New old stock - Commodore 64 unboxing & test for ebay sale

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@a120068020 2 ай бұрын

This was a late edition C64 but I actually preferred the look of this over the old style Commodore 16 / VIC 20 type case. Great memories - I remember us getting one out of a Kays catalogue or similar. Paid a premium for it but could pay it off over x months.

@ukfmcbradioservicingTango21 2 ай бұрын

Mail order catalogues will always charge full recommended price...but not over for, the advantage of weekly payments. All catologues in the UK offer 20 week terms at no further cost, some catalogues offer free 40 week & 52 week terms on more expensive items Richard, G0OJF, UK

@JamesHowe-ci5vt 2 ай бұрын

Wow! A trip back to when I left school a Commodore 64, I remember playing Pitstop 2,🏎️🏎️, and Ace2, which was a split screen flying game to shoot each other out the sky lol lots of fun✈️✈️⌨️⌨️.

@wisteela 2 ай бұрын

It's amazing to see like this. And that cartridge is a three in one.

@RobCharles1981 2 ай бұрын

I remember these back in the day Richard Probably 80's-90's I had so much fun playing the retro games! - The Games took an age to load thou! :)

@michaeldranfield7140 2 ай бұрын

Interestingly enough that Sony TV you have, I have just given one of those to Jeremy who owns peak electronics, he's a retro gamer.

@ukfmcbradioservicingTango21 2 ай бұрын

I bought it brand new in the 90's solely to work on VCR's with. I was previously using a 14" Alba that I'd been given & sorted out for that purpose. One day a customer came in Christmas Eve afternoon asking if I'd a used portable colour TV for them to buy as a gift for someone. I hadn't....he said "what about that one in your workshop....it's a lovely picture"...so I sold it. The Sony is a non-text version & had to be specially ordered to save the £20 the text version cost more. As a Yorkshireman "It is Vane to do with more, that which can be done with less". Richard, G0OJF, UK

@2steppa3 2 ай бұрын

Never had one of these, had a ZX81, then a Sony 'Hitbit' MSX then an Atari STFM.

@Charlottesville798 2 ай бұрын

I'm sure I'm not the only subscriber here who buys & repairs all manner of retro computers... I have a few Breadbin 64s I love em...!!

@graemedavidson499 2 ай бұрын

I was half expecting you’d get a black screen! My 64Cs had their MOS 8701 clock generator ICs die in storage. Never did get round to sourcing a replacement….

@ukfmcbradioservicingTango21 2 ай бұрын

Sure it wasn't the reference crystal that failed? Richard

@graemedavidson499 2 ай бұрын

@@ukfmcbradioservicingTango21 Sadly it wasn’t the crystal. I swapped a known good IC into the machine and it worked. I put the bad IC into a working machine and it stopped working. Seems to be a relatively common failure. There are modern drop in PCB modules to replace the IC but can be expensive.

@dw7920 Ай бұрын

Ah, memories. I loved mine (original Vic 20/C16 shape). Wish I still had it.. I wonder how many monitors in Dixons/Laskys/Comet etc used to have "HELLO" (or usually something far more profane) scrolling up the screens on a Saturday afternoon once the kids had been dragged into town by parents..? 😉

@graemedavidson499 2 ай бұрын

I’ll be back…. hopefully not under warranty…!

@johnmackey2889 2 ай бұрын

i had mine connected to a kamtronics modem and my panasonic rf b300 for rtty and wefax.

@ukfmcbradioservicingTango21 2 ай бұрын

Great Stuff. Richard

@2j4ez 2 ай бұрын

I use my c64 to decode rtty and Morse code with a ham radio cartridge

@ukfmcbradioservicingTango21 2 ай бұрын

No that's a really worthwhile use. Richard

@budrekot 2 ай бұрын

I'm really suprised you didn't check the 5v and 9vac from that psu.

@budrekot 2 ай бұрын

does the SID chip still work also?

@YT32-16branch Ай бұрын

Why would he? Or better said why do you assume, that everybody knows about the failing power supplies?

@MC-kz9we 2 ай бұрын

Love it so if you bought this in the late 90's it was second hand as they were from the early 90's? theres so many who will say this is not new anymore as its been setup / used

@ukfmcbradioservicingTango21 2 ай бұрын

As an electronics engineer, most NOS stuff no longer works. As I've owned this from new I gave it a quick check at the time..just like this. This is PDI testing which I do on eveything I sell. Argos sell you a box. I've always checked the product. I can assure you it was new from our wholesaler. Perhaps I bought it a little earlier than I remember....it was a time when my late Mother was terminally ill with Motor Neorone Disease, so this went staight in a cupboard. Richard, G0OJF, UK

@ColinBoath 2 ай бұрын

You "should" get a fortune for it...

@Urban_Spaceman 2 ай бұрын

Oh no ! You let the factory air out of the bag ! Well it's worthless now, you may as well let me dispose of it for you. 😋 Just for "display puposes" eh? (wink wink)

@ukfmcbradioservicingTango21 2 ай бұрын

yeah, for doing tests like this & with VCR's I need to work on. I'm not in a TV reception area. Richard