Commodore's new PCs

[Teo Zenios]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jules Richardson" <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk>
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Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 5:30 PM
Subject: Re: Commodore's new PCs


> Actually, I've not seen that many C64s actually *around*, but when I
needed
> one in order to get an SX64 going again [1] it was a case of about 5 mins
of
> asking around (on places like freecycle), and I had more offers than I
knew
> what to do with. There certainly still seemed to be healthy numbers
lurking in
> attics etc.
>
> [1] The "winner" was a machine with - IIRC - a German keyboard. It didn't
work
> and the PSU had gone missing, so in terms of a system that was scavenged
for
> parts it was almost perfect)
>

There are quite a few around, they are just not advertised much. Last year I
posted on freecycle looking for old 68K Macs and Amigas and snagged 2x
C64's, 2x 1541 drives, 1802 monitor, 2 Commodore printers, a modem, and misc
games all working from the same place. Some people I have seen on the net
have dozens of C64s for some reason. Anything made in that quantity will be
around this earth for a while.

Most people don't want a real C64 with a 1541 drive that needs 5.25" DD
floppies that take a minute to load, they want an emulator that plays ROMs
they download off the net instantly (or maybe a real C64 with a 1000 in 1
Cartridge).

TZ