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From: alpert@chovax.dec.com (Enemy of the State)
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Subject: Re: Birthdays of CBM machines?
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Date: 29 Mar 90 17:40:39 GMT
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mketch@pawl.rpi.edu (Michael D. Ketchen) writes...
>I think the VIC-20 did, but the C64 came out in 1981.

I thought it might have been a little later than that, like around 1982. I
bought mine when it first came out, paid 599.00 for the system box and
399.95 for the disk drive!  Anyone else out there pay 1000 bucks for
their C64 system?  Believe it or not, it was pretty much a bargain
at the time!  Both of my original pieces were replaced several years
ago when Commodore had a flat-rate trade-in policy for malfunctioning
units.  My old white-case 1541 used to overheat severely...

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