hi, i searched the forum, but didn’t see any info about this.
I have the c64 case, with the 2 serial ports on the side, and I want to make 2 external banksticks.
I bought 2 rs232 female assemblies from digikey or mouser a while back, but the formfactor doesn’t fit the c64 sockets because of how the plastic protrudes past the end in order to hold the female connector…
Does anyone have a good source for their rs-232 connector? One that would fit the c64 case serial ports?
i’m having trouble even finding this stuff on digikey/mouser again.. :( (what keywords should I be searching for?)
Ok, I completed the work on this. I had an epiphany on how to salvage those rs232 housings I had…
Maybe this will work for you, or others with the same problem…
Description:
My rs-232 sticks have an annoying piece of plastic that prevents them from fitting onto the c64 serial ports. So I had to do some modification using some 1/2" 4-40 type flathead machine screws and nuts, counter sinking the female 9-pin piece, and clipping off the offending piece of plastic. See pictures…
A finished bankstick.
modifying the RS-232 housing to fit flush onto the C64’s serial ports.
before mod (right), and after mod (left)
stuffing the bankstick with an EEPROM chip, using 8pin DIN socket
