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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
Bought two Commodore sets – bad luck
14/01/2018 Last December i bought on a Belgium auction site a C64c, with some games and a FC III…not clear on the pictures was, what I thought, a box from a FC III cartridge. Picked it up in Zoetermeer beginning … Continue reading
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Tagged Cartridges, Commodore 64, Commodore 64c, Epyx Fastload, Final Cartridge, Joysticks
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Missed buy: Final cartridge II and III boxed
14/01/2018 Finally a Final Cartridge III boxed came on Marktplaats for auction, it’s like a ghost. It seems that plenty of FC III are available, but none of them came up for sale as a mint & boxed. There are … Continue reading
Bummer…power monitor send back to Australia
I ordered beginning December two power monitors from Darren in Australia…You can use them in between your Commodore and the power supply to monitor the voltage and current. Handy, primary because the power supplies are not that stable after decades, and … Continue reading
Mint 1541-II drive
02-01-2018 Happy new year to all! This year we spent new years eve with some good friends in the south of Holland, near Maastricht. Since i found a mint 1541-II drive in Hasselt, I decided that (too much joy of … Continue reading
C64c – old board edition – mint
30 December 2017 Last addition to my collection this year. Just posted on Marktplaats, previous owner Peter from Zevenaar was selling his childhood Commodore. Within half an hour after the ad appeared I bought it for 50 euro’s, and did … Continue reading
Late Christmas gift from Amazon
The holy bible of Commodore repairs. In mint condition Art Margolis “Troubleshooting & Repairing your Commodore 64”, and Robert C. Brenner, “Commodore 64 Troubleshooting and Repair Guide”. Last one is a previous public library book, which is not quit in … Continue reading
Silver label’s on Ebay
I know pricing on eBay is for specific items often 2 or 3 times of what it probably would do in the Netherlands. Currently there are two “silver labels” for sale. One with a 326298 board for 700 euro, and … Continue reading
Silver board repair (KU-14194HB) Part 2 – I screwed up. Did I?
After not been handling any de/soldering stations for over 20 year…why the hell did you think you can do nice and good repair immediately :). So i got my spare practice 64c board, which I am trying to desolder IC’s…with … Continue reading
Demotivators for collecting
Sometimes you run into amazing pages of other collectors, probably collection for over 20 years or more. Or you just run into reference pages about specific parts of the Commodore 65, like the disk drives. Today my read of the … Continue reading
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Hoarding….a car full and a set of 10 x Commodore 64
In October an add was placed on Marktplaats, for sale 10 commodores, no pictures or anything. Seller was from Boxtel. I gave him call about what he was expecting for pricing. I offered 200 euro and explained that a working … Continue reading
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Tagged Cartridges, Commodore 64, Joysticks, Silver
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