Disclosure: Note that as an eBay Partner Network Affiliate, I may earn from qualifying purchases. Introduction This Commodore 64 with a 250407 Revision B board came in a lot six nonworking computers that I purchased from eBay. This one seemed to boot but was flaky and would sometimes crash or
Read postCase Studies in Retro Computer Repair (#6): Diagnosing and Fixing a Commodore 64 with a Nonworking Socket
Disclosure: Note that as an eBay Partner Network Affiliate, I may earn from qualifying purchases. Introduction This Commodore 64 (250407 Revision A board with 8-pin video din connector) came to me in an eBay lot of six labeled not working. However, it was able to boot and passed all the
Read postCase Studies in Retro Computer Repair (#4): Diagnosing and Fixing a Commodore 64 with Keys that Don’t Work and no Sound
Introduction This Commodore 64 came in a lot of six I purchased off eBay. All were listed as not working. This c64 booted up just fine but had some key that did not work (e.g. space and return) and had no sound. Otherwise, it seemed like it was in good
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