On 9/02/2016 9:25 a.m., Adrian Graham wrote:
  Having had another bit of CBM kit with a failed CPU
I'm wondering where you
 lovely US folk get your spares from since ebay seems a bit ridiculous for
 replacements at ukp8 a pop being the lowest price. They're surely not THAT
 valuable? 
eBay does have some pretty cheap options...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1pcs-R6502AP-R6502-DIP-40-/170828631732?hash=item27…
Bearing in mind that although this looks authentic, it may be a re-mark,
and it will still probably be a working 6502.