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I love reading through posts and going, yeah I have one of those but forgot :)

 

Ones I forgot:

Macintosh Plus

Timex Sinclair 1000

 

Can I count the Bally since it has the Blue Ram expanded memory add on w/ keyboard?

 

To those that have Mattel Aquarius systems I have a mini expander & joypad if you want them.

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Brought my 4 Sinclair Spectrums with me when I emigrated from Scotland, 2x 48k, 1x 128k+2 and 1x 128k+2a.

Picked up a whole bunch of Commodore stuff a couple of weeks ago including 2x VIC 20, 4x C64 and 4x C64c (although one C64 and one C64c give the black screen of death when turned on, but they can be used for spares I suppose).

 

I'd love to increase my home computer collection but I haven't seen a single machine in any thrift store since I arrived over here. My most wanted would be a Timex Sinclair 2068 (the North American version of the Spectrum). Maybe the thrift Gods will smile on me when I'm down in Toronto next week!

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What's the difference between a commodore 64 and a and a commodore 64c?

 

Not much, except that the C64c looks much, much nicer. Although I've heard it said that some strange people prefer the beige breadbin look of the original C64. :lol:

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I own a C64 (also have a spare one someone gave me), a couple Amiga 500's and a couple Amiga 2000's.

 

(although one C64 and one C64c give the black screen of death when turned on, but they can be used for spares I suppose).

 

Check the fuses. I blew the fuse on mine once and just got a black screen when I turned it on.

 

Not much, except that the C64c looks much, much nicer. Although I've heard it said that some strange people prefer the beige breadbin look of the original C64.

 

I've read that there's also a minor difference in the SID chip, so that some games sound a little different, or the timing is off.

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Am I the only one with a Commodore PET?  Actually I have two, and a big box full of cassettes with wonderful, wonderful PET games (they're all ASCII char-based).

 

Funny thing about PET...I rescued one from a dumpster when I was a freshman at college in the late 80's. I traded it for a half gallon jug of vodka a week later.

 

Classic computers:

Atari 400 that I've owned since 1982

Atari 800XL

Atari 1200XL

Atari 1400XL (yes, working, with lab proto software for the modem)

Atari 1040ST

Atari Portfolio

Commodore 64

Timex Sinclair 1000

I think I have a broken Tandy 100 somewhere.

 

Does the Pentium 233 laptop count?

 

Eric

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A store near me has a boxed Commodore Plus/4 for sale for about $40. I'm debating whether to buy it. I've heard that over time, they become more prone to failure. I don't want to cough up my hard earned cash for a dead machine. Worse, a dead machine that has virtually no software available for it, even if it did work.

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  • 2 months later...

Here is what is in my inventory...all work except where noted

 

Commodore:

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1) Commodore 64C

2) Commodore 128

3) Commodore Vic-20

4) Amiga 500

5) Amiga 500 (yes, two of them)

6) Amiga 1200

7) Amiga 2000

8) Commodore Plus/4 **

 

Atari

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1) Atari XEGS

2) Atari 600XL

3) Atari 520 STf **

 

Apple

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1) Apple IIe

2) Apple IIe (yes, two of them)

3) Macintosh SE 30 (B/W model)

4) Apple IIgs Rom 1**

5) Apple IIgs Rom 3

 

Other

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1) TI 994/a Silver

2) TI 994/a Beige

3) Compaq 286 "Portable" Suitcase

4) Tandy ??? (Never turned it on) **

 

Modern

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1) P4 1.6 GHz WinXP Home PC

2) P3 450 Mhz Gateway 2000

3) AMD 1GHz PC

 

Consoles

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1) GameCube

2) Atari 2600

3) XBox

4) GameBoy

5) GameBoy Color

6) GameBoy Advance

 

 

** - Commodore Plus/4 - Works but crashes all the time

** - Atari STf - no PSU...don't know if works

** - Apple IIgs Rom 1 - Turns on but only get garbage on screen

** - Tandy?? My wife gave it to me...can't even remember what it i

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