Re: C64C case production molds resurfaced

On 2015-03-04 18:40, Gerrit Heitsch wrote:

>> I already run two swinsids in one machine - they do a relatively good
>> job so - in case - there is a direct replacement. Things look worse with
>> e.g. TED. or even VIC.
>
> VIC is not that much of a problem. Despite the 6569 running quite hot it
> doesn't die very often and there are still lots of them available. TED
> is a different story since not as many were made and the earlier ones
> (R1 and R2 with '84 datecode) seemed to die easily.
>
> I'd be more worried about the availability of the 6526 / 8521.

8520?

TED is critical as we know. I agree that VIC is fairly hard to break (I 
recall that was probably the least breaking MOS component in my 
practice) but the reason I placed it over CIAs is that the latter should 
be easier to achieve full compatibility when reimplementing. And also 
require far lower gate count, possibly enabling it to fit on a limited 
footprint.

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SD!

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