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Interesting, this case does indeed look to be a new variant - something in between the original 64 and the 64c. I would say (without knowing for sure) that the
by drunkenmagician 4y ago
Interesting, this case does indeed look to be a new variant - something in between the original 64 and the 64c.
I would say (without knowing for sure) that the original was surely released in Australia as well. The original C 64 was definitely released in New Zealand (I owned one), and I cannot imagine Commodore releasing in NZ only and not Australia given the 4-5x population advantage Australia has.
- jakzurr 4y agoThat makes sense. Note that he mentions the case is aftermarket (from Micro Accessories). I suppose the original case was just thrown out, which kind of makes me want to cry.
- LinuxJedi 4y agoUnfortunately I only received this machine as is. Not even a power brick. So it is likely that the original case was indeed thrown out.
- sunpazed 4y agoBoth the C64 and C64C were released in Australia. Here’s my original C64C from the mid 80s for reference: https://imgur.com/a/5J9lSgK https://imgur.com/a/5J9lSgK Still works perfectly.
- LinuxJedi 4y agoAh! Thank you, I was unsure if the C64C hit Australian shores. That definitely helps, I'll tweak my post accordingly.
- SyneRyder 4y agoFor what it's worth, here's one of the Australian C64 commercials of the era, clearly featuring the C64C. The original C64 breadbins were also very common in Australia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OALMEpfWswM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OALMEpfWswM The guy in that ad (John Laws) was a very famous talkback radio personality at the time - nowadays he'd probably be likened to a Fox News personality like Tucker Carlson. He was featured on the packaging art for the Australian C64 Family Pack, as seen near the end of the commercial. He was known to begin every episode of his radio show with the phrase "Hello World". Note that Commodore bundled the Family Pack with a random book (mostly pictures?) about Australia. For some inexplicable reason there are an awful lot of secondhand copies of that Presenting Australia book available on eBay to this day. Never seen one of these Slimline C64 Replacement Cases before. Intriguing!
- actionfromafar 4y agoIf it has the heavy power-supply, consider replacing or repairing it. It fails over time by increasing the 5V rail until some chip or other fries in the C64.
- sunpazed 4y agoAh cool, I’ve replaced so many of these in the past!! If I recall, RetroKit and a few other stores sell more reliable modern PSUs.
- criddell 4y agoDo any of your cassettes from that era still load?
- dicknuckle 4y agoIf they don't, you can just record them again from the internet.
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- LinuxJedi 4y agoIt is an original C64 but a company in Australian made an after market case for it to make it look more like the C64C without having to buy an entirely new computer.