vwestlife
Veteran Member
I just got this C64 on eBay. As pictured, it is the old breadbox style case, but has the white keyboard from the C64C. The box still pictures the original black-keyboard C64, but the serial number sticker on the box matches the machine. The sticker on the bottom of the machine says Made in USA.
It also came with a C64C style beige power supply brick, as well as an official Commodore dust cover, an obligatory Epyx Fast Load cartridge, and a few extra serial cables.
I'm just wondering if Commodore ever shipped U.S. market C64s like this -- basically equivalent to the German market "C64 ALDI" -- or if someone just swapped the keyboard on this one. I haven't yet opened it up to check if it has the newer style motherboard with the 8580 SID chip -- however, it was my understanding that this newer motherboard was for PAL regions (Europe) only.
For reference, here's a photo of the German market "C64 ALDI". My C64 looks identical to this.
It also came with a C64C style beige power supply brick, as well as an official Commodore dust cover, an obligatory Epyx Fast Load cartridge, and a few extra serial cables.
I'm just wondering if Commodore ever shipped U.S. market C64s like this -- basically equivalent to the German market "C64 ALDI" -- or if someone just swapped the keyboard on this one. I haven't yet opened it up to check if it has the newer style motherboard with the 8580 SID chip -- however, it was my understanding that this newer motherboard was for PAL regions (Europe) only.
For reference, here's a photo of the German market "C64 ALDI". My C64 looks identical to this.