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Recreating my 1987 C64 Setup Part 1: The ALDI C64

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Jan Beta

Jan Beta

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@RMCRetro
@RMCRetro 7 жыл бұрын
Lovely stuff. The only thing better than a good restoration is one done out of passion which this has in spades.
@philrod1
@philrod1 7 жыл бұрын
Argh! I'm supposed to be working. Work, or watch Atari Lynx restoration part 2 ... hmm?
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you Sir. It's kind of a passionate project indeed. I loved your recent LYNX restoration, by the way. :)
@CJWarlock
@CJWarlock 7 жыл бұрын
What RetroManCave said. :) And this also gives me an idea for a video.
@fabiangalet
@fabiangalet 7 жыл бұрын
Hello, Jan - I'am happy you make this video This may people understand what was the surprise, the emotion to receive this computer in 80ties. Now tehnogy is everywhere and nothing seems to be surprising....in 80ties C64 was really somethings comming from science fiction:-) I'm in IT carrier for 25 Years now because of ZX81, C64 and TRS80 :-) Thanks for this vid :-) carry on
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much. Yes, it was an amazing computer (it still is in a way) back then. I certainly owe a lot to the little machine and am looking forward to show you more of my setup. ;)
@jusb1066
@jusb1066 7 жыл бұрын
i got my c64 on christmas 84 (end of 84) i think, and although other xmas were good too (1980 i had an intellivision) the c64 was the one i was most excited about, and remember for months going into dixons store to play with the 64 they had on demo, and typing and reading basic programming books, i loved that, my brother moved to the usa in early 88 so i was given his amiga 500 so moved onto that, so i was spoilt and moved on pretty quick, but most of my memories are the c64, and buying games in our local independant store, whilst they played theme from top-gun it seems most of the time, and certainly always buying the 1.99 mastertronic games and then saving up for the 7.99 premium games too, and thus making my wait for my moped i was saving for that much longer
@mrjsv4935
@mrjsv4935 7 жыл бұрын
Love that passion to recreate the Christmas 1987 setup :) Got my first computer in 1986, it was a Salora Manager, known also as a Vtech Laser 2001. Later in 1989 I got the Commodore 64c so I was a bit late in that game but played with friends C-64 even before 1986. Sadly I sold the C-64 in 1991 but I still have the first computer, Salora Manager in working condition.
@GruntUltra
@GruntUltra 7 жыл бұрын
I was fortunate enough to keep my original C64 from 1984, and it still works great today. But I'll check out the future-proofing episode to see what I can do for it. I bought a friend's C64 in the early 90's and have a 1541 drive still too. Unfortunately my drive is too far gone so I got a 1571 to try. It works, but the magnetic media on the 5¼" floppies delaminated and clog up the head whenever the drive is in use :( I absolutely love this channel Jan - keep up the great work!
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! The most important future proofing measure is probably to replace the power supply with something more decent and/or use some sort of overvoltage protection.
@jaskwadrata
@jaskwadrata 7 жыл бұрын
Such good memories... sitting at the computer reading a book :) everyone's scenario I guess. Can You imagine that today? A kid with a tablet reading a book on how to use it, hehe... a book back then = the analog version of the internet! I still have my original C64C, datassette, 1541-II and books of course :) back from the day when I got my very first computer. I do not have the monitor (or rather TV) from the original setup. This will be a cool series - wish You luck in fully recreating Your '87 C64 setup.
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! I really enjoyed reading books about programming and hardware (I still do, and I still have many of the books from back then). I'm a bit sad still that my original C64 was sold long ago but this is (hopefully) getting pretty close.
@MindFlareRetro
@MindFlareRetro 7 жыл бұрын
Apologies, I'm late to watch and comment. This is such a great project, not just refurbishing an ALDI C64, but all part of a greater story -- very creative and enjoyable on many levels! Well done, as usual. I continue to enjoy your casual and unpretentious video style. I very much look forward to the upcoming chapters.
