wish this guy didn't collect vic 20 stuff

carlsson · Post by **carlsson** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:12 am

Considering the amount of items you have up for sale at times, I thought you were more a trader than a collector. Maybe it is possible to combine those interests though, if one limits yourself to keep only one of each item. I even saw that you got a decent bid on that broken 1541-II. Too bad that it was diagnosed not to be a faulty PSU, as I suggested.

Boray · Post by **Boray** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:13 am

I haven't added the broken vic-1005 I got from carlsson yet... or the c64-roms I got instead of swedish-vic20-keyboard roms

carlsson · Post by **carlsson** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:15 am

That must have been maximum bad luck, in particular the expansion unit with some broken connectors, considering that all the cartridges I picked up worked flawless without not even need to clean the connectors.

stonan · Post by **stonan** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:18 am

Boray wrote:But didn't you buy a Plus/4 once?

Here is my collection:
http://user.tninet.se/~pug510w/datormuseum/

My main thing is vic-20 and utilities/tool carts.

/Anders

Yes even two of them. I have a C16 some C128, a PET and some more stuff. It will all be presented at my www when I get some more time.
I have been busy overbidding all of you guys

I remember talking to you after the VIC carts auctions I belive. I remebered your homepage very well.

Boray · Post by **Boray** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:18 am

At least one of the logic chips must be broken too... But maybe I will try to repair it one day and use it as a 2-port expander...

Boray · Post by **Boray** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:21 am

Yes, I think I remember that now. It was some utilities-carts I think... Programmer's aid and some more or something. But I got a Programmer's Aid cart from vic-user as a gift later on!

/Anders

carlsson · Post by **carlsson** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:22 am

Two SN74LS244N. Maybe broken traces on the board.

Btw, since I've never bought anything on online auction*, nobody had the honour to overbid me yet.

*) With exception to Dimitri's sales, which I'm awaiting shipment later. He's currently trying to deliver as much goods as possible by own car.

stonan · Post by **stonan** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:25 am

carlsson wrote:Considering the amount of items you have up for sale at times, I thought you were more a trader than a collector. Maybe it is possible to combine those interests though, if one limits yourself to keep only one of each item. I even saw that you got a decent bid on that broken 1541-II. Too bad that it was diagnosed not to be a faulty PSU, as I suggested.

Well If I want my collection to grow I have to make the money come in as well. My wife dosn't like me to spend the house morgage on old computer stuff. So when I buy something on eBay I usally buy more from the same seller for combined shipping. Then I can keep the stuff that I want and sell det duplicates on Swedish "Tradera". Uhpps my secret is out.

Boray · Post by **Boray** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:28 am

Stonan, If you collect one of each item, how do you do with different versions? For example the 9v vic-20 and the vic-20-CR and so on? And the carts - there are different versions there too, some with metal top, some with paper top, some made by Handic etc...

/Anders

Boray · Post by **Boray** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:29 am

And the pet-keyboard vic and the swedish keyboard vic etc etc...

stonan · Post by **stonan** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:37 am

Boray wrote:Stonan, If you collect one of each item, how do you do with different versions? For example the 9v vic-20 and the vic-20-CR and so on? And the carts - there are different versions there too, some with metal top, some with paper top, some made by Handic etc...

And the pet-keyboard vic and the swedish keyboard vic etc etc...

/Anders

Well that's true but one thing at a time. I will cover them eventually. About the carts, I have already started to get the different variants. Some Handic ones are harder to get, that you probably already know.

Boray · Post by **Boray** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:23 am

Well, isn't this a little odd - Two guys from Västerås and one from Göteborg, discussing in English!!!

stonan · Post by **stonan** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:26 pm

Very odd, but maybe all the non-swedish members also wants to hear about overbidding on swedish Tradera or maybe NOT.

stonan · Post by **stonan** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 1:58 pm

Finally I have updated my VIC 20 page http://www.stonan.com/vic20.htm

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:26 pm

Well you've shown me there's another Handic C64 cart I didn't know about (Jupiter Lander) so I can add that to my list (if you decide to sell it, let me know!), plus I can start tracking the existence of some other Handic Vic20 carts too.