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Went to PC Museum + Got some goods.

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I recently discovered that there is a PC Museum about 1.5 Hours drive from where I live, which is open once a month.

Some photos will give you an idea what it looks like here: http://www.pcmuseum.ca/galleryview.asp?id=25

They had at least 45 Systems up and running, everything from Pong, Amigas, C64, Tandy's, Sinclairs you name it.

I met and talked to the founder Syd Bolton. Most of us dream about doing something like this, he went ahead and did it.

A lot of PC and Console stuff were being sold, Like XBOX's and PS2 for $20 each. I picked up a C64, C128, 1571 and 2 x 1541-II which I'd never seen before. Now I own a C128 which I always wanted to but couldnt afford, all except the 1541-II's came in their original boxes and manuals in excellent shape.

The 1571 still has the original sticker price of $499!!! Wow!! :) now I remember why I had a datasette for a long time instead of a 1541 drive.
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That looks like a really awesome place. I'd love to find someplace like that near me that happens to sell all sorts of old Comoodore goodies.
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Wow... This is the place I would like to visit. But it is a little bit far from us...

If there weren't a C64 emulator on my son's PSP I would by a real Commodore 64.
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Moad'Dib wrote:Wow... This is the place I would like to visit. But it is a little bit far from us...

If there weren't a C64 emulator on my son's PSP I would by a real Commodore 64.
Buy one anyway... NO emulator is ever going to reproduce the sound of a REAL SID !!
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FFRenzy wrote:
Moad'Dib wrote:Wow... This is the place I would like to visit. But it is a little bit far from us...

If there weren't a C64 emulator on my son's PSP I would by a real Commodore 64.
Buy one anyway... NO emulator is ever going to reproduce the sound of a REAL SID !!

Well, I had a few in the past. I loved my Commodores so much. I had two of C16, five of C64, three of Amiga 500, and one Amiga 600.
But recently I realized it is only nostalgia I don't really buy a commodore. Yeah those were the days....

Parallax,

Thanks for the tip I will try the version you've mentioned.
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