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Oh, thank you Mark! :D
@espengggg
@espengggg 7 жыл бұрын
Nice work :) When i restore the C64 keyboards i always take them completely apart and clean everything. Takes a while but ut is very satisfying knowing that 30 years of dirt is gone :)
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that's definitely a good idea with all the dirt building in there.
@dergrunepunkt
@dergrunepunkt 7 жыл бұрын
Jan, at the moment I saw that you sprayed window cleaner directly to the keyboard I thught, well... he must know something I don't and then you KB was not working completely. When I was 17 I did maintenance (cleaning) to computers and the first thing the guy in charge told me "if you spray the keyboards I will kill you", because then we had to spend an hour wiping the product off the contacts. Cool video as always :-)
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the window cleaner definitely wasn't a very bright idea. I think that's why the keyboard didn't work. I usually spray the cloth I clean it with (which obviously works a bit better)... Thanks for sharing the story. ;)
@tjlazer71
@tjlazer71 7 жыл бұрын
What I found works best is a large brush and some cleaner sprayed on the brush and then brush the keyboard (after removing keys like you did), gets it nice and clean. I usually use Simple Green.
@104d_3rr0r_vince
@104d_3rr0r_vince 7 жыл бұрын
Early 88 summer was my first time with a computer. I bought a CPC 6128 who still is in a working order. Xmas 89 was a time I will never forget, every xmas I remember that and I run the same programs since back then, some xmas themes in basic. Nice video Jan.
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Thanks! That's a very nice Xmas ritual you have there. I'm still a bit sad that I no longer have my original C64 but this is going to be as close as it gets. ;)
@104d_3rr0r_vince
@104d_3rr0r_vince 7 жыл бұрын
I'm sad too for my A500 :-)
@Ironlord2015
@Ironlord2015 7 жыл бұрын
Great video, I always find your videos quite relaxing, as a retro gamer myself (but not one that's electronics savvy) I find them very interesting to watch. My first ever computer was my beloved C64 back in the late 80's, it was a second hand silver label one which I still have somewhere which was bought for me by my parents for Xmas, but it stopped working long ago. The guy that owned it was clearly a programmer, as the machine came with lots of programming books, and allsorts of games he had made himself and saved to cassettes. I absolutely loved playing games on it, and it holds sooo many great happy memories for me :) Fast forward to these days, and I now own three C64's (one of which is a C64G that I got from ebay some years ago, which has a little yellowing and could probably benefit from a bath :-D but still works beautifully) I also own a C64GS, bought second hand, no box, but still cool to own one. I have an Amiga A1200, and an A500, and many other retro consoles....it's all good fun. Back in the day, I was a founding member of the UK Amiga scene group Nerve Axis, who went on to do some amazing demos in their later days long after me and my friends had nothing to do with them...pretty amazing stuff :) You were right though, who the hell writes on a Commodore 64? Have some bloody respect for a legendary computer will you :-D Keep up the great work, sometimes I wonder how you have the patience with some of the taks you carry out...it would try mine that's for sure...well done :-D
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! That's quite a collection you have there! :) I sometimes wonder how I am this patient myself. I think making videos motivates me getting things done for a bit. ;)
@Ironlord2015
@Ironlord2015 7 жыл бұрын
You're welcome :) The end result must make you happy when things are working as they should be :-D
@paulchambers3788
@paulchambers3788 7 жыл бұрын
I'm glad the cap puller worked :)
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Yes, it really makes things a lot easier! Thanks again for the donation! :)
@rick601a
@rick601a 7 жыл бұрын
Nice job. My aunt worked at Commodore plant here in USA in Bristol VA area they did soldering rework on assembly line. The building is now a furniture store. The Commodore sign was faintly visible for years. I remember the VIC 20 from school. They were hard to get hands on. Like they wanted to keep me away from them for some reason. I finally got my first VIC a few years ago. 25 years after seeing them in school. I mostly had learned on TI-99/4A and Apple II . Enjoyed getting the latest magazines and keying in the programs every month.
