C64 or C64II / and: can i mix them in the SID

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Hi there,

I got today my first C64.

I tought it is a C64II but it seems to be a C64.

Question:

It is named with commodore 64.

When it is a C64II, is this somewhere vieweable or do they look similar ?

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Then a will get another one, a C64.

Can i mix in the SID C64 and C64II or do i have to build two of them ?

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Hi Funky40,

have a look here: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/C64#Produzierte_Varianten (I know you speak german)

The C64C and C64G have the newer (8580) SID, the old one with dark keys the 6581.

You can mix them in a box but the SID-Modules are slightly different and the SIDs do sound different, too

Mike

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also bear in mind the 6581 and the 8580 have different power requirements

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yeah thanks,

that the chips are different i allready now.

This with the Powerrequirements is new for me, so i will see that i get the other chips also with Powerunit.

I think i didn’t formulated my Problem good:

my main Question is: Do i get today a C64 or a C64II

It was sold as: C64/C64II, so i thougt it is a C64II, but i think it is not

I didn’t planned to build a SID, but i saw the one from MTE read a bit here…

… and then, …my Finger and the Mouse ::slight_smile: , you know ? and eBay ofcourse.

First i build the MB-Seq.

But the Soundsamples from thorsten are great.

Soon i get the next chip, a 6581 one, so i have to surch now for 2 8580 chips.

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That’s a C64II.

Mike

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YES, cool…

thanks

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Yeah, that’s a C64-II, also known as a C64C. It’s got an 8580 SID chip in it.