Re: Some PAL/NTSC c64 problem ...maybe (fwd)

From: greg (gtmode_at_cyberback.com)
Date: 2001-04-04 09:20:59

i was looking in a old commander (april 1984)  and saw a add for a vic
superchassis 11 from arfon micro. does anyone have one?. or the magnacomp-64
integrator console from arkay/magnacomp? both of them would be nise to have
,with all this talk of the jboard and all the  you have  been talking about.
thank you  greg
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Anderson" <foxnhare@jps.net>
To: <cbm-hackers@dot.tml.hut.fi>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 11:43 PM
Subject: Re: Some PAL/NTSC c64 problem ...maybe (fwd)


>
> In the U.S. I recall seeing few Plus/4s and C-16s hyped as "a Genuine
> Commodore Microcomputer" (Late 80s; this was to entice people to think
> they were actual 64s) and 'given' away for attending some cheesy
> time-share real estate scheme.  Never saw any 'seconded' or 'closed out'
> 64s at any discount chain.
>
>
> Ethan Dicks wrote:
> >
> > --- Marko_Mäkelä <msmakela@cc.hut.fi> wrote:
> > > On Fri, 30 Mar 2001 ncoplin@orbeng.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm not familiar with "Aldi", please tell us more... :)
> > >
> > > Aldi is a cheap grocery store chain in Germany.  They buy stuff in
large
> > > quantities, and they sell mostly frozen food or food packed in tin
cans.
> > > Occasionally they have also other stuff.  They had sold at least one
> > > special batch of C64s.  This is limited to my experience from
1994-1996;
> > > native Germans can probably tell more.
> >
> > We have Aldi stores in the midwestern U.S., too.  Same deal - cheap
tinned
> > and frozen food, sometimes from crushed boxes, so you have to look at
every
> > can.
> >
> > Never seen electronics at one here.
> >
> > -ethan
>
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