Took an unplanned road trip today when I saw this lot freshly posted on FB marketplace for an amazing price.
Posted by GeordieAl@reddit | vintagecomputing | View on Reddit | 10 comments
Added this wonderful C64C to my collection today, came with an 1802 monitor, 1571 floppy, MPS 802 printer, two mice, three disk boxes of assorted floppies -yarrrr me hearties!, 10 unopened packs of blank disks, a bunch of boxed productivity software ( including what is now my third copy of PaperClip III !) , a handful of games, plus manuals.
hamburgler26@reddit
Good lord what a score!
saraseitor@reddit
Wow, really impressive! Fantastic catch!
ChoosenUserName4@reddit
Nice haul ! I was always told to not put floppy disks on a tv/monitor because these may contain magnets which could wipe the disks.
GeordieAl@reddit (OP)
Yeah it’s true that you shouldn’t keep disks beside monitors, there’s powerful magnets in the deflection yoke and some CRTs have degaussing coils which can give off a powerful magnetic field.
I normally keep my disks well separated from my monitors, the disks on top of the 1802 and to the side were just there for the photo and are now safe and sound!
Breach-protocol@reddit
That is a fantastic haul
GeordieAl@reddit (OP)
Thanks! I was so happy that I spotted the listing right after it was posted... if I'd waited even a couple of hours it would have been gone to someone else!
midnightfunonline@reddit
Nice find! I'm jealous!
GeordieAl@reddit (OP)
It's normally me posting on here saying "I'm Jealous", but for once I think I really hit the jackpot!
Kiwi_eng@reddit
Good catch!
GeordieAl@reddit (OP)
Yeah, I couldn't believe my luck when it popped up!