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I'd have to say the hardware (I consider the basic OS to be part of the hardware). There's something special about the look and feel of old hardware, turning it on and seeing that READY (or whatever) prompt. I enjoy the occasional stroll through an old computer museum (we've got a great one in Seattle) looking at stuff that I had no contact with BITD. Old software doesn't have the same draw for me and it can all be emulated anyway.

Removed a few more.

Bump. A few sold titles deleted.

I don't have any system capable of reading them, unless maybe one of my old cp/m systems could do it using Uniform (or whatever the name of the multi-format reader program was). But, if I remember how Uniform works (it's been a looooong time), you have to know the disk layout beforehand: it can't figure it out on its own, and I don't have that info.

I make it a point to play periodically with every system I own, even widely loathed ones like CDI and game.com, but even I'm not masochistic enough to fire up my VIS, Action Max, or R-zone. If I had to dump one, I guess it'd be the R-Zone.

All books sold. Thanks, everybody!

You could get a multislot expander and leave it permanently installed, then just plug your carts into the expander. I've never found the VIC slot to be a problem, though.

Reason number too-high-to-count why I no longer sell on ebay.

I found this binder of 5.25" disks in one of my boxes of misc stuff. Labels indicate that they are components of a BASIC editor/compiler system for a computer with a Motorola 6800 CPU running an operating system called FLEX (or maybe MINIFLEX). Not too many 6800 systems out there, the most prominent seems to be the SWTPC 6800. Can anyone provide insight on what these are for?

Mechanism looks OK, from what I can see in the photos. Check to verify the pressure pad opposite the head is in place.

Those numbers refer to the number of game variations and are not, by themselves, an indicator of what game is actually on there. It's not Tele-games #8, merely a tele-games release with 8 variations. The end label gives the game title. All the Sears games were made by Atari and some were given new names that Sears liked better. Sears Tank Plus, for example, is identical to Atari Combat. There were three Sears games (Steeplechase, Stellar Track, and Submarine Commander) which were also produced by Atari but sold exclusively by Sears.

Apple heavily discounted it's equipment sales to schools, ensuring that a generation of kids (and by extension their parents) considered them to be "the" computer company. Didn't hurt that they also had colorful games while Radio Shack & Commodore were targeting business buyers and offered only black-and-white graphics. RS was further hurt by the poor reliability record of the Model I. Later machines were fine products but if you're talking about the start of the personal computer era, the Model I was a clunker.

The 2600jr sold for under $50 in the early 90's with an available library of over 400 games. They pretty much had the low-end console market to themselves.

I'm surprised the C64 and Atari MS BASIC came out so close (79 vs 76 seconds), considering the Atari is clocked at 1.79MHz vs the 64's 1.02MHz.

Could you just tabulate the results for those of us too lazy to watch 30 minutes of video?

Keep in mind that the RGBI port doesn't carry audio signals so you need to have both the RGBI and the DIN output connected to get sound when in 80-column mode.

EMP would probably fry my pacemaker so I'm not too worried about what it'll do to my games.

I've got a few games (both cartridge and disc-based) from rental stores that have "Be Kind! Please Rewind!" stickers on them.

It's always a good idea to check Commodore power supplies with a voltmeter, preferably under load, before plugging them into the computer, although the VIC doesn't seem to have as many issues with power supplies as the C64.

With garage sale season winding down, it's time for another update. Two more shelves full, getting me halfway to completing bookcase #46. One shelf is all garage/yard/estate/rummage/thrift finds, while the other is all stuff I got from people here on AA. Actually, I've got enough other new games to fill another shelf, but have misplaced a box of recent finds. I hate it when I do that.

Got mine yesterday, too. The soundtrack disc was a cool bonus. Nice work by all involved.

If you're willing to sell a partial set, I could use the following: PAC-MAN DEFENDER DIGDUG DONKEY KONG ROBOTRON_2048 STARGATE Shipping would be to zip 98168.

PM incoming!

Shipping to 98168. Should have mentioned that.

I'll take em!