> > In 1992 I could buy brandnew C64's PLUS datarecorder in Poland > > for less then $50. I don't see why a one-IC C64 should cost the > > triple of it. > > I believe a big chunk of the cost would come from a color LCD display panel. I was talking about the C64 as we know it. But if it includes such a LCD panel, then it would be worth this price, I think. > but what about five over even ten years down the line when > VIC-IIs and SIDs are becoming scarce? That's the lesson I learned when still driving a VW-Beetle. In the '80s you could get complete cars for peanuts. In 1994 that suddenly changed. When I had to sell it due to circumstances :( I got more then a good price just because of the fact that I delivered lots of spare parts with it. At this moment I also collect old boards of "I don't care what it is"-computers. With a blow-torch I heat up the back and in seconds I remove the IC's, connectors and other usefull parts. I'll put them in a big box to sort them out later. Two remark about emulators: - you don't wear out the original machine - IMHO develloping software for the C= is done easier on a PC; HD, 80 columns screen etc. And the initial testing can be done on the same PC. Groetjes, Ruud http://Ruud.C64.org - This message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list. To unsubscribe: echo unsubscribe | mail cbm-hackers-request@dot.tml.hut.fi.
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