Michael Doornbos
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Brought another vintage computer back to life from the trash bin. Some probing around with the oscilloscope narrowed it down to a bad VIC chip. Desoldered, installed a socket and replaced it and it’s back in service.

▸ May 17, 2021 ▸ Michael Doornbos ▸ 0 words
← The first spreadsheet I ever used was Practicalc. Seems appropriate to use it to hold a BOM for a new retro board build These are the chips getting the dreaded X on them just from this evening. Sheesh →
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