I have my VIC in an upstairs porch with large windows all around, so it gets a fair amount of light. It seems pretty white to me after several years there.
Also, there is a tiny part of the VIC's case that is hidden under a "lip" made by a window sill. When I pulled the VIC-20 out I could swear that this part of the casing is slightly more yellow than the rest of the VIC. In fact, the very subtle yellowing starts on a defined line that would be exactly where the sill is casting a shadow.
The brown keys on my VIC do not seem to be affected at all.
The other thing that has me wondering about bleaching, is that we have these very old plastic shades on all the windows. They are made to look like bamboo/rattan blinds, but are actually made of a plastic "drinking straw like" material.
Each blind is slightly larger than the window. Where the sun came through and hit these blinds, there is a VERY obvious lighter square (the colour was bleached?) whereas the parts of the blind that went beyond the window's borders and were in shade are very yellowed and darker.
If I had a broken VIC with a smashed case I would put the plastic shell outside this summer with half of it covered and the other exposed to the sun. Anyone want to try this experiment and post results?
