Unbelievable!!

damnstraight · Post by **damnstraight** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:26 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

gklinger · Post by **gklinger** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:41 pm

I find it interesting that a new account with no feedback was able to drive that price up. I don't know what the winning bidder was thinking but bidder #2 certainly appears to be a shill.

damnstraight · Post by **damnstraight** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:47 pm

Well I put in my $6.00 dollars worth, I had no idea you could get that kind of price. I feel like boxing up a couple myself and selling, but those kind of buyers I imagine do not come around to often.

jbuonacc · Post by **jbuonacc** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:52 pm

that's nuts, even though it does look nice and clean.

must've been the leather couch.

ral-clan · Post by **ral-clan** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:17 pm

Woah, I got a VIC-1541 (white) in a box like this, in slightly better condition for $2 Canadian at a thrift store once.

Ian Colquhoun · Post by **Ian Colquhoun** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:32 pm

Things are beyond out of control on eBay. I had the pleasure of being outbid last night on eslapion's 128D by none other than worldlam again. But for goodness sakes, 200 bucks for a 1541?! Sheesh!

Centallica · Post by **Centallica** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:34 pm

That's the same box type I gave away a free 1541 in at my retro party (not sure on the condition comparison as I never tested it).

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MacbthPSW · Post by **MacbthPSW** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:15 pm

Ian Colquhoun wrote:Things are beyond out of control on eBay. I had the pleasure of being outbid last night on eslapion's 128D by none other than worldlam again.

What made eslapion's 128D a "very rare model"? Was the first few thousand 128Ds made different than the ones that followed? Or were there really only a few thousand 128Ds made ever? I find that unlikely, I have 5 or 6 here.

Post by **Jeff-20** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:47 pm

I just don't get it.

eslapion · Post by **eslapion** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:59 pm

MacbthPSW wrote:
Ian Colquhoun wrote:Things are beyond out of control on eBay. I had the pleasure of being outbid last night on eslapion's 128D by none other than worldlam again.
What made eslapion's 128D a "very rare model"? Was the first few thousand 128Ds made different than the ones that followed? Or were there really only a few thousand 128Ds made ever? I find that unlikely, I have 5 or 6 here.

I don't know how you managed to get so many 128D but having been a Commodore fanatic since 1981, I only saw 3 128D in my life.

The one I sold was from Jean-Claude Lachapelle who was the equivalent of Ray Carlsen here in Montreal.

Also worth noting, the serial number of the 128D I sold says a lot... 000022

I have NEVER seen a 128D in a computer store.

PaulQ · Post by **PaulQ** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:20 pm

I think there's a good reason why not many 128D's were sold. When they came out in 1987, I thought they cost too much for what had become an obsolete 8 bit system. Too little, too late. Had this computer been released a couple of years sooner, alongside the all-in-one 128, we would've seen a lot more of them. As it was, I recall that, in 1987, there were 16 bit systems (Amiga 500, Atari ST) in this price range that offered more speed, more memory, and more disk storage.

MacbthPSW · Post by **MacbthPSW** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:38 pm

eslapion wrote:I don't know how you managed to get so many 128D but having been a Commodore fanatic since 1981, I only saw 3 128D in my life.

I've just bought every one I've seen. I got my first one in 1996, I think. At least a couple came from a school sale.

Also worth noting, the serial number of the 128D I sold says a lot... 000022

Yeah, that's neat to have such an early one. I should look at the serial numbers on mine. I was just wondering if you had a way of knowing how many 128Ds were made/sold, or if you were just guessing.

When I go to Commodore EXPOs in Chicago and so forth, there are usually quite a few 128Ds there. For a while it was my system of choice, though I've gone back to using a flat 128 most of the time.

MacbthPSW · Post by **MacbthPSW** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:46 pm

DigitalQuirk wrote:I think there's a good reason why not many 128D's were sold. When they came out in 1987, I thought they cost too much for what had become an obsolete 8 bit system. Too little, too late.

Obsolete is way too strong a word for the 128 in 1987. C64 software was just hitting its stride in 1987. Point taken about the relative value of the system, though.

Had this computer been released a couple of years sooner, alongside the all-in-one 128, we would've seen a lot more of them. As it was, I recall that, in 1987, there were 16 bit systems (Amiga 500, Atari ST) in this price range that offered more speed, more memory, and more disk storage.

Doing some searching online, I'm seeing conflicting dates and prices... the 128D was possibly released a full year before the Amiga 500: Summer of '86 vs. summer of '87, and at least $100 cheaper price point. But yeah, for $100 or even $200 you were getting a lot more computer with an A500.

Post by **Jeff-20** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 1:43 am

on C128s, can someone explain the meaning of the hidden screen revealed by "SYS 32800,123,45,6"?
"Link arms, don't make them."???? What does that mean?

MacbthPSW · Post by **MacbthPSW** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 1:58 am

Jeff-20 wrote:on C128s, can someone explain the meaning of the hidden screen revealed by "SYS 32800,123,45,6"?
"Link arms, don't make them."???? What does that mean?

Just a variation on "Make love, not war."