I am always impressed by the sorcery you do Mark. I can just about manage to change a AA battery in a remote control without breaking anything.

Thanks Mark, Just ordered the same board from PCBWay and was going to do the same so this is perfect timing !

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

Great! This is step-by-step!

Love these videos. Totally don't have the skill to build my own, but always cool to see what amazing new designs there are out there and what people can do with it. Looking forward to seeing the A600 cleaned up and working soon too.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

I’ll do a little video on the a600 cleanup in a month or so. Getting the missing keys will be the hard part I think.

"Code Memnory -- Blank Checking ...." and "Location in Scoket" that made me laugh! Great vid Mark

@MarkFixesStuff

2 жыл бұрын

I know right 😂🤣

Serendipity. I was just struggling with this yesterday. Cheers for this!

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!

Excellent and very clear video - many thanks Mark!!

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it. Thank you Luke!

Top notch production!

@MarkFixesStuff

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ralph!

Great timing for me too Mark, I've been considering making one of these for future Amiga efforts. DiagRom, Kickstart etc.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

I’m glad it’s helpful Glen. DiagROM is the exact same programming process.

@75slaine

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff 👍

Thanks Mark, I just used my adapter for the first time and wanted to check I was using it correctly.

@MarkFixesStuff

Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

Cheers for the video! Now I can save my 3.1.4 and 3.1 and other kickstart ROMS and burn new 3.2 kickstart ROMs for all my Amigas!!!!!!

A trick I use when soldering header pins that will need to fit into a socket is to plug them into a loose socket so they will be correctly aligned once soldered

Good to see you again mate :D always happy with tech vids :) Hope you are well :D

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

Hey mate! Nice to see you here! Hope you are good!

Excellent video and great music 👍

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks and glad you liked the funky tracks!

@ajsnz

3 жыл бұрын

I could almost see the 80s action tv credits scrolling the whole time (through the first track anyway) :)

"hold our part firm, while we work the full length ..." fnarr fnarr

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

... I really have no idea what you could possibly mean....

What WAS this back ground music?! I'm still glad you're OK after, well, you know... and also thankful for the learning opportunities offered here.

@MarkFixesStuff

2 жыл бұрын

I truthfully don’t remember but must of my music is licenced from epidemic sound.

@justin-g-360

2 жыл бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff must have just been having a kind of day there. Can't wait for my situation to sort out and start backing people on Patreon. You're high on that list too. Thanks for the reply! Fun fact, my hands have never been steady. When I was modding my Saturn back in the late 90s (when I was an older teen), which I think may be relevant to an upcoming video, I was using a pair of playing cards to isolate pins while soldering. Those processors had teeny tiny legs and I'd have rather ruined an Ace of Spades than the board. I didn't know about things like flux or have particularly good tools or materials back then 🤣

Thank you for the tutorial, you saved my bacon!

@MarkFixesStuff

7 ай бұрын

Hooray! I love bacon! 🥓

Smurf poo? That got me cackling good and proper. Cheers Mark, I needed that :)

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

Fresh from Gargamel's Garden!

14:23 - In my experience, the day it reappears will be the day you decide to work barefoot and come across the chip laying on its back.

Do I detect a higher level of innuendo these days? You’re becoming the Nigella Lawson of technical videos 🤣😂

Mark: "I've come across this Amiga A600." KZread: DEMONITIZED

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

KZread: [Cancels MFS]

@electronraygun6346

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I heard that intro and the uncomfortable silence that followed then I remembered which channel I was watching!

Great stuff👍

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Duggie!

Wait a tic...what about High-Byte, Low-Byte and all that Jazz, lol? -Mark.

@MarkFixesStuff

9 ай бұрын

This video is more about building the adapter to be honest. This video featured the Amiga A600 which has a single ROM chip, meaning the Hi-Lo information is combined already. If you have a machine with the double ROM chips, then the Hi is in one chip and the Lo is in the other. You program the chips in he same way in the adapter, and make sure you put the right EPROM in the right socket.

Love the music 🙂👍

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

open.spotify.com/album/4nUk4XxumqIodMgU9sCM8Y?si=yh7jSgGjR_-wtSvN9bO-RA

Love your videos!

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them! Thanks for the lovely comment!!!

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

Subbed!!!! Brilliant channel Boda Scambaits!!!!!!

@BodaScambaits

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff Thank you! Its an honor!

