Adrian Riskin 2d ago

UPDATE: this little pup has been claimed! Thank you everyone for your interest and support!

Can you make good use of an original Commodore PET computer? This one is yours for free if you can pick it up in Los Angeles (near USC). My parents bought it in 1978. It has the famous chiclet keyboard and integral cassette tape drive. It doesn't work at this point, which someone told me is probably due to some bad RAM chips but I don't actually know. The screen shows random squares when it's on.

Boosts for reach appreciated.

ETA: email me at [email protected] or DM me here.

#RetroComputing #Commodore #PET #LosAngeles

Show threadWayne Myers2d ago
@AdrianRiskin Damn. I hope it finds a good home where it gets restored, used and loved again. Sadly I'm a) a continent away and b) not hardwarey enough to repair it.
Show threadAdrian Riskin 

@conniptions yeah, me too. I'll be sad to see it go, but I'd rather have it go to someone who can fix it, use it, and enjoy it than keep it sitting in the closet.

I still remember the day they brought it home. I had learned BASIC on an Altair 8800 that my high school computer club had built in 1976, the year before I got there, but being able to do it at home changed everything.

Mar 22 at 2:42amWeb
Show threadAI6YR Ben2d ago
@AdrianRiskin @conniptions LOL this is dangerously close to me. Will cc @kd6nfd who is also local (and an enthusiast in restoring old computers).
Show threadAdrian Riskin 2d ago
@ai6yr @conniptions @kd6nfd thanks! I just found someone to take it.
Show threadAI6YR Ben2d ago
@AdrianRiskin @conniptions @kd6nfd Yay!
Show threadCraig KD6NFD2d ago
@ai6yr @AdrianRiskin @conniptions sorry I missed it. Thanks for thinking of me. Glad to see it going to good home!
Show threadԎєηυкι, 手抜き🚀🐧♏ 🔭 ⚫⚪2d ago
@AdrianRiskin @conniptions there are enough museums and exhibitions who would tearing themselves apart, gesticulate loudly and fetch it, proudly to their museum. And they have good contacts to experts to restore it. Here I remember @harzretro with good skills 🖖
Show threadHarzretro2d ago

@enigma @AdrianRiskin @conniptions
A free #commodorepet ...don't through it away!
My repairing skills aren't good, i'm good in "getting and presenting" stuff.
In germany we have a vintage computer club #vzekc - and there is something like it in the us.
There are #vcf (vintage computer festivals), too.

And: there are hundreds of ppl who would love to take this gem of #commodore pet ( i would it, too, but it is little bit far away ;)

Sorry for my bad english.

#retrocomputing
#retrocomputers

Show threadAdrian Riskin 2d ago

@harzretro @enigma @conniptions

Thanks! I think I found it a good home. Also your English is excellent.