11-02-15 13:22 Wilfred van Velzen wrote to Ed Vance about Re: This echoarea
Howdy! Wilfred,

 WvV> {at}MSGID: 
 WvV> Hi Ed,

 WvV> On 2015-11-01 19:55:00, you wrote to me:

 EV> Try Your C=64, I'd think it would work since it boot up from ROM Chips
 EV> instead of from a Hard Disk or Floppy.

 WvV> I'm afraid of old capacitors that wouldn't survive the first turn on of
 WvV> power after so many years. And that could also damage other more vital
 WvV> parts. The same thing goes for the Amiga...

Soldering new capacitors on a Commodore 64 printed circuit shouldn't be too
hard to do.
Finding the capacitors might be the hard part if You don't have any place near
by to buy them.

I use to buy parts from Radio Shack because they were located closer to my
home than the Wholesale Radio-TV Parts stores were.

Also I think the C=64 PC Board is an ordinary double sided board instead of
a multi-layer PC Board, or Surface Mounted PC Board.

If a electrolytic capacitor POPS it is easy to see which one on the PC Board
gave up the ghost.
And then there is the smell.......


... Have you checked your smoke detector batteries & Fire Ext, LATELY?!
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