> On 2018-06-16, at 05:30, Mia Magnusson <mia@plea.se> wrote: > > Den Thu, 14 Jun 2018 20:49:14 -0500 skrev Jim Brain <brain@jbrain.com>: >> xc95288xl is a 288 macrocell 5v tolerant CPLD. ~$USD5.00/piece in >> singles. > > $USD5 is a bit too near the limit where it starts to be economically > feasible to scrap fully working C64's for parts. (Say that with a PCB, > some various passive components and the assembly work it might land on > $10 for a CIA replacement. That's $20 for two CIA's, and then there is > VIC, SID and PLA that you can get money for, which is scaringly near > the price levels for a C64 with no accessories (i.e. no PSU). This is of course true.. for now. From my POV this is more about PoC first, so that when a broken C64 will be three times more expensive than a working one today, we'd have things ironed out already long ago. -- SD! - http://e4aws.silverdr.com/Received on 2018-06-16 17:00:04
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