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

PhilC wrote: 16 Jun 2023 11:45 @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.

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:


And this is the good GTIA:


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

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...

mgi wrote: 16 Jun 2023 13:29 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.

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

mgi wrote: 23 Jun 2023 15:35 Big, big thanks to @rubber_jonnie and @PhilC !
We have now perfect screen:
IMG_1461.png

No worries, glad to see another machine up and running again :)

Before:


After:


Can you tell the difference?

Nice.

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