Early Christmas I got a Color Bar Generator

[Trade-N-Games]

I got a Color Bar Generator made by Video Soft with instructions a few days ago on Ebay And I bid ALOT more than I won it for. I emailed the seller a few times and he posted my questions each time. I was happy to get this after years of looking and only saw one in person at CGE 2 years ago and the seller wanted big money. Something real cool was it had the bill of sale order on the back of the instructions $23.95 plus $1.70 shipping dated 2/1/85. Just wanted to share my early Christmas gift to myself and this is going right into my personal collection.

Jason

Trade-N-Games

[AtariAger]

 

 

I can't believe it sold for so little! & with instructions! I paid alot more for my CBG...so don't feel bad at all.

 

Congrats!

[8th lutz]

congrats. Thats a great deal.

[bones]

Cool score. What's amazing to me is the original purchase date -- I can't imagine fixing 2600s was a hot business by 1985.

[MegaManFan]

I'm gonna say what I always say in a case like this:

 

DAMN! HOW DID I MISS OUT?

 

Congrats on an awesome score!

[MattG/Snyper2099]

I can't believe that the guy who bid nearest me only bid $60! You could have won it for $60 otherwise. You got it very cheap in my honest opinion. It's worth twice what you paid.

[gospeedde]

I'm pretty sure the 60 was me. I was out of atari money and only bid in case noone had found it and I got really lucky. I was highly amused when I saw how close you were to getting it for 60 dollars. I was trying to picture what your face would have looked like had you won it for that.

[AtariAger]

Just to let you know...I will be posting on this thread regularly until I get over the shock.

 

 

[Trade-N-Games]

Just to let you know...I will be posting on this thread regularly until I get over the shock.

 

   

 

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Well we have all said it things never get by the Ebay peeps but I guess for the most part this one slipped by the watchful eyes of everyone. O and dont forget the wonderful Paypal code that also saved me $25 bucks. Thanks to CPU posting that.

Yes I know its worth a good amount more but i have passed on 1 or 2 over the years so It paid off for waiting.

[Tempest]

Cool score.  What's amazing to me is the original purchase date -- I can't imagine fixing 2600s was a hot business by 1985.

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The Color Bar Generator wasn't for fixing 2600's, it was for fixing TV's.

 

Tempest

[bjk7382]

Cool score.  What's amazing to me is the original purchase date -- I can't imagine fixing 2600s was a hot business by 1985.

975520[/snapback]

 

The Color Bar Generator wasn't for fixing 2600's, it was for fixing TV's.

 

Tempest

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Yup, you can still buy color bar generators, and test pattern generators of all kinds. Usually they are a standalone unit that you plug into either a tv or any RGB color monitor. Using a 2600 for this purpose wouldn't be useful in the field, but if you had a test bench where you fixed tv's it would be very useful.

[holygrailvideogames.com]

I can't believe that the guy who bid nearest me only bid $60!  You could have won it for $60 otherwise.    You got it very cheap in my honest opinion.  It's worth twice what you paid.

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I tried placing a bid for a lot higher than $60 at the end of the auction but both of you had already bid for higher than the bid that I tried to place. If you didn't bid Jason would have had it for less but not by much.