Spezi is a softdrink in Germany, Even the colors match with the old colors from the 80s Spezi bottles. This Rom was a homebrew „Hack“ of the Speed DOS ROM.
@stevethepocket
3 жыл бұрын
Am I right to assume it rhymes with "Betsy"?
@srmeister1
3 жыл бұрын
@@stevethepocket Ja :)
@Spelter
3 жыл бұрын
Ha, nice catch, I thought it was a "Spezial" shortened and a hacked one, but I didn't think of Spezi. Are there archives and documentations? And for people not knowing Spezi: www.erinnerstdudich.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/400px-Spezi_bottle.jpg
@dagrubar
3 жыл бұрын
I'd like to add that the word Spezi is much older than the invention of the drink. I'ts used to describe a close friend specially in the Bavarian and Austrian area.
@XDR1977
3 жыл бұрын
@@dagrubar keiner mag klugscheisser 😂
@randy7894
3 жыл бұрын
The Bob Ross of C64 repairs. Always good to see a new Adrians Digital Basement.
@SimonZerafa
3 жыл бұрын
A new T-shirt slogan is born! "Burning Hot RAM!" 😁
@minty_Joe
3 жыл бұрын
I can see the picture now: Rammy with flames on its outline and that slogan as the caption.
@SimonZerafa
3 жыл бұрын
@@minty_Joe That's a good image to work on! I wish we had a decent graphic artist around. These T-shirt ideas would be so amazing to create 🙂🤷♂️
@Mr_Meowingtons
3 жыл бұрын
this is why I cant fined a commodore 64 😮 lol Adrian has them all
@randy7894
3 жыл бұрын
Scalping SID's ;)
@bretttesdall2155
3 жыл бұрын
Hey Adrian, the 6526A’s are fully compatible with the 6526’s (and 6526R4’s), the main difference is the A variant is rated for 1MHz. 6526B’s are rated for 2MHz and I believe the B’s are commonly found in the Commodore 128.
@francoisleveille409
3 жыл бұрын
The Bs are also used in the 1571 and 1581 drives because they support high speed serial transfer (aka burst mode) on the C128.
@bretttesdall2155
3 жыл бұрын
@nine there’s actually another variant that starts with the 85xx, that was intended, I think, for the C64c. I have one in a short board I have. I think it’s an 8502R0 or something similar.
@bretttesdall2155
3 жыл бұрын
@nine no, not the 8520. Yes, that was the part number for the Amiga CIA, but this part number was very similar. I’ll have to dig out that board and look at it in a little bit. Pretty sure is was 8502R0.
@bretttesdall2155
3 жыл бұрын
@nine ok found it. It’s the 8521R0!
@francoisleveille409
3 жыл бұрын
@@bretttesdall2155 The 8520 is the HMOS version of the CIA with a different TOD clock. The HMOS version of the 6526 is called the 8521 but most of the time it comes with the 6526 label and a subtle 216A sub label.
@Miidolf
3 жыл бұрын
An plethora of c64 boards. I just love it when you work with these :)
@annareismith6843
3 жыл бұрын
Love watching your videos. I have learn so much. Got me through being stuck at home through this pandemic. By having something to look forward to watching.
@AceStrife
3 жыл бұрын
Eagerly awaiting the new repair-a-thon series! Definitely my favorite series on the channel, no matter the types of hardware being looked at.
@cliffshockley4406
3 жыл бұрын
Andrian 6 weeks ago: I'm going to have to stop doing Wednesday videos, just have no time. Every Week Since then: "Welcome to the Mid-Week Mini Mail Call!"
@pedrofelck
3 жыл бұрын
Plus the second channel videos
@jonnycando
3 жыл бұрын
@@pedrofelck I think he intends to work through the stuff already on hand….and these scenes may have been filmed some time ago..
@ashleylycan9335
3 жыл бұрын
For straightening pins, maybe try putting the tip of a mechanical pencil over it and bend it back into place. Have tried that with CPU pins and works wonders!
