19 Apr
2011
19 Apr
'11
9:24 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris M" <chrism3667 at yahoo.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 12:40 AM
Subject: Re: amusing letter found in a C64 box
Curious what the gentleman in the letter payed for it.
Remember originally
they were 599$. Ouch. There was one that was used for some sort of store
function in an electronic store in a mall, that basically ran very well
and for a long time. But generally they weren't very reliable.
The power supplies for the C64 weren't great, but otherwise I found the C64
worked pretty well. I ran a BBS on mine 24/7 for two years and the only
failures I had were a PSU failure (on day 100, 10 days after the 90-day
warranty expired and long before the BBS was up) and a fried CIA chip (which
was usually caused by static electricity when touching the joystick ports,
so I could have avoided that by being more careful). I got several good
years out of the computer.
I've now got my father-in-law's former C64. He bought it in 1984 and it's
never been repaired, and still works perfectly.
Jim