Hi Roy.

25-Sep-03 12:05:56, Roy J. Tellason wrote to Jasen Betts


 RJT> Jasen Betts wrote in a message to Wayne Chirnside:

 JB>> there was some sort of rubbery heatsink compound used  on the
 JB>> video chip (I think) in Commodore 64s (or possinly some other
 JB>> home compputer of that era) it looked like white silicone caulk.

 RJT> All of the ones I ever saw (and that was a LOT!) used regular
 RJT> pasty heatsink compound..

 RJT> The earlier ones had the video chip in a little metal box,  the
 RJT> later ones didn't but relied on the "sheild" over the board to
 RJT> conduct heat away from the chips

this was an early one, with the tin box, also it had VHF output, later ones
had UHF and shipped with an external VHF modulator dunno if the PAL models
came form the same assebly line as the NTSC ones, OTOH ICBW.

 -=> Bye <=-

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