I'd say it's more of a restomod myself. Still kinda cool though.
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April 9, 2011 2:32 a.m. lewbud Reader
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April 9, 2011 4:27 a.m. ZOO SuperDork
Man, every one of my friend's who had a C64 in the eighties made millions in the nineties . . .
I didn't have one
Nor was I smart enough to invest when my friend, who had one, asked if I'd buy into their company. They were (early 90s, remember) putting a web browser on a cell phone. I didn't think it was a good idea . . .
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April 9, 2011 5:13 a.m. Jay SuperDork
I got all excited until I realized it was just a boring modern PC stuffed inside a C64 case. I still have a few original C64s and a lot of software stored in boxes on the other side of some annoying ocean or other. I vaguely want to throw one together and sit down for some serious Ultimate Wizard or Impossible Mission. Emulators do the job for now though.
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April 9, 2011 5:33 a.m. SVreX SuperDork
I miss Pong.
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April 9, 2011 6:32 a.m. Toyman01 SuperDork
I never messed with a commodore. We had a Tandy TRS 80.
I've still got a Kpro 1000 stored somewhere. My brother used it in college. It was even portable...sort of.
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April 9, 2011 7:14 a.m. petegossett SuperDork
I have a Compaq version of that ^^^ dated 1984 - and it still works! I thought it would be fun to stuff a modern PC inside it too, but I have enough projects.
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April 9, 2011 9:50 a.m. gamby SuperDork
lewbud wrote:
I'd say it's more of a restomod myself. Still kinda cool though.
That is very cool. In this age of sleek Apple products, that clunky beige monstrosity has an almost steampunk aesthetic to it.
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April 9, 2011 4:03 p.m. Lesley SuperDork
My first computer was a Vic 20.
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April 9, 2011 4:13 p.m. griffin729 HalfDork
Toyman01 wrote:
I never messed with a commodore. We had a Tandy TRS 80.
I've still got a Kpro 1000 stored somewhere. My brother used it in college. It was even portable...sort of.
My Dad had one of these through work. Ah, the fun of a CPM machine.
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April 9, 2011 4:27 p.m. mattmacklind SuperDork
gamby wrote:
lewbud wrote:
I'd say it's more of a restomod myself. Still kinda cool though.
That is very cool. In this age of sleek Apple products, that clunky beige monstrosity has an almost steampunk aesthetic to it.
I totally agree. Kind of cool. A bit too much to spend on the high end of its spectrum of offerings for a piece of techno-irony, but still cool. Maybe it could bring new purpose to all those displaced tube TV's, too.
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April 9, 2011 6:19 p.m. 1988RedT2 Dork
I've got a Mac IIfx laying around out in the garage. In it's day (1990) it was the baddest Mac out there and sold new for around $10,000. It would still boot the last time I tried maybe 10 years ago.
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April 9, 2011 9:30 p.m. Rob_Mopar HalfDork
Toyman01 wrote:
I never messed with a commodore. We had a Tandy TRS 80.
I've still got a Kpro 1000 stored somewhere. My brother used it in college. It was even portable...sort of.
I have a Kaypro fluorescent sign in my basement. The workbench in my garage was from Commodore's headquarters. My first real job was at a local computer store. We were a Kaypro and Commodore dealer. Got certified for Amiga 500 and 2000 repair almost 24 years ago now. Did a bunch of C64 repairs too.
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April 10, 2011 1:12 a.m. Derick Freese Dork
I have a C64 sitting in my parts bin. I planned on doing that conversion about 6 years ago using parts I had laying around until I realized how expensive microATX boards were at the time. Now I can pick one all of the parts I need from the webs for $200 or so.
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April 10, 2011 5:18 a.m. Jay SuperDork
If you gut a C64 (even a nonfunctional one) save the MOS 6581 SID chip and send it to me. Those things are getting hard to find.
I would say don't gut a working C64, they are getting kinda valuable.
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April 10, 2011 8:44 a.m. Derick Freese Dork
I gutted it years ago. I'm not sure if I still have the boards, but next time I dig it out, I'll check. I didn't bother to power it on, because it had taken a trip to the bath tub, courtesy of a 4 year old.
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April 10, 2011 8:54 a.m. JtspellS Reader
Still have an old macintosh SE somewhere, surprised i have not fish tanked it yet like so..
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April 10, 2011 11:21 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork
wow.. memory lane here.. Vic 20, 64, 64+4, 128. and an Amiga 2000 were my first computers before I finally jumped into the PC
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April 10, 2011 10:36 p.m. 16vCorey SuperDork
My neighbor has the TRS-80. The closest I had was the Atari 400.
Wow! 48k of RAM!
I also had the optional cassette drive.
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April 11, 2011 9:01 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork
Friend of mine had one of those ataris. His father was an electronics wiz and replaced the membrane keyboard with a real computer keyboard..
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April 11, 2011 9:07 a.m. Mental SuperDork
Our first computer was a Coleco Adam with a tape drive. That was upgraded to a C64 with dual floppy drives. My buddy with the Texas Instruments TI-99 had some serious floppy envy
