10, 2016August 11, 2015 by MtnBuffalo

I recently recieved two cases from the Kickstarter campaign for my C64 Reloaded boards. A transparent and a blue one. The blue case will eventually get orange function keys whenever Phase 5 from the Indigogo Campaign have made the new key caps. So I wanted to mod … Read more

Commodore 64 machine modified to make retro door stop

The C64 Door Stop Mod

January 10, 2016August 10, 2015 by MtnBuffalo

Ever wanted to have the coolest door stop of all time? A door stop your (‘nerdy’) friends will envy you for? To have a piece of hardware to show your allegiance to the Commodore 64! This is how my door stop dream came true… I needed … Read more

Arcade inspired coat hanger using arcade joystick and buttons

The Arcade Coat Hanger

February 1, 2016August 9, 2015 by MtnBuffalo

I have been thinking how to make arcade inspired arts and craft. This is what I have come up with so far… Arcade inspired coat hangers! The coat hangers are all build from MDF boards or laminated chipboards using some 16 or 22 mm T-molds on the edges. … Read more

Woody fight stick II arcade fight stick made from oak wood using Seimitsu buttons and Sanwa joysticks

The Woody Fight Stick II

November 12, 2016August 8, 2015 by MtnBuffalo

Some time ago I decided to make another fight stick from my arcade spare parts. You can’t ever get enough fight sticks, so why not make another one for the collection… The stick is build from an oak shelve that I glued together and oiled … Read more

Woody Fight stick using an Akishop ps360+ PCB, Sanwa JLF joystick, 30 mm Seimitsu arcade buttons, 24 mm Sanwa arcade buttons and an oak wood case

The Woody Fight Stick

November 12, 2016August 7, 2015 by MtnBuffalo

I recently managed to make a ‘regular’ fight stick for the PC/XBox 360/PS3 using an oak shelve that I glued together and used a table saw and a router to trim the sides. I used an Akishop PS360+ board, a Sanwa JLF joystick and 30mm Seimitsu buttons on top … Read more

Commodore 64 Reloaded SID voltage is a little high due to a wrong diode at D5. Problem fixed by Individual Computers.

C64R SID Voltage

January 30, 2016August 6, 2015 by MtnBuffalo

I was one of the lucky few who actually ‘won’ one of the first Commodore 64 Reloaded (C64R) boards in the e-mail auction earlier this year (the board can be seen here). At that time I stumbled across a C64R thread on a German C64 forum (Forum64.de). The … Read more

Universal fight stick for playing original arcade games, Xbox games, Commodore 64 games, Neo-Geo MVS games, Playstation games and PC games.

The Universal Fight Stick

March 18, 2016August 5, 2015 by MtnBuffalo

Just wanted to show off what I did in the dark months of winter. I wanted to build a fight stick which could be used for ‘everything’. This included a Neo-Geo MVS, a Commodore 64, a Xbox360, a PC and original arcade game pcb’s using a … Read more

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