If I'm not mistaken the later SID chip couldn't play samples. Like "Ghostbusters, ha ha ha!". That was because the little bug in the SID chip that enables samples is gone in the later revision.

In Germany, there also has been the so-called "Aldi C64", a C64 breadbin, but with the short C board and a C keyboard.

I still have my C64c from 87. If you'd told me people would be making games and upgrades for it in 2024, I'd have said you were nuts.

Great video! The 64c may be more ergonomic and no one can dispute the power of the 128, but there's just something great about the earlier breadbins that is beautiful and nostalgic both!

Thank you very much for this nice information.

Regarding the two different SID chips: which one is best is not easy to decide, but which one is most correct for a tune, is of course the version the composer had, because that will give you the sound the composer was making. Note that 6581 and 8580 uses different voltages, so be careful to use the right model for the board. Regarding sockets: i have a hypothesis about the inconsistency. Might it be due to chip availability? If one chip is missing, time is lost if the production line is stopped. Instead, the insertion machines could place sockets if s chip was missing, keeping the production line at full utilization, and the chip inserted at a later assembly stage.

You removed rf shields but did not add heatsinks for the chips that previously had cooling tabs from the shield.

Great overview of the various models! This is a great reference video for people new to the C64 for sure. The Silver label and early Rainbow label variants used the first revision board with 5-pin video port. I have a Rainbow badge C64 that came with the first board. It is not my favorite for actually using the C64 because it has some quirks, bugs and limitations that were fixed on the 1983 boards on. I think my serial number is 100,000 something. My favorite revision is probably the C64C with short board because it is so reliable. The SID is different but so much more reliable that I can deal with the sound differences. The thing I like about the 8580 is that they are not only reliable but consistent sound wise. Apparently they were closer to the original design. The thing I don't like is the Digi volume is too low so many games that used samples don't sound loud enough unless it was made after the 64C was released and taken into account when developing. Many demos did this. It can be fixed with some mods though.

There is also the paper label that was between the silver and rainbow labels.

was I the only one who turned the sound OFF and listen to cassettes and the record player in the background while i played games from 1982 - 99 and still fully enjoyed my C-64 and later my C-128

Commodore 128 could be run in 64 mode.

I gave this video a like, but the counter now says 65. Sorry...