Sadly, amusement arcades are not that common anymore and in the US and Europe they have become few and far between! However, it seems that the arcades are still quite popular in Asia as they are fairly easy to find in major cities. So when … Read more
My quest for obtaining the last Commodore 64C motherboard version in my collection (Version B-3) has come to an end! I finally managed to get a copy of the Assy 250466 motherboard for a reasonable price. I got the machine from a guy in England on … Read more
Repairing broken Commodore 64’s is usually a matter of qualified guesswork and quite often substitution of chips is the only practical way to diagnose a fault. At least that is the approach I’m using when trying to resurrect broken machines. The challenge with this method is … Read more
This week’s issue of Micro Mart has an article by David Crookes titled: Mod Your Computers. The article is about how and why people are modding their computers and especially the old ones like the Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum and the Commodore 64. And guess what, … Read more