My question at the workshop was; Where to find the keyboard chips that are good? I have memory chips thanks to Jeff G. and a new diagnostic cart and cable set thanks to eBay. But finding a seller on eBay with good "pulls" from a "working unit" is my concern. Who wants to buy off eBay, only to find the chip is bad and of course not being able to return it! So my second question is; With all the C64 guys in the group, who is the best source for these parts? Mike Rosen Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.
On Feb 24, 2019, at 2:43 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
There was some discussion at the last workshop about places to find replacement chips for C64, but no one posted any of them to the workshop wrap-up report thread.
So where can I get replacement PLAs? Someone mentioned that there are new ones being made.
Also RAM chips for C64.
Any other generic chips that can be purchase inexpensively?
I already know where to find VIC and SID, which I believe you can only replace with originals. I have gotten some from eBay.
Of course I can do my own search through eBay etc., so I'm looking for recommendations for good places and warnings against ordering from bad places.
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