Commodore 64's generally sell for between $75-$200 these days on eBay.
Finding good, working ones (working SID, VIC-II, etc.) with clean cases
that don't have broken edges or inner tabs is getting harder.
The C128D is a much different story. Those were not produced in nearly the
numbers of the
At 03:30 PM 12/12/2022, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote:
>$700 for a C64? Egads, you've been watching too much bad cable TV.
Hmm, not really. My memory was a little off... it was a C-128D
system from my warehouse that sold a year ago for almost $700.
- John
$700 for a C64? Egads, you've been watching too much bad cable TV.
Nice payday on the poster. I going to speculate that it's specific to the
Silicon Valley one because of the recent hype of the TV show.
Sellam
On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 11:36 AM John Foust via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org>
On 12/12/22 15:12, ben via cctalk wrote:
On 2022-12-12 1:02 p.m., Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
On Mon, 12 Dec 2022, John Foust via cctalk wrote:
If you spent $1,000 on a Commodore 64 system in 1985,
that's about $2,800 in today's dollars, courtesy of inflation.
A working C-64 system might go
On 2022-12-12 1:02 p.m., Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
On Mon, 12 Dec 2022, John Foust via cctalk wrote:
If you spent $1,000 on a Commodore 64 system in 1985,
that's about $2,800 in today's dollars, courtesy of inflation.
A working C-64 system might go for $700 on eBay today? But people
were
On Mon, 12 Dec 2022, John Foust via cctalk wrote:
If you spent $1,000 on a Commodore 64 system in 1985,
that's about $2,800 in today's dollars, courtesy of inflation.
A working C-64 system might go for $700 on eBay today? But people
were giving them away not long ago. It's the bathtub curve.
At 09:53 AM 12/12/2022, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote:
>No wonder the prices on vintage computer stuff has been going through the
>roof on eBay over the past couple years.
If you spent $1,000 on a Commodore 64 system in 1985,
that's about $2,800 in today's dollars, courtesy of inflation.
A
I haven't found the episode yet but this is their website with what I
assume is the poster.
https://gspawn.com/products/apple-computer-poster-map-of-silicon-valley-in-1990-price-check.
They are asking $799.00.
In comparison they are also asking $699 for a trs-80 model 3.
On Mon, 12 Dec 2022,
Holy crap, someone actually paid $810 for it?
Sellam
On Mon, Dec 12, 2022, 3:58 AM John Foust via cctalk
wrote:
> At 01:20 AM 12/12/2022, John Herron via cctalk wrote:
> >I haven't found the episode yet but this is their website with what I
> >assume is the poster.
> >
>
It's an Apple branded Silicon Valley poster, which explains the unbridled
hype. There are many variations of this poster, over many years.
I doubt just any old Silicon Valley poster would be fawned over as this one
has been by the Pawn Stars clowns. Then again, people generally aren't very
No wonder the prices on vintage computer stuff has been going through the
roof on eBay over the past couple years.
Sellam
On Sun, Dec 11, 2022, 11:20 PM John Herron via cctalk
wrote:
> I haven't found the episode yet but this is their website with what I
> assume is the poster.
>
>
On 12/12/22 02:20, John Herron via cctalk wrote:
I haven't found the episode yet but this is their website with what I
assume is the poster.
https://gspawn.com/products/apple-computer-poster-map-of-silicon-valley-in-1990-price-check.
They are asking $799.00.
In comparison they are also asking
At 01:20 AM 12/12/2022, John Herron via cctalk wrote:
>I haven't found the episode yet but this is their website with what I
>assume is the poster.
>https://gspawn.com/products/apple-computer-poster-map-of-silicon-valley-in-1990-price-check.
>They are asking $799.00.
That is a similar style, but
Yes that !s what I saw! But tie that to an episode now
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On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 12:20 AM, John Herron via
cctalk wrote: I haven't found the episode yet but this
is their website with what I
assume is the poster.
I haven't found the episode yet but this is their website with what I
assume is the poster.
https://gspawn.com/products/apple-computer-poster-map-of-silicon-valley-in-1990-price-check.
They are asking $799.00.
In comparison they are also asking $699 for a trs-80 model 3.
On Sun, Dec 11, 2022,
Human error, it could have been edited out in some local feeds, to make
room for one more "personal injury" vulture commercial.
On Sun, 11 Dec 2022, Tony Jones via cctalk wrote:
On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 6:46 PM Sellam Abraham via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
It's just not in
On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 6:46 PM Sellam Abraham via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
>
> It's just not in there.
>
i couldn't see it either. I figured before someone posted a link they'd
have watched it. If it is there, provide the timestamp.
By "skimmed" I mean between and within each scene, including the
interstitials.
It's just not in there.
Sellam
On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 6:39 PM ED SHARPE wrote:
> There are 2each 2 hour episodes each skimming might not catch it
> especially sine the poster is just one urem of a 4 item
There are 2each 2 hour episodes each skimming might not catch it especially
sine the poster is just one urem of a 4 item feature that us out of 4 of video!
videos! Yea I am calling it quitting this topic too!ED#
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On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 6:07 PM,
Ok Ed.
