Drean Commodore 64C
Drean was a very important Argentine company, which manufactured home electric equipment like for example, laundry machines. Drean is still operating but it does not have the
importance that it once did.
By the middle of the eighties decade Argentina was recovering democracy after seven years of suffering a fascist
military dictatorship. The social democrat government decided to
promote the Argentine industry and behind the "Industrial Promotional System", corporations did not have to pay taxes while imports where under heavy taxes. The only way you could
get a computer was through import paying a ridiculous price or by smuggling which was not an option for everyone.
Government decided to promote the production of computers and
there is where Argentine electric and electronic corporations began to sell computers.
Drean produced the Commodore C=64C, Zserweny produced the ZX Spectrum and Nec produced the Talent MSX. Those were the local options in home personal computing.
I use the term "produced" because that what it says in the owner papers but actually computers were assembled with imported components. Maybe the plastic cases were injected here.
As you can see in the picture, that is the C64C model that Drean produced. I own one
of these. Technical specifications are the same as others Commodore 64C. The only difference between the picture and the real computer that here was sold is the LED. In the picture, it is rectangular and I do not know which colour it was. In the real computer, a standard rounded red LED replaced it.
In the sticker below the computer, written are "Industria Argentina" and the serial number.
One difference I can point out with the American model is that Argentine C64C used the PAL-N video norm, which is a PAL B local variation. In addition, another difference is that
power supply was produced here according to the national standard, which are 220 Volts and 50 Hz.
Scan and info supplied by Søren Ladegaard
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