Denial

*UPDATE* Hi, after quite some time I replaced capacitor C16 yesterday, but it did not help. So working back from what 6502dude said I removed the 6561E chip today and put in the one from my working Vic-20. This solved the problem. EARLY VERSION BOARDS: ASSY #324003 FAB #324002-01 REV D 1980 UB7 6560...

What a mess!

@Schema: You should make another appearance in the paper to tell them what you did with your computer, 20 year update

I never had a Vic-20 back in the day

Heya,

I haven't seen it but I am guessing it should be the IT Crowd

http://www.channel4.com/itcrowd

It's rubbish!!!


No, I'm kidding. It's great. I bought my Vic-20 after seeing it.

Thanks, 6502dude, you sound like you know what you're talking about. It will be too expensive to buy high impedance headphones just for this, so instead I think I will try to replace this capacitor to see if that helps.

Thank you, carlsson. I have now won an auction for another Vic-20 so I hope that that one works. And I plan to use it to find out what is wrong with the one I have so I can repair it. I will certainly check the components you have pointed out. I read also on Ray Carlsen's page that it may be IC 7402...

Checking all connections seems too difficult. I have tried pushing all chips down into their sockets. It is PAL. This is a VC-20 made in West Germany, but it looks like it was sold in Norwich judging from a sticker on the bottom. It is the older model with a two-prong power connector. The picture is...

It sounds like when you turn on both the hot and cold water tap at the same time and the pipes scream, but pretty low pitch and not loud, distorted

Hi, I bought a VC-20 off ebay fairly cheap. I suspect there is something wrong with the sound. When I e.g. play the cartridge game Omega Race, the volume goes up and down. The volume was low before I started to move the ship, but when I pushed the joystick forward the volume went up and then it kept...