Can you tell me about these Commodore 64's

[xeron]

The button is a hack because the C64 never came with a button there. Its probably a reset button.

That label looks like it has been carefully peeled back and then stuck back down to me.

[adolescent]

The label looks like it's been partially removed to access the screw. The extra button isn't standard.  So, if it's actually hooked to something then it's a hack of some sort.

[tokyoracer]

If it's anything like the Amiga's, it will just be a moulding mark under that sticker.

[A4000_Mad]

I'm just looking at the 'Commodore 64 Micro Computer User Manual' that came with the brown one. Someone has rubbed that button out from all of the pages :lol:

[Krusher]

It's actually a mil spec version, and that button launches rockets, so be careful!!  :-D  :lol:  :-P

[Speelgoedmannetje]

redrumloa wrote:
Now you need a composite monitor

Or you can attach the C64-c to the Luma-Chroma adapter of a Commodore 1084 monitor. Which gves you effectively S-Video (well, the signals are equal S-Video to S-Video signals). :-)
And btw. do get yourself a pair of good joysticks, like the Competition pro, which is newly being sold by Amigakit and Vesalia

[weirdami]

The C=64 model on the top right is the famed, yet seldom seen, c64b; the one-handed keyboard version for blind people. That isn't a cassette tape deck, it's the output system. You used your right hand for input on those brown keys and left hand for output via those scrolling braille wheels. There's two of them for faster reading with both hands at times when input is not needed.

[redrumloa]

A4000_Mad wrote:

With a 1541 and a XA1541 cable would I be able to load a game from cassette and then save it to a disk? Were most of the games that were released on cassette also released on cartridges?

I really don't really know how many games were released on cartridge. The X?1541 cable is to hook a 1541 to a modern PC parallel port, to access the drive in Windows or Linux using Star Commander or OpenCBM. You can download D64 images and write them to a real floppy.

BTW when I say X?1541 I mean there are many different models.
X1541 is the original, only good with really old PCs.
Then there is XE1541, XA1541, XM1541 and a ton of variants and parallel supplemental adapters. Without getting confusing to a new user I'd just say get an XA1541, it will probably work best for you if you have a modern PC with a Parallel port.

If you want to back up a game from cassette to floppy, you will need a freezer. You may find a Retro Replay, Action Replay or Icepic etc second hand or you can wait for the MMC Replay which will be out soon. All of these freezers will allow you to load the game into memory, *freeze* it and save to floppy. Note this will only work with single load games.

[AMC258]

What's with that 64C?  I've seen many many 64C's, but never one like that.  I'd guess it's a later model, as it's sure not an earlier one.  Why did they screw up the key legends like that???

[ajlwalker]

There were no seals on the breadbox C64.

It is indeed a mould mark under the sticker.

The button is most likely a reset switch.  I used an old doorbell button and a couple of wires back in the day.

[Ilwrath]

What's with that 64C? I've seen many many 64C's, but never one like that. I'd guess it's a later model, as it's sure not an earlier one. Why did they screw up the key legends like that???

It's a newer C64C.  The first one like that I saw was only a few years ago.  I've seen several like it since, though.  I think they moved the PET ASCII symbols to the key tops to continue cost-savings.  (Only having to apply the decal to one side of the key)  :lol:  

They're fairly common, at least in the US.  The ones like I remember back in the day (white keyboard, but with the PET ASCII symbols placed on the key fronts like on the brown keyboards) doesn't show up quite as often.

[Nlandas]

swift240 wrote:
No wrong it was 30 million units sold.

Mike.

Hmmmm, well that would be over 17 Million units wouldn't it.  :getmad:

[redrumloa]

Nlandas wrote:

swift240 wrote:
No wrong it was 30 million units sold.

Mike.

Hmmmm, well that would be over 17 Million units wouldn't it.  :getmad:

No one knows the exact number, not even Jack Tramiel. The numbers are probably close to 30 million.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the Commodore 64 is the best-selling computer of all time. About 30 million were sold between its launch in 1982 and its "commercial decline" in 1993, when it was discontinued.