16 Nov
2000
16 Nov
'00
3:12 p.m.
Bill,
We were a service center for Commodore till they went under, There were a number
of refurbishers of Commodore equipment, some were authorized but most were not to
my knowledge. If you have a blue warranty card with the machine, this was done by
a company in the midwest, Don't remember their name, but they put these cards in
the box and they were not honored by Commodore. I have seen some machines that
were modified and stuffed into cases just to get them out the door by the folks
refurbishing. I might even have an errata here at the shop somewhere about the
refurbishing of the machines from Commodore. Chances are, the board was
refurbished but put into a Vic case.
Hope that helps
Bill
(elecdata1)
Bill Layer wrote:
Ok, seems like a good time to ask about this, since
we're on the 80's 8-bit
micro topic. I have a strange machine, and I'm not sure what to make of it.
When I bought it (for $2.95) I thought it was a VIC-20, because it is a VIC-20
case. Then I noticed that the expansion connector was not the normal (wide)
VIC-20 type, but a C-64 style slot. I also noticed that there was some
neat machine work in the expansion port to accomodate the different connector.
I opened it up, to discover a complete C-64 motherboard installed, and a big
hot-stamped "REFURBISHED" in the bottom of the case (external). The machine
runs, and it's a C-64 for sure.
Any idea who might have been "refurbishing" VIC-20's into C-64s?
Doesn't make a
whole lot of sense to me...
--
Bill Layer