Comments on: The price of Commodore 64’s is getting out of control. https://virtuallyfun.com/2020/03/12/the-price-of-commodore-64s-is-getting-out-of-control/ Fun with Virtualization Sun, 15 Mar 2020 02:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: neozeed https://virtuallyfun.com/2020/03/12/the-price-of-commodore-64s-is-getting-out-of-control/comment-page-1/#comment-248824 Sun, 15 Mar 2020 02:30:00 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/?p=10158#comment-248824 In reply to Malcolm.

In the old days the biggest problem was NTSC vs PAL.

But the Chinese TV I use (and if imagine most others) can support both standards.

I have a Japanese megadrive, an American Genesis, and the pal c64. The TV can drive them all just fine.

I’m 220v land so I have to use inverters although for the Sega stuff I have 220v power supplies and I can drive stuff directly.

I’d imagine all you need is a recent TV/monitor and a native 110v PSU. RF/coax is totally different between the UK/USA so you will need composite cables.

I’d say get a SD2IEC type adapter / pi emulator as it’ll be easier to transfer disk images and not deal with the impossibility of sourcing physical disks.

I ordered a bunch of SD2IEC all in one completed emulators, but all mail out of Poland is now halted. I expected people unable to receive from China, but not send? Sigh.

]]> By: Malcolm https://virtuallyfun.com/2020/03/12/the-price-of-commodore-64s-is-getting-out-of-control/comment-page-1/#comment-248752 Sat, 14 Mar 2020 18:16:30 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/?p=10158#comment-248752 I have a 64c back at my parents place (240v, PAL), and I’m now living in the land of 110v NTSC. Do you know what challenges I’d face in shipping it over? I haven’t booted it in ~15 years though, and I don’t know how many of the floppies would be readable.

(PS. “amateur surgery” might be contributing to high prices.)

]]> By: neozeed https://virtuallyfun.com/2020/03/12/the-price-of-commodore-64s-is-getting-out-of-control/comment-page-1/#comment-248727 Sat, 14 Mar 2020 15:28:21 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/?p=10158#comment-248727 In reply to rasz_pl.

Oh, there is a replacement PLA now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKyoh_gGTYM

]]> By: neozeed https://virtuallyfun.com/2020/03/12/the-price-of-commodore-64s-is-getting-out-of-control/comment-page-1/#comment-248724 Sat, 14 Mar 2020 14:53:42 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/?p=10158#comment-248724 In reply to Darren Fenton.

That would have been to cosmically awesome, but sadly no. I got this from demonology7789

However I do see that you have a bunch of software…. Can you do some good combination shipping to Hong Kong?

]]> By: Darren Fenton https://virtuallyfun.com/2020/03/12/the-price-of-commodore-64s-is-getting-out-of-control/comment-page-1/#comment-248694 Sat, 14 Mar 2020 11:52:15 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/?p=10158#comment-248694 I’m pleased you’re happy with the c64. I’m almost certain you bought it from me!
Fentonsrock

]]> By: Tim https://virtuallyfun.com/2020/03/12/the-price-of-commodore-64s-is-getting-out-of-control/comment-page-1/#comment-248618 Fri, 13 Mar 2020 23:41:33 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/?p=10158#comment-248618 Hi,
Congrats on getting your c64. I have a couple myself plus a couple c64dtv’s and a c64 mini.
I used to complain about the prices, but the thing is, if they were only worth 5usd, they would all be rotting in landfills long before now.
People who don’t care about them, find them, see what they are worth and sell them on eBay, rather than throwing them out – good by me!
There’s lots of cool stuff you can do with your c64, have fun!

]]> By: el-topo https://virtuallyfun.com/2020/03/12/the-price-of-commodore-64s-is-getting-out-of-control/comment-page-1/#comment-248524 Fri, 13 Mar 2020 10:07:58 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/?p=10158#comment-248524 If you want to bring your C64 into this millennium you could save up for an Ultimate-II+ https://ultimate64.com/ I’m not affiliated with that site, I have a first generation 1541u myself.

]]> By: neozeed https://virtuallyfun.com/2020/03/12/the-price-of-commodore-64s-is-getting-out-of-control/comment-page-1/#comment-248486 Fri, 13 Mar 2020 04:40:53 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/?p=10158#comment-248486 In reply to rasz_pl.

What I find interesting is that there is FPGA SID’s. Apparently the newer revisions sound quite good (I think my hearing is too shit to tell) but there is no FPGA CIA’s or VIC’s.

]]> By: neozeed https://virtuallyfun.com/2020/03/12/the-price-of-commodore-64s-is-getting-out-of-control/comment-page-1/#comment-248485 Fri, 13 Mar 2020 04:39:29 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/?p=10158#comment-248485 In reply to Peter Godwin.

they sell penty of these hats on ebay, but oddly enough nobody sells them with the Pi. And those things are crazy expensive! I’ve never found a pizero for sale with stock, but 3’s cost 50 USD+++++ and 4’s well forget about it.

It’s like 1983 all over again, the cheapest thing will be the c64, I’ll end up having spent a lot more on peripherals.

]]> By: Peter Godwin https://virtuallyfun.com/2020/03/12/the-price-of-commodore-64s-is-getting-out-of-control/comment-page-1/#comment-248484 Fri, 13 Mar 2020 03:40:01 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/?p=10158#comment-248484 In reply to neozeed.

If you have a raspberry pi sitting around you could use https://cbm-pi1541.firebaseapp.com/ instead of a real 1541.

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