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Commodore that I found

  • 25-03-2012 10:12am
    #1
    MrFoxman360
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 576 ✭✭✭


    I came across this key board yesterday while rooting in a friends shed, it wasn't his so I couldn't take it, but thought it was cool, very nostalgic looking

    What is it, or was it, or how old is it?

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  • #2
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    First model Commodore 64, from 1982 :)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64


  • #3
    gouche
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 416 ✭✭gouche


    Its a commodore 64 - about 25 years old.
    Ah the fun I used to have playing flimbos quest and waiting for ages for games to load off the tape deck.


  • #4
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    That's the entire computer as well, not just a keyboard


  • #5
    MrFoxman360
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 576 ✭✭✭MrFoxman360


    Do they have an value, as I can see this one getting binned in the future :(


  • #6
    zinzan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 550 ✭✭✭zinzan


    Someone not knowing what that was has made me feel really old :(

    Stand still time dammit!


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  • #7
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    MrFoxman360 wrote: »
    Do they have an value, as I can see this one getting binned in the future :(

    It's not worth big amounts, especially in that condition. If it's getting binned why not keep it & clean it up?


  • #8
    happyman81
    Closed Accounts Posts: 315 ✭✭happyman81


    Not worth a great deal, especially without the tape deck. The C64 is very common.


  • #9
    MrFoxman360
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 576 ✭✭✭MrFoxman360


    EnterNow wrote: »
    It's not worth big amounts, especially in that condition. If it's getting binned why not keep it & clean it up?

    I would have liked to keep it, but his daughter owns it so he couldn't give it to me, if I'm back again I'll see can I weasel it out of there


  • #10
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    MrFoxman360 wrote: »
    What is it, or was it, or how old is it?

    Y1NVM.gif

    You, young man, just made my day!

    You're looking at the greatest selling computer model of all time. And do not bin it. ;)


  • #11
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    MrFoxman360 wrote: »
    thought it was cool, very nostalgic looking

    If you want to learn how cool it really was, there plenty free emulators around (i.e. CCS64) and indeed hundreds if not thousands of games (abandaonware).

    Legendary stuff such as Lucas Arts adventures (Maniac Mansion, Zak McCracken, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) or shooters like Wolfenstein had their roots on the Commodore.


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  • #12
    Socialist_Pig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 321 ✭✭Socialist_Pig


    and the 64 stands for 64K of RAM:D

    Like posters above I'm shocked somebody had to ask what it was.It was my first computer purely for playing games.God I feel really really old:o

    had this on a cart for it...
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5ZF__T7_K4


  • #13
    Skerries
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    they've re-released it but with up to date components
    http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal-tech/desktop-pc/229401217
    Untitled Image




  • #14
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    Skerries wrote: »
    they've re-released it but with up to date components
    http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal-tech/desktop-pc/229401217

    Yep, got myself the barebones and put in a Zotac Mini-ITX board, dual core atom and Ion graphics. Pretty neat. ;)


  • #15
    GreenWolfe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,731 ✭✭✭GreenWolfe


    http://www.reghardware.com/2012/03/22/commodore_usa_outs_amiga_mini_desktop_pc/

    There's an Amiga mini out too from the same crowd. Surely the allure in getting a mini-Amiga is running Amiga, not a GNOME skin? The case looks fairly generic. Not worth the $345 barebones (or €2495 fully-loaded) imo.


  • #16
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    EarthlyPangaea wrote: »
    There's an Amiga mini out too from the same crowd. Surely the allure in getting a mini-Amiga is running Amiga, not a GNOME skin? The case looks fairly generic. Not worth the $345 barebones (or €2495 fully-loaded) imo.

    Surely the pricing for their complete systems is way OTT. But you don't really have to break the bank for the C-64 barebone and it does have a top-class keyboard, didn't mind paying a bit extra for the nostalgia. ;)


  • #17
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Skerries wrote: »
    they've re-released it but with up to date components
    http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal-tech/desktop-pc/229401217
    EarthlyPangaea wrote: »
    http://www.reghardware.com/2012/03/22/commodore_usa_outs_amiga_mini_desktop_pc/

    There's an Amiga mini out too from the same crowd. Surely the allure in getting a mini-Amiga is running Amiga, not a GNOME skin? The case looks fairly generic. Not worth the $345 barebones (or €2495 fully-loaded) imo.

    Both of those are standard pc's in fancy cases. Not a 're-release' in my books. They're priced accordingly too :rolleyes:


  • #18
    omerin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,502 ✭✭✭omerin


    Socialist_Pig wrote: »
    and the 64 stands for 64K of RAM:D

    Like posters above I'm shocked somebody had to ask what it was.It was my first computer purely for playing games.God I feel really really old:o

    had this on a cart for it...
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5ZF__T7_K4
    i do miss those blocky graphics :(


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