About this site
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
MAC64 & Silver added to the collection
November 2017 A small add appeared on the Dutch Marketplace. Several Commodore 64’s, books and a lot of cartridges for sale. My eye caught something unusual, a device with MAC64 printed on it. I tried to find any info on … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions and buying, My Collection
Tagged Books, Cartridges, Commodore 64c, KU-14194HB, MAC64, Silver
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Memories
Guess i was thirteen I think and totally fascinated with the upcoming microcomputer market. Almost every boy on the “HAVO” (school of higher general secondary education), had one already, mostly a C64. But not me. They were quit expensive, and … Continue reading
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About, and when it all started..
Frank, good whiskey year of ’71, Netherlands. Working in IT field. It all started back in ’86/’87 with my own Commodore 64. Sold it probably in ’90…and then we’ll hop over to the summer of 2017, clearing some boxes at … Continue reading
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C64c boxed, two boxed joysticks, games and…FC III boxed? added to the collection
December 2017, Early December i bought a boxed C64c, boxed joysticks and a Final Cartridge II, it seems, in orginal “box” and some games in Belgium. Was a bit of a hassle, using google translate and then shipping seems to … Continue reading
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Tagged Cartridges, Commodore 64c, Final Cartridge
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Epyx Fastload cartridge & Pitfall, Slik Stik joysticks, 1541 and breadbox 64 added to the collection
December 2017 Just agreed on buying this set, primarily for the Epyx Fastload cartridge and the joysticks. Seller is Marcel, nice guy, with his own shop in second hand computers, repairs and other support. Since i had some bad luck … Continue reading
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Tagged Cartridges, Epyx Fastload, Joysticks
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Programming the 6502 – Rodney Zaks added to the collection
December 201 Thanks to Dion I ordered the “Programming the 6502”, Rodney Zaks from Thriftbooks.com. With a coupon code and shipping included, a whopping 8 dollars. Indeed a classic which should be part of my collection. Views: … Continue reading
Adventuring the Retr0bright world – Part 1
Since i still have about 12 non working commodore, waiting for repairs..and some of them in an awful state i decided to look into fixing yellow coloring of the cases…seems that treatment with Peroxide is the way to go! After … Continue reading
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Wish list
I do have a list of items i would love to add to my own collection, only Commodore 64 related. I keep my collection to one item from each, so trading is mostly difficult. And I do tend to sell … Continue reading
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