Last year I had repair tech Ray Carlsen install a North American power supply, convert to 64K video RAM, and fix a disk drive problem on my plastic, European Commodore 128D. Since that time, I've exhibited it at various shows, and it has
worked perfectly with a Dell U2410 multiscan monitor.

This November I bring more for Ray to repair! The plastic C128D returns to him
for the C128 upgrade ROMs and the 1571 upgrade ROM. Also I will bring in my club's flat C128 for him to upgrade its ROMs and to bring it up to 64K video RAM. Not only that but I bring him three, metal C128DCR's that were given to me by Al Jackson, former president of the defunct Clark County Commodore Computer Club (of Las Vegas). The cases and keyboards were covered in desert dust, and so, I'll have Ray check them out. For sure, a disk drive head clean and drive rail lubrication. One keyboard has two, non-working keys. And some of the cases have holes drilled in them for various, extra switches; those will have to be investigated and checked for functionality.

What else can I bring Ray to repair? Another power supply upgrade for a 1541 drive? Maybe I can dig out some C64's for him to check out (like earlier this year when he diagnosed bad RAM in a C64C short-board model. He said that was the first time he had seen bad RAM in a short board, because those didn't go bad.) Maybe my personal, metal C128DCR for a power supply upgrade?

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

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RobertB <user4717@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

Last year I had repair tech Ray Carlsen install [...]

It is incredible he is still fixing Commodores. Any idea
when did he start?

br,
KK

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RobertB <user4717@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

Last year I had repair tech Ray Carlsen install [...]

It is incredible he is still fixing Commodores. Any idea
when did he start?

br,
KK

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I am about to buy a power supply from him next month; I blew ALL my spare money this month at VCFSE but have a 128... but it needs power LOL

... Time machine, my foot. Why, it couldn't tell you the time, much less..

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Bo Holt <usenet@vk3heg.net> posted:

I am about to buy a power supply from him next month; I blew ALL my spare money this month at VCFSE but have a 128... but it needs power LOL

Yeah, he can serve all your power supply needs. And at a lower price than some of the p.s.'s that I've seen lately on eBay!

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network -
http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

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kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) posted:

It is incredible he is still fixing Commodores. Any idea
when did he start?

Heh, I could ask him, but it must have been in the 1980's-early 90's, because he showed me a paper that said he was an official Commodore repair station.
I met him back in 1998 and have been going to him ever since.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo

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I <user4717@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:

Not only that but I bring him three, metal C128DCR's that were given to me by Al Jackson, former president of the defunct Clark County Commodore Computer
Club (of Las Vegas). The cases and keyboards were covered in desert dust, and
so, I'll have Ray check them out. For sure, a disk drive head clean and drive
rail lubrication. One keyboard has two, non-working keys. And some of the cases have holes drilled in them for various, extra switches; those will have
to be investigated and checked for functionality.

One of the C128DCR's felt light in weight. I looked through its ports more
carefully. There was no disk drive nor power supply in it!!! Ray told me that he has some NOS, original C= power supplies and will fit one into it. As for the missing 1571, he said that he needed a donor 1571. I told him I could pull
one out of storage. He'll take out its mechanism and fabricate a frame for it so that it could be held in place inside the C128DCR case.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network -
http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

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Yeah, he can serve all your power supply needs. And at a lower price t some of the p.s.'s that I've seen lately on eBay!

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network -
http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

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He seems to be a really nice guy, too. Better than being a jerk LOL

Bo

... It's great to do nothing and rest afterwards.

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