VIC 20 Future Proofing Addendum: Overvoltage Protection

This is an addendum to the first VIC 20 future proofing video I made.

The first video is here: https://youtu.be/1LC73bzrH0Q

One of the main reasons for the old Commodore computers dying is overvoltage from bad power supplies. I show some methods to prevent that in this video.

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As fellow electronics and retro computer tinkerer Thilo pointed out, the suppressor diode protection is only going to work if there is a fuse on the 5V rail at all (which there isn't on the old original PSUs) otherwise it will most likely blow up the voltage regulator in the PSU. :/

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