Who wants a Commodore 128 D?

[leirbag28]

email this guy in New York


http://newyork.craigslist.org/lgi/sys/172879421.html

[Marco]

I never knew the 128 came with an Amiga mouse, That said I don't really know much about the pre-Amiga stuff beyond what I've read on the net.

Anyway, says it's in America so it'd be NTSC, shame.

[mrbill317]

150.00 is kinda high

[redrumloa]

For that package deal? Naah sounds just about right. Actually if that 128D is as clean as it appears to be in the pic, it is a bargain.

[TjLaZer]

That is NOT an Amiga mouse!  That is the Commodore 135x mouse.  For the Commodore 8 bits only, it does not work on the Amiga!

And yes that is a great price!  The Commodore 128D is rare and harder to find than the other 8 bits.

[Oliver]

Nah, I don't think it's a great price.  I've seen them go for quite a bit less than that downunder.  Also, there is very little 128 s[ecific hardware.  If I had that machine, I would rip its SID chip, and hack the case for a synth box.   :-P  

[Doppie1200]

My C128Dcr was a real bargain compaired to this lot. Sadly my keyboard is a bit yellowed. Anyway, I got my C128Dcr along with an extra 1571 for a crate of beer! The problem I have with these machines is....I have no use for them  :-?

[Argus]

I wonder if you could put a KeyRah and miniITX pc motherboard in it, run Amiga Forever off it?

[fx]

Oliver wrote:
Nah, I don't think it's a great price.  I've seen them go for quite a bit less than that downunder.  Also, there is very little 128 s[ecific hardware.  If I had that machine, I would rip its SID chip, and hack the case for a synth box.   :-P  

The horror! I truly hope you never get your hands on a C128D!

[Roondar]

fx wrote:

The horror! I truly hope you never get your hands on a C128D!

He sure isn't getting the two I have!

I even have on on my desk and use it from time to time. Lovely machine, qualifies as the ultimate 8-bit Commodore in my eyes*.

*) Ok, apart from a 128Dcr. Not counting the C65 since it wasn't actually released. That and I don't have one.

[Marco]

That and the C65 has absolutely no software, no OS (beyond the Basic CLI) and wasn't even finished.

Personally I prefer the normal 128, the D(CR) reminds me too much of an old clone. I think the rarest would probably be the 128CR - a wedge 128 with the DCR motherboard and chips, minus the integrated 1571, read about it on one of those obsessive C= fansites, can't remember if it was released or just prototyped.

[buzz]

I paid a fair amount for my c128dcr.

Originally £100.. but then £25 for the guy to drop it off at a friends house, and then £50 for the stuff to be posted to me. so about £175 in all!!

But I did get a 1581 (+jiffydos) with it, a 1084, a cartridge expander, a 512kb REU, a 1541 mk2, some books, 2x plus 4s, and a retro replay. But I wanted it really bad (and the 1581.. so)

[buzz]

Marco wrote:
That and the C65 has absolutely no software, no OS (beyond the Basic CLI) and wasn't even finished.

Some software (and 1 demo!)

http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/c65/index.html

[Roondar]

buzz wrote:
I paid a fair amount for my c128dcr.

Originally £100.. but then £25 for the guy to drop it off at a friends house, and then £50 for the stuff to be posted to me. so about £175 in all!!

But I did get a 1581 (+jiffydos) with it, a 1084, a cartridge expander, a 512kb REU, a 1541 mk2, some books, 2x plus 4s, and a retro replay. But I wanted it really bad (and the 1581.. so)

I know that feeling only too well. I stopped trying to explain it to non-Commodore owners tho  :-P

[Louis Dias]

I added an extra SID chip to my 128D and ran it thru the composite a/v rca jack.  I was using a nice Magnavox TTL RGB+Composite monitor so I had no use for the RF modulator jack.  It became a second audio channel jack.

Ofcourse the sound output was much lower...maybe I didn't have it grounded right at the jack...

Other than the stereo SID player, nothing else supported it.  Oh well...

Anyone want a 128D for $45 shipped in the US?