Recycle the VIC-20

Why? What use is it? Salvage!

The easiest VIC-20 item to salvage is the power supply. Did you know that it is the same power supply
used by the C64? 'Nuff said.

The VIC-20 keyboard is an exact replacement for the C64, physically, mechanically, and
electronically. The transplant operation is fairly simple: 3 screws to open the case, another 8 screws to
remove the keyboard. Just take care removing the plug that connects it to the motherboard. Use the
same procedure removing the "dead" keyboard from the C64 and swap 'em.

Missing one of those little rubber pads from the bottom of your 64? Roll over VIC, you old dog! What
else?

Chips? Dip into the VIC-20 for a pair of 6522's and 6502--all used in the 1541 disk drive.

With a soldering iron, you might want the joystick port, the DIN power, serial and video ports, and
chip sockets. I witnessed a C-128 come back to life with an on/off switch carefully removed from
a...Well, by now, I hope you've gotten the point! 

(From Novacom Random Bits, March 1996, via the LCCUG February 1996 Newsletter, Eugene, OR; with credit to Bill
Southam, HACG via the Commodore Information Center http://home.att.net/~rmestel/commodore.html)