Commodore News Page - News: Repair

Tynemouth Software – C128 keyboard

Tynemouth Software has repaired a keyboard for the Commodore C128. He also developed an C128 keyboard to USB adapter.

2018-12-21 - 13:01:00 - Week: 51 - Item number: 6751 - Category: C128(D), Repair

Leading Motive - 1541

Leading Motive has made a video about repairing and improving a Commodore 1541 disk drive.

2018-12-07 - 13:12:00 - Week: 49 - Item number: 6728 - Category: Commodore, Repair

Iz8dwf - PET 2001 repair (2)

Iz8dwf made a video of the repair of a PET 2001. This time he cleaned the Datassette and the keyboard.

2018-11-30 - 13:13:00 - Week: 48 - Item number: 6707 - Category: KIM-1, PET, CBM, Repair

AkBKukU - 1541 diskdrive (1)

AkBKukU made a video about cleaning and repairing his first Commodore 1541 disk drive.

2018-11-30 - 13:02:00 - Week: 48 - Item number: 6696 - Category: Commodore, Repair

This time a number of small projects from Retrohax: Amiga cake, NES, Amiga 500 modulator, Desoldering gun, Sega Master System, Amiga 500 PSU, Acorn Archimedes 3000, C64 joystick, desoldering and Speccy 128k +2.

2018-11-23 - 13:02:00 - Week: 47 - Item number: 6681 - Category: Commodore, Repair

Chuck Hutchins - PET keyboard repair

Chuck Hutchins made a video about repairing a PET 8032 Business keyboard. He cleaned the contacts, checked the resistances and repaired a broken circuit trace.

2018-11-09 - 13:19:00 - Week: 45 - Item number: 6655 - Category: KIM-1, PET, CBM, Repair

Iz8dwf - PET 2001 repair

Iz8dwf made a video of the repair of a PET 2001. The PET 2001 needed new 6550 and 6540 IC's.

2018-11-09 - 13:13:00 - Week: 45 - Item number: 6649 - Category: KIM-1, PET, CBM, Repair

Inkoo Vintage Computing - A500 power supply

Inkoo Vintage Computing has repaired an Amiga 500 power supply. He replaced all the electrolytic capacitors and the fuse.

2018-11-02 - 13:00:00 - Week: 44 - Item number: 6620 - Category: Amiga, Repair

Iz8dwf - 1541 repair

Iz8dwf made a video of the repair of Commodore two 1541 disk drives. This time the problem is a bad IC socket and a defective MOS 7713.

2018-10-26 - 13:08:00 - Week: 43 - Item number: 6614 - Category: Commodore, Repair

Retro Gaming Couch - PC10-III

Retro Gaming Couch is an YouTube channel for the fans of retro computing. The most recent video is about repairing a Commodore PC10-III computer.

2018-10-19 - 13:09:00 - Week: 42 - Item number: 6599 - Category: Commodore, Repair

Leading Motive - C64 Power supply

Leading Motive has made a video about improving the Commodore C64 power supply. He replaces the 5 VDC part with a more modern version.

2018-10-05 - 13:12:00 - Week: 40 - Item number: 6572 - Category: C64, Repair

Iz8dwf - 1541 repair

Iz8dwf made a video of the repair of Commodore 1541 disk drive. This time the problem is a Device not present error.

2018-10-05 - 13:10:00 - Week: 40 - Item number: 6570 - Category: Commodore, Repair

Adrian Black - C64 repair

Adrian Black made a video about a very rusty and not working Commodore C64. And he could repair the C64.

2018-10-05 - 13:06:00 - Week: 40 - Item number: 6566 - Category: C64, Repair

Mike Nurney - Amiga 4000

Mike Nurney has made a video about the repair of an Amiga 4000. He replaced the battery and the RAM sockets.

2018-10-05 - 13:05:00 - Week: 40 - Item number: 6565 - Category: Amiga, Repair

Iz8dwf - 1571 repair

Iz8dwf made a video of the repair of Commodore 1571 disk drive. This time he replaces the read/write head.

2018-09-21 - 13:10:00 - Week: 38 - Item number: 6535 - Category: Commodore, Repair

RetroManCave - Amiga 1500

RetroManCave made a video about restoring an Amiga 1500.

