Denial

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VICophile.

Out of curiousity, is there any chance of this being used offline with the choice of my games?

^ So, will that be the end of use for your 1541 Ultimate on your VIC then? I know that when I finally get my uIEC and that will be attached to my VIC (if I ever find one!) with the Mega-Cart and the 1541 U will pretty much be used exclusively on my C64. :) No more dodgy old drives, no more cart swit...

Oh, believe me I'm trying to get a working one! If you do get them up and working and want to sell one just drop me a PM.

Still waiting on mine. But it's good to know that the latest batch is on their way out now.

EDIT: Oops, didn't notice the dates of the earlier posts. My excitement got the better of me...

PS: Still waiting!

It lookd like shem has snaffled the mainboards...

Ach! Too late!

Already got it in my sights!

If you can find a VIC for £10-£15 let me know where and I'll buy it. The only places I know of are eBay or so-called 'retro computer' shops. The cheapest one I've seen is 40 Euros but it's in Germany and the postage adds another 27 Euros - that's 67 Euros (around £60)...

I presume your in the US? If not, I may make an offer...

They're already in my watch list. Wish me luck!

Yeah, it's a morose tale that I don't want to get into but it wasn't entirely my fault! Anyway, I didn't think it would be so hard to get a replacement. I mean, I know it's an old system now but they were pretty ubiquitous when I was younger. Where are they all now? Are they really all dead and in t...

More often than not these things. like most of the intrawebs, are geared towards American English and often don't supply UK (or other) English...

Tell me about it! They're getting to be like hens teeth. And feckin' expensive. I can get a C16 or a Plus/4 for about £20-£25. VIC's are going for closer to £60 with no extras!

In the book 'On The Edge' Chuck Peddle doesn't explicitly say but alludes to the figure of a $10,000 lump sum. Later in the book it's mentioned that Apple paid twice as much and the author (Brian Bagnall) puts the sum of $20,000 in parenthises. :) I'll have a look around for the section telling of t...