I just skimmed through the Seattle episode and it's not in there either.
In watching these two episodes, I've exceeded my television content
consumption quota for about 2 years. I'm not doing this anymore.
Sellam
On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 5:27 PM ED SHARPE wrote:
> Check Seattle also I
more than one poster or artwork from the one seller. only episodes I
watched were sf and seattle.Seattle..Haha to be from a seller with more than
one offering... unless they pulled it... I am not going to rewatch them
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On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at
On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 4:46 PM Sellam Abraham via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> What an obnoxious show. It's just Antiques Roadshow but with bad dialogue
> and annoying personalities.
Sure but most Fox News viewers are unable to tune their TVs into PBS, so
they need an
Check Seattle also I watched both same evening...when wa mixed in with art or
grunge rock.posters
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On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 6:07 PM, Sellam Abraham via
cctalk wrote: I watched the correct episode but posted
the wrong link.
Here is the link to the
On Sun, 11 Dec 2022, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote:
Thanks for the tip.
I found the episode ==>
https://play.history.com/shows/pawn-stars-do-america/season-1/episode-4
I watched through the entire insidious thing. Unfortunately, the Silicon
Valley poster never comes up.
However, there is a
I watched the correct episode but posted the wrong link.
Here is the link to the SF episode ==>
https://play.history.com/shows/pawn-stars-do-america/season-1/episode-3
Sellam
On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 5:00 PM ED SHARPE wrote:
> I said
> Sf. You have link for Seattle. Try the sf one!
>
>
> Sent
Thanks for the tip.
I found the episode ==>
https://play.history.com/shows/pawn-stars-do-america/season-1/episode-4
I watched through the entire insidious thing. Unfortunately, the Silicon
Valley poster never comes up.
However, there is a Apple ][+ that they buy for $700 (lol) at timemark
On 12/11/2022 7:25 PM, John Foust via cctalk wrote:
Their web site locator didn't specifically let me find which offices
can do large format scanning. It also didn't say what resolution
they can do.
I have an architect client who'd let me use his blueprint scanner/printer,
but I think it's
At 12:37 PM 12/11/2022, ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote:
>Having a good hi Def scan would indeed be nice.
>Having this thing show up on pawn stars probably helped kick the price up.Ed#
Again, I wanted the San Francisco episode you mentioned and
I don't see this poster there. Can you point to it?
-
At 07:18 PM 12/10/2022, steve shumaker via cctalk wrote:
>If there's that much interest, it might be worth taking to a FedEx shop and
>getting a high quality wide format scan.
Their web site locator didn't specifically let me find which offices
can do large format scanning. It also didn't say
Sellam, Yes the episode was there special held in San Francisco in the pawn
stars do America series that aired a week or so before the list member was
selling these? Ed#
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On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 12:40 PM, Sellam Abraham
wrote: Ed,
Do you
Ed,
Do you remember the episode?
Sellam
On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 10:37 AM ED SHARPE via cctalk
wrote:
> Having a good hi Def scan would indeed be nice.
> Having this thing show up on pawn stars probably helped kick the price
> up.Ed#
>
> Sent from the all new AOL app for Android
>
> On Sat,
Having a good hi Def scan would indeed be nice.
Having this thing show up on pawn stars probably helped kick the price up.Ed#
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On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 6:18 PM, Don R via cctalk
wrote: I’m surprised no one has scanned one for upload to archive.org.
It's an ugly poster imo. Useful info on price in case I ever see one at a
garage sale but that's about it :-)
On Sat, Dec 10, 2022, 6:35 PM David Williams via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
>
> On 12/10/2022 7:18 PM, Don R via cctalk wrote:
> > I’m surprised no one has scanned one
On 12/10/2022 7:18 PM, Don R via cctalk wrote:
I’m surprised no one has scanned one for upload to archive.org. Would that
reduce its auction value? ;)
Don Resor
It has been posted to archive.org in various different versions.
David Williams
I've always been allowed to do my own when asked. Their standard max
seems to be 600dpi raw tiff. But, you are correct - if THEY do it, you
get one of a couple preset functions - and usually pdf or jpg.
Steve
On 12/10/22 5:23 PM, Don R wrote:
The one problem with that is how compressed
The one problem with that is how compressed the default scanning rate is set
too.
I once asked if a oversized image could be scanned at a high quality scan rate
of my choice and was told no, it would be scanned at a preset default.
Often times it’s the lowest denominator, unless you can do
If there's that much interest, it might be worth taking to a FedEx shop
and getting a high quality wide format scan.
