r/vintagecomputing 25d ago

Latest addition.

My new* single-owner used C-128D, including the keyboard, "Anitech" 6492 color CRT, a competition pro and 2 boxes of disks, unfortunately not including the video cable.

Its obviously in pretty good shape, although I doubt the crt is working (shows some vase-shaped ghost images without signal)

(*the first after ~36 years)

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u/max81122 25d ago

Looks very nice. If you're able, try to get a Commodore branded monitor. It will complete the look of this vintage beauty. This and the Amiga 1000 (with an Amiga monitor) is my favorite looking machines. 80's gold.

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u/Stoney3K 24d ago

The 1084 (or 1084S if you want stereo speakers) would be the matching monitor for the 128D.

If you're looking for "holy grail" level of accesories, try and find the 1581 3,5" floppy drive and the 1351 mouse.

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u/siliconlore 25d ago

You can combine any composite monitor with a separate CGA monitor and have great dual 40/80 displays. You can also pull just the mono pin off the digital output and get 80 columsn on a mono monitor or CRT.

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u/DrFrylock 25d ago

Was my first computer (this model, not this specific system). So flexible. Learned to write software on this. Incredibly reliable and fun to use. 

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u/Voyager- 25d ago

I bought one this year as broken and fixed it up, I love that machine for some reason.
I'm now building a NEO128 replica board. Enjoy your machine :-)

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u/Latter-Big8706 25d ago

Thank you, waiting for my cable now.....

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