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
So many fond memories of the computers in the 80s. The very first one I saw was my father's TI99/4A. It fascinated me right from the start. The VIC20 is a great computer and the C64 even more so. So cool that your aunt was assembling VICs. Thanks or sharing! :)
@MauroSanna
@MauroSanna 7 жыл бұрын
Very nice video Jan! It's fantastic how much passion and love you put into this, I really appreciate that. Thank you!
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Oh, glad you liked it. Thank you! :)
@RetroBerner
@RetroBerner 7 жыл бұрын
That's exactly what I had growing up in Germany. Man I miss it. Nice job!
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Oh, thanks! I recommend getting a C64 again asap. ;)
@CasualCommodore
@CasualCommodore 7 жыл бұрын
Cool project! And nice to see so much love for the C64. I never took the keyboard apart on a C64, so that was cool to see. When I was little, my cousin told me to NEVER take the keyboard apart, because it was a mess to deal with. But clearly, it's not as bad as he made it seem to me. 3:36 - Thank you!! That key bothered me, haha.. :-)
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I managed to break some keys before I got the keycap puller tool actually. The plastic is sometimes quite brittle. I don't take keyboards apart until I absolutely have to usually. ;)
@CasualCommodore
@CasualCommodore 7 жыл бұрын
No, I was talking about the other side of the keyboard, to get to that membrane thing. My bad, I did not make that clear. ;) I've taken keys off computers quite a few times. I used to use a screwdriver as well, but as you know, it's a bit risky. Got a puller like yours a month or so ago. Wonderful tool. Should have gotten that years ago.. :)
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Ah, I see! Now I also remember watching your A1200 keyboard conversion video. ;) The backside is the easier part really (as long as you don't take the little plungers out)... just a bunch of screws really. The Amiga keyboards are nearly the same. I feel the absolute same about the keycap puller. No idea why I thought I wouldn't need one. Makes things so much easier.
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Oh, except the Amiga keyboards have a membrane instead of a proper PCB of course, which makes it a little easier to mess things up and a lot harder to repair traces/pads!
@MiniWarzone
@MiniWarzone 7 жыл бұрын
This was fantastic to watch, very nostalgic.
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you! :)
@brainpinker282
@brainpinker282 6 жыл бұрын
Deine Videos ansehen ist als würde ich mein Leben sehen^^ Gruselig wie viel wir gleich erlebt haben. Super Videos immer wieder ein vergnügen. So nebenbei der Entlöter hört sich bei höherer Videogeschwindigkeit an wie ne Maus die einen Orgasmus hat xD
@yogevbocher3603
@yogevbocher3603 6 жыл бұрын
Also Katzen hat man ja schon gehört wenn sie dabei sind, aber Mäuse?
@The-Nil-By-Mouth
@The-Nil-By-Mouth 7 жыл бұрын
Great transformation! I think that key cap puller also unscrews and has a cross-shaped protrusion that you can use to hold the caps while you're cleaning them individually.
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
You're right! I didn't realize that. I wondered why it unscrewed at all. Thanks! :D
@mm6kha
@mm6kha 7 жыл бұрын
Hello Jan!...Great Video, Great job!. All The Best.
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! :)
@fortnitegod2647
@fortnitegod2647 7 жыл бұрын
Hi Jan great vid there, the keyboard must have left you disheartened. The C64 looks fantastic 😁 great job Jan can't wait for part 2.
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you Kim! I think I must have damaged the keyboard by lightheartedly spraying it with window cleaner. It worked before when I repaired the character ROM on this C64. ;)
@Starchface
@Starchface 7 жыл бұрын
I did exactly that with a laptop, and ruined the keyboard by spraying window cleaner (I had been using it to clean the display). Fortunately it was an old laptop and of no real value. Apparently it isn't good to spray window cleaner on keyboards!
