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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Commodore SX-64 Restoration -- Episode 409</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/4522/commodore-sx-64-restoration----episode-409</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>Commodore SX-64 Restoration -- Episode 409</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/4522/commodore-sx-64-restoration----episode-409</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2019 07:24:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:6f3b187d-3a50-43e4-a0bf-643dfe425ec0</guid><dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/4522/commodore-sx-64-restoration----episode-409#comments</comments><description>Current Revision posted to Documents by Matt on 8/30/2019 7:24:00 AM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzyKNxW7ZBY"&gt;www.youtube.com/watch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="background-color:#e9f6fc;border:1px solid #b8d7e5;margin:0;max-width:744px;padding:8px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:&amp;#39;Open Sans&amp;#39;, Arial, sans-serif;text-align:justify;"&gt;Matt enjoys working with retro computer and gaming platforms, so when a friend asked if he wanted to come to take an &amp;quot;old Commodore laptop&amp;quot; off his hands, he jumped at the chance! The machine had obviously seen its better days, but Matt would not be deterred from such an extreme restoration challenge! Will the SX-64 come back to life? Watch as Matt repairs and rebuilds a relative retro computing rarity, restoring it to its former glory so he can finally play Planet X2! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3334ca;"&gt;Supplemental Content:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/b/blog/posts/are-you-keeping-up-with-the-commodore" data-e14adj="t"&gt;Are You Keeping Up With The Commodore?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/b/blog/posts/commodore-64-av-cable" data-e14adj="t"&gt;Commodore 64 AV Cable&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/b/blog/posts/commodore-sx-64-blank-screen-fix" data-e14adj="t"&gt;Commodore SX-64 Blank Screen Fix&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/b/blog/posts/commodore-sx-64-keyboard-repair" data-e14adj="t"&gt;Commodore SX-64 Keyboard Repair&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/b/blog/posts/commodore-sx-64-1541-floppy-drive-repair" data-e14adj="t"&gt;Commodore SX-64 1541 Floppy Drive Repair&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/b/blog/posts/replacement-transit-card-for-commodore-64-vic-1540-1541-1571" data-e14adj="t"&gt;Replacement Transit Card for Commodore 64/VIC-1540/1541/1571&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3334ca;"&gt;Bill of Material:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;table class="jiveBorder" style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;" border="1"&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;color:#505050;padding:6px;text-align:left;"&gt;Product Name&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;color:#505050;padding:6px;text-align:left;"&gt;Manufacturer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;color:#505050;padding:6px;text-align:left;"&gt;Quantity&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;color:#505050;padding:6px;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-e43c1" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=1298158~2,809779(equivalent)~2,1702770(equivalent),2300468,2401554,2367752,2801108,2816399,2033045&amp;nsku=12GM5MX~2,97M3724~2,37T8199,08R6228,74R7414,01T0619,25AC4980,88W2802,95F4040&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_BUY_KIT" class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('e43c1'));" data-farnell="1298158~2,809779(equivalent)~2,1702770(equivalent)~1,2300468~1,2401554~1,2367752~1,2801108~1,2816399~1,2033045~1" data-newark="12GM5MX~2,97M3724~2,37T8199~1,08R6228~1,74R7414~1,01T0619~1,25AC4980~1,88W2802~1,95F4040~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Kit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;DIN Audio / Video Connector, 5 Contacts, Plug, Cable Mount, Solder, Tin Plated Contacts, Metal Body&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;SwitchCraft&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-9ee9b" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=1298158~2&amp;nsku=12GM5MX~2&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('9ee9b'));" data-farnell="1298158~2" data-newark="12GM5MX~2" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;DIN Audio / Video Connector, 6 Contacts, Plug, Cable Mount, Solder, Tin Plated Contacts, Metal Body&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;SwitchCraft&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-e3ac8" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=809779(equivalent)~2&amp;nsku=97M3724~2&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('e3ac8'));" data-farnell="809779(equivalent)~2" data-newark="97M3724~2" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Computer Cable, D-Sub Plug to D-Sub Receptacle, 6 ft, 1.8 m, Black&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Tripp-Lite&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-d9be5" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=1702770(equivalent)&amp;nsku=37T8199&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('d9be5'));" data-farnell="1702770(equivalent)~1" data-newark="37T8199~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Computer Cable, D-Sub Plug to D-Sub Receptacle, 2.5 ft, 760 mm, Black&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;L-COM&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-ddd2d" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2300468&amp;nsku=08R6228&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('ddd2d'));" data-farnell="2300468~1" data-newark="08R6228~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;D