Posted By
Dunric
on 2005-03-19
15:32:52
|  Pairing down my Commodore collection
It comes with great sadness that I must begin pairing down my Commodore collection to a bare minimum. In 1996, I owned over 250 disks filled with games, utilities and programs. By 2003, my collection swelled to well over 600 disks!
I began pairing down my Commodore disks and equipment this year in anticipation of a move to a new residence (I even sold off my entire Atari 2600/5200/7800 games collection on eBay for a nice sum). I have since paired down my Commodore and disks collection to a smaller collection consisting of:
(1) Commodore 128-D
(1) Commodore 128
(1) Commodore 64
(1) Commodore Plus/4
300+ disks (200+ from 1996 and before; the rest are mainly backups of my existing programming disks)
(1) Commodore 1670 modem
This is my current setup, as paired down recently. However, I hope to eventually pair this down to the following minimal setup:
(1) Commodore 128-D
(1) Commodore 64
(1) Commodore Plus/4
250+ disks (200+ from 1996 and before; the rest are mainly backups of my existing programming disks)
(1) Commodore 1670 modem
I have already thrown out dozens of Commodore magazines which I no longer read. I contemplated selling them on eBay, but decided they weren't worth more than $.50 an issue. I kept a grand total of four or five magazines (mainly the RUN Special Issues, plus an issue of Commodore World).
I had a hard time parting with all the magazines and some of the disks, because it shaped such a large part of my past life. But I'm getting older now, so I've had to pair down my collection to a bare minimum in order to move on to the next phase of my life. I will still turn the 64/128 on from time to time to play games, but as far as every day use goes, that is now (sadly) in the past.
I will still post to homestead and comp.sys.cbm fairly regularly, so if you need me, just email me at: dunric@yahoo.com
Sincerely,
Paul Panks
dunric@yahoo.com
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