[Coco] NEW NORMAL

[Tormod Volden]

Just collecting can sure be expensive, on the other hand I see few
hobbies cheaper than "vintage computing" when you look at money spent
per time absorbed if you get involved in hardware and software, and
this mailing list :p Running around in the woods would be more
expensive, if you look at the prices of decent running shoes. I try to
do both to some degree :)

Tormod


On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 8:06 PM, AQ Cerutti wrote:
> Agreed, getting a good working Coco setup has cost me more than expected.
> But even my Commodore 64 hobby is getting expensive. A decent C64 on ebay
> costs around $100, many have the sound chip stolen for synth projects, add
> another $40, most don't have video cables, a SD card setup cost about $80,
> add a real working drive, an appropriate monitor and you are looking at
> about the price or more that these things cost new.  Vintage computing is
> an expensive hobby. I'm going to have to narrow my old computer interests.