Re: C64 GS

Yeah I guess they paid someone to remove the vertical cartridge 
connector, solder in a IEC DIN connector & the missing keyboard components.

http://www.mos6502.com/images/C64Internal/c64gsi_large.jpg

The vertical cartridge connector disproves that the C64GS only came out 
because they had a large number of PCB's as they had to make a new PCB 
for it. They might have had a large number of VIC/SID/CIA, but commodore 
were traditionally pretty good with inventory. With short lead times 
because they were in charge of production they didn't produce anything 
unless there was demand. Quite what demand there was for a 8501 in 1990 
is a mystery as I don't think they were targetting Plus 4 owners looking 
to replace their overheating 7501's.

On 30/12/2014 10:46, Marko Mäkelä wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 10:39:30AM +0000, smf wrote:
>> I was tempted to buy a GS when it died but I never saw them sold 
>> cheap enough, commdore took them back and turned them into 64's. I 
>> don't think they had a problem selling them then.
>
> Oh, that explains why Conrad in Germany was selling empty 64GS cases 
> for a few DM in 1994 or 1995. That is how I got mine. IIRC, the screws 
> were missing, and the warranty seal (above the middle screw) was 
> obviously broken.
>
>     Marko
>
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