@senilyDeluxe
3 жыл бұрын
A few months ago I got a brand new in box C64 plus 1541, never used, just tested once and put back into its box, still had the protective foil on the space bar. That thing was made in '85 and it was the variant in 9:38 and it did have the heatsink on. Made in UK. I had a C64 with an LSD PLA as well - all the colors were flashing all the time, machine wouldn't boot though. I kept the PLA because I found it kinda funny. And short boards with burning hot RAM, I had one and a friend of mine had one. He's like "why is the 5V rail only 3.8V? My PSU is known good." Then he noticed the immense radiation coming from the RAM chips.
@RikiHorizon
3 жыл бұрын
Since these are caseless, checking out some after market replacement cases could be a cool end to the repairathon. I'd love to see all of them lined up with unique looks!
@TheSimTetuChannel
3 жыл бұрын
Can't wait for that marathon! The bets are now open on which of the 7 boards will throw a mind-boggling curveball!
@digitalarchaeologist5102
3 жыл бұрын
OMG! Toffifee, I haven't seen that since I was a kid and lived in Germany like 37 years ago. Es freut mich!
@HAGSLAB
3 жыл бұрын
This is going to be good Adrian! Got me excited to start fixing some of my C64s as well! :D
@Bucksman36
3 жыл бұрын
Really enjoy your channel and videos. Keep up the great work!!
@atkelar
3 жыл бұрын
The C-64 scene was very active in Germany. There were many homebrew mods done and this "spezi system" might just be somebody modding the copyright notice to something more to their liking. Like another comment mentioned, it is also the start of the word "speziell" (=special) but I've never seen anybody abreviate it like that, so that seems unlikely. Given that "Amiga" means "Friend" and that was a well known in-joke at the time, it might be somebody's idea of a "backport", if only in words. Kind of like "Amiga OS" only in German slang. The "FREI" instead of "FREE" indicates that the intro message is supposed to be German. German Google also only sees lots of "specialists" and "special parts" related to the C64, so it doesn't seem to be common...
@sirnukesalot24
3 жыл бұрын
I see all those bare boards and the first thing that passes through my mind is an excuse for a 3D printing segment at the end of this repair-a-thon.
@PuffyRainbowCloud
3 жыл бұрын
Or some exciting woodcraft but I don’t think Adrian is too into that 😅
@sirnukesalot24
3 жыл бұрын
So... another collaboration with one of the usual channels, or someone who tubes exclusively in 3D printing?
@andrewlittleboy8532
3 жыл бұрын
Toffiee are one of my all time favourites sweets! Andy, UK
@donnied8127
3 жыл бұрын
welcome to the club
@taltechchip5827
3 жыл бұрын
I love C64 repair videos! ❤️
@DavidLetoPublishing
3 жыл бұрын
I love these repairathons
@RavenWolfRetroTech
3 жыл бұрын
Nice, a lot of great projects to dig into. I'm Jealous 🤓 Number 3's symptoms sure look familiar...
@MaidenAriana
3 жыл бұрын
"Anything in this? Nope.." hi speed chucking of bubble wrap :) at 3:33
@craftsman123456
3 жыл бұрын
Yes yes yes another 64 repair a thon on the way
@theViomax
3 жыл бұрын
lol good choice opening the toffifee in vid. love em. looked forward to your reaction for some blinkin reason.
@DavidWonn
3 жыл бұрын
To sum up the first few minutes: "Amazing"
@kissibauch
3 жыл бұрын
Hello Adrian, Spezi is kind the same as a Nerd in your Language. I Hope this is a Little helpful. Greetings from Germany Bernd
@ray_mck
3 жыл бұрын
25:11 You borrow a fuse for #7, and start to turn it on. I'm half expecting the fuse to blow, you click the switch and everything goes black! Made me laugh, thanks.
@DavePoo
3 жыл бұрын
Believe it or not, the short board will boot fine without the fuse in. But you won't get any sound and a few other things probably don't work. But it will boot just fine.
@semillerimages
3 жыл бұрын
I remember the USA Toffifay commercials back in the 80's, all the rage then. "Upscale" candy :)
@JVHShack
3 жыл бұрын
Later in this series, we will see if NumBer FiVe really is alive.
@aetch77
3 жыл бұрын
#5 isn't missing a SID chip, it's missing a pair of them.
