This page is about my early release Commodore 64. It is an NTSC
machine, imported from Canada from someone on eBay. I bought it
as it was a case variation that I didn't have in my collection:
Dodgy photo of my NTSC machine (click to enlarge)
As you can see, at some point in its life it's had some of
its keys changed for those from a Commdore 16 (the grey keys).
It could be that the keyboard is a C16 keyboard, but with some
brown C64 keys replaced onto that. Are the C16 and C64 keyboards
interchangeable?
One day, I'll get around to putting an original set of keys
in it!
Notice how the left hand label plate says "C= Commodore"
- this is brown and says "C= Commdore 64" on later
versions. The right hand plate says "64" - on later
versions it says "Power."
I'm told the machine isn't working. I haven't tried it as it's
NTSC, and here in the UK we use PAL.
A nice low serial number!
The underside of the machine (click to enlarge)
Note that the FCC ID sticker appears to refer to a licence
granted to the VIC 20!
The inside of the C64 (click to enlarge)
Chips and manufacture dates:
| IC |
Chip Name |
Date |
| 6510 |
CPU |
1682 |
| 6581 |
SID |
2282 |
| (stickered) |
PLA |
? Rev 3 |
| 6526 |
CIA1 |
1982 |
| 6526 |
CIA2 |
1982 |
| 901226-01 |
BASIC ROM |
2482 |
| 901227-01 |
Kernal ROM |
3082 |
| 901223-01 |
Character ROM |
2382 |
