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Title: ebay funnies
Post by: motrucker on January 15, 2014, 03:41:20 AM

Here's a good one. A first edition paperback?! That's rich....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-First-Edition-Computer-Companion-for-Commodore-64-/8823950340?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&hash=item20df2cc04

Title: Re: ebay funnies
Post by: Wolfe on January 15, 2014, 04:37:02 AM

WOW . . .   How can you live without that ?  And you haven't purchased it already ?  Commodore geeks are rolling over on their graves . . .  LOL

Title: Re: ebay funnies
Post by: paul1981 on January 15, 2014, 08:25:08 PM

Quote from: motrucker;757232

Here's a good one. A first edition paperback?! That's rich....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-First-Edition-Computer-Companion-for-Commodore-64-/8823950340?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&hash=item20df2cc04

Nice find. Not as rare and unique as this though...
A faulty back-to-front Amiga 1200. Must have been a manufacturing defect! Mind you, they say QC wasn't too hot at Commodore. A bargain at £70:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/COMMODORE-AMIGA-A1200-Faulty-not-working-/171216963641?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item27dd538839

(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/COMMODORE-AMIGA-A1200-Faulty-not-working-/00/s/NDgwWDY0MA==/z/6MEAAMXQVT9S1HGL/$_58.JPG)

Title: Re: ebay funnies
Post by: Oldsmobile_Mike on January 15, 2014, 08:30:50 PM

An ultra-rare left-handed A1200!  :banana:

Title: Re: ebay funnies
Post by: save2600 on January 16, 2014, 01:41:40 AM

Quote from: Oldsmobile_Mike;757296

An ultra-rare left-handed A1200!  :banana:

:laughing:

Title: Re: ebay funnies
Post by: AAACHIPSET on January 16, 2014, 11:30:29 AM

Quote from: paul1981;757294

Nice find. Not as rare and unique as this though...
A faulty back-to-front Amiga 1200. Must have been a manufacturing defect! Mind you, they say QC wasn't too hot at Commodore. A bargain at £70:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/COMMODORE-AMIGA-A1200-Faulty-not-working-/171216963641?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item27dd538839

(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/COMMODORE-AMIGA-A1200-Faulty-not-working-/00/s/NDgwWDY0MA==/z/6MEAAMXQVT9S1HGL/$_58.JPG)

looks  weird sort of..so the floppy is on the left ? ..motherboard would have to be different to ?

Title: Re: ebay funnies
Post by: Gulliver on January 16, 2014, 03:10:59 PM

Quote from: AAACHIPSET;757339

looks  weird sort of..so the floppy is on the left ? ..motherboard would have to be different to ?

It is a blury mirror assisted photograph :)

Title: Re: ebay funnies
Post by: persia on January 17, 2014, 01:50:47 AM

Is he wearing it like a necklace?

Title: Re: ebay funnies
Post by: gertsy on January 17, 2014, 07:19:05 AM

Quote from: AAACHIPSET;757339

looks  weird sort of..so the floppy is on the left ? ..motherboard would have to be different to ?

Look at the Return key. Therein lyeth the rub.

Title: Re: ebay funnies
Post by: jj on January 17, 2014, 12:25:19 PM

Quote from: motrucker;757232

Here's a good one. A first edition paperback?! That's rich....
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-First-Edition-Computer-Companion-for-Commodore-64-/8823950340?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&hash=item20df2cc04

uhhhhhh, techinical books and manuals usually go through several editions and are in paperback. Though to be fair it usually better to have the latter editions rather than the first.
 
And whilst it might not be rare, I don't know, its not eactly expensive either.
 
So bit confused  ?

Title: Re: ebay funnies
Post by: tone007 on January 17, 2014, 01:12:06 PM

It's probably the first and last edition. Extra rare!

Title: Re: ebay funnies
Post by: som99 on January 17, 2014, 03:24:20 PM

Haha I love the mirrored Amiga 1200 :) First at quick glance I did think "The mould f*kd up and they keyboard is flipped" then I saw it was just a mirrored image :(

Title: Re: ebay funnies
Post by: paul1981 on January 17, 2014, 04:47:10 PM

Quote from: persia;757382

Is he wearing it like a necklace?

Well spotted! It does look like it doesn't it?! :rofl:

Title: Re: ebay funnies
Post by: golem on January 17, 2014, 07:22:48 PM

Quote from: paul1981;757294

Nice find. Not as rare and unique as this though...
A faulty back-to-front Amiga 1200. Must have been a manufacturing defect! Mind you, they say QC wasn't too hot at Commodore. A bargain at £70:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/COMMODORE-AMIGA-A1200-Faulty-not-working-/171216963641?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item27dd538839

Thanks for that. That made me chuckle. It must make it a little-endian 68020.

Title: Re: ebay funnies
Post by: superfrog76 on January 20, 2014, 11:49:46 PM

Beware of the ultra rare A1000

Nothing funny in the title; but when I read the price asked, and the fact that the guy asked the police to participate in the transaction; I just started to roll on the floor :)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Amiga-1000-/151197525817?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&hash=item2334132739