C64 for $800 - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

17 Aug 1998

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  Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 14:31:42 -0500 (CDT)
 From: Doug Yowza &lt;yowza(a)yowza.com&gt;
 Subject: C64 for $800

 I'm no Commodore expert, but is there really anything in this lot that's
 worth more than a coupla bux, or is this just the alex-factor at work
 again? 
Actually there's quite a lot of really good Commodore 64/128 stuff there...

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  1- C128-D Computer, with keyboard and internal 1571
disk drive. Jiffy Dos is built in with the switch
        on the front of the machine. In GREAT condition.  the 128D is a nice
computer when you find one that works reliably. $30
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         1- Super CPU 128 with 8 Megs installed. Will
put the 128-D at 20 mhz.  This is a 20 Mghz accellerator for the 128, it was just
put on the market this
year.  Probably good for $150 alone.
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         1- CMD RamLink with 12 Megs, includes the HDD
Cable and battery backup.  Nice REU unit, does a RAM disk with it's memory and
allows for fast parallel
access to CMD Hard Drives.  Another $100. 
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         1- 1581 Disk Drive... with Jiffy Dos 
Somewhat hard to get maybe $40 at best.
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         1- CMD FD-2000 Disk Drive. 1.6 meg floppies
yeah!  Improvement over the 1581, lets you also use 1.44 md disks and with right
software access IBM disks too. $75.
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         1- CMD 2 GIGAbyte Hard Drive that looks CHERRY
New!  A CMD Hard Drive for your Commodore 64/128 is a must for the commodore fan,
Probably about $200 at most.
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         1- Commodore 2002 40/80 Color Monitor 
Nice Monitor, can be used on Amigas too...  $40.
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         1-1541 Disk Drive... Yes, WITH Jiffy Dos 
        1- 1571 Disk Drive with.... Jiffy DOS! 
        1- C64c Computer  Ok, I guess...  Not too terribly exciting there... Maybe
$50
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         1- Action Replay Cartridge (believe its v4 or
5)  Get $15 probably from me, I prefer Super Snapshot myself.
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         At least 30+ Origional Programs 
'Paid for Software' A buck a piece without knowing what it is... $30
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         A whole GEOS COLLECTION, Origional in boxes. 
I'm not much of a GEOS Fan.  I could resell it for probably $20...  Though
with an original GEOS 64 2.0 disk I coulde upgrade to the recent GEOS upgrade
- Wheels, which sounds pretty hot.
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         Over 300+ 5.25 floppies, all kinds o stuff. 
Read Pirated I'd go up to $30 hoping there would be a few gems of 64 software
lore hidden away.
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         Once again, this is a once in a lifetime
Commodore Collection. If you can pry this from my hands you've
        gotten the BEST Commodore Hardware that has ever been available anywhere.  
Lifetime, no, Heck I could collect that all in a year at a fraction, just try
to find docs for a PET MTU graphics board (like I am), I have a collection of
a lifetime.

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         Everything... Is in VERY GOOD working order,
many things are in fantastic shape. No junk
        whatsoever. (Well I didn't go thru all 300+ floppies, treat those as
"BLANKS" 

        I should mention, many manuals and software for the CMD items ARE INCLUDED! The
FD, the HDD, THE RL and the SCPU 128. 

        Now all you gotta do is.... 
        Show me da Money! :)  
Total about $765 dollars, not to say I would bid on it, but, it is a nice list
of equipment, and the current price is not all that out there.  You can tell
by the list the guy was either a Commodore BBS sysop or heavily into GEOS,
only those two groups buy heavily into RAMLinks and mass storage units.  I
Don't recognize the name Ice BBS though.
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