Under the hood of the Commodore PET

In this picture, you can see the unique design of the case, with it's automobile style hood prop in the open position. To the left and rear is the massive center-tapped transformer which converted line voltage to a lower AC voltage and fed it into a classic bridge rectifier incorporated into the main motherboard. The replacement diodes and hefty 34,000 uF capacitor were added by the owner to allow the machine to run on 50Hz line current while residing in Germany.

• PET Screen Shot
• Closeup of PET keyboard
• Closeup of PET motherboard

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