Old computers did it better!

[Thomas Okken]

What were the most common repairs? I seem to recall that the SID and CIA chips were particularly vulnerable, something having to do with the CPU buses being directly exposed on the rear connector or something. Mine mostly stayed put and didn't get things plugged and unplugged very often (except for joysticks, anyway), and that may have helped, or maybe I was just lucky! I did have wall-to-wall carpeting, so static discharge was definitely a risk.