WTB: Commodore C=16

Timster · Post by **Timster** » Tue May 15, 2007 9:05 pm

Hey all...

I've purchased 3 separate C=16s off eBay in the last year trying to get a working one for my collection, and all three have come up lame. I'm beginning to wonder if a working specimen even exists. :-p

If anyone here has one fully working that they'd be willing to sell (and place their reputation behind that it IS indeed working!), I'd truly appreciate it.

If it has a 1531 datasette cassette drive to go with it, that would be icing on the cake!

Please let me know via PM and/or e-mail me at tfagan @ triad.rr.com. Thanks!

--Timster--

wiskow · Post by **wiskow** » Wed May 16, 2007 9:51 pm

I just saw this pop up on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0120813105

The seller claims that it has never been used, so if that's true, then it *should* work.

Maybe fourth time is a charm?

-Andrew

Victragic · Post by **Victragic** » Wed May 16, 2007 10:09 pm

I never had much luck with 264 series..

for some reason lots of the RAM/ROM chips would become faulty over time, even though the machines were carefully stowed away in a cupboard inside the house.. had no such troubles with other Commodore machines. Perhaps they cheaped out on anti-corrosion 'agents' or something when making them.

But, don't discount PAL C16s either, as I believe the TED chip is capable of both PAL/NTSC output, so if you had a compatible power supply already, that might be alright for you.. (can someone confirm this?)

-Glen

Timster · Post by **Timster** » Thu May 17, 2007 8:43 pm

wiskow wrote:I just saw this pop up on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0120813105

The seller claims that it has never been used, so if that's true, then it *should* work.

Maybe fourth time is a charm?

-Andrew

Yeah - thanks. I saw that too. If I decide to punish myself further by bidding on another one of these on eBay - there's BETTER be proof of it working, picture-wise! Even then, I may be wary...

wiskow · Post by **wiskow** » Thu May 17, 2007 8:52 pm

Timster wrote:Yeah - thanks. I saw that too. If I decide to punish myself further by bidding on another one of these on eBay - there's BETTER be proof of it working, picture-wise! Even then, I may be wary...

I agree with you 100%! Besides, if this C16 is complete as the seller claims, it shouldn't be too hard to hook it up and take a photo of it working, since all the cables should be in the box, right?

-Andrew

jbuonacc · Post by **jbuonacc** » Fri May 18, 2007 6:02 am

what became of the three 'bad' ones?

Timster · Post by **Timster** » Fri May 18, 2007 6:29 am

There sitting up in my museum/arcade room, tucked away in the closet.

ral-clan · Post by **ral-clan** » Fri May 18, 2007 6:34 am

Have you tried to swap parts of your three non-working C16s to get a working one?

Timster · Post by **Timster** » Fri May 18, 2007 3:52 pm

LOL - that's a great idea in theory. Unforunately, I don't think I'm capable of determining the problem with either to be able to rectify it with parts from the other.

PaulQ · Post by **PaulQ** » Fri May 18, 2007 8:21 pm

I almost ended up in Winston Salem, NC...got an offer from Metro IS back in '98. I nearly dove into it, too; if I had, then I'd love to help you out with your Commodore 16's and swap parts between them to determine the problem. Wish I were there to help you, Timster.

Timster · Post by **Timster** » Fri May 18, 2007 8:50 pm

That makes two of us! Moved here (from NJ) in '97 myself. Best move I ever made for me and my family!

Maybe I'll eventually figure out something to do with these doorstops.

--Timster--