Mail Call #3 Part 1 - Ginger beer, DOS laptop fix and more
Part 1 of 2. Time to look at all the great stuff people have donated to the channel! 0:00 - Intro 0:58 - Lenovo Flex 14 2-in-1 Mini Review 4:43 - Bundaberg Ginger Beer 5:45- Mac G4 Cube Discussion 9:10 - C64 case parts and C128 Servant ROM 14:01 - Sony Vaio PCG-748 Fix 22:07 - Sony Vaio PCG-748 vs Toshiba Satellite 335CDS Comparison: 26:37 - Adaptec RLL 8-bit ISA Controller 27:23 - Plastic pry tools --- Video Links Lenovo Flex 14 2-in-1 Laptop https://amzn.to/2PPRlBc C128 Servant ROM http://commodore.software/downloads/d... --- Tools Deoxit D5: http://store.caig.com/s.nl/it.A/id.16... Jonard Tools EX-2 Chip Extractor: https://www.jonard.com/Products/EX-2-... Wiha Chip Lifter: https://www.wihatools.com/precision-c... Elenco Electronics LP-560 Logic Probe: https://www.amazon.com/Elenco-Electro... Hakko FR301 Desoldering Iron: https://www.amazon.com/American-HAKKO... Rigol DS1054Z Four Channel Oscilloscope: https://www.rigolna.com/products/digi... Head Worn Magnifying Goggles / Dual Lens Flip-In Head Magnifier: https://www.amazon.com/SE-Illuminated... TL866II Plus Chip Tester and EPROM programmer: (The MiniPro) https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33000... TS100 Soldering Iron: https://www.ebay.com/itm/TS100-65W-MI... EEVBlog 121GW Multimeter: https://www.eevblog.com/product/121gw/ DSLogic Basic Logic Analyzer: https://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Logic-DS... Magnetic Screw Holder: (also on eBay and Amazon) https://www.harborfreight.com/4-inch-... Universal ZIP sockets: (clones, used on my ZIF-64 test machine) https://www.ebay.com/itm/14-16-18-20-... RetroTink 2X Upconverter: (to hook up something like a C64 to HDMI) http://www.retrotink.com/ Plato (Clone) Side Cutters: (order five) https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-2-5-10PCS-... Heat Sinks: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32537... Little squeezy bottles: (available elsewhere too) https://www.amazon.com/Precision-Appl... --- Links My GitHub repository: https://github.com/misterblack1?tab=r... Commodore Computer Club / Vancouver, WA – Portland, OR – PDX Commodore Users Group https://www.commodorecomputerclub.com/ --- C64 Stuff JaffyDOS: http://blog.worldofjani.com/?p=3544 C64 Test Harness I use: • Building a Commodore 64 Diagnostic Test Ha... C64 Homebrew cartridge PCB: (used for the DeadTest / Diag Cart I use) https://www.ebay.com/itm/Commodore-64... EasyFlash 3 Multi-Cart: http://store.go4retro.com/easyflash-3/ --- Instructional videos My video on damage-free chip removal: • How to remove chips without damaging the c... --- Music Intro music by: Nathan Divino @itsnathandivino Outro Music: Abyss by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Mail Call #3 Part 2 - Another #8bitDanceParty, Ti99/4a teardown and more

Unboxing and testing Commodore stuff for the holidays

$10 For A Pile Of Laptops... Do They Work?

Mid-Week Mini Mail Call #1: A box of goodies from the UK

I Don't Think I Can Go Back To Windows...

An Atari 2600 repair, a Zenith Laptop, cleaning supplies and a 286 co-processor

A bricked TheC64 Mini? A filthy Macintosh LC, The ODroid-Go ESP32 handheld and more
![Repairing an Apple Disk ][ drive with multiple faults](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/e1_aI88Xr98/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEnCNACELwBSFryq4qpAxkIARUAAAAAGAElAADIQj0AgKJDeAG4AvMY&rs=AOn4CLBxkguEu-f9PI_STo5B3X6tdLCMAw&usqp=CCY)
Repairing an Apple Disk ][ drive with multiple faults

Destroyed by Neglect—Laptop Completely Dead And Falling Apart!

PowerLeap Pentium upgrade, a RCA portable TV, a serial IR remote and a caching Promise card

Yellowest VIC-20 ever, SNES controller, TI-2500 Calculator Repair and money grab cleaning floppy

Mid-Week Mini Mail Call #5 - Unusual DRAM, DIP PIN straightener and a ton of German candy!

"The only cassette mechanism being made" myth BUSTED!

VIC-20 goodies: Running PET programs on the VIC, a hand made 24k RAM expansion, 80/40 column cart

The Local AI Hardware Mistake Everyone Makes

Amiga floppy drive resurrection (Chinon FB-354)

What can you do with 128GB of DDR2?

Tons of RAM, a dual slot CF-IDE adapter, a Hakko 808 and some SCSI stuff

Some Ketchup Chips, some 486 Chips, an iFixit toolset, some IBM keys and a 90's IBM "Credit Card"

