Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Let's kick off 2026 with a repair of a good old broken Commodore 64. In years past, I worked on and fixed many C64s, so it was nice to work on one of these again.

-- Links

Testing SID noise fixes by Mark at The Retro Channel:
youtube.com/watch?v=CWg56TCynK8

DesTest Switch: (Available now!)
factorofmatt.com/destest-max-switch

Pinouts of various C64 chips:
lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=71611

CurveBug:
vintagetek.org/curvebug
ebay.com/itm/116963724638

VintageTek Shop: (Where the CurveBug will be available when more are in stock)
ebay.com/str/vintagetek

VintageTek Museum:
vintagetek.org

ROM replacement projects:
lectronz.com/products/commodore-64-sx-64-and-1541-replacement-roms
onerom.org

Adrian's Digital Basement ][ (Second Channel)
youtube.com/channel/UCbtwi4wK1YXd9AyV_4UcE6g

Support the channel on Patreon:
patreon.com/adriansdigitalbasement

My GitHub repository:
github.com/misterblack1?tab=repositories

--- Instructional videos

My video on chip removal without damage:
youtube.com/watch?v=XQVjwPsVFd8

--- Music

Intro music and other tracks by:
Nathan Divino
@itsnathandivino