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Revision as of 22:12, 28 October 2011
DIY Hardware Projects
Do-it-yourself (DIY) projects...
Communication - RS232 / PC Connection
- AMSSIO RS232 interface
- CPCI RS232 Interface
- Z80 STI RS232 interface
- Z80-SIO dual ports RS232 interface for CPC (French)
Floppy Drives
- ABBA switch (swap drive A: and B:)
- Connecting a 3.5" drive to a CPC6128/664
- Connecting a 3.5" drive to a CPC6128/664 (with photos)
- Connecting a Disc Interface to CPC464+
- Modify PC floppy drives to work on a CPC
- Modify a DDI-1 for use with 3.5" Drives
- Side Select Switch (force AMSDOS to use Side B)
- Drive Compatibility
- Floppy pinning and signal description, adapter cables
HID
- AMX Compatible PS/2 and USB Mouse Adapter
- Atari-ST mouse adapter
- Attaching an AT keyboard to the CPC
Joysticks
Mass Storage
- DIY Tape/CD Socket for CPC464
- DIY Tape Socket for CPC6128+
- How To Build An Internal HxC SDCard Drive
- HxC Disc Emulator using PC as Storage Medium
- HxC Disc Emulator using SDCard
- SD Card Disc Drive Emulator
Power Supply
Printer
Real Time Clocks
- ACU Realtime Clock (without year counter)
- CPCI Real Time Clock (note: incomplete instructions / schematics due to low-resolution scans)
ROM / RAM Expansions
- ACU Romboard (ACU)
- CPC4MB - 4 MB memory expansion (Yarek)
- DIY Plus Cartridge (Bryce)
- Inicron RAM-Box (Inicron)
- Inicron ROM-RAM-Box (Inicron)
- Man In The Middle Cartridge (Bryce)
- MegaROM (Bryce)
- MegaFlash (Bryce)
- Multi-Cartridge (Bryce)
- Practical Electronics ROMBoard Project (Simon Dean)
- Ramcard 128 (RAM7)
Sound
- Digiblaster Sound Card (8bit DAC on printer port)
- SP0256 Speech Synthesizer for Printer Port
TV / Monitors
- Converting an MP1 into an MP2
- Getting a CPC to work with an LCD or plasma TV
- PCAI Video Modulator
- RGB to S-Video Converter
- TV SCART cables
Others
- 6 MHz CPC
- Ambug Robot
- PCAI Analogue to Digital Converter
- Schneiderware (a series of DIY projects that were released in CPC Schneider International magazine)
- Reset Button
- UK/DE Expansion Converter
- Khany 's BankSwapper http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/File:Khany%27s_BankSwapper.jpg
Hardware Repair
- Changing the drive belt
- Keyboard Membrane Repair/Replacement Guide
- A Guide To Repairing Digital Joysticks
- Changing a drive belt video:
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How to's / Tutorials
- A Guide to running software on a real CPC!
- Transfering Alkatraz protected tapes and most games!
- Willem Programmer - how to program eproms using the Willem eprom programmer.