Commodore 128 Restoration
I'm posting this here a bit early, since I haven't finished the main thumbnail image yet. It will release to the general public in a few hours. This project was started a few weeks ago, but ran into problems so it had to go on the back burner for a while.
Commodore 128 Complete Restoration and Board Repair. (YouTube)
Comments (17)
Omg it’s tan commodore 128
Fantastic. I just bought a C128. Fortunately mine was in much better condition. It was not yellowed and cleaned up well with some wipes and alcohol. The power supply is a different story, it's quite yellow and the cord is covered in black scuffs. I have an Atari 130XE that is very yellow.
Well, at least you don't have to look at the power supply all day!
I was wondering approximately how many hours did this project take.
probably around 30.
Fantastic, love it, keep up the good work and looking forward to more of your content.
Great video as usual! Regarding the retrobrite treatment, I was wondering: have you experimented with applying some kind of UV protective coating to keep the plastics from yellowing down the road?
Not personally. I have read accounts of those who did. It is a double-edged sword. Apparently sometimes it still goes yellow again. Only, once the coating is applied it is impossible to use retrobrite on it again.
On 4:36 the color surrounding the chips is clearly visible on my phone (iPhone 7) but not that good on a tv. I showed your episode at the office today (brand new 65" LG) and I don't know but it wasn't that clear. Maybe better use a more contrasting color. (Instead of green? Colorblind here :))
Hmmm.. Interesting. I guess I could have used black maybe. I tried to use the most contrast I could find.
Great! Very educational about diagnosing and fixing the traces.
Hüslbeck sounds strange on NTSC. And what are those white flickers? Are you playing a PAL version on a NTSC machine by chance? o.o (Sorry for going full frontal Breadbin Nerd on this, it is my most favorite 8 Bit machine and i am somewhat in the scene, being a Dienstagstreff member... :) )
Yes.. it is a PAL version, I'm pretty certain. I don't think I've ever seen an NTSC version of this game.
Awesome video, love it. Just got my self a C128D which I'm gonna try give the same cleanup as you did. Greetings from Denmark 🇩🇰
Man, I really wanna know where you find all these amazing background tracks for your videos, I need some too but the YT music library just won't cut it...
Oh wow, that's a real mess...,
Glorious! Gonna see it tomorrow after work. Now, time for bed. Keep doing what you love. Best wishes from Finland.