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Photos from the Dec. 4 World of Commodore Expo in Toronto

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RobertB

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Dec 21, 2010, 11:41:12 PM12/21/10
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Here are two sets of photos from the December 4 World of
Commodore Expo which was held in Toronto, Canada. The
first set is from Fuzz. Go to

http://www.arkanixlabs.com/WorldofCommodore2010/

The second set, which is from Dan Kovacs, is at

http://www.hurontel.on.ca/~dkovacs/

Merry Christmas!
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
The Other Group of Amigoids
http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
http://www.sccaners.org

PK

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Dec 22, 2010, 2:43:43 AM12/22/10
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http://www.arkanixlabs.com/WorldofCommodore2010/img_0051.html

I was curious about these cases. Who made them?
Is there more infos about them, somewhere?

Tnx a lot.

Francesco

Amigoat

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Dec 22, 2010, 12:18:49 PM12/22/10
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Francesco -

The cases may have been made by Commodore's filing cabinet division or
by a 3rd party for Commodore.

They were used in many Canadian public schools where a C64 and power
supply would be placed inside and the case locked (some adult, teacher
or perhaps maintenance person, would hold the key) to prevent students
from messing around with the computer. A slot in the side allowed
joysticks and access to the on/off switch while a round hole in the
back was used to pass through serial and video cables (and perhaps a
Datassette cable).

The top of the case provided a nice base to support a 1702 type
monitor.

Actually I don't really know if Commodore was involved with the cases
or whether some company sold them directly to the school boards.

Ernie

PK

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Dec 22, 2010, 1:17:36 PM12/22/10
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Il 22/12/2010 18:18, Amigoat ha scritto:
> Francesco -
>
> The cases may have been made by Commodore's filing cabinet division or
> by a 3rd party for Commodore.
>
> They were used in many Canadian public schools....

Very interesting, thank you for answering me.

Ciao

Francesco

Sam

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Dec 23, 2010, 6:21:13 PM12/23/10
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Looks like the Commodore VIC 1010/1020 case.. http://www.zimmers.net/cbmpics/x1020.html

Regards, SAM

Leif Bloomquist

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Jan 4, 2011, 11:42:58 AM1/4/11
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"Sam" <siemap...@quicknet.nl> wrote in message
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> On 22 dec, 08:43, PK <f.ke...@LEVAMIlibero.it> wrote:
>> http://www.arkanixlabs.com/WorldofCommodore2010/img_0051.html
>> I was curious about these cases. Who made them?
>> Is there more infos about them, somewhere?

> Looks like the Commodore VIC 1010/1020 case..
> http://www.zimmers.net/cbmpics/x1020.html

Only superficially. There are no electronics or anything inside the brown
ones, just some brackets for holding the power supply and cables.

I have one of the brown ones, and I've been tempted to paint it white to
make a poor-man's VIC1020 ;-)

-Leif

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