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    From Computer Nerd Kev@3:770/3 to Dennis Katsonis on Mon Sep 14 23:03:42 2020
    Dennis Katsonis <nospam.Dennis.Katsonis@f1.n770.z1654.fidonet.org> wrote:

    Do ceramic caps need to be replaced? I've noted on my Vic 20, which isn't displaying an image, most of them appear to have a white powder, one one near the VIC chip seems to have a small hole. This might be why there is no image.

    They don't age like electrolytic capacitors, and the exterior
    appearance often isn't all that significant, but as with all
    components, even resistors, they can and do fail. So they're
    a suspect for why your VIC 20 isn't working, but probably not
    the most likely one.

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  • From Daniel@1:340/7 to Dennis Katsonis on Sat Sep 19 23:45:00 2020
    Dennis Katsonis wrote to Daniel <=-

    Daniel wrote to mewpo...@hotmail.com <=-

    "mewpo...@hotmail.com" <mewpokemon@hotmail.com> writes:

    Heyas!

    I recently wrote a Solitare implementation for modern platforms
    because I thought I might play it on my tablet and so on and I hate
    ads.

    Anyway, I just had to do a C64 implementation, too!

    Et voila! I ported M3wP Solitare to GEOS on the C64!

    Its not complete yet, I have to make a proper icon and so on as well
    as implement auto solving and some nice end game effects but its
    playable now. Oh! The graphics are a WIP too. I'm getting help with those.

    I'm not sure if there are any other Solitare implementations for GEOS. It
    doe
    sn't matter, I suppose...

    My implementation is open source and available on GitHub at
    https://github.com
    /M3wP/M3wPSolitare

    There is no documentation as yet, either. Sorry! I'll get there!


    Daniel.

    At some point, I will be recapping and restoring my C64 and will have
    GEOS and all that jazz working. This sounds exciting.
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    Visit me at: gopher://gcpp.world

    Do ceramic caps need to be replaced? I've noted on my Vic 20, which
    isn't displaying an image, most of them appear to have a white powder,
    one one near the VIC chip seems to have a small hole. This might be
    why there is no image.

    I don't know. I've seen a number of C64 and Vic20 cap replacement kits.

    I think it may be good practice to replace all of them..

    Did you know someone reverse engineered the C64 mainboard and sells it new?

    www.tindie.com/products/bobsbits/sixtyclone-commodore-64-replica-pcbs

    I think you can order the cap kits from him too. I've seen the kits on various sites on the web so they're not novel.

    Daniel Traechin

    ... Visit me at gopher://gcpp.world
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