11 Jan
2004
11 Jan
'04
6:27 p.m.
Ih ave a fairly old C64 (sn is about 32,000) with an odd logo - a 6 and a
4 smashed together, sort of. There is a picture of the style of machine
about 1/4 down the page at:
http://commodore.ca/products/c64/commodore_64.htm
Every C64 I played with as a kid looked like the one at the top of the
screen, with the rainbow logo. When did Commodore switch?
On a side note, response for the 2400 baud WE modems has been pretty low
(zero, actually). I would rather not scrap these things out, although I
may lug a pair over to RCS. I received a little more info:
Seems to me that these were not specifically for
secure voice -
they could be used, connecteded to a crypto set like a KG-13,
for uses like AUTODIN trunks.
Neat stuff.
William Donzelli
aw288(a)osfn.org
11 Jan
11 Jan
10:26 p.m.
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Subject: Old Commodore 64
Ih ave a fairly old C64 (sn is about 32,000) with an odd logo - a 6 and a
4 smashed together, sort of. There is a picture of the style of machine
about 1/4 down the page at:
http://commodore.ca/products/c64/commodore_64.htm
Every C64 I played with as a kid looked like the one at the top of the
screen, with the rainbow logo. When did Commodore switch?
Interesting! I thought those machines were purely marketing and demo
mock-ups used for publicity and advertising. Can you do some pictures of it?
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11:48 p.m.
> Ih ave a fairly old C64 (sn is about 32,000) with
an odd logo - a 6 and
a
4 smashed
together, sort of. There is a picture of the style of machine
about 1/4 down the page at:
http://commodore.ca/products/c64/commodore_64.htm
Every C64 I played with as a kid looked like the one at the top of the
screen, with the rainbow logo. When did Commodore switch?
Interesting! I thought
those machines were purely marketing and demo
mock-ups used for publicity and advertising. Can you do some pictures of 
12 Jan
12 Jan
7:16 a.m.
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Witchy wrote:
I've got at least one of these as well. I realized it was somewhat unique
but I didn't think it was terribly special. My guess was that all the
earliest models had this emblem.
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Ih ave a
fairly old C64 (sn is about 32,000) with an odd logo - a 6 and a
4 smashed together, sort of. There is a picture of the style of machine
about 1/4 down the page at:
http://commodore.ca/products/c64/commodore_64.htm
Every C64 I played with as a kid looked like the one at the top of the
screen, with the rainbow logo. When did Commodore switch?
Interesting! I thought those machines were purely marketing and demo
mock-ups used for publicity and advertising. Can you do some pictures of it?
7:47 a.m.
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Sent: 12 January 2004 18:17
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: RE: Old Commodore 64
I've got at least one of these as well. I realized it was somewhat unique
but I didn't think it was terribly special. My guess was that all the
earliest models had this emblem.
It's just nice to know they exist and I've got a chance of getting one;
aside from the MAX and GS it's really the only other C64 I need to complete
the collection.....I hope :) According to Ian at commodore.ca there were a
few hundred golden C64s to commemorate the millionth built so I've added
that to the list too, but much further down...heh...
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7:53 a.m.
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Witchy wrote:
the collection.....I hope :) According to Ian at
commodore.ca there were a
few hundred golden C64s to commemorate the millionth built so I've added
that to the list too, but much further down...heh...
*THAT* one I do have.
Obviously, its not made of gold, but yeah,
it's very cute... its in storage with all of my commodore stuff..
about 7 crates of it :)
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12:10 p.m.
I have a C64, s/n 2330 made in the USA, with these same logos. I assume all
the early production machines had this labeling. The interesting thing
about my machine is a motherboard that is populated with numerous ceramic
ICs, you may want to crack yours open when you get time. I had posted
pictures of my machine some time ago while researching it. The photos can
be found at:
http://www.computer-history.org/hi-res-c-64.htm
I wouldn't bother if you don't have broadband, I left them in their native
4.1MP resolution and the files are quite large.
Nick
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From: "William Donzelli" <aw288(a)osfn.org>
To: "Classic Computers Mailing List" <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 11:27 PM
Subject: Old Commodore 64
Ih ave a fairly old C64 (sn is about 32,000) with an
odd logo - a 6 and a
4 smashed together, sort of. There is a picture of the style of machine
about 1/4 down the page at:
http://commodore.ca/products/c64/commodore_64.htm
Every C64 I played with as a kid looked like the one at the top of the
screen, with the rainbow logo. When did Commodore switch?
On a side note, response for the 2400 baud WE modems has been pretty low
(zero, actually). I would rather not scrap these things out, although I
may lug a pair over to RCS. I received a little more info:
Seems to me that these were not specifically for
secure voice -
they could be used, connecteded to a crypto set like a KG-13,
for uses like AUTODIN trunks.
Neat stuff.
William Donzelli
aw288(a)osfn.org
6:48 p.m.
On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 05:10:31PM -0600, Nick Miller wrote:
I have a C64, s/n 2330 made in the USA, with these
same logos. I assume all
the early production machines had this labeling.
Mine (s/n 2345) has the same logo you are describing.
The photos can be found at:
http://www.computer-history.org/hi-res-c-64.htm
I haven't posted my photos, but they are similar.
-ethan
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Sent: 13 January 2004 05:48
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Subject: Re: Old Commodore 64
On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 05:10:31PM -0600, Nick Miller wrote:
Both ver' nice - I think the ceramic chips add extra coolness but that's
probably only me :)
witchy
I have a C64, s/n 2330 made in the USA, with
these same logos.
I assume all
the early production machines had this labeling.
Mine (s/n 2345) has the same logo you are describing.
The photos can be found at:
http://www.computer-history.org/hi-res-c-64.htm
I haven't posted my photos, but they are similar. 
6:45 p.m.
Usually the C64's that did not have the "rainbow" badge were the ones
from the original production run in 1982-early '83.
These early models
used the VIC-20 case & were quickly pulled & replaced
with the case style
that we all know today.
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 00:27:44 -0500 (EST), "William Donzelli"
<aw288(a)osfn.org> said:
Ih ave a fairly old C64 (sn is about 32,000) with an
odd logo - a 6 and a
4 smashed together, sort of. There is a picture of the style of machine
about 1/4 down the page at:
http://commodore.ca/products/c64/commodore_64.htm
Every C64 I played with as a kid looked like the one at the top of the
screen, with the rainbow logo. When did Commodore switch?
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