Re: Broken RF Modulator on C64 - Need advice

Mobo stands for motherboard. Sorry I have a bad habit of shortening up
words.



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<r_u_sure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> KilrPilr wrote:
>> Hi Stefan,
>> Why not just swap in the good keyboard into the good computer case?
>> I believe old and new kboards have the same plug in and work the
>> same. I would do that or swap chips off the good board onto the bad
>> board until either it works or you swap them all back and go with the
>> keyboard swap. :D Also u could swap the mobo of the good computer
>> into the case of the bad mobo or vice versa. Whichever u would prefer.
>> I would try that over trying to desolder the rf modulator and such.
>
> Somebody tell me what a MOBO is.
>
> A master electrician showed me this trick. You don't even need
> to unscrew the keyboard if the upper outer shell of the one C64
> fits the lower shell of the other. Of course, one unit will
> have the same electronics except for the keys. The other unit
> has a canabalized upper unit with a malfunctioning video signal.
>
> Have you tried connecting the round 5 or 8 pin A / V port of the
> C64 with the bad video signal to the input dubbing jacks of a VCR?
> If that doesn't work, then you may have bigger problems than you
> think. I'll let the electronic honchos her help you with that problem.
>


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