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I was curious to see where the author sourced a SID chip, perhaps the most prized component of a C64 these days. It's an ARMSID, an ARM-based emulator.

I keep thinking I'll pull my C64 out of the attic, but the nostalgia is kind of fading for me at this point. That compact flash cartridge looks really cool, though. I would have loved something like that back in the day.



You can still find original SID chips selling on eBay, it's just that they're expensive now.

Another strategy is buying cheap faulty C64 boards and ripping the SID from them, but it's risky. The SID might be dead (or not there at all).


I’ll take it off your hands if you want it to get some use :p


I nabbed a pretty trashed but good chips C128 board with a SID this past summer on Craigslist. They can be had.




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