I love my 64c but...

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Re: I love my 64c but...

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Gyro Gearloose wrote:Do you mean the 50Hz to 120Hz ripple from the rectifier was not rejected? Or can we can talk about switching noise here? I measured something in that range, yes. Not great, usable, with room for improvement, but unbeatable for the price.
350 kHz so I would say that's switching noise.


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I would say the same thing.
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Gyro Gearloose wrote:You can also swap out the linear regulators and replace them with drop-in switchers. Those old linear regulators sure got hot.
I was still annoyed by the heat coming off the 7805, so I experimented with one of these in a "beater" C64 that still has a 6567.

Video looks very nice and sound seems to work fine. If nothing goes 'splodey then I'll put one in my "hot rod". :D
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