@cbmeeks
@cbmeeks 7 жыл бұрын
Great video as always! We have an ALDI near my house. Being in SE USA, I had never heard of them until a few years ago. Now I want to go inside each day and see if they have any Commodore 64's!!! :-D
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Haha, I so hope they are going to restock C64s some time. :D
@IDPhotoMan
@IDPhotoMan 6 жыл бұрын
New subscriber - great videos! Wish i had my original C64 i got when i was in grade 8. Can't wait to see the whole series.
@VintageProjectDE
@VintageProjectDE 7 жыл бұрын
Great video, Jan! I especially find it cute how your audio/video connector has its own piece of conductive foam to rest on. ;-)
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you Thilo. :) (The foam was a coincidence of course... Must have been left over from a previous IC replacement.)
@scoosie5967
@scoosie5967 7 жыл бұрын
Hello Jan, great video again!
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you Sidney! :)
@carlwells9504
@carlwells9504 Жыл бұрын
Hey I believe same for me! C64C for myself The Aldi and C64G are the best looking C64s in my opinion
@MechaFenris
@MechaFenris 7 жыл бұрын
very nice! You do some excellent work! :) (Burger Time always looked great on the C-64) :)
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you Sir! Burger Time is definitely an all time favorite of mine. :)
@larsenmats
@larsenmats 7 жыл бұрын
These older types of C64 keyboards with white keys, symbols on the side and black backside does not seem to yellow like the newer ones. Thanks for the video!
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I think the older style white keyboards vary a lot in how much they yellow. I've seen a lot of C64Cs with these keyboards that kind of have a yellow/white checkerboard pattern. The Aldi versions I've seen so far really didn't have much yellowing at all though.
@BreakingBrick
@BreakingBrick 7 жыл бұрын
Jan, great content, you definitely are deserving more subscribers! Thanks to RetroManCave I found your channel - and you got a new subscriber.
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Oh, thank you very much! It's great how the community spreads the word about each other's stuff. I'm really looking forward to collaborating with the RetroManCave. :)
@KATODmusic
@KATODmusic 7 жыл бұрын
good job! C64 deserves such treatment :) nice photo at 0:50 anyway... floppy drive at these times was something.
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you. It sure does. I was lucky enough to get my father's old 1541 drive. ;)
@nostaljunkie
@nostaljunkie 4 жыл бұрын
Hi Jan! I've watched the 4 parts and feel happy like crazy at the end. Appreciate your work and passion. How did you get the shiny cooler metal parts and do they have self sticker? Which chips you applied them to?
@refractionpcsx2
@refractionpcsx2 7 жыл бұрын
I love how you have your own imaginary crowd cheering you on lol. Great video Jan :)
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I needed some motivation to fiddle with the RF modulator so I had to cheer myself on. ;)
@refractionpcsx2
@refractionpcsx2 7 жыл бұрын
Well if it helps, I was cheering you on before you cheered you on, so we were kind of cheering you on from the future :P
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
+RefractionPCSX2 Haha, double future cheering seems to have worked! :D
@michaelblair5566
@michaelblair5566 2 жыл бұрын
1987 was an important year for me. I started High School at Ironton St. Joseph, and I completed RCIA and became Catholic that year!
@jusb1066
@jusb1066 7 жыл бұрын
but where will you find those curtains again!
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
I think I actually might find some of the fabric they were made of in the basement. My mother made them. I'll certainly have a look around for it. ;)
@jusb1066
@jusb1066 7 жыл бұрын
could you demonstrate the sampling issue of the later sid chips compared to the older ones?
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Oh, I will try to cram a video in-between demonstrating it but I'm really busy at the moment so it might take a while!
@thegreatjonzini
@thegreatjonzini 7 жыл бұрын
Lovely project👌
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I'm pretty excited about it myself. :)
@PhilXavierSierraJones
@PhilXavierSierraJones 7 жыл бұрын
I like your "Lips" monitor! 😂
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Well spotted! ;)
@TheHighlander71
@TheHighlander71 7 жыл бұрын
I had sort of assumed you'd tested the c64's keyboard before but apparently you hadn't. Good to see there's a simple solution for problems like that. Because it looks right scary.
