Posted on 04/27/2010 8:09:47 PM PDT by mamelukesabre
Can anyone tell me if market prices of old vintage home computers have started going up yet? I'm talking about things like the Apple II and the commodore 64 and other pre-windows using home computers. I heard a rumor the original game consoles(atari and such) have started being collected and prices are going nuts.
Bookmark for when I dig up my TI-99/4a and Atari 800.
John Titor goes to great lengths to collect 1960-70s era computers.
check ebay
Ok, but does he actually pay good sums of money for them?
Not that I know of. You should try eBay or craigslist.
I know someone who’s got about twenty Commodore 64s.
Raid Over Moscow ftw!
Collectors or museums ... maybe.
well, it seems a C-64 isn’t worth much:
LOL!
I have a Sinclair. Dose that count?
We had Commode 64’s in elementary school. Those discs really were floppy back then, 5 and a half inches wide or such.
I remember some of the lame games. Some typing wizard, fish game and lemonade stand. yay.
Oh and the Oregon trail game... heh
Yeah, floppy and slow. There were some good games for C64 though — Raid Over Moscow, Summer Games, Winter Games, World Games, and a bunch of others that I’m blanking on (it’s been so long!).
Osborne II Executive Weighed about 30 lbs. could use it for added weight in the trunk of your car.
Jon Titus, perhaps?
Had the Osborne...BDOS errors...LOL...had to drill holes into the case for more cooling.
One of the very first programming languages I used on it...JRT Pascal...don’t even ask how the heck I remember that!!!
LOL
They actually have an application on the iPhone of Lemonade Stand with the original graphics.
WOW! You had a 99/4A? You were stylin’. I had the 99/4 as my first.....C
I recently sold an RCA Studio II on ebay, it was a really obscure game system that was only manufactured in 1977 and quickly discontinued. I got $75 dollars, it was actually purchased by a tech museum in Spain. I was a little disappointed that I didn't get more out of it, but the old computer / game system market is really hit or miss.
As some have mentioned, the Atari 2600 market has started to take off, although there are still a TON of them out there (do a search for the 2600 on ebay sometime). Until recently the 2600 was virtually worthless, you could easily pick up a working system for $10 and games for a quarter.
Tried to sell my Apple IIc a few years ago. Unless you have all the paperwork, software, and possibly even the boxes (everything in near mint condition); you’re better off pitching it.
You’ll just end up wasting your time trying to give it away.
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