Gold C64 on eBay. Snipe this one!
K. Smith
an old post here about it. Well either it made it to eBay or some
clown went down to the hardware store and bought some gold spray
paint.
Reminds me of a story about when Aaron Neville had his first gold
record ("Tell it Like it Is", I think). The recording company made no
fancy presentation as is common. Instead, Art Neville (his brother)
took a copy of the 45 and spray painted it gold. To this day, he
proudly displays that record amongst all his Grammys. :)
Oh yeah, the URL is:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1271418417
I'm only mentioning it because I don't care to own it. Well, I would,
but not for as much money as it should go for. I would guess that
this computer (assuming it's genuine, and is truly one-of-a-kind) is
worth as much as a Apple I prototype. Well, maybe not. A PET
prototype would though.
Kevin
Martijn van Buul
> Ran across this doing my usual eBay bargain hunts. Then I ran through
> an old post here about it. Well either it made it to eBay or some
> clown went down to the hardware store and bought some gold spray
> paint.
Hmm. I'm *very* suspicious about this device. It most definately isn't
one of the Jubilee64's, which would leave only *ONE* other option:
the golden 64 from the 1984(?) CES. It seems to have had some wear'n'
tear, and the painting job seems to be quite 'imperfect' to say the
very least.
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Riccardo Rubini
> Ran across this doing my usual eBay bargain hunts. Then I ran through
> an old post here about it. Well either it made it to eBay or some
> clown went down to the hardware store and bought some gold spray
> paint.
> Kevin
I think it's easy to discover wether the C64 you're selling has been
sprayed or not. Anyway, I think a good start about its genuinity is the
serial number. What could you say about the serial number of your gold C64?
Riccardo
Don Judy
Actually, Doug Cotton from CMD mentioned this might be going up for
auction soon, CMD got it from a CBM engineering warehouse. Doug doesn't have it
but a former employee if I remember rightly. The silver VIC-20 thing seems right
too, but perhaps someone is selling a counterfeit based on that post. Doug
should be able to clear it up, I would think.
dj
dj
Doug Cotton
>Martijn van Buul wrote:
>>
>> Hmm. I'm *very* suspicious about this device. It most definately isn't
>> one of the Jubilee64's, which would leave only *ONE* other option:
>> the golden 64 from the 1984(?) CES. It seems to have had some wear'n'
>> tear, and the painting job seems to be quite 'imperfect' to say the
>> very least.
>>
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>> Kees J. Bot: The sum of CPU power and user brain power is a constant.
>
>Actually, Doug Cotton from CMD mentioned this might be going up for
>auction soon, CMD got it from a CBM engineering warehouse. Doug doesn't have it
>but a former employee if I remember rightly. The silver VIC-20 thing seems right
>too, but perhaps someone is selling a counterfeit based on that post. Doug
>should be able to clear it up, I would think.
Yes, this is the one I mentioned, for auction by a former employee of
CMD (Anthony Cote) who was previously on the design team for the MB-1
(Milton-Bradley 1, later known as the TI-99/4).
As I posted previously, it came from Commodore's Engineering warehouse
at the time of the liquidation along with a silver VIC-20 and many
other Commodore one-of-a-kind prototypes. All indications are that
this is THE Gold 64 from the CES show.
Doug Cotton
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Martijn van Buul
> All indications are that this is THE Gold 64 from the CES show.
I stand corrected, then.
Ben Yates
Doug Cotton wrote in message <3b999653...@news.ne.mediaone.net>...
<snip>
>Yes, this is the one I mentioned, for auction by a former employee of
>CMD (Anthony Cote) who was previously on the design team for the MB-1
>(Milton-Bradley 1, later known as the TI-99/4).
Can you elaborate on the comment about the MB-1->TI-99/4? I have never heard
this before!
bud
Well, sure is purty, anyhoo.
dowcom
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