Commodore P500

[Pet Rescue]

Heads up fellas there is another P500 up on ebay, it is not tested as per usual the seller does not want to risk turning it on
and price is quite high at £499.:wow: (well for an untested one!)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/COMMODORE-P500-rare-vintage-computer-european-pal/191703165799?hlpht=true&ops=true&viphx=1&_trksid=p2050601.c100103.m2451&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D33261%26meid%3D82240956bc7249b0b9f09cd6bfb0e426%26pid%3D100103%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D201438070916%26clkid%3D133116090197688653&_qi=RTM2065544

 

[vwestlife]

A Commodore B128 recently sold on U.S. eBay for $310:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281806141582

A P500 should fetch more than that because it is a much more rare model.

 

[KC9UDX]

B128 prices seem to be coming down again.

 

[billdeg]

Related - I have not seen any American B500's in a while. Got me thinking; I wonder if there are more B500's or P500's left today. I am pretty sure more B500's were produced, but you never see them, must have all vanished. It seems like a cache of P500's appeared in late 1990's, serial numbers in the 1200-1400 range or thereabouts.

 

[KC9UDX]

I think I've only seen one B256 in a few years. Is that rarer than a ?500 ?

 

[billdeg]

DO you mean high-pofile CBM 256-80 or the low profile B256 (prototype)?

There were maybe 3 (?) NTSC B256-80's and of the these I am unsure if they all have CBM ROMs from Commodore. Two were probably from the CBM lab. The B256's that I know of did not have a name plate, the name B256 is not official as far as I know.

The high-profile CBM B256-80's are maybe a little less rare as B-128's.

The B500 would be more common than the P500 but much less common than the B-128.

my educated opinion, rare to common:
B256 (B500-256) low profile (3-10 made)
B700 (high profile US)
P500 (only US were prototyes, ~1000 produced in Europe. Manuals for B series has P500 with full specs
B500 (original B series product launch, 1000-3000 produced)
CBM 256-80 (5000 produced)
B128-80 (10,000 produced)

note some high-profile systems may also have the 8088 co-processor installed, which makes them a lot rarer. i.e it's much harder to find a CBM 256-80 with an 8088 co-processor installed.

 

[commodorejohn]

This reminds me, I really should get my B128 fixed and running...