I have a lot of chips with broken legs. I use simple a round machined socket, put the IC inside, use a lot of flux and solder the chip directly in. The solder bridges the gap of the broken pin - even if the pin was broken directly at the ic body, leaving just a very smal piece of metall barly visible from the side. This sandwich of IC and socket I simply put into the socket on the board. No need to burn a new eprom there. Using the adapter is more important if you want your own kickstart - f.e if you want to integrate the 3.1.4.1 upgrade inside the 3.1.4 rom.

“I’ve come across this Amiga A600, owned by Neil, of RMC. It is not in the best condition, but is apparently functional!”

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

Ah, Neil is not guilty for once. This machine was sent to me years ago, when A600 machines were considered “worthless”. I know right!!!

Man nearly spit my coffee all over my desk, when you said "Schtlumpf-Sche*ße". You got that one a little bit wrong XD. You need to spell it without a "T" - its "Schlumpf-Sche*ße" in german otherwise it sound like "Strumpf-Sche*ße". That translates into "stockings-sh*t" - what ever that would be XD. Viele Grüße aus Deutschland und hab einen tollen Tag! Simmie

@MarkFixesStuff

2 жыл бұрын

LOL Danke Simmie! Ich glaube, ich habe die französischen und deutschen namen in einem wort vermischt. Meine strümpfe sind leer...

Hey Mark, another great vid :), If I may ask what do you use to film from above ?

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

I have a camera mount spigot screwed to the ceiling and an extendable pole above the workbench!

@Brutalwhan

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff thanks good buddy great idea, and I thought it was wizardry 🤗🤗

LOL Smurf Poop! love it.

I only trim AROUND my bits. Oh, soldering? Nevermind. I remember hot-swapping BIOS chips. Mod from 256k to 512k, required enable of A-18 address line, moving blocks, patching, and final checksum fix. I embedd my password where it can't be cleared.

Schlümpfe, nice shot at german Mark.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

Ja. Ich glaube, ich habe den französischen namen verwendet...

@BertGrink

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff It's funny in an ironic way that the initials of the Latin phrase "Errare Humanum Est" spells the German word for marriage, isn't it?

Hello Mark!! Greetings from Brazil. I am a big fan of your channel. Quick question: Can I use a different brand of EPROM for that? I have a couple of INTEL D27C400 Eprom. I was wondering if that works as well or if I have to buy the AMD brand one. Thanks Much and Congratulations for the channel.. It's amazing!!!!

@MarkFixesStuff

2 жыл бұрын

Should work fine!

Gummy bears huh, well at least you don't have a dirty banana in the background of every scene😅

Classic try to fix one thing and you end up having to fix 2 other things first. Fix Amiga->Fix Kickstart ROM->Build EEPROM Adapter

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

It's a rabbit hole of fixing!

so sorry but your gummy bears have been eat lol they was delicious 👌😊🤣🤣 great video as all ways ,

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

Bless their poor juicy delicious souls.

Yeah. You need T48 or T56 programmer to support 27C400 chips. I have T48 programmer (TL866-3G).

Blu tack and I are mortal enemies.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

Don't get it in the carpet...

I would just have soldered on new legs salvaged from a scrap chip. Fifteen minutes tops. All that matters is that the wide part hasn't broken off. Old PAL chips make great leg donors.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

True, but then I wouldn’t have the adapter ;)

Great video! Love the music also. What is the name of the tune at abiut 15:00 (reading / writing eeprom)? Thank you

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

Let me check...

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

It's "I'll Never Die (instrumental Version)" by Daniel Gunnarsson - It's licenced via Epidemic Sound, but you can hear it on Spotify at this link... open.spotify.com/album/4nUk4XxumqIodMgU9sCM8Y?si=yh7jSgGjR_-wtSvN9bO-RA

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@stefanmarinescu5086

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

LOL Pixel to Pixel :P Peak to Peak.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

Did I say that? Not suprised if I did hahah!

Can you also mention about byte swap?

I use a very similar adaptor and EPROMs for making homebrew Sega Mega Drive / Genesis cartridges. I bought my adaptor from eBay though, feel like a bit of a fraud now!

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

Probably worked out a ton cheaper buying it hahah!

@dantootill7644

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff This is often the case, unless you build 10 and sell the other 9 and who has that sort of time?

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

@@dantootill7644 Not me for sure mate.

Did you consider reaching out to the TL866 creator to add support to their software?

@MarkFixesStuff

Жыл бұрын

No I chance I’m afraid. The model is out of production and they’ve moved on a long time ago.

