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From: tmkk@uiuc.edu (Scott Coleman)
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Subject: Re: Should I sell my C-64?
Message-ID: <1991Apr29.160357.23463@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 29 Apr 91 16:03:57 GMT
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In article <1991Apr29.010219.4370@shaman.com> jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura) writes:
>In article <1991Apr27.022358.22840@wdl1.wdl.loral.com>  
>ekman@wdl30.wdl.loral.com (Donald Ekman) writes:
>> In article <1991Apr26.182511.29848@leland.Stanford.EDU>  
>shedevil@leland.Stanford.EDU (Annie) writes:
>> >
>> >
>> >I'm thinking of selling my C-64, and possibly assorted ancillary
>> >stuff (drive, modem, etc.)
>> 
>> Anyone need a boat anchor?  How about a door stop?
>> 
>> Seriously, Annie, the C-64 by itself may be worth $60 - $75.  Peripherals
>> extra.
>> 
>
>	I disagree. A lot of old computers make *great* terminals to hang off of your  
>neat-O *nix box.

Nobody in their right mind would want a 40-column, 1200 baud-or-less terminal
for their *nix box.

I have an Atari 800XL. I bought it way back when these were still hot
commodities (right around the time the first Copycat-64s appeared on
the market ;-) There's no way in hell I'd ever be able to sell it for
any reasonable fraction of what I paid, so I keep it around for when I feel
like playing Ali Baba, MULE, or Return of Heracles.

My advice to Annie: keep the C64. Use it 'til it drops, then throw it
away or sell it for the parts.