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Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:42 pm
by Lloyd Mangram
Surface mail to the USA...that must be quite a challenge, eh?
5 months sounds not so bad when you come to think of it.

Iain, stop telling everybody I'm joking, right!? ;)

Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:28 am
by thirtywinter
Yea.. we are on to you now.. :wink:

Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 3:54 pm
by Iain
5 months is quite a while. I used to get some stuff from Amazon.com back in the day via surface mail. Used to take 4 to 6 weeks as I recall.

Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 8:55 pm
by thirtywinter
Yea.. that was what I was thinking. Maybe it got stuck somewhere.. or something.. what matters is that at the end I got it. I was quite surprised actually as I had completely forgotten about it.

Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:17 pm
by Lloyd Mangram
thirtywinter wrote:.. what matters is that at the end I got it. I was quite surprised actually as I had completely forgotten about it.
That's interesting actually. Someone could turn this in some sort of commercial service.
"Experience our special surprise yourself with your own presents service.* Our service takes so long you forgot what you ordered when it finally arrives. Be totally surprised! *reminders are optional"

Or something...

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:32 pm
by andy vaisey
Mr.Zzapback wrote:
thirtywinter wrote:.. what matters is that at the end I got it. I was quite surprised actually as I had completely forgotten about it.
That's interesting actually. Someone could turn this in some sort of commercial service.
"Experience our special surprise yourself with your own presents service.* Our service takes so long you forgot what you ordered when it finally arrives. Be totally surprised! *reminders are optional"
I believe that Maurice Randall already offers this service on CMD products over at cmdrkey.com...

[/sarcasm]

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:07 pm
by thirtywinter
* goes to site *

Hmmmm.. interesting... SuperCPU 64.. wonder what that is..

* clicks more info link *


** description needed yet **


Ah.. and a 3 month waiting period for a mere $199.00!! So tempting!

:wink:

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:04 pm
by andy vaisey
thirtywinter wrote:Ah.. and a 3 month waiting period for a mere $199.00!! So tempting!
Yes, a three month wait, beginning 15 years hence, with option to extend another 15 years. If you're lucky. Money non-refundable. Ever. I mean EVER...

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:29 am
by thirtywinter
So... what is a SuperCPU 64 anyway? Is it an overclocked C64? heh..

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 2:03 pm
by Iain
SuperCPU is basically an overclocked C64 alright! It's a somewhat 6510a compatible CPU running at some crazy speed like 20Mhz. Good for using GEOS and a couple of SuperCPU games, not much else though.

From what I've read over on Lemon64, ordering anything from cmdrkey.com is certainly a B.A.D. idea!

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 4:02 pm
by thirtywinter
Ah.. I see.. So.. hurm.. eh.. I fail to see the point of it. :oops:

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 6:43 pm
by Lloyd Mangram
Iain wrote:...an overclocked C64...running at some crazy speed like 20Mhz.
20Mhz!? Wow, IIRC my first mobile phone (type refrigerator) ran at that speed back in 1998. Come to think of it, my parakeet goes from 0Mhz to 20Mhz in three seconds!

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:58 am
by Iain
No point at all if you're into retro on stock C64s / C128 (which I am).

But if you use your C64 for real life purposes (which a few Americans seem to) then it makes sense. I can't really understand it myself. Any sort of productivity stuff would be better suited to an Amiga if you have to do it on an old computer.

Seems my memory was right (for once) it's 20Mhz alright

http://www.cmdweb.de/scpu.htm

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 1:40 pm
by thirtywinter
Thanks for the link.. Ah.. well.. that is indeed pretty crazy. Especially with that price point.

I'm sure 20-something years ago that thing would have been Uber Awesome, but these days.. well... Not so much. That being said though, it looks like that would be a fun do-it-yourself kit. You know, they ship you the parts and the instructions and you put that badboy together and at the end of the day you have yourself a 20mhz C64. I'm quite sure you wouldn't have to wait 3 months then. :wink:

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 1:52 pm
by Iain
The bit of new C64 hardware that really excites me is the 1541 Ultimate.

Now that is great. A cartridge that takes SD cards and perfectly emulates a 1541 so you can have the complete C64 collection on a tiny card and load anything up with near 100% success. It also has a few other interesting bits to it as well. Must order one before it's too late!