Commodore Kleptomania

aysel · 19 January 2015, 19:56

Hi all,

This is my website I put together to catalogue all my machines as I restored them... there's about 40 or so systems all together with various original and unusual Commodore upgrades.

Feel free to have a looksee if you have two minutes, always grateful of any comments

www.urbecks.com/commodore

Its also got my Urban Exploration stuff on there as well if sneaking around old asylums and military bases interests you!

Cheers

Predseda · 19 January 2015, 20:50

That is übercool my lord!

kipper2k · 19 January 2015, 21:11

nothing wrong with a healthy obsession

When you say "My Commodore corner in the kids gaming room" you really mean your room don't you

amigasith · 19 January 2015, 21:33

Awesome collection you have there

And seems your kids are enjoying it, too - cool

dreamkatcha · 19 January 2015, 21:34

Impressive collection! Why 'kleptomania' though? You didn't steal all that stuff did you?

Michael Sykes · 19 January 2015, 21:54

Wow... and I don't refer to the blizzard game here but the Amiga collection!
They look all like new from the in- and outside. You've really taken good care of the old ladies.

BTW I like the picture with the little guy on the keyboard looking up to the guy on the screen. Model railroad figures?

aysel · 19 January 2015, 23:08

Thanks all.... appreciate the kind comments :-)

I have a bit of an OCD with yellowing so tend to hunt down machines that have escaped it... I'm still hunting an illusive non yellowed 128D though if anyone has one they would like to sell

@Michael... yeah, model railway figures... I know I know, I clearly have too much time on my hands lol!

LieutLaww · 19 January 2015, 23:28

Wow CD32 and the FMV module, now those are as rare as a rare thing that's rare

Michael Sykes · 19 January 2015, 23:42

Not as rare as the non yellowed 128D...
But never say never.Maybe in some warehouse in malaysia or india.

Thinking about it, the first one I ever saw as a kid was, if at all, 5 or 6 years old.
I thought the yellow was the original color. ^^
But the first owner was just smoking a lot, as I have been told after yelling about the ugly brown plastic.Away from that it looked so much cooler than my old 64.

LieutLaww · 19 January 2015, 23:50

Well i dunno seeing as only very few FMV modules actually made it out before Commodore closed down, what a glory it was to plug it into my CD32 and watch Star Trek VI on CD !

Michael Sykes · 20 January 2015, 03:55

You're a lucky one.A CD32 equiped with that module could have been a poor man's laserdisc.

If C= had only implemented it. As well as the 030,4MB fastram and something like the graffiti instead of the mostly unused Akiko. All of that in a white CDTV case.

source · 20 January 2015, 06:28

Nice Collection. I want to get all mine up and running, but I can't seem to find the time.

aysel · 10 February 2015, 19:38

Ta very much all :-) I have finally got my mitts on a nice 128D so will add that over the weekend

ransom1122 · 10 February 2015, 23:38

Wow. Superb. And here's me looking for an a1200 for 12 months with no luck.

What emulator are you using on your tablet and what control do you use for it?

gonk23 · 10 February 2015, 23:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreamkatcha

Why 'kleptomania' though? You didn't steal all that stuff did you?

Good question ... did we get an answer?

Amiga1992 · 11 February 2015, 02:11

This is beautiful! Your machines are perfect and I am totally gobsmacked by your arcade machine

One question about it though: I saw your YouTube video about it but noticed that you showed none of the vertical games on your setup. How are they handled? I don't think your monitor is rotatable, or that you'd want to rotate it every time you play a vert game!

Great work!

ransom1122 · 11 February 2015, 02:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akira

This is beautiful! Your machines are perfect and I am totally gobsmacked by your arcade machine

One question about it though: I saw your YouTube video about it but noticed that you showed none of the vertical games on your setup. How are they handled? I don't think your monitor is rotatable, or that you'd want to rotate it every time you play a vert game!

Great work!

Vert games run perfect. They would just fit to screen instead of rotating monitor. I say this as this is the way they run for me on my jamma jpac mortal Kombat 2 arcade cab fitted with a wells gardner larger arcade monitor I have.

Amiga1992 · 11 February 2015, 04:02

Yeah but the scanlines would be wrong, vert games have vertical scanlines. I just wonder how it would look, I want to build a machine like this but I dread the thought of having to rotate the monitor so much, that I am thinking of eventually making two machines, one vert, one horizontal.

ransom1122 · 11 February 2015, 04:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akira

Yeah but the scanlines would be wrong, vert games have vertical scanlines. I just wonder how it would look, I want to build a machine like this but I dread the thought of having to rotate the monitor so much, that I am thinking of eventually making two machines, one vert, one horizontal.

