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| | Where are the VICS of Yesteryear? |
 | | VICS OF he Commodore VIC-20 was not my first love in personal computers, nor will it be my last. | | | VIC's limited memory capacity (5K expandable to 32K) was no match for an Apple's ultimate 64K, and' the software showed it. | | | I suppose VIC could never really satisfy me once I'd experienced the depth of software for my Apple II. |
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http://www.atariarchives.org/deli/where_are_the_vics_of_yesteryear.php
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| | This is a developement of my SuprChip V network interface for the Vic 20. | | | I did this for the Vic 20 to see if I could and because I have a Vic 20 or two not doing much. | | | Vic BASIC doesn't directly support interrupts so I would need to use assembly code for that, the Vic BASIC POKE command doesn't quite work as expected, so that would also need to be patched, and it's easier for me to make a ROM than LOAD & SAVE from BASIC on the Vic. |
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http://members.lycos.co.uk/leeedavison/6502/vic20/network
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| | The Commodore VIC-20 |
| | September 19, 2002: John Tomic reports the VICE VIC Emulator is up to version 1.10 and runs very happily under Windows. | | | Upgrade your computer to a VIC with PCVIC! | | | Now, with the benefit of emulators and cross development software, several people have suggested writing a new game for the VIC just to demonstrate what it was/is capable of. |
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http://www.kdef.com/geek/vic
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| | Commodore Vic 20 Computer - Discover it on ViperVideoGames.com |
| | Commodore VIC 20 Computer at the January 1981 Consumer Electronics1981: Commodore VIC 20 Personal Computer. | | | Commodore Vic 20 Computer - Discover it on ViperVideoGames.com | | | Vidgame.net: Commodore Vic-20 In 1980 the Commodore VIC-20 was released and retailed for somewhere around $299.99 expansion bays of the VIC-20 on the back of the computer. |
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http://www.vipervideogames.com/commodore/20-computer-vic/j20n3543.html
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| | TNL Forum - Vic 20 |
| | The Commodore Vic 20 was a short but sweet chapter in computer history. | | | Originally a Broderbund game on other computers like the Atari 800, Creative Software put their own touch in the Vic 20 port. | | | The Vic 20 was a game machine more than anything else despite what it was marketed as. |
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http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/showthread.php?t=21286
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| | Commodore VIC-20 |
| | Once dubbed the MicroPET during the 1980 Computer Electronics Show, it later became known as the VIC-20. | | | The Video Interface Chip (or VIC as it is commonly called) is one of the most important silicon chips in the VIC-20 microcomputer, coming second only to the 6502A microprocessor itself. | | | I picked number 20 and when Jack Tramiel asked, "Why 20?" I replied, because it's a friendly number and this has to be a friendly computer. |
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http://home1.gte.net/vze1re4o/id40.html
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| | FAQ.txt |
| | But the 5-pin DIN cable that is used to hook a Vic20 to a monitor was also used on the early models of the Commodore C64 computer, so you may be able to find one of those easier. | | | VIC 20 Programmer's Notebook By Earl R. Savage, for Blacksburg Continuing Education Series. | | | You'll have to have an emulator to run the images (or be pretty technically-inclined with a real Vic), but once you download the emulator and ROM images, you can play virtually any game ever made for the Vic20 on tape or cartridge. |
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http://www.funet.fi/pub/cbm/vic20/FAQ.txt
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| | Commodore VIC-20 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | An anecdotal bit of evidence to support Commodore's statement that the VIC-20 could be used not only for games but also as a serious introduction to computing, can be said to originate in the fact that a young Linus Torvalds was given a VIC-20 as his first computer. | | | The VIC chip's successor, the graphics-and-RAM-refresh VIC-II, was used to great success in Commodore's later best-selling machine, the C64, and also in the dual video output C128 for that computer's 40-column/composite video graphics. | | | The ease of programming the VIC and availability of an inexpensive modem combined to give the VIC a sizeable library of public domain and freeware software, although much smaller than that of the C64. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIC_20
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| | Commodore VIC-20 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The name "VIC" came from the Video Interface Chip, which, despite its designation, also handled all the sound synthesis in the VIC-20. | | | The VIC chip's successor, the graphics-and-RAM-refresh VIC-II, was used to great success in Commodore's later best-selling machine, the C64, and also in the dual video output C128 for that computer's 40-column/composite video graphics. | | | Many VIC users learned to program by entering, studying, running, and modifying these type-ins. |