Sub Connector, DB25, Standard, Plug, AMPLIMITE HD-20 Series, 25 Contacts, DB, Solder&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;AMP-TC Connectivity&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-c1da0" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2401554&amp;nsku=74R7414&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('c1da0'));" data-farnell="2401554~1" data-newark="74R7414~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Mains Power Cord, NEMA 5-15P to IEC 60320 C13, 1.2 m, 10 A, 125 VAC, Black&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Tripp-Lite&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-a6474" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2367752&amp;nsku=01T0619&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('a6474'));" data-farnell="2367752~1" data-newark="01T0619~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Audio / Video Cable Assembly, Stereo Audio Patch, Dual RCA Plugs to Dual RCA Plugs, 6 Ft, 1.8 M&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Stellar Labs&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-e8d17" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2801108&amp;nsku=25AC4980&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('e8d17'));" data-farnell="2801108~1" data-newark="25AC4980~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Premium Female/Male Extension Jumper Wires, 40 x 6&amp;quot; (150mm)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Adafruit&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-ac0a5" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2816399&amp;nsku=88W2802&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('ac0a5'));" data-farnell="2816399~1" data-newark="88W2802~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Extraction Tool, DIP/IC&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;OK Industries&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-be8ca" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2033045&amp;nsku=95F4040&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('be8ca'));" data-farnell="2033045~1" data-newark="95F4040~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3334ca;"&gt;Additional Parts:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;table class="jiveBorder" style="border:1px solid #000000;width:100%;" border="1"&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th style="background-color:#6690bc;border:1px solid #000000;color:#ffffff;padding:2px;text-align:left;" valign="middle"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product Name&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;"&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Commodore SX-64&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;"&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bondo Automotive Filler Compound&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;"&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rustoleum Metallic Satin Nickel Finish paint&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;"&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Commodore 906114-01&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Commodore VIC-1540&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;div style="background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #dadada;margin:0;padding:14px 16px 16px 18px;vertical-align:top;"&gt;
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&lt;div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:70%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18px;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Commodore SX-64 Restoration&lt;/span&gt;
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</description></item><item><title>Episode 409: Commodore SX-64 Restoration</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/4522/commodore-sx-64-restoration----episode-409/revision/3</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2022 16:56:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:6f3b187d-3a50-43e4-a0bf-643dfe425ec0</guid><dc:creator>kellyhensen</dc:creator><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/4522/commodore-sx-64-restoration----episode-409#comments</comments><description>Revision 3 posted to Documents by kellyhensen on 3/17/2022 4:56:21 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzyKNxW7ZBY"&gt;www.youtube.com/watch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="background-color:#e9f6fc;border:1px solid #b8d7e5;margin:0;max-width:744px;padding:8px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:&amp;#39;Open Sans&amp;#39;, Arial, sans-serif;text-align:justify;"&gt;Matt enjoys working with retro computer and gaming platforms, so when a friend asked if he wanted to come to take an &amp;quot;old Commodore laptop&amp;quot; off his hands, he jumped at the chance! The machine had obviously seen its better days, but Matt would not be deterred from such an extreme restoration challenge! Will the SX-64 come back to life? Watch as Matt repairs and rebuilds a relative retro computing rarity, restoring it to its former glory so he can finally play Planet X2! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3334ca;"&gt;Supplemental Content:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/b/blog/posts/are-you-keeping-up-with-the-commodore"&gt;Are You Keeping Up With The Commodore?