Commodore 64 Futureproofing

I'm presenting some methods to prolong the life of a Commodore 64 in this video. Includes recapping, heatsinking and even a crude overvoltage protection using a suppressor diode.

Near the end of the video I mention some further preventive maintenance measures. Replacing the bridge rectifier and the voltage regulators might also be a good idea.

I got the idea for the suppressor diode from this (German) document that also has a variety of other interesting C64 hardware stuff in it: https://ftp.fau.de/aminet/docs/hard/R...

Fellow YouTuber bwack has developed a very sophisticated overvoltage (and other power supply faults) protection, the C64saver. Highly recommended (you can also buy these from him if you contact him):    • C64 Saver (over-voltage protection)  

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