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
I think I might have damaged it by spraying the window cleaner on it directly. Usually I spray a cloth or a brush and then wipe it but didn't think of that when I shot the video. It was working before (it is the C64 from the previous character ROM repair video, so it must at least have worked better than in this video).
@Nelson68k
@Nelson68k 7 жыл бұрын
Freue mich auf Teil 2.
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Vielen Dank! Bin auch gespannt, wie das alles ausgeht. ;)
@csabasanta5696
@csabasanta5696 7 жыл бұрын
Hi Jan B, I love this new mini-series about your childhood C64 setup! I am doing the same basically right now, only I am building the setup I never had, an Amiga 500 :). Quick tip: Instead of soaking, try spraying the case with Cif window cleaner. For me it starts to get the dirt off even while I am still spraying it. Great channel, BTW And a question, do you usually discharge the caps before starting to replace them/soldering, or only in PSUs? Thanks!
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I'll have to try different methods on the cases in the future. Thanks for the window cleaner tip. I usually only discharge caps that have a high voltage rating (like for example 400V ones in a switching power supply) so I don't get shocked or fry something on the board. Of course it wouldn't hurt to discharge all of them but I've never ran into trouble with smaller caps like the ones in the C64.
@PCReloaded
@PCReloaded 6 жыл бұрын
I like the -phi- lips Monitor.
@vintagekyoshodotcom
@vintagekyoshodotcom 7 жыл бұрын
Wow a lot of work, I can't wait to get mine! Thanks :)
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Hope it gets to you safely. Yours wasn't as much work as it was very clean in the first place. I just wiped it a bit with a soft cloth and some IPA. ;)
@GadgetUK164
@GadgetUK164 7 жыл бұрын
Lovely job there - looks like new =D
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I was a bit surprised myself how clean it actually got in the end. I was prepared for another retrobrite session at the very least. ;)
@00Skyfox
@00Skyfox 7 жыл бұрын
Does it make sense to replace the caps in the RF modulator if you never use the TV output? Or will it damage something else on the motherboard if they should ever go bad because they weren't replaced?
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
It makes sense if you are using the composite out because that signal is generated in the modulator circuitry (as far as I know at least). It doesn't matter for the S-video signal though. I don't think anything would be damaged if the caps go slightly leaky (it's very unlikely they go so bad that they short out... which would do some damage to the VIC-II I guess).
@tails64dsntchannel8
@tails64dsntchannel8 7 жыл бұрын
i love the "Lips" TV :P
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Well spotted. ;)
@silkwesir1444
@silkwesir1444 7 жыл бұрын
Would the C64 work fine if you had left the RF modulator off completely? (minus outputting an RF signal, of course) If not, are you aware of an easy (or not so easy) way to remove the RF modulator and have a working system?
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
I think you'd have to at least put some little circuitry in to replace the RF modulator because parts of the video output are generated there. I'm in the process of looking into this and there might be a video coming some time.
@arlomoran2073
@arlomoran2073 7 жыл бұрын
Very enjoyable video as always from Jan! I wonder whether just removing those RF modules is okay since they're painful to restore and as a bonus less RF interference in the case?
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Unfortunately you have to build a little replacement circuit for the RF modulator if you want to remove it as the signals are passed through there as far as I know (I'm about to learn the details and might make a video some time in the future).
@mingotha
@mingotha 7 жыл бұрын
Oh mein Gott! Diesen Garfield-Ordner hatte ich auch! 😂
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Haha, sehr cool! Ich war großer Fan. Geblieben ist jedenfalls meine Liebe zu Lasagne und meine Abneigung gegenüber Montagen. ;)
@maicod
@maicod 7 жыл бұрын
I said Nee when you asked us that recap question :) (just kidding). Enjoyed your video very much !
