Quote from the auction post: 'I do NOT check these boards to see if there is anything extra OR missing. Hence, "AS IS".'
Anyone want to bet whether ANY of these leave Centisible with the SID chip still on the board? :)
http://cgi.ebay.com/AS-IS-Commodore-64-motherboard-Hard-To-Find_W0QQitemZ250171728127QQihZ015QQcategoryZ74945QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Bill (the vendor) is a nice guy. I suspect that he just grabs a 64 motherboard from the pile and sends it out and it's pot luck as to what's included and working/not working. He would be better off removing all the SIDs and the CIAs etc. and selling them separately but I can't see him investing that kind of time and effort.
Good to know. I've always had good experiences with Centsible, but this one just seemed screwy.
There are two SID chips right now on eBay with bids of $6/ea., and lots of time left on the auctions. I've seen most of them go for $10 or better. Why not just pull them from their sockets (what? 30 seconds to do that?) and sell them individually? You'd still have the 6526s, ROMs, a CPU, a VIC-II, and lots of other goodies, then you could sell the stripped boards at computer shows for $1 apiece just for the connectors, RAM, and TTL glue chips. You'd net $25 or more a board that way, easily. (Right now I'd probably pay $20 + shpg. just for a half-dozen 6526s.) Why not do the extra work? Why not at least pull the SIDs? That was my thinking when I saw his post, anyway. Not that he was trying to rip anyone off, but that it was unlikely anyone would keep the SIDs in place when they weren't guaranteeing a complete board.
If I had an extra $70 lying around, I might just buy all SIX of this guy's C64 motherboards for (BUY IT NOW) $49.95 + $20 shipping.
http://tinyurl.com/38vwup
I could build a really cool chess tournament engine with all those babies! :cool: