Building an Epyx FastLoad Cartridge & Finding MORE AliExpress Faked Chips! SD2IEC SPEED TEST!

This video is kindly sponsored by PCBWay! We're making an Epyx FastLoad Cartridge for the Commodore 64 8 bit microcomputer!

We do a full build of the project from PCBWay, including EPROM programming with my Minipro. We discover that the EPROMs I was sold by AliExpress are fake chips, having been skimmed and remarked by the seller, so we find a way around that issue. Finally we perform a Speed Test between an SD2IEC with and without the Epyx Fastload cartridge and see if it makes a difference!

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00:00 - Why we're building the Epyx FastLoad Cartridge. 00:23 - Mark Fixes Stuff Intro Titles. 00:29 - PCBWay Sponsor Segment 00:43 - Soldering Iron Settings and PCB Cleaning with Isopropanol Alcohol. 01:11 - Fitting the DIP/DIL Chip sockets. 02:44 - Capilliary action in Soldering. 03:37 - How soldering flux works. 03:59 - Passive Components. 04:31 - Tantalum Capacitor Installation Polarity. 03:02 - Eye Protection Warning for clipping leads. 05:43 - Adding a reset swich to the Commodore 64. 06:04 - Warning about getting BlueTack hot during soldering and solution. 06:50 - Post Soldering PCB Flux Cleaning. 07:21 - Shoutout to Patreon Patron Jon Harris. 07:29 - Installing the 74LS07 Hex Buffer chip. 07:57 - Programming an EPROM with the Minipro USB Programmer. 08:51 - Discovering the EPROM has been faked or re-marked. 08:31 - Searching for the solution to the mystery remarked EPROMs. 09:44 - Finding the real information on the remarked chips from AliExpress. 10:08 - Programming the EPROM with the correct information. 12:05 - Installing the programmed EPROM in the EPYX FastLoad Cartridge. 12:41 - The finished EPYX FastLoad ready for speed testing with an SD2IEC. 13:36 - SD2IEC loading speed test without the EPYX FastLoad cart. 14:42 - SD2IEC loading speed test withthe EPYX FastLoad cart installed. 13:38 - Covering the quartz UV erasure window and community question. 15:52 - Patreon thanks and how you can help the channel. 16:04 - Viewer thanks, end card and more videos!

PCBWay Project Link (Not Affliate): https://www.pcbway.com/project/shareproject/C64_EPYX_FASTLOAD_CARTRIDGE_1.html - PCBWay give 10% of sales to the project designer.

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