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--- hardware_faq [2026/01/06 22:50] – [How to fix the bending?] walter
+++ hardware_faq [2026/01/08 07:55] (current) – [How to fix the bending?] walter
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 ====== Hardware FAQ ======
-===== Bending of the Ultimate =====
+===== User port: What is it & how to get it back? =====
+At the C64U is the //user port// is missing. At it's place are the external usb ports, ethernet port and HDMI-connector.
+The user port was to connect external devices such as modems and printers to the Commodore 64. It is possible to get it back with a special expansion module [[https://www.commodore.net/product-page/u64-userport-adapter|you can buy on the Commodore website]] and plug it in the available connector for it on the C64U motherboard.
+See [[https://vermeir.org/fbuserport|this FB post for how installing it can look and be done]].
+A potential use of the user port is [[https://www.protovision.games/hardw/4_player.php|is this module to add 2 extra DB9 joystick ports]]. So that you can play with 4 people on one C64, if the game supports that.
+===== Does it bend? (or flexes) =====
 ==== What editions are affected? ====
 If the problem occurs it will be with the Starlight edition and probably also the Founders edition. To get the case transparent the material is lighter built. Also the PCB is transparent and more fragile built. - And as such the Basic beige version should be the most solid built version.
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     * https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7262014
+===== Should I install real SID chips? What is that about? =====
+..