I've pm'd you.

aysel · 12 February 2015, 20:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by gonk23

Good question ... did we get an answer?

Haha... its certainly not the theft element I associate with... more the urge and inability to resist obtaining items that I don't actually really need, for example six A500's is probably five more than I actually need

19 January 2015, 19:56	#1
aysel Registered User Join Date: May 2014 Location: Mansfield Posts: 30	Commodore Kleptomania Hi all, This is my website I put together to catalogue all my machines as I restored them... there's about 40 or so systems all together with various original and unusual Commodore upgrades. Feel free to have a looksee if you have two minutes, always grateful of any comments www.urbecks.com/commodore Its also got my Urban Exploration stuff on there as well if sneaking around old asylums and military bases interests you! Cheers

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19 January 2015, 21:11	#3
kipper2k Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Thunder Bay, Canada Posts: 4,323	nothing wrong with a healthy obsession When you say "My Commodore corner in the kids gaming room" you really mean your room don't you

19 January 2015, 21:33	#4
amigasith Registered User Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Wild South / Germany Age: 48 Posts: 271	Awesome collection you have there And seems your kids are enjoying it, too - cool

19 January 2015, 21:34	#5
dreamkatcha I've got a new byline Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 1,219	Impressive collection! Why 'kleptomania' though? You didn't steal all that stuff did you?

19 January 2015, 21:54	#6
Michael Sykes WinUAE end user Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Bremen Age: 44 Posts: 649	Wow... and I don't refer to the blizzard game here but the Amiga collection! They look all like new from the in- and outside. You've really taken good care of the old ladies. BTW I like the picture with the little guy on the keyboard looking up to the guy on the screen. Model railroad figures?

19 January 2015, 23:08	#7
aysel Registered User Join Date: May 2014 Location: Mansfield Posts: 30	Thanks all.... appreciate the kind comments :-) I have a bit of an OCD with yellowing so tend to hunt down machines that have escaped it... I'm still hunting an illusive non yellowed 128D though if anyone has one they would like to sell @Michael... yeah, model railway figures... I know I know, I clearly have too much time on my hands lol!

19 January 2015, 23:28	#8
LieutLaww Registered User Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Uckfield, UK Age: 53 Posts: 195	Wow CD32 and the FMV module, now those are as rare as a rare thing that's rare

19 January 2015, 23:42	#9
Michael Sykes WinUAE end user Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Bremen Age: 44 Posts: 649	Not as rare as the non yellowed 128D... But never say never.Maybe in some warehouse in malaysia or india. Thinking about it, the first one I ever saw as a kid was, if at all, 5 or 6 years old. I thought the yellow was the original color. ^^ But the first owner was just smoking a lot, as I have been told after yelling about the ugly brown plastic.Away from that it looked so much cooler than my old 64.

19 January 2015, 23:50	#10
LieutLaww Registered User Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Uckfield, UK Age: 53 Posts: 195	Well i dunno seeing as only very few FMV modules actually made it out before Commodore closed down, what a glory it was to plug it into my CD32 and watch Star Trek VI on CD !

20 January 2015, 03:55	#11
Michael Sykes WinUAE end user Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Bremen Age: 44 Posts: 649	You're a lucky one.A CD32 equiped with that module could have been a poor man's laserdisc. If C= had only implemented it. As well as the 030,4MB fastram and something like the graffiti instead of the mostly unused Akiko. All of that in a white CDTV case.

20 January 2015, 06:28	#12
source Zone Friend Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 734	Nice Collection. I want to get all mine up and running, but I can't seem to find the time.

10 February 2015, 19:38	#13
aysel Registered User Join Date: May 2014 Location: Mansfield Posts: 30	Ta very much all :-) I have finally got my mitts on a nice 128D so will add that over the weekend

10 February 2015, 23:38	#14
ransom1122 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Omnicorp Age: 45 Posts: 5,813	Wow. Superb. And here's me looking for an a1200 for 12 months with no luck. What emulator are you using on your tablet and what control do you use for it?

11 February 2015, 02:11	#16
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	This is beautiful! Your machines are perfect and I am totally gobsmacked by your arcade machine One question about it though: I saw your YouTube video about it but noticed that you showed none of the vertical games on your setup. How are they handled? I don't think your monitor is rotatable, or that you'd want to rotate it every time you play a vert game! Great work!

11 February 2015, 04:02	#18
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	Yeah but the scanlines would be wrong, vert games have vertical scanlines. I just wonder how it would look, I want to build a machine like this but I dread the thought of having to rotate the monitor so much, that I am thinking of eventually making two machines, one vert, one horizontal.

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