Wanted Commodore 64 in working condition

BillHoo

Looking for a C64 to use and get into all my old data.

Looking for a system between $50 and $100.

Johnhe0414

The good old days...

BillHoo

Maybe if I add....It's imperative to national security!

paul78

Try eBay. I see them on eBay often.

tedjames

Craig's List?

MontagueVandervort

My first computer as a kid 🤓

Still have it too 🤣 (but sorry that price is too low for me).

tedjames

https://austin.craigslist.org/sys/d/round-rock-vintage-commodore-vic-20s/6849327485.html

https://austin.craigslist.org/sys/d/austin-commodore-128-in-original-box/6839889986.html

https://austin.craigslist.org/sys/d/austin-amiga-1000/6838393500.html

That's the best I can do. Maybe check Goodwill..

My first computer, too, back in 1985. It was the greatest thing in the world.

cyberguypr

I'm also still holding on to mine. Dies with me.

scaredoftests

Our first was a 286, it cost like 2K. I don't miss those days. With the Huge Monitor that took up half the desk. lol

Johnhe0414

Started off with a TI/994A then a Commodore 128 ... miss those days

paul78

scaredoftests said:

Our first was a 286, it cost like 2K. I don't miss those days. With the Huge Monitor that took up half the desk. lol

You must have been so cool. I distinctly remember being envious of people with a 286. My first was 6502 based and then I had a 8086.

BillHoo

Johnhe0414 said:

Started off with a TI/994A then a Commodore 128 ... miss those days

The TI-99/4A was on my list, primarily because of the built in voice synthesizer chip.  I was making plans to attach it to a moped with a battery and power invertor to make a talking moped... ala Knight Rider.

Opted for the C-64 instead because of the sprite graphics chip...didn't get the moped til 27 years later!

scaredoftests

ha! so cool.

PCTechLinc

Tandy 1000EX with a COLOR monitor and Daisy Wheel printer... 7 years old reading a DOS book because no one in my family wanted to learn how to use it.

BillHoo

Johnhe0414 said:

Started off with a TI/994A then a Commodore 128 ... miss those days

The TI-99/4A was on my list, primarily because of the built in voice synthesizer chip.  I was making plans to attach it to a moped with a battery and power invertor to make a talking moped... ala Knight Rider.

Opted for the C64 instead...and it took me 27 years before I got the moped!

BillHoo

Johnhe0414 said:

Started off with a TI/994A then a Commodore 128 ... miss those days

The TI-99/4A was on my list, primarily because of the built in voice synthesizer chip.  I was making plans to attach it to a moped with a battery and power invertor to make a talking moped... ala Knight Rider.

Opted for the C64 instead...and it took me 27 years before I got the moped!

JDMurray

The first computer I owned was a circa 1980 Zenith HZ-89A with 64K RAM and running CP/M-80. It was like owning an old VW Bug that you constantly tinkered with.

scaredoftests

and we had a very loud dot matrix printer.

EANx

The good old days, where you stored games on a discount audio cassette (bought in three-packs).

tedjames

I used a paper hole punch to clip the other side of a 5-1/4 floppy so I could write to the other side of it, making it double-sided. I could store more games on a single floppy that way.

MontagueVandervort

Great to see this thread blew up!

I truly attribute my success to the C64. Got it for a xmas present as a kid. My parents had no idea what they were buying me, but it was "electronic", so they knew I would like it. 🤣

It's what really sparked my interest in comps., sitting there for hours upon hours with that book haha trying to make it do what I wanted and then seeing the results were awesome.

paul78

The coolest thing that I had with my first computer was a Novation Cat. I saved for months to get that thing so I could have actual full-duplex communications.