Steve
On 12/10/22 3:27 PM, John Foust via cctalk wrote:
Well, she went for $810 to a map dealer in London, and he had to pay
about another $200 for the eBay global shipping
I’m surprised no one has scanned one for upload to archive.org. Would that
reduce its auction value? ;)
Don Resor
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> On Dec 10, 2022, at 5:01 PM, Warner Losh via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Dec 10, 2022, 5:59 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <
>
I wonder how accurate the map would be in present times, with all of the
mergers, takeovers and acquisitions.
Don Resor
Sent from someone's iPhone
> On Dec 10, 2022, at 3:27 PM, John Foust via cctalk
> wrote:
>
>
> Well, she went for $810 to a map dealer in London, and he had to pay
>
On Sat, Dec 10, 2022, 5:59 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On 12/10/22 18:27, John Foust via cctalk wrote:
> >
> > Well, she went for $810 to a map dealer in London, and he had to pay
> > about another $200 for the eBay global shipping program and duties.
> >
> > I
On 12/10/22 18:27, John Foust via cctalk wrote:
Well, she went for $810 to a map dealer in London, and he had to pay
about another $200 for the eBay global shipping program and duties.
I asked one of the other losing bidders about what I had here and why it
was popular... he said "Dealers are
Well, she went for $810 to a map dealer in London, and he had to pay
about another $200 for the eBay global shipping program and duties.
I asked one of the other losing bidders about what I had here and why it
was popular... he said "Dealers are collecting them and
trying to sell them at
Fry's also used to publish these maps, if this is what I think it is.
On Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 2:56 PM Richard Cini via cctalk
wrote:
>
> I think this is pretty cool map; I've seen different versions too in
> publications like Computerworld and EE Times (long ago of course). I wonder
> if an
I think this is pretty cool map; I've seen different versions too in
publications like Computerworld and EE Times (long ago of course). I wonder if
an interactive map exists somewhere, like overlaying all of the old addresses
in Google Maps or something like that.
Rich
On 12/5/22, 9:54 AM,
I've seen several different versions of this map on archive.org over the
years. Some as posters, some as calendars.
David
On 12/5/2022 1:20 AM, Alexander Huemer via cctalk wrote:
It would be cool if those could be scanned before disappearing
somewhere.
-Alex
There's got to be a copyright date hidden somewhere in it.
Sellam
On Mon, Dec 5, 2022, 6:49 AM John Foust via cctalk
wrote:
> At 02:07 AM 12/5/2022, you wrote:
> >Watch PAWN stars do America WITH CHUM LEEÂ ETC. . The SF. Episode that
> ran. That poster was in it I believeÂ
>
> I don't see
At 02:07 AM 12/5/2022, you wrote:
>Watch PAWN stars do America WITH CHUM LEEÂ ETC. . The SF. Episode that ran.Â
>That poster was in it I believeÂ
I don't see it. I see a guy with sci-fi posters at 38:00.
https://play.history.com/shows/pawn-stars-do-america/season-1/episode-3
Does anyone
At 01:20 AM 12/5/2022, Alexander Huemer via cctalk wrote:
>It would be cool if those could be scanned before disappearing
>somewhere.
Yes, I have considered that. I have an Epson V850 Pro flatbed.
I'd need to scan it carefully in pieces and then use some kind
of stitching tool. I use
Watch PAWN stars do America WITH CHUM LEE ETC. . The SF. Episode that ran.
That poster was in it I believe
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On Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 12:27 AM, Alexander Huemer via
cctalk wrote: It would be cool if those could be
scanned before disappearing
It would be cool if those could be scanned before disappearing
somewhere.
-Alex
On Sun, Dec 04, 2022 at 09:11:44PM -0600, John Foust via cctalk wrote:
>
> I'm cleaning out my warehouse bit by bit, and started selling posters
> on the eBay.
>
> I have two of these:
>
>
On 12/4/22 21:34, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> For someplace that actually generates some tourist and souvenir traffic,
> it made sense.
>
That's the funny thing about posters--some lapse into "what the heck was
that about?"
For example, I have a Cray 2 "Bubbles" poster that's been moldering
For someplace that actually generates some tourist and souvenir traffic,
it made sense.
It is negligible cost to produce, and is a much easier sell for
Professor Harold Hill than convincing the townfolk that they need to start
a youth band to counteract the trouble, right here in River City,
Actually pretty smart. You probably should have worked for Commodore Amiga
marketing. Where is Commodore Amiga in the map ?
Original message From: John Foust via cctalk
Date: 12/4/22 9:44 PM (GMT-06:00) To:
cctalk@classiccmp.org Cc: John Foust Subject: [cctalk]
Old Silicon
There are a few possible scenarios, . . .
you hang it up in your cubicle, and your boss says, "I've got to have one
of those! I'd pay many hundreds of dollars, DON'T LET IT GET AWAY!,..."
I remember when the advertising outfit came around in Berkeley (they did
them in every town). I did not
> Not to humble brag, but what do I have here? I probably got
> them for free at a trade show.
Two idiots? I mean if I bought one poster for $95 and the same seller had a
second one I would offer $95 for it again. Why would you offer $300 and then
up it to $500?
-Ali
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