Jan Beta | Surprise C64 Donation & Repair @JanBeta | Uploaded May 2019 | Updated October 2024, 3 minutes ago.
Dean aka twitter.com/game_whisperer donated a special Commodore 64 to me without even looking inside (something he usually would do--cf. his Twitter). The honor was upon me to explore the surprises inside and also do some repair work.

CORRECTION: the device I‘m referring to as an ARMSID is actually a SwinSID nano. No idea why I confused the two. Sorry about that!

Here's the Future Proofing and Preservation video: youtube.com/watch?v=_x8UYDDSKLw

*** Here's some handy resources I refer to when troubleshooting and repairing C64s:

The Pictorial C64 Fault Guide is here: derbian.webs.com/c64diag

Ray Carlsen's troubleshooting and repair guides are here: personalpages.tds.net/~rcarlsen/cbm.html

You can get the .bin files for various C64 diagnostics cartridges from World of Jani (in case you want to make your own or try in an emulator): blog.worldofjani.com/?p=164

Here's the GitHub with Sven's diagnostics harness: github.com/svenpetersen1965/C64-Diagnostic-Rev.-586220-Harness

The game "Neutron" by Sarah Jane Avory is available here: sarahjaneavory.itch.io/neutron

Here's the Twitch stream Turumba (twitch.tv/turumbatv) and me played Neutron and other C64 games: twitch.tv/videos/419945069?collection=M4SWh4sznxUTKA

If you find this video helpful and/or entertaining please like, share, subscribe and/or consider a donation!

TWITTER: twitter.com/thejanbeta
PATREON: patreon.com/janbeta
WEBSITE: janbeta.net
TWITCH: twitch.tv/thejanbeta

Equipment and tools I use are listed here: kit.co/janbeta

Thanks!

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