Justin

I'll have to watch it afterwards.  🙂

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As noted in the "pickups" thread, I recently lucked into purchasing a very rare computer, the Commodore PET-64.  I'm going to use this thread to document the process and progress in restoring this computer.
GOALS: 
Make the computer fully functional and enjoy playing some C64 games on it.  Make it presentable for permanent display on a desk in my gaming room. Do no harm!  If I can't fix it without destroying it, leave it alone. Current State:
It is extremely dirty on the outside. The computer does power on!  The keyboard and screen work!  However, the computer freezes after about 30 seconds.  No idea on the condition of the SID chip. The "5" key on the keyboard has broken off (the stem is broken).  I have the key with stem still attached. Here it is in the initial state:
 

I think this video will be useful, even though it's not the exact model I have:
 

oh hell yeah!

From that list, there are only three I haven't ever seen.  I'm not sure I want to 🙂  Avatar is one I probably should watch, but the long run time always discourages me. 

Tonight 7:30PM EST!!!!!!!!!

Silverback and Funkmaster V of www.Atari7800Forever.com list the Top 5 things they are thankful for, and the Top 5 things they aren't thankful for when it comes to the company known as Atari... which has become self aware this year. Nova Wolf is released for the Atari 7800, Atari is up for an award, the Atari 2600+ seems to be bangin' and the Black Friday sale is still rolling along. Check out our cute azzez and Chat with us LIVE. #atari7800 #atari #atari2600 #atarivcs
 
 

I see it as an opportunity to revisit some of these classics.
 

@Justin your listing suddenly makes me feel really old.

This thread made me realize that I’m old.

The Social Network: 13 years
Inception: 13 years
Avatar: 14 years
The Dark Night: 15 years
Iron Man: 15 years
Wall-E: 15 years
No Country for Old Men: 16 years
Kill Bill: Vol 2: 19 years
Kill Bill: Vol 1: 20 years
Elf: 20 years
Lost in Translation: 20 years
The Bourne Identity: 21 years
Training Day: 22 years
Gladiator: 23 years 
The Matrix: 24 years
The Sixth Sense: 24 years
Office Space: 24 years
You’ve Got Mail: 25 years
Titanic: 26 years
Toy Story: 28 years
Pulp Fiction: 29 years
Shawshank Redemption: 29 years
Forrest Gump: 29 years
The Lion King: 29 years
Jurassic Park: 30 years
Goodfellas: 33 years
Dances with Wolves: 33 years
Pretty Women: 33 years
Total Recall: 33 years
Field of Dreams: 34 years 
Die Hard: 35 years
Wall Street: 36 years
The Princess Bride: 36 years
Spaceballs: 36 years
The Running Man: 36 years
Top Gun: 37 years
Ferris Bueller: 37 years
Back to the Future: 38 years
The Terminator: 39 years
Trading Places: 40 years
Blade Runner: 41 years
E.T.: 41 years
Raiders of the Lost Ark: 42 years
The Shining: 43 years
Alien: 44 years
Apocalypse Now: 44 years
Star Wars: 46 years
Rocky: 47 years
Taxi Driver: 47 years
Jaws: 48 years
Goldfinger: 49 years
The Godfather: 51 years
2001 Space Odyssey: 55 years 
The Sound of Music: 58 years
To Kill a Mockingbird: 61 years 
Psycho: 63 years
Vertigo: 65 years
It’s a Wonderful Life: 77 years
Casablanca: 81 years
Citizen Kane: 82 years
Gone with the Wind: 84 years
The Wizard of Oz: 84 years
Snow White: 86 years

The Social Network: 13 years
Inception: 13 years
Avatar: 14 years
The Dark Night: 15 years
Iron Man: 15 years
Wall-E: 15 years
No Country for Old Men: 16 years
Kill Bill: Vol 2: 19 years
Kill Bill: Vol 1: 20 years
Elf: 20 years
Lost in Translation: 20 years
The Bourne Identity: 21 years
Training Day: 22 years
Gladiator: 23 years 
The Matrix: 24 years
The Sixth Sense: 24 years
Office Space: 24 years
You’ve Got Mail: 25 years
Titanic: 26 years
Toy Story: 28 years
Pulp Fiction: 29 years
Shawshank Redemption: 29 years
Forrest Gump: 29 years
The Lion King: 29 years
Jurassic Park: 30 years
Goodfellas: 33 years
Dances with Wolves: 33 years
Pretty Women: 33 years
Total Recall: 33 years
Field of Dreams: 34 years 
Die Hard: 35 years
Wall Street: 36 years
The Princess Bride: 36 years
Spaceballs: 36 years
The Running Man: 36 years
Top Gun: 37 years
Ferris Bueller: 37 years
Back to the Future: 38 years
The Terminator: 39 years
Trading Places: 40 years
Blade Runner: 41 years
E.T.: 41 years
Raiders of the Lost Ark: 42 years
The Shining: 43 years
Alien: 44 years
Apocalypse Now: 44 years
Star Wars: 46 years
Rocky: 47 years
Taxi Driver: 47 years
Jaws: 48 years
Goldfinger: 49 years
The Godfather: 51 years
2001 Space Odyssey: 55 years 
The Sound of Music: 58 years
To Kill a Mockingbird: 61 years 
Psycho: 63 years
Vertigo: 65 years
It’s a Wonderful Life: 77 years
Casablanca: 81 years
Citizen Kane: 82 years
Gone with the Wind: 84 years
The Wizard of Oz: 84 years
Snow White: 86 years

