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You managed to repair that while drinking. Impressive.

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Yeah, my hand is steady after a drink. Two drinks, still good. Three, so/so. Four, concentration is required. Steady pace is ace.

I had all chips de-soldered and the sockets in before I had drink #2 down and then it is just logic probing and probing my brains logic. Turned out to be a multiple issue. Primary logic array/ Vic chip/ Cia chip / Bad capacitor. Added a custom built PWM controller and micro blower I had laying around.

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Pretty cool, That level of hardware work is beyond my experience, I’ve done a few things like that here and there, I know my way around a multi meter and a soldering iron but I’m still impressed by the people who are truest good at it.

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I started modding things in the 80s when modding meant getting electronic engineering books from the 60s, learning and building from scratch. It is a slow game hobby. Still makes me cringe to see modern PC customization get called "modification". Added some LED fans and rope lights I bought....... Wooohooo... KIDS TODAY I TELL YA!!! Muh lawn, off.

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I think I still have a Vic 20 in my basement. The power brick died and I've never bothered fixing it.

I should do something with it. I even have two TRS-80 (models II and III) computers down there. I sometimes boot one of 'em and play Zork, but I haven't had time to do that in years.

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to pull out the vic20. The trash80 is a neat machine, has the best version of zork in my opinion as well. Also

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Damned right, the trash 80 (you're probably pretty old if you know that name) has the best version of Zork.

I used to dial in to the university with my TRS-80. I still have the acoustic coupler (cradle MODEM) for it. Alas, I only have the one that came from RadioShack. It sucked and I spent an ungodly amount of money to buy one from Hayes (? it was a long time ago) but that's long since gone missing.

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I have a thing for acoustic coupler modems at 300 baud. My first experience with the thrash80 was a classroom with on of Was pretty amazing at the time.