IntellivisionDude Posted November 10, 2017 Author Share Posted November 10, 2017 The most expensive catalog ever: eBay Auction -- Item Number: 222710120372 This is the most expensive one ever eBay Auction -- Item Number: 292273370808 Mine does have a best offer button Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron The Cat Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 If any one ever wants to sell me the 1980 brochure with the keyboard component on the cover for good money let me know. I had it long time ago but it got lost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignorama Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-INTELLIVISION-ACTIVISION-PROTOTYPE-STAMPEDE/272925069863?hash=item3f8b9a1227:g:bcIAAOSwCMFaBjsP Is this legit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 (edited) https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-INTELLIVISION-ACTIVISION-PROTOTYPE-STAMPEDE/272925069863?hash=item3f8b9a1227:g:bcIAAOSwCMFaBjsP Is this legit? I believe so,but don't quote me for sure. I remember seeing this listed about 20 years ago. After looking at the other ones they have, I will say yes. Great price actually! Edited November 11, 2017 by wolfy62 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-INTELLIVISION-ACTIVISION-PROTOTYPE-STAMPEDE/272925069863?hash=item3f8b9a1227:g:bcIAAOSwCMFaBjsP Is this legit? Yep. ?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-crew Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Ultimate-Intellivision-Collection-with-Keyboard-Component/182892325802?hash=item2a953b6baa:g:UHYAAOSwA~VaBl~1 it even works... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intymike Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-INTELLIVISION-ACTIVISION-PROTOTYPE-STAMPEDE/272925069863?hash=item3f8b9a1227:g:bcIAAOSwCMFaBjsP Is this legit? They are somewhat common. I don't know if there were so much in the Activision dump that was found in the 90s or if this were some kind of press versions that were handed to journalists. I own a Happy Trails cart of that kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron The Cat Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 (edited) keyboard component for sale ..buy it now price of £ 5k though ....reserve is anyone's guess https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/182892325802?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&fromMakeTrack=true Edited November 11, 2017 by Ron The Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freewheel Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 Wow. He should have pieced everything else out separately. The people buying the KC are most likely not interested in the other stuff. And the other stuff is a pretty decent collection that would command $$ on its own. Reserve will be in the thousands, guaranteed. Someone with suspiciously low feedback (for this community) has already put in a fairly high proxy bid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignorama Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 "Reserve not met" will be the final bid as well. I bet on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 Doesnt look like there are any KC games so while the unit turns on and the cassette deck opens I would have liked to see a KC game playing to know if the deck works ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 I don't know if you can describe a Keyboard Component as "in working condition" without a tested tape drive. You certainly can't say it's "like new..flawless...intact". They have two videos showing the tape eject. They could have at least run the tape command to show the tape mechanism spinning. We really should have a way to duplicate KC tapes for people that have the KC but no cassettes. Another Keyboard component from Canada. And despite what the description says, you can't program an Intellivision game with a Keyboard Component. Is that a Flashback supplement overlay set in the photo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 I don't know if you can describe a Keyboard Component as "in working condition" without a tested tape drive. You certainly can't say it's "like new..flawless...intact". They have two videos showing the tape eject. They could have at least run the tape command to show the tape mechanism spinning. We really should have a way to duplicate KC tapes for people that have the KC but no cassettes. Exactly. Thats what concerns me. If that deck doesnt work its a glorified paperweight. A very cool paperweight mind you, but a paperweight nonetheless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 Wow, I saw that listing earlier but because the KC was waaaaaay in the back of the first photo, I missed it. Seller should have sold it separately or put the prize front and center. Either way, now that we know about it, the bids will start pouring in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 That's a pretty neat Keyboard Component...I wonder... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignorama Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 Honestly, the whole stuff on the picture isnt even close worth the asked price and I really doubt the reserve will be below the single value of the lot. He safes tons of time and especially discussions about conditions. Its all just thrown in, so no complains about damages on the homebrews possible. We will see if it will sell and if yes for what price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nurmix Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 He's got a set of my Flashback Controller adapters for the 2609 in one of the pictures. I'll have to check my records to see who bought them from me in Canada. Of course he could have bought them from Intellivision Productions too (I supply them, but don't know who the customers are). I doubt the tape drive works... Sent from my Keyboard Component using Jack's Conversational Intelli-talk cassette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freewheel Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 He's got a set of my Flashback Controller adapters for the 2609 in one of the pictures. I'll have to check my records to see who bought them from me in Canada. Of course he could have bought them from Intellivision Productions too (I supply them, but don't know who the customers are). Not to contribute to your cyberstalking but I'd be stunned if you had more than one customer from Saskatoon. It isn't exactly Canada's largest city. