Commodore 64/64C?

From: Salzman, Jeff <jsalzman_at_hersheys.com>
Date: Tue Sep 15 11:41:43 1998

Mostly, there are some motherboard design difference between the two.
However, it is known that you can actually swap the boards between the
two if you preferred one case over another and have a bad unit. There
were at least 4 different board revisions, so some boards may not move
to another case. Another thing you might notice is the power supply
connector is different. There was a connector redesign between the newer
(aka 'flat C64') and older (aka 'Breadbox') C64's. The flat 64 has a
square connector where the breadbox 64 has a round one. The flat 64 also
has a different component layout due to IC consolidation. Maybe those
newer chip designs are what's overheating your system. Or it could be
the fact that the parts are closer to the outside of the case.

I'm toying with the idea of swapping boards in my systems. I only heard
that it can be done. I want a functional version of each and I have 2
working flat units and 7 dead breadboxes (of which I salvaged parts from
to get an SX-64 working). For my display units, I would like one of each
design in working order.

Hope this helps,
Jeff Salzman

>I was wondering, what is the difference between a regular Commodore 64 and a
>64C? I've got one of each, and everything seems identical other than that the
>64C looks like a 128. (Well, one other difference is that the 64C overheats
>after about an hour or so...)
>
Received on Tue Sep 15 1998 - 11:41:43 BST