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http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_VIC-20
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| | Commodore.ca Products Commodore VIC-20 History, Pictures & Time Line |
| | Just as the VIC 20 was becoming popular and many stores and some multi-level marketing organizations had acquired significant inventories, rumors began to emerge that Commodore was completing work on a vastly more powerful version of the VIC 20 to be called the VIC 64, which of course was eventually released as the Commodore 64. | | | Many peripherals, like the VIC 1515 printer, 300 Baud VIC Modem, CBM 1020 Docking Station, 1540 Floppy Drive, and 1530 CN2 Cassette Drive were released to various levels of retail demand. | | | The Commodore Executive responsible for the VIC's development, and the author of The Home Computer Wars, Michael Tomczyk, stated repeatedly that he choose the name simply because he thought it "sounded good". |
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http://www.commodore.ca/products/vic20/commodore_vic-20.htm
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| | Commodore VIC-20 |
| | The Japanese, who were at this time preparing an assault to capture the American computer market the same way they had done in previous markets, (cars, consumer electronics, cameras, ect....) were shocked by the VIC-20 and how low it was priced. | | | The only real competition was the Atari 400 it was actually around for a few years before the VIC but due to a poorly designed keyboard, (it was a membrane keypad type like the ZX-81), and it had the unfortunate stigma of being considered an expensive game machine. | | | I saw in the VIC an opportunity to get a computer that I could afford with color and sound. |
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http://www.myoldcomputers.com/museum/comp/vic20.htm
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| | Commodore computer history and repair information |
| | The Commodore 64 was actually part of the evolution of computers marketed by CBM (Commodore Business Machines) which had previously proliferated the CBM and PET business computers into business and academic settings and who had then subsequently developed the VIC-20 computer which was the predecessor to the Commodore 64. | | | The Vic 20 had been affordably marketed for around $400 when it first came out and it quickly caught the imagination of many consumers and educators with several user-friendly and affordable peripherals (such as joysticks, a "datasette" cassette storage device, modems, printers, and shortly thereafter the VIC-1540 floppy drive, etc.) being released. | | | The Vic 1525 printer and a higher quality model 1526 had replaced the early Vic 1520 printer. |
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http://www.oldsoftware.com/history.html
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| | Commodore VIC-20 |
| | The VIC-20 was a home computer made by Commodore with a 6502 CPU, similar in style to the Commodore 64 and Commodore C16. | | | The VIC-20 was released before the C64, and after the Commodore PET. | | | The name "VIC" came from the Video Interface Chip that was also used in the other, later, Commodore 8-bit computers. |
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http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/lookup/encyclopedia/co/Commodore_VIC-20.html
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| | VIC-20 Emulator |
| | I had a lot of fun with it, but after a few years I upgraded to another system (a Spectravideo SVI-328 with 80KB), as I was young, I sold my VIC-20 in order to be able to buy the new computer. | | | I was thrilled to see the VIC-20 emulator appearing on the Amiga and instantly hunted the net for all those cool games I used to play, amazingly, they still are a lot of fun to play and I'm still good at them. | | | The priority of improving the VIC emulator depends somewhat on the amount of interest there is for it, so if you are interested and maybe have some suggestions, just let me know (milan@davilex.nl). |
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http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/1038/vic20.html
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| | Vic 20 software and hardware |
| | Used Vic 20 computer Tested with 30 day guarantee. | | | If you are connecting to a composite monitor with RCA video/audio input jacks or to one of the newer style televisions with RCA video/audio input jacks then you will only need the Vic 20 monitor cable mentioned below. | | | This is a switchbox and cable for connecting a Commodore Vic-20, 64 or 128 to a television. |
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http://www.oldsoftware.com/vic.html
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| | Commodore VIC-20 computer |
| | 1982: Commodore releases the 1540 Single-Drive Floppy for the VIC-20. | | | The VIC-20 was succeeded by the even more popular Commodore 64 computer in late 1982. | | | Commodore actually built all of the important processing chips in the VIC-20, since they had their own chip manufacturing facility, MOS Technology. |
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| | Commodore VIC 20 |
| | COMMODORE VIC 20 A Canadian company, Commodore Business Machines, was one of the first in the home computer market. | | | (1) The PET (Personal Electronic Transactor) introduced in 1976 was the first self-contained computer.(2) The VIC 20 which came on the market in 1981 sold for $450.00. | | | The VIC could also be used as a 9 digit calculator. |
