Cottonwood BBS alive on a C128

Cottonwood BBS

I happened across this site and BBS after a site visitor mentioned it in the Guest book. To see a BBS still in full operation with a Commodore 128 at its heart using 1581 disk drives to serve up files to users across America put a huge grin on my face.

I spent many hours as a young teenager dialling up many different BBS in search of files, other users and more knowledge. This was a time before internet, where the only way to spread code, demo's and programs was to host them on your own computer and allow access via good old modems. The BBS or Bulletin Board System was the hunting ground of the first hackers, crackers and phreakers. In an age where 2600 magazine was the underground and WarGames was 'our' movie.

I tip my hat to you guys and hope that your BBS never ends. You brought a little ray of sunshine to my day already.

They're taking the hobbits to Isengard (C64 version)

This is silly, funny and a great example of the never ending life of the ubercool Commodore 64 computer. Sid tunes are just the best.

Commodore MAX just popped up on eBay

My blackberry just informed me that eBay has another Commodore Max computer available for you to bid on. Unfortunatly this time there is no internal foam packaging, nevertheless this is a rare item to find. Time to empt the pockets.

Commodore C116 Auction on eBay

As a true collector I regularly scan eBay for odd old computers or consoles. After so many years of collecting there are not many that I do not already own, however there are two Commodore computers that I don't yet own and which I wish I could afford.



The first is the Commodore C116 which was a very poor seller and really only had some sales in europe. It only comes up on eBay the very odd time and there is one on ebay right now. Check it out.



The other is even more rare, the Commodore Max. Only available in Asia and selling in low numbers, it is extreamly rare and this recent Commodore Max on eBay sold for a whopping $910.

Please feel free to donate one of each to the cause if you happin to have one you dont want.