3 Dec
2013
3 Dec
'13
5:55 a.m.
I've come across a small pile of old Commodore stuff. I don't really want to ship
any of it at this time, as I don't have any boxes or other packing material, and it
takes lots of time and effort. But I will eventually if I have to, or if you throw enough
money at me.
Operational status currently unknown. I will power-up the Amigas on Tuesday,
Pick-up or local delivery (92656).
Not for resale:
1. C64, C128
2. Amiga 500, 1000, 2000, 3000. The 500, 2000, 3000 have hard drives, but no other
expansion cards.
3. Miscellaneous floppy drives, Commodore monitors.
4. No C64/128 software, but over 100 Amiga floppy disks.
3 Dec
3 Dec
5:01 p.m.
On Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 09:55:10PM -0800, steven stengel wrote:
[...]
1. C64, C128
2. Amiga 500, 1000, 2000, 3000. The 500, 2000, 3000 have hard drives, but no
other expansion cards.
3. Miscellaneous floppy drives, Commodore monitors.
4. No C64/128 software, but over 100 Amiga floppy disks.
The C128, A1000 and A3000 are worth real money and you should consider sticking
them on ebay or at least charging a nominal sum so they find a good home. I
would certainly pay a few hundred pounds for an A3000 that was either working
or trivially repaired with the contents of my spares pile.
The rest isn't really worth anything and can be given away, but whoever pays
you for the valuable machines should of course get first refusal.
9:02 p.m.
On Tue, 3 Dec 2013 17:01:37 +0000
Peter Corlett <abuse at cabal.org.uk>, w swoim raporcie o post?pach w nauce magii
przyja?ni, pisze:
The C128, A1000 and A3000 are worth real money and you
should consider sticking
them on ebay or at least charging a nominal sum so they find a good home. I
would certainly pay a few hundred pounds for an A3000 that was either working
or trivially repaired with the contents of my spares pile.
It's be better given away. Don't forget that empathy does actually exist, and
should be valued more than money ;)
Espacially, when someone wanted to have something since childhood, and yet even as an
adult, he can't afford it. 'It' being not something luxury .
(-)
Ola Hughson
4 Dec
4 Dec
12:41 a.m.
New subject: Commodore C64, C128, Amiga systems available in Orange County, CA
The person giving them away knows they have resale value, that is why he
said not for resale. Stock machines can be worth a few hundred dollars, some
people just don't have the time and don't want to bother packing and
shipping heavy bulky items that may end up getting damaged in shipping (this
is also the busiest time of year to stand in a post office line).
As far as not being able to afford something, you can always trade for
things you already have and want less.
I wouldn't mind an A1000 since it is the only desktop Amiga I never had or
used, too bad I am not local.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ola Hughson
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 4:02 PM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: FREE: Commodore C64, C128, Amiga systems available in Orange
County, CA
On Tue, 3 Dec 2013 17:01:37 +0000
Peter Corlett <abuse at cabal.org.uk>, w swoim raporcie o post?pach w nauce
magii przyja?ni, pisze:
The C128, A1000 and A3000 are worth real money and you
should consider
sticking
them on ebay or at least charging a nominal sum so they find a good home.
I
would certainly pay a few hundred pounds for an A3000 that was either
working
or trivially repaired with the contents of my spares pile.
It's be better given away. Don't forget that empathy does actually exist,
and should be valued more than money ;)
Espacially, when someone wanted to have something since childhood, and yet
even as an adult, he can't afford it. 'It' being not something luxury .
(-)
Ola Hughson
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12:51 a.m.
New subject: Commodore C64, C128, Amiga systems available in Orange County, CA
On 12/3/2013 4:41 PM, TeoZ wrote:
The person giving them away knows they have resale
value, that is why
he said not for resale. Stock machines can be worth a few hundred
dollars, some people just don't have the time and don't want to bother
packing and shipping heavy bulky items that may end up getting damaged
in shipping (this is also the busiest time of year to stand in a post
office line).
As far as not being able to afford something, you can always trade for
things you already have and want less.
I wouldn't mind an A1000 since it is the only desktop Amiga I never
had or used, too bad I am not local.