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/b/blog/posts/commodore-64-av-cable"&gt;Commodore 64 AV Cable&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/b/blog/posts/commodore-sx-64-blank-screen-fix"&gt;Commodore SX-64 Blank Screen Fix&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/b/blog/posts/commodore-sx-64-keyboard-repair"&gt;Commodore SX-64 Keyboard Repair&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/b/blog/posts/commodore-sx-64-1541-floppy-drive-repair"&gt;Commodore SX-64 1541 Floppy Drive Repair&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/b/blog/posts/replacement-transit-card-for-commodore-64-vic-1540-1541-1571"&gt;Replacement Transit Card for Commodore 64/VIC-1540/1541/1571&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3334ca;"&gt;Bill of Material:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;table class="jiveBorder" style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;" border="1"&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;color:#505050;padding:6px;text-align:left;"&gt;Product Name&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;color:#505050;padding:6px;text-align:left;"&gt;Manufacturer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;color:#505050;padding:6px;text-align:left;"&gt;Quantity&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;color:#505050;padding:6px;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-d8cf1" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=1298158~2,809779(equivalent)~2,1702770(equivalent),2300468,2401554,2367752,2801108,2816399,2033045&amp;nsku=12GM5MX~2,97M3724~2,37T8199,08R6228,74R7414,01T0619,25AC4980,88W2802,95F4040&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_BUY_KIT" class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('d8cf1'));" data-farnell="1298158~2,809779(equivalent)~2,1702770(equivalent)~1,2300468~1,2401554~1,2367752~1,2801108~1,2816399~1,2033045~1" data-newark="12GM5MX~2,97M3724~2,37T8199~1,08R6228~1,74R7414~1,01T0619~1,25AC4980~1,88W2802~1,95F4040~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Kit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;DIN Audio / Video Connector, 5 Contacts, Plug, Cable Mount, Solder, Tin Plated Contacts, Metal Body&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;SwitchCraft&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-5d7f3" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=1298158~2&amp;nsku=12GM5MX~2&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('5d7f3'));" data-farnell="1298158~2" data-newark="12GM5MX~2" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;DIN Audio / Video Connector, 6 Contacts, Plug, Cable Mount, Solder, Tin Plated Contacts, Metal Body&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;SwitchCraft&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-0737e" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=809779(equivalent)~2&amp;nsku=97M3724~2&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('0737e'));" data-farnell="809779(equivalent)~2" data-newark="97M3724~2" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Computer Cable, D-Sub Plug to D-Sub Receptacle, 6 ft, 1.8 m, Black&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Tripp-Lite&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-3eabc" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=1702770(equivalent)&amp;nsku=37T8199&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('3eabc'));" data-farnell="1702770(equivalent)~1" data-newark="37T8199~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Computer Cable, D-Sub Plug to D-Sub Receptacle, 2.5 ft, 760 mm, Black&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;L-COM&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-b3b5f" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2300468&amp;nsku=08R6228&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('b3b5f'));" data-farnell="2300468~1" data-newark="08R6228~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;D Sub Connector, DB25, Standard, Plug, AMPLIMITE HD-20 Series, 25 Contacts, DB, Solder&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;AMP-TC Connectivity&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-ad3fc" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2401554&amp;nsku=74R7414&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('ad3fc'));" data-farnell="2401554~1" data-newark="74R7414~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Mains Power Cord, NEMA 5-15P to IEC 60320 C13, 1.2 m, 10 A, 125 VAC, Black&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Tripp-Lite&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-48370" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2367752&amp;nsku=01T0619&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('48370'));" data-farnell="2367752~1" data-newark="01T0619~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Audio / Video Cable Assembly, Stereo Audio Patch, Dual RCA Plugs to Dual RCA Plugs, 6 Ft, 1.8 M&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Stellar Labs&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-82fd6" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2801108&amp;nsku=25AC4980&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('82fd6'));" data-farnell="2801108~1" data-newark="25AC4980~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Premium Female/Male Extension Jumper Wires, 40 x 6&amp;quot; (150mm)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Adafruit&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-4d6c9" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2816399&amp;nsku=88W2802&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('4d6c9'));" data-farnell="2816399~1" data-newark="88W2802~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Extraction Tool, DIP/IC&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;OK Industries&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-43a0c" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2033045&amp;nsku=95F4040&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('43a0c'));" data-farnell="2033045~1" data-newark="95F4040~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3334ca;"&gt;Additional