Anyone interested in buying the Commodore 128T?

[redrumloa]

@justthatgood
You summed it up pretty well, times are bad.


@Fester
Thanks, unfortunately I am losing my job June 30. My company has handled it as well as could be expected and gave plenty of advance warning, so there is no ill feelings. Unfortunately the job market for my field is a barren wasteland. I'm looking and I still have ~6 weeks to find something..

[redrumloa]

@taunusand

I never stated gas prices was the reason, loss of job is. However what people are saying here is valid. It isn't just the tripling of gas price in the last 5 years, it is food and just about everything else. The dollar is the whipping boy of world currencies I hate to say.

[utri007]

There is no national healtcare in U.S.A. I thought U.S.A. is civilized coyntry  :-?

[redrumloa]

utri007 wrote:
There is no national healtcare in U.S.A. I thought U.S.A. is civilized coyntry  :-?

That is another subject for Amiga.org's sister site ;-)

[Darrin]

Hey Jim,

I hate to see you parting with this project.  :-(

Is there any chance you can get together with Amiga Inc's lawyers and then sell it to someone with a buy-back option in the contract?  ;-)

[Boot_WB]

@Red,

I'm sorry to hear about your job matey, hope things pick up in the near future for you.

Regards


Rich

[taunusand]

@redrumloa
I did not mean to argue with you on this, I'm sorry if you thought that!

I respect you for whatever you decide to do with your C128T.
I followed the threads about building this machine, so I think it's sad, IF you sell it. Of course, it's also bad to loose a job.

Somone else in the thread mentioned gas prices at 4$ pr gallon, for me this sounds cheap, so I did a little calculating.. Result, I pay about double the price.

In denmark we do have free health care, but the goverment have been talking about taking that away for years. I hope that I don't get sick when/if that happends..

[utri007]

Well I just don't understand  :-) we must be really poor because we have free healtcare and education.

That was sarcastic comment about taxes

http://www.whyzzat.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2500

U.S.A army supporting genocide in Iran?

http://www.aina.org/releases/2007053195824.htm

[Damion]

Hopefully you can keep it, I've yet to see a cooler 8-bit, that's for sure.

Pretty much _everyone_ I know is hanging on to their cash ATM (but I don't think this will last forever).

Anyway, I'll be keeping you in mind, hope things turn around for the better.

[tokyoracer]

Well Petrol (gas) is a real problem for me at £1.10 / $2.20 a litre! You yanks barly have to pay that to the gallon, no wonder people can afford to use it all up with all the 6.0 V8 SUV's.


[EDIT] I feel a bit of a side-track coming, sorry for contributing. I will stop now I promice!

[justthatgood]

@taunusand

That would be me that mentioned that.

Yes I know that y'all pay more for fuel. As for what tokyoracer was saying, not everyone has an SUV. There are some of us that actually have to travel 40 miles one way to get a job that pays about $6 dollars because in some places there ARE NO JOBS.

Because of the fuel prices and the insurance rates, companies aren't shy about cutting people from jobs. A lot of the areas don't have mass public transportation. A lot of the roads aren't safe enough to ride bicycles, and it's nearly impossible to get around on 25 miles of country road to get to a job (if you manage to find one)

In the United States, everything is tied to oil. Our economy is tied to oil. Energy, commerce, reality. I've felt that pinch, I'm still feeling it. Everyday I'm pray that I wake up to a job the next day. All it takes is a good portion of my customers that don't want to spend money on gas, so they don't spend money on other products. It gets worse.

[countzero]

red, I hate to say this but, if you REALLY must sell it, you have to split it apart for the most bang for the buck. just my two yens

[weirdami]

Your life is a rollercoaster ride, mister red.  :-o

[persia]

No. But thank you for asking.

[Tron2k2]

Red, I'm sorry to hear about your troubles.  Back when I worked for AI and they hadn't paid us for six months, I had to sell my beloved A3000T/CyberstormPPC 233/Cybervision system.  It paid the rent for a month :-(

Don't sell.  I still regret selling the T to this day!  I use this Mac every day, but don't enjoy any computer now like I did the 3000T.  Although I did/do get some enjoyment out of the Pegasos, it was very useful too, till the HDD and my tons of mp3s all went to silicon heaven :-(  It's such a pain to get MorphOS going, with the updates and all that.  It works great once you get it set up, I just haven't had the time to do so.  We'll see if MorphOS 2.0 fixes these woes, it is supposed to.

Now I'm getting all nostalgic for the fifty pound hunk of West Chester steel goodness, it was the main ship's computer when we lived in our bus.  I overclocked its CPU so I could play Quake faster, then spent a week playing it till the end which was kind of anti-climactic actually..

I had a X-surf NIC in it, an I/O Extender.  I used it to scan stuff in, Mac and PC don't have any simple, sturdy scan software which is the equal of Betascan.

Don't sell it.  There are other ways to make money.  Ride your bike to your job and save the gas money.  I have clients who ride  their bicycles to work, 20 and 30 miles one way, it can be done.  You'd be surprised how much a bike can carry :-)

I'll say it one more time..  Don't sell your 128 tower!!

[Darrin]

I'd really love to buy it, but I'm afraid my wife would kill me if I paid anywhere near what it is worth.

I'll keep my fingers crossed that you'll line a job up soon.  I'd hate to see you part with it after all the time and effort that has gone into it.