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http://www3.sympatico.ca/pauli.mck.windsor/vic.html
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| | Commodore VIC-20 computer |
| | The VIC in VIC-20 stands for Video Interface Chip. | | | But the truth apparently is that it just sounds good, so says former Commodore employee Michael Tomczyk (The VIC Czar), quoted in An interview with Michael Tomczyk, from the Commodore VIC-20 Tribute Page. | | | The VIC-20 has a composite video output connection on the back, but with the VIC modulator you can also use your regular television. |
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| | Where are the VICS of Yesteryear? |
| | VICS OF he Commodore VIC-20 was not my first love in personal computers, nor will it be my last. | | | VIC's limited memory capacity (5K expandable to 32K) was no match for an Apple's ultimate 64K, and' the software showed it. | | | I suppose VIC could never really satisfy me once I'd experienced the depth of software for my Apple II. |
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| | Commodore.ca Products Commodore VIC-20 History, Pictures & Time Line |
| | Commodore has shipped 750,000 VIC-20 computers by the end of 1982. | | | the Commodore VIC20 for the home market, was the first colour computer that retailed as a "computer for the masses" at less than US$300. | | | Just as the VIC 20 was becoming popular and many stores and some multi-level marketing organizations had acquired significant inventories, rumors began to emerge that Commodore was completing work on a vastly more powerful version of the VIC 20 to be called the VIC 64, which of course was eventually released as the Commodore 64. |
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| | ::: larwe.com - commodore vic-20 ::: |
| | The final edition of the VIC-20, with the new-style keyboard and a color "Commodore VIC 20" logo nameplate. | | | My association with the VIC-20 goes back a very long way; the VIC was the first computer that my family ever owned. | | | The VIC has ultra-chunky 22 x 23 color text and although it supports hi-res graphics, this requires a lot of memory which just isn't available in the unexpanded VIC. |
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| | ClassicGaming.com - The Museum: VIC-20 |
| | Commodore proved to be no exception when it launched its "friendly computer," the VIC-20, in 1980. | | | The VIC-20's nickname was "The friendly computer." This was true in part because of the efforts of the technical people that created its documentation. | | | Commodore Business Machines (CBM) had been in business long before handheld electronic calculators had been invented, let alone "personal computers." Computing machines took up whole rooms in Commodore's early days, if not most of a large building. |
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| | Omniseek: /Computing /Hardware /Systems /Commodore /VIC-20 |
| | Commodore VIC-20, Commodore's first microcomputer designed for the home consumer market, introduced in 1981 or maybe even in 1980, was quite a success, in spite of the poor quality of the software available for... | | | My first computer was a Commodore VIC-20, and although I have moved on to the Commodore-128, my little VIC will always hold a special place in my heart. | | | Home computer museum for Commodore and Atari computers. |
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| | Commodore VIC-20 |
| | Once dubbed the MicroPET during the 1980 Computer Electronics Show, it later became known as the VIC-20. | | | The Video Interface Chip (or VIC as it is commonly called) is one of the most important silicon chips in the VIC-20 microcomputer, coming second only to the 6502A microprocessor itself. | | | I picked number 20 and when Jack Tramiel asked, "Why 20?" I replied, because it's a friendly number and this has to be a friendly computer. |
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http://home1.gte.net/vze1re4o/vic_20.html
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| | VIC-20 Cartridge Software Reviews |
| | Gridrunner has 32 levels of difficulty (20 levels in the Vic 20 version). | | | While the folks at "Scott Adams / Adventure International" should get their fair due for writing the stories and such (on the Vic and other computers), Andy Finkel was responsible for doing the actual programming on the Vic20 versions of the Scott Adams games. | | | The keyboard commands used in the program are explained in the "Vic Revealed" book by Nick Hampshire, if you can't find the original docs anywhere. |
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http://www.funet.com/pub/cbm/vic20/Cartzilla.html
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| | VIC-20 related links |
| | Another server with VIC 20 software in Germany, but Funet is much better. | | | This is the primary site for software for the VIC 20. | | | Please send your comments on this site and the emulator to |
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| | The first of these projects are the result of a comment on my 6502 cored web server that appeared on Slashdot - "Finally, a use for my Vic 20." - so I thought why not. | | | The one pictured is not my original machine, that is long gone, but is one I picked up in a box of Vic bits that included two other Vic 20s and a load of carts. | | | I've had a Vic 20 since just about forever. |
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http://members.lycos.co.uk/leeedavison/6502/vic20
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