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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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Category Archives: My Collection
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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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
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
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
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
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
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Tagged Books, Cartridges, Commodore 64c, KU-14194HB, MAC64, Silver
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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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