Parts:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;table class="jiveBorder" style="border:1px solid #000000;width:100%;" border="1"&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th style="background-color:#6690bc;border:1px solid #000000;color:#ffffff;padding:2px;text-align:left;" valign="middle"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product Name&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;"&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Commodore SX-64&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;"&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bondo Automotive Filler Compound&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;"&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rustoleum Metallic Satin Nickel Finish paint&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;"&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Commodore 906114-01&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Commodore VIC-1540&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;div style="background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #dadada;margin:0;padding:14px 16px 16px 18px;vertical-align:top;"&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;float:left;padding:0px 25px 8px 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;&lt;img alt="image"  src="/e14/assets/legacy/2018/e14PresentsJune818.png" width="180px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:70%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18px;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Commodore SX-64 Restoration&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;element14 presents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span style="padding-right:5px;"&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/vcp-program/w/documents/3718/vcp-biography-airbornesurfer---matt-eargle"&gt;About Matt&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/project-videos/"&gt;Project Videos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
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</description></item><item><title>Episode 409: Commodore SX-64 Restoration</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/4522/commodore-sx-64-restoration----episode-409/revision/2</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2022 09:16:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:6f3b187d-3a50-43e4-a0bf-643dfe425ec0</guid><dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/4522/commodore-sx-64-restoration----episode-409#comments</comments><description>Revision 2 posted to Documents by Matt on 3/4/2022 9:16:03 AM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="background:#ffffff;padding:14px 16px 16px 18px;margin:0;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid #dadada;"&gt;&lt;div style="float:left;display:inline-block;padding:0px 25px 8px 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="/e14/assets/legacy/2018/e14PresentsJune818.png" width="180px"  /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:70%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18px;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Commodore SX-64 Restoration&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;element14 presents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span style="padding-right:5px;"&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/vcp-program/w/documents/3718/vcp-biography-airbornesurfer---matt-eargle"&gt;Matt Eargle&amp;#39;s VCP Profile&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/project-videos/"&gt;Project Videos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzyKNxW7ZBY"&gt;www.youtube.com/watch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;border:1px solid #b8d7e5;background-color:#e9f6fc;padding:8px;max-width:744px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:&amp;#39;Open Sans&amp;#39;, Arial, sans-serif;text-align:justify;"&gt;Matt enjoys working with retro computer and gaming platforms, so when a friend asked if he wanted to come to take an &amp;quot;old Commodore laptop&amp;quot; off his hands, he jumped at the chance! The machine had obviously seen its better days, but Matt would not be deterred from such an extreme restoration challenge! Will the SX-64 come back to life? Watch as Matt repairs and rebuilds a relative retro computing rarity, restoring it to its former glory so he can finally play Planet X2! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3334ca;"&gt;Supplemental Content:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/b/blog/posts/are-you-keeping-up-with-the-commodore"&gt;Are You Keeping Up With The Commodore?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/b/blog/posts/commodore-64-av-cable"&gt;Commodore 64 AV Cable&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/b/blog/posts/commodore-sx-64-blank-screen-fix"&gt;Commodore SX-64 Blank Screen Fix&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/b/blog/posts/commodore-sx-64-keyboard-repair"&gt;Commodore SX-64 Keyboard Repair&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/b/blog/posts/commodore-sx-64-1541-floppy-drive-repair"&gt;Commodore SX-64 1541 Floppy Drive Repair&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/b/blog/posts/replacement-transit-card-for-commodore-64-vic-1540-1541-1571"&gt;Replacement Transit Card for Commodore 64/VIC-1540/1541/1571&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3334ca;"&gt;Bill of Material:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table border="1" class="jiveBorder mce-item-table" style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;"&gt;&lt;thead&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;color:#505050;background-color:#f2f2f2;text-align:left;"&gt;Product