C64 Power Supply Replacement Options

On 6/26/2013 8:19 PM, ben wrote: I think Seth did a good job on answering this, but there's another point. You can plop down an FPGA, or maybe more likely a CPLD, on a little DIP carrier, and replace the functionality of those old chips. So let's say your old computer has some custom silicon chips that have died/fried/etc in there, but you either can't find a replacement, or that replacement is simply too expensive. You can now buy a relatively cheap replacement solution. Sure, the replacement costs more in a one-off fashion than the original silicon cost 25 years ago produced in bulk. Of course. See here http://www.fpgaarcade.com/parts.htm for an example. My point is that it need not be an ALL or nothing approach. You can have a hybrid system that is mostly old, but has some new parts in it. I will say that I am extremely excited for the shipping of the FPGA Arcade Replay which can reimplement a number of old machines like Atari, Amiga, and so on. http://www.fpgaarcade.com/index.htm This thing is finally a reality....although I don't have one yet. New technology meets retro computing. This stuff really rocks my socks off. Keith