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"Static electricity from the carpet discharging into the joystick port of a Commodore 64" Changing the CIA chip will fix the machine.
by sbassi 6y ago
"Static electricity from the carpet discharging into the joystick port of a Commodore 64"
Changing the CIA chip will fix the machine.
- bigiain 6y agoIn my head at least, that’s a pretty good determinate of “Bricked” Does it require a soldering iron to fix it? No. Not “bricked” Yes. “bricked” (But I also totally accept that technical people are going to lose the language war here, same as when I used to rant about rc quadcopters not being “drones” since they’re not autonomous.)
- spijdar 6y agoTo some people, soldering isn't a big deal. To others, having to do a full drive reformat may be as intimidating as using a soldering iron. Contrast to the second point, where non-autonomous quadrocopters are emphatically not "drones". Unless you consider the IMU and feedback loops that keep it level "autonomous", since it is technically some degree of autonomy... Anyway, I'd be a little more specific and say something is "bricked" when it cannot be repaired with the speaker's skill level or equipment. Ultimate bricking would be frying an IC with e.g. heat or ESD. Good luck removing those few hundred atoms shorting something inside.