Name&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;color:#505050;background-color:#f2f2f2;text-align:left;"&gt;Manufacturer&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;color:#505050;background-color:#f2f2f2;text-align:left;"&gt;Quantity&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;color:#505050;background-color:#f2f2f2;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-cef38" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=1298158~2,809779(equivalent)~2,1702770(equivalent),2300468,2401554,2367752,2801108,2816399,2033045&amp;nsku=12GM5MX~2,97M3724~2,37T8199,08R6228,74R7414,01T0619,25AC4980,88W2802,95F4040&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_BUY_KIT" class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('cef38'));" data-farnell="1298158~2,809779(equivalent)~2,1702770(equivalent)~1,2300468~1,2401554~1,2367752~1,2801108~1,2816399~1,2033045~1" data-newark="12GM5MX~2,97M3724~2,37T8199~1,08R6228~1,74R7414~1,01T0619~1,25AC4980~1,88W2802~1,95F4040~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Kit&lt;/a&gt; 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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3334ca;"&gt;Additional Parts:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table border="1" class="jiveBorder" style="border:1px solid #000000;width:100%;"&gt;&lt;thead&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;color:#ffffff;background-color:#6690bc;text-align:left;" valign="middle"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product Name&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/thead&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;"&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Commodore SX-64&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;"&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bondo Automotive Filler Compound&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;"&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rustoleum Metallic Satin Nickel Finish paint&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;"&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Commodore 906114-01&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Commodore VIC-1540&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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</description></item><item><title>Episode 409: Commodore SX-64 Restoration</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/4522/commodore-sx-64-restoration----episode-409/revision/1</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2019 13:47:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:6f3b187d-3a50-43e4-a0bf-643dfe425ec0</guid><dc:creator>tariq.ahmad</dc:creator><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/4522/commodore-sx-64-restoration----episode-409#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to Documents by tariq.ahmad on 9/27/2019 1:47:35 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="background:#ffffff;padding:14px 16px 16px 18px;margin:0;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid #dadada;"&gt;&lt;div style="float:left;display:inline-block;padding:0px 25px 8px 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="/e14/assets/legacy/2018/e14PresentsJune818.png" width="180px"  /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:70%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18px;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Commodore SX-64 Restoration&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;element14 presents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span style="padding-right:5px;"&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/vcp-program/w/documents/3718/vcp-biography-airbornesurfer---matt-eargle"&gt;Matt Eargle&amp;#39;s VCP Profile&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/project-videos/"&gt;Project Videos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzyKNxW7ZBY"&gt;www.youtube.com/watch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;border:1px solid #b8d7e5;background-color:#e9f6fc;padding:8px;max-width:744px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:&amp;#39;Open Sans&amp;#39;, Arial, sans-serif;text-align:justify;"&gt;Matt enjoys working with retro computer and gaming platforms, so when a friend asked if he wanted to come to take an &amp;quot;old Commodore laptop&amp;quot; off his hands, he jumped at the chance! The machine had obviously seen its better days, but Matt would not be deterred from such an extreme restoration challenge! Will the SX-64 come back to life? Watch as Matt repairs and rebuilds a relative retro computing rarity, restoring it to its former glory so he can finally play Planet X2! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3334ca;"&gt;Supplemental Content:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/b/blog/posts/are-you-keeping-up-with-the-commodore"&gt;Are You Keeping Up With The Commodore?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/b/blog/posts/commodore-64-av-cable"&gt;Commodore 64 AV Cable&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/b/blog/posts/commodore-sx-64-blank-screen-fix"&gt;Commodore SX-64 Blank Screen Fix&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/b/blog/posts/commodore-sx-64-keyboard-repair"&gt;Commodore SX-64 Keyboard Repair&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/b/blog/posts/commodore-sx-64-1541-floppy-drive-repair"&gt;Commodore SX-64 1541 Floppy Drive Repair&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/element14-presents/b/blog/posts/replacement-transit-card-for-commodore-64-vic-1540-1541-1571"&gt;Replacement Transit Card for Commodore 64/VIC-1540/1541/1571&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3334ca;"&gt;Bill of Material:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table border="1" class="jiveBorder