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hardware_faq [2026/01/07 21:21] walterhardware_faq [2026/01/08 07:55] (current) – [How to fix the bending?] walter
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 At the C64U is the //user port// is missing. At it's place are the external usb ports, ethernet port and HDMI-connector.  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 connects 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. +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]]. See [[https://vermeir.org/fbuserport|this FB post for how installing it can look and be done]].
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-===== Bending of the Ultimate =====+===== Does it bend? (or flexes) =====
 ==== What editions are affected? ==== ==== 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. 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     * https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7262014
  
 +===== Should I install real SID chips? What is that about? =====
  
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