Commodore 64 parts kit

(Parts kits selections are limited at the moment, but in stock items can be shipped immediately).

This kit contains the following:

Resistors: all standard resistors, the resistor arrays and the 500 Ohm pot (250407). The 407 kit includes resistors to choose either PAL or NTSC. Electrolytic capacitors: high quality major brand caps (i.e. Panasonic, CDE or Nichicon depending on current stock). Ceramic capacitors, including the varicap (250466/469) Passive semiconductors and filters: all transistors, diodes, voltage regulators and filtering components. Includes a Laird choke + adapter in the 469 kit. Connectors: includes all PCB mounted connectors (3x DIN, 2x control port and a cartridge port), a powerswitch, fuse clips, pin headers for keyboard and led. IC sockets with choice between dual leaf or round pin. Chipset: includes all new logic chips (100% tested and verified original Texas Instruments and Motorola) and RAM (NOS). Rev 466 and 469 require an additional MOS8701 clock generator chip which is sold separately.

The kit does not include the PCB, you have to provide that yourself. The 469 kit is suitable for both revisions. For Rev B you won't need to solder in the provided video SRAM, as it is replaced by the PLA (252535-01 sold separately), and we add one extra ferrite bead.

Important: while we try to source all ICs brand new, some chips are simply not being made anymore, like for example the DRAM and SRAM chips, so we do include new old stock or refurbs. All chips are fully tested in a C64 before shipping.

PAL or NTSC? Leave a note during ordering that you want to build an NTSC machine and I'll swap the crystal for a 14.31818 Mhz one. The resistor kit for the 250407 revision does already give you the option to spec for NTSC, since we only need to add one extra 100 Ohm resistor to enable both options. For the 466 and 469 there are no parts differences, besides the crystal and the VIC (not included). You can find the official BOM, which lists the config options, here.

Shipment times: the packing of parts kits is partially done on order, which means we don't have complete kits ready to ship on the shelves and we need some time to prep a package per customer and we collect several orders before the packing process starts. After ordering please allow for up to 10 working days (excluding weekends) before your package will be ready to be shipped.

The kit was also featured in a video by well known retro Youtuber Jan Beta.