Wish me the luck, the little guy’s going under the knife… the video signal cuts out intermittently so I’m going to try changing the 16MHz oscillating crystal.

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✅ Step 1 (the easy bit)

(The X1 oscillator is circled in white.)

(Did I mention I’m a nervous solderer?) :)

So mine’s apparently an Issue 4 from 1982. Although there’s a sticker in it that reads 1 Nov 83 (maybe when it was sold/serviced?)

The board’s out and yes, I was a bit of a barbarian and, since I’m not going to be using the composite out, cut the wires to it instead of desoldering them. If I ever need it, I can just connect the wires again.

Now the bit that scares me…

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#repair

Right, well, oscillator replaced. No solder accidents.

Going to put it back together and try it out.

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