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Telephone Talk => Auction Talk => Topic started by: ..... on November 18, 2016, 03:47:10 AM

Title: Commodore Telephone made by Northern Telecom
Post by: ..... on November 18, 2016, 03:47:10 AM
I won this Commodore Telephone yesterday off eBay.ca for half the asking price. It is made by Northern Telecom. With any luck it should be here next week. $25.00 plus shipping may seem like a high price for it, but they sell to Commodore Collectors for a lot more.

A little information on it can be found here:

http://sleepingelephant.com/denial/wiki/index.php?title=VICModem
Title: Re: Commodore Telephone made by Northern Telecom
Post by: twocvbloke on November 18, 2016, 07:29:09 AM
That'd go nicely alongside a C64 Mk2 or an Amiga... :)
Title: Re: Commodore Telephone made by Northern Telecom
Post by: ..... on November 18, 2016, 07:56:31 AM
Quote from: twocvbloke on November 18, 2016, 07:29:09 AM
That'd go nicely alongside a C64 Mk2 or an Amiga... :)

Yes, it would. My first computer was a Commodore 64. But I didn't have the phone.
Title: Re: Commodore Telephone made by Northern Telecom
Post by: twocvbloke on November 18, 2016, 09:23:27 AM
Yep, the C64 was one of the first computers I ever used (though for me it was mostly games on a cartridge that came with the thing)... :)

That phone would sit nicely atop the 1541-II floppy disk drive there, almost as though they were made for each other... ;D
Title: Re: Commodore Telephone made by Northern Telecom
Post by: ..... on November 24, 2016, 04:30:13 PM
The Commodore phone came in yesterday. All dates match 02 83. Even the modular plug matches!
Title: Re: Commodore Telephone made by Northern Telecom
Post by: ..... on November 26, 2016, 04:47:05 PM
I guess I did alright on my phone. Here is one in worse shape for more.
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Vintage-Commodore-Northern-Telecom-rotary-phone-very-rare-tested-working-/182364052715 (http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Vintage-Commodore-Northern-Telecom-rotary-phone-very-rare-tested-working-/182364052715?hash=item2a75be9ceb:g:8JwAAOSwj85YNgmB)
Title: Re: Commodore Telephone made by Northern Telecom
Post by: twocvbloke on November 26, 2016, 06:12:55 PM
Could always cheat...  ;D

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252644478483

(although I think that one may be a bit too wide!)