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Diary blog of ramblings and adventures in collecting and reliving childhood memories.
Just my own little place on the web about my hobby. Stories about selling, repairs, buying and the people behind that. Reporting from the Netherlands, and started collecting again way too late.
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Author Archives: Frank
Wishlist februari (and ordering)
Decided that i will get two cases for both the C64 Reloaded MKII and the Ultimate64. Will probably order the SX-64 case from PixelWizard. And I will order the MKII Reloaded, from Individual Computers. Need some more donor boards to … Continue reading
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FPGASID & Ultimate 64 & FCIII+ ordered
Ok, did some ordering this week, first of the new FPGASID for some testing. First reviews seems promising for a SID replaced. Second I ordered the Ultimate 64 from Gideon ! I already have Ultimate-II cartridge for day 2 day … Continue reading
Commodore 64c and 1541-II
20-11-2018 And the rest of the set (see other postings about the standalone Light Fantastic & boxed Final Cartridge III. Sealed working C64c with original box, and boxed drive with geos, some games, joystick and a box with games on … Continue reading
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Lucky – Commodore 64 Light Fantastic standalone
20-11-2018 I got it with a complete c64c set, with a boxed Final Cartridge III and some games. The pictures on the ad only showed the lightgun..in some sort of a box. No games etc. Since the box coloring did … Continue reading
Lucky – Boxed Final Cartridge III with Dutch and French manual
20-11-2018 The last 2 years, three were offered boxed on market places in Holland or Belgium. One mint was sold for over 60 euro. I got one in ok condition in a set, and yesterday got an even beter one. … Continue reading
November 2018 some small stuff
17-11-2018 The game, commodore 64, eproms, two final cartridges (I/II), diskdrive with speedloader, eprom burner, two eprom carts, eprom eraser: 135 euro. The final cartridge III with manual..20 euro. The KCS cart and the magazins: 35. A few final cartridges…early … Continue reading
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Retrobright adventures
Just ordered some vacuum bags, 6 UV lights (40 watt each) and a ozone generator. I do have 5 litres of 13% peroxide ready, and a Sous-Vide. What I am looking for is a reasonable fast method combining heat, UV … Continue reading
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Oktober update II
14-10-2018 Some minor stuff added to the familly this month. English Final Cartridge Manual (thanks Joost, 010) and a dutch Speeddos Plus manual. 2. Nice Sony 8″ PVM-9040ME Was looking for a smaller monitor to work with, or to take … Continue reading
Oktober update
14-10-2018 Was away for almost four weeks. Holidays! Italy. Pizza and Calamari! (and practice surviving skills on the road while driving). Rome area was a challenge, it seems that the only undamaged car in traffice was mine (and it is … Continue reading
Got me one…The Final Cartridge II !!
14-10-2018 ; Update ; seems that the original final cartridge I manual is using both “the final cartridge” as well as “the final cartridge II” in its manual. So….nop, this one was not a FC II. Still on a quest … Continue reading