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New Old Stock Datasettes (clone)
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New Old Stock Datasettes (clone)
Last edited by beamrider on Wed Oct 05, 2016 11:16 am, edited 1 time in total.
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orion70
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Re: New Old Stock Datasettes
Wow, 286 of them! Only 2 left. Wonder where he got them.
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mrr19121970
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Re: New Old Stock Datasettes
These are not C2Ns, nowhere it says Commodore on them.
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orion70
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Re: New Old Stock Datasettes
Yep I noticed that, too. Still, I'd like to know the full history 
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Re: New Old Stock Datasettes
These look exactly like C2Ns to me, but the box is weird (mentioning the 64 and 128 but not the VIC-20 e.g., and not saying Commodore). If I had to guess (and this is just a guess), someone at some point got a huge lot of unboxed brand new C2Ns and got boxes made for them.
This wouldn't be without precedent. I got my 1581 drive from just such a situation. Commodore Canada had flats of drives when it went bankrupt. They had not yet been boxed (this was done in Toronto for the Canadian market).
This wouldn't be without precedent. I got my 1581 drive from just such a situation. Commodore Canada had flats of drives when it went bankrupt. They had not yet been boxed (this was done in Toronto for the Canadian market).
VIC-20 NTSC 40K (stock 5K + 16K + 2 x 8K + 3K SuperExpander + cartridge expander)
VIC-20 NTSC 37K (stock 5K + 32K cartridge by eslapion)
128 NTSC flat 640K with 1750 REU
64 NTSC breadbox x 3
Amiga 500 9 MB, 40 MHz 68EC030
VIC-20 NTSC 37K (stock 5K + 32K cartridge by eslapion)
128 NTSC flat 640K with 1750 REU
64 NTSC breadbox x 3
Amiga 500 9 MB, 40 MHz 68EC030
Re: New Old Stock Datasettes
That old Ebay trick. Now seems to be plenty available...orion70 wrote:Wow, 286 of them! Only 2 left.
Re: New Old Stock Datasettes
He now states in the description that they are a clone. Not sure if it did previously or not. He's not the best at marketing is he showing a picture of a "?Load Error" on his advert 
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eslapion
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Re: New Old Stock Datasettes
The image comes from Wikipedia.beamrider wrote:He now states in the description that they are a clone. Not sure if it did previously or not. He's not the best at marketing is he showing a picture of a "?Load Error" on his advert
I am surprised these things pop-up so many years after they were mainstream.
Ten years ago, I bought a "Fortronics" datasette which was NIB and still works very well.
Be normal.