Re: C16/Plus4

From: Gerrit Heitsch <gerrit_at_laosinh.s.bawue.de>
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:56:15 +0100
Message-ID: <4EADB9EF.6020100@laosinh.s.bawue.de>
On 10/30/2011 09:43 PM, Anders Carlsson wrote:
> Didier Derny wrote:
>
>> Was it sold in other countries?
>
> Obviously it was sold in most PAL countries as well as an NTSC version.
> Perhaps the country where it made the biggest impact was Hungary where
> Commodore sold off surplus computers far below the retail price.

 From what I read, it was also quite popular in Argentina:

  http://coroners.no-ip.hu/dc16/


> Nowadays, the going rate on eBay etc isn't particularly high but over
> time as even more CPU's and TED chips stop working, perhaps the market
> value for working machines will increase some.

This is only true for the computers themselves... Try to find a 1551 
floppy drive. I once had one and would like to get one again, but the 
1551 is getting close to the 1581 pricewise...

  Gerrit


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