After a lot of hard work, blood, sweat, tears, sleepless nights and tellings off, I have finally restored, to full working order a very beautiful piece of kit, the Commodore CBM 8032-SK.
This super pretty piece of kit was designed by Porsche, thus is sweeping curves and grills. It looks amazing now that the case as been stripped down and deep cleaned. I didnt need to use any harsh chemicals in the end, so theres no risk of the case yellowing or becoming brittle, just hot water and elbow grease.
Like the title says, she has been tested and is fully working, including the keyboard which sounds like it is a rarity on its own.
Last time this was posted someone quite rightly pointed out that there seemed to be an error with the system. Turns out low end RAM that the OS runs on had a few bad spots. This has now been fixed and a picture of the memory test can be seen below.
The keyboard has also been stripped down and deep cleaned, involving removing all of the keys, individually cleaning, checking the springs, cleaning the PCB and checking every contact including a small resolder job.
I wont say she could pass for factory fresh as there are a few scuffs and marks where a knock has taken off the surface texture of the plastic but these in no way affect how pretty the machine is.
Now for the extras!
She will also come home with a DUAL 5.25inch floppy drive. Again, deep cleaned inside but not out as the case is metal and I didnt want to start it rusting. I cant test this as I have no 5.25 inch floppies, but the power lead has been replaced and it all looks and sounds ok, no data cable so I couldnt test it if I wanted to.
She also comes with a tractor printer! It doesnt print tractors I dont think. This has some heavy yellowing, and I have attempted to clean what I can see, but no ink or data cable means its a sold as seen again.
Based on the fact it is now fully working, comes with the keyboard which is rare on its own and has been fully restored to working order and comes with extras, I am expecting offers of £1100, though there is some room for negotiation.
Postage to Europe I worked out to about £60. This will be in 2 packages of the machine and then the printer and disk drive. Buyers are free and encouraged to collect from the Midlands.
Powered up Floppy drive
Inside floppy drive
Inside printer
Screen and Memory test.
Back
Keyboard
Ports
This super pretty piece of kit was designed by Porsche, thus is sweeping curves and grills. It looks amazing now that the case as been stripped down and deep cleaned. I didnt need to use any harsh chemicals in the end, so theres no risk of the case yellowing or becoming brittle, just hot water and elbow grease.
Like the title says, she has been tested and is fully working, including the keyboard which sounds like it is a rarity on its own.
Last time this was posted someone quite rightly pointed out that there seemed to be an error with the system. Turns out low end RAM that the OS runs on had a few bad spots. This has now been fixed and a picture of the memory test can be seen below.
The keyboard has also been stripped down and deep cleaned, involving removing all of the keys, individually cleaning, checking the springs, cleaning the PCB and checking every contact including a small resolder job.
I wont say she could pass for factory fresh as there are a few scuffs and marks where a knock has taken off the surface texture of the plastic but these in no way affect how pretty the machine is.
Now for the extras!
She will also come home with a DUAL 5.25inch floppy drive. Again, deep cleaned inside but not out as the case is metal and I didnt want to start it rusting. I cant test this as I have no 5.25 inch floppies, but the power lead has been replaced and it all looks and sounds ok, no data cable so I couldnt test it if I wanted to.
She also comes with a tractor printer! It doesnt print tractors I dont think. This has some heavy yellowing, and I have attempted to clean what I can see, but no ink or data cable means its a sold as seen again.
Based on the fact it is now fully working, comes with the keyboard which is rare on its own and has been fully restored to working order and comes with extras, I am expecting offers of £1100, though there is some room for negotiation.
Postage to Europe I worked out to about £60. This will be in 2 packages of the machine and then the printer and disk drive. Buyers are free and encouraged to collect from the Midlands.
Powered up Floppy drive
Inside floppy drive
Inside printer
Screen and Memory test.
Back
Keyboard
Ports
