Comments on: Commodore 64 nostalgia http://www.variousandsundry.com/2007/12/08/commodore-64-nostalgia/ Wii, iPod, DVD, TV, and So Much More Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:14:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Brian Smith http://www.variousandsundry.com/2007/12/08/commodore-64-nostalgia/#comment-141221 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:07:08 +0000 http://www.variousandsundry.com/2007/12/08/commodore-64-nostalgia/#comment-141221 I got my Commodore 64 repaired in the early 90s at Arkansas' last Commodore sales and service store, now long closed. I was on my way out when the guy who owned the place said, "Do you want to buy any more?" He had two stacks of eight Commodore 64's by the door. I was a college student at the time, though, so I declined; I was using enough of my discretionary income just to fix the one I'd had since I was a kid. I wish I'd gotten at least one more, though, since I'm in a bit of a tug-of-war with my dad over the old one. He says that he bought it, so it's his; I say he bought it as a Christmas present for me, that I was the only one who ever used it, that I took care of it and I paid to have it repaired when it broke, so it's mine. (My dad's become something of a hoarder now that he's retired.) Incidentally, the sound connection on the TV hookup for the C-64 had only worked sporadically since it was purchased, and finally completely gave out after a couple of years. The guy fixed that, too. I'm still amazed at how much I love that computer even though most of its working lifetime was spent with no sound on a black-and-white TV, thereby negating two of the system's biggest selling points. I got my Commodore 64 repaired in the early 90s at Arkansas’ last Commodore sales and service store, now long closed. I was on my way out when the guy who owned the place said, “Do you want to buy any more?” He had two stacks of eight Commodore 64’s by the door. I was a college student at the time, though, so I declined; I was using enough of my discretionary income just to fix the one I’d had since I was a kid.

I wish I’d gotten at least one more, though, since I’m in a bit of a tug-of-war with my dad over the old one. He says that he bought it, so it’s his; I say he bought it as a Christmas present for me, that I was the only one who ever used it, that I took care of it and I paid to have it repaired when it broke, so it’s mine. (My dad’s become something of a hoarder now that he’s retired.)

Incidentally, the sound connection on the TV hookup for the C-64 had only worked sporadically since it was purchased, and finally completely gave out after a couple of years. The guy fixed that, too. I’m still amazed at how much I love that computer even though most of its working lifetime was spent with no sound on a black-and-white TV, thereby negating two of the system’s biggest selling points.

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