MGI's 65XE

[PhilC]

@rubber_jonnie nice repair, I was thinking something similar with the Dremel.

[rubber_jonnie]

@rubber_jonnie nice repair, I was thinking something similar with the Dremel.

Thanks

I was going to go Dremel, but in the end I used my hand file for a bit more control. Luckily it was the corner pin, which made it a whole lot easier.

The material they use for the chip body is really surprisingly tough.

[rubber_jonnie]

I've been running a demo simply called 'The 1K party demo' and it seems that it is pretty good at highlighting the GTIA issue.

This is with the faulty GTIA:

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And this is the good GTIA:

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Seems to be a pretty good dynamic way of testing it.

[mgi]

Imagine what I was thinking looking at some demos not knowing yet it is broken
I was sure the graphics was much better than what I was experiencing...

[rubber_jonnie]

Imagine what I was thinking looking at some demos not knowing yet it is broken
I was sure the graphics was much better than what I was experiencing...

Yep, and they are much better as you can see.

[mgi]

Big, big thanks to @rubber_jonnie and @PhilC !
We have now perfect screen:

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[rubber_jonnie]

Big, big thanks to @rubber_jonnie and @PhilC !
We have now perfect screen:
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No worries, glad to see another machine up and running again

[mgi]

Before:

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After:

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Can you tell the difference?

[rubber_jonnie]

Nice.