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freewheel Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 despite what the description says, you can't program an Intellivision game with a Keyboard Component. He's not wrong on this, just a bit misleading: http://www.intellivisionlives.com/bluesky/hardware/keyboard_tech.html All the money spent on the Keyboard Component didn't go totally to waste; as the ranks of the programmers swelled during 1982, development systems could not be assembled fast enough. The bottleneck was the hand-built Magus board -- the interface between the development computer and the Intellivision. Then some bright person realized that a Blue Whale would make a dandy development system! A slightly modified Keyboard Component (dubbed a Black Whale) would accept the compiled object code for a game serially to its internal RAM; that RAM, mapped to the same addresses as an Intellivision cartridge, would be read by the attached Master Component as if it were a cartridge. While slower to download a game than a Magus board (which read data from the computer over parallel lines), the Black Whale proved to be a quick, cheap solution. By the middle of 1983, half of the development systems in Hawthorne and all of the development systems at Mattel Electronics France used Black Whales. His claim, essentially, is that he has one of the "slightly modified" KCs. Which would make this thing pretty damned rare. Has ANYONE found one of these so-called Black Whales yet? That custom case looks like 1000 other things I've seen collectors make over the years. I highly doubt it has any connection to the Mattel days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freewheel Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 Exactly. Thats what concerns me. If that deck doesnt work its a glorified paperweight. A very cool paperweight mind you, but a paperweight nonetheless You're on a forum where people regularly spend $1000 for a piece of folded cardboard. At least this thing can be used to play games and program in BASIC on. What can a box do, other than sit there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 That's a pretty neat Keyboard Component...I wonder... The seller is an AA member and bought the KC back in early 2015. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 You're on a forum where people regularly spend $1000 for a piece of folded cardboard. At least this thing can be used to play games and program in BASIC on. What can a box do, other than sit there? People like that sound crazy. ?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 He's not wrong on this, just a bit misleading: http://www.intellivisionlives.com/bluesky/hardware/keyboard_tech.html His claim, essentially, is that he has one of the "slightly modified" KCs. Which would make this thing pretty damned rare. Has ANYONE found one of these so-called Black Whales yet. You know, it would have been so much easier if they had actually painted them blue and black respectively. Sheesh. Inconsiderate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 (edited) He's not wrong on this, just a bit misleading: http://www.intellivisionlives.com/bluesky/hardware/keyboard_tech.html His claim, essentially, is that he has one of the "slightly modified" KCs. Which would make this thing pretty damned rare. Has ANYONE found one of these so-called Black Whales yet? That custom case looks like 1000 other things I've seen collectors make over the years. I highly doubt it has any connection to the Mattel days. I thought this one in the links below, sold earlier this year, might be a black whale since the seller was at Mattel Electronics when it closed in 1984. He did describe it as a blue whale however. If anyone ever has contact with him, please ask. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/174007-intellivision-ebay-roundup/page-375?do=findComment&comment=3730529 http://atariage.com/forums/topic/264995-intellivision-keyboard-component-cassette-deck/ What's the difference with the black whales. Is there even any modification needed to function as described on the Intellivision Productions web site? Blue whales or black whales, you can't program Intellivision games on them any more than you can an Intellicart. edit: Has anyone tried to repair one of these tape drives? Some might just need rubber belts replaced. And some might have working tape drives but no tapes. Edited November 12, 2017 by mr_me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 I thought this one in the links below, sold earlier this year, might be a black whale since the seller was at Mattel Electronics when it closed in 1984. He did describe it as a blue whale however. If anyone ever has contact with him, please ask. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/174007-intellivision-ebay-roundup/page-375?do=findComment&comment=3730529 http://atariage.com/forums/topic/264995-intellivision-keyboard-component-cassette-deck/ What's the difference with the black whales. Is there even any modification needed to function as described on the Intellivision Productions web site? Blue whales or black whales, you can't program Intellivision games on them any more than you can an Intellicart. edit: Has anyone tried to repair one of these tape drives? Some might just need rubber belts replaced. And some might have working tape drives but no tapes. Pretty sure it's this guy, hence my subtle clue. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/157462-intellivision-purchases-and-deals/?p=3176915 I cross referenced the serial number against the serial number database and found a match. Looked for an AA member with the same name and found a member with only a few posts, but discussing a recent KC aqcuisition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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