We had a few problems with our C64, but fortunately Dad was a genius. The 1541 floppy drive eventually started hanging when you tried to load anything; Dad figu

We had a few problems with our C64, but fortunately Dad was a genius. The 1541 floppy drive eventually started hanging when you tried to load anything; Dad figured out that there was some kind of little metal latch inside it that had come un-latched, and just needed to be clicked back into place. When it kept unlatching once or twice a week, he cut a little hole in the back of the drive that I could poke an eraser through and click it. I learned to recognize the subtle change in the drive's operating whirr and know it needed fixing, instead of waiting 10 minutes before deciding a game wasn't going to finish loading.