wtb: Commodore c64

[Rdub]

Hi, i'm looking to pick up an old commodore c64, it does not even
neccessarily have to be working as long as the SID chip inside is still
functioning.

please let me know what you have and how much you want for it at : rfwhyte
at shaw dot ca

[WarrGo]

I will check with a friend who is big into comodores to see if he can hook you
up.


Warren

[reddred]

"Rdub" <a@a.com> wrote in message
news:5Ox2b.847020$3C2.18938146@news3.calgary.shaw. ca...
> Hi, i'm looking to pick up an old commodore c64, it does not even
> neccessarily have to be working as long as the SID chip inside is still
> functioning.
>
> please let me know what you have and how much you want for it at : rfwhyte
> at shaw dot ca
>
>

Make rounds at goodwill and other thrift stores. c64's can usually be had
for five dollars.

jb

[Benjamin Maas]

Check Ebay... There is always stuff like that up there. I just did a
search and there are several up there for about $10.

Leave it to ebay to find the "vintage" (useless to most people) stuff. A
couple years back, I got an Atari 2600 game system with 60 games for under
$50.

--Ben

--
Benjamin Maas
Fifth Circle Audio
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.fifthcircle.com

[Ben Bradley]

In rec.audio.pro, "Rdub" <a@a.com> wrote:

>Hi, i'm looking to pick up an old commodore c64, it does not even
>neccessarily have to be working as long as the SID chip inside is still
>functioning.

Check out this thread on the SID chip and SidStation:

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&threadm=3a64f407.187354086%40news.mindspring.com

>please let me know what you have and how much you want for it at : rfwhyte
>at shaw dot ca

Nowadays it would be better to use programmable logic (FPGA's and
such) and some external, D/A-controlled analog circuitry to do the
same thing or something similar, with much better quality.
Alternatively, one could do everything in software in a DSP - even
cheap DSP's nowadays have more than enough processing power to emulate
a SID.

[Ryan Mitchley]

Even easier: http://www.refx.net/pro_QuadraSID.htm?lang=eng

Ryan

[Mike Rivers]

In article <7yO2b.204427$It4.96460@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net> benmaas@fifthcircle.com writes:

> Leave it to ebay to find the "vintage" (useless to most people) stuff. A
> couple years back, I got an Atari 2600 game system with 60 games for under
> $50.

Can I interest anyone in a VIC 20, complete with cassette storage
drive and the assembly language ROM? First $500 takes it. I won't care
if you sell it for $1000 on eBay.



--
I'm really Mike Rivers - (mrivers@d-and-d.com)

[Scott Dorsey]

Ben Bradley <ben_nospam_bradley@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> Nowadays it would be better to use programmable logic (FPGA's and
>such) and some external, D/A-controlled analog circuitry to do the
>same thing or something similar, with much better quality.
>Alternatively, one could do everything in software in a DSP - even
>cheap DSP's nowadays have more than enough processing power to emulate
>a SID.

Sure, but what fun is that?

Don't forget the old SN76477 analogue synthesizer chip either. That was
fun.

But, technology marches on, and today we have firmware kits to turn your
Gameboy into a synthesizer instead.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[Scott Dorsey]

In article <pdScnVe33e68uNGiXTWJkA@rockbridge.net>,
reddred <opaloka@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>"Rdub" <a@a.com> wrote in message
>news:5Ox2b.847020$3C2.18938146@news3.calgary.shaw. ca...
>> Hi, i'm looking to pick up an old commodore c64, it does not even
>> neccessarily have to be working as long as the SID chip inside is still
>> functioning.
>>
>> please let me know what you have and how much you want for it at : rfwhyte
>> at shaw dot ca
>
>Make rounds at goodwill and other thrift stores. c64's can usually be had
>for five dollars.

The last hamfest I was at, there were four of them in a trash barrel (along
with a couple Epson MX-80s) at the end of the day because somebody didn't
want to take them home.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[reddred]

"Scott Dorsey" <kludge@panix.com> wrote in message
news:biieum$7bl$1@panix2.panix.com...
> In article <pdScnVe33e68uNGiXTWJkA@rockbridge.net>,
> reddred <opaloka@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >"Rdub" <a@a.com> wrote in message
> >news:5Ox2b.847020$3C2.18938146@news3.calgary.shaw. ca...
> >> Hi, i'm looking to pick up an old commodore c64, it does not even
> >> neccessarily have to be working as long as the SID chip inside is still
> >> functioning.
> >>
> >> please let me know what you have and how much you want for it at :
rfwhyte
> >> at shaw dot ca
> >
> >Make rounds at goodwill and other thrift stores. c64's can usually be had
> >for five dollars.
>
> The last hamfest I was at, there were four of them in a trash barrel
(along
> with a couple Epson MX-80s) at the end of the day because somebody didn't
> want to take them home.
> --scott
> --

They tend to pile up like that. Kind of sad, really, I liked the little
things - full OS on a rom, BASIC on a rom, the ability to plug it into a
variety of monitors, everything except a disk drive in one little package
that was cheap, fairly disposable and easily replacable... after the 64 and
similair home computers went away, I feel that home users got hornswoggled
into thinking that they needed to buy a scaled down mini every two years for
1500+ a pop.

jb

[Rainbowblade]

ah, the SID chip. did the same project with that a few years ago.
i found several on eBay under 25 bucks. working or not. make sure
its the right year/serial number, as they switched chips [forgot when]

On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 11:47:24 -0400, "reddred" <opaloka@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>
>"Rdub" <a@a.com> wrote in message
>news:5Ox2b.847020$3C2.18938146@news3.calgary.shaw. ca...
>> Hi, i'm looking to pick up an old commodore c64, it does not even
>> neccessarily have to be working as long as the SID chip inside is still
>> functioning.
>>
>> please let me know what you have and how much you want for it at : rfwhyte
>> at shaw dot ca
>>
>>
>
>Make rounds at goodwill and other thrift stores. c64's can usually be had
>for five dollars.
>
>jb
>

[Gary]

Still have my old C64 and Sequential Circuits MIDI adapter "game" card. I
remember how jazzed I was to learn that I could scotch tape one of teh card
contacts to inhibit loading the on-board sequencer then could use Dr. T's
sequencer. Don't know why I'm keeping it (along with a, 300BPS modem,
working diskette drive and a non-working one). Must be advanced pack rat
syndrome...

"Rainbowblade" <1@2.3> wrote in message
news:1hivkvcg951utfqlo01tab2n36arl8fque@4ax.com...
> ah, the SID chip. did the same project with that a few years ago.
> i found several on eBay under 25 bucks. working or not. make sure
> its the right year/serial number, as they switched chips [forgot when]
>
> On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 11:47:24 -0400, "reddred" <opaloka@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Rdub" <a@a.com> wrote in message
> >news:5Ox2b.847020$3C2.18938146@news3.calgary.shaw. ca...
> >> Hi, i'm looking to pick up an old commodore c64, it does not even
> >> neccessarily have to be working as long as the SID chip inside is still
> >> functioning.
> >>
> >> please let me know what you have and how much you want for it at :
rfwhyte
> >> at shaw dot ca
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Make rounds at goodwill and other thrift stores. c64's can usually be had
> >for five dollars.
> >
> >jb
> >
>