[torontocbm] Re: Spare PLA chips?

  • From: James Alexander <james.m.alexander@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:34:57 -0400

Hey Gil,
Thats one of the numbers I've seen 12 million, 17 million and as high as 22 million. Not sure which is closer to the truth but it matters not a lot as theirs enough to go round for anybody who wants one. Just a matter of keeping eyes out for them. 

Gil Winkler wrote:
Geez.....I am surprised......there HAS to be thousands of C64s lying around SOMEWHERE in SOME surplus shop or basement....how many were sold? 10 million or something?
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Brian Lyons <brian@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:brian@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: 

    I have dropped into Active about a half dozen times over the past
    year or so.
I have never seen any C64 stuff there. 
        ----- Original Message -----
        *From:* STEVE GRAY <mailto:sjgray@xxxxxxxxxx>
        *To:* torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
        *Sent:* Thursday, April 30, 2009 10:37 AM
        *Subject:* [torontocbm] Re: Spare PLA chips?

        I don't get downtown that much these days. I used to work at
        Ryerson University and got to Active surplus occasionally, but
        these days I'm stuck in Markham ;-)  Anyone have any luck
        finding Commodore stuff at Active?
Steve 

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        *From:* Gil Winkler <kimmyland@xxxxxxxxx
        <mailto:kimmyland@xxxxxxxxx>>
        *To:* torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
        *Sent:* Thursday, April 30, 2009 12:16:06 AM
        *Subject:* [torontocbm] Re: Spare PLA chips?

        C64 motherboards should be all over the place (dead or alive)
        at surplus places.
        Have you tried Active surplus on Queen/spadina?

        Gil

        On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 9:15 AM, STEVE GRAY <sjgray@xxxxxxxxxx
        <mailto:sjgray@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

            While attempting to fix a C64 motherboard I mistakenly
            swapped PLA's into the SID socket... guess what?... PLA's
            don't like 12V :-(
A long shot, but does anyone have any spare PLA chips? 
            They don't seem to show up on eBay very often these days...
I know I can get work-alike replacements for about $10 
            each but I'd like to try to find real chips first if possible.
Steve

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