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Haha, I probably didn't hear you through my own cheering me on. Thank you! ;)
@maicod
@maicod 7 жыл бұрын
yeah I know the feeling having to encourage myself
@maikmugato1963
@maikmugato1963 7 жыл бұрын
Cool video, whats the cool competition-like joystick, you have there?
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you! It's a Suncom TAC-2. Very unorthodox but great joystick. I made a little video about it a couple of weeks ago.
@cbmeeks
@cbmeeks 7 жыл бұрын
WD-40 works well for stickers too. Just spread a little on the sticker, let it sit for a bit and pull right off.
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Yes, I saw the 8-bit guy use WD-40 for removing stickers some time ago. Never tried it myself. I would have tried it for this video but the stickers came off really easily. ;)
@philrod1
@philrod1 7 жыл бұрын
Looking great! Did you try another keyboard before disassembling that one? I would have hated to do all that cleaning for nothing.
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you! The keyboard worked before I sprayed it with window cleaner (that wasn't the brightest idea I think). I guess some of it got on the contacts and shorted out some. :/
@mrlurchAU
@mrlurchAU 7 жыл бұрын
Have you managed to ID the original TV? Hopefully it's not too hard to find.
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
No, unfortunately not. I managed to get dibs on the old family (color) TV though. I also might have something better (don't want to spoil it).
@WehofnerLP
@WehofnerLP 6 жыл бұрын
Meinen ersten Computer habe ich auch 1987 bekommen, allerdings war es bei mir der C128D (Plastik). Ich war damals auch 9 Jahre alt.
@jimellis9130
@jimellis9130 5 жыл бұрын
I just saw a picture of a C64 with an odd looking Commodore logo. It doesn’t have the normal rainbow on the left, but has the 64 by the power LED. I hadn’t seen this before. Is this some special version C64 breadbox? Do you know the story on this?
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 5 жыл бұрын
That‘s probably an early "silver label" model. When the C64 was released in 1982, the logos looked like that. You can also see that version in the picture on the boxes the C64 came in (even the box my ALDI C64 came in had a picture of the old model on it).
@jimellis9130
@jimellis9130 5 жыл бұрын
I also noticed some 1541 drives have silver logo badge versus the rainbow color. Is that same thing? Silver meaning the earlier version of the 1541 drive?
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 5 жыл бұрын
There’s a couple of different versions of the 1541s. The first models had a brown/silver badge and a slightly brighter case (matching the VIC-20).
@arongooch
@arongooch 7 жыл бұрын
Awesome, awesome, awesome.
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Haha, thanks! :)
@bundesautobahn7
@bundesautobahn7 5 жыл бұрын
Was war den dieser "Fehler im Zeichensatz"?
@HelloKittyFanMan.
@HelloKittyFanMan. 3 жыл бұрын
AAAAAALLLLLLLL the capacitors? Wow, I thought we almost always only needed to replace _electrolytic_ capacitors.
@vashtanarada3294
@vashtanarada3294 6 жыл бұрын
What's the right bridge rectifier to use?
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 6 жыл бұрын
I used a KBPC610. Rated for 1000V and 6A which is way over the top. A much smaller one will be fine, too.
@vashtanarada3294
@vashtanarada3294 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks, very helpful!
@brucefox6580
@brucefox6580 7 жыл бұрын
Hi Jan, love the content. Do you buy your caps from ebay?
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Oh, I get them from various places. I mostly buy them from local electronics sellers rather then from eBay because it's often cheaper. I usually use Panasonic FC type caps.
@MichaelBLive
@MichaelBLive 6 жыл бұрын
Same 1st computer day 2 years earlier!
@leberkassemmel
@leberkassemmel 6 жыл бұрын
Now I kinda wanna go up into the attic, open my C64 and check, if there are no caps leaking everywhere...
