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Offline JimDrew

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Re: Is this price crazy?
« on: November 17, 2012, 03:29:11 AM »
That's about the going rate for these machines, so no, it's not crazy.  The silver label machines are about as rare as the Boing Ball logo A1000's.
 

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Re: Is this price crazy?
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2012, 03:34:55 AM »
Yes, I am.  Out of millions of C64 machines sold there were about 30,000 produced with the original "buggy" hardware.  Commodore unofficially recalled these machines due to the "sparkle" problem, and replaced the motherboard with the final fix (after 3 attempts).  To find a silver label with the original Rev A/B/C motherboard is extremely rare.  But what would I know, I own #00002126.  :)

If someone has one of the original Boing Ball A1000s that they want to sell for the normal going rate for an A1000, please let me know!  :)
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