Commodore 65 (C64DX) for sale on ebay

[KThunder]

I think we've all thought about alternate history before but here's my take:  by '84 commodore/mostec should have had a 12mhz 16bit 6502. the c128 should have had that in '85 with the ocs chipset, and an enhanced geos os. by '90 a 32bit 20mhz 6502 with ecs... etc. etc.
by '85 most of the 8-bit producers wanted to go 16 but mostec had nothing for them so they went to the 68000. the 68000 was a great chip but it was quite a few years old in '85. all us c64, atari 800, and even apple II fans had to "make the switch". the apple IIgs was hardly advertised at all and still managed to outsell the toy mac untill apple ramped up mac ads and bury the gs.
pc people never had to "make the switch" and could get hardware from multiple sources. that's why we have core-blahdeeblah etc today.

[mdv2000]

Ultimately Commodore/Apple/Atari lost the PC market to Intel/MS by the mid 80s.  Nintendo jumped on and held the gaming console world with easy to use/play game systems... while everyone who worked with computers bought IBM PC compatibles at home to match what they had at work.  As a earlier posted noted - if Commodore would have stay focused and went after the nitch video/high end graphics market instead of stuff like c65 they might had a chance... but thats commodore... they bite their nose to spite their face.  Apple stayed focused on Desktop publishing... but is the iPOD that saved them and with the web making desktop os less important, they can finally sell PCs... mainly laptops... I am using one to write this now (work buys them cause they last longer)

I think now is the time a new 64-bit Amiga OS on netbooks would have a real chance to bring the Amiga OS/brand back.  Even Steve Ballmer at MS is in hot water cause linux is dominating the netbook os market and Intel says netbook processors (Atom) has saved their bottom line for 2 years and growing...

Oh well, my 2 cents worth... happy holidays to all!

PS... here is good article about ms missing a lot lately
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1566790/will-microsoft-rid-ballmer

[recidivist]

Companies don't sell the best product for the consumer;companies sell the best product for the company.
By which I mean that product with the highest profit margin that customers will buy in significant numbers.

Personally,I think $9100 is insane for a C65 but then I don't have any original paintings by famous people either;although I do have reproductions or pictures of their pictures.
Are  such pictures as I have "emulated"?

 From a technical perspective,I think the  Apple IIgs  was not fully developed by Apple because more money could be had in the Macintosh  sales,like Commodore  didn't  really do what they might with the 128 AND especially bad was the lack of Ram expanders in quantity  for the C64/128 in time to make GEOS and other programs comfortable.Commodore used the ram chips in the Amigas.

[tokyoracer]

I see that the mobo has an area for an expansion (like the A500, 600 and 1200), did it ever have any compatible hardware upgrades?
Either way, what could it be used for or what could it have been used for?

[Dr.Bongo]

Well people, the finish price : six thousand and sixty euros! Congrats to the buyer. Treat her well and, don't forget to get the rom dumped for us all to enjoy

[KThunder]

I used to collect game systems and computers, ive got way better thing to do with my time and money. I'd never spend that much on any system though. It'd be cool to find something like that in someones attic or something though.

[LoadWB]

I see that the mobo has an area for an expansion (like the A500, 600 and 1200), did it ever have any compatible hardware upgrades?
Either way, what could it be used for or what could it have been used for?

It would be cool to see a homebrew scene for the C65, but it looks like the remaining units may be in the hands of collectors and not real "users."  Ah, well.

[VingtTrois]

6060 EUROS !!! Yes !
But I'm not the winner.

[DyLucke]

Too few units for an average user... I really wish this little piece of art had entered the production line... At least for some months... Sigh

[Drummerboy]

6060 EUROS !!! Yes !
But I'm not the winner.

Yes Amazing!!!!

I saw  last  night when they lacked 15 hrs and the bidding was  in 3010 Euros!

[tone007]

Even Steve Ballmer at MS is in hot water cause linux is dominating the netbook os market

Not even close. Linux enjoyed a little bit of market time on the first storage-lacking EeePCs but the current models have enough storage to run Windows.  Last I checked at the local chain stores, there wasn't a single netbook running Linux available.

[redrumloa]

Great Cesar's ghost, look at that bid!

[dannyp1]

I think that there were less than 100 of the C-65's.  I think it was Paxtron that bought up what was available when Commodore went under.  They sold them for I think between $100 and $200 and they went fast.  The problem was you didn't know what you were getting as the computers were in different states of completion.  There were many different rom versions with newer versions not necessarily being the best.  The truth was they were a waste of Commodores time and money.  It could have been much better spent on the Amiga.  The 8-bit market was dead by the time these were being developed except for in Eastern Europe and China.

[B00tDisk]

Great Cesar's ghost, look at that bid!

the down payment on my house was less!

[pwermonger]

I see that the mobo has an area for an expansion (like the A500, 600 and 1200), did it ever have any compatible hardware upgrades?
Either way, what could it be used for or what could it have been used for?

yes, there was a RAM board that fit in there.
 
What is 'out there' for C65s is not just what was bought up from when Commodore went under (I think it was Liage who was selling them, Centsible ended up with some when they bought out someone I think also). There are also the ones CBM sent out to developers. The one I got from (IIRC) CMD was a Rev 4 motherboard version. The motherboard I bought from Liage (though I suppose it could have been Protecto) was a Rev 2b from purchase of a Commodore factory which went into the case from the one I bought from CMD when I sold the Rev 4.

[CLS2086]

oulala 6060 EUROS