On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 09:38:32 +0300, Anssi Saari wrote:
>
> Andreas Kohlbach  writes:
>
>> On Tue, 21 Jun 2016 00:44:58 -0700, Rob wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 18:43:30 -0400, Andreas Kohlbach
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am read the first issue of Ahoy! which is 1/1984, so likely printed
>>>> late 1983, as it also has some Christmas ads in it. It's a Commodore 64
>>>> dedicated magazine.
>>>
>>> That is a an error by the advertiser.
>>
>> What could he meant then instead?
>
> I suppose a regular, bog standard, run of the mill breadbox "64K
> COMMODORE 64"?

Just wondering why the called it "Commodore 65" and not may be
"Commodore 84". And if they were even allowed to sell modified C64 anyway
under a different name (C65).

> According to wikipedia, the C64's list price was $300 in June 1983 but
> it was sold for $199 in some stores already so the $199.50 price for
> April 1984 seems right.

That issue was January 1984 so the price might have gone down
significantly in the meantime.

> And yes, *quite* a difference compared to European prices.

I bought mine late. It was October 1984 and I think I paid 640 Deutsch
Mark. I think the exchange rate USD to DM was 4 Deutsch Mark for 1 USD
back then. So that would have been $160 then. Would match the price in
the magazine.
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Andreas
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