cmoore@amdimage.UUCP (chris moore) (01/25/86)
My sister is planning to by a Commodore 64 for her kids.
She said she's found one for about $180. Is this a good
price? What should she expect to get for that much?
Disk drive(s)? Monitor? Just the computer? Thanks.
Chris Moore
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year before?
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UUCP: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra}!amdcad!amdimage!cmoorebub@rlgvax.UUCP ( Mongo Mauler) (02/07/86)
> My sister is planning to by a Commodore 64 for her kids. > She said she's found one for about $180. Is this a good > price? NO that is not a good price. Most all mail order companies (I'm speaking of reputable firms, not fly by night jobs) now sell the C64 for around $130-145.00. Some even include S&H charges in that price. > What should she expect to get for that much? > Disk drive(s)? Monitor? Just the computer? Thanks. That price will include ONLY the C64 itself. The machine is ready to hook up to your TV (as a 'monitor') when you buy it, with all cabling included. For another $30.00 she could purchase the Commodore datasette recorder at any Toys R Us shop and be ready to start computing. Basic prices for a color composite monitor are now running $140-170.00 (again, mail order probably your best bet), and for a disk drive you can expect to pay about the same. Some mail order companies are now selling whole packages though, including C64, Monitor, Disk Drive, and sometimes even a word processor for a basic price of about $400-450.00. Buy a coupl'a Commodore specific magazines and shop around the mail order advertisements. I have dealt with PROTECTO, TUSSEY MT. PRODUCTS, SOFTWARE DIS- COUNTERS OF AMERICA, and COMPUTER CENTERS OF AMERICA and have not been burned yet. Good luck! Your friend and mine, Bubba Pearson
ma168abh@sdcc7.UUCP (Ed Joseph..) (02/14/86)
In article <946@amdimage.UUCP>, cmoore@amdimage.UUCP (chris moore) writes: > My sister is planning to by a Commodore 64 for her kids. > She said she's found one for about $180. Is this a good > price? What should she expect to get for that much? > Disk drive(s)? Monitor? Just the computer? Thanks. > Chris Moore I seen the C-64 going as low as $119 on sale on some stores. But then again this is in S CA. The price will be great if include a monitor or the drive, a tape is no good on it since it takes eternity and then some to load anything. ed..
bub@rlgvax.UUCP ( Mongo Mauler) (02/17/86)
> In article <946@amdimage.UUCP>, cmoore@amdimage.UUCP (chris moore) writes: > > My sister is planning to by a Commodore 64 for her kids. > > She said she's found one for about $180. Is this a good > > price? What should she expect to get for that much? > > Disk drive(s)? Monitor? Just the computer? Thanks. > > Chris Moore > > > I seen the C-64 going as low as $119 on sale on some stores. > But then again this is in S CA. The price will be great if include > a monitor or the drive, a tape is no good on it since it takes > eternity and then some to load anything. > > ed.. DON'T COUNT OUT THE DATASETTE! A VERY LARGE VARIETY OF 'SPEED LOAD' UTILITIES EXIST THAT GIVE THE DATASETTE SPEEDS AS GOOD (MAYBE EVEN BETTER THAN) AS WHAT YOU GET FROM YOUR 1541 OR COMPATIBLE DISK DRIVE. I KNOW BECAUSE I HAVE BOTH. THE DATASETTE STILL HAS THE INHERENT DISADVANTAGE OF BEING A SEQUENTIAL ONLY READ/WRITE DEVICE, BUT IT IS VERY CHEAP, EXTREMELY RELIABLE, AND FOR $15-30.00 EXTRA, AS FAST AS THE 1541 DISK DRIVE.