I wonder was it the Smart Meter that left you without a home if so PowerGen need to look for a replacement to the Smart Meter.

@MarkFixesStuff

2 жыл бұрын

Mate... I never had a smart meter

Perfect German!

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

Danke!

where did you source the 27c400 chips? i wanna buy some, but im just paranoid about them potentially being fake

@MarkFixesStuff

2 жыл бұрын

Aliexpress. Fake is a real danger ⚠️ I’m afraid though.

@MarkFixesStuff

2 жыл бұрын

Although, looking now, I can see that all the 27c400 chips I've had from Aliexpress have been real but system pulls, which is fine for us.

@zumorr6733

2 жыл бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff any specific seller youd recommend?

@MarkFixesStuff

2 жыл бұрын

@@zumorr6733 Recommend is such a strong word with AliExpress hahah! I've had good luck with these guys and it's cheap so.... www.aliexpress.com/item/32963648879.html

@zumorr6733

2 жыл бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff thanks, i appreciate it

Dear question, I have an EEPROM memory with a specific number that I could not find in the market. The memory size is 256 KB. Can it be replaced with another? It does not. have to be the same number, but of course the same size, or it must be the same number and the same size. The one is damaged is one time only read memory"TMS27PC256-20NL". The one i will used is UV EPROM"M87C257-20F1". With same size of course i will transfer data with programmer from TM to M8. Can do that because idont have TM eprom. I have M8 eprom.

@MarkFixesStuff

6 ай бұрын

I looked at the spec sheets for both and the pins look to be directly compatible. With old stuff there’s never any guarantee, but there is a solid chance that the M87 will work in place of the TMS27. Good luck!

@-koora2day744

5 ай бұрын

​@@MarkFixesStuffi appreciate your time . We have to try i will tell you if it work. Best regards Wael.

I don't trust Gummi Dave, I reckon he's trying to muscle in mate. Watch him 👍.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

I sleep with one eye open.

I must ask, where do you get any microchip with it’s core exposed for a person to see?

@MarkFixesStuff

2 жыл бұрын

These are just standard UV erasable EPROMs. You can find them on eBay easily :)

@Wheatley_Darwin

2 жыл бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff nice, I plan on making a cpu out of everything but a microprocessor, and I've come to conclusion that logic chips and ram is the way to go

I've had things bounce under the bench just to disappear as well 😅

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

to the "Lost Dimension" (TM)...

@danielson9579

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff 😅

You should always read a PROM before writing data to it or erasing it for that matter. Just in case erase did not work, or a bit gets stuck, or the PROM was full of data and just thrown back into the parts box. You never known what you might find.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I checked the Program area was blank with the utility. Once I had some "new" flash ROM chips, and they were all loaded with various DVD writer firmwares!

Use Amtech flux or an other high quantity brand. Your flux is like alcohol.. Love your videos

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

but... but... I love alcohol!!!!! Seriously though, I have electrolube SMT and some paste. Thank you so much for watching and taking time to comment.

Why did you decide to cut the pins before soldering?

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

So that the ZIF socket sits flush on the board. Once they are soldered it's harder to cut through the solder and the pin, and it also puts more stress on the solder pads. It's a pain in the bum though!

@JVHShack

3 жыл бұрын

Here's something that I discovered by accident: the pins in a pin header like that will slide through the plastic when heated.

Schlumpfscheise - lol :)

"Do lutowania SMD" - 4:09 ? Polis product? :)

@MarkFixesStuff

7 ай бұрын

Yes. The best!

Wiping your tenderes parts with IPA? That could burn.

What is it with windows users and spaces in filenames, use bloody underbars

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry. I’m new to this. I’m usually a MacOS user. 😂

@sethrd999

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff nah no worries man. I use that same programmer under Linux with a QT gui.

How did you manage to break off the legs? ... also me, a year ago: how did I manage to break those off in the socket? It's a Smurf poo addiction scheme in the making 😅

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

Gargamel was RIGHT!

Interesting that you need to convert a 40 pin socket to a 48 pin for a 40 pin EPROM. 🥴

i dont know, that i can use Schlumpf Scheiße that way

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

The Blue Poo.

My A600s (Hyperion) 3.1 ROM is dying (Resets under an hour). Gone back to its original ROM.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

Hmm. Dodgy EPROM??

@garyhart6421

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff Got it around 2016 from an official dealer :(

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

@@garyhart6421 try making a copy of the 3.1 onto another eprom and see how it goes?