@CollinBaillie
3 жыл бұрын
Missing twice!!
@DavePoo
3 жыл бұрын
30:00 The 6526A is the 2Mhz version on the chip. I put one of those in my C64, it works just fine.
@DrakkarCalethiel
3 жыл бұрын
C64 Repair-a-thon? Sign me up!
@katho8472
3 жыл бұрын
Oh and Spezi is pronaunced "shpay-tzee" ;)
@FightingForceSoulless
3 жыл бұрын
Tofifee is very good, and very spread around these parts. You can sometimes buy a 5-pack for 5,50 €, which is a steal, I usually get them and then give them away, it's so delicious.
@eatportchops
3 жыл бұрын
Looking forward to the repairathon as I have a C64 that is dead I need to work on.
@SJBrianexe
3 жыл бұрын
It looks like on board #2 that the mosfet on the lower right corner is slightly leaning right and the top of it looks like it is close to if not already touching the one leg of the ceramic cap right next to it. Hope this helps
@groovegroove2336
3 жыл бұрын
Spezi is a german word, freely translated for "someone special", nowadays not so commonly used anymore, moreso in the 80' :)
@ArielMantovani
3 жыл бұрын
Adrian, the characters you have on the ZIF64 are custom made? They looks so good!
@MrVipeg
3 жыл бұрын
This is "VIC-20 Edition" if I am correct.
@TheKetsa
3 жыл бұрын
Do you have a video on this cartridge you're using ? more details about it ?
@electronraygun6346
3 жыл бұрын
Woohoo! Another trip to the Digital Basement! Happy Wednesday everyone! 😄
@P5ychoFox
3 жыл бұрын
Every time I get a box of Toffifee I eat the whole thing. They’re so good.
@P5ychoFox
3 жыл бұрын
I had a C64 with a blown fuse and the only things that didn’t work were the sound and the Datasette. Crazy how even with no fuse you could still use the thing.
@droopysloopy
3 жыл бұрын
I really love toffifee. I must bring some the next time i go to the store.
@bathmallow
3 жыл бұрын
We get those Toffee lollies at Aldi here in Australia. They are delicious
@fumthings
3 жыл бұрын
regarding board #7 with the character problem, could it be bad soldering on the rom socket right next to it?
@DavidWonn
3 жыл бұрын
32:51 "Hello this is a TET"
@aaronjamt
3 жыл бұрын
When you do actual repair-a-thon, can you try #5 without anything connected to C66 to see it it acts "dead" without it? Also, why no deox-it in #6's power switch? It would have fixed it right up!
@Nas_Atlas
3 жыл бұрын
The power switch had a mechanical failure that won't allow it to stay in the on position. It's not a question of electrical conductivity. Likely a misaligned spring or some broken plastic inside is the cause.
@aaronjamt
3 жыл бұрын
@@Nas_Atlas r/woooosh (I was joking, suggesting that deox-it is magical and can fix anything, even mechanical issues.)
@annihilatorg
3 жыл бұрын
I like the quick cut to the screen when you power the system on and it gives a display. Is that a change from earlier testing / repair videos or have I just not been paying attention?
@adriansdigitalbasement
3 жыл бұрын
I recently started using a HDMI capture device along with OBS so yeah, in this video I was using three feeds -- two cameras and the HDMI capture. Allowed flexibility while editing.
@kissingfrogs
3 жыл бұрын
I am sure you have been asked a bazzilion times but what is that cool small crt looking display that is often in the background. I am thinking i dont want to ask as it may spoil the illusion.
@Astravall
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Adrian ... we have here in Germany a soft drink which is a mixture of Cola and orange lemonade called Spezi ..... but i doubt it has something to do with your Spezi System ;).
@domramsey
3 жыл бұрын
Ah Toffifee. For when your candy is more retro than your computer.
@awilliams1701
3 жыл бұрын
I'm still shocked I have a fully working SID in my "as is" C64.......which I need to get off my ass and replace the cartridge connector. De-oxit only worked for so long. lol
@6581punk
3 жыл бұрын
Never known a cartridge slot fail. The action of inserting and removing a cart usually scrubs the connections clean. Are you sure there's not a dodgy solder joint? any connector which gets some force tends to suffer from fractured joints eventually.
