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So OBVIOUSLY there is NO simple way to do this, without having to taking shit apart and soldering components, etc!

I own a cheap thermal camera and thats why I decided to replace both MUX and also the ROMS because they're creating a lot of heat, now with the new ICs they're barely visible in the thermal cam. also each ROM I replaced draws 50mA less of current what makes it 200mA in total (less), thats not just reducing the heat ist also better for the PSU. When I was about to replace the power connector to the C64 one I found that my board does not have all the holes for it, so I disassembled the connector to remove the unused ones and had to drill a hole into the board, but it goes right into a place where it has to go anyway, so no big deal. Also before I got the new C64 PSU I only connected 5V to the Plus4 and everything works fine, the 9V is only used for the Tape but I don't have one.

Nice Keyboard Cable and good WORK !!

Very surprised to see there are revisions of the c64 that will output video without the modulator.

Hey! I think I have the same problem, but I don't have a diagnostic rom, or anything to actually find out. What troubleshooting steps should I take, I'm kind of lost here. Should I change out the multiplexers? I was not able to find the ones you were using though.

I wonder where that barn was located for this find? Many decades ago I donated a trailer load, (big trailer) of my commodore collection which included three working and restored sx-64s. Many c-64s vics and lots of drives cassets and tons of original gamed, some still new in the boxes. If it were anywhere close to Modoc Indiana this was probably at one time my sx-64. The collector was a very active computer collector of all brands but liked the commodores. He was also a member of a local C-64 users club. Enjoy!

Which EProm did you use? I think it's a 128k but it has 28 pins. I have some 264k which have 32 pins so technically I guess I could make an adapter but would prefer to have the right 28 pin chip.

Just subscribed. No clue, how I’ve missed your channel so far! Hacker-brained you are! Love the idea of gutting that converter and making it a FINALLY useful thing to have in place of the RF noisemaker. The kawari is not commodore, I see it as a step too far away. Thank you for the video! I will jump right on this mod on my heavily modded breadbin C64.

Me and my brothers loved this game! There was either a bug or a cheat that gave you enough money to build a station that linked completely around the earth😅

Hi. Thank you for the video. This mod is really interesting because I don't have to drill the case. I will have to check the 1541 video to understand how you moded that one. The LED is a brilliant idea! Is it not a bit too high, to have 5.25V on the 5V rail? (At least, according to the C64 wiki).

I will do the same with a C16. The PCB of the C16 is a bit smaller, so I gonna keep the RF-Modulator. And I try to use the HDMI-Connector directly without any adaptor-cable. And the next step will be integrating a SD2IEC-Module into the same case. Thanks for the technical details.

The C-64 is the best machine I programmed on. What limited the C-64 was the serial disk drive. With everything else there was a workaround.

Wow. Nice work. I have a collection myself and had one almost as yellowed as yours. Alot of time and ocd:) turned out pretty darn good. Love the restorations. Very rewarding

Another dang video of someone scoring a Commodore haul! If I could be so lucky. Congrats on your find!

Hi. 1st, thank you for the video. Very informative and I liked the schematics observations. 2nd, you should normalise the sound level between segments captured with different mics. IT's really annoying when the sound is quiet and then it goes loud. 3rd, could you put the link to the next video in the description, please.

This game was one of my all time faves.. In the mid 80's, I had no idea what a lot of the terminology was... budget?! I just gave my astronauts the pay I wanted.. but man, I learned so much!!! I think this was the game where I learned the words "Plate Tectonics" and "Deoxyribonucleic Acid" lol. Thanks for the vid! oooook.. back to KSP

Those keyboards are awful. The little pads loose connectivity over time. Also, alignment must be perfect, otherwise some keys will not work. Crappy 100%

Great fix! You do wonders for your friends.

Wow! Looks great. You make it look easy. I certainly do appreciate it! Nice video! - Simon

Thanks soo much for repairing the museum PET. It worked great at the show! Thanks again.

Funny how once you get a floppy drive, you move from arcade games and platform games to Sims, Strategy and RPGs (you could tell from your game shelves!)! I am in the UK, and on getting a 1541, I went down that road too!

