Wanted Commodore 64 in working condition
BillHoo
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Looking for a C64 to use and get into all my old data.
Looking for a system between $50 and $100.
Looking for a system between $50 and $100.
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Johnhe0414
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The good old days...
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MontagueVandervort
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My first computer as a kid 🤓
Still have it too 🤣 (but sorry that price is too low for me).
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tedjames
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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. -
scaredoftests
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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
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Johnhe0414
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Started off with a TI/994A then a Commodore 128 ... miss those daysCurrent: A+ | Network+ | Project+ |Security+Working on: Cysa+
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paul78
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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.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
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BillHoo
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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.Johnhe0414 said:Started off with a TI/994A then a Commodore 128 ... miss those days
Opted for the C-64 instead because of the sprite graphics chip...didn't get the moped til 27 years later!
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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.
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BillHoo
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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.Johnhe0414 said:Started off with a TI/994A then a Commodore 128 ... miss those days
Opted for the C64 instead...and it took me 27 years before I got the moped!
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BillHoo
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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.Johnhe0414 said:Started off with a TI/994A then a Commodore 128 ... miss those days
Opted for the C64 instead...and it took me 27 years before I got the moped!
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JDMurray
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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.
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scaredoftests
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and we had a very loud dot matrix printer.Never let your fear decide your fate....
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EANx
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The good old days, where you stored games on a discount audio cassette (bought in three-packs).
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tedjames
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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.
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MontagueVandervort
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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.
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paul78
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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.
