treasure haul

From: The Adept <adept_at_Mcs.Net>
Date: Fri Sep 11 09:02:19 1998

Depending on the software and carts, I'd be interested in them when
you are through. :)

Cheers,

  Dan

On Thu, 10 Sep 1998, Jim wrote:

> A buddy of mine is packing up to move and asked me if I'd like to take a "bunch
> of computer junk" off his hands. Now that I have it home, I find I have:
>
> 1 commodore 64.
> 1 composite monitor for a 64.
> 1 1541 floppy drive.
> 1 Sekosia(?) printer with a C=64 interface.
> 1 vic 1600 modem.
> 1 Apple Printer.
> lots of manuals and stuff for the 2e I bought from him earlier.
> lots of manuals, cartriges, and software for the 64.
>
> I haven't had a chance to test anything but the printer, which appears to
> work (although as usual my GS doesn't seem to LIKE it much. I may wind up
> switching back to my epson lx800 with that machine.)
>
> Once I've tested the 64 and whatnot to make sure it works, and messed about
> with the software I always wanted to have but could never afford, I'm probably
> going to get rid of it. And I can't quite put my finger on why, since I was
> a '64 owner until 1990. Maybe its that I would miss the custom hardware I had.
> Or that I can't imagine going back to a 60 column screen. Or the non-standard
> interfaces for EVERYTHING on it. I dunno. Does it make sense that I wouldn't
> be nostalgic for the machine I actually owned, as opposed to the apple2s?
>
> *shrug*
>
> Anyway. Just a heads up for you Commodore folk out there. :)
>
> -Jim
> --
> Jim Strickland
> jim_at_calico.litterbox.com
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Received on Fri Sep 11 1998 - 09:02:19 BST