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As far as I can tell the items are used as a transmitter/receiver for some kind wireless teletype:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioteletype
http://ad0k.net/rtty/

Mike wrote:VIC-1020 expansion chassis (featuring 5 cartridge slots)

6, not 5.

ajordison wrote:

leof wrote:...no conditional assembling.

Yes there is, have a look at the assembler's help. Or did you have problems getting it to work?

Yes, found it. Thanks!

I didn't know about the plugins in Notepad++. Looks very good!
Will try out. Thanks.

I have setup dasm that works quite well in itself. But it's way more cumbersome to use as is the integrated environment of CBMprgStrudio. If only you look at the windows you will have open at the same time. I had a look at ca65 too. It is very complex at first sight. I'm sure it will have its advant...

I'm new to programming in assembler and I like the development environment CBMProgStudio. Many source code I can find on the internet to try and study is created for different assemblers. So I cannot get them to work in CBMProgStudio straight away. Can someone give some hints on how to easily conver...

I'm going to sell my Commodore books VIC-20 An introduction to BASIC on AmiBay.
http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?t=56406
Price is 25 euros excluding shipping and payment fees.
Sold

Recapped: same problem.
Replaced PSU (second time): all OK!

Thanks Peter,
I will look into that option.
Leo

Maybe if you add "color" to least powerful computer.
I do not know the KIM, but I suppose it was not as powerful as the VIC-20.

joshuadenmark wrote:The Electrolytic capacitors are often failing, the are so old and will fails or leak, but easy to desolder and cheap to try.

Is this likely to be the cause of the symptoms? The capacitors on the board do not look bad.
I think I could do the replacement myself .

Yes, after cooling down, I can reboot normally. But after a few minutes, them problem returns.
I checked IC's for heat, but even de VIC does not get hot, warm only.

My VIC-20 behaves weard. After some time the display is garbaged and gets black. I suppost it's the 6561 that has gone bad?
http://youtu.be/inYNRYQQcLU
[youtube]inYNRYQQcLU [/youtube]

Got it working!
Cleaning the contacts did the trick!

Good find! Thanks!