-----Original Message----- From: Ola Hughson
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 4:02 PM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: FREE: Commodore C64, C128, Amiga systems available in
Orange County, CA
On Tue, 3 Dec 2013 17:01:37 +0000
Peter Corlett <abuse at cabal.org.uk>, w swoim raporcie o post?pach w
nauce magii przyja?ni, pisze:
I will help anyone here if shipping is required. Steve has a heavy
schedule, and I can drive to his location and get things he has passed
along.
To help the collectors here, I'll pick up and ship by whatever means at
recipient's cost. i can pick things up on weekends, so won't do
anything till next week for anyone.
usual disclaimers, I'll treat it as I can and will ship in good quality
cartons, etc., but can't be responsible for shippers damage, etc.
I am in Orange, Ca, Steve close by, so pick up if possible. Seems like
the collector population is thin here in OC and LA though.
Jim
The C128, A1000 and A3000 are worth real money
and you should
consider sticking
them on ebay or at least charging a nominal sum so they find a good
home. I
would certainly pay a few hundred pounds for an A3000 that was either
working
or trivially repaired with the contents of my spares pile.
It's be better given away. Don't forget that empathy does actually
exist, and should be valued more than money ;)
Espacially, when someone wanted to have something since childhood, and
yet even as an adult, he can't afford it. 'It' being not something
luxury .
(-)
Ola Hughson
5:09 a.m.
I have adopted the Amiga 3000. I will love it and squeeze it and call it George. My folks
got me an Amiga 1000 just before I started college in 1986, and I happily used it for a
several years before I upgraded to a Sun 3/60. I still have the A1000, and cleaning it up
and getting it working again is on my long list of projects. This A3000 is really cool,
because I lost touch with the Amiga world beyond the A1000/A2000/A500 era.
I also grabbed the C128 with thoughts of giving it away in the gift exchange at my
company's upcoming holiday party, but I think I'll give away a TRS-80 Model 100
there instead since it's small and self-contained. I have no experience with Commodore
stuff other than the Amiga family, so I can learn about it with the C128. But if another
local collector really lusts after that C128, I'm not too attached to it yet and I
wouldn't mind passing it along after I play with it briefly.
Ok, while we're giving the gift of retrocomputing, I have something else to offer: I
have a Wyse 350 color dumb terminal that is free to a loving home. I've powered it up
and fiddled with it in local mode; it works, but I think it may have some bouncy keys. It
includes a manual. Similar terms apply:
* Not for resale! Grab it if you have a use for it.
* Local pick-up, either in Irvine, CA (I work there on weekdays) or in Riverside, CA on
weekends (we can meet at my local Starbucks).
I also have a DEC VT240 which I will want to unload once I take a stab at fixing its dead
monitor, but I'm holding it for ransom in trade for other DEC stuff for my PDP-11
project. ;)
--
Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/
2:43 p.m.
Congrats. The A3000 is my favorite of the Amiga family. I think it was the
most professional looking, case was very well made, and had very good
capability out of the box. I had an A3640 in mine and it was very speedy.
On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 11:09 PM, Mark J. Blair <nf6x at nf6x.net> wrote:
I have adopted the Amiga 3000. I will love it and squeeze it and call it
George. My folks got me an Amiga 1000 just before I started college in
1986, and I happily used it for a several years before I upgraded to a Sun
3/60. I still have the A1000, and cleaning it up and getting it working
again is on my long list of projects. This A3000 is really cool, because I
lost touch with the Amiga world beyond the A1000/A2000/A500 era.
I also grabbed the C128 with thoughts of giving it away in the gift
exchange at my company's upcoming holiday party, but I think I'll give away
a TRS-80 Model 100 there instead since it's small and self-contained. I
have no experience with Commodore stuff other than the Amiga family, so I
can learn about it with the C128. But if another local collector really
lusts after that C128, I'm not too attached to it yet and I wouldn't mind
passing it along after I play with it briefly.
Ok, while we're giving the gift of retrocomputing, I have something else
to offer: I have a Wyse 350 color dumb terminal that is free to a loving
home. I've powered it up and fiddled with it in local mode; it works, but I
think it may have some bouncy keys. It includes a manual. Similar terms
apply:
* Not for resale! Grab it if you have a use for it.
* Local pick-up, either in Irvine, CA (I work there on weekdays) or in
Riverside, CA on weekends (we can meet at my local Starbucks).
I also have a DEC VT240 which I will want to unload once I take a stab at
fixing its dead monitor, but I'm holding it for ransom in trade for other
DEC stuff for my PDP-11 project. ;)
--
Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/
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