I bought a C64 MAXI when they first came out. Used it probably 10 times, all worked great. I tried it the other day, and it won't power on.
I tried several different USB power supplies, and different cords, I tried powering it thru the USB port with a powered USB hub. NOTHING.
I opened it up today, the leads running to the red LED power light were touching, bare metal sections of the Red and Black leads were touching. I assume that
shorted something out and it is now a plastic pile of crap. I googled it, did not find much of any info regarding a C64 MAXI not powering on.
Maybe I am missing something, MAYBE there is still hope.....anyone have any ideas of what I can do with this thing to force it to work (I am thinking about smashing it with a 20lbs sledge hammer, just to see it explode) can I use the keyboard with a raspberry pi running VICE? That would be cool....
Any ideas?