mce-item-table" style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;"&gt;&lt;thead&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid 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href="https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=1298158~2,809779(equivalent)~2,1702770(equivalent)~1,2300468~1,2401554~1,2367752~1,2801108~1,2816399~1,2033045~1&amp;amp;nsku=12GM5MX~2,97M3724~2,37T8199~1,08R6228~1,74R7414~1,01T0619~1,25AC4980~1,88W2802~1,95F4040~1&amp;amp;COM=noscript" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="pf-widget-map pf-productlink-cart-icon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-product pf-embedded-product-link" href="https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=1298158~2,809779(equivalent)~2,1702770(equivalent)~1,2300468~1,2401554~1,2367752~1,2801108~1,2816399~1,2033045~1&amp;amp;nsku=12GM5MX~2,97M3724~2,37T8199~1,08R6228~1,74R7414~1,01T0619~1,25AC4980~1,88W2802~1,95F4040~1&amp;amp;COM=noscript" target="_blank"&gt;Buy Kit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="e14-init-hidden" id="addProduct-348DmVkk-unlinked"&gt;Buy Kit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/thead&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;DIN Audio / Video Connector, 5 Contacts, Plug, Cable Mount, Solder, Tin Plated Contacts, Metal Body&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;SwitchCraft&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="e14-init-shown e14-product-link-buynow" id="addProduct-tdOBU19x-linked" style="white-space:nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-product-addtolist" href="https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=1298158~2&amp;amp;nsku=12GM5MX~2&amp;amp;COM=noscript" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="pf-widget-map pf-productlink-cart-icon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-product pf-embedded-product-link" href="https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=1298158~2&amp;amp;nsku=12GM5MX~2&amp;amp;COM=noscript" target="_blank"&gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="e14-init-hidden" id="addProduct-tdOBU19x-unlinked"&gt;Buy Now&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;DIN Audio / Video Connector, 6 Contacts, Plug, Cable Mount, Solder, Tin Plated Contacts, Metal Body&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;SwitchCraft&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="e14-init-shown e14-product-link-buynow" id="addProduct-vxLxk1gu-linked" style="white-space:nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-product-addtolist" 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solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="e14-init-shown e14-product-link-buynow" id="addProduct-agbKhYlw-linked" style="white-space:nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-product-addtolist" href="https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=1702770(equivalent)~1&amp;amp;nsku=37T8199~1&amp;amp;COM=noscript" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="pf-widget-map pf-productlink-cart-icon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-product pf-embedded-product-link" href="https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=1702770(equivalent)~1&amp;amp;nsku=37T8199~1&amp;amp;COM=noscript" target="_blank"&gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="e14-init-hidden" id="addProduct-agbKhYlw-unlinked"&gt;Buy Now&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Computer Cable, D-Sub Plug to D-Sub Receptacle, 2.5 ft, 760 mm, Black&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;L-COM&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="e14-init-shown e14-product-link-buynow" id="addProduct-p3nVWEAH-linked" style="white-space:nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-product-addtolist" href="https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=2300468~1&amp;amp;nsku=08R6228~1&amp;amp;COM=noscript" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="pf-widget-map pf-productlink-cart-icon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-product pf-embedded-product-link" href="https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=2300468~1&amp;amp;nsku=08R6228~1&amp;amp;COM=noscript" target="_blank"&gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="e14-init-hidden" id="addProduct-p3nVWEAH-unlinked"&gt;Buy Now&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;D Sub Connector, DB25, Standard, Plug, AMPLIMITE HD-20 Series, 25 Contacts, DB, Solder&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;AMP-TC Connectivity&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="e14-init-shown e14-product-link-buynow" id="addProduct-VKiWF5Sa-linked" style="white-space:nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-product-addtolist" href="https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=2401554~1&amp;amp;nsku=74R7414~1&amp;amp;COM=noscript" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="pf-widget-map pf-productlink-cart-icon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-product pf-embedded-product-link" href="https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=2401554~1&amp;amp;nsku=74R7414~1&amp;amp;COM=noscript" target="_blank"&gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="e14-init-hidden" id="addProduct-VKiWF5Sa-unlinked"&gt;Buy Now&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Mains Power Cord, NEMA 5-15P to IEC 60320 C13, 1.2 m, 10 A, 125 VAC, Black&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Tripp-Lite&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="e14-init-shown e14-product-link-buynow" id="addProduct-9ryT0oCN-linked" style="white-space:nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-product-addtolist" 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