0059 A VIC-20 test harness, an LS-120 disaster, a homebrew PC accelerator and a cool bad CPU die

Welcome to the next SMMC video! On the bench today, I decided to open up all the (9) small mail call items I had accumulated. This includes some interesting things I hadn't seen before including something to help me fix VIC-20 computers.

0:00 Intro
0:48 LS-120 SuperDrive disaster and teardown
21:05 Electronic parts
21:54 Tanden Disk drive repair parts
28:15 CR2032 battery adapters and Mac TTL video adapter
34:24 CPU die that never worked
37:57 VIC-20 Diagnostic Cart and test harness
57:06 BBC Micro SCART cable
59:19 PC Sprint accelerator for XT machines
1:07:10 Jumper settings for the ProAudio Spectrum 16
1:10:10 Outro

-- Video Links (to fill out)

More about the Superdrive LS-120: (I don't see a mention of a laser!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperDisk

Tandon disk drive repair video (with 3D printed parts)
   • Fixing an old disk drive with 3D prin...  

Ron's computer videos channel:
   / ronscomputervideos  

VIC-20 Diag Cart and test harness:
https://www.tindie.com/products/axel8...

My ISA RAM expansion board: (Github)
https://github.com/misterblack1/isa-r...

PC Sprint Github:
https://github.com/reeshub/pc-sprint

PC Spring Ctl-Alt-Rees Video
   • PC-SPRINT - Overclocking The First PC...  

Adrian's Digital Basement Merch store:
https://my-store-c82bd2-2.creator-spr...

Support the channel on Patreon:
  / adriansdigitalbasement  

Adrian's Digital Basement (Main Channel)
   / @adriansdigitalbasement  

-- Tools

Deoxit D5:
https://amzn.to/2VvOKy1
http://store.caig.com/s.nl/it.A/id.16...

O-Ring Pick Set: (I use these to lift chips off boards)
https://amzn.to/3a9x54J

Elenco Electronics LP-560 Logic Probe:
https://amzn.to/2VrT5lW

Hakko FR301 Desoldering Iron:
https://amzn.to/2ye6xC0

Rigol DS1054Z Four Channel Oscilloscope:
https://www.rigolna.com/products/digi...

Head Worn Magnifying Goggles / Dual Lens Flip-In Head Magnifier:
https://amzn.to/3adRbuy

TL866II Plus Chip Tester and EPROM programmer: (The MiniPro)
https://amzn.to/2wG4tlP
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33000...

TS100 Soldering Iron:
https://amzn.to/2K36dJ5
https://www.ebay.com/itm/TS100-65W-MI...

EEVBlog 121GW Multimeter:
https://www.eevblog.com/product/121gw/

DSLogic Basic Logic Analyzer:
https://amzn.to/2RDSDQw
https://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Logic-DS...

Magnetic Screw Holder:
https://amzn.to/3b8LOhG
https://www.harborfreight.com/4-inch-...

Universal ZIP sockets: (clones, used on my ZIF-64 test machine)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/14-16-18-20-...

RetroTink 2X Upconverter: (to hook up something like a C64 to HDMI)
http://www.retrotink.com/

Plato (Clone) Side Cutters: (order five)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-2-5-10PCS-...

Heat Sinks:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32537...

Little squeezy bottles: (available elsewhere too)
https://amzn.to/3b8LOOI

--- Links

My GitHub repository:
https://github.com/misterblack1?tab=r...

Commodore Computer Club / Vancouver, WA – Portland, OR – PDX Commodore Users Group
https://www.commodorecomputerclub.com/

--- Instructional videos

My video on damage-free chip removal:
   • How to remove chips without damaging ...  

--- Music

Intro music and other tracks by:
Nathan Divino
@itsnathandivino