@awilliams1701
3 жыл бұрын
@@6581punk they were massively corroded. The de oxit caused a massive buld up of green goo on my u2+. I cleaned it off and did my estate clean the slot but it wasn't making good contact after that. I tried bending the pins out but that didnt work either. For all I know it's only 1 or 2 pins. It clearly communicates but the connection is spotty.
@retroretiree2086
3 жыл бұрын
No. 5 Alive!
@The-OGRE
3 жыл бұрын
Are there teethmarks in the Toffifee box?
@ChrisKewl
3 жыл бұрын
Sent you a tweet about getting you a cart.
@MrGigi-dz9cv
3 жыл бұрын
You could 3D print some plastic parts like broken cases.
@Tyle_smalcu
3 жыл бұрын
Surprisingly to me that you don't know Tofifee! :o It's a very common gift for birthday or so, I love them! Sad that you don't have them in the US :/
@Aruneh
3 жыл бұрын
Now I want toffifee.
@majordisappointment8692
3 жыл бұрын
It is sold here in the US as Toffifay. I can get it a CVS.
@Angelgreat
3 жыл бұрын
Can they run Planet X2?
@infinitecanadian
3 жыл бұрын
Why don't those have cases?
@lawsongray63
3 жыл бұрын
At Goodwill, i believe they have a contract with a company, and they sell Greenlite LED bulbs, for $1 for a 4 pack of bulbs. 25 cents per LED bulb, 480 and 800 lumen varients. Found them in southern Illinois, not sure if they're around where you live
@mikeuk666
3 жыл бұрын
Always good to see the next upload👍
@EngineeringVignettes
3 жыл бұрын
I will have a side of hot RAM to go... with extra ketchup. :D
@matthewlister3755
3 жыл бұрын
Me: Huh, I wonder why all these SID chips keep popping up on eBay for $75 a pop. Wonder where they're all coming from. Adrian: No SID... No SID... and the SID chip has been removed... I'm starting to question the ethics of me owning so many SID chip synthesizers. I guess I'd feel worse about it if I didn't have such a sweet stockpile of SID chips.
@jorgelotr3752
3 жыл бұрын
Are you going to get replacement cases for them?
@TJCeltic
3 жыл бұрын
@Adrian If you can get a NTSC c64 main board working I will buy it from you (For my BBS I'm putting together) but I need it to run for the long haul aka 24/7 I already have a case and I live in the US's LA area
@juunidesu12
3 жыл бұрын
I feel a little conflicted ... I want you to get more likes on this, but I was # 64 which seems perfect for the topic of this video! LOL
@fynn1202
3 жыл бұрын
What you‘re gonna do with all these C64s?
@jdryyz
3 жыл бұрын
BAD RAM on a 469 board seems to be a common fault.
@Foreseeable1
3 жыл бұрын
I use an empty mechanical pencil to straighten pins.
@YAORG
3 жыл бұрын
We have a evil joke about Toffifee: Grandson: „Say, Granny, where in the world do you get this delicious hazelnuts!?“ Granny: „Look, I really love Toffifee, but I can‘t bite the nuts anymore…“
@jorgelotr3752
3 жыл бұрын
I heard that joke for a different candy.
@jeromethiel4323
3 жыл бұрын
Spezi system is best system! In soviet russia, spezi is best. In soviet russia we have many superior operating systems. And among these superior systems, Spezi is best! ^-^
@Dukefazon
3 жыл бұрын
You don't have Toffifee in the US? I didn't know that. It's a squishy caramel shell, a hazelnut is dropped in the middle, filled with nugat and had some solid chocolate topping. It was "show" in the tv ads: kzitem.info/news/bejne/rZCl06pnsHSTlaQ or kzitem.info/news/bejne/p6mGva6qqnyQmo4 or kzitem.info/news/bejne/o4eCmaR5iJWdZpg or kzitem.info/news/bejne/zp-AvmqskKqUZmU
@mikesilva3868
3 жыл бұрын
🎯🤗
@cheapasstech
3 жыл бұрын
Spezi is german mix of cola and orangeade - also known as mezzo mix
@cheapasstech
3 жыл бұрын
there is a retro mail order store that sells ceramic R1 to R3 vic2 chips!!!
