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Tag: Kawari VIC-II Replacement

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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Purchase and Install a Kawari Replacement for the Commodore 64 VIC-II Video Chip (15-30 mins)

January 12, 2025 moorejh28@gmail.com Hardware, Modification, Repair

Task: Purchase and Install a Kawari Replacement for the Commodore 64 VIC-II Video Chip Needed: A Kawari VIC-II replacement and a working Commodore 64 Time: 15-30 minutes Introduction The Commodore 64 used a video chip called the VIC-II that was the successor to the VIC chip used in the VIC-20.

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