Alternative parts : Replacing the 8701 with TOLB

As part of the Black Screen repair I had discovered that the 8701 timer was bad.  There was not video signal coming out of the c64 at all.  With a swap of a good 8701 it was confirmed, but in the end I needed a new 8701.

So I bought a couple of TOLB (pal) from Eslapion and they've just arrived from Canada so in they go!!
https://www.ebay.com.au/usr/eslapion

They work really well.  He sells two versions one for PAL and one for NTSC and he sells a PLA replacement as well for older c64's ( not my c64c's which have a much bigger PLA with more integrated logic ).