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#commodore #c1581 #retrocomputing Reason number one was that it needs a ROM chip with the right stuff on it. In my befuddeled state I burned the EPROM, put it aside and made a label for it - and then grabbed another random EPROM lying around on my desk, put on the label on that one and tried using it. No luck with that. Turns out I had tried to use this hilariously fake 27c128 (or is that what it is?) - it's blank and the wrong kind. Took me an hour or so to figure that one out. I need to clean up my messy desk, I guess.

#commodore #c1581 #retrocomputing The next reason was not on me: The drive powered up all right, but when it was connected to my C128, I would never get a blinking cursor after the READY promt on the computer. It would simply hang. The C128 checks for a bootable disk when it starts, seemed like something failed during that process. After a bit of experimenting I found that the 74LS14s from this batch was the issue. All of them causes the same error. A desoldered 74LS14 from a scrap board fixed the issue right away. The funny thing is that these 74LS14s passes the logic IC test in my MiniPro. So it seems that they are 7414s of some kind, but I guess they're not LS parts...I think Noel from Noels Retro Lab on YouTube had a similiar issue with a logic chp in one of his videos. Seriously, what's the point of faking stuff like this?

@nikitonsky Wensleydale, I presume?

@scalzi AI is a poison pill for PC manufacturers. Customers don't want it. The datacenter craze that comes with it drives hardware prices through the roof. People will stick to their old gear, and PC makers will die in droves.

@scalzi It is tempting to ask if someone snorted it

@bruces I've got a tattered copy of Snow Crash that was handed to me on a rum-fuelled student trip to Cuba in 2000. Reading it, it occured to me that the society portrayed wasn't quite ideal. But hey, let's name our company Meta

@root42@chaos.social @Laberpferd@sueden.social Yup, would be interesting to know what they are. I think you're right about them being relabeled. But why somebody would do that just beats me. It must be an extremely small amount of money to be made from that kind of forgery. Could of course also be that the circuit is a bit picky and that the speed of these are slightly off. I'll see if I can find a HCT chip and check if that'll work, just for the fun of it.