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I'm afraid you probably have serious damage in addition to what you can see. The inductor attached to the socket is a passive component. I would have thought the rectifier that converts AC to DC would also have been destroyed. No, I don't think so. According to the schematic at ftp://www.zimmers.ne...

Time to get out the soldering Iron, Multimeter, Vic-20 schematic, and get testing. A 4A fuse would suffice for testing purposes only, get a proper 3.15A part if You get it up and running. It may help to know where You are, also post a pic of the mainboard so we have a clue what revision You have. C...

It's funny how that ad is for a "NTSC VIC chip", while the text states that it is for "PAL systems only, see elsewhere for NTSC". I think it's better to drop few lines at the seller before striking the deal. 25 pounds is LOT of money! Just buy another VIC20 from eBay and you get...

Sorry, side question from the mother image posted by the OP (original poster). What is the circular magnet piece with copper wire around it? The piece that is right next the 2-pronged power plug, that is, upper right corner from the red circle done by the OP? Is it possible to replace that piece, be...

Hi, I have a VIC20 with the two-pronged power connector. I was stupid to mistakenly plugged the direct power cable into the the house plug, which is, of course, 110V!!!!!! Well, the VIC20's fuse BLOWN! And when I open up the VIC20, of course, with the power cord unplugged, I see that there is a magn...