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by timbit42 164 days ago
It was not for no reason. When adding a screw hole in the motherboard so it could be mounted in the case, they accidentally removed the high speed wire, dooming the C64 to the same slow data speed of the VIC-20 with it's faulty VIA.

The C64 data speed actually ended up being even slower than the VIC-20. You can read the full detailed here: https://imrannazar.com/articles/commodore-1541