Re: C64C case production molds resurfaced

From: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz_at_physik.fu-berlin.de>
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2015 22:10:55 +0100
Message-ID: <54FE0C5F.4000806@physik.fu-berlin.de>
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On 03/09/2015 09:15 PM, Rhialto wrote:
> On Wed 04 Mar 2015 at 08:03:54 +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
> wrote:
>> Some guy in the US recently stumbled across a pair of original
>> C64C case production molds in a warehouse that were about to get
>> scrapped.
> 
> Interestingly, if you look at the photos in the updates, 
> https://d15chbti7ht62o.cloudfront.net/assets/003/396/994/c6166ddad34394f2d5a170a45bf38dc1_large.jpg?1425681429
>
> 
I see that the top and bottom halves are indeed connected with screws.
> However, the case I have here has no screws, but squeezy hooks,
> which you need to push all three more less at the same time to open
> the case.

Huh? I'm not even sure whether I have ever seen a C64 case which doesn't
have screws. I'd assume the ones with the clips you mentioned to be the
ultimate, low-cost design. All C64 I have ever owned so far had three
screws at the bottom and clips at the connector's side.

Adrian

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