From: Sam Ismail <dastar(a)ncal.verio.com>
Subject: Re: Somebody has a C65 on eBay
On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
::
::Somebody's posted a Commodore C65 prototype on eBay. 4 days left and the
::bidding is at $1025.
::
That's nothing. The last one sold went for $1400. (!)
Well, how many of these "prototypes" exist? Has anyone authenticated
these things?
I would venture to guess a couple hundred to several hundred. Commodore was
almost to production before they decided to drop the C65 (I remember reading
1991 as the year they dopped the project). After Commodore went bankrupt some
of thier warehouse assetts were liquidated, the Graprvine Group in New York
had bought the one with the most c65s and were selling them for I think about
$100 a unit. It kinda resembles an Amiga 500 with the floppy drive facing
forward (no neumeric keypad).
The c65 would best be compared to the Apple IIgs, still has its roots in the
6502 but alot of the graphics and sound are adapted from Amiga technology. It
would have done well with the people wanting a more amiga-like system without
sacrificing all thier Commodore 8-bit drives and such.
There are enough c65s out there that some people have FTP sites of c65
programs. Unfortunately I wasn't one of the people who got a c65 on time. *sigh*
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