My Commodore 64 yard sale find!

[josekortez]

Hi guys,

This weekend, I found an entire Commodore 64 computer set-up at a yard sale, albeit by accident. As usual, I walked up to the woman who was running the sale and asked her if she had any video games. She didn't put them out, so she went into the house and brought out a few NES games. Out of those, I only bought a loose Legend of Zelda cartridge she had for $1. Then, she also said she had a Commodore computer that she wanted to get rid of, but she didn’t think that anyone would want it. I wasn’t exactly sure, so I asked her if I could see it first. Her kids brought out a few small boxes with the following stuff in them. I asked her how much she wanted. She said she wanted $5 for the lot, but I told her I didn’t have any more small bills, so she accepted $4.

I’m posting this outside of the usual Weekend Finds thread because I'm wondering if this stuff has any value. At this writing, everything is still untested, but I brought the disks and the datasettes right back home where they would be kept cool. Then, I worked 9 days straight and I was sick yesterday, so I still haven’t plugged anything up yet.

At this point, I’m considering trading this lot for Circuit City games or other items I need or selling it off on DP since I have no real interest in collecting for the Commodore 64, but obviously, I’d check everything out to see if everything's in working order before I post something in the Trading Forum.

This is just one of those fluke finds that never happens to me, though, so I though that I should share it. I’d appreciate any feedback on my find from Commodore 64 experts or anybody else for that matter. Sorry, I don't own a digital camera, so there aren't any pics! Everything’s in very good physical condition (as far as I can tell), unless noted:

2 keyboards (1 light tan, 1 cream)
Commodore 64 Lemans cartridge
Datassette player (electrical tape wrapped around the power connection)
Disk drive
Commodore 8-way joystick (cream with a red button)
Slik Stik 8-way joystick (black with orange ball)
Commodore 2-in-1 paddle controller (cream with red button, one paddle missing)
Power supply
Color monitor with dust cover
Mouse (cream)

Books and Pamphlets
Commodore 64 Programmer’s Reference Guide
Commodore 64 C Personal Computer GEOS Quantumlink User’s Guide
Complete Course in BASIC Programming Quick Reference Guide
Commodore Magazine Subscription offer card
Safety instructions (grease spots)
C64 User’s Manual
Quantumlink User’s Guide
Introduction to BASIC Part I
Introduction to BASIC Part II
Welcome to GEOS (cover missing)
Commodore 128 System Diskettes cover
1530 Datasette Unit Model C2N Operating Instructions
Complete Course in BASIC Programming cover
Commodore 1541 C Disk Drive User’s Guide
Introduction to Advanced BASIC Commands and Concepts
Commodore 64 C Personal Computer System Guide: Learning to program in BASIC 2.0
Commodore 64 User’s Guide
Commodore 64 C Personal Computer Introductory Guide
Commodore MPS 1000 Dot Matrix Printer User’s Manual
Complete Course in BASIC Programming For Your Commodore Computers box

Loose Floppy Disks - Loadstar: The Commodore Software Subscription (couldn’t list every game/program on them)

Issue 125 – 1&2
Issue 128 - 1
Issue 129 – 1&2
Issue 130 – 1&2
Issue 131 -1
Issue 132 – 1&2
Issue 133 - 1
Issue 134 -1&2
Issue 136 – 1&2
Issue 137 – 1&2
Issue 138 – 1&2
Issue 139 – 1&2
Issue 140 - 1
Issue 141 – 1&2
Issue 142 – 1&2
Issue 143 – 1&2
Issue 144 – 1&2
Issue 146 – 2
Issue 147 – 1
Issue 149 – 1&2

7 Blank Floppy Disks

Homemade Program Datasettes (deciphered from the handwriting on them)

Sea Route 1 003 – 065, Multiply 070, Manager 003-057, Mindboggle 060-
Manager 003-056, 060-015, MLX VOCAB
Proofreader I 002-016, Tree Tutor I 017-045, Robot Math I 048-75, Balloon 003-044, Triple 047-55 (SYS 40004)
Proofreader I 002-015, MLX 020-, Turbo 164-087, Open I: Close I SYS 886, Poke 692, 50: SYS 826
Cabby 0-65, Quilt 070-105, Dungeon 100-160, Trap Sleuth 188, Poke 210, Construct 0-45, House 650-80
Proofreader II 003-016, Trench Fire 020-053, Tree Tutor 056-088, Mystery 003-065, Maze 067-
Cabby 001-065, Quilt 070 – 105, Poke 8192, 0, Poke 44, 32, New Dungeon 108-, Trab 160-185, Sleuth 188-208, Poker 210
Sea Route II 03-065, Guess 070-, Mystery 003-065, Intell 070-, Hires 080

[SoulBlazer]

Ah, Loadstar brings back memories! I used to subscribe to that for about six years during the late 80's and early 90's. Magzine on disc, really. A lot of great programs and games. Some I'm still playing today. I loved that to death. They also had a Commodore 128 version, which was good cause my 128 did'nt see much action. :)

And the company and magazine on disc is STILL around today and still publishing! ;)

(Actually, I have several letters with my real name published in their letters to the editor section, as well as winning entries for some contests. ;) )

As for the rest of the stuff? Well worth the $4 you paid. You won't get big money for anything but it's a nice haul.

[SpasticFuctard]

You should treasure that haul and love the Load "*",8,1 fun that will certainly accompany it.

SF = Shift-Run\Stop baby.

[-hellvin-]

Pretty sweet haul. The color monitor is the best part! That thing is AWESOME for playing old NES games. I play it on there more than my TV, it just looks nice. Which version is it? I've got the 1702 and love it to death. Well worth 4 dollars I would say.

[Raedon]

Nothing rare or even uncommon but you now have one of the greatest pre-nes gaming units on the planet. Get yourself a transfer cable and starcom and transfer those .D64 disk images to real floppies :D The cable is only $12.

[zektor]

Ah yes, once again someone has aquired a C64! Keep all of it! This is (in my opinion) the best computer ever released for games....not to mention a ton of other fun things! Maybe you can start an Ivory BBS! :)