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Mace
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 1799 |
What about refurbishing C64s?
Recently I acquired quite a stack of C64s in various conditions. Some work, but have a lot of yellowing, others work but lakc a SID chip or have broken ports and some don't even boot but do have an almost perfect housing.
I'm considering to refurbish those: take all the good parts and build a nice looking and working C64.
Anyone here done that before?
Any thoughts on the fact that the 'authenticity' of a refurbished machine is gone? |
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VIC
Registered: Aug 2003
Posts: 73 |
Quote: I can only agree about cleaning the keyboard. I didn't take mine completely apart, but unscrewed it and cleaned it up as good as I could without removing the keys. The result: spacebar went from hammer-with-force-and-hope-for-the-best state into working-like-any-other-key state.
I've heard about the "any key", but how does the "any-other-key" work? |
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dalezy
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 476 |
Quote: dalezy didnt know you where a smoggie!!!
does that mean all guys from middlesbrough have a hard time finding pictures they did? =) |
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yago
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 333 |
psst, dalezy: a picture of a red c64 is on your myspace account!
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dalezy
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 476 |
Quote: psst, dalezy: a picture of a red c64 is on your myspace account!
yeah, but that's the aftermath, not the before-and-in-progress-imagery |
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Style
Registered: Jun 2004
Posts: 498 |
I have a blue c128, which was so badly yellowed I painted it.
Ive got some Krylon Fusion now though, so I might restore it back to off-white :)
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Mace
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 1799 |
Quote: I have a blue c128, which was so badly yellowed I painted it.
Ive got some Krylon Fusion now though, so I might restore it back to off-white :)
That would be 'Dover White' in Krylon terms ;-)
I'd go for 'Flat Black', if I'd spray the case.
Nice idea to take a breadbox model and put a white keyboard in then: fake C16 :-) |
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Registered: Jun 2006
Posts: 645 |
Quote: That would be 'Dover White' in Krylon terms ;-)
I'd go for 'Flat Black', if I'd spray the case.
Nice idea to take a breadbox model and put a white keyboard in then: fake C16 :-)
well... you'd have to paint all the keys grey too... c16 has grey keys afaik...
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Mace
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 1799 |
Quote: well... you'd have to paint all the keys grey too... c16 has grey keys afaik...
Pfff... mere details... ;) |
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Style
Registered: Jun 2004
Posts: 498 |
Quote: That would be 'Dover White' in Krylon terms ;-)
I'd go for 'Flat Black', if I'd spray the case.
Nice idea to take a breadbox model and put a white keyboard in then: fake C16 :-)
Dover white, yes - I got 6 cans of it. |
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maestro
Registered: Mar 2004
Posts: 727 |
does anyone know of anything in the uk that works well with old keyboards especially if they have yellowed with age aswell?? |
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