@cheapasstech
3 жыл бұрын
and guys, don't buy them all as I like ceramic IC's in my computers - gold never oxidises
@Cappsy
3 жыл бұрын
It's imperative we keep Adrian locked in his basement repairing C64s for alway.
@Mnnvint
3 жыл бұрын
Surely it's not a crime if he likes it?
@TheGreatAtario
2 жыл бұрын
Alway rember happy day
@mxnjones
2 жыл бұрын
Send him sweets, and he’s a happy guy!
@0o0KING0o0-YT
3 жыл бұрын
"Get your burnin' hot chips here!"
@minty_Joe
3 жыл бұрын
Sri Racha flavored or The Last Dab Redux?
@yogevbocher3603
3 жыл бұрын
Spezi, German, short for spezial or speziell meaning special. There's a beverage in Germany which is called Spezi. Spezi also means friend, short for special friend, i guess. It's pronounced spehtsee. So Spezi System could be understood as a special System or as a Friend's System. That's my half educated guess. It could also be understood as a specialist's System, maybe, but don't quote me on that ;-)
@HALDikopter
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly, looks to me like somebody tried to make his 'own' ROM, playing around with the title and colors.
@docnele
3 жыл бұрын
@@HALDikopter And, there is somebody from Germany that named himself "Spezi" at Commodore 64 Scene Database (CSDb), member of Level 4 Systems.
@aquilux-vids
3 жыл бұрын
@@docnele It'd be awesome if it was theirs. Even more if adrian could get in touch with them if it is.
@oldguy9051
3 жыл бұрын
The "special friend" meaning of Spezi is mostly (only?) used in Bavaria, the southern part of Germany. This could be a clue about the person making it.
@sjdpfisvrj
3 жыл бұрын
When I grew up in northern Germany (around the time of the C64), "Spezi" was actually a derogatory term for a dim-witted person. I took "Spezi-System" as self-deprecating humor by the author.
@MrPeteykins
3 жыл бұрын
You can get Toffifay here in the US! CVS usually has it. So delicious.
@aaronjamt
3 жыл бұрын
It even has some chocolatey nuget!
@mybigfatpolishlife
3 жыл бұрын
It can be hard to find depending on where you live
@Doug_in_NC
3 жыл бұрын
@@mybigfatpolishlife it’s easy to find here in the Charlotte, NC area
@peterleswell6621
3 жыл бұрын
@@rockapartie a matter of opinion :-)
@oldguy9051
3 жыл бұрын
@@rockapartie Apparently there are slightly bizarre "confectionary eating disorders" as I once knew somebody who loved Twix but always gnawed off the chocolate/caramel topping first. Finally, after the biscuit was "clean", he proceeded to eat it. When I asked him about it he said he didn't like the biscuit...
@terminashunator
3 жыл бұрын
20:39 Missed opportunity "Number 5 is ALIVE".
@LarryDeSilva64
3 жыл бұрын
Its amazing the amount of boards one person can amass over time. Have fun at the repair a thon. I do like your methodical approach to testing these boards.
@katho8472
3 жыл бұрын
The last word on the Toffifee box means "chocolate" :)
@rodhester2166
3 жыл бұрын
what do you do with all of the c64's that you restore. Just curious..
@southerninterloper4107
3 жыл бұрын
I would love to discover Adrian has a store where he sells the systems he repairs. I'm not competent/knowledgeable enough to repair them myself, but I'd love to pick one up that I knew was (mostly) working.
@DrHouse-zs9eb
3 жыл бұрын
Here in Germany, Spezi is another word for a mixture of orange soda and cola. But that's probably off topic 😅
@RayBrooks0
3 жыл бұрын
Like Mezzo Mix? Loved that as a kid. Later on I would discover Diesel - pils mit kola. Best hangover cure.