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 6 жыл бұрын
The caps in the C64s are usually still within spec. They rarely start leaking (at least from my experience). They are drifting rather slowly and recapping often makes the video output better but they rarely fully fail. Don't worry too much. Still a good idea to put the C64 to use again, though. ;)
@AlbertEspinRodriguez
@AlbertEspinRodriguez 7 жыл бұрын
Good luck.
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Started filming the next episode today.
@michaelcarey
@michaelcarey 3 жыл бұрын
I need to purchase a keycap puller
@klofisch
@klofisch 5 жыл бұрын
Lol...do you have yourself connected to gnd?
@Ichinin
@Ichinin 7 жыл бұрын
As an alternative to that key lifting tool: When i fixed the keyboards of my Amigas, i use bent pliers from underneath the keys (lifted at the top inside the plastic key itself) to lift the keys from the board, like this one: images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61Jqz4-NH-L._SX355_.jpg The spring models (A4000) worked fine, but the ones with a rubber cap (A2000) inside one have to be careful with. Just don't lift at the centre of the keys and everything will be fine.
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Oh, interesting. Never thought of using one of those. I might try it some time. Thanks for sharing!
@MrPcatt
@MrPcatt 7 жыл бұрын
Was ist das für ein Lametta da im Glas?
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Das ist Messingwolle zum Reinigen der Lötspitze. Sieht zugegebenermaßen recht weihnachtlich aus. ;)
@MrPcatt
@MrPcatt 7 жыл бұрын
Danke! Gleich mal was von bestellt.
@mb-ql1gb
@mb-ql1gb 7 жыл бұрын
Ich hätte da ne "süße" Idee ... Versuche doch alle Teile so original wie möglich wieder zu sammeln und dann, wenn "The Kid" 9 Jahre alt ist, kriegt er es geschenkt, genauso wie bei Dir damals. Kannst ja einen alten C64 mit neuer Hardware "pimpen" so das da ggf. auch ""modernere"" Spiele drauf laufen ... das würde ich mal "Tradition weiterreichen" nennen ... :-) Vater schenkt Sohn etwas das er selber in seiner Kindheit mal geschenkt bekommen und richtig drüber gefreut hat, nur halt etwas "moderner" ...
@Pieter_Auper
@Pieter_Auper 7 жыл бұрын
Every key appears to be a thing on a spring.
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
I see what you did there! :D
@LOREAIR
@LOREAIR 7 жыл бұрын
Great!!!
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you! :)
@SianaGearz
@SianaGearz 7 жыл бұрын
Scho-Ka-Kola spotted!
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Yes! (There's only screws in the bin at the moment, sadly...)
@SianaGearz
@SianaGearz 7 жыл бұрын
That's how it always goes.
@nickblack2006
@nickblack2006 7 жыл бұрын
awwww
@user-es8fp7oi4k
@user-es8fp7oi4k 7 жыл бұрын
Scho-ka-kola =)
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Yes! :)
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
(There's only screws in the tin at the moment though... ;))
@AstroSam66
@AstroSam66 7 жыл бұрын
Ehrlich? Man nimmt einfach den kompletten Tastaturblock und packt ihn in die Spülmaschine. Natürlich ohne die Kontaktfolie. Das wars. Funktioniert mit allen Tastaturen. So, ziemlich lame...
@JanBeta
@JanBeta 7 жыл бұрын
Es soll ja Menschen geben, die besitzen keine Spülmaschine...
@AstroSam66
@AstroSam66 7 жыл бұрын
In der westlichen Welt mag ich das doch sehr bezweifeln :-) Aber ok. Einfach unter den Wasserstrahl mit Spülmittel mit ner Bürste und nen Schwamm tut fast den gleichen job. Und da muss man nicht jede einzelne Taste raus nehmen. Das gilt übrigens auch für die Gehäuse. Im übrigen finde ich deinen Beitrag super! Ich hab meinen C64 geliebt... bis der Amiga raus kam ;-) Aber das ist eine andere Geschichte...
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