Posted By
MMS
on 2017-08-03
16:55:26
 |  Re: Possible 8501 replacement kit?
Yeah, it is a fantastic find and development. As fas as I know, next to TED, this is the second most frequent defect (and ceratinly there are RAM, ROM PLA and PSU failures too).
Maybe 15-20% of the dead C16 and Plus/4 could be revived with this? For RAM and ROM we have solutions, for PLA there was a similar project, for PSU there is the c64 ones (for round PSU socket versions), and C16 can work with any unregulated standard external PSU.
So if it really works, only the Plus/4 with square connector, and the TED defect need some further solutions (for the later there is also a nice project too).
(OK I do not say, that desoldering the 8501 and solder a new socket is easy, at least not for me)
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