rbernardo@iglou.com wrote:   
   > Nice!  I have an early model, version E board, VIC-20 being repaired by   
   > C= technician Ray Carlsen right now.  Besides sticky keys on the computer,   
   > he reports it has a bad power switch and a bad VIC chip.  He'll get those   
   > repaired and heatsink the VIC chip, at a minimum.  Also I asked him to put   
   > in his s-video mod so I can get crystal clear video.   
      
   I noticed that the 6561 (VIC) inside my only VIC-20 (the one in the video)   
   never actually became warm enough to be worried about it. But I did add a bit   
   of heatsinking never the less, since it can't hurt.   
   Some VIC-II revs and the SID (and PLA too) inside the C64 become much hotter   
   usually, so they're surely worth an additional heatsink if one is going   
   to use it a lot.   
      
   Frank IZ8DWF   
      
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