@garyhart6421

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff I don't have the equipment.

Of course, once you fixed that Kickstart ROM chip, you could've just re-inserted into the Amiga rather than burning an EEPROM.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

I could have, and was tempted but the resistor leads are a bit chunkier for the EPROM socket.

@BertGrink

3 жыл бұрын

I would also surmise that since a few legs had already broken off, and another broke during the filming of the video, chances are high that further breakage might ensue in the future; with a brand new EPROM that risk should be eliminated.

How to program tms 27c240

@MarkFixesStuff

Жыл бұрын

The TL866 will natively support the 40 pin DIP 27C240 from a few vendors. I know the Fairchild/NSC (NM), Intel (D), Philips (No prefix) and Texas Instruments (TM) devices are listed in the software. Hope this helps.

@ashikkagoji9783

Жыл бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff thank you !

Put our parts in the holes? :P

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

Of course. You have to insert them to get the job done!!

@GORF_EMPIRE

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff That 's what she said( Gorf waits for PC police....)

It's only just my impression or between your channel and neil's any excuse is valid to put some good old smelly flux on a pcb? I'm not judging 😉

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

I like my parts nice and moist.

"since global events destroyed my livelihood" wait what?

What??? You don't have a resistor lead bender?

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

No. I was on the verge of buying one, but then someone donated a small 3D printer so I need to set that up and learn how to print one!

@zero0ryn

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff You should 3d print a foam componet mattress holder to aid with your soldering.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

@@zero0ryn I have no idea what that even is. Any links at all you can share to guide my stupid brain?

@zero0ryn

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff The foam part of this www.fortex.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/PCSA-Circuit-Board-Holder.jpg

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

@@zero0ryn I like it, but... then I can't do mhy smurf poop jokes!!!! ;) It's a really good idea to make soemthing like this. Thank you! I won't be buying that one at over 200 euro haha!

Why wasting time and energy? In such a case, I inserted the Crippled IC in a round pins socket and soldered all it's legs. And that's all!

@MarkFixesStuff

Ай бұрын

Because you might like to use all alternate ROM. I’ve fixed EPROM legs in the past with leads clipped from resistors but that would be a very short video. Thank you for watching !

I am first

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

Well done! The other video was the wrong one and your comment there tipped me off to my mistake!

Please set your iron hotter. 350 at least. I enjoy your content, but watching you repeatedly make solder balls instead of joints is frustrating.

@MarkFixesStuff

2 жыл бұрын

Yessir Rev! I've invested in some Kester Solder and have knocked the iron up to 350 :)

Back when AMD made things people wanted...

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

I dunno. I’d not mind a pallet of Ryzen 9 chips to shove on eBay at the moment!

Nice work, Mark. I wonder if you could tell me two things: Will that type of EPROM work in an A1200 too? (I would obviously need two of them, ofc) Will that adapter board work in my Batronix BX32 Batupo? (www.batronix.com/shop/programmer/BX32/batupo-I.html) The reason I'm asking about this is that I would very much like to have Kickstart 3.1.4 installed in my "Miggy". I do have legal images FWIW. TIA. 😃

@MarkFixesStuff

3 жыл бұрын

Hiya Berty! Yes the same EPROMs work fine in an A1200 as a pair for kickstart ROMs. I don’t know about your specific programmer, but the adapter works like it is a 27C4096 device, so any programmer that can deal with those will work.

@BertGrink

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff Thanks for the reply. Re the EPROMs, that is as I suspected, and as for the adapter + my programmer, I can't find any information so I will just take a chance there. After all, as a new member on PCBWay I was given a $5.00 coupon which exactly covers the cost of the adapter PCB, and most of the other components either in stock or in transit, so there's little to lose, right? 😄

@BertGrink

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff Update: SO I've ordered those boards (minimum order 5pcs but with my coupon I only had to pay shipping and a paypal fee, $10 in total), as well as two of those EPROMS and the other bits I didn't have already. I reckon there's a strong possibility that I'll have to mod the bejeezuz out of the adapter board to achieve my goal, but whatever it takes, I am confident I can make it work, somehow. Now I just have to wait until it all arrives from China.... ho hummm 😴 couple of months by the look of it. lol

I genuinely think i was a school the last time i heard anyone say "plop"........"smurf plop".....just made me giggle all the harder🤣🤣🤣🚽 you had a little......ahem......smurf .......errr......residue on your thumb there mate😂🤣😂🟦💩