2018-09-21 - 13:09:00 - Week: 38 - Item number: 6534 - Category: Amiga, Repair

Retrohax - VIC20

This time a small refurbish for two Commodore VIC20 computers. And the VIC20's will get a SD2IEC.

2018-09-14 - 13:01:00 - Week: 37 - Item number: 6503 - Category: VIC-20, Repair

Jan Beta - C128 (5)

Part 5 of the repair of a Commodore C128 by Jan Beta.

2018-09-07 - 13:06:00 - Week: 36 - Item number: 6498 - Category: C128(D), Repair

RetroCengo - Ocean disk drive repair

RetroCengo made a video about the repair of an Ocean disk drive.

2018-09-07 - 13:03:00 - Week: 36 - Item number: 6495 - Category: Commodore, Repair

Iz8dwf - 1571 repair

Iz8dwf made a video of the repair of Commodore 1571 disk drive. This time the problem was a defective 6502 CPU.

2018-08-31 - 13:06:00 - Week: 35 - Item number: 6488 - Category: C128(D), Repair

Jan Beta - C64 VICII repair

Jan Beta has made a video about the repair of a Commodore C64. The fault of this C64 was that the video was not working.

2018-08-24 - 13:06:00 - Week: 34 - Item number: 6476 - Category: C64, Repair

JaysVintageJunk - Plus/4 repair

JaysVintageJunk has made a video about the repair of a Commodore C16 and a Commodore Plus/4.

Part 2 of the Commodore Plus/4 repair.

2018-08-24 - 13:01:00 - Week: 34 - Item number: 6471 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Repair

Iz8dwf - 1571 repair

Iz8dwf made a video of the repair of Commodore 1571 disk drive. This time the problem is a defective track 0 sensor.

2018-08-17 - 13:16:00 - Week: 33 - Item number: 6467 - Category: Commodore, Repair

Iz8dwf - 1541-II repair

Iz8dwf made a video of the repair of Commodore 1541-II disk drive. This time the problems were a defective power supply and the IEC bus.

2018-08-10 - 13:01:00 - Week: 32 - Item number: 6436 - Category: Commodore, Repair

Cengomania X - Amiga 1000 repair

Cengomania X made a video about the repair of an Amiga 1000.

2018-08-03 - 13:05:00 - Week: 31 - Item number: 6427 - Category: Amiga, Repair

Retr-O-Mat - Amiga 2000 battery repair (2)

Retr-O-Mat made a video (part 2) about a leaking battery on a Amiga 2000 motherboard. After removing the battery he will clean the motherboard and repair the damage.

2018-08-03 - 13:03:00 - Week: 31 - Item number: 6425 - Category: Amiga, Repair

Boolean - C64 restoration (2 & 3)

Boolean made a video about the restoration of a Commodore 64 and a 1570 disk drive. In part two he cleans the keyboard and in part three he builds a new power supply.

C64 restoration part 3

2018-07-13 - 13:11:00 - Week: 28 - Item number: 6387 - Category: C64, Repair

Cengomania X - Amiga 1000

Cengomania X made a video about the restoration of an Amiga 1000. He also added a Golem 2 MB RAM card to the Amiga.

2018-07-13 - 13:10:00 - Week: 28 - Item number: 6386 - Category: Amiga, Repair

Jan Beta - C128 (4)

Part 4 of the repair of a Commodore C128 by Jan Beta.

2018-07-06 - 13:13:00 - Week: 27 - Item number: 6369 - Category: C128(D), Repair

Retr-O-Mat - Amiga 2000 battery repair

Retr-O-Mat made a video about a leaking battery on a Amiga 2000 motherboard. After removing the battery he will clean the motherboard and repair the damage.

2018-06-29 - 13:15:00 - Week: 26 - Item number: 6352 - Category: Amiga, Repair

Jan Beta - C128 (3)

Jan Beta has made another video about the repair of a Commodore C128.

2018-06-22 - 13:14:00 - Week: 25 - Item number: 6334 - Category: C128(D), Repair

Dave Bradley - Super PET

Dave Bradley made a video about the repair of a Commodore Super PET.

2018-06-22 - 13:13:00 - Week: 25 - Item number: 6333 - Category: KIM-1, PET, CBM, Repair

Ottumland - C64 Power-supply

Ottumland made a video how to rebuild a Commodore C64 power-supply. He uses the original case but replaces the electronics inside with modern electronics.

