Disclosure: Note that as an eBay Partner Network Affiliate, I may earn from qualifying purchases. Introduction I purchased this very nice Commodore 64 off eBay. It was listed as not working and sold for parts. It has a clean 250407 Revision B board and boots to a garbled screen as
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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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Task: Use Heatsinks to Protect Integrated Circuits Prone to Overheating Needed: Web Browser, Heatsinks Time: 10-15 minutes Introduction One of the reasons integrated circuits (ICs) fail on retro computers is because they overheat. This is compounded by radio frequency (RF) shielding that can limit ventilation. An easy approach to protecting
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