Adrian Riskin 3d 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 Myers3d 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 3d ago

@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.

Show threadAI6YR Ben3d 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 
@ai6yr @conniptions @kd6nfd thanks! I just found someone to take it.
Mar 22 at 3:27amWeb
Show threadAI6YR Ben3d ago
@AdrianRiskin @conniptions @kd6nfd Yay!