[torontocbm] Re: Spare PLA chips?
- From: Gil Winkler <kimmyland@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:24:18 -0400
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> 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 <sjgray@xxxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* 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
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Gil Winkler <kimmyland@xxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* 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> 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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