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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