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From: bryce@COGSCI.BERKELEY.EDU (Bryce Nesbitt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Help with C64 sound chip problems
Message-ID: <8706010106.AA03175@cogsci.berkeley.edu>
Date: Sun, 31-May-87 21:06:59 EDT
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Posted: Sun May 31 21:06:59 1987
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Summary: Cost effective repair, one suggestion.


in article <225@jplpro.JPL.NASA.GOV> oscar (Oscar "Fred" DeMartino) typed:
>
>I have somehow blown my sound chip.
>
>All of the estimates that I have gotten to fix it have been so high that it
>would be just as cheap to buy a new C64.
>PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>

With the "Blue Book" value of a C64 at about $65 dollars, cost effective
repair is a problem.
If you are unable to find local help I know of a repair person whom I can
*highly* recommend that will handle repairs via UPS.  Please excuse this
commercialism:

$35 is the flat rate for labor and shipping.  Major parts are extra.  A sound
chip is $15.  You must:

1> Send via UPS.  Preferably insured, but UPS only pays "blue book" values for
   damage or loss.
2> Include your power supply so it can be checked for subtle problems as well.
3> Include your Phone (with times), name and address INSIDE the box.
4> Include payment or means for payment.  It is probably best to call first.

Bruce Takahashi Repairs
1442 A Walnut St.  #420
Berkeley, Ca  94709-1496
415-525-6973

Mr. Takahashi is qualified to work with C64s, C128s, all Commodore disk
drives, the Amiga and almost any peripherials.
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