That's right. I had to cut the drive connector at the SX-64 floppy and splice it into the three connectors used in the external 1541. I had it "mocked up" but it wouldn't read a disk. After awhile of tinkering, I determined that the 1541 board I was using was bad as well! I swapped out the...

So far, I have replced the worn CRT monitor with a Coby 5.5" color TV. I have it set up so I can use the remote and watch tv as well. The FDD board was removed (it didn't seem to work anyway) to make more room for the tv circuit board. A short 1541 drive board will be installed to control the F...

I just finished making the X1541 Cable. I have an SX-64 and three 1541 drives, two of which work pretty well. I downloaded the Star Commander, an with a bit of trial and error, I was able to download some games and put them on the 1541. For some strange reason, the SX-64 monitor won't display in col...

If you do any search on the Net, you'll find they are somewhat rare. I think they were a precursor to the Plus/4? A stripped down c64? If the price is right, go for it. I'm sure acquiring cables or making them should not be a problem. I myself have acquired an SX-64 and a few 1541 drives, I'm trying...

I have an old magazine article that shows how to interface a vic20 with an older Epson printer and a short basic program. I'm not sure it will work, since the Vic and Pet/Cbm have different memory mapping. I could scan it in and Email if you want.

I think I basically need to score one (or two!) 1541 drives for parts. I tried removing all the socketed chips and reinstalled them. I think I can rule out the FDD controller board's 6502, the I/O board's 6526 because the keyboard works fine (unless only the lines referencing the floppy are bad!). B...

I swapped the 6502 processor on the FDD controller board, I didn't touch the 6510 on the CPU card. I'm thinking one (or two) of the logic ICs on the controller are bad. It couldn't hurt to replace them all.

Just got an SX-64 off Ebay. It's got issues. It has a problem keeping a horizontal hold, the disk drive runs continuously with the light on steady. Oh, and it didn't have a keyboard cable. I fixed that by getting a DB25 male to male cable from Radio Shack for 10 bucks. Had to modify the plastic to m...