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The Social Network: 13 years
Inception: 13 years
Avatar: 14 years
The Dark Night: 15 years
Iron Man: 15 years
Wall-E: 15 years
No Country for Old Men: 16 years
Kill Bill: Vol 2: 19 years
Kill Bill: Vol 1: 20 years
Elf: 20 years
Lost in Translation: 20 years
The Bourne Identity: 21 years
Training Day: 22 years
Gladiator: 23 years 
The Matrix: 24 years
The Sixth Sense: 24 years
Office Space: 24 years
You’ve Got Mail: 25 years
Titanic: 26 years
Toy Story: 28 years
Pulp Fiction: 29 years
Shawshank Redemption: 29 years
Forrest Gump: 29 years
The Lion King: 29 years
Jurassic Park: 30 years
Goodfellas: 33 years
Dances with Wolves: 33 years
Pretty Women: 33 years
Total Recall: 33 years
Field of Dreams: 34 years 
Die Hard: 35 years
Wall Street: 36 years
The Princess Bride: 36 years
Spaceballs: 36 years
The Running Man: 36 years
Top Gun: 37 years
Ferris Bueller: 37 years
Back to the Future: 38 years
The Terminator: 39 years
Trading Places: 40 years
Blade Runner: 41 years
E.T.: 41 years
Raiders of the Lost Ark: 42 years
The Shining: 43 years
Alien: 44 years
Apocalypse Now: 44 years
Star Wars: 46 years
Rocky: 47 years
Taxi Driver: 47 years
Jaws: 48 years
Goldfinger: 49 years
The Godfather: 51 years
2001 Space Odyssey: 55 years 
The Sound of Music: 58 years
To Kill a Mockingbird: 61 years 
Psycho: 63 years
Vertigo: 65 years
It’s a Wonderful Life: 77 years
Casablanca: 81 years
Citizen Kane: 82 years
Gone with the Wind: 84 years
The Wizard of Oz: 84 years
Snow White: 86 years

Twenty-six years since "Titanic" was released? That sounds right.

Hard to believe with some of these movies!

I got my tracking email! 

The Social Network: 13 years
Inception: 13 years
Avatar: 14 years
The Dark Night: 15 years
Iron Man: 15 years
Wall-E: 15 years
No Country for Old Men: 16 years
Kill Bill: Vol 2: 19 years
Kill Bill: Vol 1: 20 years
Elf: 20 years
Lost in Translation: 20 years
The Bourne Identity: 21 years
Training Day: 22 years
Gladiator: 23 years 
The Matrix: 24 years
The Sixth Sense: 24 years
Office Space: 24 years
You’ve Got Mail: 25 years
Titanic: 26 years
Toy Story: 28 years
Pulp Fiction: 29 years
Shawshank Redemption: 29 years
Forrest Gump: 29 years
The Lion King: 29 years
Jurassic Park: 30 years
Goodfellas: 33 years
Dances with Wolves: 33 years
Pretty Women: 33 years
Total Recall: 33 years
Field of Dreams: 34 years 
Die Hard: 35 years
Wall Street: 36 years
The Princess Bride: 36 years
Spaceballs: 36 years
The Running Man: 36 years
Top Gun: 37 years
Ferris Bueller: 37 years
Back to the Future: 38 years
The Terminator: 39 years
Trading Places: 40 years
Blade Runner: 41 years
E.T.: 41 years
Raiders of the Lost Ark: 42 years
The Shining: 43 years
Alien: 44 years
Apocalypse Now: 44 years
Star Wars: 46 years
Rocky: 47 years
Taxi Driver: 47 years
Jaws: 48 years
Goldfinger: 49 years
The Godfather: 51 years
2001 Space Odyssey: 55 years 
The Sound of Music: 58 years
To Kill a Mockingbird: 61 years 
Psycho: 63 years
Vertigo: 65 years
It’s a Wonderful Life: 77 years
Casablanca: 81 years
Citizen Kane: 82 years
Gone with the Wind: 84 years
The Wizard of Oz: 84 years
Snow White: 86 years

I just want to comment that...YES it is possible for me to hide the metal plate inside the shell, but I don't because that puts too much stress on the plastic and actually requires me to remove more plastic in order to fit the DB15 and space around it for a VGA cable to be plugged into it. And that means, less plastic around the standoffs to secure everything into place. So, this is the compromise I came up with. The advantage of mounting it there, means the VGA cable isn't in the way of your hands as you play, and the console won't feel top heavy with a cable stuck off the top of it (The only other place there is room). Also with a cable attach, the Lynx will sit up on a flat surface with the VGA cable acting as a kick stand of sorts LOL!
 

Depending on what needs to be done, I can provide some services on the PCE yes. Not the Turbo Express though as I've never worked on those and there are many others out there that specialize in it more like Ben Fong from IfixRetro for instance.
But I've got a PCE core grafx on the bench getting an RGB upgrade put in as I type this.

I don't know who runs this account, but apparently they have some inside info. 😅
 

Oh wow that's beautiful!

Here’s what mine looks like. VGA and McWill LCD screen upgrade. The screen looks better than what’s displayed in the picture.

This was a missed opportunity to do the 7800 version. I imagine that the XP folks in PA don't have a board for that. I also think that if you look at the Butcher Billy 50YOA NFTs, Desert Falcon and Tempest are likely candidates for future XP releases.