More C64 Repair Logs

During the last couple of weeks I’ve received 8 (!) broken Commodore 64 machines that were in need of repair. The repair logs of three of them have already been described here (link), while the latter five had issues ranging from faulty Serial Ports (link, link, link), … Read more

Jupiter Lander running with failed RAM chips. breadbox64.com

Brute Force Repair!

I have fixed quite a few broken Commodore 64’s, but this one was by far the most challeging one! The machine started out as a simple memory fault that was fixed so it could run the cartridge game of Jupiter Lander. However, it took a … Read more

Broken C64’s Repaired

I just got this stack of broken and badly discolored Commodore 64C’s from a friend. The cases were made in China, Hong Kong and Germany… The first board is an Assy 250469 Rev. A board that had a broken keyboard – some of the keys … Read more

C64 Case Modding

Montezuma’s Revenge is by far my all time favourite game for the Commodore 64 (link). Maybe it’s because the gameplay is so simple. All you have to do is find keys, open doors, don’t get killed, get to the bottom of the maze, repeat… In … Read more