shedevil@leland.Stanford.EDU (Annie) (04/27/91)
I'm thinking of selling my C-64, and possibly assorted ancillary
stuff (drive, modem, etc.)
The keyboard/cpu is the old brown model, and it has a homebrew
soft-reset switch. It's in pretty good shape.
I have *no* idea what I should ask for this, or even if I should sell
it, or hang on to it for whatever reason...
Any suggestions?
--
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Anne (She Devil) Mitchell - Stanford Law - shedevil@leland.stanford.edu
No disclaimer necessary as this is *my* account, and besides - nobody
would ever accuse anyone else of having these opinions anyway!ekman@wdl30.wdl.loral.com (Donald Ekman) (04/27/91)
In article <1991Apr26.182511.29848@leland.Stanford.EDU> shedevil@leland.Stanford.EDU (Annie) writes: > > >I'm thinking of selling my C-64, and possibly assorted ancillary >stuff (drive, modem, etc.) > >The keyboard/cpu is the old brown model, and it has a homebrew >soft-reset switch. It's in pretty good shape. > >I have *no* idea what I should ask for this, or even if I should sell >it, or hang on to it for whatever reason... > >Any suggestions? > >-- > mother - law student - antifeminist - suny@b class of 89 - fathers' rightist > Anne (She Devil) Mitchell - Stanford Law - shedevil@leland.stanford.edu > No disclaimer necessary as this is *my* account, and besides - nobody > would ever accuse anyone else of having these opinions anyway! Anyone need a boat anchor? How about a door stop? Seriously, Annie, the C-64 by itself may be worth $60 - $75. Peripherals extra. Probably the best thing a computer like this is for is if you have children who want to play games with it. There was a lot of game software written for the C-64. Now, if you've got a Commodore Pet, with tape drive, that you want to unload, that's another matter. Don -- Donald E. Ekman | Disclaimer: Loral | How oft the sight of means Space Systems/Loral | doesn't think I have | to do ill deeds Palo Alto, CA USA | any opinions. They | Makes deeds ill done! ekman@wdl1.wdl.loral.com | are probably right. | -- King John, Act IV: Sc 2
jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura) (04/29/91)
In article <1991Apr27.022358.22840@wdl1.wdl.loral.com> ekman@wdl30.wdl.loral.com (Donald Ekman) writes: > In article <1991Apr26.182511.29848@leland.Stanford.EDU> shedevil@leland.Stanford.EDU (Annie) writes: > > > > > >I'm thinking of selling my C-64, and possibly assorted ancillary > >stuff (drive, modem, etc.) > > Anyone need a boat anchor? How about a door stop? > > Seriously, Annie, the C-64 by itself may be worth $60 - $75. Peripherals > extra. > > Probably the best thing a computer like this is for is if you have children > who want to play games with it. There was a lot of game software written for > the C-64. > I disagree. A lot of old computers make *great* terminals to hang off of your neat-O *nix box. I personally wish I had my old Apple ][ (clone) still..... Sigh..... the old days. ;-) -- Jiro Nakamura jiro@shaman.com Shaman Consulting (607) 253-0687 VOICE "Bring your dead, dying shamans here!" (607) 253-7809 FAX/Modem -- Jiro Nakamura jiro@shaman.com Shaman Consulting (607) 253-0687 VOICE "Bring your dead, dying shamans here!" (607) 253-7809 FAX/Modem
tmkk@uiuc.edu (Scott Coleman) (04/29/91)
In article <1991Apr29.010219.4370@shaman.com> jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura) writes: >In article <1991Apr27.022358.22840@wdl1.wdl.loral.com> >ekman@wdl30.wdl.loral.com (Donald Ekman) writes: >> In article <1991Apr26.182511.29848@leland.Stanford.EDU> >shedevil@leland.Stanford.EDU (Annie) writes: >> > >> > >> >I'm thinking of selling my C-64, and possibly assorted ancillary >> >stuff (drive, modem, etc.) >> >> Anyone need a boat anchor? How about a door stop? >> >> Seriously, Annie, the C-64 by itself may be worth $60 - $75. Peripherals >> extra. >> > > I disagree. A lot of old computers make *great* terminals to hang off of your >neat-O *nix box. Nobody in their right mind would want a 40-column, 1200 baud-or-less terminal for their *nix box. I have an Atari 800XL. I bought it way back when these were still hot commodities (right around the time the first Copycat-64s appeared on the market ;-) There's no way in hell I'd ever be able to sell it for any reasonable fraction of what I paid, so I keep it around for when I feel like playing Ali Baba, MULE, or Return of Heracles. My advice to Annie: keep the C64. Use it 'til it drops, then throw it away or sell it for the parts.
wjb@tantalum.eds.com (Bill Biesty) (04/30/91)
In article <1991Apr26.182511.29848@leland.Stanford.EDU> shedevil@leland.Stanford.EDU (Annie) writes:
->I'm thinking of selling my C-64, and possibly assorted ancillary
->stuff (drive, modem, etc.)
->
->The keyboard/cpu is the old brown model, and it has a homebrew
->soft-reset switch. It's in pretty good shape.
->
->I have *no* idea what I should ask for this, or even if I should sell
->it, or hang on to it for whatever reason...
->
->Any suggestions?
->
C-64's are in high demand in Eastern Europe these days. I saw an article
in either Businessweek or Fortune that Commodore's profits were largely
from the sale of the 64 to eastern europe. There's a large demand for
computers that are cheap and have lots of available software.
Off the subject you say? Depends how enterprising you are....
Billrivero@dev8a.mdcbbs.com (05/01/91)
In article <1991Apr29.160357.23463@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, tmkk@uiuc.edu (Scott Coleman) writes: > >> >> I disagree. A lot of old computers make *great* terminals to hang off of your >>neat-O *nix box. > > Nobody in their right mind would want a 40-column, 1200 baud-or-less terminal > for their *nix box. > My C-64 terminal emulator has 80 columns and emulates the VT52 and VT100 protocols ( among others) and will work at 2400 baud in half-duplex mode with no dropout. For a low-demand terminal, it's just fine. Mike