Perhaps one of my oldest computers, the Commodore 64 is also one of my most complete. There is the original monitor, floppy drive, cassette drive, and computer. Not to mention several pieces of software.
The story behind this computer is a bit more interesting than me just buying it. My dad works at a manufacturing company, and his boss had this computer stored away collecting dust. Word got out that I liked computers, and a deal was made with my dad that I could have the Commodore if I would never sell it.
I wouldn't dream of selling it anyways :)
During my Sophomore year of college, I was tasked with making a functioning website. The theme that was decided on was vintage computers, and the main one being this Commodore. I laid it out with all of its components to take pictures. These are the images I used. They were not taken with with a DSLR camera, but with a point and shoot type of camera with around 14 megapixels.
The computer is built within the keyboard. This was not what we know as a standard QWERTY keyboard, but closer to what was expected for the time. This machine came built with 64K of RAM, and a 8-bit processor running around 1MHz.
Of course there are the drives that connect to the computer.
Here is the original manual, some cartridges, and some floppy disks. Centipede has to be my favorite. I have it for the Atari, and I don't think there is any difference between these two versions. Pole Position is a racing game, but one I have yet to master.
Maybe one day I will have the computer museum I dream of having. For now it is set up in my room being taken very good care of.
My brother had one. Good childhood memories like Elite, Summer Games, Donkey Kong, Manic Mansion etc .... :-) good old times.
Sooner or later I'd like to get some more games for it. Especially some of the main titles like you mentioned.
Congrats. I love retro!
Same :) Older the computer or game the better
Wonderfull memories!!!
Please, make me a favor, type:
POKE 53281,1
When I was 8 years old I did that on my first computer (a Drean Commodore 64) and I felt like a hacker !!!
Some retro goodies there. Always exciting to receive manuals for my old computers.