Quest With Me For The Secret Spell To Resurrect A Commodore 64

It's time for Commodore 64 breadbin #8 in the long-awaited continuation of the 2024 repairathon.

This one feels like adventuring through dungeon catacombs. Traps (bad components), cave-ins (poor workmanship from a previous technician) and misleading maps (my usual oversights) send us in myriad different directions before we can claim the hidden gold.

I hope you enjoy it and can, maybe, boost your XP a bit for your next adventure in retro repair.

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   • Commodore 64 Repairathon 2024  

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00:00 - Intro
00:43 - Triage for Machine #8
05:37 - Getting Video Out
07:48 - Dead Test
11:57 - Checking the ICs in the ZIF board
17:22 - Retesting
19:49 - Multiplexer Socket Oddity
25:19 - Replace ALL the RAM
26:27 - Test the CPU
27:05 - Check the Clock
29:29 - Replacing the Crap Sockets
37:11 - Recap - Where are we now?
40:19 - Retesting
41:49 - Testing the Address Bus
43:02 - Eureka
46:16 - Testing the VIC-II
48:44 - SUCCESS!
52:58 - Full Diagnostics
53:36 - Summary
54:52 - Outro