Commodore 64's for sale ... BRAND NEW !!

[SteveAndBelle]

Not quite steve, I had one of those and only chucked it out last year when it turned up stuffed away in a cupboard. It wasn't the same model as yours and I can't remember the brand but it had a black plastic console and 2 controllers which sat in slots on the side and were detachable. :eek: :eek:

Gumby, wasn't that a machine of the very early 80's ??

I was only 5 years old in 1980 so I could also be full of crap too

Steve.

[Gumby]

No, definitely 70's. I remember being amazed that you could play ping-pong on the TV. :eek: I think it was around $80 which would have been fairly expensive then. I think the Commodore 64 was around 83-84, but I could be wrong.

[SteveAndBelle]

Yep, the C64 was released in Australia in 1983 from memory (hey, I'm gettin' old now) but the Vic 20 was out for a few years before it.


Just did a quick Google search (because I'm a dork and I've got nothing else to do at work on a Friday afternoon) and found that the Vic20 was released in 1980 and the C64 was released in late 1982. Goto http://www.commodore.ca/products/vic...ore_vic-20.htm if you could be bothered.

I do remember the price tho ... the C64 Family Pack RRP'd for $399.00 and the Amiga pack RRP'd for $899.00 but dropped as time went by.

Gees, that's a lot considering you can buy brand new PC's (without monitor but with warranty) for $349 these days ! Ouch !!

Steve.

[Iain]

My 1st was a Mac 560K with the optional 800K external floppy drive, B&W monitor and dot matrix printer with tractor feed, cost about $4500 when I bought it.
Also taught me about backup when I lost 4000 words of a 5000 essay for uni I was doing when we had a power failure.
Was powered up with 3.5" floppys and memory was the same.
I also remember the Amstrad with their own weird little 3.25" (I think) floppy.
Had several Macs since this and now have a hybrid PC made for me by a friend who is a systems anylyst, running pentium 4, 480gig HD and 1 gig RAM, a couple of years ago this would have seemed impossible.
I also used to have a Sheen ping pong game, came out about the same time as the pubs had them in the bar at 20c a time, this one plugged into the TV and made the silly 'plock' noise as the ball bounced of the wall.
Sold by Target for about $20 from memory.

[Kev Y.]

Also taught me about backup when I lost 4000 words of a 5000 essay .

THAT explains a lot.. after all these years you still hav'nt made up for those lost words

[Gumby]

I also used to have a Sheen ping pong game, came out about the same time as the pubs had them in the bar at 20c a time, this one plugged into the TV and made the silly 'plock' noise as the ball bounced of the wall.
Sold by Target for about $20 from memory.

That's the one I couldn't remember the name of. Sheen , yeah what a machine !

[oges]

We had a Texas Instruments machine and a VIC 20 before progressing to the Commodore 64. Atleast back in those days you didnt have to worry if you had a fast enough processor, or memory or graphics card to run the latest games.

[kiwigeo]

Tickering away here at work on an HP 41.....have had it since 1986 and its only on its second set of batteries.