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My lovely retro collection ;)

Half-Saint

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Here it is:

ATARI 130 XE w/ ATARI XC-12 tape unit
ATARI 520 STf w/ ATARI SF314 floppy
COMMODORE Amiga 500 Plus
COMMODORE C 116 w/ PSU, datasette, joystick and tapes
COMMODORE C 128 w/ 1541-II floppy
COMMODORE C 16
COMMODORE C 64 w/ 1541-II floppy and 1801 color monitor
COMMODORE C 64 w/ original tape unit
COMMODORE C 64 faulty SID
COMMODORE C 64
COMMODORE C 64c
COMMODORE C 64c w/ Noris Datenrekorder DR 1535
COMMODORE C 64g
PHILIPS VG 8000 32K RAM 16K RAM Philips Expansion cartridge
SINCLAIR QL faulty
SINCLAIR ZX Spectrum 48k faulty
SINCLAIR ZX Spectrum 16k
SINCLAIR ZX Spectrum 48k
SINCLAIR ZX Spectrum +2
Peacock PC XT 10 MHz, 20 MB hard drive

Cheers!
SainT
 
You must have raided here or something -- I've never been able to find a C64 (or VIC for that matter) in any thrift store, second-hand place, flea market, or neighbor's closet.

It really is frightening that I can't locate one, considering the cockroach-like popularity of these units.
 
ravuya said:
You must have raided here or something -- I've never been able to find a C64 (or VIC for that matter) in any thrift store, second-hand place, flea market, or neighbor's closet.

It really is frightening that I can't locate one, considering the cockroach-like popularity of these units.

I agree! I've been looking for a C=64 for a while now (preferably in working condition with the 1541 drive).

I guess I'm going to have to start trolling around on eBay.

Howard
 
C64s are a dime a dozen on ebay, which is where I purchased my unit along with a c128, 1571 drive, 1541c drive, and other parts.

Most flee markets in the US will not have vintage computer gear because the society as a whole junks obsolete computer gear quickly. You will find lots of console systems dating back to the Atarti 2600 since people associate games machines with some replay value.
 
I find 64's easy to find, but no vic 20's sadly

I would gladly trade a 64 for a vic 20 anyday!

I have plenty of 64's but never enough vic's

The thrift stores around here used to be amazing for finding old computers, but now they are limiting their goods to 486's and up!!! :evil:

chris
 
Unknown_K said:
C64s are a dime a dozen on ebay, which is where I purchased my unit along with a c128, 1571 drive, 1541c drive, and other parts.

Most flee markets in the US will not have vintage computer gear because the society as a whole junks obsolete computer gear quickly. You will find lots of console systems dating back to the Atarti 2600 since people associate games machines with some replay value.

Yeah, I know. Its a darned shame too. Imagine how many still working vintage computers (at their time of burial) now lie under mounds of garbage and trash in land fills. :-(
 
Lets be realistic, there are not enough people interested in a C64 to save all 13+ million made. There are still enough around to satisfy both types of collectors (new mint in box never used to sit on my shelf forever so that I can mark it off in my checklist, and the guy who actualy plays games on his not quite mint but 100% functional setup).

I value a C64 more then a 3DO system because the C64 had alot of great titles while the 3DO had maybe 1 good game and alot of crap, the 3DO is worth more on ebay then the C64.

There are alot of collectors willing to spend lots of money on a system or game that was rare because it sucked and nobody purchased it, thats life.
 
True, very true, but I can still be sad.

And its not just the C-64's either. There are probably a ton of Atari's, TRS-80's, Apple's and other vintage computers warming the earth as they slowly rust.

I'm usually realistic, just feeling a bit nostalgic at the moment.
 
I'm with you Dr. Pepper.

sad to think of all the computers that end up in a land fill, and when will they rust?... don't know how much O2 around down there ;)

but during all that, potential for lots of toxic crap from the computers getting into the water table etc...

mind you, i am a past (and still a present) eco f***er... i still regret throwing out my intellivision and 50+ boxed games, into the dumpster, during a stupid mindless moment back in my uni. days

and all my comics and action figures!!! what the hell was i thinking?

i can't even blame it on pot or alcohol :)
 
Some people even try to trade garbage (or worse) on eBay, but those auctions normally are stopped rather quickly.

I still regret I didn't follow my parents to the countryside auction this summer - they had a VIC-20 in unknown condition with some "stuff" which went for almost nothing. I hope it was the cost-reduced model, badly broken with a worn out tape recorder and at most a few common tape games. :evil:

Someone mentioned Atari 2600 - over here, you should be happy to find NES or a 286 when looking for any vintage gear, and that is combined flea market, 2nd hand, auctions and ads (eBay style excluded).
 
Back in the early 80's I wanted a C64 after viewing all the computers out at the time. I ended up with a Timex 2068 because it was cheaper in 1983 then a c64 was and I was not paying for it to be choosy. From what I recall I thaught the Vic20 was garbage at the time, low memory and less characters on the screen made for bad games. I ended up with a C64 a few years later plus disk drives and games, by that time the Vic20 must have been pulled from the market.

Yes you can find junk on eBay, but you also find everything you do want there, usualy at prices that are cheaper then finding the same thing localy even with shipping added to it.

To be honest I don't see how local small time new and used computer dealers can compete with newegg.com on new equipment and ebay on used equipment. Even before the internet most of my computer perchases were mail order from the west coast with the ocasional purchase from the russian owned computer stores in the Cleveland, OH area (where I worked at the time) on items too costly to ship (monitors and cases back when they weighed alot). I don't feel like supporting a local vender when all he does is check the websites I would be shopping at anyway when I ask for a quote.

Still one of the best things about ebay is that peoples junk ends up being other peoples cool retro gear instead of making it to the local land fill. I always wonder how many items find their way back to ebay and to other collectors over and over again. How many people would have junked a ISA Gravis Ultrasound when their new PC only used AGP/PCI cards before ebay was around and allowed collectors like me to buy that card for a reto 386 gaming machine?
 
Yes, the VIC was pulled in late 1984/very early 1985, but commercially it had been cold for a year I think.

With garbage, I mean it literally, like the food remains you would put in a trash can rather than an Internet auction... or the Kingdom of Belgium for that matter.

I think local resellers of new computers and equipment are doing fairly well, in particular for the customer who needs a computer now, not in three days and doesn't bother if it costs a little more or isn't exactly as powerful as the mail order machine. Over here, the TV supermarkets have a rather decent supply of computers and probably are the reason why there are relatively few local computer specialist stores.

Used gear is another matter, and stuff that is more than one generation (or sometimes one year) old normally doesn't sell second hand unless it is really cheap. Where I live there are a few known places selling second hand, but I think for the price they ask, it will remain in the shop until it goes as landfill anyway. Strange business plan really, since renting a shop costs money even if it is a one person company and you work "for free". If you sell one new computer, two used motherboards and a handful of Ethernet cables a month, it can't barely cover the costs.
 
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