On 4/17/2011 9:38 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
> > wrote in message
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>> On 4/17/2011 6:56 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
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>>> I briefly made a living fixing them. They had a badly designed drive
>>> stop
>>> mechanism that was press fitted onto a steel shaft. The head positioner
>>> was
>>> a soft collar of aluminum that loosened after a short time and made the
>>> drive head lose its alignment. I charged 40 bucks to alter the mechanism
>>> with what was basicaly a cotter pin and spring to make it more reliable.
>>> My
>>> first entrepreneurial experience. The 1541 really was a piece of junk
>>> even
>>> though it had an innovative, for that time, design. But the C64 was a
>>> very
>>> important product in the evolution of the personal computer.
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>>
>>
>> You're right about the C64. It was one of those products where you read
>> the specs and come to the realization that it's going to change
>> everything. It was a great time for computers. Then the IBM PC came out...
>> :-)
>
> Wellllll, the IBM PC came out in 81. The VIC 20 was out in that year. The
> C64 followed in 83.

Thanks for setting me straight. I guess I got it confused with the PC
jr. Oddly enough, I have a couple of 5150 XT keyboards. Is there a
market for these things?

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> Paul
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