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Post by abob on Feb 8, 2019 12:05:51 GMT -7
Happy to post some of my Commodore Computer stuff somewhere since my wife, kids and friends all think it is junk and I should take it to the dump. I find it a good low cost hobby for the winter. Below are some pictures. I started out with a PET 2001N and CBM 4016 a few years ago. For some reason at the time, I decided to take the main PCB and keyboard out of the 4016 and throw the rest out??? But I did do a full restoration on the PET 2001N. Since the PET, I have been moving forward in time. VIC20, C64 and I am at the 128 now. I have given each machine a full restore, new capacitors, etc. Commodore is my favorite machine, making up about 70% of my collection. However, I also have restored and found software for the NorthStar Advantage, TRS80-III and Acorn Atom. I have an electronics lab at home and design electronics as my job. If a club member has a broken Commodore and does not have the equipment to fix it I would be happy to try to help. However, since it would be at no charge as part of the hobby, it must be something that is important to you. Not a VIC-20 found in the mud or something you are going to sell on Kijiji after I fix it. Hope to make a meeting soon and talk to someone that doesn’t roll their eyes when I talk about old computer stuff.
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Post by abob on Feb 8, 2019 12:06:43 GMT -7
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Post by abob on Feb 8, 2019 12:07:22 GMT -7
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Post by Blaine on Feb 9, 2019 9:29:06 GMT -7
Love the "Teachers PET", I'm thinking that must be pretty rare. The SD card device in the back of it, is that similar to the SD2IEC device that's in your first photo with the 128 ?
The pinball machines and the workbench look great as well ! I've always been a fan of pinball. I'm not very good at it, but love playing.
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Post by abob on Feb 10, 2019 7:52:53 GMT -7
The Teachers Pet version does seem a bit harder to find. Mine was originally given to a school in Swift Current, Saskatchewan by Commodore. I think if they bought 2 they got 1 Teachers Pet "free". They did drill some holes in the top to mount the tape drive so it could not be removed. I did not get the tape drive with the computer, just the holes...
The SD card thing is called a PET Disk. I did not design it, I just built it from the schematic on the Web. The guy still has the Website, but he took three months to reply to my request to buy one, then when I said I wanted to buy one I did not hear back from him again. He posts his schematic and source code on the Website so I can't imagine he cares if people make their own.
I am the same with pinball skill, often guests that come over and beat me at my own game. I like working on them more than playing them it seems. Glad I got mine about 7-8 years ago. They are impossible to find at a reasonable price anymore. I also have a Mrs Packman Cocktail machine with the original circuit board but I converted it to LCD. The kids like that machine.
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Post by Cube Inc. on Oct 14, 2022 12:29:20 GMT -7
I was glancing through these pictures and couldn't help but notice among all your Commodore glory, you have a Pin Bot pinball game! For whatever reason that is my favorite pinball game of all time! When I was a teenager they had one in the arcade at Sandy Cove, Pine Lake where I was their only seasonal tenter, and I'd sometimes spend hours playing it if it was too cold to Seadoo... "Now ... I ... See ... You ..." Ah, so much fun! I can still feel the sense of accomplishment whenever you'd hear that metal-plunger-on-wood "THWAP!" which meant you'd just scored an extra ball. Years later they had a "Bride of Pin Bot" but it was just not the same. Very cool!
That is also a very nice workbench you've got set up there... Some amazing gear in that stack! I'm too embarrassed to post pictures of my workbench - at least until I can get some of the projects finished up and cleared off of it... I'll talk old computer jabber with you any time!
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