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Tag: 250407 (Rev. C) Board

Case Studies in Retro Computer Repair (#5): Diagnosing and Fixing a Commodore 64 with Broken Traces

March 9, 2025 moorejh28@gmail.com Hardware, Modification, Repair

Disclosure: Note that as an eBay Partner Network Affiliate, I may earn from qualifying purchases. Introduction I purchased this nice 250407 Revision C motherboard as part of a lot of boards. It was missing the PLA (U17) and the VIC-II video chip (U19) as shown below. A new GAL-PLA (e.g.

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Troubleshoot a Nonworking Commodore 64 by Testing the Continuity of the Circuit Board Traces (30-60 mins)

February 2, 2025 moorejh28@gmail.com Hardware, Repair

Task: Troubleshoot a Nonworking Commodore 64 by Testing the Continuity of the Circuit Board Traces Needed: Multimeter set to continuity mode Time: 30-60 minutes or longer Introduction I recently had a nonworking Commodore 64 with a 250407 board (Rev. C) in a breadbin case that I fixed by replacing a

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