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 threadPerryM ✅2d ago
@AdrianRiskin Your generosity is noted. There the same exact model listed on Ebay for $1575. It is listed as working however.
Show threadAdrian Riskin 
@PerryM I was purposely not looking that up! I don't need the money and I'd really like to see it go to someone who will love it but if course money is money. I recently read that it cost $800 new in 1978, which is apparently about $4K today.
Mar 22 at 10:01pmWeb
Show threadPerryM ✅2d ago

@AdrianRiskin Unfortunately Adrian, you will be lucky to find someone who is really interested in getting it working again and not someone who is looking to re-market it for a profit, possibly on Ebay.

I gave away an old ham radio receiver to someone who claimed to wanting to pass it to his paperboy, who was becoming interested in ham radio. I saw it on Ebay days later for $250.

Show threadAdrian Riskin 2d ago
@PerryM ack, well I guess we'll see what happens..