This video is the one that made me subscribe! Your account popped up because I searched for Kennedy Approach, as I had just bough a win 10 version on steam. (and it is EXACTLY the same in every way to the C64 game!)

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One of the best games ever.

Thank you so much for repairing our PET! Now that the PET's keyboard is working, we will be displaying it at the Indy Classic. Your time and effort is very much appreciated!

Nice work! Only ever owning a Vic-20 and a C64 which for the most part have the same keyboards, it's nice to see the differences (and similarities) with the pet. I am guessing these are also Mitsumi mechanisms? I know Commodore used Mitsumi all the way through the Amiga years. The Amiga keyboards are the ones that I have noticed quite a few failures in the conductive pads that are part of the stems. I have had many fail on my A500 keyboards, much more then on my C64s I have repaired. This seems like a good solution. Keep up the good work.

nice collection, would you consider selling one BI80 :)

Hello there and friendly greetings! I fondly remember this game because it was the game where I first discovered a hack inside the game that gave me infinite bucks without editing the game itself or the savegame and I became filty rich in the first or second day! LOL!

Well... I had a comment and I guess TH-cam didn't like it. Long story short... great restoration video. I went through a similar process last year with an SX-64 that was stored in an unlined shed near the ocean. The I/O PCB was damaged beyond repair so I (together with a PCB engineer) created a replica. Other mods were fitted like a LCD screen (and powered speaker), JiffyDOS, a dual color power/activity LED in the floppy drive and I had the chassis electroplated in gold zinc. Spent way too much money but I've ended up with a very nice machine.

You really but a lot of work into this machine for your friend.

Do you happen to have extra parts cases for these? Mine is missing the top cover to be complete. Thanks!

One really has to pull his hat for this giant amount of work. Thank you!

Storing technology in barns. It’s been known to happen the world over. With varying results of disintegration. 🤔

This is in my top 3 all-time Commodore 64 games. I spent I dunno-how-many hours building a station. Very, very deep for the time. This would be a cool retro upgrade, although the craft are all different now.

When you buy game for Commodore 64 you have it and you play it for life. When you buy game for PS5 you can not even play it washout constantly updating OS and downloading game updates, and it will never be truly your game nor you will be able to play it once developer and Sony decides it it old game and shut the server down.

Found you a bit late, but thanks for the look back. Goodness, the hours of my life I gave to this game. I think a solid 30% of my childhood was spent between this game, 'The Halley Project', and 'Red Storm Rising'. (Okay, and probably 'Project Stealth Fighter', too.) It's a shame I couldn't pick a genre. ;)

You should of been to classic game festival in Texas. Got a free commodore 64 and disk drive combo. They both needed work. From a worn capacitor and bad pla but still free :)

Also jam in all new ceramics.

That's a crap ton of stuff.

Also jam in 2 new WDC 6522 replacements. $11 each.

I can't bring myself to cut up a collectable computer

Great video! I found this on a Google search on 1541 reset circuit. Thought to myself that I have to remember to subscribe, then realized that I already was subscribed, haha. Thanks! :)

That is a hell of a bookcase.

This game is a gem. KSP is great as a sim but a different gameplay experience than this. I just tried Mars Horizon and was hopeful but the mini games are horrible, this games during the launch and landing are much better. Here’s hoping a true spiritual successor to this game emerges soon.

Nice video , but this mod would be perfect for an ATARI. PLZ do such a video.

I wasn’t there a way to modify the 1541 with a parallel cable that was much faster than the serial cable?

Buongiorno video e idea bellissima anche per le spiegazioni dei contatti ma ogni Commodore cambia nel mio assy 250407 i contatti sono diversi e non so quali siano audio video ecc. Devi fare un video anche con il il mio assy 😂😂scherzo cmq complimenti

What was your source for the new membrane? I’ve got some issues with mine.

nice to see you where able to keep all that from ending up in the trash.

i honestly shed a tear when you took a drill to that tac 2........been looking for one for years at a reasonable price......seen them go for way over $100