Commodore C64 Cleanup
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- Опубликовано: 8 авг 2024
- Commodore C64 - Restoration Project #45
I am still swamped with work, both professional and family/home related. This means that my current ongoing projects are not ready for a project video. I decided to dig a bit into the backlog and ended up at the first "postponed" video in the tinkering series: The first C-64 restoration.
When I made the SX-64 video - it's so old that the format is still a bit off and the narration is done in a rather boring voice - I had the idea to get a couple of regular C64s for parts, just in case. Turns out that I didn't need them, and so, after finishing the SX-64, I started with the bread bins too. Since the process was pretty much straight forward, I never came around to edit the project video together. Perfect candidate for a filler project, I'd say!
0:00 Intro / Case / Heat Sink
2:15 Main PCB / Keyboard / Badges
3:50 PCB Examination / Keyboard Disassembly
6:13 Sticker? / Case Cleaning
7:30 Recapping / Contact Cleaning / Heat Sinks
10:18 New Capacitors / PCB Cleanup
12:14 Assembly! / Keybaord
14:13 Finished! / Test / Credits / Outtake
Music:
My Train's A Comin'
Unicorn Heads
(RUclips Audio Library)
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Hellorld!
You have amazing patience to disassemble down the the tinyest of bit, clean they and reinstall it better than it new. Love this stuff.
Thank you for wearing an ESD strap! So many youtube computer restorations are done in an ESD unsafe manner!
The blue mat visible in most shots is actually an esd mat, connected all the time. I don't pretend to follow guidelines 100% of the time, but I do my best to discharge myself and my workplace whenever I start working on anything with microchips.
Who are you, the ESD police?
I just got hold of a used C64 again as well, after having given mine away about 20 years ago. Will see what needs to be done. Visually makes a good impression so far, no major dust etc, but I haven't peeked inside yet. Not a fan of recapping stuff as long as it works, though.
Well, the recapping is mostly peace of mind to me. I know that these have a liquid inside and that can or can not last forever. I just sleep more calmly when I have newer electrolytics in my devices :)
Adorable, and enjoyable! Thanks for the show while I had lunch! I have seen 8-but-guy do a ton of stuff and love his work. I’ll look into more of your things too! :)
Really loving this :D
14:20 loved the wascally wabbit reference! Nice job
You can see why Glasslinger favours the Weller soldering guns for the heavy shielding and such like.
I did get myself a solder gun since then for that exact reason. Indeed it's next to impossible to solder these with an electronic iron.
To remove labels I use cigarette lighter liquid petrol. (Zippo). Zum Entfernen von Etiketten verwende ich flüssiges Zigarettenanzünderbenzin. (Zippo).
That's an interesting idea... I shall try it the next time around. In this specific case, I wanted to preserve the sticker though; just removed all I could before scrubbing the case 😅
@@atkelaryes, lighter fluid is a very good adhesive cleaner, works very well for super glues too.
Hellorld huh, I see someone is watching Usagi Electric ;) So how did you learn why it is good to take a picture of the keybord before you remove all keys? LOL
I don't remember which project exactly it was... but I misplaced or simply forgot the picture and had a really hard time finding one on the internet 😊
@@atkelar I been there with some stuff too. I am fixing a lot of stuff as you do here too and I am heavily counting on pictures to remember complex stuff. And if I would lose or forget it some stuff can get really hard to get together again lol
Oh boy they took shielding against RFi seriously at that time. We stopped caring about it? The switched power supplies today cause a big amount of noise in SW, when we have a power outage I use it to hear SW, but this is more and more rare nowadays.
They sure did! To my knowledge, the RF module was also outsourced for that reason: the "off the shelf" modules came with a proper regulatory license, while the rest is pretty much "brute force shielding" to avoid any certification. But I might be off, it's just based on rumors and plausible to me.
You ever seen the insides of the Atari 400? Compared to that, the C64's shielding looks like silver spray painted toilet paper. That was designed when the FCC went absolutely anal about RF leakage. The only thing that's more shielded is that spy radio Mr Carlson's Lab recently featured where even the power cord was shielded.
Heya! Thanks for this!
Could you tell me what desoldering gun do you have and are you happy with it?
Thanks!
Hi! It's labelled "Toolcraft, Model ZD-8925" - it was the only one at the time that I found on Amazon with the base station and the gun separated. Positive: it is light in the hand and has at least three diameters of nozzles available. Negative: It might be a fluke, but the first gut that came with it had a short in the tempereature wire. And when using it it's a good idea to have the regular iron up and running since occasionally a blob of solder will solidify in the unheated end of the tube and might need poking while heating.
@@atkelar thank you! Did you specifically look for a separate station system? I've seen Hakko one (a bit on the expensive side), but it's all in one thing!
Yes, I was specifically looking for that. The "all in one piece" solutions are great if you have one or two joints here and there... but since you carry evereything in that one device it is much heavier than the gun alone, which is barely heavier than a normal soldering iron. Try doing 2 40pin DIP ICs at a time and compare how your wrist feels afterwards :P Granted, the Hako will not be as heavy as the station part of mine, but still: heavier than the gun part, I am sure about that. Other than the weight, it might also be the bulk that makes it harder to get to tight spaces. These were my considerations back when I set out to get one.
@@atkelar I see! It makes sense not wielding huge chunk of technology trying to do delicate work (: But anything is better than manual sucker!
Also, did you look at JBC DR560 handle? It seems very compact and light (though ridiculously expensive!)