Monthly Archives: February 2018

Compucase 64d Repair

Posted on 17 February 2018 by Frank

17/02/2018 I go myself a Compucase 64d…symptoms..black screen and test cartridge showed ram issues and a failing PLA. Bummer. Powermonitor showed no current, and 5volt line far outside the tolerance…3.6volt is a bit low I guess. Opened the case today, … Continue reading →

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Compucase 64d II

Posted on 15 February 2018 by Frank

15/02/2018 Went to harlingen yesterday to meet with Marvin. Nice guy, nice conversation about collecting childhood dreams. Impressive storage and workplace he’s got there with loads of retrocomputing stuff. Picked up my Compucase 64d and bought a powercartridge boxed (later … Continue reading →

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Commodore SFX series ; soundexpander and keyboard

Posted on 13 February 2018 by Frank

13/02/2018 Seller asked my to place my bid online….next day the keyboard had status reserved…contacted the seller, told me he made a mistake in reply, and sold it to somebody else which also wanted the three monitors he was selling. … Continue reading →

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Compucase 64d

Posted on 7 February 2018 by Frank

Well..after a good 10 minutes of thinking i decided that there was still room in my study. So i just bought a CompuCase 64d. Well, that is just an awful expensive Commodore 64 and one or two VC-1541 drives in an … Continue reading →

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Wersiboard Music 64 (Siel CMk49)

Posted on 6 February 2018 by Frank

In Italy produced in 1985 by Siel and in Germany by Wersi. Just bought me one, together with a boxed datasette from Lenz. Paid 60 euro including postage. Nice to have, otherwise it is too quit with no parcels arriving … Continue reading →

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Commodore 64 Aldi

Posted on 5 February 2018 by Frank

17/02/2018 https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2094526374113781&id=1863562420543512 Found the Aldi…added to the collection of the homecomputermuseum.   05/02/2018 One was offered last week on Marktplaats, in combination with a VIC-20 and, as it seems, a quit rare Commodore VC-1020. I offered 125 alone for the … Continue reading →

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