https://www.nightfallcrew.com/12/03/2014/repaired-for-a-friend-a-commodore-cbm-8296-motherboard/ Lightning in the Dark Thu, 11 Apr 2024 19:18:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 https://www.nightfallcrew.com/12/03/2014/repaired-for-a-friend-a-commodore-cbm-8296-motherboard/comment-page-1/#comment-19477 dr. b Thu, 13 Mar 2014 10:44:45 +0000 http://www.nightfallcrew.com/?p=10519#comment-19477 bought a 'DEAD' SX64 from ebay <>. the video screen lit up but no data whatsoever. i use to do repairs on all commodore products back in the 80's <>. i did not have lots of time to do TRIAL & ERROR by swapping out IC's so i just popped in the primary chips to get a quick idea of what was 'gone'. when i was at Rockwell i had access to all kinds of amazing equipment which allowed me to read all kinds of computer chips. so i made copies of the C64 PLA chip for my self. well i plugged in a PLA as well as the 6567 video chip and a 6510 cpu. wala. i now have a mint condition working SX64. take care & thanks for the opportunity allowing 'us' to "EXPRESS OURSELVES" . bought a ‘DEAD’ SX64 from ebay <>. the video
screen lit up but no data whatsoever. i use to do repairs on all commodore products back in
the 80′s <>. i did not have lots of time to do TRIAL & ERROR by swapping out
IC’s so i just popped in the primary chips to get a quick idea of what was ‘gone’. when i was
at Rockwell i had access to all kinds of amazing equipment which allowed me to read all kinds
of computer chips. so i made copies of the C64 PLA chip for my self. well i plugged in a PLA as
well as the 6567 video chip and a 6510 cpu. wala. i now have a mint condition working SX64.
take care & thanks for the opportunity allowing ‘us’ to “EXPRESS OURSELVES” .

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