Category: Commodore VIC-20
VIC-20cr Reloaded is a new project by Steve J. Gray to create a new VIC-20cr (Cost Reduced) Motherboard, which could become a starting point for modified VIC motherboards. For example, using a single 32K ram chip to make a VIC-32. Combining multiple ROMS into a single ROM to save board space, or even adding extra colour RAM to expand it’s graphics capability. How about a SID…
Luigi Di Fraia has announced the soon to be available C2NEmu. This device connects to a Commodore 64/VIC 20 tape port and to a PC through a USB cable. There are two modes 2 modes of operation: 1. playback a TAP file (version 0, 1, or 2) from a PC into a C64/VIC20 2. record the write signal from a C64/VIC20 to a DMP…
As some of you will remember, not long ago I got myself a Commodore VIC-20. This was a new one on me, having previously only dipped a thruster into the Commodore Galaxy via the C64 and the Amiga. But I do love my early 8-bits…. Well, I can tell you that I continue to be impressed! The VIC-20 doesn’t have…
As some of you will remember, not long ago I got myself a Commodore VIC-20. This was a new one on me, having previously only dipped a thruster into the Commodore Galaxy via the C64 and the Amiga. But I do love my early 8-bits…. Well, I can tell you that I continue to be impressed! The VIC-20 doesn’t have…
Commodore VIC 20: A Visual History is a book about the computer that made Commodore enter the home market, with all its early peripherals. The VIC 20 was the first colour home computer to cost less than $300, the first to sell one million units, the first to have a modem for under $100, and the first approach to personal…
A reflection on a new machine in my life; the Commodore VIC-20. All Commodore machines have always held an elusive, golden glow for me. Back in the 80’s I had an Acorn Electron from 1983 onwards, and still have that little beauty now. As Acornified as I was, and still am, I hankered after a C64. Then, towards the late…
Via A2Central.com: Javier Rivera has opened a store to offer fashion-conscious Apple II enthusiasts an array of Apple II-themed t-shirts (and coffee mugs). Check them out at the Apple II FAQ Store”. They even have one with the //c LCD display. Also, I’ve recently discovered RabbitEngineering’s Etsy shop, where they sell tons of 3-D printed retro system figurines. Each one…
Commodore Free 93 is out. The free digital magazine for Commodore line of computers brings news, articles and reviews for the Amiga, C64, Plus/4 and VIC-20. This issue contents: Mastering tapes Part 1: General considerations By Pixel JAM IT Commodore 64 Game review Growing Pains Part Tres – The Envelope Addressor” (TEA) v1 and v4.2” by Lenard R. Roach Commodore…
Due to massive delays and the new issue of Scene World Magazine being out very soon, we couldn’t pack the transcription in , but decided to release our interview with former Commodore UK employee David John Pleasance nevertheless! David Pleasance is a former employee of Commodore UK who had too many titles and his career at Commodore to list them…
Retro Innovations has made available the UltiMem VIC-20 Memory Expansion Cartridge that adds more than 8MB of FLASH ROM storage and 1MB of RAM! Here are the specs: 8 (eight) megabytes of VIC-20 programmable FLASH ROM storage. 1 (one) megabyte of yummy RAM storage. A myriad of configuration options, to suit your tastes You want ROM at $2000 and RAM at…