@DrHouse-zs9eb
3 жыл бұрын
@@RayBrooks0 Haha, so you mean beer with cola? :D Yes, mezzo mix is called "spezi" here. Didn't know that mezzo mix is not a local product only for germany...
@RayBrooks0
3 жыл бұрын
@@DrHouse-zs9eb I've only ever seen it in Germany. Spain does red wine with cola - kalimotxo. At my house at Christmas it's brandy and port haha
@BilisNegra
3 жыл бұрын
@@RayBrooks0 People talking about kalimotxo outside Spain? What craziness is that?
@RayBrooks0
3 жыл бұрын
@@BilisNegra I had a Spanish friend in London, she taught me about it. Also brought me "mountain wine", in a plastic bottle. Like strawberries and fresh grass. Best thing I ever tasted.
@ytmorris1
3 жыл бұрын
In Germany "Spezi" is a humorous term for "specialist/expert" or "special/custom" - someone or something is kind of special in the meaning of better than usual.
@Renville80
3 жыл бұрын
Opinions from a repair tech… if board number 1 is in fact burnt, I would scavenge the rare parts and e-waste the rest of the board. Burn damage usually results in carbon tracks between adjacent pins and in some cases excess heat causes the fiberglass layers in the board to separate, reducing the long term reliability. I would also suggest taking resistance readings of both rails on known good boards and then using that as a benchmark test before powering up any board to be tested. Also an infrared camera may be a good idea to spot abnormally hot chips when troubleshooting a dead board.
@Dukefazon
3 жыл бұрын
23:24 - what the hell is that, some sort of a dead insect? 34:42 - RIP EPROM :( Don't forget to change that scratched cap on the left in #7
@marcelhh2101
3 жыл бұрын
looks like a dead german fly😂
@Tyle_smalcu
3 жыл бұрын
Can't wait for another Repairathon! :D
@aaronjamt
3 жыл бұрын
So I bought the same magnifying goggles (they work really well, love the flip-down magnifier and built-in light!) but the adjustment at the back for head size doesn't stay put very well and the side adjustments for tilt stiffness also loosen over time. Any suggestions for how to make it work better? Where do you wear it on your head? Thanks.
@TheKetsa
3 жыл бұрын
Yep, I have the same problem and would appreciate if anyone has a solution.
@LeftoverBeefcake
3 жыл бұрын
Heh, same problems here too. :)
@Dee_Just_Dee
3 жыл бұрын
Neat. I've seen English-labeled Toffiffee in Canada but not the domestic German labeled stuff.
@DavePoo
3 жыл бұрын
17:40 - If that's the C64C board, then it seems from the factory they only socket the VIC, 8701 & SID and nothing else. I have 2 other PAL C64C's and they are the same.
@DavePoo
3 жыл бұрын
It's funny to see so many broken short boards. They are all newer than the long boards and don't burn themselves up with the 12v supply, so it's sad to see them start to fail, this might a sign that they are getting old too and starting to fail (have you checked on the field found C64 recently?)
@timrb
3 жыл бұрын
Great vid Adrian. Very jealous that I'm not knee deep in retro machines to diagnose and repair. The few I've worked on have been quite fun.
@cheycheyc
3 жыл бұрын
Toffifee is available in Canada for awhile since the time I immigrated to Mississauga, Canada in 2001. You can get them at No frills or Walmart. It’s so big in Dubai where I grew up I used to get them as gifts lol. One of my favs. I like to microwave them for 5-8sec to get them all gooey 🤤
@AureliusR
Жыл бұрын
Oof, I can't stand those -- they get all stuck to your teeth and it just feels gross.
@twocvbloke
3 жыл бұрын
I haven't had Toffifee in ages, mostly because I'll eat a whole pack in one sitting, because I'm like that... :P
@frankowalker4662
3 жыл бұрын
Number 5 is alive ! LOL.
@MrBillmcminn
3 жыл бұрын
Hunka Hunka burnin’ RAM
@doktor6495
3 жыл бұрын
PA7 (CIA U1 Pin 9) is probably not working correctly. That's the column with the keys 1,
@bitoxic
3 жыл бұрын
Oh man.... I am going to get my big bucket of popcorn for this one! :-)
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