Strange (to me) case on this c64

[StowComputers]

What's the deal with this case on this c64? it looks a bit like a c64c, but not quite. I never seen one like this...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Commodore...onsoles_VideoGameConsoles&hash=item3cc997d2b2

 

[Pet Rescue]

That was an after market case if I remember right in the early 80's they were a bullnose/breadbin case replacement.
They looked really cool in the day before the C64c!!

 

[GottaLottaStuff]

I have one, still in the box.

 

[carlsson]

Wasn't that case made exclusively for the Australian market? I seem to remember there was a reason why Commodore could not deliver true C64C and somehow allowed a third party replacement shell that mimics the shape. It might've hit other markets too, but I really think AU was the primary one.

 

[Gabriele72]

Wasn't that case made exclusively for the Australian market?

Indeed the case reads "made in Australia", but I've found one of such C64 at a local flea market, and I don't think the original seller bothered to import it from down under to Italy in the old days

 

[SkydivinGirl]

I know these were readily available in the USA because a friend of mine had one. He never did mail order so he had to buy it locally. They were a neat way to have the look of a C64c but still have the breadbin guts.

Heather

 

[Maverick1978]

ISTR seeing ads in the backs of one of the old PC magazines in the early 90's about such replacement cases for the breadbox C64's. I want to say that they were around $20 - cheap enough that even my teenage self was thinking of getting one for my shiny, "new" C64 (purchased in 1993 from a fellow student). At that time, it would've meant quite a few issues of PC Computing, 2-3 PC Magazines, and any Computer Shopper that I could get my hands on, as they were cheap and provided near-infinite reading (never mind the drooling)

 

[GottaLottaStuff]

I really do miss the old Computer Shopper. The thing was the size of a phone book.

 

[deadcrickets]

I really do miss the old Computer Shopper. The thing was the size of a phone book.

Me too. Would spend hours browsing it and comparing. Mostly dreaming about what I couldn't afford.

 

[jeff0172]

yup that sure is a aftermarket case deadcrickets i still do that lol but the only diffrence now is the toys are more expensive

 

[KeefTheThief]

Dont think it was made exclusively for Australia. I recall seeing it advertised in US magazines. Was a way to get those Breadbin C64 owners to be able to make theirs look like the new sleek C64c models without having to buy a new C64 back when Commodore 64s were a lot more expensive than now when you can pick one up for $20.

 

[Vlim]

I had one of those, in the Netherlands, so they were available in Europe as well. It was a relatively cheap conversion.

When I bought one of the later C64's with the then-new official slim line case, I swapped the case against an old style one with a friend of mine. Couldn't get used to the 'new' design.