2018-06-22 - 13:07:00 - Week: 25 - Item number: 6327 - Category: C64, Repair

Jan Beta - C128 (2)

Jan Beta has made a video about the repair of a Commodore C128. In this part he builds a new power supply.

2018-06-15 - 13:10:00 - Week: 24 - Item number: 6315 - Category: C128(D), Repair

Jan Beta - C128

Jan Beta has made a video about the repair of a Commodore C128.

2018-06-08 - 13:10:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 6301 - Category: C128(D), Repair

MindFlareRetro - ZIF sockets

MindFlareRetro made a video about adding ZIF sockets to his Commodore C64 test machine.

2018-06-08 - 13:01:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 6300 - Category: C64, Repair

Boolean - C64 restoration

Boolean made a video about the restoration of a Commodore 64 and a 1570 disk drive. He cleans the PCB, replace the electrolytic capacitors and check all the signals.

2018-06-08 - 13:05:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 6295 - Category: C64, Repair

Iz8dwf - VIC-1541 repair

Iz8dwf made a video of the repair of Commodore VIC-1541 disk drive. This time the problem was a defective 74LS14 inverter IC.

2018-06-08 - 13:03:00 - Week: 23 - Item number: 6293 - Category: Commodore, Repair

Bwack - 5V DC-DC

Bwack made a video about replacing the standard 5V linear voltage regulator with a modern DC-DC converter.

2018-06-01 - 13:12:00 - Week: 22 - Item number: 6287 - Category: C64, Repair

GadgetUK164 - C64 repair

GadgetUK164 made a video about the repair of a Commodore C64. This time the Commodore C64 has a bad RAM and a broken key.

2018-05-25 - 13:10:00 - Week: 21 - Item number: 6271 - Category: C64, Repair

The 8-Bit Guy - Commodore VIC20 repair

The 8-Bit Guy made a video about cleaning and repairing a Commodore VIC20 computer.

Commodore VIC20 repair - part 2

2018-05-25 - 13:06:00 - Week: 21 - Item number: 6267 - Category: VIC-20, Repair

GadgetUK164 - C64 repair

GadgetUK164 made a video about the repair of a Commodore C64. This time the Commodore C64 has a black screen.

2018-05-18 - 13:15:00 - Week: 20 - Item number: 6258 - Category: C64, Repair

Rob Clarke - C116 keyboard repair

Rob Clarke made a video about taking apart, clean, repair and reassemble a keyboard from a Commodore 116 computer.

2018-05-04 - 13:18:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 6223 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Repair

Jan Beta - DC-DC converter C64

Jan Beta has made a video about replacing the 5 VDC voltage regulator in a Commodore C64 with a modern DC-DC converter.

2018-05-04 - 13:14:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 6219 - Category: C64, Repair

The Woodgrain Game Room - Educator 64

The Woodgrain Game Room made a video about the restoration of a Commodore Educator 64.

2018-05-04 - 13:12:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 6217 - Category: C64, Repair

Plan C - Amiga power-supply repair

Plan C has made a video about the repair of an Amiga power-supply. He replaced several components such as resistors, capacitors and a transistor.

2018-04-27 - 13:02:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 6194 - Category: Amiga, Repair

Iz8dwf - PET 2001 repair

Iz8dwf made a video of the repair of a PET 2001. The PET 2001 needed a new daughterboard with RAM and ROM.

2018-04-20 - 13:15:00 - Week: 16 - Item number: 6189 - Category: KIM-1, PET, CBM, Repair

Retro Ravi - A1200 keyboard repair

Retro Ravi made a video about the repair of a Commodore Amiga 1200 keyboard. He cleaned all components and replaced the membrane.

2018-03-30 - 13:06:00 - Week: 13 - Item number: 6125 - Category: Amiga, Repair

Retro Tech & Electronics - A500 power supply repair

Retro Tech & Electronics made a video about testing and repairing an Amiga 500 power supply. After testing all of the components a bad electrolytic capacitor was discovered.

2018-03-30 - 13:04:00 - Week: 13 - Item number: 6123 - Category: Amiga, Repair

DarkWolf80s - 1084 Power switch

DarkWolf80s made a video about repairing the power switch of a Commodore 1084 CRT Video Monitor.

2018-03-23 - 13:09:00 - Week: 12 - Item number: 6108 - Category: Commodore, Repair