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Re:The Australian Commodore 64 by sunpazed on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @02:23AM (#32561106)
Both the C64 and C64C were released in Australia. Here’s my original C64C from the mid 80s for reference: https://imgur.com/a/5J9lSgK

Still works perfectly.

Re:The Australian Commodore 64 by LinuxJedi on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @02:25AM (#32561124)
Ah! Thank you, I was unsure if the C64C hit Australian shores. That definitely helps, I'll tweak my post accordingly.
Re:The Australian Commodore 64 by SyneRyder on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @09:09AM (#32564384)
For what it's worth, here's one of the Australian C64 commercials of the era, clearly featuring the C64C. The original C64 breadbins were also very common in Australia:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OALMEpfWswM

The guy in that ad (John Laws) was a very famous talkback radio personality at the time - nowadays he'd probably be likened to a Fox News personality like Tucker Carlson. He was featured on the packaging art for the Australian C64 Family Pack, as seen near the end of the commercial. He was known to begin every episode of his radio show with the phrase "Hello World".

Note that Commodore bundled the Family Pack with a random book (mostly pictures?) about Australia. For some inexplicable reason there are an awful lot of secondhand copies of that Presenting Australia book available on eBay to this day.

Never seen one of these Slimline C64 Replacement Cases before. Intriguing!

Re:The Australian Commodore 64 by actionfromafar on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @06:35AM (#32562807)
If it has the heavy power-supply, consider replacing or repairing it. It fails over time by increasing the 5V rail until some chip or other fries in the C64.
Re:The Australian Commodore 64 by sunpazed on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @07:14AM (#32563108)
Ah cool, I’ve replaced so many of these in the past!! If I recall, RetroKit and a few other stores sell more reliable modern PSUs.
Re:The Australian Commodore 64 by criddell on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @09:15AM (#32564454)
Do any of your cassettes from that era still load?
Re:The Australian Commodore 64 by dicknuckle on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @06:52PM (#32572635)
If they don't, you can just record them again from the internet.