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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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Lost auctions or over payed auctions
Probably every collector will remember the buying disasters. Paying up simply too much, or getting something for a working price which does not pass the powering up test 🙂 Or just not getting something because the offer wasn’t right. Well … Continue reading
Silver board repair (KU-14194HB) Part 1
In the last months i bought some sets of Commodore stuff which both contained, to my surprise, a silver label with a KU board. One of them was working except the SID (and had a rainbow label, probably due to … Continue reading
Assembly64 – keeping your SD2IEC up2date
One of the first things i bought for my Commodore this year was a SD2IEC and the Epyx Fastload Reloaded cartridge. Use if for the occasional game playing and to bypass the awful loading times with traditional tape and disk. … Continue reading
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Powerplay set Commodore 64 for sale, sadly incomplete
Today, on tweedehands.be, a Powerplay box…contacted the seller but the games and joystick are missing. It’s only the box and the C64c itself. I guess that is the difference between 50 and 150 euro or even more. Seller is moving … Continue reading
The Final Cartridge
The Final Cartridge is, next to the Powercartridge, probably the best known cartridge in the Netherlands. If i recall correctly, i had one of these back then, not quit sure. But in the three months of collecting now, i managed … Continue reading
Shopping list 2018
For 2018 i will be shopping for: Zoomfloppy 1541 Ultimate II C64 Reloaded MK2 Pixelwizard casing (yep, retro black and SX style) C64 mini (when available) Sid2Sid & MMSIAH Looking forward to play with these goodies…just need to find time … Continue reading
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Expert Cartridge Cat&Korsh and Trilogic
Back in the days I got myself an Expert Cartridge, after a long period of orientating this one was the most promising and packed with all kind of features. I was truly fascinated by everything you could do with it, … Continue reading
Selling a C64c boxed & warranty
December 2017 I often buy complete sets just to get one or two things to keep. Probably to only way nowadays to extend a collection. And all those sets which i need to sell pile up in my study…until enough … Continue reading
Keyboard repair SX-64
Some of the keys on the SX were not working, and i couldn’t test anything. Since i was not quit familiar with the internals i started first to look if you can actually get any replacement keyboards. Getting another keyboard … Continue reading
Commodore SX64 added to the collection
November 2017 I got myself a SX 🙂 Yep. Should be part of any C64 collection, not rare, but at times quit expensive. Pricing on eBay starts for a working one at 400-500 euro, so not quit sure what reasonable … Continue reading