Total Refurb – Refurbishing a Commodore 64 system for my nephew

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In this video I set out to refurbish a Commodore 64 system for my nephew. My nephew Matt was sort of like a kid brother to me. His dad was the one who introduced me to the C64 in fact. When I heard he was interested in getting a C64 I was happy to pull once from my stash and refurbish is for him.

A dirty but decent looking C64 was retrieved from the stash and the refurb was started. Join in as we go through it step by step cleaning it up, fixing the problem we find and doing a through test. An S-Video adapter cable is made, an old S-Video to HSMI adapter dug out of a box, a new Kevin Ottum power supply and SD2IEC was obtained as well as other bits and bobs to put together a good starter system.

Join us to see how it all turns out.

Timeline:
00:00 – Welcome
01:31 – Disassembly and Inspection
05:54 – Power on test and using the test harness
11:22 – PCB inspection and cleaning
15:43 – Test #2, testing the paddle inputs
22:28 – Cleaning and testing the keyboard
31:53 – Scrubbing and repairing the case
34:01 – Reassembly and system overview
36:45 – Wrap up, Thanks!

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Keven Ottum power supply: [email protected]
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